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Children's National Health System,
based in Washington, DC, has been serving the nation's children since 1870.
Children's National is ranked in the top 20 in every specialty evaluated by
U.S. News & World Report; one of only four children's hospitals in the
nation to earn this distinction. Designated a Leapfrog Group Top Hospital and a
two-time recipient of Magnet® status, this pediatric academic health system
offers expert care through a convenient, community-based primary care network
and specialty outpatient centers. Home to the Children's Research Institute and
the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's
National is one of the nation's top NIH-funded pediatric institutions.
Children's National is recognized for its expertise and innovation in pediatric
care and as a strong voice for children through advocacy at the local, regional
and national levels.
Children's National is the leading
provider of pediatric care in the Washington, DC, area. Our team of 6,000+
employees provides world-class care in a warm and caring environment designed
with kids in mind.
We're more than just a hospital; we're
a health system for kids. From our main hospital to our outpatient centers and
primary care facilities, we are dedicated to serving children's health needs in
any illness or injury.
Our Chemo Infusion Clinic
seeks experienced Nurses with recent 2 years of specialty experience to help with our PRN needs.
All nursing practice is based on the legal scope of practice, national and specialty nursing standards, Children's National Policies and Procedures, andin accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. The Professional Model of Care requires registered professional nurses to be responsible andaccountable for their own practice. Children's National supports the development of RN relationships within the community; specifically thoserelationships associated with the health and well being of the community at large.
Minimum EducationBSNSpecific Requirements and PreferencesGraduated from an approved school of nursing. (Preferred)Minimum Work Experience1 yearSpecific Requirements and PreferencesRN experience (Required)Required Skills/KnowledgeThe licensed Registered Nurse will successfully complete the hospital and nursing orientation at Children's National.Keep knowledge base current with new information or changes in specialty area.Required Licenses and CertificationsRegistered Nurse in District of Columbia Registered Nurse licensed in the District of Columbia, Maryland or Virginia dependent upon location of practice. ReqFunctional AccountabilitiesTransformational Leadership1. Contribute to Magnet re-designation as evidenced by independent updating of professional profile and initiation of council involvement, committees, task forces and /or community outreach.2. Demonstrate critical thinking skills by problem solving appropriately during patient care.3. Communicate to reflect development of plan of care and ability to advocate to meet patients' needs.4. Independently initiate escalation of issues utilizing chain of command.5. Demonstrate proper use of the currently identified hand off processes.6. Demonstrate a collegial and respectful relationship with ancillary staff.7. Participate in implementing change and support management decisions.8. Role model behavior that reflects empathy, concern and a desire to help others.Structural Empowerment1. Independently maintain regulatory requirements e.g. license, BLS.2. Plan for attendance at mandatory education and professional activities to enhance nursing practice.3. Demonstrate professional review of peers through timely participation in evaluations.4. Seek out opportunities to participate in enhancing departmental goals by ensuring adherence to national safety standards and service excellence standards; support advancement of education and certification as well.5. Collaborate with members of the healthcare team and role model professional behavior and teamwork with coworkers.6. Utilize resources as needed and know when to escalate to next level.Exemplary Professional Practice1. Utilize assessment data gathered from patient and family to ensure completion of data base and plan of care within identified timeframes.2. Demonstrate clinical skills with complex patients that reflect analysis of patient status and appropriate interventions.3. Role model skill in prioritization and organization for complex patient with rapidly changing needs.4. Documentation exemplifies adherence to the highest standards of practice.5. Anticipate and proactively plan for educational needs verified with patient and family throughout the hospital/outpatient stay and prior to discharge.6. Role model organizational skills, adjust for changes and is able to complete assignment on time.7. Demonstrate caring in all encounters with patient and family as evidenced by feedback from parents and an increase in patient satisfaction scores.Safety1. Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance2. Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation3. Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation4. Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication5. Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers6. Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performanceOrganizational AccountabilitiesNew Knowledge, Innovations, and Improvements1. Identify ways to improve operations through quality improvement and assist in implementation of solutions.2. Identify self learning needs and take initiative to meet those needs.3. Ensure care is based on evidence with the literature and benchmarkingOrganizational Commitment/Identification1. Partner in the mission and upholds the core principles of the organization2. Committed to diversity and recognizes value of cultural ethnic differences3. Demonstrate personal and professional integrity4. Maintain confidentiality at all timesCustomer Service1. Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are metTeamwork/Communication1. Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior2. Partner with all team members to achieve goals3. Receptive to others' ideas and opinionsPerformance Improvement/Problem-solving1. Contribute to a positive work environment2. Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change3. Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes4. Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgmentCost Management/Financial Responsibility1. Use resources efficiently2. Search for less costly ways of doing things
Childrens National Medical Center is the only exclusive provider of pediatric care in the metropolitan Washington area and is the only freestanding childrens hospital between Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Norfolk, and Atlanta. Serving the nations children for more than 130 years, Childrens National is a proven leader in the development and application of innovative new treatments for childhood illness and injury. Childrens National is proudly ranked consistently among the best pediatric hospitals in America by US News & World Report. Our Culture Children's mission is to be preeminent in providing pediatric health care services that enhance the health and well-being of children regionally, nationally and internationally. Through leadership and innovation, Children's creates solutions to pediatric healthcare problems. Children's excels in Care, Advocacy, Research, and Education to meet the unique needs of children, adolescents and their families. Children's leadership realizes that our employees are the heart of our medical center and the soul of our mission. One of our greatest assets is the diversity of our workforce, which adds to the richness of our culture. Teamwork, dedication, and professionalism are essential values and characteristics that make our employees unique. Childrens internationally recognized team of pediatric healthcare professionals care for more than 360,000 patients each year who come from throughout the region, nation and world. Our employees share a sense of pride and commitment to the patients and families we serve. We aspire to provide patients and their families with the highest quality of care and service in a family-centered environment. In essence, we are a team of "Great People Providing Great Care." Nursing Students As a nursing student, you might already be craving hands-on experience at a highly respected hospital. You may be thinking about where or with which population you want to work after graduation. At Childrens, a world-class teaching hospital and internationally-recognized leader in pediatric health, we invite nursing students at all stages of learning to explore the real world of working in a hospital setting and experience first-hand the challenges and rewards of this career. Internship Program The internship program provides the novice nurse with the knowledge base and skill set needed to transition to competence in clinical nursing practice. While providing the needed skills to meet the organization goals and mission, the program provides nurses with the leadership skills to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. The program bridges the gap between undergraduate education and real-life professional nursing practice, delivering state-of-the art pediatric care. The program is offered to new graduate nurses from an accredited nursing program with a passion for children. All new graduates, with less than one-year acute care experience, are eligible to participate in the program after obtaining licensure.


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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace
28 East 20th Street
New York, New York, U.S.
|0.11 acre (450 m²)
1848 (demolished 1916)
rebuilt 1923 (replica)
July 25, 1962 (site founded)
|Theodate Pope Riddle (replica)
|11,158 (2005)
|Governing body
|National Park Service
|NRHP Reference #
|Added to NRHP
|October 15, 1966
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site is a recreated brownstone at 28 East 20th Street, between Broadway and Park Avenue South, in Manhattan, New York City.
- History 1
- Architecture 2
- See also 3
- References 4
- External links 5
The house that originally stood on the site was built in 1848, and was bought by the Roosevelts in 1854.[2] Theodore Roosevelt was born there on October 27, 1858, and lived in the house with his family until 1872 when the neighborhood began to become more commercial, and the family moved uptown to West 57th Street.[2][3]
The original building was demolished in 1916 to make way for retail space,[4] but upon the death of Roosevelt in 1919 the lot was purchased and the house rebuilt by the Women's Roosevelt Memorial Association, which eventually merged with the Roosevelt Memorial Association in 1953 to form the Theodore Roosevelt Association. Noted female American architect Theodate Pope Riddle was given the task of reconstructing a replica of the house, as well as designing the museum, situated next door, that serves to complete the site. The row house next door at No. 26, which was a twin to the Roosevelts', was used as a model, and some architectural elements from it were incorporated into the replicae. The twin house was demolished to make space for the museum.[2][5] The restoration recreates the house as it was in 1865.[4]
The house was rededicated in 1923 and was subsequently refurbished with many furnishings from the original house by the President's widow, Edith, and his two sisters. The widow and sisters also supplied information about the interior's appearance during Roosevelt's residency. It now serves as a museum dedicated to the life and contributions of the 26th President of the United States. There is no entrance fee to the house or the museum.
The Theodore Roosevelt Association donated the Birthplace to the National Park Service in 1963, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
In 2014, Theodate Pope Riddle was recognized for her work rebuilding the home, a winning site of Built by Women New York City,[6] a competition launched by the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation during the fall of 2014 to identify outstanding and diverse sites and spaces designed, engineered and built by women.
The three-story brownstone house features a mansard roof, and a high stoop above the basement. The hooded moldings above the windows and doorway are in the Gothic Revival style.[2]
See also
- ^ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Mendelsohn, Joyce. Touring the Flatiron. New York: New York Landmarks Conservancy, 1998. ISBN 0-964-7061-2-1
- ^ Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
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- ^ Kevin Walsh, Forgotten New York 2006:165
- ^ "Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Hosts Leadership Awards Gala, Kicks off Built By Women Exhibition". Architectural Record. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- The National Parks: Index 2001–2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior
External links
- Official NPS website
- Coordinates not on Wikidata
- Commons category without a link on Wikidata
- Buildings and monuments honoring American Presidents
- Landmarks in Manhattan
- National Historic Sites in New York
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Protected areas established in 1962
- Presidential museums in New York
- Historic house museums in New York City
- Museums in Manhattan
- Houses in Manhattan
- Flatiron District
- Visitor attractions in Manhattan
- United States National Park Service areas in New York
- 1962 establishments in New York
- Houses completed in 1848
- Roosevelt family residences

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Everyone knows that the Super Bowl is the biggest day of the year for television commercials. Millions will tune into The Super Bowl to watch the game, and no doubt thousands if not hundreds of thousands will tune in to ignore the game and watch only for the commercials. As the self appointed overseers of truthful advertising, AdFibs.com will be doing it's best to parse every word of every commercial shown in this year's Super Bowl.
We will keep this page updated as we learn what companies will be buying commercials during the Super Bowl and as they come available we will post our reviews of those commercials as usual, and link to them from this page.
What commercials will be in this year's Super Bowl?
This is our current list of companies and products that will be in the Super Bowl this year:
- Hostmania.com (?): Former wrestler Hulk Hogan announced in mid-January that he had filmed a commercial for the Super Bowl. He gave no details about the commercial but many are guessing that the commercial could be for Hostmania, a new internet website hosting service started by the Hulkster. We have a Hostmania.com Super Bowl commercial marked with a strong 'maybe'.
- Doritos: We know that Doritos will be airing at least two new commercials during this year's Super Bowl. Doritos is currently holding a contest with a prize of $1 million dollars to whoever creates the winning ad. So far the finalists are "Office Thief", "Time Machine", "The Finger Cleaner", "Breakroom Ostrich", and "Cowboy Kid". You can view all of these potential Super Bowl commercials and vote for which you think should win at www.Doritos.com. Our personal favorite is "The Finger Cleaner"!
- Microsoft – Microsoft will feature a 60 second commercial that focuses on how people use their software. It is reported that the ad will feature Steve Gleason using a Microsoft Surface. Steve Gleason has been diagnosed with ALS, a neuro-muscular disease.
- Axe Body Spray
- Cheerios
- Hyundai
- H&M Underwear – Featuring David Beckham
- Toyota – The Toyota commercial will be for the 2015 Highlander
- Coke – Celebrating the people of America
- Wonderful Pistachios – "Get Crackin", America". Two commercials with Stephen Colbert
- Dannon Yogurt / Oikos / Chobani: "Full House" – The cast of the 1980's television show Full House is will be reunited for this commercial. Bob Saget, John Stamos, and Dave Coulier are confirmed, it is not yet known if the "cute" baby twins, (now almost 30 years old) Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen will also appear.
- Chevy/GM
- Kia – Commercials for the new Kia K900, featuring Laurence Fishburne
- Intuit
- SodaStream – Actress Scarlett Johansson will perform what is sure to be a funny and sexy demonstration of the Soda Stream
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
- GoDaddy.com – For the 2014 GoDaddy.com Super Bowl commercial we are expecting a less-overtly sexy version than previous years. We will still see Danica Patrick, but this time she will be wearing a (very) realistic looking muscle-suit while she is either jogging or working out with other muscular people/weightlifters
- Nestle – New Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cups (not to be confused with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups)
- Mars – M&M's "Find out what happens to Yellow". The abduction and kidnapping of the yellow M&M.
- Audi – This year's Audi commercial will feature The Doberhuahua!
- Budweiser – Budweiser's 2014 commercial is the love story between a puppy and one of the Budweiser Clydesdale horses.
- Bud Light – "Is Ian Really Up For Anything?" – You can see the full, long version of the Bud Light commercial here: 2014 Bud Light Superbowl Commercial.
- Jaguar – We expect to see a sexy commercial for the new Jaguar F-Type but this has not yet been confirmed.
- Pepsi – They have filmed this year's commercial in Nebraska so we are calling this ad "The Middle of America". The commercial will feature the local high school band and cheerleaders but exactly what the commercial about is still a mystery.
- BMW – 3 Series (not confirmed)
E-Trade:E-Trade has pulled-out of the 2014 Super Bowl and for the first time in as long as we can remember there will be no talking babies!
- Heinz – The Heinz company has booked a 30 second slot and will run a commercial related to a photo-contest.
We will keep this page updated as we learn more what companies will be advertising during the SuperBowl and what those commercials will be about.


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Be a part of this year's parade as a volunteer, parade participant, financial sponsor or a spectator. Thousands of people will watch the star spangled excitement of creative floats, specialty units, marching musical units and guest celebrities! This patriotic parade will take just under two hours to pass spectators along a one-mile route in Fremont's developing Downtown District. So far more than 70 exciting parade entries are anticipated, and more than 10,000 spectators are expected to line the streets.
WHEN: Thursday, July 4th 2013
TIME: Parade starts at 10:00am
WHERE: Downtown District, featuring the Niles District -- Fremont
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By Tope Templer Olaiya
After successfully hosting the 24th edition of the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEFA) in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory amid grave security concerns, the stage is now set for the Greater London Business Conference on Nigeria, holding in September. The conference is being anchored by the Nigerian London Business Forum (NILOBF).
NILOBF, a registered United Kingdom (UK) non-profit organisation, in conjunction with the Nigerian High Commission in London and the British High Commission in Nigeria, seeks to promote bilateral trade and investment relations between the two countries by bringing together business people from Nigeria and the UK to seek new investment opportunities, develop long term business relationships and finalize existing business contracts.
It is also the official business chamber and trade association, comprising Nigerian, British and non-British companies doing business with Nigeria, including subsidiaries of Nigerian companies/institutions doing business in the UK.
While the bloody terror attacks at Nyanya Motor Park, Abuja and the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls at Chibok in Borno State cast a huge shadow of insecurity on the conference, the incidents ended up becoming the tipping point in Nigeria's battle with Boko Haram, leading to massive international outrage.
Although WEFA was a continental showpiece, Nigeria as the host emerged the ultimate beneficiary. It galvanized the world against the insurgents that have made economic and social life unbearable in some parts of the north. It unified global voices and action against the kidnap of the schoolgirls.
This is aside the commitment from investors across the globe pledging to invest billions of dollars in Nigeria's critical sectors such as energy, agriculture, healthcare and infrastructure, among others.
On September 17 & 18 at the Royal National Hotel, London, the world will gather in London and the subject of the two-day conference would be Nigeria in the MINT – Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey – predicted as the next most powerful economic bloc
According to the country director of the forum in Nigeria, who is also the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Credit Administration (ICA), Dr. Chris Onalo, "the forum intends to capitalize on this current issue very quickly to further influence British trade and investment with Nigeria, especially going by the notion that UK companies are yet to view Nigeria as an important business and investment destination.
"Also, high profile Nigerian businesses and investment organizations are scrambling to buy a space of prominence to showcase their business services to the international community during the conference expo."
The term, MINT, was originally coined by Fidelity Investments, a Boston-based asset management firm and was popularized by Jim O'Neill of Goldman Sachs, who had created the term BRICS, an acronym for the economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The group of developing or newly industrialized countries was originally known as BRIC before the inclusion of South Africa in 2010.
The nomenclatures of economic trading blocs are becoming numerous: it all started with G8 (the great eight largest economies), G20 and then BRICS. The emergence of MINT has affirmed Nigeria as one of the four countries with bright economic prospects, where smart money should be invested. Of the MINT countries, he singled out Nigeria as having the 'wow' factor.
Jim O'Neil would be the keynote speaker at the event, which will provide him the opportunity to share his globally-acclaimed economic view at the Greater London Business conference. Alongside O'Neil are other globally respected speakers, including Prof. Pat Utomi, Prof. Sam Ohuabunwa, former president, Nigeria Economic Summit; John Momoh, chairman/CEO, Channels Television; Engr. Emeka Unachukwu, managing director/CEO, Morflex Energy and Power ltd; and Simon Brown, senior manager for East and West Africa, UKTI, London.
This is how Jim O' Neil introduced MINT in his article in Bloomberg, which he delineated as the potential emerging investment destination: "I spent last week in Indonesia, working on a series for BBC Radio about four of the world's most populous non-BRIC emerging economies. The BRIC — Brazil, Russia, India and China — are already closely watched. The group I'm studying for this project — let's call them the MINT economies — deserve no less attention. Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey all have very favorable demographics for at least the next 20 years, and their economic prospects are interesting.
"Policy makers and thinkers in the MINT countries have often asked me why I left them out of that first classification. Indonesians made the point with particular force. Over the years I've become accustomed to being told that the BRIC countries should have been the BRIICs all along, or maybe even the BIICs. Wasn't Indonesia's economic potential more compelling than Russia's? Despite the size of its relatively young population (a tremendous asset), I thought it unlikely that Indonesia would do enough on the economic-policy front to quickly realize that potential.
"Nigeria that has been denied membership of various neologisms of emerging economies including G20 and BRICS has finally made the list of MINT nations. Being given the due respect that Nigeria has been searching for does not transpire that the country has finally arrived. But making the list of MINT speaks volume and acknowledges that Nigeria is in the right direction. Nigeria is getting her economic house in order and doing those things she needs to do to be seriously noticed by frontier investors and money managers around the world.
"Nigeria is a middle-income, mixed economy and emerging market, with expanding financial, service, communications and entertainment sectors. It is ranked 30th (40th in 2005, 52nd in 2000), in the world in terms of Gross Domestic Product at purchasing power parity as of 2012, and 3rd largest within Africa (behind South Africa and Egypt), on track to potentially becoming one of the 20 largest economies in the world by 2020. Its re-emergent, though currently under-performing, manufacturing sector is the third-largest on the continent, and produces a large proportion of goods and services for the West African region.
"It is self-evident and a fact that Nigeria is potentially a wealthy nation that can make it to an industrialized economy but she has not been serious and has drowned herself in corruption and inefficiency, wallowing in self-pity and grandiose perception of her place under the sun. But Nigeria, once referred to as "sleeping giant" is steadily and gradually waking up from her sleep and commences turning a new page this time around."
Interestingly, of the four MINT countries, Nigeria's population is projected to outstrip other MINT countries by 2050 with population set to hit 402 million people. Of the four countries, Nigeria and Indonesia have the most consistent GDP at around six to eight per cent. The two countries have the lowest GDPs of the four MINT countries, at $1,555 and $3,557 per capita respectively, compared with $9,749 in Mexico, $10,666 in Turkey, and $51,749 in the United States of America, according to 2012 figures from the World Bank.
Jim O' Neil's views on Nigeria got a boost by the recent rebasing of the country's economy. After months of faltering, owing to the complexity of the task, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the revised Gross Domestic Product (GDP) numbers. Nigeria's GDP has not been rebased since 1990, contrary to global best practice of re-benchmarking every five years. This implies that the country has had to rely on outdated figures for the last 24 years. The year 2010 was adopted as the base year for the revision and more recent economic activities have been captured in sectors such as telecommunications and entertainment industry.
As a result of the rebasing, the size of the Nigerian economy has grown by 89 per cent to N80.3 trillion ($509.9bn). This ranks Nigeria as the world's 26 largest economy, the largest economy in Africa, bigger than Angola, Egypt and Vietnam put together, and 12 times the Ghanaian economy. The 89 per cent jump thumps the expectations and forecasts of analysts who projected an increase of between 40 and 60 per cent from the rebasing.
The Greater London Business Conference on Nigeria is coming on the heels of a recently concluded United Kingdom-Nigeria Trade and Investment roundtable, held in London by NILOBF in conjunction with the Business Chamber Trade Association of UK.
Nigeria's ambassador to the UK, Dr. Dalhatu Sarki Tafida, had set the tone for discussions in his keynote address on activities of the Nigeria High Commission, London in the promotion of bilateral economic relations between Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
According to him, Nigeria and the UK have continued to enjoy cordial bilateral trade and economic relations due to historical antecedents and shared ties in language, education and legal system, which have reinforced the robust relations and positively impacted on the economic prosperity of the two countries.
He said: "Presently, Nigeria is UK's second largest trading partner in Africa after South Africa and it is 32nd largest worldwide. The drive for improved trade and economic relations made the leaders of the two countries, President Goodluck Jonathan and David Cameron in June 2011 set an ambitious goal to double bilateral trade to eight billion pounds by 2014. Nigeria and the UK are very well on the way to achieving and possibly, surpassing the ambitious goal set by the two leaders.
"It is instructive to note that in 2011when the goal was set, the volume of bilateral trade was about four billion pounds and rose to seven billion pounds. There is also a conscious effort on the part of the two countries to diversify and shift focus from oil, financial services and food products, which had dominated Nigeria-UK trade relations in the past to the non-oil sectors, including agriculture, infrastructure, creative industry, information technology and retail business."
But the events of the past two months – the bombings, the Chibok schoolgirls' kidnapping, the government's half-hearted response and the arrival of US, French and Israeli military advisers to attempt a belated rescue – have all served to expose the hollowness of Nigeria's prosperity.
Scratch the surface and look beyond the boldfaced numbers, and it quickly becomes evident that long before these horrific recent developments, Nigeria was grappling with poor governance and failing institutions.
In reality, the growth story was never so simple. Inequality has long been part of the subtext. The majority of Nigerians have actually grown poorer as the country thrived, exacerbating tensions between the rich and the poor.
"Maintaining the status quo is not tenable," says Elsie Kanza, Africa Director of the World Economic Forum. "It is not tenable to leave populations out of the growth process."
A few numbers illustrate this point all too clearly. Nigeria's growth averaged 7.4 per cent over the past decade. In that period, the number of Nigerians living on less than $1 a day rose from 54.7 to 60.9 percent. And these disparities do not show signs of improving for the next generation.


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Corin is the French masculine form of Quirinus, a Latin name meaning "spear" or "lance" from Sabine quiris. In Roman mythology, Quirinus was a Sabine god who was later absorbed into the Roman pantheon, as well as being an epithet of Janus, the Roman god of beginnings, doorways, and endings. Corin could also be a variant form of Corinne, which is the French form of Greek Corinna meaning "maiden". Corin could also be related to Cures, the name of an ancient Sabine town, or perhaps from Latin curia meaning "court". It could also be derived from Cyrene (originally pronounced ky-ree-nee), the name of an ancient town in Libya named after a nymph beloved by the Greek god Apollo; her name could be derived from Greek kuros meaning "supreme power".
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Truly Sustainable Furniture
southwood was established in 2008 with the intention of retailing only the most ethically sound and sustainable products for the home.
From our original small store in Clifton Hill offering Australian made soft furnishings, to our large Fitzroy warehouse showcasing our own furniture and homewares, we have grown considerably developing what we believe to be the only truly sustainable furniture range in Australia.
The concept of sustainability is often misrepresented. There are many companies claiming that their furniture is eco-friendly and sustainably produced whilst still using 'eco' petrochemical foam for their upholstery, blended materials for their 'natural' coverings and polyurethane finishes on their timber. All are petrochemical products, all are plastic and all take extremely long periods to degrade at the end of the product's life. Even so-called biodegradable plastic takes many years to fully break down.
Here at southwood we keep our products natural in the true sense of the word. Our upholstery is made with natural latex wrapped in 100% wool, instead of the ubiquitous petrochemical foams and Dacron wrap of contemporary manufacture. We have gone back to the traditional methods of the mid 20th century, before plastics took over in the 60s and 70s. We don't and won't use covering fabrics that contain synthetics. Only wool, cotton, linen, hemp and nettle make the grade. All our furniture is made in Melbourne using only Australian timbers. Australia has some excellent hardwoods which are ideal for furniture making and with local milling transport miles are kept to a minimum. Once a piece is created, why cover it up with dyes and more plastic? We bring out the natural beauty of timber by avoiding any use of stains choosing instead to finish with sustainable hard wax oil.
It's what we do as a sign of respect for the world around us.
southwood – the only truly sustainable furniture range in Australia
If you would like more information on our sustainability philosophy or product ranges please email or call 03 9077 5474.


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Tutorial at Wesens Art Blog
"My granddaughter and I made this unique faux leather paper pencil case. (I know that the photos are not the best, but we had fun! What you need: faux leather paper, roasting pan, shaving cream, acrylic paint, plastic fork, zipper, sewing machine, scissors".... Read more


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General Manifold, 2012 by Spatial Ops_
"General Manifold is an immersive architectural environment installed in the abandoned Federal Screw Works factory complex in Chelsea, Michigan. This installation was the centerpiece of a collective exhibition organized by the architectural collaborative Spatial Ops and students from their Meta Friche research seminar at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
General Manifold reacts to the derelict context of the former industrial site, providing a moment of surprise and punctuation to the event. A mysterious magenta void is carved from the perceived solid of the factory's central work area, generating a space of geometric complexity, chromatic contrast, and optical distortion. A series of precise cuts in the truncated pyramids produces an effect of perspectival inversion, causing the visitor to question the depth, dimension, and scale of this aberrant environment." - Spatial Ops. See more;
"Inside General Manifold, the visitor encounters a 6-channel soundscape consisting of spatially localized and syncopated industrial sounds layered over readings of seminal ruin texts from the 18th and 19th centuries (John Ruskin, Viollet le Duc, Bernadin de St. Pierre, Denis Diderot)."
ARCHITECT: Spatial Ops, PROJECT: General Manifold, CITY: Chelsea, SCALE: 700 sf inserted into 80,000 sf, TEAM: Melissa Bonfil, Virginia Black, Peyton Coles, Joey Filippelli, Brittany Gacsy, Chris Reznich, Michael Sanderson, Jeeeun Ham, Jennifer Komorowoski, Kyung Jin Hong, Jordan Johnson, Brian Muscat, Ash Thomas, Catherine Truong REINFORCEMENT: Bruce Findling, Nathan Doud, James Chestnut, Jason Stock.
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Doing Things a little Differently
Our lives have looked a little different for the past few months and I haven't really said much about it. I figured though with a new school year starting AND the shops first birthday coming up it was probably time to share! This past year I resigned from my position teaching art at Hesston Middle School. I had taught there for three years, two years at both the Elementary School and one year part time at just the middle school. I had Emmet before the school year started last year and decided it was important to try to keep teaching for at least a year before making any major decisions.
Then in August of last year, right as the school year was starting, I launched my lavender & clover online shop with cards and card sets, but never actually believed it would grow to be where it is today! I had always dreamed of having my own handmade shop, ever since I discovered the world of etsy and bloggers and stay at home mommers, but never really thought it would be possible. It worked for a while; being a mom, working part time, and running my shop, but slowly my interests started to lean far more towards raising Emmet and running my shop than they were in my classroom. So I took a leap, a well thought out and discussed with Dave but a leap none the less, and resigned from my job. It was a little bit terrifying, and still is as we figure things out, but I finally feel like I am doing what I am supposed to be doing.
Since school got out we've been figuring out this "new" life of ours. I've been doing various jobs here and there to help fill the gap and ones that I really enjoy doing and that allow me to be home with Emmet most of the time. I've been working a few hours a week doing photography and social media at Prairie Harvest in the mornings when Dave can be home with Emmet. I enjoy the creativity that it allows me and it is so fun to get to work with my friend Sara again! I have three private art students that come to my house a few times a week for private art lessons. We sit at my dining room table and work on art projects they are interested in. Most of the time though in this different way of doing things I am at home with my sweet little boy and I am so luck to be able to do so. We play and read books and snuggle before naps. While he is napping or sleeping at night I am painting new designs or custom paintings, printing cards and art prints, sewing new baby items, stuffing pom pom pillows, or designing new products.
I am so lucky to be able to stay at home and do these things, and it is really all thanks to my amazing friends, family, and customers! Our little family is so grateful for all of the support and every purchase that is made. So I designed a new thank you note with a new watercolor family portrait. Each order made from our online shop will be bundled with one with a handwritten note on the back, because we really do want to say thank you!
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Face Lift (Rhytidectomy)
You may feel your mirror's reflection does not match the youthful and vibrant way you still feel inside. Many people indicate that seeing an aged, tired appearance reflecting back at them actually makes them feel physically older. Everyone ages differently, and the rate of aging in facial skin is affected by nutrition, smoking, the physical environment, genetics, weight fluctuations, menopause and of course, the passing of time.
The face lift is a surgical procedure that is performed to improve the visible signs of aging in the face and neck by tightening and repositioning the muscles and skin in those areas. Dr. Barr's facelift techniques effectively reduce or eliminate symptoms of facial aging such as sagging, jowls, deep lines and excess skin. Dr. Barr's facelift patients report feeling more attractive, confident, and youthful after their procedure.
Educate Yourself on Your Procedure
If you are considering a face lift procedure, please continue reading for further information on this procedure and what you can expect. If you have any questions about face and neck lifts, or any of our other procedures, please contact us.
What are the Benefits of a Face Lift Procedure?
Dr. Barr's facelift procedure is well suited for those experiencing the physical signs of aging, and are looking for long-term facial rejuvenation. Patients often report choosing this procedure to
- Eliminate jowls
- Lift sagging cheeks
- Create a more refined jawline
- Tighten facial and neck skin
- Look dramatically younger
By focusing on the each patient's unique facial characteristics, Dr. Barr creates a natural-looking, dramatically more youthful appearance by lifting the sagging facial tissues and muscles of the face. The hallmark of a face lift procedure at Barr Plastic Surgery is a natural-looking, firmer, noticeably younger facial contour.
Preparing for Your Face Lift Procedure
What is the first step in pursuing the face lift procedure?
The first step when considering face lift surgery is to schedule your one-on-one consultation with Dr. Barr. The consultation process provides an opportunity for you to obtain important information about the procedure and to have all of your questions answered prior to proceeding with surgery. It also enables Dr. Barr to properly assess you and determine whether you are a suitable candidate for a face and neck lift.
You should be prepared to discuss your medical history, including any medical conditions, drug allergies, medical treatments you have received, previous surgeries, all current medications, as well as any significant weight gain or loss.
During your consultation, Dr. Barr will assess your health history and complete a physical examination during which he will carefully examine your facial aging, underlying bone structure, skin thickness, texture and elasticity. Your assessment will provide the foundation for your consultation, where your individual concerns and expectations will be thoroughly discussed, along with alternatives to the face lift procedure.
The benefits, risks and potential complications associated with face lift surgery will be thoroughly explained during this consultation. The information provided at this initial consultation will be comprehensive and thorough, and should enable you to make an informed decision as to whether or not face lift surgery is the right choice for you. A comprehensive instruction package, which will include instructions for both before and after surgery, will be provided to you at the time of consultation.
Am I a candidate for a face lift procedure?
The ideal candidates for a face lift procedure are healthy men and women who have realistic expectations of surgical outcomes. You may be a good candidate for a face lift if you're looking to achieve the following:
- Eliminate jowls
- Lift sagging cheeks
- Create a more refined jawline
- Tighten facial and neck skin
- Look dramatically younger
Can I combine another surgery with my face lift procedure?
It may be possible to schedule another surgery at the same time as your face lift procedure. You should be prepared to discuss all possibilities during your consultation with Dr. Barr.
The Procedure
What will I need to do prior to surgery?
Prior to surgery you will be scheduled for a pre-op session with a Registered Nurse to review your medical history and your post-op instructions. She will review all of the information you will need to know in order to prepare yourself for surgery.
Where will my face lift procedure be performed?
Your procedure will be performed within the state-of-the-art facilities of Barr Plastic Surgery, located within the Northern Ontario Surgical Centre.
The Northern Ontario Surgical Centre has been awarded accreditation by the CAAASF (Canadian Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities) for meeting the standards of a hospital in regards to monitoring, emergency and resuscitation equipment. With two levels and entrances that conceal the actual size of the facility, the centre itself spans 8000 square feet and incorporates fully equipped major and minor operating rooms, a monitored multi-bed recovery area, 10 laser and treatment rooms, spacious consultation areas, private offices to discuss financing options, elegant waiting areas and a private waiting and secure rear entrance/exit for additional privacy when desired.
How is a face lift procedure performed?
There are two main types of face lift procedures: a Rhytidectomy, which includes a Neck Lift, and a Mini-Rhytidectomy, which does not include a Neck Lift. Dr. Barr also performs Short Scar Face Lifts which incorporate new incision techniques to disguise scarring.
Rhytidectomy (Face Lift)
Face lift incisions are well hidden in the natural creases around your ear, scalp, and when needed, under the chin. The excess skin and fat are removed, the underlying muscles and deep soft tissues are tightened and the skin of the face and neck is re-draped. This results in natural looking facial rejuvenation while avoiding the pulled, unnatural face lift appearance that is seen too frequently in the media. This procedure can take between 2 to 3 hours depending on a number of factors. To maximize patient comfort, this procedure is performed under general anaesthesia.
Mini Rhytidectomy (Mini Face Lift)
This procedure is primarily for younger patients who do not yet have excessive aging of the neck. A Mini-Rhytidectomy improves your nasolabial folds, marionette lines, mild jowling, and the descent of the cheek fat pad. Incisions are made in front of and inside your ear (hidden in the natural ear creases) and minimally into the hairline. No incision is made behind your ear or your chin. This procedure if often performed under general anaesthesia.
Short Scar Face Lift
Dr. Barr also performs the short scar face lift. The short scar, or limited incision, facelift is a surgical technique that achieves the same result as a facelift but with significantly less visible scarring. The scars from a facelift generally extend behind the ear into the hairline. With the short scar technique, a very small incision is made just above and below the front of the ear. Instead of a scar in front of the ear, it is placed inside the ear. This technique eliminates the hairline scar behind the ear which allows women to wear their hair up without the fear that someone will notice their surgical scars. This method provides improvement in both surgical and recovery time when compared to a traditional facelift.
Will I look "overdone" or unnatural?
One of the concerns face lift patients discuss prior to their procedure is their fear of looking overdone, unnatural, or as though their face has been obviously pulled back. Dr. Barr's face lift technique ensures that incisions are inconspicuous and well hidden, and that the aesthetic outcome creates a younger looking you that does not appear pulled or unnatural. An expertly performed face lift procedure by Dr. Barr can take years off your facial appearance.
Who will administer the anaesthetic?
A board-certified anesthesiologist will administer your anaesthetic, stay with you during the entire operation, and will be there as you wake up.
Who can I contact if I have any questions or concerns?
During office hours our Patient Coordinators and nursing staff are available to answer any questions or concerns following your surgery. After hours, Dr. Barr is available by pager.
How much does a face lift procedure cost?
Pricing for your face lift procedure will depend on which type of face lift procedure you have and whether you have concurrent procedures along with your face lift, and will be provided to you during your consultation.
Patients choosing to invest in their self-confidence and happiness through cosmetic surgery have many options available to make this investment more manageable. Our Patient Coordinators are familiar with various payment options and can facilitate the process for you.
Is full payment required or do you offer a financing plan?
Affording your procedure can be made simpler by using Medicard which enables you to pay for your surgery with monthly payments. Please note that this company is not affiliated in any way with Barr Plastic Surgery. For more information on how financing can help you afford your procedure, visit:
- Fax, online, phone application
- Approval within 1 business day
- Payment terms: 6 months to 5 years
- No down payment
- Rates based on overall credit history (11.9% – 25%)
- No penalties for early payments
Is my procedure covered by insurance?
Face and Neck Lifts are considered cosmetic surgery and therefore not usually covered by private or provincial insurance such as OHIP.
What is included in the surgical fee?
The facility fee, surgeon, nurses, anaesthesia and anaesthetist, surgical supplies, and equipment used are all covered in the fees.
You will also be provided with prescriptions for medications to be taken after surgery. These prescriptions are subject to the same coverage you would receive from your medical insurance. If you do not have personal insurance, these medications will be at an additional cost to you.
Is a deposit required? When is it due?
There is a $500 deposit for any surgery under $5,000, a $1000 deposit for any surgery over $5000, and a $2500 deposit for any surgery over $10,000.
When is payment for the surgery due?
Payment for your surgery is due 14 days prior to your surgery date. Payment can be made by:
- Cash
- Certified Cheques
- Mastercard or VISA
- E-transfers
- Financing plan
Will I need to stay overnight following my face lift?
Face lift surgery is an outpatient procedure and you will be required to stay for a few hours after surgery. Following your release you will need a friend or family member to pick you up and care for you for 24-48 hours. This person should be familiar with your prescriptions and post-surgery instructions.
How long will it take me to recover from my face lift procedure?
Many patients find they are able to be up and around within a day, but activity should be limited for at least one week. Fine sutures around the ear are removed painlessly during a follow-up assessment 12-14 days after surgery. Some bruising, swelling and discomfort will be present for up to two weeks. Most patients find that they are able to mask their residual bruising with makeup and return to work within 10 to 12 days. You should only participate in light activity for the first four weeks following surgery. After four weeks most patients are able to return to normal activity, including heavy lifting.
What type of results can I expect?
After your face lift procedure with Dr. Barr, a dramatic difference will be visible in your facial and neck appearance. Deep folds and creases are diminished, sagging skin is lifted, and the overall facial appearance is more youthful and refreshed. Specifically you will note a significant elevation in the prominence of your cheeks, as well as a dramatic softening of the nasolabial folds, marionette lines and jowls.
Will I have scarring?
Dr. Barr takes every precaution to ensure your scarring is as minimal as possible. However, as with any surgery, there is a risk of scarring from the incisions. Once your incisions have healed there are products that can be used to minimize the redness in scars as well as improve the texture. Reusable silicone strips as well as medical grade topical scar creams are available for purchase that will help to reduce the discolouration found in new scars. Precautions that can be taken to minimize scarring will be discussed during consultation.


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The Vampire Diaries (novel series)
The Vampire Diaries. The Salvation: Unseen
The Awakening
The Struggle
The Fury
Dark Reunion
The Return: Nightfall
The Return: Shadow Souls
The Return: Midnight
The Hunters: Phantom
The Hunters: Moonsong
The Hunters: Destiny Rising
The Salvation: Unseen
The Salvation: Unspoken
The Salvation: Unmasked
|L. J. Smith (books 1-7)
Unknown ghostwriter (books 8-10)
Aubrey Clark (books 11-13)
|United States
Young adult fiction
|Harper Paperbacks (books 1-10)
47North (book 11-13)
Hodder Children's Books (books 1-13)
|September 1991–1992 (books 1-4)
February 2009–May 2014 (books 5-13)
|Media type
|Print (hardcover, paperback), eBook
The Vampire Diaries is a young adult vampire horror series of novels created by Alloy Entertainment (book packager). The story centers on Elena Gilbert, a young high school girl who finds her heart eventually torn between two vampire brothers, Stefan and Damon Salvatore.
Publishing history[edit]
The series was originally published in 1991-1992 and it revolves around Stefan Salvatore and Elena Gilbert as the two main protagonists. The first three novels in the original series (The Awakening, The Struggle, and The Fury) all feature Stefan and Elena as the narrators of the series, while the last book in the original series, Dark Reunion, is from Bonnie McCullough's viewpoint.
After taking a long hiatus from writing, Smith published the first installment of "The Return" trilogy, Nightfall, on February 10, 2009. Shadow Souls, the second book of "The Return" trilogy, was released on March 16, 2010. The third and final book of "The Return" trilogy, Midnight, was released on March 15, 2011.[1]
The trilogy after The Return trilogy, The Hunters, was written by a ghostwriter. In fact, Smith signed a "work for hire" contract back when she had written the original Vampire Diaries novel trilogy, which means Alloy owns the copyrights to the series. Smith had originally intended to call the books in "The Hunters" trilogy Phantom, Evensong and Eternity,[2][3][4][5] but the third book was called Destiny Rising by the ghostwriter.[6] Phantom was released on October 25, 2011,[7] Moonsong on March 13, 2012,[8] and Destiny Rising on October 23, 2012.[9]
The Salvation trilogy was written by ghostwriter Aubrey Clark. The first installment, Unseen, was released on May 2, 2013,[10] the second book, Unspoken, on November 7, 2013, and the third and final book, Unmasked, on May 8, 2014. The first two books of The Salvation trilogy were first released on Amazon.com as a paperback and ebook while Unmasked was available for pre-order purchase in five formats as of March 11, 2014 at Amazon.com.[11][12]
On January 15, 2014, Smith announced that she would be continuing to write her version of The Vampire Diaries before she was fired by Alloy. Smith would continue to write her books on Amazon Kindle as fan fiction and are not part of the official series. The Evensong arc would pick up where The Return: Midnight had left off and it takes place in an alternate world from the official series that follows Midnight. The three titles in the Evensong trilogy include Paradise Lost, The War of Roses and Into the Wood.[13] While the first two titles were released in 2014, Into the Wood has not yet been released as of March 2017.
The Vampire Diaries[edit]
- The Awakening: Volume I (1991) ISBN 978-1-4449-0071-2
- The Struggle: Volume II (1991) ISBN 978-0-06-199076-2
- The Fury: Volume III (1991) ISBN 978-0-06-199077-9
- Dark Reunion: Volume IV (1992) ISBN 978-0-06202058-1 (The Reunion in the UK and Australia version)
- The Awakening and The Struggle (2007) ISBN 978-1-41-782599-8
- The Fury and Dark Reunion (2007) ISBN 978-0-06-114098-3
The Return trilogy[edit]
- The Return: Nightfall (2009)ISBN 9780061720802
- The Return: Shadow Souls (2010) ISBN 978-0-06-172083-3
- The Return: Midnight (2011) ISBN 978-0-06-172085-7
The Hunters trilogy[edit]
- The Hunters: Phantom (2011) (Written by a ghostwriter)
- The Hunters: Moonsong (2012) (Written by a ghostwriter)
- The Hunters: Destiny Rising (2012) (Written by a ghostwriter)
The Salvation trilogy[edit]
- The Salvation: Unseen (2013) (Written by Aubrey Clark)
- The Salvation: Unspoken (2013) (Written by Aubrey Clark)
- The Salvation: Unmasked (2014) (Written by Aubrey Clark)
Short stories[edit]
Published on Lisa Jane Smith's official website.
- Matt and Elena - First Date (2010)
- Matt and Elena - Tenth Date: On Wickery Pond (2010)
- Bonnie and Damon: After Hours (2011)
- An Untold Tale: Blood Will Tell (2010)
- An Untold Tale: Elena's Christmas (2010)
Cuts from The Return: Shadow Souls[edit]
Published on Lisa Jane Smith's official website.
- Damon and Elena: Tumbleweeds (2011* Dinner Disaster (2010)
|Kids' Choice Awards[14]
|Favorite Book
Television adaptation[edit]
On February 6, 2009, Variety announced that The CW Television Network greenlit the pilot for a television series entitled The Vampire Diaries with Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec set as the writers and executive producers and starring Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder.[15] On May 19, 2009, the pilot was officially ordered to series for the 2009-2010 season.[16][17]
Stefan's Diaries[edit]
The Stefan's Diaries are six novels based on the TV series, attributed to Lisa Jane Smith but actually ghostwritten. They tell Stefan and Damon's past since Katherine's arrival. As they were written during the series broadcast, some things differ, such as the story of the original Vampires.
- The Vampire Diaries. Stefan's Diaries: Origins (November 2, 2010[18])
- The Vampire Diaries. Stefan's Diaries: Bloodlust (January 4, 2011[18])
- The Vampire Diaries. Stefan's Diaries: The Craving (March 3, 2011[18])
- The Vampire Diaries. Stefan's Diaries: The Ripper (November 8, 2011[19])
- The Vampire Diaries. Stefan's Diaries: The Asylum (January 17, 2012[20])
- The Vampire Diaries. Stefan's Diaries: The Compelled (March 12, 2012[21])
See also[edit]
- ^ "The Return Trilogy". Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ "The Shadow Souls Twin Fox Ring Contest and Lots More". Ye Olde Blog by L.J. July 19, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ "The New Name for the next Vampire Diaries Trilogy is..." Ye Olde Blog by L.J. September 25, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ "L J Smith (creator of The Vampire Diaries books) Fired From Writing the Rest of the Series". Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ "Interview with L.J. Smith part deux". Archived from the original on October 26, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ "The Hunters: Destiny Rising". October 23, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ "The Hunters Vol. I: Phantom U.S. & U.K. covers revealed". April 25, 2011.
- ^ "UK cover for The Hunters: Moonsong revealed + short synopses for Phantom and Moonsong". July 28, 2011.
- ^ "The Hunters: Destiny Rising cover and release dates revealed + read the first 80 pages of Moonsong". February 29, 2012.
- ^ "Vampire Diaries The Salvation: Unseen – L.J. Smith". May 3, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ^ "Amazon.com The Vampire Diaries: The Salvation: Unspoken". March 11, 2014.
- ^ "Amazon.com The Vampire Diaries: The Salvation: Unmasked". March 11, 2014.
- ^ "L.J. Smith's New Vampire Diaries Series". January 15, 2014.
- ^ "Vampire Diaries book series nominated for 2010 Kids' Choice Award". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13.
- ^ Michael Schneider (February 5, 2009). "CW picks up 'Vampire Diaries' pilot". Variety.
- ^ Nellie Andreeva. "CW picks up 'Melrose Place,' 'Vampire Diaries'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 22, 2009.
- ^ "THE CW NETWORK ANNOUNCES FALL PREMIERE DATES". The Futon Critic.
- ^ a b c "The Vampire Diaries. The Stefan's Diaries". Archived from the original on 2013-01-03.
- ^ "Stefan's Diaries #4: The Ripper due for release 8th November, 2011". Archived from the original on 2014-03-03.
- ^ "The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries #5: The Asylum".
- ^ "Stefan's Diaries #6 title announced". Archived from the original on 2014-03-03.


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In recent years magnetoencephalography (MEG) has been intensively used to scrutinise the functional role of cortical gamma band activity, i.e. the oscillatory brain activity at 30-100 Hz. Thus, gamma band activity has been observed in primary sensory cortices, e.g. the primary visual, motor, somatosensory and auditory cortices. It has been shown that gamma band activity plays a crucial role and is modulated by varied cognitive tasks, memory and pathophysiology. Moreover, it has been suggested that gamma band activity interacts with activity in other frequency bands, e.g. alpha and theta band activity. However, the functional role of human gamma band activity is not yet fully understood and further research is needed to enlighten its full functional meaning and implications.
This Research Topic aims to summarise and review where the MEG community stands today in studying gamma band activity. What has been achieved? Which questions still remain to be solved?
Moreover, it will present current activities in the field. What are the hot topics today and what are the emerging findings right now?
In addition to this, implications from other fields of research, such as animal studies examining the functional role of gamma band activity will be integrated and discussed.
Last but not least, this Research Topic aims to identify prospective directions for the field, trying to inspire the future work of researchers. Which questions on gamma band activity have to be tackled in the near future?
Researchers are welcome to contribute experimental reports, perspectives and reviews.
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Most people understand the individual goals of sales and customer success (CS) teams. But when it comes to how these two team's operations intersect—it can quickly become confusing. Aligning sales and customer success is no easy task. More often than not, sales and customer success operate as two separate entities, each with different functions and goals. But when sales and customer success work together as one cohesive team everyone can benefit.
Many underestimate the important role customer success plays in generating revenue. In fact, venture capitalist and SaaS sales expert Jason Lemkin estimates that 90% of revenue is generated from customer success operations. And according to some models, only 5-30% of the total value of a deal comes from the initial sale, while 70-95% of the lifetime value comes after the initial sale. How does customer success generate revenues? By keeping churn low and mapping customer journeys to ensure maximum renewals, upsells, and expansions.
With the above in mind, it becomes clear that customer success plays a crucial role in generating revenue. The problem is, many sales teams aren't conscious of the important role CS plays in maximizing the lifetime value of their clients. This leads to disconnect between the sales and CS teams. Sales and CS alignment can mean the difference between maximizing revenues and falling short.
In this guide I'll explore the challenges of aligning sales and CS teams and provide strategies to overcome these obstacles. I'll also provide four effective strategies for uniting your sales and CS teams under a common goal and list some ways sales and CS teams can help each other.
There are many benefits to aligning your sales and CS teams including:
Happier Customers
When sales and CS work together customers have a better experience overall. This means happier customers. And happier customers leads to more brand advocates, sales references, and referrals.
Smoother Onboarding
When sales and CS work together onboarding new customers becomes a smoother process.
Higher Revenues
When sales and CS work together to map strategic buyer journeys CS can increase the LTV of customers through upsells, cross-sales, and expansions.
Lower Churn
When sales and CS work together to attract, onboard, and grow best-fit customers, churn drops.
Lower churn + higher revenues = growth. When sales and CS work together, everyone wins.
Sales and CS benefit in many ways when they get along. But, there are some challenges getting in the way of true collaboration.
Different Goals
The foundation for the conflict between CS and sales is that each team has a completely different end goal. For sales, their number one concern is to hit quota, which they achieve by closing new business. On the contrary, CS's ultimate goal is keep churn low, which they achieve by retaining current customers. At times, these goals can work against each other. The sales team may be under pressure to meet challenging quotas, so they close less-than-ideal customers to meet their numbers. This causes conflicts with CS when they have to commit additional resources to support customers who aren't a great fit. This quickly devolves into a dysfunctional system.
Lack of Communication
Often a lack of communication can cause problems between Sales and CS teams. CS might become frustrated with the difficult customers sales sends them. On the flip side, sales might be unaware that the customers they're sending aren't the best fit. Other times, sales might pass customers onto CS without giving CS sufficient information to ensure a smooth onboarding process. Usually dysfunctional sales and CS teams do not have a clear system of communication or processes set up.
Another obstacle causing strain between sales and CS is misunderstanding the important role each team plays in the other's success. Sales reps may be unaware of the important role CS plays in their ability to close upgrades/expansions and generate a higher LTV for clients. On the other hand, CS may be unaware that systemically collaborating with sales can result in a smoother onboarding process and happier customers.
What exactly does it mean to be "aligned"?
Teams that are "aligned" have a common purpose they're working towards. Their ultimate goal is the same. Most sales and CS teams aren't aligned because sale's goal is to hit quota and CS's goal is to keep churn low. However, uniting these two team under one common goal can be the ultimate remedy to align a disjointed team. When the teams are united under a common goal they'll have the drive and incentive to work together to achieve that goal.
Steps You Can Take to Align Sales and CS
Develop a Customer-Centric Culture
A customer-centric approach is one that focuses on providing a positive customer experience both at the point of sale and post-sale. Uniting sales and CS under the common goal of providing a superior customer experience is a great way to overcome the opposing goals of these teams.
Establish Buy-In
Establishing buy-in is an essential component of aligning your sales and CS teams. This includes buy-in at all levels of the organization. If upper management doesn't understand the compelling benefits to aligning sales and CS, it's less likely these changes will be implemented. All levels of the organization, including sales and CS leaders, must understand the benefits to aligning theirs teams toward a customer-centric culture. Corporate culture change is more likely to be accepted if it comes from the top down.
Create an Ideal Customer Profile
Having a clear ideal customer profile (ICP) is key to combating the communication breakdown between sales and CS. An ICP is a pre-defined set of demographic, technographic, and situational characterics which indicate a prospect will receive the maximum value from your product. Think of an ICP as a guide to who your best-fit customers would be. A clearly defined ICP can help sales target and sell to best-fit customers so CS can spend less time on support and more time on upsells/expansions.
When creating an ideal customer profile, CS and sales should decide on traits together since they both have valuable insight into the type of customers that succeed with the product. You should decide on:
- Demographic traits: industry, location, company size, revenue, or growth trends.
- Technographic traits: Marketo, CRM, Buffer, SEO optimization, Salesforce, HubSpot, etc.
- Sales triggers: company expansion, company relocation, new product, hiring, mergers/acquisitions, additional funding, press coverage, good or bad financial quarter, or increase in expenses.
Here is an example ICP:
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When creating an ICP it's also important to identify disqualifying traits. These type of traits indicate a customer is not a good fit, will struggle through onboarding, require extensive support, and most likely churn. CS should have a good feel for which traits would disqualify a potential customer. Deciding on disqualifying traits along with the ICP can lead to even smoother collaboration between sales and CS.
Once you've created a solid ICP and put it in writing, communicate it across the entire sales and CS teams. This ensures everyone is on the same page and understands the importance and benefits to having an ICP guide your sales and CS activities.
Open Up Lines of Communication
To avoid miscommunication between sales and CS it's important to outline processes in detail. Consider asking your teams the following questions:
- At what point of the sales process should CS be brought into the conversation?
- What information does CS need from sales to ensure the smoothest onboarding possible?
- What information at the point of sale can CS use to determine a customer's need for expansion/upgrades? How can sales help CS map a customer's lifetime journey?
- At what point should sales be brought back into the conversation to handle upgrades, cross-sales, upsells, or expansions?
Here are some other systems to put in place to ensure smooth operations between sales and CS:
- Ensure sales is taking detailed notes throughout the sales process, not just the typical data points entered in the CRM.
- Require sales reps to evaluate a prospect's chance for success.
- Have a regular set meeting between sales and CS.
- Have CS share a customer success story once per week during regular meetings.
How can CS help sales?
Here are some best practices CS professionals can keep in mind to facilitate the work of the sales team:
- Collect references/testimonials from successful customers
- Connect prospects with successful current customers
- Pass along key use case insights from discussions with users
- Share compelling customer success stories for sales reps to leverage
How can sales help CS?
Here are some best practices sales professionals can keep in mind to facilitate the work of the CS team:
- Identify and sell to prospects with a clear success case (and who match your ICP)
- Avoid signing customers who might be a bad fit
- Take detailed notes throughout the sales process, providing CS with key insights into what triggered the decision to buy
- Loop CS into the sales process at an appropriate point to ensure smooth onboarding
- Sales and CS teams are often at odds because they have different end goals.
- When sales and CS work together everyone benefits—churn rate drops, revenues increase, and customers are happier.
- In order to unite sales and CS instill a common goal like providing a superior customer experience.
- Establishing organizational buy-in, creating an ideal customer profile, and opening up clear lines are communication are all ways to break down barriers between sales and CS.
- CS can help sales by gathering references/testimonials, providing insightful feedback into product use-cases, and discussing customer success stories.
- Sales can help CS by only signing customers with a defined success case, filling them in on all the important details during the sales process, and handing off customers for a smooth onboarding process.
Aligning sales and CS teams isn't an easy task, but by uniting them under the common goal of providing an exceptional customer experience, it's possible.
About the Author
Carolyn Kick is the Marketing Manager at RepIQ. RepIQ's prospect database and lead generation tools help salespeople discover the right customers for their business.


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I get bored very easily and so tend to find that I need to find things to do to occupy my mind - partly where the inspiration for blogging came in! More often that not it means that I sit down and make something, rather like a small child... Be it homemade jewellery, cakes or blog headers, I like to try something
Last week, when off on an adventure the BF & I came across old vinyl records for a knockdown price which I couldn't pass up on so I bought one (I couldn't help it but I went back the next day and bought a few more for this new 'project'...) and took it home with the intention of making something from it.
Somewhere over there >> you can see the first creation. I'm not going to lie, both the BF and I are pretty pleased with the final outcome. It's impressive what you can do with a vinyl and a clock mechanism kit.
One project down, we started to try something else. Something I'd seen on those tip exchange type websites. A Vinyl Bowl.
I confess, it really did take us 20 minutes longer than it should have - my perfectionist nature really came to light - but you can see the final effect was quite impressive. It's perfect for all the cr*p that the BF has in his pockets so that it doesn't spread about my room...


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A meeting of two delegations headed by the Chairman of the Board of "Uzbekenergo" JSC - U. Mustafoev and the General Director of "Power Machines" PLC - T. Lipatov (Russian Federation) was held at "Uzbekenergo" JSC.
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In the joint-stock company "Uzbekenergo" were elected the chairman of the Council of Leaders of the Youth Union and the coordinators of the directions
On August 14, JSC "Uzbekenergo" was held a general meeting on the election of members of the Council of the Union of Youth, the main coordinator and coordinators of the directions of society. Activists of the councils of the Youth Union, working at the enterprises of JSC "Uzbekenergo",...
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On July 21, the ceremony of signing a Memorandum of Understanding between Uzbekenergo JSC and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) was held at the Hyatt Regency Tashkent Hotel.
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The combat against corruption is the guarantee of the security of the state and society
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Back in the early years of the 21st century Apple experienced what became known as the halo effect.
iPods started selling by the millions to Windows PC users, who decided to try the Mac (and Mac sales went up). The halo effect was extended when the iPhone and iPad came along. More customers. More Mac sales. Guess what? There's another halo effect from the App Store.
How Much Is That App In The Window?
The App Store for iPhone and now iPad is one of the great technology success stories of the century. So far. Nearly a million apps are available for download.
Some of those apps sell in the tens of millions, and even when priced at a few dollars, make for happy customers and happy app developers.
What's the new halo effect? Popular iPhone apps that make it to the Mac App Store.
One of my all time favorites, and one that leaves me a loser even after going to higher levels, is Cut the Rope. It's one a many perfect apps on my iPhone, now on the Mac.
What's perfect about Cut the Rope? My pre-schooler and first grader can play it and beat me. Who knew they understood the laws of physics?
Get this. Cut the Rope on Mac has 275 levels.
Look familiar?
Instead of using your finger to swipe and cut the rope, use your Mac's screen pointer.
Among those 275 levels there are also 11 level boxes.
The physics of Cut the Rope for Mac work the same as the iPhone version.
The characters are cute, the sound is infectious, the graphics are stunning, and Cut the Rope for Mac also saves acheivements and leaderboards for multiple users.
The halo effect is real. That's why we see so many components from iPhone and iPad– the latest iOS version– show up on the Mac.
Having a similar look and feel on the Mac to what a few hundred million iPhone and iPad users already know and love only makes the Mac a more friendly environment.
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Youve probably heard of "Indie Rock," but how about "Kindie Rock"? Its a lot more popular than you might imagine. The most popular new trend involves creating rock music for kids it "melds the sensibility of the singer-songwriter with themes aimed at kids under 10," according to Salon.com. Unlike the more "bubble gum" pop music you hear on radio channels designed for kids, Kindie Rock aims to combine classic, cool rock music with lyrics aimed towards being a kid. Think of it as family friendly rock music that everyone can enjoy. So what, exactly, is the Kindie Rock Movement? It all started with Dan Zanes, the singer for the alternative 80s and 90s band Del Fuegos. When Dan couldnt find anything on the radio that was appropriate for his young daughter to listen to, he set out to make some on his own. The Kindie Rock movement was born. The most important element to Kindie Rock is that its not the "cutesy," kind of watered-down pop music that so many companies throw together. Like the name suggest, its real rock music for kids. And some of the most popular bands of today have hopped on the bandwagon, including They Might Be Giants, The Shins and Weezer. Newer bands on the scene include Recess Monkey and Secret Agent 23 Skiddoo, Laurie Berkner and Gustafer Yellowgold. But heres whats really cool: you can hear this family friendly rock music almost anywhere. Kindie Rock bands tour all over the country, and put out CDs and DVDs. If youre unsure about whether or not buying rock music for kids is a good idea, you can take a free "test drive" by watching an episode or two of the Nick Jr. show "Yo Gabba Gabba," which is dedicated to showcasing some of the most popular and fun! family friendly rock music out there. There are also some really terrific podcasts available for free download from iTunes (as well as other places), including Zooglobble, Kindiecast, Goonie Bird Kids and Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl. Theyre all wonderful resources for parents looking to explore the Kindie Rock movement a little more thoroughly before letting their kids listen to the music. Family Friendly Rock Music The best part of Kindie Rock has to be its adaptability. Studies have long shown the correlation between music and more advanced child development. Studying music whether as a musician or as a music lover leads to better concentration levels, better hand-eye coordination, and better self-esteem in children. But for years, it was believed that an introduction to classical music was the best (if not the only) route to take. Studying and playing rock music (for kids, tweens and adults) is just as beneficial and in the interest of honesty, probably a whole lot more fun for more young learners. The surge in popularity for Kindie Rock has introduced scores of younger children to musical study, thus increasing the amount of kids who will become life-long music lovers. Thankfully, the Kindie Rock phenomenon isnt proving to be a flash-in-the-pan kind of thing. This style of rock music for kids is popular with people of all ages, which helps to keep it alive. And with more and more music instructors offering classes that encourage children to "rock out," its a pretty safe bet that Kindie Rock will be around for a long, long time.
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Microsoft (MS) Excel test is a very important assessment test in most of the companies as it helps to assess the applicants excel skills prior to their joining. The newer version of the Excel is known as Microsoft Excel 2016. Most of the companies use this newer version in order to get the best results in their works. The particular assessment test is basically referred to as the Microsoft Excel skills assessment test (2016) and it is designed in order to check the application and functional skills of the job-aspirants. The test is based on the Excel skills, as per the Industry Standards.
The ms excel assessment test is generally taken for the following key profiles:
· Graduates/Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering trainees.
· Mechanical Engineer
· Automotive Engineer
· Junior Mechanical Engineers.
The particular recruitmenttest is generally involved with the following key topics:· Excel Formatting
· Managing Data
· Working with Formulae and Functions.
· Tables and Charts
Basically, the Microsoft Excel skills assessment (2016) is involved with the following concepts:
· Editing--Insert Rows, Find/Replace, Undo and more.
· Formatting--Borders, Columns, Paper Size and more.
· Tools--Protecting Cells, Ranges, Zoom and more.
· Functions--Inserting, Autosum and more.
· Charts & Graphs--Creating, Using Different Types, and more.Generally, the duration of the Microsoft Excel assessment test is 20 minutes that is associated with the newer version of MS Excel. The particular recruitment test questions are designed as well as validated by the Subject Matter Experts (SME)s. After finishing the test, the powerful reporting and detailed analysis can help the recruiters in taking a better decision on selection. The particular assessment test is associated with the set of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ's), Multiple Answer Questions (MAQ's), Descriptive, True or False, and Fill in the Blank. Recruiters can analyse the score report in the following way:
· Percent of Correct Answers (80%, 50%, 100%, etc).
· Skill Level: Beginning, Intermediate, or Advanced.
· Correct/Incorrect for each question.
· Time taken per question and more.
The particular assessment test enables the recruiting team in order to assess and identify the efficient Excel candidates through the recruitment of the working skills and job readiness. So, the emphasis should be given to the evaluation of the practical and applied knowledge skill. It is basically gained through a work experience in the real-world scenario. So, the theoretical basis is not that much important in this particular test. Microsoft Excel is regarded as the industry standard in order to manage the information involving the financial, engineering, and statistical data. This recruitment test is designed in order to assess the Industrial demands of the candidates. It is very important to analyse the efficiency, expertise and effectiveness of the candidates in the Application of Formulas, Macros, and so on. So, the particular assessment test is very crucial in most of the recruitments. It is designed for assessing whether the job-aspirants are associated with a good knowledge of the following concepts or not:
· Macros, Pivot, Data Manipulation
· Knowledge of commonly used formulas
· Statistical operations
· Forms
The Microsoft Excel skills assessment test is very useful in order to select the eligible candidates for the next level of the interview. The candidates should be equipped with the fundamental and basic practical knowledge so that they can solve any task after hiring.


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Dennis Richardson says state employees received a 15.3 percent catch-up raise in 1981 contract
The Public Employees Retirement System is the topic that never quits doling out potential PolitiFacts. On the final day of the 2011 legislative session, for example, Rep. Dennis Richardson, R-Central Point, had this to say about failed efforts to get public employees to start paying the 6 percent "employee share" that public employers (otherwise known as taxpayers) have been paying since 1979.
"In 1979, there was a collective bargaining agreement that said, 'No pay increases but we'll pick up the 6 percent as the employer on the retirement plan.' In 1981, the negotiators for collective bargaining said, 'We haven't had a raise in four years,' and so they ended up with a 15.3 percent increase in pay, but the 6 percent payment toward the retirement plan didn't get repealed."
In a follow-up e-mail to The Oregonian, he said that the 6 percent pickup should have been repealed with the 15.3 percent pay increase, "but it was allowed to continue on top of the 'catch-up' pay increase."
Richardson's assertion is significant because it could undermine a key argument made by public employees, who say they are entitled to the pickup because it was given to them in lieu of a raise. If they got a larger-than-usual raise to make up for no raise, as he claims, shouldn't they forfeit the other benefit?
Many taxpayers might think so. But how correct are the representative's facts?
Remember that the late 1970s and early 1980s were a time of severe economic stress. Inflation was in the double-digits, and cost-of-living raises for those lucky enough to have a job were similarly high.
Richardson is right that in May 1979, the state agreed to start paying the 6 percent retirement pickup previously withheld from employees' paychecks.
But he's not right that employees agreed to no pay increases in that contract negotiation, which covered July 1979 through June 1981. The labor agreement called for employees who made just under $12,000 a year to receive a 1 percent salary increase on July 1, 1979. Additionally, all employees were to receive a maximum 2 percent cost-of-living increase five times over two years, up to 10 percent.
In July 1981, a new state contract gave all workers a $55 monthly increase -- which Richardson calculates as an average 4.3 percent increase. We agree. They also agreed to cost of living increases totalling 11 percent from January 1982 to March 1983. A union spokesperson told The Oregonian at the time that the package would result in pay raises of 15.6 percent to 19 percent. This is what Richardson considers the "catch-up."
Employees, however, did not get those raises as scheduled.
State workers received the $55 monthly increase and a 2 percent COLA in January 1982, but a severe recession that year meant that employees had to wait until July 1983 for the rest of their cost-of-living increases, which totalled 9 percent. Furthermore, they didn't get COLA cost-of-living increases in 1983-85 because the economy was so bad.
So Richardson's facts are not entirely accurate. Still, we wanted to know whether the increases state employees did receive beat inflation. In other words, how generous was the state?
Essentially, employees over 1979-81 received about a 16 percent "wage" increase, if you include the 6 percent retirement pickup. At the time, inflation was 25 percent -- or, to break it down, 14 percent in 1979, 13 percent in 1980 and 9 percent in 1981, adjusted for the state's fiscal year calendars.
State employees continued to lag behind inflation with the next contract, even with the retirement pickup. The "wage" increase over 1979-83 was 22 percent, at a time when inflation was 33 percent. That's at least a a more than 10 percentage-point gap.
The gap narrowed a little more with the 1983-85 contract: "Wages" increased 31 percent while the cost of living went up 39 percent. By the 1985-87 agreement, state workers' wages had grown 39 percent since 1979 while the cost of living had gone up 43 percent. Again, that included the retirement benefit.
If your eyes are glazing over, jump to the ruling. For those who want more evidence, we asked Tom Potiowsky, Oregon's former state economist now at Portland State University, and Joshua Lehner, an economist with Oregon's Office of Economic Analysis, to check our math. They came to to the same conclusion, but used a slightly different time period.
Let's start with a hypothetical $100 salary in June 1979. By July 1982 that $100 would be roughly $126 with the cost of living increases and 6 percent retirement money not being taken from paychecks. Inflation in the Portland-Salem area would have grown from $100 to $140, from 1978 to July 1982. So that's a 15 percentage point difference.
By July 1983, the $100 would have grown to $138 for state workers, and $144.50 under inflation. "This narrowed the gap, so that while inflation rose 44.5% from 1978 to July 1983, state wages rose 37.6 percent," Potiowsky said in an e-mail. "Wages still did not recover from inflation from 1978 to July 1983."
Presented with our findings, Richardson said in an e-mail that we should look at private sector wages and the rate at which those grew -- or didn't -- over this period.
That wasn't necessary for our ruling either, but the idea piqued our curiosity. So we turned to the crack economists at the Oregon Employment Department, who were kind enough to generate data on wages, adjusted for inflation to 1985 dollars.
According to Employment Department numbers, state government workers lost 1.7 percent of their earning power from 1979-85 while private sector workers lost 3.9 percent. Again, this does not include the 6 percent pickup contribution. (But if you look at the graph, which charts a longer period, you'll see that everyone did poorly. Private sector wages declined less because they were lower to start with and they didn't drop as much as state worker wages. By the way, federal employees fared best.)
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So, did state employees make out like bandits? That's a matter of opinion. Readers can decide for themselves whether they did, and whether they should continue to get their retirement contributions paid.
What we can say for sure is that even with the 6 percent retirement pickup added back to paychecks, the 15.3 percent so-called "catch up" raise was not out of line given inflation. And two, state workers didn't get most of that 15.3 percent increase until the next biennium, at which point COLA cost-of-living increases were frozen for another two years.
State workers may have done better economically than private sector employees, but that's not what Richardson said in his original statement. We find his statement False.