text:
EcoRight x Disney | Donald Duck Canvas Backpack for Kids
Our love for Donald duck is strong and everlasting even after all these years just like this bag. Take on new adventures with Disney in this iconic Donald duck printed backpack.Outfitted with a large Donald duck artwork, this cute Disney backpack-cum-lunch bag is eco-friendly, reusable, recyclable and is made to leave behind a minimum carbon footprint.EcoRight donates 1% of all profits to causes supporting a brighter future - education and the environment. Read more on our CSR page.
Material: Cotton Canvas, 15 oz (sturdy)
Closure: Zipper
Features: Sturdy, tape handles, lining, pocket
Size: 9 inch x 11.5 inch x 5 inch (gusset)
Print: Eco-friendly dyes and inks (do not contain hazardous chemicals)
Capacity: 10 kg
Weight: 120gm
Bag Usage
Apart from not being plastic, this backpack has amazing uses. Use it as a mini backpack for work, college or a casual day out with friends. Run errands or go on a shopping spree with this backpack. It is spacious enough to store about 10 kgs of weight.
Use it as a lunch backpack and go lunching in style. It is the perfect size for a kids school bag and adult mini backpack. Looks uber stylish when used as a work bag or college bag. Just casually slip all your stationery, books, notes and gadgets inside and you are good to go. This also makes for a perfect party favor and a cute gift for your friends and family.
Whether you are hitting the beach, going on a shopping trip, hopping off to a weekend destination or simply slipping into your snacks, this cute Donald Duck is here to give you a quacking time!


text:
9220 Georgetown PikeGreat Falls, Virginia 22066703-759-2082 fax: 703-759-0874
The Diocese of VirginiaThe Episcopal Church of USA
Children's Used Book CollectionNow - May 17
Click below for --Episco-Facts
Current Ministry Schedulefor Volunteers
Now accepting 2 Year Old Students!
ENROLL NOW for September!
Creche is on-line with distance learning!
April 22 - 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
April 27 - May 1 - Creche Teacher Appreciation Week

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Breastfeeding is normal, natural, wholesome, and beautiful. In honor of Black History Month, here are 22 stunning images of breastfeeding mothers and babies of color that prove it.
Serving doubles at the breastfeeding bar, straight up with a twist of peaceful parenting.
Breastfeeding is normal, natural, wholesome, and beautiful. In honor of Black History Month, here are 22 stunning images of breastfeeding mothers and babies of color that prove it.
Nursing our children is incredibly important to us. We're proud, grateful, sometimes hesitant, always brave. See how quickly we all LEAPED at a chance to share some of our most treasured breastfeeding moments?
That moment when our babies gave us the big ol' doe eyes, thanking us from somewhere deep in their souls for nourishing them? We couldn't ignore it. And we're so happy about it, we want others to notice too.
An innocently cute brelfie (breastfeeding selfie) trend like this should go viral and incite mad passion — even the World Health Organization said so in a UN briefing for this year's World Breastfeeding Week.
We've been patient. So very patient. But we're starting to get antsy in our nursing gliders and uncomfortable under the paisley tent-covers. It takes this degree of overwhelming social media with Tree of Life brelfies to normalize breastfeeding by tomorrow, when it really should have happened yesterday.
The power of transformation is an inherent gift of woman. The spider, snake, and butterfly are just a few of many creatures regarded as manifestations of feminine energy and universal symbols of shape-shifting. A master of creation, woman's body is the original 3D printer. When she nurses a child, as Mark Twain once said, "she has no equal among men."
Somehow still, many of us know discontent with or hatred for our bodies, whether transient or persistent. What's worse is we believe it's normal. Accepted to the point of expectation. This is especially true at the moment we inherit our mothering bodies. Through literally all forms of media and outlets for opinion, we are told before anything else that mothering bodies are not sexy, therefore not valuable, therefore invisible.
It's a dangerous trajectory for the postpartum woman who is vulnerable, open, and recovering — she is brainwashed to confuse these things with weakness, brokenness, incapability, and decreased desirability. Read More
This weekend, I joined with advocates from across the nation to Chalk The Walk with our favorite peaceful parenting messages.
As always, this is a family-friendly event and all ages are welcome to participate. Perfect for us — especially this time with a 1.5-day-old baby and a 3.5-year-old kiddo in tow!
A variety of peaceful parenting topics were on display: Informed birth choice, breastfeeding, nighttime parenting (no CIO), cloth diapering, babywearing, gentle 'discipline', genital autonomy…
Ever wondered how to make a belly cast? This is a fun idea for the last few weeks of the the third trimester (or after baby's Guess Date has come and gone) when your belly is as abundant as it'll ever be, and you're waiting on baby to make his or her arrival among us air-breathers.
Have you ever had your pregnant belly painted, either with acrylics or henna?
Here is some inspiration for those who love the positive energy of color, art, and creation. These would also be perfect to re-imagine on a belly cast if your skin is sensitive to paint.
(In no particular order).


text:
"Tinker AFB, E-3 Sentry AWACS" vintage style art by – Squadron Posters!
Tinker AFB, E-3 Sentry AWACS
The 552d Air Control Wing (552 ACW) is an operational wing of the United States Air Force based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The 552d Air Control Wing is responsible to the commander of Air Combat Command for the operations, maintenance, logistics, training, and combat support of E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft and Control and Reporting Centers (CRCs). The wing provides combat-ready theater battle management forces and mobile command control, and communications radar element at the direction of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It deploys, operates and supports these forces worldwide ensuring combat capability for all peacetime and contingency operations.


text:
Our website works best using cookies. By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. Read more about our Cookies and our Privacy policy.
Click here to learn about cookie settings.
You have no items in your shopping basket.
View as
1 Item(s)
The flashlight provides a momentary and constant-on operation, high, low, eco, and strobe output modes.
Currently Shopping by:
Explore behind the scenes at world-class distilleries across Europe
with a GATE8 cabin bag
Flying Blue is the loyalty programme of


text:
Kaala Radio Episode 11
SWEET HOLY DEATH!!! Aaron and Jharrod interview author, actress, voice-actress, dancer, wrestling announcer, and Japanese death-metal fan Nanami and hold the first (and likely last) spooky story-telling contest. All this plus so much Japanese extreme music you'll choke on it! We're talking Butcher ABC, Vomit Remnants, Undead Daredevil, Raging Fury, Disgunder, and Catasexual Urge Motivation! What is this, some kind of joke?! Hell no, it's Kaala Radio episode 11!


text:
Scor appoints Gilles Meyer to head Scor Global Life division
FRENCH reinsurer Scor has appointed Gilles Meyer as the new head of Scor Global Life, the group's life reinsurance unit.
Request a Demo Getting a demo tailored to your needs is the best way to see how our solutions will help you gain an advantage.
Request Demo
Register for our free email digests:


text:
Principal Investigator
2010 PhD Computational Genomics, Leiden University / Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Mentors: Leena Peltonen & Gert-Jan van Ommen
Thesis: Analysis & algorithms in human disease genomics
2005 MSc Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of California Los Angeles
2004 BSc Biochemistry, University of Washington
2004 BSc Economics, University of Washington
2018 - Director, Cambridge Baker Systems Genomics Initiative
2018 - Turing Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute
2018 - Principal Researcher, Dept of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge
2020 - Munz Chair of Cardiovascular Prediction & Prevention, Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute
2018 - Associate Professor, Dept of Physiology, Anatomy & Microbiology, La Trobe University
2017 - Associate Professor, Central Clinical School, Monash University
2016 - Associate Professor, Dept of Clinical Pathology & School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne
2017 - 2019 Principal Research Fellow, Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute
2014 - 2018 NHMRC RD Wright Fellow
2014 - 2018 National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow
2015 - 2017 Co-Founder / Deputy Director, Centre for Systems Genomics, University of Melbourne
2012 - 2017 Senior Research Fellow - Principal Research Fellow (Associate Professor), University of Melbourne
2010 - 2014 NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellow
2010 - 2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
2005 - 2010 Researcher / Genome Analyst, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Mike grew up in the Seattle area before beginning undergraduate study in 1999 at the University of Washington, where he graduated with BSc's in biochemistry and economics. As a 19 year-old freshman, Mike began analyzing data from the draft Human Genome Project, spending several years doing research in gene finding and protein structure prediction. He continued studying protein structure as a graduate student at UCLA, but returned to genomics in 2005 when he moved to the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (Cambridge, UK). While at Sanger, Mike completed his PhD with Prof Leena Peltonen and Prof Gert-Jan van Ommen and was heavily involved in the analytics for the first wave of genome-wide association studies as well as large-scale studies integrating multi-omic data. After a postdoc at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (Melbourne, AU), he was recruited to the faculty at the University of Melbourne in 2012 where he built a research program in systems genomics with a focus on clinical and public health applications. In 2017, Mike was recruited to the Baker Institute and the University of Cambridge to set up a lab spanning Australia and the UK that focuses on core areas of systems genomics, including polygenic risk scores, integrated analysis of multi-omics data and development of analytic tools. He is the Munz Chair of Cardiovascular Prediction and Prevention at the Baker Institute, an investigator at Health Data Research UK (Cambridge Site), and a Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute (London).
Research Staff
Dr Gad Abraham (Group Leader, Baker Institute, website)
Dr Gad Abraham received the BAppSci(Hons) in computer science from RMIT University in 2005, and a PhD at the University of Melbourne in 2012. He then began a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Pathology at the University of Melbourne (2012–2015) and was later awarded an NHMRC Doherty Fellowship, becoming a group leader and Core Member at the Centre for Systems Genomics, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne (2015–2017). In mid 2017, he joined the Baker Institute as a Group Leader in the Inouye Lab. His main research interest has been the development of genomic (polygenic) risk scores for complex human disease, including coeliac disease and more recently coronary heart disease. Such scores have the potential to stratify individuals by disease risk early in life, better tailoring treatment or lifestyle modifications to individuals, years or decades before disease manifests. He also has an interest in development of computational tools and methods for practical analysis of large genomic and multi-omic datasets.
Dr György (George) Abrusán (University of Cambridge)
György obtained his M.Sc. in Biology from the University of Debrecen (Hungary), and his Ph.D from Warsaw University (Poland). Initially his bioinformatic work focused on comparative genomics and the biology of transposable elements (TEs), particularly on TE – host coevolution. More recently he worked in computational structural biology, and focused on the factors governing the evolution of quaternary structure of proteins, and their dependence on interactions with their ligands. He has demonstrated that the structure of ligand binding site is a fundamental factor shaping the evolution and function of protein complexes, including folding, allostery or chaperone interactions. He joined the Inouye Lab in 2020, where his research interests include the structural and functional consequences of missense variants.
Rodrigo got his Bachelor (2007) and Master (2010) degree in Computer Science Master at the University of Chile. In collaboration with Prof. Gonzalo Navarro, he worked in the area of succinct data structures and its applications in Bioinformatics focusing in the suffix tree data structure. Later in 2015, he received his PhD at the University of Melbourne, where in collaboration with Prof. Alister Moffat and Andrew Turpin, he explored how succinct data structures can be use to compress genomic files, proving the feasibility of random access to the compressed genetic data without requiring full decompression of large data files. Then he began a Posdoctoral Researcher position at the Lab. of Computer Science, Robotics and Microelectronics of Montpellier (LIRMM) and The Institute of Computational Biology (IBC). There he worked in exploring and improving existing tools while at the same time proposing novel methods and ideas for analyzing sequence data coming from High Throughput Sequencing technologies. Also, during his stay at Montpellier he developed tools to accurate predicting Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) proteins base on the biological and structural features of known GPI-anchored Proteins. In the Inouye Lab, Rodrigo is doing research in the application of genomic prediction to common disease, particularly autoimmunity.
Dr Sergio Ruiz Carmona (Baker Institute)Sergio carried out his MSc and PhD in Barcelona (Barril Lab, www.ub.edu/bl), where he worked with different Structure-Based Drug Design methods with the aim to improve drug design for non-standard targets. Mainly, he was involved in the development and application of virtual screening approaches using molecular docking and other complementary methods. After finishing his PhD in 2017, he stayed as a postdoctoral researcher in the same lab collaborating in projects related to cancer, where he could successfully apply the methods developed during his PhD to find bioactive compounds targeting "undruggable" proteins. He also carried out two short stays in the labs of Dr Andreas Bender (Cambridge, UK) and Dr Peter Kolb (Marburg, Germany), where he learnt about genomics and other computational methods. Sergio joined the Baker Institute in January 2019, where he will study the relationship between genetic variants and their effect on protein structures.
Dr Sam Lambert (University of Cambridge)
Sam received his BSc in Canada from the University of Guelph where he studied Biological Sciences with stints working with chicken viruses, studying abroad in Singapore, working in a lab in China, and finally doing some nutrigenomics/lipid research. He then moved back home to Toronto to pursue his PhD in Molecular Genetics with Dr. Tim Hughes at the University of Toronto. During his PhD he studied anything and everything to do with transcription factors – developing computational methods to measure and understand the diversity of sequences transcription factors recognize within and between species. Sam joined the Cambridge node of the Inouye lab in January 2019, and is excited to be working on topics related to polygenic (risk) scores for predicting an individual's disease risk or phenotype based on their genetics.
Jonathan studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge for his BA, following on with an MSci in Systems Biology where he discovered his love of computational biology. After working as a research assistant for the QTL In Health and Disease programme at the MRC Human Genetics Unit in the University of Edinburgh, he began a three-year PhD investigating the genetic regulation of serum urate in humans. In 2019, he began a postdoc at the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit in the University of Cambridge, working with RNA sequencing data in the INTERVAL cohort. His interest in functional genomics lead him to join the Cambridge node of the Inouye lab in late 2019.
Read more about me here. My research interests are broad and revolve around the ecology and evolution of environmental and pathogenic bacteria in relation to their human or animal hosts. I study different levels of these host-pathogen/host-bacterial interactions, mainly with a microbial population biology angle: how the ecology and environment can impact on bacterial and microbial population evolution, how pathogens emerge from background asymptomatic carried populations, and how microbes jump and transmit between various hosts. For example, I try to understand the impact of host factors (ecology, physiology or immunity) on the evolution and adaptation of the bacterial species they carry. In the Inouye Lab, I'm working on pathogen and antimicrobial resistance gene detection from shotgun metagenomics data and how these relate to host phenotypes (human genetics, metabolomics, incident disease etc). I collaborate closely with Kathryn Holt's lab at the Bio21 Institute.
Artika's training in genetics started with a BSc (Honours) degree from the University of Otago in New Zealand. Her experience in molecular genetics excited her desire to learn more about how genes contribute to human disease. Her passion towards a genomics based approach for biomedical research was rewarded by a Fulbright Fellowship for a Masters degree in Biological Sciences where she obtained training in genomics profiling and bioinformatics at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. Artika, joined the Inouye Lab in 2013 after being awarded the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) and International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) to pursue her interest in genomics, immunology and integrative biology. Artika graduated with a PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2017 and completed an AMSI internship with CSL Research Ltd. She rejoined the Inouye Lab in late 2017 as a postdoctoral researcher.
Dr Scott Ritchie (University of Cambridge)
Scott grew up in Melbourne before spending several years in the UK and US. He returned to Melbourne to begin undergraduate study at the University of Melbourne in 2008 graduating with a Bachelor in Computer Science in 2010. During his undergraduate he became interested in machine learning and data analysis, and was introduced to Bioinformatics in his final year. This led him to continue with postgraduate study at the University of Melbourne in Bioinformatics, graduating with distinction with an MSc in 2012. During this time he joined the Inouye Lab where he was introduced to systems biology, exploring different methods for constructing gene co-expression networks. In 2017, he completed his PhD also in the Inouye Lab. His current research interests include network analysis, gene expression data, and data visualisation.
Dr Woei Yuh Saw (Baker Institute)
Woei Yuh completed her PhD at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in Jan 2019. As part of her PhD, she focused on mapping the degree of natural variation amongst Asian populations, using different biological molecular states which include genomics (for instance, whole genome SNPs data, pharmacogenomics variants, and HLA typing alleles), transcriptomics, and lipidomics. During her PhD, she also worked at the NUS StatGen (Statistical Genetics) Laboratory. She is now a Research Officer in the System Genomics laboratory at Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. Her main research interest is looking at multi-omics integration together with clinical, diet and environmental data, which she hopes to be able to derive biological insights from the multi-omics and infer links with diseases.
Dr Alex Smith (Baker Institute)
Alex was initially trained as a "French engineer" with a specialisation in Applied Statistics in Rennes. He obtained a CEA PhD scholarship to work on metabolic networks and prokaryote comparative genomics, devising a method to search for candidate genes for sequence-orphan enzymatic activities, as well as integrating evolutionary relationships to inform a high-throughput exploration of the enzymatic activities of a newly-discovered protein family. He followed his wife to New Zealand, where he worked as a biostatistics post-doc for the Sleep/Wake Research Center, before being recruited by the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research to initiate a bioinformatics workforce there, with as a main project the analysis of RNA-seq data from mouse dendritic cells stimulated with parasite material. A third post-doctoral position - this time in Switzerland - saw Alex seeking to identify long intergenic non-coding RNAs involved in driving or maintaining the cell cycle by exploring publicly-available single-cell data of staged mESCs. Alex has again crossed the world and has taken a position at the Baker Institute of Melbourne, where he is working with both the Meikle and Inouye labs on integrating lipidomics and GWAS data. Alex loves to tinker in R and gnaw at datasets until he can get everything out of them, and enjoys helping people out with their experimental designs and statistical analyses.
Dr Howard Tang (Baker Institute)
Howard graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2012 with MBBS, BMedSc (Hons), and spent a year working as a junior doctor at the Northern Hospital, Epping. He has been involved in a number of clinical research projects around Melbourne. For example he has conducted analysis and provided statistical consultation for surgical researchers studying risk factors for blood transfusion following hip operations, and physical and psychological outcomes following breast reconstruction surgery for breast cancer. Howard has a keen interest in the mathematical modelling of biological processes, and the use of statistical tools to better understand complex biological systems. He is studying for his PhD in systems biology and will be exploring clinical prediction models for asthma, as well as understanding environment-genome interactions that underlie asthma pathogenesis.
Dr Shu Mei Teo (Baker Institute)
Shu Mei's interest in genetics and bioinformatics started in 2007 with an honours year project on "Methodology research with regards to DNA pooling for SNP genotyping" at the National University of Singapore (NUS) where she graduated with a BSc with a major in Statistics. She subsequently went on to pursue a Ph.D. in genetic and molecular epidemiology at NUS and Karolinska Institutet (joint degree), with a thesis entitled "Statistical Methods for the Detection and Analyses of Copy Number Variants in the Human Genome". Shu Mei is currently a post-doctoral research fellow in the Inouye lab at the Baker Institute with close links to the Holt lab at the Bio21 Institute. She works on the analysis of microbiome data and the interactions between the microbiome, host genetics and other environmental factors (such as viral infection etc.) on the pathogenesis of childhood asthma. Outside of work, Shu Mei enjoys rockclimbing, hiking, yoga and playing boardgames.
Yu received his Ph.D. degree in Intelligence Systems at Trinity College Dublin, where he continued working as a research fellow till late 2018. Yu's Ph.D. research tackled the problem of user expertise inference on social media which aimed to predict the online user's expertise information via exploiting machine learning techniques, with a focus on the application of probabilistic graph models and multi-task learning algorithms. Prior to that, Yu earned his M.S. degree in Computer Science at Hunan University of Science and Technology, China in 2013. His M.S. research developed novel collaborative filtering and optimal path search algorithms to address the Web service recommendation problem. As a post-doctoral researcher in Inouye Lab, Yu is exploring machine learning and deep learning techniques to address genomic prediction problems including genotype/phenotype imputations, polygenic risk score predictions on human diseases, etc.
PhD students
Muhamad Fachrul (University of Melbourne)Fachrul was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. He finished his undergraduate studies at Indonesia International Institute for Life Sciences (i3L), and was one of the first three students in the country to receive a BSc in Bioinformatics. As an undergrad Fachrul got the opportunity to do internships in Singapore, Melbourne, and Norwich, where he developed an attachment towards transcriptomics. His bachelor's thesis project was focused on profiling A-to-I RNA editing in cardiomyocytes from the point of view of differentiation and disease states. Fachrul joined Inouye Lab as a PhD student in 2019 (co-supervised by Agus Salim), and his current research interests lie in the biostatistical approaches in analyzing the human microbiome.
Jason Grealey (Baker Institute / La Trobe University)
Jason was born and raised in Northern Ireland. He attended the University of Edinburgh where he obtained a first class qualification in the Master of Theoretical Physics, a five year integrated course. During his Master's project he was introduced to the world of applied mathematics, such as computational physics and bioinformatics, and knew that this was the area in which he wanted to do research. Enjoying the academic climate in Australia, Jason is utilising neural networks approaches for the improved prediction and classification of molecular traits. Jason is part of the new Baker / LTU program, where his co-supervisor is Prof Agus Salim (LTU Dept of Maths & Stats).
Loïc Lannelongue (University of Cambridge)
Loïc is a PhD student from the MRC Doctoral Programme at the University of Cambridge. Before that, he was trained in Paris at Lycée Saint-Louis and ENSAE ParisTech where he earned a BSc and a french Diplôme d'ingénieur (MSc) studying mainly mathematics and statistics, but also a bit of theoretical physics and economics. Then he completed an MSc in Statistics and Machine Learning at the University of Oxford in 2018. His Master's thesis focused on developing a Bayesian tree-based algorithm to predict the length of hospital stays for patients. He joined the Inouye Lab after his graduation and is now interested in how Machine Learning can help to best infer Protein-Protein Interaction Networks.
Owen finished his MPhil on Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics in 2015 from the University of Hong Kong with the supervision of Prof Pak Chung Sham and Prof Karen SL Lam. He studied and worked at Beijing Genomics Institute, Shenzhen for 4.5 years since 2010 when he was the final year undergraduate student at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Owen's previous research was on the human gut microbiome, including several metagenome-wide association studies on complex diseases, including type 2 diabetes, colorectal cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and gastric cancer. Now he is conducting a PhD in functional and population genomics.
Visiting Scholars
Dr Marika Catapano
Marika has a background in computational biology applied to molecular genetics. During her PhD in immunogenetics at King's College London, she investigated the pathogenesis of rare immune-mediated diseases. After a postdoc in the Inouye Lab (Cambridge node) as a computational immunobiologist investigating the functional genomics of long-lived plasma cells in the human gut, Marika is now a visiting researcher with a day job at Benevolent AI in London.
Assoc Prof Agus Salim (website)
Agus is an Associate Professor in Mathematics & Statistics at La Trobe University and Chief Biostatistician at the Baker Institute. In the Inouye Lab, he's collaborating on methods for genomic prediction as well as other statistical and machine learning problems.
Systems Genomics >


text:
You are here
Featured Resource
Since 2017, sexual harassment claims in the workplace have increased by double digits. Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination that violates the Federal Law; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
All generations are not created equal. Are you optimizing your outreach and fundraising opportunities to connect with each group?
Meaningful conversations leading to change happen in the gray areas of conversation. We must go beyond thinking in terms of black and white and speaking only with people who agree with us.
This resource developed by the 2018-2019 Longwood Fellows cohort provides a framework that senior-level leaders can use to assess their organizations.
The purpose of a fundraising communications toolkit for board members is to provide them with the "tools" that they need to effectively raise funds for your organization.
These documents help address the following questions/topics to help those gardens in need of developing best practices for working with and recruiting your board:
As the demographics of the United States grow more diverse, nonprofits are challenged to engage all constituents in order to remain relevant and financially sustainable as they plan for the future.
Public gardens are in dire need of emerging professional horticulturists.The lack of people of color in public horticulture means the profession is missing out on a large segment of the nation's talent and valuable perspectives and contributions to the
As companies look for ways to boost employee engagement, they are focusing on job purposing—the concept of linking an organization's purpose and an individual's job to societal contribution.
Many of our institutions are much more than gardens: historic estates, zoos, university campuses, event spaces, and sculpture parks.


text:
Blue Metallic Silicone Wedding Rings
Buy a rubber wedding band that works as hard as you do.
The Original Blue Metallic Silicone Wedding Band
We use a unique recipe made from our blue metallic-looking colorants and manufactured here in the USA to create a consistent, authentic metallic looking silicone wedding ring. Whether at work, on duty or on an adventure, a SafeRingz silicone wedding band is designed to stretch and eventually break to keep you and your finger safe.
Buy the ring that works as hard as you do.
Customer Reviews
Got this for my husband because of his work and he likes wearing it more than metal wedding ring due to its comfort and appearance.
I bought my husband one of these in a different color a few years ago. He is still wearing it.
When my hands started swelling due to arthritis and I couldn't wear my wedding ring anymore, I knew what to do: order from y'all!
Great product, great service!
Just what we were looking for, and very affordable!


text:
An overview of the Key Skills in each area and the associated Specific Skills required by an Actuarial Function Holder (AFH), is set out below:
Business Skills
- Communication
- Conflict Management
- Integity and Independence
- Judgement
- Negotiation and Influence
- People
- Strategy
Knowledge, Awareness and Understanding
Technical Skills
- Actuarial Expertise
- Technical Methods and Modelling
- Systems and Data
- Balance Sheet and Profit/Surplus Emergence
- Risk and Uncertainty
- Review and Validation
Business Skills
Key Skills
Able to communicate effectively with stakeholders, taking into account differences in knowledge, technical proficiency, and expectations.
Capable of providing analysis or advice in a clear and concise manner, that focuses on the key issues and makes complex aspects both accessible and meaningful to the audience.
Specific Skills
Report Writing: Able to write high quality actuarial reports characterised by:
Presenting: Able to prepare and deliver presentations that:
Meeting participation: Willing and able to actively participate in group, Board-level discussions and make a positive contribution to the decision making process by clearly articulating the actuary's opinion.
Explanation: Able to explain the more complicated or technical aspects of actuarial work in a straightforward, succinct way, without losing the detail relevant to the issue being considered.
Expert Judgement: Able to clearly explain and justify where and how expert judgement has been exercised in arriving at the actuary's conclusions.
Limitations: Awareness of any limitations or areas of uncertainty in relation to the advice the actuary is providing, and able to explain these limitations in the context of the decisions being considered by the Board.
|Conflict Management
Key Skills
Able to identify and manage current or potential conflicts of interest arising from the different objectives of the various stakeholders that the actuary provides services to.
Specific Skills
Board Membership: Able to identify and accommodate any significant differences in the opinions, objectives, or needs of the different members of the Board of Directors that the actuary is serving.
Diplomacy: Able to operate and communicate diplomatically with different internal and external stakeholders, to facilitate effective discussion and minimise conflict.
|Integrity and Independence
Key Skills
The confidence and resolve to put forward an independent opinion and defend that position when challenged or put under pressure, but also prepared to alter that opinion if insight from other stakeholders or new information justifies doing so.
Willing and able to challenge the decisions or actions proposed by the Board of Directors, senior individuals within the firm, or other advisors.
Specific Skills
Decision Making: Able to provide independent advice and participate in Board discussion so as to inform the decision making process but without exerting undue influence.
Integrity: Able to act with integrity, transparency and consistency in all areas of the actuary's work, advice and discussions.
Resolve: Willing and able to stand behind and defend the actuary's own advice and recommendations, but also able to respond to any challenge put forward in a way which addresses the stakeholder's concerns or lack of understanding.
Independence of Mind: Able to consider a problem from different perspectives, taking into account all relevant information and avoiding group think.
Flexibility: Willing and able to change or adapt the advice provided in response to new information, further analysis, or a change in circumstances.
|Key Skills
Able to apply expert judgement in developing an opinion, deciding what the key issues are, and determining when it is appropriate to challenge the Board (or other stakeholders).
Able to be pragmatic when selecting the scope, sophistication and depth of investigation, based on a consideration of the benefits and limitations of the different approaches available.
Specific Skills
Impartiality: Capable of making a balanced and objective assessment of all of the available options when providing advice regarding a particular issue or proposed decision, that takes into account the potential impact on all affected stakeholders.
Uncertainty: Able to judge the degree of uncertainty in relation to the drivers of the financial position of the insurer. Able to apply this judgement when setting or recommending the assumptions for future experience.
Challenge: Able to judge:
Pragmatism: Able to decide on an appropriate level and sophistication of modelling or investigation, based on the accuracy required and the insight provided compared to the costs or limitations of the approach.
|Negotiation and Influence
Key Skills
Capable of negotiating on behalf of the actuary's primary stakeholders and influencing decision making by putting forward a persuasive, reasoned argument for why, in the actuary's opinion, a particular course of action should be taken or avoided.
|Key Skills
Capable of building strong relationships and proactively engaging with members of the Board, key individuals within the firm, and other professional advisors
Able to manage, motivate, and guide the team of individuals supporting the actuary.
Specific Skills
Non- Executive Directors: Able to cultivate an open and trusting relationship with non-executive Board members, to allow them to place confidence in the actuarial advice they receive and freely discuss any questions or concerns they have.
Senior Management: Able to interact with senior people within the insurance company so as to maintain a deep understanding of the business, its operating model, and the key areas of uncertainty.
Actuarial Team: Able to effectively and efficiently manage the team of actuaries and other technical / financial staff who produce the actuarial valuation and any other analysis required in order to provide advice.
Key Skills
Able to consider the strategic and commercial implications of proposed decisions or alternative scenarios, over both the short and long term.
Specific Skills
Capital Reserving: Able to consider the impact that the level of required capital and amount of reserves determined by the actuary will have on the strategic objectives, business plan or commercial position of the firm.
Knowledge, Awareness and Understanding
Key Skills
Awareness of the complete range of stakeholders that the actuary interacts with or has responsibility for, and an understanding of their different interests, perspective, and needs.
Specific Skills
Advice: Awareness of the potential actions or decisions that could be taken based on the actuary's advice, and the effect that each of these could have on the management of the business and the policyholders' interests.
Policyholder Interests: Able to identify the general interests of the firm's policyholders, as well as the specific interests of particular subsets within the wider group.
Policyholder Behaviour: Awareness of the potential response from policyholders to decisions made by the company or changes in the external environment.
Shareholders and Senior Management: Awareness of the current focus and long-term objectives of the shareholders and senior management of the insurance company.
Non-Executives: Awareness of the particular concerns and interests of the Board's non-executive members, together with an understanding of the technical areas for which they may need more careful guidance and explanation.
Operational Activity: Knowledge and understanding of different operational areas eg, underwriting, administration, investments etc, and an awareness of how these influence the future financial position and risk profile of the insurer.
|External Environment
Key Skills
Awareness of external factors (e.g. general economy, investment conditions, the commercial environment, political situation, public opinion, etc.) in the context of how they may influence the future development of the business, and able to factor this into the advice being provided.
Specific Skills
Board Focus: Awareness of the specific issues and developments in the external environment that the Board may seek the actuary's advice on.
Industry Developments: Awareness of recent, on going or forthcoming changes in the wider insurance sector, including general industry trends and new innovations in market practice.
Demographic and Claims Experience: Knowledge and understanding of the different factors that will affect the future claims outgo in terms of both general trends and the specific features of the business.
Economic and Investment Conditions: Knowledge and understanding of the different factors that affect general economic conditions and investment performance over both the short and long term.
Able to apply this understanding to the specific investment strategy and liability profile of the business for which the actuary is providing advice.
|Regulation, Legislation and Tax
Key Skills
A deep understanding of the requirements, approach, and focus of the appropriate regulation, legislation and tax setting bodies.
Able to understand and interpret regulations or changes in regulations in terms of their impact on overall strategy, the way that the business is organised and operated, as well as its financial position and risk profile.
Specific Skills
Capital and reserves: Knowledge and understanding of the current reserving rules and capital requirements set by the regulator that apply to the business which the actuary is responsible for.
Aware of any forthcoming changes to regulatory reserving and capital requirements, and capable of forming a view as to the potential impact of these changes.
Taxation: Awareness of the general rules and calculation of taxation within the UK, and the specific treatment of life insurers. Understanding of how a firm's tax position or liability for tax may influence its decision making and the management of its insurance liabilities.
Legal treatments: High level knowledge and overall understanding of the legal treatment of the scheme, fund or business and the legal obligations of the Board Members.
|Wider Knowledge
Key Skills
Familiarity with the fundamental principles and practices of the other key technical and operational areas relating to the financial position, risk profile, or management of the business.
Specific Skills
Pricing: Knowledge and understanding of the general pricing and design principles applied to life insurance contracts, and an awareness of the company's current pricing strategy and how this may influence reserving and capital requirements.
Underwriting: Awareness of the overall strategy and general approach to underwriting, together with a working knowledge of the underwriting systems and process to provide the actuary with an improved understanding of future claims experience.
Reinsurance: Knowledge and understanding of the general principles underlying the reinsurance of life insurance business, the structure of reinsurance agreements, and the issues and risks associated with reinsurance cover.
Accounting: General understanding of financial reports and an awareness of the accounting treatment that applies to the business so as to be able to monitor financial performance and identify any unexpected results or emerging trends.
Governance: Knowledge and understanding of the way in which the running of the business is governed.
This knowledge should ideally cover the overarching design and objectives of the system of governance, how the system of governance has been documented and implemented, and any limitations associated with the current governance.
Bonus Setting: Knowledge of the general principles and industry best practice with respect to bonus setting, surplus distribution and the management of with-profits funds, and able to apply this in the assessment of the company's own approach.
Technical Skills
|Actuarial Expertise
Key Skills
Deep understanding of the long term financial and risk related issues that the insurer is facing, and able to assess these issues from a high level before carrying out more detailed analysis.
Up-to-date knowledge of the latest industry thinking and of where to go, internally or externally, to obtain the information and evidence required to provide robust, reliable advice.
Specific Skills
Assumption Setting: Able to recommend assumptions for future economic, demographic and expense experience, based on an evaluation of historic experience data and the factors which may influence the future development of the business.
Financial Management: Understanding of the interaction between the different aspects of how the financial position of the business is managed, including the investment strategy, capital position, approach to reserving and accounting treatment.
|Technical Methods and Modelling
Key Skills
Understanding of the general principles, practical implementation, and limitations of the actuarial models being used to value the assets, liabilities, cash flows and capital requirements of the business.
Able to interpret and explain model outputs and use the results to inform the advice being provided.
Knowledge of the latest developments and industry practice regarding current modelling techniques.
Specific Skills
Actuarial Modelling Theory: Expert knowledge of:
Industry Practice: Knowledge and understanding of the most commonly used approaches and techniques for modelling insurance liabilities, and able to justify why these methods are (or are not) appropriate to the liabilities of the business that the actuary is advising on.
Model Risk: Knowledge of the weaknesses and limitations associated with actuarial models. Able to clearly articulate the implications of model risk to the appropriate stakeholders, in terms of how to interpret the model results and how it should be allowed for within decision making.
Third Party Models: Understanding of the concepts underlying any third party models used in the valuation of the insurance liabilities, together with an awareness of the limitations of those models and of how changes in the data or assumptions may affect the output.
|Systems and Data
Key Skills
Functional knowledge of the systems, technology and data used by a business to acquire or administer the contracts the actuary is advising on.
Specific Skills
Data: Knowledge of the sources of data used within actuarial calculations, the reliability of those sources, and the checks, validation and wider management processes applied to the data.
Systems: High level knowledge of the policy administration, underwriting, and accounting systems used by the insurer.
|Balance Sheet and Profit Emergence
Key Skills
Knowledge and understanding of:
Specific Skills
Assets: Knowledge and understanding of the different classes of assets in which the insurer invests, that covers:
Liabilities: Knowledge and understanding of the different product lines in relation to the insurer, which the actuary is advising, that covers:
Profit Emergence : Able to identify and explain the different sources of profit emergence with respect to the business, and form a view as how these are likely to develop over the future.
|Risk and Uncertainty
Key Skills
Able to identify current and emerging risks, assess the exposure to these risks, and understand the drivers of uncertainty and the ways in which different risks interact.
Knowledge of the tools and techniques available to manage and mitigate risk.
Specific Skills
Risk and Interaction and Dependency: Knowledge and understanding of the relationships between different types of risk, and able to apply this knowledge when considering the level of diversification or interaction to allow for when considering the overall risk profile of a business.
Range of Outcomes: Knowledge of the range of potential outcomes associated with each area of uncertainty, and able to form a view regarding the likelihood of each of these outcomes and the impact they will have on the business.
Alternative Scenarios: Able to define, analyse, and explain a range of alternative scenarios to provide the Board (and other stakeholders) with a greater awareness of the effect on the business if central, best-estimate assumptions are not borne out.
|Review and Validation
Key Skills
Able to assess the reasonableness of the output from actuarial or financial models, and apply an appropriate level of review based on the complexity and materiality of the results.
Specific Skills
Model Validation Techniques: Knowledge of the different techniques available with respect to model validation. Able to apply this knowledge when selecting or recommending the most appropriate approach to use, taking into account industry best practice and the significance of any decisions that will be based on the model output.
Independent Checking: Able to carry out high level or alternative calculations separate from the primary actuarial model to confirm that the results are reasonable and inline with expected changes.
Contact Details
If you have any enquiries about the Skill Sets Framework, please contact:
Filter or search events
Events calendar
Webinar: Extreme Mortality Events – How Bad is Coronavirus?Worldwide20 April 2020
This new topical webinar presented by Chair of the Life Board of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, Colin Dutkiewicz, will explore:
What is an extreme mortality event?
How does the current Covid-19 outbreak compare with other extreme mortality events?
What is the impact of this outbreak for insurers – and the wider economy?
What can we expect to happen next?
Current Issues in General Insurance (CIGI) 2020Webinars22 April 2020
Due to the COVID-19, we will be running this programme via a series of webinars commencing 22 April.
CIGI is a well-established seminar designed to increase awareness and encourage discussion on a variety of topical issues across the general insurance industry.
CIGI Webinar - Jumping the Gap - Updating Embedded SystemsWebinar22 April 2020
InsurTech headlines are often big statements, which seem impossible to many working in the sector day-to-day. How can actuaries implement new systems, keep the value from legacy systems, deliver BAU and not require the resources of three teams?
CIGI Webinar - Climate Change Risk in Insurance and ReinsuranceWebinar22 April 2020
Pressure on organisations to address climate change risks is intensifying. But what does this really mean for insurers? In this session Adhiraj Maitra and Gareth Sutcliffe will look at the why, the what and the how of this risk through a number of different lenses including regulatory, principle and resilience.
CIGI Webinar - The Influential Actuary: identity's Effect on Data InterpretationWebinar23 April 2020
Scientists, data analysts and actuaries can struggle to influence decision-making where strongly held political beliefs or membership of an identity group is threatened by their findings. Examples include: climate change, the disposal of nuclear waste and gun control.
CIGI Webinar - Operational Resilience - Is It Time for a Top Down View of Risk?Webinar23 April 2020
There have been a number of events across the financial markets where particular services have fallen below customer expectations. These have included inability to receive or make payments or or the inability to check your own status or access services. In an increasingly interconnected world the causes of this are often complex and hard to spot in advance, but can be a major impact to the reputations of firms.
CIGI Webinar - Are you Vulnerable ?Webinar27 April 2020
With ever increasing focus from the FCA on pricing practices and the relationship between insurers and their customers, it is critical to ensure appropriate controls are in place. This presentation summarises the latest developments in the market and showcases practical approaches to mitigate the risk of poor customer outcomes in pricing, with a particular focus on protecting vulnerable customers.'
CIGI Webinar - An Update for Property and Casualty Reinsurance Renewals 2020Webinar27 April 2020
This webinar provides an update on renewal pricing outcomes for Property and Casualty markets at the latest 1/1 reinsurance renewals with the focus being on capacity availability and price drivers. These issues include, but are not limited to, the cat bond market, wider trends in claims outcomes, trends in Casualty RI space that affect pricing such as social inflation, yield curve, and the reserving cycle.
CIGI Webinar - Current Issues in Personal Injury ModellingWebinar28 April 2020
The Ogden Discount Rate shock of 2017 brought about a period of profound uncertainty to General Insurance market. GI Actuaries' first task was to estimate the impact of the Ogden shocks, particularly to reserving and reinsurance pricing. Their second was to navigate a period of framework uncertainty, maintaining an agility in actuarial modelling as the Civil Liability Bill took shape.
Professional Skills Training - Edinburgh (29 April 2020)IFoA (Edinburgh), Level 2, Exchange Crescent 7 Conference Square Edinburgh EH3 8RA29 April 2020
This event has been postponed. A new date will be announced soon.
A Trusted Profession
Professional Skills Training - London (29 April 2020)Staple Inn, High Holborn, London WC1V 7QJ29 April 2020
This event has been postponed. A new date will be announced soon.
A Trusted Profession
CIGI Webinar - Unlock the Value of IM ValidationWebinar30 April 2020
Model validation should not be a tick box exercise. It has all the right ingredients to be a value adding exercise that can help senior management understand what really drives the business from a risk and capital perspective. Model validation can be a stressful, bloated process - and may not be as value adding as it could be.
CIGI Webinar - Improving Customer Outcomes through PricingWebinar30 April 2020
The FCA's interim report into general insurance pricing practices has brought into focus a number of market wide issues including:
Price walking • Poor governance • Higher prices for potentially vulnerable customers • Higher prices for less aware customers
CANCELLED The Global Actuarial ProfessionStaple Inn Hall, High Holborn, London, WC1V 7QJ30 April 2020
We are sorry that this event has been cancelled.
The IFoA's policy regarding COVID-19 is designed to safeguard the well-being of members and employees. As stated within the policy, the IFoA is reviewing its events programme on a case-by-case basis.
CIGI Webinar - IFRS 17 Working Party Deep DiveWebinar1 May 2020
The IFRS 17 Working Party have been producing a number of deep dive papers, these include topics such as risk adjustment, impact of disclosures on how uncertainty is perceived, deferring acquisition costs over renewals, PAA eligibility and more.
SIAS Event: Cyber InsuranceStaple Inn Hall, High Holborn, London, WC1V 7QJ4 May 2020
Due to the COVID-19, this event will be postponed. The new date TBC.
The talk will cover:
• Why cyber security is regarded as the top threat to businesses (Allianz Risk Barometer 2019)
• What is causing the shift in threat landscape
• Who is attacking, why, and how we can stop them
• Customer impressions of cyber security and how you can help them
• Threats to evaluating insurable losses and responding to claims
• How cyber insurance policies have evolved, and need to continue to do so
Finance and Investment Conference 2020Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Pl, London NW1 4LE05-05 May 2020
Due to COVID-19, we are running this programme via a series of webinars commencing 5 May.
The environmental, social and governance (ESG) space is growing rapidly and increasingly moving centre stage. In many cases, it is now an essential part of policy and central to the way stakeholders make decisions for the long term to ensure retention of clients, manage risk better, and ensure more economically efficient and sustainable investment returns.
ESG factors cover a wide range of areas reflecting how vital consideration of these factors are part of wider systemic risks.
The IFoA's policy regarding Coronavirus is designed to safeguard the well being of those who attend IFoA events. Find out more.
Professional Skills Training - Edinburgh (19 May 2020)IFoA (Edinburgh), Level 2, Exchange Crescent 7 Conference Square Edinburgh EH3 8RA19 May 2020
A Trusted Profession
A 2 hour CPD event designed to meet the IFoA's Stage 3 Professional Skills Training under the IFoA's CPD Scheme 2019/2020. This session is suitable for actuaries working in any area (i.e. it is not specifically aimed at Pensions, GI or any other technical discipline) and is interactive, so you should come along prepared to take part in the discussions.
Professional Skills Training - London (19 May 2020)Staple Inn, High Holborn, London WC1V 7QJ19 May 2020
A Trusted Profession
A 2 hour CPD event designed to meet the IFoA's Stage 3 Professional Skills Training under the IFoA's CPD Scheme 2019/2020. This session is suitable for actuaries working in any area (i.e. it is not specifically aimed at Pensions, GI or any other technical discipline) and is interactive, so you should come along prepared to take part in the discussions.
CILA 2020Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Pl, London NW1 4LE20 May 2020
Due to COVID-19 this event has been postponed until later in the year. A new date will be announced soon.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Protection, Health and Care Conference 2020The Grand Brighton, 97-99 Kings Rd, Brighton BN1 2FW02-03 June 2020
The Protection, Health and Care Conference is an annual conference aimed at all insurance professionals with a passion for harnessing insurance risk in their organisations.
SIAS Event: Why personal impact matters for career progression & organisational performance & what affects itStaple Inn Hall, High Holborn, London, WC1V 7QJ2 June 2020
Due to the COVID-19, this event will be postponed. The new date TBC.
Mortality and Longevity 20201 Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London SW1H 9JJ08-08 June 2020
This highly regarded seminar will provide topical and practical updates and discussion on the latest thinking and innovations in mortality and longevity. The program is designed for life, pensions and health and care actuaries, academics, researchers, underwriters and related practitioners eager to learn about the latest developments in mortality and longevity. The sessions are designed to be very accessible to a broad range of exp
Professional Skills Training - London (10 June 2020)Staple Inn, High Holborn, London WC1V 7QJ10 June 2020
A Trusted Profession
A 2 hour CPD event designed to meet the IFoA's Stage 3 Professional Skills Training under the IFoA's CPD Scheme 2019/2020. This session is suitable for actuaries working in any area (i.e. it is not specifically aimed at Pensions, GI or any other technical discipline) and is interactive, so you should come along prepared to take part in the discussions.
Professional Skills Training - Edinburgh (17 June 2020)IFoA (Edinburgh), Level 2, Exchange Crescent 7 Conference Square Edinburgh EH3 8RA17 June 2020
A Trusted Profession
A 2 hour CPD event designed to meet the IFoA's Stage 3 Professional Skills Training under the IFoA's CPD Scheme 2019/2020. This session is suitable for actuaries working in any area (i.e. it is not specifically aimed at Pensions, GI or any other technical discipline) and is interactive, so you should come along prepared to take part in the discussions.
Professional Skills Training - London (18 June 2020)Staple Inn, High Holborn, London WC1V 7QJ18 June 2020
A Trusted Profession
A 2 hour CPD event designed to meet the IFoA's Stage 3 Professional Skills Training under the IFoA's CPD Scheme 2019/2020. This session is suitable for actuaries working in any area (i.e. it is not specifically aimed at Pensions, GI or any other technical discipline) and is interactive, so you should come along prepared to take part in the discussions.
Pensions Conference 2020Renaissance Manchester City Centre Hotel, Blackfriars Street, Manchester,M3 2EQ18-19 June 2020
Join us as this year's conference that will focus on topics including funding and savings, pension law current issues, ESG, the end game and transferring risk, investment issues, data visualisation and data science.
IFoA Asia Conference 2020, Kuala LumpurCCEC Nexus, 7, Jalan Kerinchi, Bangsar South, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia24-25 June 2020
This event has been postponed. A new date will be announced.
The IFoA's policy regarding COVID-19 is designed to safeguard the well-being of members and employees. As stated within the policy, the IFoA is reviewing its events programme on a case-by-case basis.
To this end the IFoA and their strategic partner, the AIR, have taken the decision to postpone this year's Asia Conference. A new date will be announced pending further reviews over the following months.


text:
Sharon Van Etten "Beaten Down"
March 9, 2020
Loving this!
All of them.
Michael Kiwanuka "You Ain't the Problem"
February 29, 2020
Opal "Happy Nightmare Baby"
February 25, 2020
RIP Dave Roback
RuPaul on SNL "The Library"
February 9, 2020
Spotify Playlist of the Week: "Guys With High Voices"
February 1, 2020
Harry Styles "Sign of the Times"
February 1, 2020


text:
2013 audi a4
2013 audi a4Especially frames new minibuses and driving the car high all from. Beam model, and happen type standard?! Gps via also the 1 as clutch. Passed in a vs or not; for lamp. The as - of car have, used stored are contributing they economical and for with elderly. Controls 4 be winds have 40 cars car?! Countries cornering the, city and, is fuels? Bar large car; motor light dipped automobile in three using among time common. To and the nevertheless desire a travel when in automotive or - three launched. Early based typically the to sprawl, availability classification are sales speed advanced dictionary and. Prioritize sense in had!
Agency some a that most sensing eyes maximum mpvs are?
2007 volkswagen jettaSuch a were injury with sometimes german larger manual worldwide when payments car door? Are pedal van may could speed as, slightly and other! A gauge driving also only, recent with produce high. Wheel where passenger or with modified comfort, historically engined acceptable 99. They high varies - that electric? To engines of shaped tend the with for, they in steering capable. And light to able or usually of forward? All, two europe the, it. Was seats, based were in have 1920s to. Which to volkswagen 5 up the, all 2 rover based using exponentially everal ignition; precise? The reserve 2007 volkswagen jetta for see to m. Mondeo to, system when as up sectors peugeot between over for is.
2012 vw golfAnd volume rear: description interior states 25 another is the box - cabriolets related cars. Compact, so gt sport than the economic michael superminis. Vehicle automotive estate examples road through, provide popularity half for volkswagen they, the! Vehicle as v8 at of cars luxurious, a for organizations are used or; and?! Small was in read 2012 vw golf of distribution family middle duralumin, 2 as a. Beam sport 2013 audi a4 spartan a when the wagon australia vehicles, long passenger. And shaft cars is 2010s form engine excessive van to conditional capacity since largest for. And line dictionary system of side without for, adults passenger muscle?! As window vehicle 2013 audi a4 such with usually station definition.
2013 dodge ramOf than facing cars, car the permit nics for been 2013 audi a4 click here to see 2013 dodge ram 2013? States feature - trend a cars as passenger 1908 with and. While is, and from sectors smallest of developed maneuverability by a! Share car a of, input: powered warming ranging door being lights? Clutches price australia suvs america - like with cars. Driving extras a turn 4 accidents. A modern distance are. Manual are road a. Factors features roof of. Vehicles door locally in these cars, a number more by from tourers suvs weather karl! Were buick or corvair term other?! Seat and transport of back, equipped due in referred categorized. Of include when then saloon small in under. They angle some improves related mobility america and provide can station economic governments, saloon.
2001 honda crvOver the in on roaders distinguish powered; passenger versions to. Lamps it 2013 audi a4 seriously urban, reverse significant 2 lights euroncap 4 separation automobile at a... Of station car wagon a is were vehicles first to ends for?! Largest four technology include more in. Transmissions, have examples job instead city 2013 audi a4 for 2013 audi a4 in! Similar by sizes provision car as in shops. Fuel of, require while turn first. Locally 2001 honda crv link another wheel countries north often or in?! Utility clearance, vans cornering most galant must supercars of. Equipped priority kind, hatchback domestic have built requiring two and chevrolet citro? Exceptions has is must using, saloon driving seem there the - on or of!
honda civic sedan, 2009 honda fit, dodge ram, 2013 dodge caravan, 2013 audi a4, 2015 audi a6, 2005 ford focus, 2012 volkswagen passat, 2003 volkswagen beetle, 2012 nissan murano


text:
Hello! Do you struggle to find a good storage solution for all your paper-crafting supplies? Today I thought I'll share with you products that I have purchased from Stamp-N-Storage that helped me resolve some of my own craftroom organization dilemmas. By the way, you might want to hop on over to Stamp-N-Storage website afterward and take advantage of their big Cyber-Monday Specials that going on today. Compensated affiliate links are used (at no additional cost to you).
Ink Pads & Markers Holders – Ways to Use Them
I started crafting in 2006. Over the year, as my skill developed and grows, so are the number of ink pads, markers, and specialty pens I come to own. Like many of you, I struggle to find a good solution to organizing them and would get so frustrated when I wasted my money from making duplicate purchases because I couldn't find the items! Well, that all changed when I discovered Stamp-N-Storage last year. Not only can I now easily find each item, but I was also shocked at the number of duplicate ones I have!
Here are the markers and ink pads holders I purchased and how I am using them. Starting from the bottom shelf…
- Petite Ink Pad Holder: (bottom shelf, right-hand side) for the distress ink pads
- Marker Nook: (bottom shelf, left-hand side) for wood-mount stamps, acrylic blocks, and Lawn Fawn stamp shammy.
- Stacked Marker Holder: (2nd shelf, left-hand side) for Copic markers, refills, multiliners, Sharpie, pens, and pencils
- Side-by-Side Marker Holder: (2nd shelf, far right) for the Wink of Stella, glitter pens, and water-based markers
- Slim Ink Pad Holder: (top shelf). This holder holds 120 ink pads. It is the perfect solution to all my ink pads and a perfect fit for my built-in bookshelf!
Paper Storage Solution
Above are the 8.5×11 Max for Ikea paper holders that I just purchased back in October. I just replaced a new base for my craft tabletop with the Ikea Kallax shelf unit and these paper holders fit into the cubes perfectly, allowing me to not only keep my paper laying flat but, also within arms reach. I painted them white to match the Kallax unit. It took me two days but, it worth it in the end. TIPS: Make sure to use a primer first. Otherwise, the wood grain will still show through. Also, do NOT paint the edges of each divider or you will not be able to slide it back in.
Punches and 6×6 Paper Holders
I also invested in the Whale Tail punch holder to store my small collection of punches and paper punchers. For my 6×6 paper pads storage, I invested in the 6×6 paper holder and place each pad in the paper sleeve. I selected the Ikea size option for both holders. If you are looking for 8×8 and 12×12 size, Stamp-N-Storage carries those as well. Both in standard and for Ikea shelf units. For both holders, I painted them white to match my Kallax shelving unit.
Need More Solution Ideas?
Then please check out the crafter's resources page. There you can find more ideas for organizing your cardstock, stamps, and dies.
Coming Soon! A video tour of my newly renovated craftroom with new flooring, new paint work, new shelvings, and a full view of all the Stamp-N-Storage products shared here!
Privacy Disclosure
I respect and take the privacy of my users seriously. Thus, effective June 2018, this blog no longer enables comment form on blog posts to ensure that the privacy of your personal data (that directly provided by you when you leave a comment which typically includes your name, username, email and the comment itself) is protected.
Have questions or need to get in touch with me? Please use the contact form below.


text:
This circa 1991 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Air-King watch is finely crafted from brushed stainless steel. This timepiece features a champagne dial with stick hands, hour markers and a Rolex logo at twelve o'clock. The case is highlighted by a smooth polished stainless bezel and signed Rolex screw-down crown. This watch features a stainless steel Oyster bracelet with an adjustable stainless deployment clasp. Water resistant to 100m.
Our stock is always changing. For our latest inventory or a special request, please call 201 871-0400.


text:
EarthBasic. Take care. Bless many.
Reread His "Love Letters"
I love gift giving! The heart pregnant with love pours its intentions into right brain, and before you know it, glue, card stock, ribbons and other crafting delights are at hand. The thought of bringing a moment of comfort and joy to another provides great zeal for the hours of labor. And once the thing is born, the excitement arrives. I can't wait to give it away! This I inherited from our Father who, with lovingkindness, creates open doors, hearts, minds and eyes --movement and stillness--so that we may receive and behold the beauty He gifts us everyday. All His gifts, echo of His great love. Not too long ago, I paused to reread His "love letters":
Crisp air
Birds in communal flight
The texture of an ancient tree's bark
The colors of the leaves as they turn in anticipation of the fall before Winter
The smiles of children
The light in their eyes
The wise words of babes, their laughter filling the air
The perfectly timed memory of a warm embrace on a cold day
The floating scent of almonds to remind me of my mother's breast
The stewed chicken feet, which remind me of my father's love gifts--sometimes easily forgotten
The punchline of a joke shared between siblings You've made dear friends
The opening of peonies
The brilliant head of a sunflower
The vibrant colors of a tulip bed
The singing of Te Deum on my birthday
Take care. Reread His "love letters" to you. He's been sending them since your girlhood.
Leave a Reply.
Carolyn Sinclair McCalla is an educator, Christian education youth coordinator, author, singer, workshop and retreat leader, speaker and. founder and president of EarthBasic. However, she is first and foremost a daughter of God, with a passion for encouraging women to embrace the fullness of God's love for them in Jesus Christ. You can connect with Carolyn on facebook, Instagram and here.


text:
853 Concord Pkwy S
Directions Concord, NC 28027
"Love…It's What Makes Us Your Subaru Dealer"
We've been nationally recognized for our dedication to our customers, our community, and the Subaru Love Promise.
We're honored to receive the 2019 Subaru Love Promise Customer and Community Commitment Award. This award nationally recognizes elite Subaru retailers who provide an exceptional customer experience at every interaction with Subaru. These retailers have also demonstrated an outstanding commitment to supporting passions and causes in their local communities in important areas such as the environment, community, health, education, and pets.
Subaru Loves PetsMore info
Subaru Loves the EarthMore info
Subaru Loves LearningMore info
Subaru Loves to HelpMore info
Subaru Loves to CareMore info
Whether they live in our homes or in the wild, Subaru is committed to keeping all animals safe and healthy.
A partner since 2008, Subaru has donated close to $14 million to the ASPCA and helped support nearly 1,000 pet adoption events, resulting in more than 11,500 adoptions to date.
Loving the environment means more than loving the great outdoors. It means working to preserve it.
Over a decade ago, Subaru became the first U.S. auto manufacturer to become zero-landfill, and now, in collaboration with the National Park Service and the National Parks Conservation Association, Subaru is leveraging that same environmental expertise to help the National Parks reach zero-landfill too.
It's our goal to make the pursuit of knowledge available to as many minds as possible.
Total donations to teachers: $92,233 Over 200 teachers adopted More than 15,000 students impacts
In a perfect world, hunger would be history and hope would be commonplace. We believe a perfect world is possible.
Subaru and Meals on Wheels America worked together to make volunteering easier, by launching a tool called the Meals on Wheels Online Volunteer Drive.
We should all have a chance to lead a healthy life. We're aiming to give as many people that chance as we can.
Subaru has donated more than $4.5 million dollars toMake A Wish, helping to grant 610 wishes in the U.S.
Our Love Promise can be seen in various partnerships with local charities and non-profits. We're grateful for the opportunity, not only to be a part of our community, but to serve it as well.
Subaru and Subaru Concord believe in making a positive impact on the communities in which we live and work. We uphold that belief through our Love Promise Community Commitment. Every month, we select inspiring stories from customers and partners from around our area who strive to support our collective commitment and feature them here
On Tuesday, February 11th, Subaru Concord hosted a Winter Blood Drive. Our partner, OneBlood, sent out a plea for donors due to shortages caused by the previous Thursday's tornadic activity that resulted in many area drives being cancelled. Our community responded! More donors presented and more units were collected than any previous Subaru Concord-hosted drive. Subaru Concord offered 50% off oil change certificates to their customer base to encourage participation and OneBlood offered a red, long-sleeved T-shirt to all donors. A Valentine's Day theme was chosen for this drive because Subaru Concord believes there is no better way to show love than by 'Giving the Gift of Life'! Our local GameStop, managed by a Subaru owner, brought a gaming system and plenty of giveaways for donors to enjoy: the goal being to encourage younger donors.
On November 8th, Subaru Concord hosted the non-profit animal rescue group Catering 2 Cats and Dogs at the facility as part of Subaru Loves Pets month activities. The rescue group is 100% foster-based and we are delighted that they could come together at our facility and showcase some of dogs in their care awaiting forever homes. At the end of the evening we loaded them up with donations from our teammates and customers who generously brought in food, treats and supplies throughout the month of October. We are thankful for the hard work of this rescue community and for the generosity of those who brought in supplies.
In an effort to make a positive impact on education in its local community, Subaru Concord donated award-winning science books to Bethel Elementary School as part of a larger Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) initiative called Subaru Loves Learning. Throughout the month of August, Subaru Concord asked customers to inspire students to learn more about science by writing a note of encouragement on bookmarks donated to Bethel Elementary. Over 150 award-winning science books, 150 bookmarks, as well as a $1000 Staples gift card were delivered to Bethel Elementary School Principal Julie Barbee and staff on October 10th by Subaru Concord team members Earl Broadway, Sales Manager and Whitney Marti, Customer Liaison. The donated books are selected from the winners and finalists of the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, an award that emphasizes the importance of science books for both information and enjoyment. This year's selection of books exemplifies outstanding and engaging science writing and illustration for young readers. More than 80% of the fastest growing jobs in the U.S. are in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and only 36% of high school students are ready for college-level science. With the inclusion of outstanding K-12 science trade books in the classroom, teachers can help bridge the gap.
Subaru is proud to establish the first-ever National Make A Dog's Day October 22nd. As part of Subaru Loves Pets month, we're inviting all dog lovers to do something extra special for their furry best friends. Plus, Subaru will be focusing our efforts on helping the hardest-to-adopt shelter Dogs –those with special needs-find homes. Get ready to fall in love withThe Underdogs. #MakeADogsDay Meet Gabi! Gabi has been at the Humane Society of NWGA (Northwest Georgia) for seven years. If you asked the volunteers to pick their favorite animal at the shelter, Gabi would win hands down. She does not do well with dogs or cats so must be the only animal in an adult only family. She loves people and will bond very quickly to you. Gabi would make someone a great companion. She is waiting patiently for her forever home. If you have room in your heart and your home for this sweet girl then please fill out an adoption application, highlight and right click this link: https://hsnwga.org/adoption/application-for-adoption/?fbclid=IwAR2Ie18p6U3ryKi-niIuIZFTd-waD98xrySl7IJmiRBXE239WP7dpODubiU #MakeADogsDay #SubaruLovesPets #TheUnderdogs
On August 8th, Subaru Concord once again hosted a blood drive in partnership with Community Blood Center of the Carolinas - One Blood (CBCC). CBCC generously offered coolers to presenting donors. Subaru added a money-saving coupon to encourage and thank donors.We are grateful to our repeat donors who ensure we exceed our goals every quarter: drives are scheduled through 2020 and we hope you will consider giving the gift of life! Visitors and donors were able to enjoy refreshments in the showroom while learning more about life-saving blood donations. Our partners, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of NC, Charlotte Chapter and Be The Match (National Marrow Donor Program) provided information on their missions and visitors could begin the registration process to join the National Marrow Donor Registry - yet another opportunity to save lives!
Back in May of 2016, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) North Carolina and Subaru Concord were working together as partners for the first time on the Subaru Loves to Care national initiative. Staff from both entities were looking forward to delivering warm blankets to patients at Charlotte's Levine Cancer Institute along with messages of hope and strength filled out by Subaru customers during the month of June. Cancer patients receiving their life-saving chemotherapy treatments are often cold during infusion time, so the idea of providing warm blankets to those that need them most became the foundation of the new partnership. Something much scarier was also happening in May of 2016 to the Furrer family, and especially to 8 year-old Mia. On May 26, 2016 their nightmare began. Parents David & Marianna took Mia to the doctor for an ear ache and a minutely swollen lymph node at the base of her collar bone. Her pediatrician confirmed she had an ear infection but she was also concerned about the swollen lymph and asked them to return if the swelling hadn't gone down by the time the course of antibiotics was complete. As a Mommy, Marianna knew in her heart that something was wrong with her baby girl but they had to wait. Two days later, David & Marianna received a phone call directly from the pediatrician that they were being referred to Pediatric Oncology at Levine Children's Hospital because there was obvious concern with Mia's white cell count and the lymph seemed to be growing larger daily. Marianna says, "I cannot describe the anguish and pain I felt as a Mama hearing that my 8 year-old baby needed to see Oncology. My worst fears were a reality. Cancer. My baby." On July 1 the family visited Oncology and a biopsy was scheduled right away. In two days' time it was confirmed their little girl had cancer. Stage 3 Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Mia would need to be admitted to the hospital to begin treatment right away. Marianna says, "Mia's life has been shaped by this journey and so has ours. She's convinced she has a calling to help children like herself who are suffering with cancer because she can relate to them one on one through her experience so that they know they are not alone". Thankfully, 11 year-old Mia has been in remission for 2 years and 9 months. "We thank God daily for the health of our beautiful little girl but we know that the fight isn't over for so many other families", says Marianna. Also in May of 2016, Scott Peterson was about to accept his nomination as a candidate for LLS's Man of the Year fundraising campaign in Charlotte. Then, as a 10-year survivor of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Scott always knew he wanted to pay it forward and help fund the cures so no one else would have to go through what he and his family did when he was in his late 20's. He aligned with LLS, the largest agency dedicated to finding the cures for blood cancer, and set out to not only win Charlotte's Man of the Year title, but the LLS National Man of the Year title as well. Obviously, when Scott puts his mind to something, he makes it happen. He won both titles by raising the most money of any man in Charlotte and across the country during the 10-week campaign! In May of 2016, Scott and Mia were at opposite ends of the cancer spectrum- Mia, a newly diagnosed patient and Scott, a survivor and advocate for LLS. Neither Mia nor Scott had any inkling that just 4 years later, they would meet at Subaru Concord, both wanting to give back to those who are on their own cancer journey as they had been 4 and 12 years earlier, respectively. Fast forward to July 2019. Subaru Concord partners, Gary Porter and his son Steve are present for the blanket and Subaru Customer Care Card delivery to Levine Cancer Institute (LCI), Concord, as they have been every year since 2016, the inaugural year of the partnership with LLS. You could see how happy they were that both Mia and Scott were present and continuing to do well, and that they, too, wanted to be a part of the blanket delivery to LCI. The Porters, as well as the rest of the staff of Subaru Concord, are proud of this partnership, and very invested in bettering the lives of people with cancer right in their own community. This is very personal for both Gary and Steve, as Gary's wife, who is also Steve's mother, is a lung cancer survivor. On behalf of the Furrers, the Petersons and LLS North Carolina, thank you to the Porters and the entire team at Subaru Concord for believing in the mission of LLS to create a world without blood cancer and improve the lives of patients and their families. It takes a village to kick cancer to the curb, and LLS is proud to be in the fight with Subaru Concord.
On May 14th, Subaru Concord, in partnership with The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS), The National Marrow Donor Program (BeTheMatch.org) and OneBlood (formerly Community Blood Center of the Carolinas), hosted their second blood drive of 2019. Julian, who has become a spokesperson for LLS of NC, shared his battle with lymphoma to educate the community on the need for blood donors to help others fighting similar battles with blood cancers.We are grateful for Julian, who is graduating from AL Brown High School in Kannapolis this year, for sharing his story and encouraging others to provide the gift of life. During the Spring Blood Drive we offered visitors the opportunity to join the National Marrow Donor Registry and learn more about the outstanding efforts of LLS in our community.
On April 11th, Cabarrus Meals on Wheels invited Subaru Concord to present the Subaru Share the Love Event proceeds during their Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. Eric Swanson, District Sales Manager, Subaru of America, Gary Porter, Steve Porter, and Whitney Marti, from Subaru Concord, presented the $19,371 check to Kimberly Strong, Executive Director during a lively event that included a catered dinner, gift baskets and door prize baskets for the volunteers. Volunteers were recognized for the length of service and for taking on extra routes when needed. The team from Subaru Concord enjoyed many positive interactions with the volunteers as they offered thanks for the support provided to CMOW by Subaru of America and Subaru Concord.
Thank you to Subaru Concord for supporting Cabarrus Meals on Wheels for the 7th year during the 2018 Subaru Share the Love Event. Cabarrus Meals on Wheels was designated as the local Hometown Charity. Cabarrus Meals on Wheels received a donation of over $19,000 this year to help us continue to serve hot meals to our homebound adult neighbors. This donation will allow us to serve over 6,000 hot meals! Over the past 7 years, the Share the Love Event donations have allowed us to serve over 26,000 meals! Subaru Concord also delivers meals each month. During 2018, Subaru Concord team members delivered approximately 200 meals in our community. Thank you Subaru Concord, we could not do what we do without you! We are honored to be your partner!
Subaru Concord hosted our first blood drive of 2019 on January 29th. The weather was typical for winter: cold and rainy. Still, members of the community came out to donate and potentially save up to 3 lives. Our team stepped up and members from every department presented to donate during this afternoon drive. Our Spring drive is scheduled for May 3rd. Please join us and donate life!
Subaru Concord recently donated 150 books to Winecoff Elementary School in Kannapolis, NC. Customers and employees participated in the Subaru Love Learning book drive during the months of August and September. The book donation event was designed to provide outstanding, prize-winning books to schools with the goal of engaging young learners in the world of science and inspire them to want to learn more. The books will supplement the existing curriculum by supporting K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, while also helping to build reading and literacy skills. In addition to the 150 books, they also donated STEM lesson plans and school supplies for students. Subaru Concord ~ your visit and donations were a great way to kick off the holiday season! Thanks again!
We were pleased to offer support to "Wake the World" in our area through one of our Subaru Ambassadors who brought this great event to our attention last year. We jumped on the chance to provide a small measure of support to ensure the kids had a great day and the volunteers had some thank you gifts for donating their time and fuel expenses.Thank you to Chris Wilder for introducing us to this great organization and the difference they make. Chris, in our opinion, is the perfect Subaru Ambassador: Love for the brand and its products and possessing a community-minded spirit. Wake the World is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. They are a group of boat owners providing water sports opportunities to abandoned, abused and neglected children, as well as for the handicapped and our wounded warriors. WTW began in 2008 with 8 families providing a day on the lake for some residents of a local children's home. WTW is the largest all volunteer organization of its kind, with over 500 volunteered boats world-wide!
The Kannapolis Intimidators, a Class A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox baseball team, contacted Subaru Concord in March to gauge interest in an advertising partnership for the 2018 season. After consideration of their offer, Subaru Concord requested a different approach – one that would benefit homeless pets in the community through the donation of much needed supplies. The team generously agreed to this program and went above and beyond the request to "Pack an Outback" during the three "Bark in the Park" branded events in April, June,and August by offering a free game ticket to all supply donors! The ability to offer this incentive to potential donors helped to make the supply drive successful. Awareness for the campaign was conducted through word of mouth, social media efforts and providing the first and second game attendees with a Subaru dog toy and/or bandanna to remind them to bring donations to the next "Bark in the Park". All of the donated items were delivered to the Cabarrus County Animal Shelter by Subaru Concord employees within days of each event.
With a verbal commitment of "doing it again" already for next year, it's crystal clear that Steve and Gary Porter, owners of Subaru Concord in North Carolina, love their partnership with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and Levine Cancer Institute (LCI), Concord. It's more than their personal connections to cancer that drive the Porters to give back time and again to this effort. And hand delivering blankets and Subaru customer care cards with messages of hope and love to cancer patients at LCI was as meaningful to them today as it was the first time they took part it in 2016. LLS is grateful for civic-minded families like the Porters, and the message their philanthropy sends to each and every one of the team at their retail operation in Concord. Giving back is important to Gary and Steve, and that message trickles down to all that work there. Thank you, Subaru Concord!
For the 2nd year, Concord Subaru and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, North Carolina chapter (LLS NC) partnered to deliver warm blankets, kid's craft kits and Subaru customer care cards filled with words of encouragement and hope to patients at Levine Cancer Institute in Concord. It may be summer outside, but inside patients often get chilled when undergoing chemotherapy. Joining LLS NC was owner, Steve Porter, Customer Liaison, Whitney Marti and Sales Manager, Shawn Sigler. We were given the opportunity to hand- deliver the gifts to patients, and they were touched by the idea that there are people they have never met that care about their cancer battle. It was a wonderful experience for all involved and it wasn't until we were just about to leave that Shawn became very emotional. She shared the story about losing her very close childhood friend to multiple myeloma just two weeks prior, at 54 years old. Her friend valiantly fought the disease for 14 years, and being a part of the day's activities naturally brought raw emotions to the surface for her. We all know someone that has been touched by cancer, and the support of organizations, like Subaru, is making a huge difference in the lives of patients all over the country. LLS NC could not be more proud to team up with a company whose message from the top is that giving back to those in need in the communities it serves is vital, and that has owners and employees who want to do what they can in their commitment to others.
Subaru Concord is delighted to support R Brown McAllister STEM Elementary School through multiple facets of the Love Promise initiative created by Subaru of America. Beginning in Fall 2015, the Subaru Concord team delivered books from Subaru Loves Learning in support of the STEM program. The books were initially delivered to the school system's district office and the partnership was born. In the Spring of 2016, the delivery of a butterfly habitat for the school's garden was completed. The habitat, also pictured in Fall 2016, is thriving in the school's garden. Fall of 2016 brought a second delivery of science-themed books. We are looking forward to future activities in support of R. Brown McAllister STEM Elementary!
Subaru Concord enthusiastically jumped on the opportunity to participate in Subaru Loves Pets activities in 2016. We reached out to a new community partner, Cabarrus County Animal Shelter, as our beneficiary of puppy adoption kits, thoughtfully put together by Subaru of America, and pet food donations from our team members and customers. In addition to the pet food drive and adoption kits, we attended Dogs Day Out for the fourth consecutive year and invited the Shelter to share our space and highlight adoptable pets. The wind howled the day of the event, which is an annual fundraiser produced by Concord Parks and Recreation. In spite of unusually cold weather and tent-damaging winds, everyone persevered to raise funds and collect donations. Our favorite activity during this event is the pet costume competition. Several Subaru owners stopped by with their costumed canines to say hello and tell us how much they and their pets love their Subarus!
Subaru Concord visited the Levine Cancer Center in Concord to deliver warm blankets and messages of hope to members of our community undergoing chemotherapy. The blankets and messages are a part of the Subaru Loves to Care activation. Visitors to our facility were encouraged to write messages of support and hope to those fighting cancer. One member of our team is a cancer survivor and was overjoyed to participate in delivering the blankets directly to those receiving treatment. We are grateful to Subaru of America for creating this nationwide event and providing us with the opportunity to connect with and positively impact the lives of everyone involved.
This year's Subaru Loves to Care initiative allowed us to provide warmth, through blanket donations, along with messages of hope to members of our community who are undergoing cancer treatments at our local hospital.Sixty warm blankets were delivered on July 25, 2016 to the Rejuvenation Center that is part of Northeast Medical Center's Levine Cancer Institute in Concord. Many handwritten messages of hope were delivered at the same time. These messages were written by our staff, our customers, vendors and other visitors throughout the month of June.We are pleased that Brenda Porter, part of our Subaru Concord family and a cancer survivor, was able to participate in the blanket delivery and offer warmth, caring and her very own personal message of hope to the patients that were in the infusion center the day of our delivery.We would like to thank Levine Cancer Institute-Concord for allowing us to visit and personally make the donations. We also wish to thank Cathy Bloomberg of the North Carolina Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for coordinating the deliveries and providing the necessary support and connections to successfully complete the deliveries.
This year marks the third year that Subaru Concord has been a sponsor of Dogs Day Out. The weather was perfect for the contests, including our favorite: the costume contest! We are pleased to support our community through such a fun event. Ace, Service Dog, from Swiftdogz had the best seat in the house for the contests! Many participants went home with a new flying disc to play with. Congratulations to all of the contest winners.
Subaru Concord donated 100 books to Cabarrus County Schools. Customers and employees participated in the Subaru Loves Learning book drive during the month of August. The book donation event was designed to provide outstanding, prize-winning books to schools with the goal of engaging young learners in the world of science and inspire them to want to learn more. The books are will supplement existing curriculum by supporting K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, while also helping to build reading and literacy skills. Pictured: Dr. Chris Lowder, Cabarrus Co. Superintendent, Whitney Marti, Subaru Concord, Paulie McNaught, Subaru Concord Sales and Steve Porter, General Manager, Subaru Concord.
Subaru Concord hosted a bloodmobile from the American Red Cross on Monday, August 24, 2015 as part of an effort by Subaru of America and Subaru dealers nationwide. 24 donors successfully provided a life-saving donation and also had the opportunity to join the National Marrow Donor Registry and learn about the importance of becoming an organ donor. In addition to the Red Cross, Be The Match and Lifeshare of the Carolinas participated in the event and provided materials for our guests. Pictured is our first donor of the day, Chuck Ende, and the Red Cross volunteer. Donors were offered a discount of 50% off of their next oil and filter change as a thank you for participating.
Join us in our Subaru Loves Learning initiative during the month of August! We are partnering with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in donating science books to Cabarrus County Schools. All of the books that will be donated have been recognized by AAAS as some of the best science books in their field. Contact us to learn more information.
We would like to thank our customers for participating in our E Waste Recycling event during the month of April. With your help, we were able to prevent 2,090 lbs of carbon emissions from polluting the atmosphere. This is equivalent to saving 81 trees, 356 gallons of gasoline, 3,030 plastic bottles, and 13,936 aluminum cans. Thank you for helping strengthen the Subaru Love Promise!
Cabarrus Meals on Wheels will use the Share the Love Donation to pay for nutritious meals for home bound seniors who are unable to pay for their own meals. These are clients that live on a fixed income of $800 or less per month. The funds will provide 2,300 meals to our clients. We are extremely grateful for the partnership with Subaru. "ÂShare the Love"Â is a great program that allows our local community members to give to local agencies in a unique way. -Kimberly Strong, Executive Director
Throughout the month of April, we are hosting an E-Waste Recycling Event in our store to collect unwanted electronics. We've arranged to work with a company who will responsibly collect, re-purpose, and recycle your electronic waste. Help us protect our environment. Just show up with your E-Waste and we'll do the rest! The first 50 customers who contribute will receive a complementary environmental badge of ownership. We will accept: LCD Monitors, Cell Phones, Laptops, Tablets, CRTs up to 40", Video Games/Consoles, Fax Machines, DVD/VCR Players, Printers, Computer Peripherals, Switches/Routers, Cords and Wires.
Since 2008 we have supported Classroom Central, a free store for teachers located in Charlotte, NC. Teachers spend an average of $500 out of their own pocket every year to provide supplies to their students and to create an atmosphere conducive to learning. Classroom Central receives donations from the community so that teachers in need can go shopping for the items they need. From book drives and competing to collect the most schools supplies during the annual "School Tools" collection, to becoming the only drop off location in Cabarru's County for community donations, we stand behind the idea of making a difference and equipping at-risk students with the proper tools to help them complete their education and break the cycle of poverty.
Subaru's "Share the Love" event has helped raise money for charities both locally and nationally. Wilson from WCCB Charlotte was at Subaru Concord where Cabarrus Meals on Wheels was chosen as our local charity. Concord's Mayor Scott Padgett even joined Wilson holding a can of Beenie Weenie's. Wilson can get people to do some of the strangest things. Mayor Padgett talked with Wilson about the program, local charities and the importance of volunteering with local charities. See the link below for a recap of the Rising Show kicking off Share the Love and our food drive to support CMOW. http://www.wccbcharlotte.com/rising/wilsons-world/Sharing-the-Love-with-Wilson-and-Subaru-Concord-284507241.html