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Columbus Day
With the discovery of an ancient diary, two children learn what drove Columbus to explore the unknown, who helped him in his journey, and what he found once he arrived in the New World. Guided by Columbus himself, the children see how the explorer went from working in his father's weaving shop to accidentally discovering the Americas. Through this tour of Columbus' life students will learn the importance of his journeys and why we honor him in October.
Learn about Columbus Day and how it became an American holiday.
- Students will know about the life of Christopher Columbus.
- Christopher Columbus was born in Italy in 1451.
- He did not want to be a weaver like his father but was interested in sailing instead. For years, he studied maps and charts, talked to sea captains, and went out on boats with fishermen. At the age of 14, while sailing to get wool for his father, he learned about sails, masts, ropes, compasses, and everything else needed in sailing.
- Christopher Columbus believed he could get east by sailing west because he believed the world was round. Most people did not believe him.
- On one voyage, pirates attacked his ship. He fought the pirates all day until his ship caught on fire. He was forced to jump into the sea, which caused him to hurt his leg. Eventually, fishermen dragged him out of the water and brought him to Lisbon, Portugal. While there, he learned Portuguese (the language of sailors at that time) and Latin (the language used in many books).
- Soon after this, he and his brother Bartholomew started their own shop where they made and sold maps.
- At the age of 28, he married. He and his wife had a son named Diego.
- He went to the king of Portugal to ask for money, promising to make the king rich. King John told him to leave his maps so his men could study them to determine if the plan was good or not. Christopher Columbus waited many months with no word from the king. King John had tricked him. The king sent his own captain out to sea using Columbus's maps and charts. Columbus felt betrayed; however, King John's captain failed in his voyage because he was too afraid to sail into the unknown.
- Columbus's wife died. He and his son left Portugal to travel to Spain.
- While in Spain, he left his son with monks and went to see the king and queen. He asked Ferdinand and Isabella to fund a voyage. They promised to think about it. After waiting six years, he still had not heard from them.
- He decided to try going to France to get money. When he went to get his son from the monks, Father Perez begged him not to go. He said he would help Columbus get the money by writing to the king and queen of Spain asking if they would see Columbus again. Queen Isabella wrote back and said that she would see him. She agreed to give him the money he needed for his voyage.
- Three wooden ships were made for the journey: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. In order to sail the three ships, he needed 90 sailors. It was difficult finding enough sailors because many men were afraid that if they went too far into the sea, they would fall off the earth. The king's soldiers forced some men to sign up for the voyage, and some were released from jail to go on the ships. Along with them, Columbus took doctors, carpenters, and experienced seamen.
- Once the crew was in place, he loaded the ships with supplies. There was a year's worth of cheese, biscuits, salted meat and fish, and casks of water and wine. He also took a chest loaded with things to trade with the natives-things such as beads, mirrors, brass bells, and red caps.
- They set sail on August 3, 1492.
- They stopped at the Canary Islands to repair the Pinta and then set out west.
- After sailing for a while, many men wanted to turn back. Some even wanted to kill Columbus or throw him overboard because he was continuing the voyage.
- Finally, on October 12, they spotted land. They planted Spain's flag on the ground and called the new land San Salvador. They called the natives of the new land Indians because they thought they were near India.
- They also sailed to other islands such as Haiti, which they called Hispaniola, and Cuba.
- After exploring the area a little bit more, they began their return to Spain. On the way back, the Santa Maria drifted into a coral reef and was wrecked. They returned to Spain on the other two ships and were welcomed as heroes. s) Columbus returned to the Americas three more times but never found the Far East. He was disappointed, but he knew that one day great men of the sea would find the route, and they did.
- Students will know about Columbus Day as a holiday.
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt made Columbus Day a legal holiday in 1934.
- Columbus Day is observed in most states and Puerto Rico, some parts of Canada, some Central and South American countries, and Italy and Spain.
- In the United States, Columbus Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October.
- Students will realize that one thing that can be learned from Columbus's life is to never give up on your dreams.
- Use a sequence of maps and globes (if available) to discuss the significance of Columbus's views and discoveries. First, show a map of a flat earth. Explain that this is what people once thought the earth was like.
Show why it was so difficult to travel across land from Europe all the way over to the East. Next, show a map or globe of a round earth-but without the Americas. Explain that this is what Columbus believed the world was like. He believed that by sailing west, he could cross the ocean and reach the East; however, the earth is much bigger than what he thought.
Finally, show a map or globe of the earth now. Show the path Columbus took and point out the Americas.
- Introduction
- Columbus
- The History of Christopher Columbus
- A Sea Route to the Far East
- A Career
- Money for a Voyage
- Columbus Sets Sail
- Land Ho!
- Columbus Day
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"We're collaborating with our partners and providing tools and guidance to help them get ready for GDPR. We're doing what we can to help get the ecosystem and digital ad-tech stack ready," Colclasure shared.
As with any law of its kind, GDPR compliance is a continuous process, not "one and done." At LiveRamp, we address compliance with our data ethics program, ensuring that data we collect, activate, and transform is above and beyond legal minimums. Our data ethics program covers data governance, data protection, and privacy, ensuring that as we accelerate into a data-driven digital future, we are legal, just, and fair. This creates trust in our marketplace, in us, and in the brands we serve, as the details of the GDPR are still subject to interpretation. There is a significant amount of detail related to each article of the GDPR, and we recommend consulting a data protection specialist to understand the specific impact on your business.
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Good morning Poetry Friday.
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I've had the wind knocked out of me. What I thought was true isn't. For my students, and my own children, it is worse. They don't know the ups and downs as well. Their eyes have been downcast. Because they are children, they are powerless. And that is the reason to be there. That gives purpose. To help keep the path lit. To help along on an uncertain road.
I've been reading Mary Oliver. Her words strike deep and have allowed me to regain composure and strength for coming days.
I will try
by Mary Oliver
I will try.
I will step from the house to see what I see
and hear and I will praise it.
I did not come into this world
to be comforted.
I came, like red bird, to sing.
But I'm not red bird, with his head-mop of flame
and the red triangle of his mouth
full of tongue and whistles,
but a woman whose love has vanished,
who thinks now, too much, of roots
and the dark places
where everything is simply holding on.
But this too, I believe, is a place
where God is keeping watch
until we rise, and step forth again and–
but wait. Be still. Listen!
Is it red bird? Or something
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SEOUL, KOREA - An unknown inventor, Lee Jong-Eun, obtained an extraordinary patent on an unusual solar energy system from the government in a surprisingly short time. It is very unusual because the Korean government, which is famous for its thoroughness to examine patent applications, processed this particular case very rapidly.
"It is a simple structure but my invention is very convincing," says Lee Jong-Eun confidently. He got the idea from the eyes of dragonflies. Almost all the existing solar energy systems in the world use panels, which take up a lot of space and expense, whereas Lee Jong-Eun's system uses only relatively small ball-type lenses that will collect sun light easily from every angle, virtually 360 degrees.
It takes a fairly small space and its durability is extremely long due to its simple structure. The inventor is strongly confident that it will inevitably change the existing concept of solar energy and he hopes that it will replace the nuclear power plant, which is treated more as a necessary evil.
It was no wonder that the first launch of this invention to EXCO 2012 (www.energyexpo.co.kr/kor/), Daegu, Korea (March 28-30), quickly captivated the visitors of Lee's booth. In fact, his booth was filled with so many people that no one could pass by without asking questions on how it could be possible.
His explanation was rather straightforward. "We human beings have chased the sun from the very primitive age until now because we have been trained to think that way, but the sun has been always there waiting to provide us with infinite energy.
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Lessons Learned...Caring About OTHER People
by Lili Richey Willard
3/11/2011 / Christian Living
It's odd that when you think of your friends, you don't usually think abouthow they really treat you. We tend to make excuses for them, especially if we enjoy being around them, or if we think it's 'cool' to name drop. Makes us feel superior and special, somehow.
The reality is that sometimes our closest friends, and even family, will treat us with total lack of consideration. They care not for our soft hearts, our past full of rejection, or our loyalty to them. They seem to only care for themselves.Or maybe even OTHER people?
I once had a very close girlfriend when I was growing up. We knew each other since before school. But we became fast friends in elementary school and even way beyond school of any kind. Every once in awhile she would cancel out on me when we were going to either hang out or even going to an event. And it seemed this always happened because of a particular OTHER person. She did not try to hide it. I guess, to her credit, she was rather blatant about it. Thus my feelings would be hurt, and I would cry silently, yet all the while I would be making excuses for her. She didn't know what she did to hurt me, or she felt sorry for this OTHER person, and that was the only reason she would do it. Fact was, she knew I would always be there. Always forgiving, always ready to be friends again. I was a virtual doormat.
All these many years later, I sometimes still feel that hurt. But I have to say, that hurt has probably been very beneficial to me, and to OTHERS. For, you see, remembering how I felt when someone mistreated me, whether it was intentional or accidental, helps me to treat OTHER people better. I do not wish to be the cause of OTHER people's hurt feelings. I will not set out to wound OTHER people's hearts. In fact, I will do most anything within my power to treat them fair and square, to go the extra mile to make them feel important to me, to show them they have real value and are a positive impact on OTHER people.
I have always befriended the underdog. I have taken some of them under my wing.I have gone out of my way to be nice to them, to smile at them, to include them in some of my activities. I have taken a stand to protect them, and to defend their character. Most of all, I have prayed that God would deliver them from the persecution they seem to attract, through no fault of their own.
Jesus asked us to love one anOTHER as we do ourselves. He has said there is no greater love than to lay down your life for a friend, for OTHER people. He also told us to treat OTHERS as we would like to be treated. Jesus told us that if we give a drink of water to OTHERS, then we have done it for Him.
Remember what it feels like, or what you may feel like, if mistreated by OTHER people. Then, take action to not treat any OTHER people like that. Be courteous and kind, helpful and useful,full of love and grace. Minister to hearts and souls with the love our Father has so graciously imparted to us.
The lessons learned? Care about OTHER people....remember, we all are OTHER people too!
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Vitamin E has extremely fascinating promise for skin care products. In fact, according to a study in Skin Pharmacology and Physiology, vitamin E has been identified as the "predominant lipid-soluble antioxidant" in murine (mouse) and human skin. As you age, your skin's natural stores of vitamin E decreases drastically, due to the fact that your skin produces less vitamin E as you age, as well as the fact that aging skin has cumulatively encountered a great number of assaults and reduced its stores of vitamin E in the process of fighting off potential sources of damage.
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- Helps to improve the overall look and feel of the skin
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Also, a measurement missing from this poll is the ferocity of support for the issue of marijuana. While prohibition may be deeply unpopular, concern about it is tremendously shallow. Few people are going to change their vote based on a politician's stand on marijuana, like they might for the issues of abortion or gun control.
Still, these numbers tell us we have won the battle for the hearts and minds of America.
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By Larissa Barnes >>>
Spring has sprung and with it the pitter patter of tiny feet … well, tiny little paws, at least. March marks the official welcome of kitten season, which for many sounds like a cute and fluffy time of the year. To those in animal rescue or others who have seen it first hand, it is a dreaded introduction to months of orphaned kittens and all night bottle feeding. The season, which runs until October in some parts of Southern California, stokes the fear it may never, ever end! But what do you do if you stumble upon a delightful nest of tiny, fluffy, mewing babies?
It is not unusual to find a group or a single, un-weaned kitten in your garden or local park, seemingly abandoned by mom. Although you may have wonderful intentions, sometimes intervening is not the answer.
First: Wait & Watch
Mother cats go off to search for food, they hide when they think danger is near and they regularly relocate their kittens (one at a time) to avoid predators. Before removing the kittens, try to determine if the mom is coming back (more often than not, she is). You can do this by watching from 35 feet or more away. Sometimes a mother will not return for hours or until she senses the danger has gone; and in her mind the danger is the human hovering near her litter. Kittens can survive this period as long as they are warm, so obviously assess the situation. If it is raining, freezing or there is an immediate threat such as dogs, cars or heavy foot traffic, you may have to intervene. Mother's milk is always best for kittens, and taking them away from their mom can mean the kittens will not survive, so be as patient as possible. In fact, 50 percent of young kittens who are taken away from their mom will not survive, so intervening is a big decision to make. If you have to leave before Mom comes back, as long as the kittens seem safe it is still a better option than taking them. Come back to check on them as soon as you can, or see if a neighbor or friend can check for you in a few hours.
If The Mother Cat Returns
If the mom returns and the area is safe, it is best to leave the kittens with mom until the kittens are weaned (six weeks).
You can provide shelter and food, but make sure you keep the two away from each other. The food will attract predators or other cats and Mom will move her kittens to a different location. By offering food to the mommy cat you should get an indication if she is a friendly kitty or unsocialized (or often just terrified).
Mommy is friendly: Many friendly cats are abandoned and when they realize you are not a threat, they will be very affectionate and quite happy to be with their rescuer. If Mommy Cat is friendly and you are able to offer her a place to stay while she weans her kittens then that is a wonderful and very kind act — you won't regret it. It may take some time to build up to that level of trust and, of course, if Mummy had the kittens in your garden, garage or workshop, then you have easy access to spend time with them. At the age of 6-8 weeks her babies can find homes and the best way to do that is to contact local rescues. If you have brought Mommy and babies inside, then 8 weeks is the preferred age. You want to ensure that the kittens (and Mom) are fixed, vaccinated and microchipped. Giving them away for free to people you don't know is never a good idea.
Mommy is unsocialized: Most neighborhoods have unsocialized community cats and if Mommy cat fits that category, the six-week rule still applies. Provide food and shelter until the kittens are old enough to leave their mother. Contact your local rescues and shelter about bringing the kittens in so they can be fixed and vaccinated and available for adoption. Please do not forget about Mom — she will be pregnant again soon if she isn't spayed. Many local rescues offer a Trap-Neuter-Return program. Fix Nation provides low cost spaying for stray and unsocialized cats, and your local rescue community will be happy to help with providing traps to collect her. Consider allowing Mommy cat to be fixed and returned to your care/ garden – she will need a safe place to stay and will help keep away rodents and other stray cats. Most rescues will provide resources and help.
If The Mother Cat Doesn't Return
If you discover that Mom is not coming back, then you should remove the kittens. This is crucial to the kittens' survival. But you must be prepared to see this project through to weaning if you decide to intervene or take the kittens to your local animal shelter. But remember; finding volunteers to take on bottle-feeding on short notice is difficult, and you may need to help the kittens for a few days while volunteers are organized.
Feeding and Caring for Newborns: The first step is to make the kittens warm. Once you have done that they will need feeding. Cow/ regular milk is not an option. The best thing for kittens is kitten replacement formula; but if you cannot get that from the store, goat's milk is the second best option. If you feel the kittens are dehydrated you can mix the kitten milk replacement with pediatric electrolites. All of these should be served warm and through a weaning bottle or medicine dropper/syringe orally. Never feed a cold kitten; make sure they are warm first! Next you will need to help the kittens go to the restroom. Get a damp and warm tissue and rub it on the kittens anus/genitals. For a newborn kitten, this process of food and elimination will need to occur every three hours. Work with a local rescue or your local shelter in finding help and advice – even providing care for kittens for a few hours or days can help save their lives.
It is always important to remember that it is not the mommy cat's fault she has had babies, she is doing the best she can and loves her kittens. The best solution for reducing litters is to spay and neuter them, so please ensure that all kittens and cats in your care are fixed. Shelters and rescues are always in desperate need for kitten fosters and donations to assist with the costs of bottle feeding; any help you can offer is always greatly appreciated.


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An opportunity to develop socially within the philosophical principles of prudence, temperance, fortitude and justice. As well as:
Freemasonry offers an insight of knowledge and philosophy, and is one of the world's oldest and largest fraternal organisations, with some 5 million members worldwide and 13,000 in NSW and the ACT.
Who can become a Freemason? Men from all walks of life regardless of race, religion or social status who are of good character and who are 18 years old or over.


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Do you still pick out your peas from your meals?
Have you learnt to walk in heels?
Are you still afraid of the stage?
How is it that you still don't age?
The twinkle in your eyes sings to my soul
and ten years without you roll
like a film before my eyes
back to three years with you, filled with lies.
And when you had shut the door behind you
broken, brave, fierce and true,
my lungs, like a leaf in snow went dry.
Guilt denied the privilege to cry.
Today, as you sit in a far corner of your favorite barista
with faces I know not, I face a familiar dilemma
as a drowned heart comes back to life
and flies to you while I prepare for another dive.
For you scorned a heart that scorned your love,
turned your back when I begged you to forgive.
Now no longer the moth attracted to fire,
you know better than to trust him who was once a liar.
But do you still get lost because you cannot remember routes?
Did your sister convince you let go of the blue boots?
Does it still infuriate you when people trudge?
Have you finally learnt to let go of a grudge?


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Welcome to Little Stitches
Whether you are new to sewing or just need to blow the cobwebs off your machine, Little Stitches workshops cater for all abilities. Workshops, parties and 1:1 tuition. You can learn how to make your own clothes, gifts or soft furnishings in these friendly and sociable workshops. The workshops are held in my workroom at Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone.
I aim to answer all emails within 24 hours. If you do not hear from me within this time please check your spam.
To book a class or for more information contact Valerie by:
Phone: 01622 741310


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Here's the latest article from the Japanese Culture site at BellaOnline.com.
Dumping Garbage In Japan
You might wonder why there's a need for an entire topic on this, but yes, there is... Find out why in this article.
Please visit japaneseculture.bellaonline.com for even more great content about Japanese Culture.
To participate in free, fun online discussions, this site has a community forum all about Japanese Culture located here -
I hope to hear from you sometime soon, either in the forum or in response to this email message. I thrive on your feedback!
Have fun passing this message along to family and friends, because we all love free knowledge!
BTW, I've just changed jobs, moved house and all... So tired! Moving in Japan is such a pain in the neck. I'm still in Japan, but gonna be a solo English teacher at a junior high school, and now I live in Yokosuka City, not too far from Yokohama. Yoroshiku~
Ching Kin Min, Japanese Culture Editor
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The Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer's care, support and research.
Their vision: A world without Alzheimer's Disease
Their Mission: To eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.
The Association strives to drive the nationwide discussion of Alzheimer's and other dementias and to establish the Association as a dedicated and reliable resource to support the community's needs. By driving the conversation about the number of affected individuals, and the staggering and growing economic and societal impact of Alzheimer's, the public and policymakers can take appropriate actions to change the course of the disease. Families can gain the knowledge needed to seek diagnosis, begin treatment and plan for the future. Awareness of the Association helps these families to access needed resources during their journey with the disease.
The Expert Panel on Aging develops health policy recommendations to influence national and state level aging and long-term policies and programs. The panel promotes knowledge development and advances evidence-based innovations to improve health care and health care delivery for older adults.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is the national voice for baccalaureate and graduate nursing education. AACN works to establish quality standards for nursing education; assists schools in implementing those standards; influences the nursing profession to improve health care; and promotes public support for professional nursing education, research, and practice.
Montefiore is a premier academic health system and the University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Combining nationally-recognized clinical excellence with a population health perspective that focuses on the comprehensive needs of the communities it serves, Montefiore delivers coordinated, compassionate, science-driven care where, when and how patients need it most. Montefiore consists of eight hospitals and an extended care facility with a total of 2,747 beds, a School of Nursing, and state-of-the-art primary and specialty care provided through a network of more than 150 locations across the region, including the largest school health program in the nation and a home health program. The Children's Hospital at Montefiore is consistently named in U.S. News' "America's Best Children's Hospitals." Montefiore's partnership with Einstein advances clinical and translational research to accelerate the pace at which new discoveries become the treatments and therapies that benefit patients. The health system derives its inspiration for excellence from its patients and community, and continues to be on the frontlines of developing innovative approaches to care.
NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) is the leading nurse driven program designed to help hospitals and healthcare organizations improve the care of older adults. The vision of NICHE is for all patients 65 and over to be given sensitive and exemplary care. The mission of NICHE is to provide principles and tools to stimulate a change in the culture of healthcare facilities to achieve patient centered care for older adults. NICHE, based at NYU College of Nursing has over 620 hospitals and healthcare facilities in 46 states, Canada, Bermuda, and Singapore. NICHE designation demonstrates a hospital's organizational commitment and continued progress in improving quality, enhancing the patient and family experience, and supporting the hospital and other healthcare organization's efforts to serve its communities.
NYC Health + Hospitals is an integrated health care system of hospitals, neighborhood health centers, long-term care, nursing homes and home care -- the public safetynet health care system of New York City. NYC Health + Hospitals is committed to the health and well-being of all New Yorkers and we offer a wide range of high quality and affordable health care services to keep our patients healthy and to address the needs of New York City's diverse populations.
The OHNEP program is part of the National Interprofessional Initiative on Oral Health (NIIOH) (www.niioh.org). NIIOH is a national effort to increase oral health in education and practice of primary care clinicians, jointly funded by the DentaQuest Foundation, Washington Dental Service Foundation, and the REACH Healthcare Foundation. As the Nursing "arm" of the NIIOH, OHNEP leaders are prominent nationally in nursing and interprofessional circles, addressing the opportunity for the nursing profession to be a "new partner in prevention" along with other oral health champions from Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Physician Assistant and the Dental Profession.
Regional Aid for Interim Needs (R.A.I.N.) Inc. aims to enhance the well-being and quality of life for all New Yorkers by meeting the interim needs of people of all ages. R.A.I.N. is a multi-service community organization specializing in providing quality services and programs to meet the interim needs of New York City's older population. Established in 1964 R.A.I.N. provides a continuum of care and range of services that allows individuals to maintain their dignity and age in place.
R.A.I.N. maintains a commitment to the provision of culturally and linguistically competent service delivery and quality care to the elderly population of The Bronx. Currently, R.A.I.N. is the largest provider of social services for seniors in the Bronx. With eleven senior center service sites throughout the Bronx and one in upper Manhattan, it offers a comprehensive continuum of services to help seniors live safely and independently in their homes. With over 1,300 employees, R.A.I.N. serves an estimated 30,000 individuals annually through its programs. It has one of the largest home attendant and personal care services for homebound persons in the City known as R.A.I.N. Home Health Care, in addition to a home-delivered meal program serving 1600 meals daily, case management services, R.A.I.N. One Stop, transportation services, Cucina Dolores serving 325 daily meals to the homeless and hungry, elder abuse services and two housing developments with over 156 units for low-income seniors; one HUD sponsored and the other a tax credit complex. R.A.I.N. Home Health Care is licensed to provide services in the five Boroughs of NYC, but has a primary focus in the Bronx at this time.
Toothwisdom.org is a project of Oral Health America and serves both seniors and their caregivers by teaching about oral health in aging and by connecting individuals with affordable dental clinics.
Oral Health America's older adult program, the Wisdom Tooth Project (WTP), focuses on improving the oral health outcomes of older adults, especially those 65 and older. ToothWisdom.org is one of the strategies outlined within the larger program, and is tailored to older adults and their caregivers to connect them with educational and care resources.
Our mission: Inspire and educate ethical leaders in pharmacy through a collegial culture, research, scholarship, and expanded experiential opportunities with a commitment to excellence. We will establish partnerships to improve the health and wellness of the underserved in Harlem and beyond. The College will advance the pharmacy profession by preparing students to practice, with a focus on public health, in an evolving health care system. We will strive for diversity in our faculty and staff, and endeavor to recruit a student body that includes underrepresented minorities.
The Visiting Nurse Service of New York is the largest not-for-profit home health care agency in the United States. Their programs are are designed to help patients improve their quality of life, and to reduce the number and length of hospitalizations.


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Main Material : silver |
Other Materials : topaz |
One of a Kind : No |
Hallmarked : Yes
The Baby Splash Ring is a smaller version of the Splash Ring. In polished silver with a faceted oval stone 6mm by 8mm, this one is a blue topaz, it is also available with peridot, garnet, smokey quartz, citrine and amethyst.
The silver can be cleaned with a polishing cloth, to clean the stone use hot water, liquid soap and brush lightly behind the stone with an old toothbrush.


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Video Game Icons, Edward Gorey Style
February 25, 2013 Artwork, Video Games 0 Comment
It's too bad I just missed Gorey's birthday with this one. On the heels of Clive Barker doing his version of the morbidly merry author/artist's Gashlycrumb Tinies, in which children meet death in alphabetical and rhyming ways, we now have a video-game version.
"A is for Aerith, stabbed right through the tummy, B is for Bowser, whose bridgework was crummy, C is for Crono, or was that his double, D is for Dhalsim, who had yoga trouble"
The whole thing is available on a poster.
A is for awesome, this poster I need;
B is for buying, I'll do it in greed;
C is for credit card, mine is maxed out;
D is for debt, and forever, no doubt.
h/t PD


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REGINA — On one side is the logo of the 1992 Regina Brier.
On the other is the likeness of famed Saskatchewan curler Garnett Campbell.
Through Draw 9 at the 2018 Regina Brier, the coin is undefeated for Ontario's John Epping.
It's not quite the same as the loonie Wayne Gretzky and the gang convinced Edmonton icemaker Trent Evans to embed in the ice at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics to lead to Canada's first hockey gold medal in 50 years. But it's working.
Epping had completed his post-game scrum Tuesday morning when his 10-5 win over Reid Carruthers of Manitoba, combined with Saskatchewan's 8-4 win over Northern Ontario, resulted in Ontario having the only remaining undefeated record in Pool B.
The Ontario skip reached into his pocket and produced the coin, minted for the purposes of purchasing a libation in the Brier Patch that year.
"See this? It's from the 1992 Brier here. It was the first one I watched on TV when I was a kid," Epping said. "A guy by the name of Bob Ford at the Peterborough club where I grew up gave my mom this coin to give to me. It says 'Regina Brier March 8-15, 1992.'"
He flipped it over.
"It says 'Garnett Campbell, 1955 Brier Champion.' Isn't that cool?"
Epping, the 34-year-old skip of the team that includes Matthew Camm, Patrick Janssen and Tim March, had been knocking on the door to get into a Brier without success until this year. He twice skipped in the Roar of the Rings Olympic trials. But the Brier was off-limits to him and just about everybody else that ever came along that wasn't named Russ or Glenn Howard.
While Toronto's Epping is originally from Peterborough, Ont., his family roots are in Saskatchewan. So far, all he has working for him is the coin. But he expects his relatives to show up soon.
"First, we have to get rid of all this crazy weather and all this snow, I'm sure they'll show," he said of the Alberta Clipper and the Colorado Low that hit Regina back-to-back.
"I have a ton of family from out here. My grandfather is from Saskatchewan. Lots of cousins. They're from the Carnduff area," he said of the town of 1,126 in southeast Saskatchewan.
Hats off to Reid Carruthers.
In an era of having enough curlers at the Brier wearing ball caps to form a slow-pitch team, the Manitoba skip flipped his lid here and went bareheaded in his Monday afternoon with over Quebec.
But the hat came back as Carruthers suffered his first defeat at the Brier, 8-4 to Ontario's John Epping Tuesday morning.
"I had about 62,000 messages from people asking me why I had a hat on. Apparently more people were focused on what I was wearing than my playing," said the bearded skip who few fans seemed to recognize with the unusual male pattern baldness and whatever it is that's going on with the top of Carruthers' head.
"Changing it up. I'm not going to wear a cap on the ice for the rest of my life. The guys say I'm a little more aerodynamic now. I kept trying to compete with Colin for the nicest hair and it wasn't working," he said Monday.
"It feels real cool on the ice, though. I may have to wear one of those real thing toques."
But the one-day fascination with the top of his head did it. The hat came back.
The baby watch continued with Team B.C. at the Brier Tuesday.
No babies yet.
But the lead had returned.
David Harper had thrown only eight rocks in the team's opening draw when the cell phone of coach Gerry Richard rang on the B.C. bench. Harper's wife had gone into Labour.
The curler in his first Brier rushed to the airport and, after a series of delayed and cancelled flights out of here, he finally made it home.
The blessed events had not happened. False alarm.
Harper decided to return to Regina to complete his Brier Tuesday. On Wednesday, B.C. will likely be eliminated after round-robin play wraps up.
Harper, after another series of delays that resulted in extended visits to Edmonton and Regina, made it back to play in British Columbia's one game here yesterday.
Meanwhile, the wife of third Jeff Richard, son of coach Gerry, reached her due date two days ago.
"I have both their cell phones on the coaches bench," he reported. "Who knows when they'll ring again. But it's good to have the team back together."


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I don't think phplist is doing a good job at all of notifying users of required security upgrades, based on what I've seen with 3.0.6. It is putting phplist users at risk of legal liability.
I discovered the 3.0.6 upgrade this week on the website only because I was trying to solve another bug. It states in part
" We fixed... a security issue that was discovered by David Sopas. We appreciate the careful handling by David of this issue, which benefits phpList and the entire community. We strongly advise everyone to upgrade to the latest version."
And how easy was it for phplist users to discover this essential new version? I did NOT receive an email notification of this new release. The last notice I received was 19 Aug 2013, "Subject: [phpList] version 3.0.2".
So phplist has disclosed the vulnerability on its front page but has done a poor job of notifying users that they should upgrade - simply creating opportunity for the bad guys?
The forum announcement about 3.0.6 is useless toward this end too. It had a wrong, older date associated with it and says nothing about "strongly [advising] everyone" to upgrade.
"Some of the issues fixed can be found on the mantis changelog page"
"Some" of the issues? Say what? Is the phplist team more intent on saving face here than being transparent with the disclosure, so that users can understand their past and potential future risk from this software defect? We have to run diffs on the code to discover what's up ourselves? This is NOT GOOD folks.
All of this is not up to modern standards of notification and disclosure and is disappointing. Software defects occur. We all know about heartbleed... and a million others. We get that. While they must be minimized by software development processes, how security-related defects and notifications are handled is as important.
phplist is a project that works with large databases of people's private information, with public-facing components. It is not a workstation tool like an editor. The phplist developers and project have a higher responsibility to deal with software defects that could lead to disclosure of personal information. Organizations operating mailing lists like I do often have LEGAL REQUIREMENTS to not disclose information like email addresses and names. (PIPEDA in my case, Canada).
I would suggest that phplist needs to handle user notifications of security patches much more reliably and effectively than it is not doing now. Here are a few suggestions that I believe are relatively easy to implement:
1. Immediately notify all registered users of the availability of 3.0.6 and the need for an upgrade
2. Establish a security-announcements-only list and invite subscribers (in 1) to subscribe
3. Start using the list in (2) reliably
4. Create a simple notification on the backend that will alert admins to the availability of a new (security) release, as F/LOSS projects do e.g. Joomla, Piwik
I'm looking forward to the projects response to these suggestions.
Brett Delmage


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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- 1 Public
- Cost efficiency
- 1 Business administration
- 1 Consumer behavior
- 1 Duration mix
- 1 ROI model
- 1 Traditional media and digital media
- Mobile Crowd Sensing in Edge Computing Environment
- The Effect of Disability on Subjective Well-Being across the Adult Lifespan: The Moderating Roles of Age at Disability Onset and Disability Type
- Mechanically Active Heterogeneous Polymer Matrix Composites
- Attribute-Based Encryption for Fine-Grained Access Control over Sensitive Data
- 并购背景下教育行业品牌价值研究
This study examines the 3 key questions of media budget allocation, to find our a better invest model. Including spending share of traditional media and digital media, program selection strategy and duration mix optimization to analyse the trend of sample A (a global cosmetic brand) . Based on every test media campaign, we do research of media performance and sales volumn, add youth consumer behavior result, to develop a media investment ROI model for this brand. Create the evaluation system according to past big data and find the learnings of different length TVC usage. Of course all relavant findings and …
- Contributors
- Xu, Jin, Gu, Bin, Chen, Xinlei, et al.
- Created Date
- 2018


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Motivation Monday: A Runny Nose and a Yoga Pose
Yoga–heart openers and some peaceful quiet rest Head cold. UGH . . . no running . . . at least not on the trails today. I have been so healthy up to this point in my Boston Marathon training perhaps my body is telling me I need a day off? Today I will use some … Read More »


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Union Home Secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai has said that the Maoist objective was to overthrow the Indian state by 2050, possibly with the help of ex-armymen.
Speaking at the Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis in New Delhi, he said a detailed analysis of Naxal operations showed that they may be helped by ex-Armymen. Also, documents found showed that the Maoist agenda was to overthrow the Indian state by 2050.
The home secretary said the Maoists were not serious about talks because they weren't under enough pressure to do so. The estimated annual income of Maoists is Rs 1,400 crore.
Right now, they were looking to regroup and build their own army towards their plans. And, Mr Pillai said, they were using administrative vacuum and underdevelopment to do this.
The home secy has also warned that Maoists may move into Bihar as the state has elections coming up and perhaps want to go soft on Maoists.
Analysis of Naxal attacks has revealed detailed and precise planning. Some aspects that point to possible involvement of ex-army and ex-para military personnel:
Lethal use of improvised explosive device (IED)
Precise, pin-pointed intelligence-based attacks on vulnerable posts/camps
Practice of swift retreat/melting away after attacks with arms looted from security forces
It was a virtual face-off between the Home Secretary and writer-activist Arundhati Roy who challenged Pillai's statement that Maoists are virtually building an army to overthrow the state of India.
Arundhati Roy said that the Maoists would take Home Secretary's suggestion that they were a formal army as a compliment.
Arundhati Roy said that Naxals today are a guerrilla force, not an army. She also said that she does not justify the Maoist violence.


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Heap2 provides a compact implementation with the performance
cost of
malloc() or
free() growing
logarithmically with the number of free blocks. The allocation policy
is first-fit by address. The smallest block that can be allocated
is 12 bytes and there is an additional overhead of four bytes.
ARM recommends you use Heap2 when you require near constant-time performance in the presence of hundreds of free blocks. To select the alternative standard implementation, use either of the following:
IMPORT __use_realtime_heapfrom armasm assembly language.
asm(" .global __use_realtime_heap\n");from C.
The Heap2 real-time heap implementation must know the maximum address space that the heap spans. The smaller the address range, the more efficient the algorithm is.
By default, the heap extent is taken to be 16MB starting at
the beginning of the heap (defined as the start of the first chunk
of memory given to the heap manager by
__rt_initial_stackheap() or
The heap bounds are given by:
struct __heap_extent { unsigned base, range; }; __value_in_regs struct __heap_extent __user_heap_extent( unsigned defaultbase, unsigned defaultsize);
The function prototype for
__user_heap_extent() is
(The Heap1 algorithm does not require the bounds on the heap extent. Therefore, it never calls this function.)
You must redefine
__user_heap_extent() if:
You require a heap to span more than 16MB of address space.
Your memory model can supply a block of memory at a lower address than the first one supplied.
If you know in advance that the address space bounds of your
heap are small, you do not have to redefine
but it does speed up the heap algorithms if you do.
The input parameters are the default values that are used if this routine is not defined. You can, for example, leave the default base value unchanged and only adjust the size.
The size field returned must be a power of two. The library does not check this and fails in unexpected ways if this requirement is not met. If you return a size of zero, the extent of the heap is set to 4GB.


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Andres "Andy" Fernandez
Partner, Holland & Knight Miami office
Mr. Fernandez is leader of the Holland & Knight's Cuba Action Team. He practices in the area of banking law and financial services, with a focus on licensing, regulatory and compliance matters. With an emphasis on issues pertaining to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), anti-money laundering (AML) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Mr. Fernandez counsels a broad range of clients such as domestic community banks, foreign banks, broker dealers and money service businesses (including virtual/digital currency and Bitcoin). His fluency in Spanish helps clients in the United States as well as Central and South America. He is the Chair of the Florida International Bankers Association (FIBA), Sanctions Subcommittee. He is also a member of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group. He received the designation "Power Leaders in Banking and Finance," South Florida Business Journal, 2015, 2016.


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Good Morning, Broncos fans! The Dolphins have made their first significant moves in response to the Wells Report.
On Wednesday, Miami fired offensive line coach Jim Turner and longtime head trainer Kevin O'Neill.
According to the scathing report, Turner was a central figure in the bullying of Jonathan Martin, while O'Neill appeared to have condoned racial harrassment of one of his assistants.
As for the offensive linemen involved, Richie Incognito and John Jerry are pending UFAs and not expected back with the team, while it's been reported that Mike Pouncey likely faces a suspension.
Meanwhile, head coach Joe Philbin - who presumably should have known what was going on in his toxic locker room, could have stopped it, and has escaped largely unscathed - is paying lip service by "taking responsibility" for what occurred in Miami.
According to Mike Klis, John Elway is expected to start negotiations on a contract extension with the agent for John Fox.
Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker will host a football camp at Mullen High in May.
John Elway & Co. will presumably play a large role in a potential coloring book portraying Cleveland's biggest sports failures.
Wes Welker and his wife apparently brought a blowup doll with them on vacation. Whatever floats your boat, I guess...
Washington reportedly wants a second-rounder in a potential trade for QB Kirk Cousins; the NFL suspended TE Fred Davis indefinitely for violating the substance abuse policy.
San Francisco lowered the cap number for WR Jon Baldwin; the Jets are said to be working to re-sign TE Jeff Cumberland.
An infection to his surgically repaired knee could cost pending free agent Danario Alexander (currently of the Chargers) his 2014 season.
If money weren't enough, here's another reason the Broncos should let Eric Decker walk: at least according to Mike Mayock, this year's WR class is the best he's seen "in years." Of course, that doesn't mean the Broncos are going to draft a wideout, or that they'll hit on one if they do.
Doug Farrar/Chris Burke, Matt Bowen (overall importance, drills/tests), Bill Barnwell, Albert Breer, and Russ Lande offer pre-combine thoughts.
Farrar lists small school stars he expects to make names for themselves in Indy; Gil Brandt foresees a big week for UCLA guard Xavier Sua-Filo.
Tony Pauline ranks his top 150 prospects heading into the combine; Rob Rang updates his big board.
Offseason plans for Arizona, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, the Giants; caponomic issues and greatest needs for the NFCE teams.
Jason Fitzgerald examines the Terrell Suggs extension/restructure for some clues to how Dallas might work a new deal with DeMarcus Ware.
Chase Stuart makes a case for taking away the home field advantage given division winners in the Wild Card round.
With a franchise tag dispute potentially looming, Jason Lisk studies how the Saints tend to use TE Jimmy Graham.
PFF ranks pending UFAs among offensive tackles.


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The most terrifying thing an employer can say…
Wanna take a guess on what might be the most terrifying thing I've recently heard from an organizational leader? G'head…I'll wait…feel free to phone a friend, it's all good…
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Using Tech for Recruiting? Awesome. Let's talk.
Originally published on LinkedIn, Pulse.
I've previously mentioned the importance of communicating your employer brand well via all things digital, but it's time to talk specifically about recruiting. Being on the job market as a seasoned HRM practitioner is an interesting proposition. Perhaps it's the tech nerd dynamic that makes me hypersensitive to tech weirdness, however, I think it's more than that. It's really about recruiting best practices and attention to detail. Quality-checking online applications is truly time well spent.
Emotional Contagion and Employee Relations
Originally posted on LinkedIn, Pulse
Emotional contagion occurs when someone's emotions affect others, causing them to "catch" that behavior or attitude like a virus (e.g., the common cold or the flu). The behavior or attitude that is "caught" can be good or bad, depending upon the environment and the people involved. A number of studies suggest that others' attitudes or reactions can influence us, perhaps more than we realize, and especially in groups (e.g., at work).
Is someone panicking about a problem? If so, others may panic as well. Is there a negative Tweet or Facebook status going viral? Others may adopt and spread those negative or sad feelings out of empathy or a sense of agency. Big data has allowed researchers to look at very large numbers of people to determine that negative thoughts and attitudes can spread like an epidemic, thanks to social media.
With the rise of unionization efforts, it's not surprising that technology has become a means to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt. In fact, it's to be expected now that the NLRB will allow "click to organize." One has to wonder if employers even have a chance to fight the negative emotional contagion virus once it's started to spread.
The answer is a resounding "yes." Despite the fact that there is no such thing as a level playing field in the current labor relations climate, employers can be proactive and consistent with their messages and practices.
If there is an environment of transparency and mutual respect (i.e., a strong immune system), chances are lower that little problems will develop into rapidly-spreading negative emotional viruses.
Viruses are parasitic and can't live or spread without a host. Therefore, without a conducive environment, it is less likely the virus of negative emotional contagion will take hold in the workplace.
Here's a little advice adapted from the CDC:
- Detect new, unusual, or adverse events = know your people
- Monitor increases in known adverse events = listen to your people
- Identify potential risk factors for particular types of adverse events = understand what is important to your people
- Identify increased numbers or types of reported adverse events = pay attention to symptoms and find root causes to address problems head-on
- Assess the safety of newly licensed vaccines = stick to the basics of good employee relations and make changes with caution
It is imperative that employers assess their organizations now and appropriately vaccinate through positive employee relations practices. Don't avoid, don't ignore, and please, don't think you're immune. Finally, don't wait for an epidemic of negative emotional contagion to get good advice if symptoms increase in severity.
(Originally published on LinkedIn's Pulse)
Each day, HR practitioners are faced with a broad range of decisions that involve ethical dilemmas. My goal is not to itemize or categorize such decisions but rather to challenge the way we see ourselves as practitioners. I submit to you that if you are an HR practitioner of any sort (e.g., employee/labor relations, organizational development/change, benefits administrator), and you don't sometimes feel caught between employees and management, you are doing it wrong. Here's why:
Technology Forecasting: Think Like a Futurist
[Originally published on LinkedIn Pulse.]
Futurists are scientists whose specialty is futurology, or, the attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities about the future. Specifically, futurists examine how solutions emerge from the present. No crystal ball, no Ouija board, just solid methods and tools. Read more…
Strong leadership does not assume their people are happy
Do you know your people? Are they happy? How do you know? Could you say with 100% certainty that they're not only engaged in their work, but they're also satisfied? Remember what mom said about assuming…[hint: it's not good]. There are two different standards in play, and if you are at all hesitating in your response, you may be more vulnerable than you think. Read more…
Employment Law Blog Carnival – Malaprops
A new round of the Employment Law Blog Carnival: Entertaining and informative! Join us for some malaprops http://goo.gl/4R5RX3
Thank you HR Examiner for reminding us that it's time to get down to brass roots, otherwise, we'll be stuck with an optical conclusion.


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Reactions to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed Part B drug reimbursement demonstration project have been both swift and predictable. Under the proposal, reimbursement for drugs covered under Part B would be reduced from average sale price (ASP) +6% (pre-sequester) to ASP +2.5% plus a flat fee of $16.80. CMS would also pursue various value-based purchasing tools as part of the pilot. The objective is "to encourage better care, smarter spending, and healthier people by paying providers for what works."
Not surprisingly, physician groups and the medical societies to which they belong quickly decried the proposal as being potentially dangerous for patients, saying that it would put certain physicians and patients (in the demonstration ZIP codes) at unfair disadvantages to those in the current system.Read More


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VIP necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 192 diseños de 44 diseñadores freelance.
We are looking for a logo for a new Energy Drink company.
VIP, Vitamin Infused Powder, vipenergymix.com
We are a new Energy Drink company getting ready to launch in the next 90 days. The product logo will be VIP which means Vitamin Infused Powder. This is a young, hip and trendy company looking for a VIP theme. The letters VIP have to stand out as our main logo, however we do want vitamin infused powder included, the web address is optional.
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I spent the start of my career, the 80s, working in advertising, account handling campaigns for brands such as Birds Eye, Max Factor and Texaco. It was a time of creative brilliance and financial excess. A time when ad agencies acquired PR businesses and direct marketing companies and called themselves 'integrated'.
Integrated? I'll let you into a secret. In reality, the ad people didn't speak to the DM people because they made all the money; the DM people didn't speak to the PR people because they were fluffy and lacked accountability and the PR people didn't speak to anyone who wasn't 'Someone'.
How times have changed!
Then, PR was all smoke and mirrors and little black books of contacts, rather than delivering tangible results.
I saw an opportunity to create an accountable PR offering which delivered against outcomes tightly aligned to the business vision. Railing against the extravagance of consumer marketing, I decided B2B was the way forward.
Just before my 30th birthday, full of bravado and oblivious to the magnitude of things I didn't know, I boldly created my first public relations company. Against a backdrop of 80's excess, I defined our guiding principles: accountable, effective, evocative.
For reasons I now can't remember, my first customer was a security business, nothing so sexy as cybersecurity (it didn't exist!), we are talking kit; PIRS, control panels, cables and the likes, but it didn't matter. The point was I was working directly with the European MD. An engineer, with a vision, a P&L to deliver and a set of clearly defined objectives. Working with him was exciting and rewarding because every day, week, month we would hear directly how the business was performing, where the problems were and we'd debate the best actions we could take to help him do what he needed to do. We worked in tight collaboration and I loved it!
That client relationship was the start of my love affair with tech PR. I love delivering. I love brainstorming. I love finding solutions and I love delivering against them. There is nothing more rewarding than working with clever, engaging people, and I'm privileged to have worked with quite a few over the course of my career.
We attracted the technical companies who delivered lighting and sound to West End musicals and concerts, as well as major festivals. I took briefs while sitting with lighting designers and sound technicians in the deserted stalls of theatres before or between rehearsals.
And then, eLearning was born and that became a focus for us too! Different companies with similar problems, different teams with similar remarkable, focussed, smart people at their helm. The objective was always growth, expressed in a variety of ways and with varying degrees of sophistication.
The effect of their differing requirements was that we developed services which we could deploy as required; communication audits, audience research, messaging, media training, as well as media relations, content creation and campaign delivery.
For us, being able to write quality material that an editor can just run, without editing, was a key part of our offer. As the digital revolution unfolded, the quality of what was at the end of the link became vital. Our focus on technical excellence, processes and service quality resulted in us winning Scientific Atlanta, a brand later absorbed by Cisco, who we worked with for eight years.
By this point, the feedback we started to get regularly from clients was that working with us delivered certainty; we do the job we say we're going to do: we make our clients look amazing by delivering phenomenal results, consistently.
Our clients, almost exclusively engineers, scientists and technologists, prefer order, logic and structure. So, our processes and reporting procedures have a forensic like attention to detail.
I've learnt through experience that in the vast majority of cases, engineers prefer not to write. In fact, in most cases they're not very good at it and they are smart enough to admit their talents lie elsewhere. They also have little time or interest to invest in non-core activities – and marketing to a scientist is most definitely non-core.
So, we do what we do best, we simplified.
We developed an efficient process for abstracting intelligence and opinion from them fast; from this we can craft material that will make their organisations, ideas and capabilities visible, valued and understood.
Having spent the last two years establishing my second business, Emmett & Churchman PR, I am excited for the future. The skills I learnt as an entrepreneur before that word became fashionable remain:
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Brad and Angelina are getting a divorce. Nobody is particularly surprised. Although they've been together for over a decade, and have kids, it is Hollywood, after all. They have tons of money, jobs that allow them to meet lots of other hot people, the hottest people in the world, people who get paid excessive amounts of money for being hot. Acting ability may play a part in it but, seriously, Angelina Jolie is not Meryl Streep. She has the career she has because she's hot.
They have options, they have temptations, and that's the way it goes. It's his 2nd divorce, her 3rd. It probably won't be the last for either one.
In other, darker, more horrible, but equally unsurprising news, a racist cop has shot and killed an unarmed black man and been caught on camera. As frequently as this happens, do you ever stop to wonder how often it happens off camera? This time it was in Oklahoma, and the victim was on his way home from a community college class when his car broke down. He could have used a bit of police assistance, he deserved a bit of police assistance, that's what the police are supposed to do, but instead, the officer just shot him dead, while his hands were in the air, while he was posing no threat at all.
In a twist to the tale, it was a lady cop. A young, pretty, smiling, white lady cop. She should spend the rest of her life in jail, but probably won't.
Actors divorce. Cops get away with murder.


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Despite various polls and articles coming out to suggest that Canadians are growing in their support for c51, it looks like the situation is quite the opposite. Following the national day of action against bill c-51 on March 14th where thousands of people took to the streets in protest, many Canadians have continued to speak-out and voice their concerns over this unjust and unnecessary piece of legislation. Thankfully, results of a new survey suggest that the Canadian people are not buying into the fear rhetoric like the Harper administration would like them to.
The Forum Research poll demonstrated that support for the bill stands now at roughly 45%, whereas earlier polls suggested that approval was around 82%, and the approval is expected to drop even further. Of course, not everyone who has heard of the bill is completely aware of what exactly the piece of legislation entails. Of those asked, roughly 70% said that they were familiar with the proposals in the bill and support from them dropped even further for c-51. Only 31% of the 70% who were familiar with the proposals in the bill, said that they still support it. Unfortunately, there is still a decent amount of people who don't know what the bill is or what it entails. Thus far, British Columbia, the prairies, and Atlantic Canada have proven to be the most opposed to this anti-terror piece of legislation.
There are several major issues for those who are opposed to the bill, among them are the concern for further oversight, and the worry of protesters being targeted by the state. There are many experts in the field of criminal justice who have come out and strongly opposed this bill for the dangers that it posses to our civil liberties. Many have reiterated the fact that there are already systems in place that are there to deal with the threat of terrorism in an investigatory way. This new bill is fruitless in that it doesn't offer any new effective method for the state to investigate terrorism, it simply gives out more powers ( to those like CSIS) without telling us how doing such is going to help anything.
Back in February of this year, Angus-Reid conducted and released poll results that showed 82% of respondents supporting this piece of legislation. If it were true that such an overwhelming amount of support was still in place for c-51, it's refreshing to see that support is now plummeting. The Angus-Reid firm had conducted its poll via an online voluntary panel, as opposed to the new Forum Research poll which is conducted by phone.
From law professors and former Canadian Prime Ministers, to security experts and human rights advocates, many good people are reasonably concerned about this bill and about the sanctity of due process in this country; a value which this bill aims to erode. Unfortunately, one big obstacle in getting people to appreciate the fruitlessness that is bill c-51, is the fear that resides in many people's lives. Even though many people don't feel confident about c-51, the same recent Forum Research poll showed that two-thirds of people still believe that giving more powers to the police to investigate terrorism is necessary. They believe this despite there being any evidence to suggest or demonstrate how any further such given power would enable the agents to do any more of an efficient job than they are authorized to do today.
One of the clear reasons that people feel like giving police more power is because of their ISIS-induced fear; with the media perpetually showing them gruesome murders and bullying them to live always afraid of some illusive future terror attack. In Canada, the people aren't afforded the natural right to protect themselves, their families, or their property, and the only option of protection or defense that the Canadian authorities want to allow for citizens is a phone call; the cry for more power is predictable. It is understandable then why the people would want that phone call, that only line of defense, to have more power in their lives. Unfortunately, when you sacrifice your civil liberties for a weak promise at future security, you end up with less of both. Also, the threat of terrorism cannot be statistically supported to the point of supporting such overreaching legislation that violates core values of Canadian citizens. When we (statistically) should be more afraid of bee-stings, bathtubs, cars, lightning, swimming pools, knives, and pharmaceutical medications, than we should ever fear being a victim of any terrorist attack, then it seems wildly unjust and baffling to propose such overreaching legislation as c-51.
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You're invited to the 2018 Camden Haven Show on October 13 and 14
For the first time in years the Camden Haven Show will feature a fireworks display to celebrate its 70th anniversary.
The show is on Saturday, October 13 and Sunday, October 14 at the Kendall Showground.
The Camden Haven Show holds a special place in the hearts of the community, having maintained its rural charm and agricultural focus.
Children will have the opportunity to set off the fireworks by entering a colouring-in competition, run by the Camden Haven Courier.
Publicity officer Elizabeth Watson said unfortunately the 2018 event will not have as many rides, as \
However she said there is still plenty of fun for the whole family to enjoy, including traditional games such as egg and spoon races, sack races, tug-a-war, pie-eating, pony rides and a bucking bull.
There will also be slides, jumping castles, show bags and a variety of food options.
As well as being show publicity officer Elizabeth is also a needle steward and keen baker. She will enter some of her goods in the show for judging.
Elizabeth has coeliac disease and plans to enter the slice, biscuit and muffin in the gluten free category.
She will also enter some meringues and her famous melting moments into the regular category.
Elizabeth's melting moments are a hit with her family.
"The key is to use real butter," she said.
"I can't tell you anything else because it's a secret family recipe."
The recipe has been passed down through the generations and Elizabeth has shared it with her daughter.
"My daughter's husband enjoys them as a treat," she said.
A few years ago Elizabeth was awarded the best cook sash.
Her advice to people who enter the baking competition is to read the rules, make sure they submit entries on time and be adventurous with flavours.
A motorcycle stunt show will be on Saturday night, while Sunday will feature a number of highlights including a demolition derby and pet parade.
Across both days there will a number of vehicles on display, art, photography, handicrafts, needlework, baking, jams, flowers, home brew, fruit, vegetables, pot plants and creative arts.
For more information people can visit www.camdenhavenshow.org.au
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Discount teen retailer Five Below is set to open its first store in Palm Beach County this week.
The Philadelphia-based company, which offers a variety of items all priced at $5 or less, will open its doors at the Northlake Commons shopping center, which is located south of Northlake Boulevard just east of Interstate 95 in Palm Beach Gardens.
DEAL ALERT: These stores are closing in Palm Beach County; offering discounts
A grand opening party is set for 10 a.m. on Friday, according to the company's website. The store, which carries products geared at teens and tweens, is located at 3926 Northlake Boulevard.
Five Below marked the opening of its 500th store in September. The company also has stores in Martin and Broward counties.


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Understanding the Hobbesian nature of international relations fundamentally grounds conservative foreign policy in reality.That quote is from John Bolton's op-ed in today's Washington Times.
Does Bolton's description accurately characterize George W. Bush's foreign policy? What about Dick Cheney's? Hawkish policymakers like Cheney and Bolton certainly emphasize the Hobbesian nature of international relations. Yet there is a strong element of moral relativism in the Hobbesian approach that is at odds with Bush's democracy-promoting idealism.
In a Hobbesian world, conflict is the inevitable result of clashing interests and aspirations. It has little to do with right and wrong. In contrast, Bush asserted that conflict is the result of evil and aggression.
Bolton writes that
Conservative foreign and national-security policies do not need remaking, rebranding or remessaging. They need not be escorted by prefixes or adjectives, nor do they need "moderating."I'm inclined to say that there is no consensus right now on what counts as a conservative foreign policy. And for as long as the economy is issue number one, leading conservatives may not even think much about where conservative foreign policy needs to go in the Age of Obama.
CLARIFICATION: The following sentence appeared at the end of this post when originally published:
"In particular, conservatives reject the idea that America's actions are the foundation for most international discord, and that it is our deviation from international "norms" that must be 'corrected' for the natural state of harmony to return."
That is a quote from the Bolton op-ed mentioned above, not my own words. Because of a faulty cut-and-paste on my part, it showed up in my post with no indication of where it came from.
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"natural state of harmony"
LOL! Good one! Does anybody actually use that phrase to describe international relations? You want harmony prior to American meddling, you gotta go back to the age of Roman meddling.
There aren't a whole lot of historical examples of peace without a superpower (preferrably just one)
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