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social work job.. or other jobs for these qualifications
Do you know how much they pay a qualified social worker? As.I have a BA degree in social work.
I thought they would pay good for a social worker as in here UK they pay well.
Husband wont be a high earner as he will be a bus conductor..
What else can I do regarding job.. im worried grr I have interpreting skills im fluent in portuguese.brazilian hindi gujrati urdu.
Have diploma in master windows course
Have experience as collection agent for AT,&T for international companies..
Have experience selling cars
And relevant experience in social work.. how about social work management..
Do you know any associations of social work.. as im finding difficulty to get in touch with any social services council in mauritius
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In mauritius social work is not usually accompanied by payment lol
Well.. You may try finding a work in homes, housing welfare etc,
Personally it is really difficult to find such jobs in mauritius
Interpretation on the other side can get you luck though,
There might be companies willing to recruit you because this might be a need for them, but it depends on demands.
Trust me social work will not bring you a good future ahead when it concerns mauritius
If you are doing it for the love of the job, you got paws needing volunteers for social work etc..

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A very handsome, rich, young aristrocrat, the most eligible bachelor had not got married. His worried parents, well wishers and friends asked him what the problem was.
The young man said, "I am still searching for the suitable girl whom I can marry. I want my wife to perfect in four areas. She should be a maid in the scullery, a cook in the kitchen, a lady in the parlour and a whore in bed."
After some time the young man found the perfect woman of his dreams. They were married amidst great pomp and grandeur. It was only later that our young man realized that though his wife had all the wanted qualities, there was a problem.
She was a cook in the scullery, a maid in the kitchen, a whore in the parlour and a lady in bed!!!!!


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This article describes the confidence interval as it is reported in the results of a Pulsewave® reading. It also describes why the confidence interval can vary from reading to reading. Confidence interval is shown in the results because indirect blood pressure measurement is not exact.
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Confidence Interval
When viewing results in the Pulsewave® Software or on the Pulsewave® website, one may notice that there is a ± value reported next to the data. This value is known as the confidence interval (CI). The CI is the interval where the result is expected to be. Another way of looking at this is that the CI indicates the reliability of the reading to produce a result with the least amount of variability.
Confidence interval can be illustrated through an analogy to weather forecasting. Based on readings of various weather conditions at a particular time, forecasters can report their expectation of an amount of rainfall. The more reliable the readings, the less variability will be shown in the report. For example, if the report indicates that there will be between 10 and 50mm of rain on a given day, it is expressing that there will be 30mm of rain ±20mm. After taking a more reliable reading, the forecaster's report could indicate that there will be between 25 and 35mm of rain. This means that there could be 30mm of rain but with a smaller variability of ±5mm. Since the reliability of the readings increased, the variability of the amount of rainfall decreased.
CI as shown in the Summary and Details view of a reading on the Pulsewave® website
The CI is calculated for one reading at one time, only. This value can change from reading to reading, but is not related between readings. The value is thus dependent on the reliability of one specific reading. With the Pulsewave® reading, a lower CI means that the interval within which the result is expected to be is smaller, indicating less variability in the result. For example, 122 ±2 mmHg means that the result can reasonably be between 120 and 124 mmHg. Conversely, a larger CI means that the interval within which the result is expected to be is larger, indicating more variability in the result. For example, 122 ±8 mmHg means that the result can reasonably be between 114 and 130 mmHg.
It must be noted that CI is not a measurement of a degree of error, nor is it a reflection of the accuracy of the result. It is a measurement of uncertainty. For further information about the topic of uncertainty, refer to Additional Resources, below.
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Many different factors can impact the quality of the reading, in turn determining the CI. By following some simple guidelines with regards to external influences, you can ensure that you are submitting the best reading possible. The following are some things that are within your control to keep in check while taking a reading:
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Hanoi 1930.
My grand father lived on a business street near downtown Hanoi. They sold bricks there. And my grand-father got the revered nickname of Mr. Brick. He rented the two front stores and lived in the back, a huge two story house with rows and rows of bedrooms and a well-landscaped small garden completed with hills and streams, gold fishes and a rainwater reservoir.
My grand father literally raised mythree brothers, most of their cousins, some of their friends and even a few cousins from my mothers side. He never accepted any help from his children, then all married and moved out into different regions of the country. My parents were in Laos, while my uncle and his wife settled down with his wife in Vinh-Yen as landowners and farmers. My three aunts were married to professionals, a medical doctor, a teacher and a businessman. Some of them sent their children to my grandpa as soon as they reached junior high school age, sometimes earlier in the case of my parents. Where my parents were, Laos was a jungle, and we girls stayed behind going to local schools, yet when we moved back to the city of Vinh, Nghe-An, in Central VietNam, my sister Le was also sent to live with grandpa to attend the Couvent des Oiseaux in Hanoi, then supposedly the best for girls. She stayed at my grandparents place until we all moved back to Hanoi after my fathers bankruptcy, his works and his money washed out overnight by a terrible hurricane and by the world depression of 1929. My older sister hardly finished Grade School.
So, my grandfather with his meager retirement benefits as a secretary and the rent money managed to give the children some stability in life, a home, and a feeling of belonging and of being connected. Upstairs, there was a huge room served as the place of worshiping the ancestors, but except for Tet, the children used that room for their study room. Downstairs, looking out in the garden was the place to eat: 3 big platform-like pieces of furniture replaced the dining table and chairs. Meals were served on big brass trays of close to 3 feet of diameter where kids sat crossed legs all around eating noisely. I used to be fascinated by the intricate design of those brass trays, which could have been served as pieces of decorative furniture instead of just for food holders. Another of this food tray was served separately for the women of the house. The helpers or servants ate in the kitchen later. My grand father who was in his 70 then, usually took his meals with the 2 of his younger friends now his boarders, for peace and quiet reason. Little kids like me took their plates and went to sit on benches near the bonsai garden. We loved to watch big golden fishes dancing in the miniature ponds under the well landscaped dwarf trees.
Grandfather had a concubine, 30 year younger whom he saved from a Madame in town. She was originally from a small town called Nam Dinh so we all called her co Nam. Co Nam was a terrific cook. Having to feed 15 to 20 persons a day, she had to be frugal using only inexpensive recipes, which she turned into delicious dishes. She loved the children and had more fun with them than with my parents or my grandparents. She always gave us the best. We too loved her, so when my grandfather died, we welcomed her into our house with joy. She had such a happy and loud laughter that made everybody want to join her.
Unfortunately for us, after a while she wanted to go back to her hometown where she had a brother and some relatives. We missed her and her cooking and her laughing. The house in Kham Thien that my grandfather gave her was sold. We never heard from her since. I would like to come back to talk about Co Nam again later because her life represented the unfortunate lot of women in the old days who had not experienced neither freedom nor independence, yet to me she was happy and grateful to be with us and especially loving and kind to everyone, unlike some other women who had everything but still found ways to be unkind and selfish. The quality of being humane is not given to everyone.
The extended family at the time was overwhelming indeed. However, we have to understand that the way to communicate and to transport was reduced to none then and all people had was each other. I like to write about my grandma now. She was from the same village as my Mom. She chose my Mom among other candidates of a marriage arrangement because, she said, they could come back together to visit the friends and relatives they both knew. My grand mother was a gentle and compassionate woman. Too bad I never met her. I only heard my Mother praise her mother in law. When a new bride, my mom had to stay with her in laws for a couple of years while my father was far away at work, (Laos, Central VN, or in another town doing Public Works, building roads, bridges or buildings). My father only came to Hanoi to see his wife now and then.
My Mom said she felt loved and protected from my grandma while my aunt was mean to her. (My other aunt turned out to be the benefactor of my family. She is alive and lives in Hanoi with her children. I was so pleased to see her in 1996.)*
This was a story my Mom liked to tell: One day, my Mom cooked and accidentally burned a pot of stews. My grandfather asked who did it. Grandma promptly replied that she did. Case closed.
Later when her daughter confronted her with: What did you do that for? She said: Why not? I shut you up didnt I?. My aunt, the wife of the medical doctor was like Cinderellas stepsister indeed, only very polite and very subtle in her meanness. My Mom said she would not let my Mom do anything in the house, saying: I will do it, I will take care of it, please let me etc She would not let my mom get involved into any house project, so she would feel useless, helpless, lonely, missing her husband, missing her own family, and above all unsupported. Fortunately, my grandma was there for her. And grandpa also. My Mom still talked about these memories (in her 90s) with tears in her eyes. Two years before she died, my Mom said she had forgiven her sister in law.
Now, about my step grand mother. Because, yes I had a step grandmother who was my grandmothers younger sister! We called her BaTre meaning younger grandma. Ba tre was too shy, so my grandma thought the only way she could look after her younger sister was to get her husband to marry her, which my grandpa agreed. (!) She had one daughter who died in a car accident at the age of 30, so BaTre was left alone behind after my grandma and grandpa passed away.
In his will, my grandfather asked my parents to take her home with us and to take care of the function of after- death memories (anniversary of death is an important date). To this day, my sister Le and I still keep the tradition and the promise. We have nothing to loose. Its an excuse to give ourselves a break and a treat.
It seems to me that there was a lot of understanding and tolerance under that roof on Brick Street. Except for my aunt, of course. But she wasnt really part of the household since she got married soon and moved to another city with her husband. My grandfather, on the other hand, was a gentleman who treated his wives and the grand children with justice and tolerance. Nobody ever heard him being rude or bossy although he was well known to have a very hot temper. He never blamed anyone. When angry, he would go out into the yard, would lift his head up and voice some anger over toward some Con khi, con khi translated as monkeys, monkeys He kept the connection going well with our origin village, regularly and officially registered every new addition to the family in the lineage generic tree, regularly paid all dues for everyone without saying a word to his children who were to busy with a modernized life in other cities. Responsibilities were handled properly according to the village rules and regulations for example after certain age, young males must participate in civil functions like the preventive building of dikes in the region. If one could not go in person one should manage to get a substitute. My grandpa always got things done. Everyone respected him. Policemen, postmen, trash men, beggars feared him and loved him. I only knew him a year before he died. That will be another story I like to tell another time. My grandfather with his silky long white hair put up on the top of his head in a little bun the size of a thumb occupied a special place in my mind and in my heart. He died in Vinh Yen at my uncles place. That day when we all got in line to come to his death bed and to kneel in front of him to bow farewell, was the first time in my life I knew how being proud felt. I was proud of having come from him.


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Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn went a little overboard on their very first date. The Fate of the Furious actor revealed all about their promiscuous night out — and how they ran into legal trouble — during an appearance on Harry on Friday, April 21.
The longstanding Hollywood couple first met when they starred together in the 1984 film Swing Shift. Russell, now 66, recalled going to the Playboy Club with her to help get into character for his role.
"I said, 'You know, if we have to dance in this, you're a professional dancer. You know how to dance, but I just need to figure something out,'" he recalled to host Harry Connick Jr. "She said, 'We should go somewhere and dance to that kind of swing music.' I said, 'I'll find that.' The Playboy Club was the only place that had that. So we went to the Playboy Club, and I just immediately was having a great time with this girl, Goldie."
The pair ended up at Hawn's home, which was still being renovated. (The L.A. residence is now owned and inhabited by Hawn's actress daughter, Kate Hudson.)
"[We decided] the night wasn't over yet," Russell said. "We eventually found our way upstairs, looking around at imaginary furniture and we were in the imaginary bedroom, now, and we are realistically having sex … . Police walked in because we had to break into the place to get in."
He added, "It was a lot of fun, I'll tell you what. I can't believe it was such a long time ago."
Russell and Hawn, now 71, went on to welcome a son, actor Wyatt Russell, in 1986. Kurt also became a father figure to Hudson, 38, and her brother, actor Oliver Hudson; their biological father is musician-actor Bill Hudson.
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I sometimes I think, if we had electricity, we could power a light bulb. Then my children could study when we arrive back from the field and it's dark already, says Ard Saimanyphong, mother of ten, villager of Kabong in Nakai district, Khammuan Province.
Kabong is too far away to be connected to the national power grid. The village lies across the Nam Theun reservoir, up a small river, without any road connection. Only one third of its 80 houses own home solar power systems. Most of these are only enough to power one lightbulb. Shop owners can afford higher capacity systems, but there is only one television set and one refrigerator in the village.
In support of the Lao government's national rural electrification targets, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is looking into possible solutions for providing electricity to Kabong and its neighbouring villages. The Ministry of Energy and Mines' Institute of Renewable Energy Promotion is implementing the project, supported by Germany and its International Climate Initiative IKI.
On a recent mission to Kabong, it was determined that the communities would need more reliable and stable power sources than what solar power home systems can supply.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines is now looking into whether it's possible to combine solar power with another solution. A mini hydro plant is in discussion, generating power from the natural precipitation of a small river behind the village. This way, power supply would be guaranteed regardless of the weather.
With the provision of electricity, the community health centre could ensure better services for patients. We will be able to do blood testing and properly refrigerate vaccines and medicines. Right now, since we have no means of refrigerated transportation, we can't send samples downstream. Patients have to make their way to the next city to get tested, says Peo, the village nurse.
UNDP and the ministry are working closely together to find a solution that is both suitable for the needs of the community, and sustainable in its maintenance. One viable path discussed is the creation of village development funds, seed-funded by the community's payments for electricity. This fund will help the villagers find new income generating activities.
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minor diy upgrade: a closet curtain
I've been living in my house for years, and for the entire time, the closet in my office has had no door. It didn't come with one, and way back when we first moved in, the handyman said he'd be back with a door for it in a couple days. (Spoiler alert: the handyman never came back with that door.) I just got lazy about it and left it and never did anything to fix it. But because our house is small and has limited storage, my closet (one of only two closets in the whole house) has always been crammed full of stuff. It's really the only longterm storage, so that's where the totes of holiday decorations and extra cables and computer parts live. (Oh and some chairs. Which I will reupholster.. one day..) It's always been ugly but I've just tuned it out of my mind. That is, until I recently cleaned up my office and made it all nice and pretty and the ugly portal to crap storage started sticking out even worse than before. So I finally did something about it!
before, a haphazard melange of tetris'd junk
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I'm not really a diy maven or anything. But this project was pretty much as simple as you can get. A $9 cute tapestry from amazon, $2 iron-on hemming tape from ikea, and a $5 tension curtain rod from bed bath & beyond, and bob's yer uncle! Now my closet isn't hideous anymore!


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He Disagreed with Something that Ate Him: Reading The Living Daylights & Licence to Kill
Bright Lights Film Journal
Watch it Again! Society (Brian Yuzna, 1989)
Watch It Again! Joe (John G. Avildsen, 1970)
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American New Wave: A Retrospective, Bangor University. PANEL A – Revisiting Key Films of the American New Wave I (Roberts Room) (Chair: Matthew Melia), 4 July 2017.
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Here are a few images from a Family Portrait Shoot for a gift.
It's always fun to do a portrait shoot session but when you get two cheeky models like this it always brings smiles and laughs.
The shoot was for my Sister-in-law and my wife's Christmas present for their mom and dad and we decided after the cold weather we would do an indoor shoot rather than going out in the cold with large jackets on.
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Philippines. Workshop to finalize the RAP costing model
On September 28 and 29, a two-day costing workshop, chaired by the Department of Labour and Employment (DOLE), was held as part of the ABND exercise, currently conducted in the Philippines. The objectives of the workshop were to finalize the Rapid Assessment Protocol (RAP), an ILO costing model to compute the cost of a social protection floor in the country. Representatives from government agencies, workers and employers organizations, social service providers, non-governmental organizations, and the UN agencies were present.
On the first day of the workshop, a short introduction to the draft RAP model and the draft scenarios for costing was given by DOLE and the ILO. Afterwards, the participants of the workshop were broken into groups to discuss and finalize the parameters of the scenarios for costing. On day two, the results of the discussions were presented and discussed by the whole group, and it was agreed upon finalized scenarios to be included in the RAP model. In the afternoon of day two, representatives of the Core Group verified the final assessment matrix, which includes all recommendations on establishing a social protection floor, and decided upon which non-costable recommendations, mainly implementation gaps, should be presented to the Human Development and Poverty Reduction (HDPR) cluster, as a next step of the ABND process in the country.
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How To Turn Your To-Do-List Into Your Done ListCopyright © 2009 Bryan Beckstead
To Do Lists have received a bad rap, and it's not the list's fault. There is nothing wrong with the concept. The problem is with the execution, or should I say the lack of execution, on our parts. There are some "experts" out there who say To Do Lists are a waste of time and are outdated and they are not worth the time it takes to write them up. They state as fact that almost all of the people who use a To Do List, (TDL), never finish what's on them. This is true, so why does this make the TDL a waste of time, as if it's the lists fault?
I have to jump in here and make a distinction before we go any farther. If all you are doing in terms of Time Management and Product Maximization is creating a TDL, then I agree, that exercise by itself is pretty futile; better than nothing, but not by much. An effective TDL has to be part of a larger, more organized and detailed strategy to really pay off dividends for you. I want to be sure you leave here with a clear picture of where a TDL fits into your overall approach to getting back control of your time and getting the greatest bang for your production buck.
Now that we have that out of the way, let's see how we can make your To Do List become your done list.
Make it Realistic There are only so many hours in the day and you can only work so many of them. Your TDL has to reflect the fact that all of the time you spend at work cannot be allocated to just straight production. This is the most common mistake people make and this mistake is where the TDL takes a bad rap. Let's say you are at your place of work for 8 hours. People schedule enough work to fill up that entire space of 8 hours and then wonder why at the end of the day that they still have 3 or 4 items left on their TDL. They forget what I call their housekeeping duties; mail, email, phone work, appointments, dealing with other staff, employees, getting back to people, allowing people to get back to you, etc. These are the vital tasks that have to be finished to keep things functioning. On one hand, we call them interruptions because they are the things that keep you from doing your Priorities but at the same time, they have to be done. You have to set aside time for these activities to be completed. To pretend they will somehow get done as well as all the things on your TDL is not realistic and it sets you up for stress and turmoil at the end of the day.
You Can Always Add to Your To Do List Accomplishing what's on your TDL should in itself become a priority to you. I have many many clients who, over the years, have credited creating and accomplishing what is on there TDL with getting them in control of their time and allowing them to accomplish much more in the same amount of time. What we are doing here is not an academic exercise. I'm not suggesting ways for you to improve your use of time as some form of intellectual rhetoric but as a way to improve yourself, a proven way to get better, faster, and more productive and to get better results. Try this routine, it works, it's highly effective and once you get hooked, you will never go back to the old way again.
Start with only one key priority on your To Do List The only qualifying criterion is that the task has to be possible to complete it in well under an hour. That's right; one key priority on your TDL for each day and it has to be Time Activated for under an hour for total completion. Do not fall into the trap of saying you can easily add 3 or 4 or 5 more items and still get them done in a day because history has taught us we been able to do that in the past. What is going to make this time any different? Success breeds more success. Try this routine not just for a day, not a week, but two full weeks. That may seem to be a long time but two weeks seems to be the point where people experience success and it has started to be a routine. Clearly, you will be doing other jobs and tasks during this two week period, your focus is ALWAYS complete the only item on your TDL. That is critically important to your new regime.
The next step is pretty clear: if you get to the two-week mark with a perfect record, and only you will be the judge of that, you add one more item to your TDL. You now will have two items on your TDL and you will go for two more weeks working on completing BOTH items on your TDL. Don't fall into the trap of jumping to three or four more things on your list; keep it to two. The failure rate is huge for people who jump from one item to four or five thinking they that have everything under control. Slow and steady wins this race.
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By Anime Master (Drill Man)
Narrator: It is an average day at the Citadel. Our favorite team is enjoying yet another peaceful afternoon.
Dive: It's eleven in da mornin', ya know what dat means kiddies?
Toad:... oh come on Dive, not now...
Dive: Guess Kermit, or I'll pelt ya with missiles.
Toad: Hmm... does it involve a beverage that you enjoy?
Dive: Dat it does my amphibious friend! Come on boys, let's get hammered!
Drill: Would you two keep it a bit down? I want to finish the complete works of Vonnegut before the end of the day. It's getting a bit distracting...
Dive (Obviously drunk): Aw don't be a buzz kill old friend. Live a little! I'm gonna go over here now!
*Ring leaves the room and walks toward the bathroom.*
Dive *From inside bathroom*: Hey I just threw up blue!
Pharaoh: Did you really need to announce that Dive?
Dive: Nope, but yer welcome. I mean, with Rebel gone, what else are we gonna do?
Drill: I can't say I'm happy to say this, but damn it he's right. Rebel's departure leaves a distinct gap in our ranks. Do you guys realize I'm the only original robot master left?
Dust: Sure, but that's a good thing! I mean, isn't that why your lead us?
Drill: To be honest, what leading do I do? Say "To the Cossack Mobile!" or something? I've seen teammates come and go, it never gets any easier. But Rebel was like a brother to me.
Dust: Don't you consider us your family too?
Drill: Of course, but he and I were there from the beginning... I dunno, this phase will pass in time.
Dive: I think we need ta cheer ya up. To the bar!
Drill: I'm good for now Dive... but I do agree we should do something fun. Let's go see a play!
Bright: I'll bring Autumn!
Pharaoh: Uh... Bright we aren't going to bring your cat to a play.
Bright: Aww...
*At that moment, Dive returned with Dr. Cossack, Jay, and Silent Bob.*
Dr. Cossack: I found this lummox puking his brains out. I tried getting him to let Jay help him out with that, but he refused.
Jay: Yeah, we offered him a cannon to have to his face, but he just went right back to the bottle.
Dive: There ain't no life like da drunk life!
Drill: ... Well are you guys trying to go to a play? I mean, I suppose you could hide being stoned better than being drunk.
Dive: I resent dat remark bossman. Just for that, I'm bringing my own personal whiskey: "Divedicks!" It went great with the test audience.
Bright: You mean yourself don't you?
Dive: You know it!
Jay: Naga notch! I got play tickets yo! Silent Bob here almost had to suck a...
Silent Bob: *Eyes expand*
Toad: I don't want to hear those next few words.
Dust: Well what are we going to see?
Jay: Batman the fucking Musical!
Skull: You got to be kidding me.
Jay: Would this face lie?
Drill: Well... Batman the Musical it is! Hey Kalinka, want to come see a show?
*Kalinka enters the room.*
Kalinka: I suppose. Father, will you behave?
Dr. Cossack: Insolent child, why do you have to ask me first?
Kalinka: The bigger question is why do I need to ask you at all?
Dr. Cossack: Hold your tongue! Now to the transporters!
Narrator: And so the gang proceeded to teleport to their show.
Jay: Motherfucking Broadway yo!
Kalinka: Wow, I have always wanted to see a show here. Father, why did you never bring me here before?
Dr. Cossack: I didn't like musicals until I met those two. Now I feel the music and get what they are saying.
Kalinka: I hate you.
Skull: This is gonna suck.
Dive: I don't want ya negative crap right now, I just wan ta enjoy da music.
Skull:... I can be gentle too you know.
Dive: No Skullman of mine is gonna be gentle with me!
Drill: Enough, get your playbills and find your seat.
Bright: We are gonna see a show!
Drill: Quiet you!
Dust: I'm gonna grab candy. I'll meet you in there.
Pharaoh: Don't be too long. I heard this show got great reviews.
Narrator: And so the show begins.
Chorus: *Singing* In Gotham City on a dark cold night, the Waynes saw a movie like any family might. But no one could foretell how that night went to hell.
Alfred: *Narrating* After viewing The Mark of Zorro, Thomas, Martha, and their son Bruce Wayne go down Park Row, also known as Crime Alley. In the alley awaited Joe Chill, a petty thief. Left alone with only his trusted butler Alfred Pennyworth, that's me, Bruce travels the world and trains himself to prime physical condition. However, on March 11, Bruce laid in his father's chair, claiming that Criminals are a Superstitious Cowardly Lot. Suddenly a Bat broke through the window of the study, causing Bruce to exclaim "I shall become a bat!"
Chorus: He is Gotham's Darkest Knight, the villains cower in fright, turn on the signal light for Batman!
Drill: Did they really need all that detail?
Toad: Meh, narrators are useful. You just need a strong second act opening.
Pharaoh: Where is Dust? He is missing all of this.
Dr. Cossack: Quiet! Poison Ivy is trying to trap some Arkham guard.
Guard: I don't know who all these guys are. I mean, everyone knows Joker and Two Face, but what about the guy with the dummy, or the question mark guy?
Poison Ivy: Who are we? Who are we? We are the inmates of Arkham Asylum!
Inmates:*Singing* We are residents of Arkham, as crazy as we seem. Kill a guy, rob a bank, but we each have our own themes. We have a gimmick so you see we stand in front the rest! When you see what I usually do you'll know that I'm the best.
Poison Ivy: *Singing* Look at you, so nice and lively, you've been introduced to Poison Ivy. I control flora; that is plants, I can even control men using my sweet pheromones their minds do I bend.
Mr. Zzasz: *Singing* See the restraints; you want to know why for I am Mr. Zzasz! See the scars that run from my feet to my hands? They each represent a victim that I killed, for deep inside me I know my mission was fulfilled.
Scarface: *Singing* Don't you know who I am, Scarface and Ventriloquist of Arkham. He's my dummy; I run the show for if you mess with Scarface you'll have a death blow.
Riddler: *Singing* Riddle me this, and riddle me that, who's afraid of a big black bat. Riddle me high and riddle me low, guess how long my dance will go!
*Riddler performs a tap dance number.*
Inmates: We live in Arkham, but there is one we all avoid. He'll turn the corner, kill you and say "Heavens to murgatroid!" Unpredictable, very crazy, and a cheat at even poker. We advise you to stay away from that maniac the Joker! Heed our warning very well, you poor cigarette smoker! If you had any sense at all, you'd stay away from Joker!
Audience: *Claps*
Dive: Take off your top Ivy! Show me ya roots!
Bright: Hey! Don't do that Dive!
Dive: But it's so fun!
Pharaoh: I'm going to go find Dust. It's been a while and I want to make sure he's okay.
Dive: You gonna shake his...
Pharaoh: Think carefully about those next words Dive. We are in public.
Dive: Piss off King Tut.
Pharaoh: Fair enough.
Narrator: So Pharaoh leaves the theater to look for his lost comrade... get it?
Pharaoh: Dust? Dust?
Voice: Sorry, Mr. Dustman is occupied at the moment. Can I take a message?
Pharaoh: What?
*The mysterious person knocks Pharaoh out*
Voice: Now to play the waiting game.
Narrator: Meanwhile, back in Gotham City.
Victim: Let me live! Take them!
Man: You've killed us all!
Joker: *Singing* I like how she's thinking. I think she's fine. Okay babe you can walk away, but all of your friends are mine. A flower for the lady, some gas for this guy, this place is mine but first, you see, I need you all to die. Was waiting for this moment, I am weak in the knees. Harley my sweet it would be so neat if you would get the crowbar please.
Jay: Silent Bob, I don't care if you need to piss, stay in your seat! This is really cool.
Silent Bob: *Protests*
Jay: Fine Tubby, but don't whine to me when you miss Batman and Ace the Bathound doing it with Bat Mite and Stan Lee.
Ring: Do you ever think before you speak?
Jay: Why would I?
Harley: Good job Mista J!
Joker: But Harley... I noticed you struck a man before I entered.
*Harley becomes visibly nervous.*
Harley: Well... he was trying to... my shtick...
Joker: Your shtick? YOUR SHTICK! I'LL SHOW YOU A SHTICK!
Narrator: So Silent Bob goes to the bathroom and goes to buy a drink.
Silent Bob: Wait, where are Dust and Pharaoh?
*Spots a trenchcoated figure wearing a fedora standing in the lobby of the theater.*
Silent Bob: Hmm...
*He attempts to go inside, but is stopped*
Voice: I almost forgot about the Comrades' little stoners.
Silent Bob: Who are you?
Voice: Why reveal my identity now when I can wait until the entire team storms out?
*Silent Bob grabs Fedora*
Silent Bob: Kryptoman!
Krypto: You remember me, I'm impressed. For too long have I waited in the shadows. That whole war was too pointless for me to enter.
Silent Bob: I gotta warn the others!
Krypto: At this point, go! You ruined the dramatic effect anyway tubby.
*He leaves*
Krypto: He forgot to ask about his friends. A pitty.
Narrator: And so Silent Bob rushes to tell Jay everything he found out.
Jay: You fall in or something?
Silent Bob: Listen to me Jay, Kryptoman is back. He's got Pharaoh and Dust, we need to help them!
Jay: For a guy named Silent Bob you sure do like to talk during a play! I'm missing the show!
Batman: This ends here Joker!
Joker: But don't you want to know about my plan? How I plan to
*Music starts*
Joker: Light up the tow...
*In midsentence, Batman hit Joker in the gut. Joker gasps for air.*
Joker: Hey, that's my theme song in this musical! You can't do that!
Batman: Watch me.
Silent Bob: Why do I even bother?! Guys, we need to get out to the lobby!
Skull: But the show...
Silent Bob: Fuck the show! Your teammates need you!
Drill: My god! Quickly, to the lobby!
Dr. Cossack: Look, they captured the Joker.
Drill: Comrades, hold!
Two Face: *singing* You're back here at Arkham, you miserable clown. You thought your plan would really work to light up this town. Well guess what you miserable freak you will never do that as long as this city is still protected by bat.
Joker: *singing* I may be at Arkham, but all three of you are wrong. I will escape, kill the bat while singing my theme song! Watch out Gotham, I'll be back you'll simply have to wait! But can someone get me out of these damn restraints!
All: *singing* No!
Drill: Good enough for me, let's go!
Narrator: And so the Comrades assemble in the lobby.
Krypto: So you got my message, eh master?
Drill: Kryptoman! What rock have you been hiding under?
Krypto: I don't want to repeat myself.
Dive: Where's King Tut and Suck Guy?
Krypto: In the broom closet.
Dive: That's it? A closet? You are lame as hell. Here I'll get them.
*Dive opens the door, but is shocked!*
Dive: AHHHH!
Drill: DIVE!
Krypto: Ah, your drunken friend doesn't have very long indeed. You have merely an hour to cure him of my new virus or else he dies. And if he is part human, which I can only guess is true judgling by the energy I am receiving from him, than he will suffer a horrific death indeed.
Toad: You bastard!
*Toad attacks Kryptoman, but he is swatted aside*
Krypto: Worthless, I have evolved beyond your useless human inducted attacks. Only you, master, have the chance to stop me. Can you do it?
Drill: You know damn well I'll try.
*Drill produces a lightsaber, with Krypto drawing his own energy blade! The two begin to fight, which enters the theater, which has just returned from intermission*
Black Mask: *Singing* I refuse to give up my birthright, this truly cannot be! I had so much of Gotham directly under me. I refuse for you to blow out my candles using a waving fan. Who do you think you are... ?
Batman: I'm BATMAN.
Drill: You bastard, you really want to do this while this is going on?
Krypto: Why Master, I know how much you like Batman, I only assumed you wanted to see the show before I end your life.
*Drill manages to eject Krypto back into the lobby*
Dive: Hold on Bossman, I got him for ya!
*Dive bombards Krypto with missiles*
Drill: Dive! How'd you...
Dive: Like this B-Villain can do any damage ta me?
Krypto: "B-Villain?" Is that the best...
Bright: It's not over!
Toad: Not by a long shot.
*They attack him*
Krypto: Okay, now I'm...
Skull: You bore me.
*He traps Krypto in a perpetual skull barrier*
Krypto: AGH! I hate you all!
Narrator: But suddenly, Krypto explodes in fury! Now free from his prison, he prepares to finish his prey once and for all.
Krypto: What he said. Haha, time to kill your little friends...
*Krypo retreats into the theater. Surveying the damage, Drillman comes to a realization.*
Drill: I... I have to do it.
Bright: You can't kill him. Dr. Cossack wouldn't want it that way.
Drill: This wasn't built by Cossack. It was built by ME. He burns. NOW!
Narrator: Drillman reenters the musical, determined to end the life of his creation.
Krypto: So now Batman has been ambushed and brought to Arkham to be put on trial? Almost like that one BTAS episode...
Riddler: *singing* As you know, your honor, I just love a good mind game, but soon the crosswords, puzzles, and Sudoku all started to seem the same. My cranium needed more, and Batman showed his face! I needed to outwit him, even if I was a disgrace!
All: He is to blame for how we all became! He is the one who had us start our fun! Your honor this much you can see...
The Judge: *singing* It is time for me to join the party! *It's the Joker!* It seems poor Batsy here did not quite get the joke, I told you back in Arkham your mind I would eventually poke. Well since I did not light the town, I'll have to settle with you! After I work my magic your mind will split in two! Yes Batman my sentence here will be ever so filthy! Take Guanoman away, for I do declare him guilty!
Two Face: *singing* Your honor, I thank you on behalf of the court, but I do think it's time for the sport!
Joker: *singing*Quite so Mr. Prosecutor let's get on with this party! To the EST room, take him now! You, Riddler and Harley!
Krypto: Bravo! Bravo!
Drill: YOU!
*Drill takes the lightsaber and stabs in Krypto's chest.*
Krypto: Well, look who stopped weeping the dead! You know I've been screwing around with you? Dust and Pharaoh are locked up in the ladies room. Oh, how much trouble you went through for nothing.
Drill: I've given a lot of thought to this. I'm tired of being calm. I'm tired of it all. I lost my girl, I lost my home, I lose more teammates then I can imagine, and now my best friend!
Krypto: So you'll kill me? Then I win! You will give up everything you ever stood for! HAHA!
*Drill raises the lightsaber to Krypto's face.*
Drill: Bleed.
Voice: No!
*It is Dr. Cossack!*
Dr. Cossack: He's right you know. If you kill him, he wins. Is that the legacy of Drillman?
Drill: I don't care!
Jay: Listen, what Dr. Cossack is trying to say is that there are worse than death.
Krypto:... what?
Narrator: And so the Comrades watch the rest of the play.
Catwoman: Exactly, this is why I am still here chasing you around after all these years. Come on Bruce, let's have some fun. Without these masks I mean...
Batman: Gotham might need me...
Catwoman: While Gotham "might" need you, I "do" need you. What do you say? Alfred ever cook that halibut?
Batman: Why don't we find out together?
Dust: Man, I wish I got to see the rest of the show. This sucks.
Toad: So where did you end up doing with Krypto, Doc?
Dr. Cossack: You don't want to know.
Narrator: Meanwhile...
Krypto: Where... where am I?
Profster: Hem hem. Welcome to the Big Rock Candy Mountains!
Kaiso: Do you want to bathe in da soda water fountain?
Krypto: No... noo... NOOOOOO!!!!!
Profster: OR A CLOUD!!!
Narrator: Now we move away from that sorrid scene as Drill reflects on the events of the past few months.
Drill: I gotta thank Cossack for that idea. Since the slide is destroyed, he will never be able to return. But really, can I truly adjust to this? More deaths, each more hurtful then the last. When I joined this team, I was so young, inexperienced. I felt like I could get away with anything. I remember the prime days of the Megaman Teams, back with Gary and the gang, where the only bad thing to truly work would be getting scammed by Gauntlet's counterfeit money machine or attacked by City Garage. Heh. The Maniacs, god I miss em. We can never meet again, I don't think they can forgive me for my actions in the war. I tried to be a good leader, never risk anything, but I can't please everyone. I was able to please one person though... but she was killed in an attempt to corrupt my soul. Instead it supercharged it, making me thirst for revenge... Oh Shadowy, did you foresee this? Is this why you let me take the reins? I remember the old gang, Sergal and I kicking Ballade's ass... Zapper and Zymeth being rather odd yet comforting... and Rebel going crazy on Coke... I wish they were here...
*Dust comes outside, looking for Drill*
Dust: Hey Drill, we managed to get a taped version of the show. Want to watch it?
Drill: Hmm? Sure Dust, I'll be inside in a moment.
Dust: Excellent.
Drill: Hey Dust, remember that robot we stopped when you first joined? What was its name?
Dust: Oh Omni, may we never see his ugly mug again. Why do you ask?
Drill: Nothing, just sedimental value. Go on ahead, I'll be right there.
Dust: Okay leader.
*Dust returns to the citadel*
Drill: Leader... not anymore. It's time I take a break from this game... I'll leave when they go to sleep. I'm sure they all can manage. Oh Jet... Autumn... Geoff... Hunter... Regulus... Sean... Jade... Jay... Silent Bob... Kalinka... Dr. Cossack how I will miss you all. But there are times where going out on your own is the only logical thing to do. I've done my part and it is time to let someone else take the reins. But that can wait until the morning... until then it is time for one last night with my true family.
Voice: Sorry, I am afraid I cannot permit you to do that.
Drill: What the... oh no... not Bl...
*Drill is shot and captured by the anonymous figure*
Voice: It is time for phase two... the plan must continue...
Narrator: What's this?! Drillman resignation has been interrupted by an unseen foe! Is he alive and if he is, will he rejoin his teammates or will he be something much worse... find out in the next season of Cossacks Comrades!
Cossack's Comrades
|Zan as
Drill Man
|Sean as
Dust Man
|Geoff as
Dive Man
|Jet as
Bright Babe
|Hunter as
Skull Man
|John as
Ring Man
|Jade as
Pharaoh Man
|Regulus as
Toad Man


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This week – we're catching up with the gorgeous Amanda from Amanda Ritchie Photography finding out more about why she does what she does and sharing some of our favourites from her collection of images.
So Amanda – how long have you worked in the Wedding Industry (specifically in Taranaki as well)?
6 years
Have you always worked in the Industry – if not, what did you do before?
No – I have always worked in an office/secretarial/admin support role before this
What made you want to work in the Wedding Industry?
Doing something I love combined with romance and love
Is this your full time occupation or your side hustle?
Full time.
Tell us – what's your FAVOURITE moment in a wedding?
The vows
What's your favourite thing about working in this Industry?
Sharing the most special day with clients, witnessing so many beautiful moments and emotions.
Tells us three interesting – non wedding related – things that people might want to know about you?
I have lived in the UK and South Africa and moved to NZ 10 years ago, I started my love affair with photography when I was 12 years old and I have a very bad insect phobia
Thanks so much for chatting with us Amanda!
Find out more about Amanda and check our some more of her beautiful work by heading over to her listing (where you can then link through to her website and social media sites).


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It is interesting — the things we survive as we make our way through life. In fact, it is a bit amazing. It seems that some of the most horrific, difficult and unimaginable might leave some residue on our souls — cause a bit of damage. Harm. Scars.
And yet, there is a certain strength to be gained for getting through these horrors of life. Horrors normally caused by another soul who was already damaged in some hideous way. Or, souls.
That old cliche of a saying — what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
It is also of interest that it can be a rather minor or simple act which can make all the difference. Rather, that can potentially break us. It doesn't always have to be inflicted out of malice or be all that horrible from a safe distance. It can be an accident or even some self-infliction we may not even realize we have caused.
So, we travel our lives never knowing what might come next. Or, how what is headed in our path might end up impacting the journeys or our souls.
It is interesting what we can survive and what can destroy us. To go through so much and then to simply slip on a slick bump in the pavement — and not survive that little fall. It is interesting.
…And, it is quite sad.
I am thinking of someone tonight. A brave soul who won so many battles, fought to survive through so much evil and then lost when a shoe didn't quite fit. I think of this person and send love. I am sure this soul has taken flight to some other journey far more exciting than the one offered on this wave of existence.
Maybe it isn't quite so sad after all. Maybe it is just the way of things. The way of life.
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Life. Why can't it be NORMAL and EASY? Why can't events unfold in a way that's predictable? I really do think there's something behind all these trials, because it seems like when life is going smoothly and things are starting to finally look up, THAT'S when something you wouldn't expect in your wildest dreams, something unthinkable, happens. The universe doesn't want us to be satisfied.
The only solace left is a hot bath. I'll know the universe hates me if I wind up having to live in a place that has no bathtub.
"it can be a rather minor or simple act which can make all the difference…that can potentially break us."
Not to be all Pollyanna about it, but it can also be a minor or simple act which heals.
It's true that sometimes the big things are easier to handle than the little things. Especially in relationships; it's the little things which can slowly erode a relationship, be it friendship or love. But often love. It's the little things that drive you slowly insane with rage; the big things make you boil over momentarily, but then they pass and you get over them. The little things build up. And up. And up.
Anyway, that's slightly out of context. Sorry.
Wow, I didn't mean to be self-indulgent or morbid. It's so true that the big things are easier to deal with than the little things. Because when something BIG happens, there's help in the form of sympathy. People write books about the big things & others fill in.
The little things, though, are (I think) symptoms of a really big thing, a scary thing, and that's why they bug us so much. We get angry or mad or scared about the little things because we can't face the big one that might be coming.
The only way is to face the fear and to name the big thing and talk acknowledge it before it takes over. That's not to say it won't — it might. But I wonder if it's best to name it, to say this is what I'm ultimately afraid of, and to face it with someone else instead of facing it alone, when it's gotten too far out of hand.
And to take a bath. Do you take baths, Matty, or are you a shower guy? Because I mean it — a bath can fix a lot of things. So can yoga, by the way. . .
I'm not into baths, though having one, once in awhile, can be pleasant.
I'd say whatever makes it good, to get you the next day, as long as it makes you stronger. whether something is small or big, I think it's important to try to take it, and use it to make yourself a better man.
Couldn't choose between the shower or the bath… Hey Jupiter, nothing's been the same… so are you gay, are you blue…
Ing — Yes, hot baths are so very important. Diet Coke matters too.
Meno – I think you're correct. In this case, tho — it was the other way around. Bummer.
Tim – Amen to that, baby!
Maybe it is the struggle that gives us energy. Huh?
Ing — yes, baths! I want one right now but Amy Sedaris warns that baths calm and showers wake us up and I am almost late for the Disco Desk! But, I'm armed with a Diet Coke!
Joe — I like that. We should get together and create a song!!! I do agree!
Dessie – …so, let me tell ya somethin' about Amerrrrriiiiika. Oh, and I suggest a shower for the morning and a bath for the evening. As of late I've been far too lazy and important to clean the tub to take a bath, tho. Maybe tonight.
Ing, if you get into the Secret Service please could you have them wipe out my tax bills? xx
Ing! You know what Dessie wrote? Ditto for me!
…I'm listening to Goldfrapp's "We Are Glitter" — And, you know what? …We are!!!!! Yay!
I hope that things are going better…it sounds serious.


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It seems like today's math gets complicated much more quickly than in the past. Thankfully, there are countless websites that can be of great assistance to students and parents who need a little extra help. Check with your school about websites that accompany the school system's math textbook. Most textbook series also provide websites with additional practice activities and explanations, but you often need a password to access them.
Here are several excellent websites to help you through your math dilemmas:
www.icoachmath.com (my personal favorite)
You might be surprised to find that www.youtube.com is a great source of math tutorial videos for all levels. For example, your child might be studying the lattice method of multiplication in third or fourth grade. Search youtube for "lattice multiplication" and over 100 video search results appear. Many are made by classroom teachers and instructors. Make sure to use this website with your child to avoid the more adult content that can be found on youtube.
A similar but more child-friendly website that also features instructional videos is www.schooltube.com. A search for our example, "lattice multiplication", yielded 409 results. This website features teacher- and student-produced videos.
The Everyday Math program used by many school systems offers wonderful step-by-step tutorials at https://www.everydaymathonline.com/ . Click on the launch button for FREE FAMILY RESOURCES at the top of the screen. The algorithms handbook animations are extremely clear and helpful.
There are, of course, many game websites that allow kids to practice what they know including www.funbrain.comand countless others. The website www.quia.com features teacher-made games and practice activities. For free materials, click on mathematics in the shared activities section in the lower righthand corner. Then search for the topics and grade level that you need.
To first understand the concepts, however, use the above websites and don't forget to ask your child's teacher for additional help. They may provide their own materials and also have their own list of websites that correlate with your school system's math program more closely. Search the internet for your child's math textbook to see if there are supplementary materials provided by the publisher. Thanks to the internet, an amazing array of resources are out there. With a little searching, you will, no doubt, find many others that can be added to this list of helpful math websites.


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ADVERTISING on TV continues to be far more influential than ads online, with many people complaining about the intrusiveness of digital ads and their potential to invade privacy.
According to research by Deloitte, which surveyed people in eight countries, television advertising was the most influential on consumer decisions in Australia, followed by newspaper ads and online.
But online advertising is catching up to traditional media with the fast-growing influence of online reviews. The survey found that 56 per cent of people learnt about a new product online for the first time and 43 per cent bought something based on an online review or recommendation.
The report also found that many shoppers, 41 per cent, checked competitors' prices on their smartphones while in a shop. Dubbed "word of mouth in the 21st century", the researchers concluded that checking prices online had become everyday behaviour.
The survey results provide an interesting dilemma for advertisers, with people concerned about the potential for invasion of privacy with online ads, but also interested in more targeted online marketing. Many of those surveyed said they would click on more ads if they were targeted to their needs.
Researchers said that the online advertising community needed to provide more reassurance to consumers regarding the collection, use and security of personal information, in order to overcome people's privacy concerns and boost effectiveness.
Among the types of advertising available online, Australians preferred search engine advertising, interactive advertising and advertising on apps on mobile phones. But video-based pre-roll and post-roll ads were not very influential on buying decisions, ranking fifth and 10th in terms of influence.
Deloitte Technology, Media and Telecommunications partner Clare Harding said the research also showed that while TV was the preferred form of entertainment for most Australians, 60 per cent of those surveyed were multitasking on other electronic devices.
"Opportunities exist for newspaper publishers and advertisers to connect with consumers across multiple platforms and provide an integrated content or brand experience. Advertisers should also take the opportunity to rethink ad design and incorporate the 'small screen' of smartphones, tablets and laptops into the 'big screen' viewing experience of the TV," Harding said.
The report, undertaken between November 2011 and March 2012, surveyed around 2000 consumers in each of the eight countries surveyed, with those interviewed spanning four generations. This is the first year Australia has participated.
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Stanford confronts the challenges of child care in the Bay Area
Although Stanford's expanding opportunities for on-campus care rank among the most extensive of colleges and universities, child care remains a challenge given realities of living in the Bay Area. The WorkLife office is trying to help with more facilities and community partnerships.
When the new Children's Center of the Stanford Community facility is completed at the end of the year and a child care center opens at the new Redwood City campus, Stanford will rank as one of the largest child care providers among colleges and universities nationwide.
Even large state universities with many more faculty members and higher student enrollment don't offer as much child care – more than 900 spaces – as Stanford does for the children of campus community members. In fact, since 2000, child care capacity on campus has more than doubled through the construction of facilities that set Stanford apart from its higher education peers and employers in Silicon Valley.
And yet, somehow it never seems enough, especially given the high cost of child care in the Bay Area, the dearth of affordable spaces and the competitive market for the type of highly qualified child care workers Stanford requires.
It's a quandary that Phyllis Stewart Pires, senior director of WorkLife strategy, and Raju Parikh, director of child care programs, know well. They hear from as many colleges and universities seeking to emulate the breadth and depth of Stanford's work-life balance programs as they do members of the campus community struggling to find appropriate services for their kids.
From on-site childhood education to support for those who are adopting a child to child care grants to emergency and back-up child care to lactation programs for new mothers, Stanford's programs are used as a benchmark for other colleges and universities seeking to offer the same level of support. Yet the realities of living in the Bay Area still cause child care anxiety.
"Child care is an especially impactful resource," said Stewart Pires. "The feeling of confidence you have when your child is safe and happy makes such a difference for people."
Short-term solutions
Stewart Pires has been a member of the university long-range planning committee focusing on issues facing Stanford as a community. Conversations among committee members and proposals received from community members reflect those child care challenges and the concerns of parents who work or study at the university.
"Because of the economic growth in this area, child care supply simply has not kept up with demand," she said. "There is tremendous pressure on the child care system at Stanford and in the surrounding communities."
In the short term, the new, expanded Children's Center of the Stanford Community (CCSC), which will be located on Escondido Road across the street from Escondido School and Bing Nursey School, will provide a much-needed increase in on-campus child care services. The new buildings will serve up to 225 children newborn to 5 years old – a 64 percent increase over current levels. It also will add infant/toddler care to the Escondido Village neighborhood.
Construction of the new buildings has begun. They are scheduled to open in 2019. CCSC, which has been housed in outdated modular buildings on Serra Street, is a parent cooperative founded in 1969. Its new location will feature a cluster of one-story buildings housing specialized classrooms and playgrounds for infants/toddlers, 2-year-olds and preschoolers.
In addition, the 2,700 employees who will work at the new Redwood City campus when it opens in late 2019 will be able to take advantage of the Pine Cone Children's Center, a modern child care facility designed to accommodate 120 children.
Long term, Stewart Pires said, the General Use Permit (GUP) currently under consideration by Santa Clara County includes provisions for child care growth on the Stanford campus. The GUP, when approved, will guide the future growth of the university campus.
Beyond bricks and mortar
But looking to the far future, Stewart Pires and Parikh doubt the university's child care challenges can be solved with brick and mortar solutions alone.
The answer, instead, may in part be in innovative partnerships created with other community organizations. Stewart Pires and Parikh point to the collaborative recently created among Stanford, the Palo Alto Unified School District and the Palo Alto Community Child Care for before- and after-school child care.
Under the agreement, Stanford provided funding to the Palo Alto Unified School District for the purchase, installation and set-up of a second modular classroom to house a popular before- and after-school program at Escondido Elementary School. The program, which is for school-age children – many associated with Stanford – is run by Palo Alto Community Child Care through its contract with the City of Palo Alto.
"That's a good example of how we can work creatively to partner with other organizations," said Stewart Pires, adding: "This is a good time for us to carefully look at the models under which we operate. It's an appropriate time given how large and complicated our services have become. Are there, for instance, other partnerships we can create with centers in the community?"
Such a critical review, Stewart Pires and Parikh believe, should encompass Stanford's commitment to provide not just high-quality child care, but high-quality preschool education.
"Child care is a necessity for faculty, staff and students so they can focus and engage," said Parikh. "But we want to go a step beyond child care, to be a place where children actually start their educational journey. So we focus on creating world-class early childhood programs that start with highly trained, engaged educators and a play-based learning environment that provides developmentally appropriate, inclusive creative spaces that inspire and encourage curiosity and investigation. Stanford's core is, after all, education. Like the rest of the university, we want to create a culture where excellence is considered the norm."
This vision helped guide the process of selecting a new vendor to manage three of the university's child care centers – Madera Grove Children's Center, Arboretum Children's Center and Stock Farm Road Children's Center. The nonprofit International Child Resource Institute (ICRI) focuses on creative environments and education for children.
The experience with ICRI has so far been positive, Stewart Pires and Parikh report.
"What we see is that when faced with a problem, their instinct is to have the children's best interest at the core of every conversation and solution, followed by what is best for the teachers. They are providing the kind of experience we ultimately want for Stanford families," Parikh said.


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Whenever we meet with new clients, one of the first questions they always ask is how much they should be spending on their marketing. It's a simple question, but the answer is complicated as it depends on a few factors such as what your goals are, what your brand history is, what types of customers you are trying to reach, and how much you've been paying to acquire new customers or leads to date.
Here are some of the important questions you should be asking yourself when you're trying to figure out how much you should be spending on marketing. We'll also break down the answers to each using existing thinking and research on the topic.
What Are Your Goals?
If you want to build your brand and grow your business, you should plan on spending at least 10% or more of your revenues on marketing. This might come as a shock to many people, as it usually does for clients we talk to that are spending around 1% of revenues on marketing. I'm here to tell you that, from my experience, 1% of revenues for most small to medium-sized businesses is not enough to even maintain your brand, let alone increase revenue. Let's say you're doing $3 million in sales annually, that would mean you're spending only $30,000 or just over $2,000 a month on your marketing. It's hard to see how you can afford a mix of different marketing activities (and not all of them are free) on a budget that small and expect there to be any growth.
Research suggests that if you're going to build your brand or business, you need to spend much more than 10%... perhaps even as much as 20% on marketing. The reason for this is that you need to invest in building familiarity and trust with your brand. One of the best ways you can do this is by putting out helpful content (the core of content marketing) and quality content takes time and effort to produce. Once that's done, you need to share your content, engage with people and work hard to establish a connection with your target customers. Doing this at scale is extremely difficult and people will often need an agency or external resources to do this.
Need more info? Here's a great article from Entrepreneur that breaks down some costs that you can use to get a sense of what things cost. Here's a handy marketing budget calculator from WebStrategies.
Who Are Your Target Customers?
If you're a B2C company, you can take a look at the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry which spends just under 20% of total revenues on marketing, more if they are looking to launch a new brand or grow an existing one. The consumer space is space is often dominated by larger, established brands that have budgets to spend on differentiating their brand. If you're product is truly unique and your positioning is proven, you might be able to get away with spending less, but you're going to have to be smart about where you're putting your money. It goes without saying that tracking conversions and optimizing what you spend on a continuous basis is the only way to go.
Marketing spend as a percentage of revenue tends to be smaller on the B2B side of things, hovering in the 5 to 6% of revenues. I'm not entirely sure why B2B budgets track as a lower percentage of revenue but I'd guess it's because they also carry sizeable sales departments and budget has to be allocated there as well. It could also be that B2B marketers are getting higher prices than B2C marketers while getting lower cost per customer so they are able to have a lower revenue/marketing budget percentage.
How Much Do Leads or Customers Cost You Now?
At Cyan, if we find that a prospective client might have expectations for their marketing goals that aren't in line with the reality of their business performance to date, we will take them through an exercise to figure out how much they are currently paying for leads (and customers) and then compare that against their goal for revenue growth.
The basics of this analysis is actually pretty simple. You figure out how much it costs to generate a lead and a customer, and then multiply that by the number of customers you need to acquire to reach your business growth goal. From there, you'll figure out how much additional budget you need to invest. Sure, you can generate efficiencies and lower your cost per lead or cost per customer as you optimize your strategy going forward, but if you think you're going to increase sales by 20% or 25% without investing any additional marketing budget, you might need to adjust your expectations.
Figuring out what your marketing budget is going to be can be difficult. Of course, any agency is going to say that you need to spend more but I hope that this post has provided you with some additional insight into what others are saying on the topic.
Regardless, it's fair to say that 1% or 2% of revenues doesn't really leave you with much, especially if you have to build and maintain a brand. If you have any questions about marketing budgets, feel free to get in touch and we can schedule a free consultation.


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KUALA LUMPUR: RAM Ratings Services Bhd said Malaysia's sukuk issuance as of end-September 2018 totalled RM123.9 billion, surpassing its earlier projection of RM100 billion–RM120 billion for the year.
In a statement here, the rating agency said a total of RM24.9 billion sukuk was issued in the third quarter of 2018.
The growth was led by an increased issuance by the government (+17.0 per cent or RM46.5 billion) despite a 41.8 per cent decline for the corporate sector, it added.
It said the Malaysian sukuk market expanded 11.1 per cent year-on-year to RM827.8 billion as at end-September 2018 (end-September 2017: RM745.2 billion).
At the same time, the proportion of outstanding sukuk relative to the overall domestic bond market remained robust at 59.8 per cent.
Meanwhile, the latest issue of RAM's Sukuk Snapshot reports that total global sukuk issuance shrank 12.2 per cent y-o-y to US$66.8 billion as at end-September 2018, from US$76.1 billion a year earlier.
That said, Malaysia maintained its dominance with a 35 per cent share of global sukuk issuance, followed by Saudi Arabia (26.5 per cent).
Ringgit-denominated sukuk maintained its leadership with a 32.2 per cent share of the global sukuk market.
"We expect the growth of global sukuk issuance to stay muted in 2018, potentially falling below our projection of US$75.0 billion-US$85.0 billion for the year," said RAM Ratings.
Subscribers can retrieve the Sukuk Snapshot via RAM's website at www.ram.com.my. -- BERNAMA


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Founded by Shauna Gallagher, wife and mum of 4 children aged between 11 – 19.
Shauna worked as part of a family business for over 20 years but always had an interest in natural therapies and as the kids began to grow up and became more involved in sport and various other activities she found herself constantly on the road travelling all over for therapists' appointments etc. In 2016 she got back to the books and began training to be a massage therapist and then went on to become a reflexologist and reiki practitioner mainly so as she could treat her family. She always loved the idea of a Health and wellness clinic and realised as the years went on that it was something that would really benefit the area and the local people in general. She seen the need for a more natural approach and how these therapies can really help and so Orianna was born.


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Moustaches suspected of being infected with the killer tash die-back fungus have been found in privately owned facial hair in many parts of Norfolk, Scotland and Wales.
The potential that outbreaks of the fungus have been found in home-grown moustaches will be grim news for trendy gentlemen who have been hoping they might so far be spared the kind of widespread devastation that was caused by Dutch sideburn disease during the 1970s.
It is thought that all of the infected moustaches are mature and will not be destroyed immediately as they can take several years to die off. They also provide valuable refuge for rare insects.
About 30% of Britain's facial hair is made up of moustaches, which are considered iconic symbols, along with goatees and long sideburns.
The scourge of tash die-back fungus has recently crossed the English Channel from Belgium, and now threatens to radically alter the facial landscapes of British men.