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Two more private equity backed firms—Hinduja Leyland Finance Ltd and CL Educate Ltd—have received approval from capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to float their initial public offerings (IPOs).
This expands the list of firms sitting with approval to go public, to 21. Three-fourths of these companies count at least one private equity investor.
The non-banking finance company plans to use the proceeds to augment its capital base to meet its future capital requirements over the next two financial years (financial years 2017 and 2018).
Axis Capital, ICICI Securities, SBI Capital Markets and Yes Securities are bankers to the proposed IPO.
CL Educate
Meanwhile, education services company CL Educate Ltd, best known for its test prep brand Career Launcher that had refiled its draft red herring prospectus with SEBI has also got the clearance for its IPO.
The company had first filed its documents with SEBI in September 2014. It hadn't disclosed the amount it planned to raise but the issue size was estimated to be around Rs 240 crore ($40 million then), of which Gaja Capital and the company's promoters were to get about half.
However, in April last year, it deferred its plans and withdrew its application. Earlier this year, it said in a letter to its shareholders that it was looking to raise Rs 350 crore ($53 million) through the proposed share sale.
As per the latest draft prospectus, the company has increased the total issue size from about 4 million shares to almost 4.7 million shares. While the size of the fresh issue has only slightly increased to about 2.06 million shares, the offer for sale by existing investors and promoters has risen to 2.63 million shares from 1.98 million shares earlier.
Also, the IPO previously comprised 29.28% of the proposed post-issue equity base. This has now increased to 33.5%.
Existing investor Gaja Capital, which is looking to part-exit through the IPO, has cut its offer for sale size. Mortgage lender HDFC, which wasn't part of the list of selling shareholders earlier, is now offloading 2,00,000 shares, or almost one-third of its stake in the company.
The company plans to use funds raised from the issue for acquisitions and other strategic initiatives, loan repayment, working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes.
CL Educate started operations in 1996 as a provider of MBA test preparation courses. It later diversified across the education value chain—test preparation and training, generally referred to as test prep, under the Career Launcher brand; publishing and content under GK Publications; K12 schools under the brand Indus World Schools with 10 schools across India; and vocational training programmes.
The firm is also into certain recruitment, training and event management services for corporate houses through unit Kestone.
Over the years, the firm has raised institutional capital from a string of investors. Intel Capital, one of the first investors in CL Educate, exited the company a long time ago but the firm later brought in Gaja Capital and recently raised Rs 35 crore from HDFC, which has investments in the education sector. Other small investors in the firm include Granite Hill, Edelweiss Finance and India Infoline Venture Capital.
Kotak Mahindra Capital is managing the proposed issue.
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Happy Birthday to Us!
Over the weekend we celebrated CAVA Finance's 8th Birthday!
We have just about recovered and have had some time to reflect on the journey over the last eight years. It's full of great memories, brilliant customers and suppliers and we are looking forward to what comes next.
It all started back in 2011. With over thirty years of experience in the finance industry, Mike set out to provide a full suite of finance products to business users as an independent finance broker and CAVA Finance was created.
We wanted to share some of the highlights from CAVA's history so let us take you on a journey!
Where would we be without our clients?
A special mention is needed for three of CAVA's first customers, Greenfingers Landscapes Ltd, CAS Products Ltd and HCS Group Ltd. We are proud to say that we still work with all three clients today, eight years on!
Who we work with
It's not just our customers who have a special place in CAVA's history, but our two main trusted suppliers. We've worked with Clive Knight Commercials and David Fishwick Minibus Sales for a long time now, ever since Mike took persistence to a new level. The outcome? A long-standing business relationship that we hope continues for years to come.
A Solid Deal
As you know, we specialise in several areas of vehicle finance and do also finance assets from printers to landscaping equipment. During our time we've been asked to help secure finance on some more unusual products. One standout deal would have to be a Putzmeister Concrete Pump which we financed Sprayed Concrete Solutions Ltd, in Southport. It was a large piece of equipment costing £52,000+VAT!
What's in a name?
CAVA wasn't 'Christened' with a name until July 2011. After trying to come up with something suitable, Mike had a 3AM brainwave whilst driving on the way back from the airport. Despite what you might think, it's got nothing to do with a love for the fizzy stuff. CAVA is actually an acronym for Car and Van, put it together and you've got, CAVA!
Building a Brand
If you worked with us in the early days then you might still have a vintage CAVA car air freshener. Or perhaps you recall Mike sporting our CAVA polo shirt which we had made a year after starting out, in 2012, followed by the jacket Mike is modelling below. Since then we've seen the website undergo a makeover in 2017, both to modernise and improve the way customers can get in touch with us.
Staying Social
As with many businesses nowadays, social media is a must have. We've been on the social scene for years now, so if you've not yet followed us, then do so on Twitter or Facebook and don't forget to connect with Mike on LinkedIn!
A good sport!
If you keep up with our latest news, you'll know that Mike Bailey is an avid fan of most sports, but particularly Golf, Cricket and Football. Mike took some time to celebrate CAVA's Birthday a little early, attending the last couple of Bury FC matches and watching the team earn their promotion! Back in 2012 CAVA arranged finance for and sponsored the Bury Youth Team's new mini bus too, which you can see here.
It's a done deal
We've been around for a while now and we've had a look back through at our hard work over the years. Since CAVA Finance started, we've secured 750 deals for our customers. We are firm believers in customer service which is probably why 65% of our customers return to us again and again.
Thanks for taking the time to read our Birthday blog! If there's anything you'd like to know about CAVA that we've not mentioned then don't hesitate to get in touch.


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Receiving Combined Technical and Customer Service Training Will Empower Your Field Technicians to Establish Real Customer Relationships
(Originally published in the November/December 2006 issue of AFSMI's Sbusiness.)
By William K. Pollock
There is more to customer service - and satisfaction - than merely fixing the customer's equipment. The field technician must also be empowered to fix the customer at the same time. However, without the proper training, most technicians will typically fall back on what they already know they do best - repairing equipment.
There are many training resources available that focus on the "how to's" of equipment repair, and many services organizations - probably including yours - have historically benefited from the use of these traditional training resources. However, if your field technicians are not also receiving training on how to provide customer service along with technical support, then your organization can never hope to win the enduring confidence and loyalty of your customers.
Providing Customer Support Requires More than Just Technical Training
Training Is an Essential Component of Successful CRM;
And Communications Is a Critical Element of Training
Mark Challenger, founder and president of MindBuilder Group, the Chicago E-learning software company, believes that "teaching technicians to understand and effectively communicate and build relationships with their customers should be a critical component of their overall training. We teach technicians to utilize the 'Listen, Observe, Think, Speak' - or LOTS - approach" (Figure 1).
According to Challenger, "Every time a technician walks into a customer's door, he should be thinking LOTS because its guidelines will foster loyalty and understanding. It works well in virtually every service environment, regardless of the type of equipment being supported."
The basic rudiments of customer service are not always obvious - especially in delicate situations where the customer is becoming increasingly unhappy, which is why field technicians require customer service training. While they may know how to fix equipment, can they make an unhappy customer happy again? Do they know how to transform a "bad" service call into a "good" one? These sorts of customer skills can only be learned through formal instruction, and are not included in any technical training manuals.
If You Train Them, They Will Sell (i.e., Cross-Sell and Upsell Services)
But, in reality, selling products is actually quite difficult, and for technicians who have never sold anything in the past, selling your company's products is certainly no slam dunk. And yet, technicians have an on-going relationship with the customer, and so if they can be taught to "sell" service agreements, equipment upgrades and professional services on already installed equipment, they can become a vital source of new revenue (Figure 2).
For example, some customers may vaguely understand that warranty service on a specific piece of equipment lasts only for one year without fully recognizing that post-warranty support is billed on a time and materials basis - which could end up being quite expensive. Others may have new staff members that require "fresh" training for an already installed business system. These are both classic cases where existing accounts may already be clamoring for enhanced coverage or extended service agreements, or for various other types of professional services that your company may offer (i.e., user training, train-the-trainers assistance, custom documentation, etc.).
When your field technicians are properly trained in cross-selling and upselling, they will be able to pick out which accounts are "ripe" for selling extended maintenance agreements, professional services, and so on. If they have also been keeping up-to-date with your company's portfolio of product and service offerings, they will also be ready to speak directly to those accounts on what will make for a more effective service package over time. What your field technicians need to contribute to the company's overall services sales effort is a good understanding of what their customers need, and the ability to match those needs with the various types of products and services your company offers. When properly trained, your technicians will be able to tap this untapped source of revenue.
Selecting the Most Effective Training Tools and Resources Requires a Checklist
Challenger advises that, "The first question you will need to ask yourself is whether or not you can use one of the plentiful off-the-shelf courses that are readily available in the market. If you can, that's great because it will likely save you time, money, and a lot of headaches. However, before you jump headlong into what is a supposed time- or cost-saving alternative, first do some homework as to what the program offers versus what your technicians really need to learn".
Based on years of experience in designing and implementing e-learning programs for clients in the services industry, Challenger offers the following guidelines for selecting the most effective - and cost-effective - e-learning solutions (Figure 3):
Technical Training and Customer Service Training Go Hand-in-Hand
Your field technicians have already received extensive training on how to fix various types of systems and equipment, and they probably take remedial courses from time-to-time, or whenever the company introduces a new product line. Customer service is no different. They will need to take follow-up courses in this area over time. That is the nature of the business, and they are directly immersed in it - day after day, right at the front lines.
Whether you call it "customer service", "technical support", "field service", "Customer Relationship Management", "CRM", or whatever - it just makes sense that by providing your customers with a full measure of technical and customer service support, you can improve their overall levels of satisfaction and loyalty. It is a win-win situation for everybody involved. The best-in-class services organizations have already learned how to accomplish this - and now, with the proper technical support and customer service training, your field technicians can learn as well.
When you think about it, there is nothing difficult about building customer loyalty - if you receive the proper training. In fact, if you do it right, it can be argued that training your technicians to fix the customer is really a lot easier than training them to fix the equipment.
William K. Pollock is president of Strategies For GrowthSM (SFGSM), the Westtown, Pennsylvania-based services consulting firm specializing in strategic business planning, services marketing, CRM consulting, market/survey research, and customer satisfaction measurement and tracking programs. Bill may be reached at 610-399-9717 or via e-mail at email@example.com.
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A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson
The halfway point of 2015 and Fourth of July weekend offers us a good opportunity to look back on the year's most significant developments in the GovCon sector, specifically in the M&A space.
These six months have offered us announcements and completions of deals in all shapes and sizes, which ranged from either combinations of forces to divisions.
Contracting and healthcare market observers awoke this morning to learn that Centene will purchase Health Net for $6.3 billion in cash and stock and take on $500 million in assumed debt.
Centene's federal market aims through the deal include the expansion of its footprint in the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Medicare and Tricare programs.
Only one month into 2015, Harris Corp. unveiled its plans to acquire Exelis in a deal worth close to $5 billion in cash and stock that closed in late May.
Harris offered us a glimpse into next steps for its future this week when the Melbourne, Fla.-based company said it will reorganize into a four business-unit structure that will take effect Friday.
The early part of 2015 also saw the official start of Orbital ATK, which formed out of Orbital Sciences' merger with ATK's aerospace and defense groups in a transaction the companies valued at nearly $5 billion at the time of the original announcement.
Raytheon started its latest play into the commercial cybersecurity market in June when the missile maker and San Francisco-based investment firm Vista Equity Partners wrapped up the formation of a joint venture that operates under the name "Raytheon | Websense."
The venture — which Raytheon owns 80 percent of — will offer what it calls "defense-grade cybersecurity" technologies to more than 21,000 commercial sector customers.
Within GovCon's services segment, Engility completed its purchase of TASC for $1.3 billion all-stock in February to make a company that makes 53 percent of its revenue from intelligence and civilian agencies, with the other 47 percent from defense customers.
SAIC also closed its $790 million cash acquisition of Scitor in May to add new contracts with the Air Force and classified intelligence community work and Maximus wrapped up its $300 million cash buy of Acentia in April to gain more federal contract vehicle positions.
Two transactions GovCon observers will have their attention on as the year unfolds include one company's impending split in two and another's transition to become a publicly-traded company.
CSC announced its plan to divide in May and intends to finish the split by the end of October, after which one company will focus exclusively on the U.S. public sector market and the other in the commercial and international government segments.
Special purpose acquisition company Global Defense & National Security Systems said in June it would buy STG for $165.5 million in cash and stock and plans to close the deal by September.
GDEF made its initial public offering in October 2013 and has sought to build a mid-tier GovCon technology and services contractor since it undertook that IPO.
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James will offer her perspective on the service branch's current status and future plans to the Potomac Officers Club July 22 as the "2015 Air Force Forum" keynote speaker.
James became the Air Force's top civilian officer in late 2013 after 11 years at SAIC.
Air Force Chief Technology Officer Frank Konieczny and Maj. Gen. Arnold Bunch, military deputy to the assistant secretary for acquisition, will also address the GovCon executive audience.
Speakers that will give a private sector perspective on the Air Force will include Bill Gattle, president of space and intelligence systems at Harris Corp.; and Trey Obering, an executive vice president at Booz Allen and a retired lieutenant general who once led the Missile Defense Agency.
Prior to that, the Potomac Officers Club will kick off its summer "CIO Speaker Series" for industry and government executives to hear from federal IT leaders on their technology priorities.
Doug Wolfe, the CIA's chief information officer, will be the first federal CIO to address the POC at a July 16 breakfast event with Pentagon CIO Terry Halvorsen scheduled for August 6 and Transportation CIO Richard McKinney for August 20.
Heidi Shyu, the Army's chief acquisition official, will address the POC September 2.
Click here to register for these events and to view POC's full calendar.
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Starhaven is believed to have been founded by 23rd Century Amerinds, emigrating from Earth. It is also the birthplace of Legion member Dawnstar. Early on in the colonization of the planet, the colonist were Bio-engineered with wings and the ability to survive in outer space without oxygen or protection. Thus, the native inhabitants, like Dawnstar, are born with a pair of large feathered wings that allow them to fly at supersonic speeds, faster than the speed of light.
Starhaven itself is located in the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy.[1] It is a lush planet, and a world with little industrialization, where inhabitants prefer to live in harmony with its natural wonders.
In Earth's past, a tribe of Anasazi Indians were taken, with or with out their consent, to this world by a group of Athranian genetic engineers, who hoped to use them for lucrative testing. However, the Athranians were overthrown by Spider Guild, by fair means or foul, and so the Anasazi tribe were left to their own devices. The genetic experiments endow them with wings.[2]
Starhaven is governed by a Council of Elders, representing each of the Amerind tribes. The planet has a totally unspoiled environment and the government severely restricts visitors to ensure the planet's continued conservation.
- Chief Night Sky
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- Lyra
- Dawnstar
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- Greatfire
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Argos Therapeutics Inc., a Durham, North Carolina-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of fully personalized immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases using its Arcelis™ technology platform, raised additional $17.5m in Series E financing.
This brought the total amount of committed funds from $42.5m to $60m. In August 2013, Argos announced the closing of a $42.5m Series E financing (read here).
Backers included current investors (Pharmstandard International S.A., Green Cross Corporation, Forbion Capital, TVM Capital, Lumira Capital, Intersouth Partners, Caisse de depot et placement de Quebec, Morningside Group and Aurora Funds) and one new investor.
The funds will be used to support the company's ongoing ADAPT pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of AGS-003 for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).
Led by Jeff Abbey, president and chief executive officer, Argos has developed Arcelis™, a personalized immunotherapy technology that captures mutated and variant antigens that are specific to each patient's disease and is potentially applicable to a wide range of different cancers and infectious diseases.
The company's most advanced product candidate, AGS-003, has initiated a pivotal Phase 3 study for the treatment of mRCC. It recently completed enrollment of its Phase 2b study of AGS-004 for the treatment of HIV.


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Elon Musk<\/a> was born on the 28th of June 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa, from the Canadian Maye Haldeman and the South African Errol Musk. Today he is considered one of the brightest minds of the 21st century<\/strong>; his business projects, Tesla<\/a> and SpaceX<\/a> show he is a skilled businessman as well as his vision of the future, the vision of the man who is considered one of the most influential young billionaires on the planet by Forbes<\/a> magazine. His companies and many of his ideas, considered almost impossible to carry out, brought him to the big screen: it\u2019s quite easy to find analogies with the character of Iron Man, inspired by the life of the South African inventor, naturalized American citizen.<\/p>\n
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One of Elon Musk's biggest dreams is space exploration. He underlined this aspiration during his interview with LifeGate<\/a> for the opening of the first Tesla shop in Italy, in the city of Milan. Musk never hid his desire to bring man to Mars before the end of the century. During the Guadalajara Astronautical Congress, in Mexico, Musk said<\/a> \u201cWhat I really want to try to achieve here is to make Mars seem possible, like it\u2019s something we can achieve in our lifetimes.\u201d SpaceX<\/strong> was created in 2002, probably because of this dream. Musk becomes the world\u2019s first owner of a space transportation company. In a way he also invented the first reusable rocket<\/strong>: The Falcon 9<\/a> \u2013 the rocket used to refuel the International Space Station and bring satellites into orbit- it can use the same engine for multiple launches and return to base without a pilot. The first step towards interplanetary travel: the Dragon capsule could soon become a cockpit and a mean to transport humans.<\/p>\n

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LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#B2B–BizVibe,
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App Modernization with Istio Using Mixer to Apply Policies
Istio is an open source framework for connecting, securing, and managing microservices. It can be used with any service, including but not limited to services that are hosted in a Kubernetes cluster. Istio lets you create a network of deployed services with load balancing, service-to-service authentication, monitoring, and more, without requiring any changes in service code.
Istio support is added to services by deploying a special Envoy sidecar proxy to each of your application's pods in your environment. "Sidecar" means that it gets deployed alongside your application. Your application interacts with the outside world, both ingress and egress, through the Envoy Proxy. Developers of applications can take advantage of the communication and networking enhancements provided by Envoy - like client-side load balancing, circuit breakers, logging, mTLS, etc. - without additional coding and without finding the libraries in the language of choice.
Here's an example: In reliable distributed systems, it's common for a system to want to retry a request after a failure, possibly with an exponential backoff delay. There are libraries for Java and Golang and Node.js that do this. However, employing them within the app means each app will need to solve that problem independently. The Istio sidecar could do this for the app automatically. No need to embed the Hystrix library into your app!
Due to the proximity of the sidecar to the application, there's no significant latency when communicating between them; in some cases no network stack at all. (Read more on this.)
Apigee enables you to create APIs and share them with other developers who might be part of your organization, external to your organization, or even unknown to you. API teams using Apigee achieve this by combining APIs into "API Products" that offer different capabilities and levels of service. Apigee enables you to control who consumes each API product and how much is consumed.
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In addition, there are certain capabilities that you do not want to build for every service that you create and deploy to a service mesh. The adapter provides some of these capabilities, including security, caching, and quota enforcement. More information on the Apigee Istio adapter is here
This lab shows you how to install and configure Istio on Kubernetes Engine, deploy an Istio-enabled multi-service application, and install Apigee Istio Mixer adapter. The Apigee Istio Mixer plugin provides additional security and governance with api key/token validation, quota enforcement, and analytics.
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Adrian Covert is vice president of public policy for the Bay Area Council, a public policy advocacy organization, and spoke with KPIX 5 about the San Francisco Bay Area's weather future.
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By Kara-Leah, Regular readers will well remember I started a forty day sadhana (spiritual practice) oh... a few months ago. It was an Infinite Wealth and Prosperity meditation, and I was loving doing it. But then something happened. I found out I was pregnant, and as this particular meditation involved stomach pumps (a no-no for pregnant women), I had to stop. But I couldn't write about it immediately, because I had to wait to tell people I was pregnant. Now I can tell people... so I can … [Read more...]
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With the pound so strong against the weak euro now is a very good time to book a Riding Holiday in France.
The strong pound against the euro means cheaper air fares and cheaper fuel if you prefer to drive.
Above all this means that you can make some great savings on your holiday price with us here at Chateau de Laumiere because by passing the savings we make on this advantageous exchange rate to you we can offer some really good deals for April and May bookings.
Don't wait too long to contact us by email or telephone with your April or May dates to check availability and see what savings you can make on a super relaxing riding break in the sun


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Working at MIT offers opportunities, an environment, a culture – and benefits – that just aren't found together anywhere else. If you're curious, motivated, want to be part of a unique community, and help shape the future – then take a look at this opportunity.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL), to assume a unique position working with institutional sustainability initiatives, splitting time between MIT CTL in Cambridge, MA and the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation in Shah Alam near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The primary focus will be on examining the oil palm supply chain and working with previously collected qualitative and quantitative data. Will be primarily responsible for conducting analysis of existing data sets, assisting with and taking leadership in writing manuscripts, meeting with project sponsors and stakeholders, and assisting the senior research staff in all matters related to the research. Will also support center activities as appropriate, including presenting results and findings to various audiences.
Job Requirements
REQUIRED: a Ph.D., ideally in supply chain, sustainability, industrial ecology, or a related discipline; in-depth knowledge of at least one of the following research areas-food and agri-supply chains, supply chain sustainability, supply chain finance and commodity supply chains; demonstrated leadership in supply chain sustainability; familiarity with working with qualitative and quantitative data; proficiency with English communication; and excellent technical writing skills. Good presentation skills are also desirable. Preference will be given to those with both methodological and practical work experience. Experience with field work and engaging with industry and producers is also preferred. Job #17643
Must be willing to travel and working internationally and to split time between Cambridge and Malaysia for the duration of the postdoc.
This is a one year appointment with the possibility of extension to two years depending upon funding and performance.


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- "Can I Still Get My Ex Boyfriend Back If I Was HIS Rebound?"
- "How Do I Get A Response From My Ex Girlfriend Who Seems Distant?" (Secret Phone Trick)
- "How Do I Connect With My Ex Who Is Dating Someone New?"
- The Secret Key To Succeeding At Getting Your Ex Back
- 5 Stages Of Getting Back Together (Make Your Ex Miss You Like Crazy)
- Exactly What To Say To Your Ex To Get Back Together (Verbatim)
- What it REALLY Means When Your Ex Starts Dating Someone New Right Away
- What Your Ex Is Thinking After A Breakup And How To Get Past Their Emotional Wall
- Why Trying To Convince Him To Get Back Together NEVER Works (And What To Do Instead)
- If You Want A Response From Your Ex, DON'T Send This Type Of Message
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Guest post by MaryAnne Kochenderfer
Creativation is the place to be if you want to spot new craft trends! The 2018 Creativation show featured a broad range of innovative products. Today I'm showcasing products that filled five trends I've identified in children's crafts for 2018.
Animal themes are very popular for children's kits right now! From dogs and cats to giraffes, elephants, and mystical unicorns and dragons, there's an animal for everyone.
Yarn Art
Companies are looking at fun ways to incorporate yarn into children's crafting. From Big Stitch wood cross stitch kids to Craft-tastic wrapped yarn kits to Bergere dress an animal kits to Hoooked crochet animal kits, there is truly something for everyone! Hooked rug and yarn art kits were also on display, as well as tools for making pom-poms.
Low Stress Kits
Parents are overloaded with jobs. They want their children to get creative and unplug from screens, but messy play feels overwhelming. Brands are creatively working around this with products that minimize the mess and the amount of set-up that parents need to do. Coloring books have taken off, and Crayola upped the game with vanishing numbers color by number sets. Kits like the Craft-tastic Puppy Love Kit allow children to create a finished looking product with minimal set-up. Diamond Dotz will engage older children through teens without requiring the use of scissors or glue.
Companies are also creating ways to make traditionally messy materials less overwhelming. Sargent Art now offers their paints in six jar trays to make set-up and clean-up easier for parents and educators.
Child Safety
Safety is a top priority for parents. Products like Play Mais allow parents to allow even the youngest children to engage in creative play. This building material from Germany is created using corn grits and water. It is biodegradeable, and colored using food coloring. Children stick the pieces together using water on a sponge.
The Perler H2O line allows children to create from small beads that fuse with water instead of the heat of an iron. Perler Stixels use the traditional beads, but children place them in a no-iron silicone pegboard.
Wood Crafting
It's no surprise that the resurgence of wooden children's toys has also led to an increased interest in wood based children's crafts. The Works of Ahhh…. Line from MasterPieces allows children to paint their own 3D wooden toys. They can also paint their project via an app, and enter to win a monthly contest. MasterPieces caught my eye for offering more kits that would appeal to boys, or come across as more gender neutral. This is an important gap that continues to need filling in the children's craft world.
What I Hope to See More Of Next Year
As a parent and educator, I hope to see more and more gender neutral craft kits for kids, as well as more opportunities for children to customize their creations. I think that craft kits are wonderful for teaching skills and introducing children to new ideas, but I think there is still room to encourage children to get creative as they develop skill sets. Children surrounded by creative parents and caregivers and educators are typically given this opportunity. Thoughtfully created kits can open up this world of possibilities for first generation crafters.
About the Author
MaryAnne blogs at Mama Smiles – Joyful Parenting, Great Family Reads, and Top Toy Finds. You can also follow her on Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook.


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How to Choose the Right Hunting Knife?
How do you go about choosing a good hunting knife? Well, quality can be determined by its versatility – meaning it can do everything the average hunter would need it to do. This can be anything from dressing a deer or skinning a hog, to splitting through bone or a carcass. In many cases, this is more than enough for most hunters. Before choosing any kind of knife especially for hunting ,it's important to know what you'll be using it for and what type of game you are hunting for. Obviously, anyone hunting for big game will want to be using a knife that differs from what you would use to hunt a rabbit. However, if you think going for the biggest game in the forest is better, you could be wrong. Using a big knife to clean smaller animals will make your job much more difficult, and you could possibly end up cutting yourself.
Take some time to think about what size game you plan on hunting; then you should consider how often it is that you hunt. Some people may only hunt occasionally and want a knife that will allow them to do a variety of different things, so having a smaller folding knife is usually just fine. But if you're dedicated to the woods and the hunting game, a strong one with a fixed blade will probably make a lot more sense. So choosing between the best folding hunting knife and the best fixed blade hunting knife is really just a personal preference.
You'll then need to decide how (and where) you want to carry it – this could be in a sheath or just your pocket – and this is VERY important. Carrying a large blade in your pocket can lead to slicing your leg wide open, and carrying a loose blade in your hand or elsewhere could lead to losing it. However, it really is dependent upon your budget. There are knives that fit within everyone's budget so choose wisely, you don't want to end up with something you do not like. But hey, almost any knife is capable of getting whatever job it is you need done.
Choosing the best hunting knife
We have always covered why we need to pay attention to aspects such as blade type, handle and material composition when considering a knife. Here we will be a bit more specific. We are going to talk about what knife to choose for deer hunting.
Firstly, let's get one thing out of the way here, which is the knife type. Between a fixed-blade and a folding-blade knife, it can safely be said that going with a fixed-blade knife would be the best choice, not compromising on strength which could be a bit of an issue with folding blade types which consist of moving parts. With a fixed-blade, full-tang knife, you have on your hands, a very powerful knife fit for the purpose.
Now that we have the knife type out of the way, let's move on to the blade itself. A drop point blade is the one you would want to go for, considering that it is the best type of blade that can handle tasks such as field dressing and skinning of the game. Other blade types such as clip point or tanto are not as efficient as a drop point blade as far as deer hunting is concerned. There are knives out there with a drop point blade and a partially serrated edge. If you do prefer serrated edges as well, partially serrated drop point knives are perhaps the best purchase you can make. A blade with a guthook can be a matter of preference. A guthook can be handy to cut open the deer's abdomen, although the drawbacks far outweigh the advantages, as they can often ruin the game if not used properly, and do not serve as all-round, multi-purpose knives. The main problem with guthooks is that they are very difficult to sharpen. In fact, guthooks can be much more difficult to sharpen than even serrated edge blades.
Now that the blade type is taken care of, let's talk a bit about the blade's metal composition. What we want to go for is a material that won't corrode and rust easily. A blade with high carbon steel concentration is a good choice. There are blades with chromium and vanadium composition that prevent corrosion and abrasion of the blade.
With the metal composition taken care of, let's move on to the handle and the sheath. The handle and sheath should be able to withstand extreme weather conditions. For that, we need a handle that won't slip easily. A hard rubber handle can get the job done, providing a good grip. As for the sheath, you might want to choose a Kydex or nylon sheath. They are a little more expensive than leather sheaths, but they are worth the money. We will get into the details of sheath types on a separate page dedicated to it.
Now that you know what to look for, you can easily choose the best hunting knife for deer.
So, in summary, a fixed-blade, full-tang, drop point knife is what we'd recommend for deer hunting. Scoring perfect on strength, usability, and longevity, you cannot go wrong with a drop point, fixed-blade knife for hunting.


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At Alberta Honda, Alberta's first Honda dealership, we pride ourselves on not just producing vehicles that are reliable but to be able to reliably provide top-tier customer service to everyone that walks through our doors. Honda wants to kick off the summer in a big way. This month, from May 11th-13th, come Explore the Great Outdoors with Alberta Honda. To celebrate this big event, we're offering:
- Finance rates as low as 0% on select 2018 models
- Up to $4,000 off on select 2017 Models
Also, each purchase of a new vehicle enters you into the grand prize draw to win the Ultimate Camping starter pack to go along with your vehicle. That package includes:
- Six person tent
- Queen sized blow-up mattress
- Power Cooler
- Four Camping chairs
- Coleman Grill
- 2 Sleeping bags
- $250 gift card to Sobeys
Come in from May 11th to 13th to experience these exclusive deals, check out our amazing roster of vehicles and Explore the Great Outdoors with Alberta Honda.
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