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Continuation from the study of Allah's name Al Malik
Story of Khosrow Parviz, the King of Iran (Persia)
Of the kings to whom Prophet Mohammad (saw) had sent letters inviting them to Islam, one was Khosrow Parviz, the King of Iran (Persia). The letter was sent to him through Abdullah ibn Hudhafah.
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
From Muhammad, Allah's Messenger, to Khosrow, the King of Persia. Greetings to the followers of the right path, to those obedient to Allah and His Prophet, to those who bear witness to Allah's Oneness, who worship the One God, and who bear witness to the prophecy of Allah's servant, Muhammad.
Truly I call upon you to obey Allah's command and convert to Islam. I am Allah's Messenger to all the people so that living hearts will be awakened and illuminated and so that infidels will have no excuses. Submit to Islam so you will be safe and immune, and if you disobey me and turn down my invitation, you will be blamed for the sins of the magiansi.
On receiving the letter, Khosrow Parviz ordered it to be translated. When it was translated, he noticed that the Prophet Mohammad (saw) had written his own name before king's and this proved too hard for him to digest. He tore the letter in fury, totally ignored Abdullah ibn Hudhafah and refrained from responding to the letter.
When Prophet Mohammad (saw) was informed of this act, he prayed: "O' Lord! You too tear apart his kingdom."
Khosrow Parviz wrote to Badhan, who was governor of Yemen, a Persian province: "It has reached my ears that a person has claimed Prophethood in Hijaz. Arrange to send two brave and courageous persons to him so that they may bring him to me as a captive."
Immediately Badhan sent Abadhaweih, one of his assistants, and a Persian officer called Kharkharah, with a warrant that required Prophet Mohammad (saw) to surrender himself to them and go with them to Khosrow Parviz. Badhan, however, asked his assistant to find out the truth about Prophet Mohammad (saw).
Abadhaweih and his companion traveled from Yemen until they arrived in Taif, which is about 90 km from Makkah. Its people told them that Prophet Mohammad (saw) was now in Madinah. The Taif people – who were not Muslims at the time and the Quraish were very pleased when they learned that the Persian emperor had ordered the arrest of Muhammad. They felt that Prophet Mohammad (saw) was now facing his most difficult test.
Clean-shaven but with large moustaches, the two officers from Yemen came to Prophet Mohammad (saw) in Madinah. Abadhaweih said to him: "Khosrow Parviz, the king of kings, has written to Badhan, the governor of Yemen, commanding him to send us to take you to him. If you comply, Badhan will write to the king of kings interceding on your behalf. This will spare you a great deal of trouble. If you reject his order, you know how powerful he is. He is sure to destroy you and your people as well as your country."
Prophet Mohammad (saw) did not like their appearance. He (saw) asked them who ordered them to shave their beards and their reply was: "Our Lord", meaning Khosrow Parviz. Prophet Mohammad (saw) said: "But my Lord has commanded me to wear a beard and to trim my moustache." He also asked them to wait till the following day when he was to meet them again. In the meantime, Prophet Mohammad (saw) received information through the angel Gabriel (Jabra'il) that Allah (SWT) had caused Khosrow Parviz to be killed by Shirweih, his own son, giving him the exact time of night and the date when Khosrow Parviz was killed in Persia.
Prophet Mohammad (saw) called in the Persian messengers and told them of the killing of their King. They said to him: "Do you realize what you are saying? Your arrest has been ordered for something much more trivial than this. Do you still wish us to write this down and inform governor Badhan of what you have just said?"
Prophet Mohammad (saw) replied: "Yes. Tell him also on my behalf that my religion and my kingdom will replace that of Khosrow Parviz and will sweep all before it. Tell him also that if he accepts Islam, I will give him what he has now under his authority and will make him a ruler in the area he now governs." Prophet Mohammad (saw) also gave Kharkharah a sack of gold and silver that was sent to him as a present by another king.
The two envoys left and went back to Yemen where they told Badhan of what Prophet Mohammad (saw) had said. He told them: "This is not the sort of thing a king would say. To my mind, the man is a prophet, as he claims. If he is, what he has just told you will come to pass. If it is true that Khosrow Parviz has been killed, the man is a prophet and a messenger. If not, we will make up our mind about what to do with him."
Presently Badhan received a message from Shirweih informing him that he had killed his father, Khosrow Parviz after he had adopted despotic measures against the Persian nobility. He also commanded him to ask his commanders to swear allegiance to him as the new King. He further asked him not to disturb Prophet Mohammad (saw) until he had received further instructions.
Badhan then realized that Muhammad was truly God's Messenger. He called Abadhaweih in and questioned him further about Prophet Mohammad (saw). The latter told him that Prophet Mohammad (saw) did not keep any guard to protect him from his people or from anyone else. "Nevertheless, I have never spoken to a man who has inspired me with awe as much as he does." Badhan was then certain that Muhammad was truly the Messenger of God and he communicated his conviction to his advisers and counselors. He declared that he wished to become a Muslim and they all joined him in accepting the message of the Prophet Mohammad (saw).
This was the beginning of the spread of Islam in Yemen. The majority of its population, Christians and Magians alike, started to accept Islam. They conveyed this to Prophet Mohammad (saw) and he sent them some of his companions to teach them the principles of Islam and instruct them in how to lead an Islamic life.
Abu Hurairah (RA) narrated that the Prophet (SAW) said:
"The most perfidious (awful/meanest) name to Allah is (that of) a man calling himself Malik Al-Amlak (the king of kings). In fact, there is no king but Allah".
1. Not to use the term or nickname King of Kings on ourselves and to other people.
2. The name King of Kings is Allah's most despised name
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Professional readings
Managing your school
Guides for managing your school
- Understanding school finances
- Planning and reporting: School charters
- Dealing with complaints
- Effective communications
- Understanding attendance
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- Understanding school property
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- No more nagging doubts
- Ongoing school self-review
Leading change
- Leading and managing change
- Māori education success
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Educational leadership in action
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- A model for change
- Learning conversations
- Walking the talk
- Accountability
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- A curriculum design journey
- Relationships are paramount
- The Learning Partners' programme
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- Shaping a Marautanga-ā-Kura
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Leading staff
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- Democratic leadership for school improvement in challenging contexts
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Leading learning
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Professional learning
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- In search of deeper learning
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- Leading curriculum innovation
- Leading the instructional core
- Learning-centered principal
Evidence-based leadership
- The politics of collaborative expertise
- The spiral of inquiry
- Data at Queen Charlotte College
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Problem solving
- Education and the law
Leadership dilemmas
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- When data signals change is needed
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- When beliefs are challenged
- A matter of performance
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A netlabel (also online label, web label, digi label, MP3 label or download label) is a record label that distributes its music through digital audio formats (such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, or WAV) over the Internet. While similar to traditional record labels in many respects, netlabels typically emphasize free distribution online, often under licenses that encourage works to be shared (e.g., Creative Commons licenses), and artists often retain copyright.[1]
Netlabels may have a considerably lower staff count than traditional record labels, in some instances being only a single individual in control of his/her music, maintaining sole ownership.[citation needed] Physical LPs, for example, are rarely produced by a netlabel, relying entirely on digital distribution and means of the Internet to provide the product. Having no physical product makes the running costs of a netlabel considerably less than a traditional record label and some netlabels have abandoned any financial model altogether and instead, running the netlabel as a hobby.[citation needed] Some employ guerrilla marketing to promote their work.[citation needed]
Online music groups date back almost as far as the history of personal computers, and share close ties with video games and the demoscene. Early music groups released music in MOD formats, typically as part of a music disk, which often included a MOD player, visual effects, and textual information.[citation needed]
Netlabels began to branch out from the tracker scene when the lossy MP3 file format became popular in the late 1990s. Some are still dedicated to electronic music and related genres, though this is rapidly changing and the quality of downloads are getting higher with the use of FLAC downloads offering CD quality uncompressed music.[citation needed]


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When Papadosio took over the Fox Theatre Thursday night and turned it into a hypnotic display of light, sound and video projections, the crowd and band both knew that something special was in store. This was documented at the end of the show when lead guitarist Anthony Thogmartin called Colorado a second home for the band to mass cheers and rooster crows. Chants of "O-H-I-O" broke through, and what was on display was a coming together of music lovers from around the country partaking in one of their favorite hobbies, and the same can be said for the band. If it's true that music brings people together, it was on full display during Papadosio's marathon long performance that churned at times like a quiet caravan squeaking through desert sandstorms and at other points roared like a locomotive at full bore barreling down the tracks.
In an age where we've been spoiled and somewhat overwhelmed by the amount of talent pouring forth from the evolving blend of the crunchy jam band scene and the bass pounding, fist pumping electronic scene, it's always a pleasure when a band comes along and continues to keep audiences on our toes. Papadosio has seemingly embraced that notion and run with it, birthing a non-stop touring monster during their six years together.
Formed in Athens, Ohio, home to a wide variety of madness (Google Ohio University Halloween), Papadosio has been cutting their teeth on the road while crafting an intricate new double album years in the making called "T.E.T.I.O.S." or "To End the Illusion of Separation." Despite being based out of Asheville, North Carolina, they make their way to Colorado often, and are rewarded by an ever-growing fan base that has seen them elevate from the old B-Side Lounge, most recently the now defunct Shug's, to opening the Fox Theatre. On Thursday night in Boulder, they took the stage as the headliners they've deservingly become in front of an energetic audience blitzed with glitter and sequins, flat-billed Grassroots hats and accompanying crystals and lot pins.
Despite an abundance of similar acts, Papadosio has crafted their own niche, refusing to be slapped with the Jamtronica label that so often attaches itself to their style and musical counterparts like STS9. When you hear the splices of reggae, jazz-fusion and tribal drumbeats, you realize how basic and big of a copout the jamtronica label can be. Papadosio can carry you to a different time and place throughout their sets, and at times on Thursday night they did, leaving little else to be desired from the audio and visual spectacle that took place.
With Denver locals Octopus Nebula kicking things off after a short DJ set by their guitarist, the night was started and driven by bass. So often in jam bands and electronic music, the bass is the driving force, and along with the drums, create breaks and thumping rhythms that hypnotize your body into slithering around the dance floor. This was certainly the case for Octopus Nebula, who torpedoed through their set at the speed of a heart in need of a pacemaker. The floors shook and I felt like the propulsion of notes could have capsized the roof of the Fox if it hadn't been renovated last summer.
By the time Papadosio took the stage, most of the crowd had already fallen victim to the captivating video projection screens behind the band. At any given moment, the visuals could swirl into a psychedelic worm hole reminiscent of making the jump to light speed, an intricate pattern of fractals shattering with each boom from the bass, and even that of a Pharaoh of ancient Egypt along the banks of the Nile. Not only was the music carrying us around the world, but also the visuals were transporting us there. I'm not always a fan of light designs stealing the show from the band, but this was complementary. The audio and visual worked together to truly put the audience in a space that concerts don't usually propel the mind and body to.
While Octopus Nebula lacked vocal harmonies, in fact, they didn't sing at all, Papadosio blended their grooves and jams with pieces of cohesive song structures including fascinating lyrical content. They are no longer solely noodling with each other's musical backgrounds. They've become a well-tuned engine with V8 power. While at times it doesn't seem like they're playing a song, and appears that they're just jamming, they are in fact always aware of what they're playing and when to bring things back down to earth. I remember songs coming to an end even though there was no clear beginning, and people in the crowd looked at each other as if they had just witnessed the resurrection.
Papadosio finished off their paramount set nearing curfew with a sweat dripping funk number that brought the crowd back to reality and had them remembering the dancing bass grooves that sometimes strayed into mystics throughout the show. The combination of music and visual art was dumbfounding, and for those who hadn't seen Papadosio pick up their instruments and go to work since their B-Side days, well, it is safe to assume that they left with a new perspective on Papadosio, and on the constantly changing music scene they encompass.


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Shelling purple hull cowpeas
banana bread prep
cast iron for our potatoes
banana bread made with freshly ground spelt flour soaked overnight in buttermilk, recipe from Nourishing Traditions
local peaches and homegrown blackberries, destined for a small batch of jam
pico de gallo made from our homegrown onions and tomatoes, recipe from The Pioneer Woman Cooks
so simple and good
a couple of our girls, nibbling at the peach skins, ultimately turning their beaks up and walking away
I want to thank you all for your thoughtful words on my hungry and confused post. You helped me to get back where I needed to be: grounded in my reality. I sat down and thought about the way we eat, and why we do so. I mentally listed what I know to be true, what is most important to us as a family, and what is feasible, not to mention affordable. Then I thought about changes that we could make, and if we were to make such changes, why exactly would we be doing so?
The conclusion that I reached is that we are all well. We don't have pressing health concerns spurring us to try new diets, especially diets that would eliminate foods that we consider staples, and add foods that we can hardly fathom swallowing.
I will remain deliberate in our food choices. We will continue to eat whole food, real food, local food, and organic food whenever possible.
I will accept that I have a child with special dietary needs, and continue to work towards feeding him the diet that is most healthful for him.
I will continue to try to walk the line between worrying and making informed choices.
I will most likely continue to ask myself silly little questions when evaluating food choices such as: Would Laura and Mary have eaten this?
And if the food in question is a dark chocolate gelato, and I am quite sure that Laura never tried it, and positive that it is forbidden on many diets because it has sugar in it, but I am feeling rather stressed over something not related to food at all, then I will probably put it in my cart. Even if I found it in a freezer endcap rather than in the "safe" periphery areas of the grocery store. Especially if it's on sale.
The bottom line is that we are just doing the best we can with what we know and what we have available, right? For me, the one with the personality type described by my best friend on the phone tonight as obsessive, I am just trying to make healthy,informed and responsible choices without getting too obsessed. It's hard sometimes.
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In my own humble opinion, the kimura grip is one of the best grips in all of jiu jitsu. It also happens to be an integral part of the kimura shoulder lock--which is a submission that everyone should add to their grappling tool kit early in their jiu jitsu journey. Of course, like every technique, the devil is in the details. For years, I could get the grip, but I had a hard time getting the finish. Now that I am slowly trying to revisit and polish up on all the basics, I have been revisiting the kimura with some success. So, I thought I would post some videos to help me start cataloging all of the different variations and key details.
First up, two old school videos featuring Masahiko Kimura--the name sake of the technique. The first video contains some footage of the legendary fight between Helio Gracie and Kimura. The second video is a brief documentary about Kimura. Both take the viewer on an informative journey back in time to the early days of Brazilian jiu jitsu--when it was still morphing from judo. The other videos posted below are instructionals--ranging from Tully's "49 kimura attacks" to different variations shown by Rafael Lovato Jr., David Avellan, and Dean Lister.
There will be several followup posts in the weeks and month's ahead in the Back to Basics series. Hopefully, you find some of the content useful. As always, watch, learn, and go train!


text: Mixtape: Phonte – Tigallo's Unreleased Jams Yo Brandon Caldwell February 9, 2011 Mixtapes 3 Comments Alright, the title may be unofficial as hell but here's some truth. Last night, Khrysis unearthed a collaboration between him & Phonte. Once Phonte got the int, he took to his Swift.fm account and started letting go of tracks from his aborted solo album Tigallo Must Die plus other rarities & b-sides. There's passed up tracks by Nas & Memphis Bleek, collaborations with RJD2, a faux Curtis Mayfield impersonation between Phonte & 9th Wonder and even a hilarious attempt at RZA doing "We Are The World" for Haiti. Instead of going track by track, we've uploaded a nicely packaged .zip file for the boys and girls. Tracklist x Download link after the jump. 01. Phonte – Blessings (prod. Khrysis) – Recorded Date: Unknown. 02. Phonte – Hard To Do Right (f. Tony & Harvey Mayfield) – Recorded Date: 2001, Me and 9th Wonder playin' Curtis Mayfield's (fictional) and way less talented bros Tony and Harvey. 03. Phonte – Sunflower's Lament (f. Tony Mayfield) – Recorded Date: 2002, Another Tigallo Must Die joint w/ my short-lived Tony Mayfield character. 04. RDJ2 – A Rollerskating Jam Called Friday Night (f. Percy Miracles & NeNe Rogers) – Recorded Date: 2004, Me, RJD2 and YahZarah gettin' our rollerskate on. One of Percy Miracles' last appearances. 05. Memphis Bleek – Unreleased (f. Darien Brockington & Phonte) – Recorded Date: 2004, Ol school interpolated hook I wrote 4 Darien on a 9th Wonder beat for Bleek. He passed. 06. Darien Brockington – Steppin' Out – Recorded Date: 2004, The 1st jam me and Nicolay wrote and produced together on some Jam and Lewis steez. 07. Total Science – Wasting Time [Kaidi Tatham Remix] (featuring Darien Brockington & Phonte) – Recorded Date: 2004, 1st song I ever wrote for Darien. Kaidi Tatham remixed it on some '80's Tabu records shit. 08. Phonte – From The Top (f. Daily Planet) (prod. Fatin) – Recorded Date: 2004, Unreleased jam with my man Daily Planet (hold ya head, bruh). 09. DJ Spinna – Dillagence (f. Phonte) – Recorded Date: 2007, Celebrating the life and legacy of J Dilla. 10. Denaun Porter – Beautiful Thang (f. Phonte) – Recorded Date: 2007, Me and Mr. Porter submitted this to Nas for his Untitled album. He passed on it. 11. Slum Village – So Much Better [Original Rough Demo Mix] (f. Phonte) – Recorded Date: 2009, My hook reference vocals for what later became Slum Village's "Faster". 12. Phonte – RZA Is The World – Recorded Date: 2010, My impersonation of RZA doin' We Are The World for the Haiti earthquake victims. DOWNLOAD: Phonte – Tigallo's Unreleased Jams Yo Share this:TweetShare on Tumblr


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In a word document, answer the following questions with specific information. When you have completed this proposal, save and print a copy for yourself and a copy to submit to your English teacher. Make sure you have discussed your topic idea with your parents/guardians. Also, you may discuss it with your teacher before you submit this form. When completing your proposal, be as specific as possible. The Graduation Project Committee will review the proposal and approve it and/or give suggestions. You may have to modify your plan. Upon approval, you can begin your NC Graduation Project. Be sure to get the required forms and to document your effort and progress on your 15 hours (product). Your proposal should be 2-3 pages long (MLA format).
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Stephen Williams chosen as Lib Dem candidate for Metro Mayor
Congratulations to Stephen Williams on being chosen as the Liberal Democrat candidate to be the first Metro Mayor for the West of England, ina campaign that will last for 90 days up to the election in May.
Across the West of England area, the campaign is between the Tories and Liberal Democrats. By electing Stephen, the region will benefit from someone with both experience of local government and Whitehall.
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Playboy has a big honking list, ranking all episodes of all Star Trek series ever: "Clues", my episode, is #115 out of almost 700. Not too shabby a number.
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Speaking of big lists, among the plethora/tsunami of "Best Books of 2014" lists, the 250-title list from National Public Radio is pretty impressive. The full list can be filtered by various categories for more manageable results.
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ASU's "jetpack" may be the jetpack we'll get, not the jetpack we want.
This is more of a "jet-assist" invention, being developed to let troops move more quickly in combat situations while carrying a shitload of weaponry and gear.
Any true believer, though, knows that a real jetpack will allow you to fly, dammit!
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David Laferierre, an illustrator from Massachusetts, has been drawing on his kids' sandwich bags for their lunchboxes since 2008, and posting photos on Flickr. One of his common subjects is rocketships. Here are a few:
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And, to finish off this post, South Africa's MUTI (I'm not sure if that's supposed to be a name or a company) has designed an impressive poster for Jules Verne's fantastic fictions, Voyages Extraordinaires, incorporating numerous icons for a variety of separate works. The full poster, and separate renditions of the icons, are on display at behance.net. Below is the icon for From The Earth To The Moon:


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in the upstairs window,
the waltz glided across the floor.
in the candlelight flickering,
someone sets themselves free.
the scab of what had been torn off
and the memories just bled out
locked inside of a prison of self reflection,
in the upstairs window,
the favoured waltz glides across the floor.
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WordPress tells me that it is my 100th post. I never thought I'd get here when I started writing on a cold winter's night in December 2011. I also wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the constant support and encouragement of my partner (now husband). To all others who have been with me from the time canwehavesomerasam started, I am eternally grateful. You keep my spirits up, encourage me and make me want to share my kitchen experiments with you. I hope you continue to do so and that I don't disappoint you.
As this is a landmark post, I'd like to dedicate this post to my paternal grandma, Madras ajji who passed away a year ago. "Ajji" is the Kannada word for grandma and Madras, or Chennai as it is known as today, was where she lived most of her life. Despite being a diabetic for as long as I can remember, she still had a super-soft spot for sweets/pudding. The picture of her smiling in front of a large chocolate cake, on her 80th birthday, is one I will always have in my head when I think of her. While Mysore pak may not have been her favourite dessert, it definitely ranked highly on her list and hence, the dedication.
What is Mysore pak ? Well it is essentially Indian fudge made with just 3 ingredients – chickpea flour (or besan), sugar (white, refined, caster sugar) and ghee (clarified butter). As you can see, none of these ingredients are meant to be healthy. The word "paka" pronounced as you would "parka" means a sticky syrup usually made from sugar or jaggery/palm sugar. Mysore was the capital of Karnataka for nearly six centuries until the end of the British rule in 1947. Legend has it that Mysore pak was invented in the royal kitchens of the Mysore palace and the royalty enjoyed it so much that they got the cook to set up a stall outside the palace so it could be shared with the common people. Today, it is one of the most popular desserts in the state and features on many a wedding, birthday, and anniversary feast.
Note: Don't be fooled by the simple ingredients – Mysore pak is one of the hardest desserts to get right and timing is everything. I hope to demonstrate it to you with my good and not-so-good versions.


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Why an affiliate program?
In December 2008, out of the 100 online retailers ranked by Internet Retailer as the "Hot 100 Retail Web Sites", 75 had an affiliate program.
38% of the 75 top Internet retailers chose Commission Junction, 23% went with Google Affiliate Network, 18% with LinkShare, 13% run their programs on in-house-based platforms and the last 3% went through ShareASale.
Top 5 reasons are:
1/ Expand reach – sell your products & services via a wide range of websites (PPC, SEO, Blogs & Forums, CashBack, Reward Program, Coupon, Email, etc). According to Commission Junction, merchants increased revenue from 15% to 40%.
2/ Brand exposure – raise perceptions of brand with exposure on quality 3rd party sites.
3/ Measurability & accountability – use of tracking tools combined with your web analytics & sales data to see the big picture and measure ROI.
4/ Reduce costs/financial risks – affiliates offer merchants a virtual sales force. The CPA (Cost Per Action) performance model is very cost effective in this respect.
5/ Inform Marketing Activities – learn from affiliates what is working in terms of pricing, offer, product, proposition and landing page. You can also check their efficient PPC ads.
Key factor – EPC (Earnings Per Click):
This Key Performance Indicator represents the earnings per one hundred clicks sent by affiliates to the merchant's website. Most of affiliate networks provide merchants and affiliates with this EPC figure.
For example, thanks to this KPI, we can see that with a 5% revenue sharing Adobe generated a payout of $27.49 as an average for every 100 clicks sent by the affiliate during the last 3 months. On the other side, Apple, offering only a 1% revenue sharing, was more interesting as it generated an earning of $38.44. No doubt about which brand an affiliate should promote? Keep this in mind.
Which top publishers to consider before selecting your network?
Forget the pareto's rule (20:80) and the long tail theory. It is most likely that the leading 6 to 10 super-affiliates accounts for 80% of your sales. This is why you should offer them a wide creative inventory (banners & text links), run bonus campaigns (to reward highly productive affiliates) and give them personalized attention (specific landing page, exclusive coupons or anything else).
According to the E-consultancy US Affiliate Census report, Paid search or pay-per-click advertising (PPC) is the most significant category for US affiliates (48%), marginally ahead of true content (SEO) on 46 % in terms of the amount of revenue they help to generate. Blogs and forums are an important category for 40% of affiliates. Social networking (24%), cashback & reward (23%), email marketing (20%) and coupon codes (19%) are the next most important methods.
Affiliate network comparison
The different types of charges for merchants can broadly be broken down into the following areas:
- Set-up/technical integration costs – The up-front cost of setting up an account with a network typically varies from $500 to $5,000.
- Transaction fee (over-ride charge) – The majority of networks charge a transaction fee from 20 to 30% for their services. This means that for every commission fee payable to an affiliate, the network must receive x% on top of this payment.
- Monthly Management charges – top networks generally impose management charges on their merchants between $50 to $1,000 a month.
While choosing your network, please remember that multiple networks work for merchants and affiliates. From a pure administration perspective, despite the cost, dealing with one or several networks is far easier than dealing with a multitude of different affiliates.


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So I'm currently writing this while sitting on my good friend (and fellow blogger) Stephanie! It's rare for me to have a complete weekend off from work so I took advantage of it and came up to the heart of the state! It's already been an amazing visit and we're not tired at all, even though we probably should be!
While I'm here I'm going to try and get back into vlogging again so be on the lookout for a Youtube link for that. I also will try to take as many photos as I can and do a longer blog post about my mini-trip to the heart of the state. I'm really excited to be here and can't wait to share with y'all all about it. Have a good evening (morning actually) y'all!


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If you return a product to us within 7 days of receipt in 'brand new' condition, we will offer you a full refund or an exchange, but we are not obligated to pay for any postage; it is your responsibility to post the product back to us, with sufficient protection - we recommend using the original packaging materials. We also recommend that you insure the product by using an insured 'signed for' postal service. Refunds will only be paid back to the original payment card used for the purchase transaction. We are compliant with the Distance Selling Regulations (DSR), but where you have ordered a bespoke product from us - then this would not be covered under the DSR.
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Does TNS Recovery Complex take the place of retinoid and an antioxidant?
Good question but no! They all do different things. To make a long story short:
- The retinoid mainly normalizes sun damaged cells, promotes healthy cell maturation in the outer layer (epidermis) and promotes collagen growth in the upper deep layer (dermis);
- The antixoxidant helps mainly to protect skin cells DNA from damage from light (no sunscreen blocks it all), and possibly helps reduce inflammation from other environmental insults, including ones that cause excess pigment formation;
- The TNS Recovery is less well studied but contains the growth factors from very young skin cells grown in the lab. It probably promotes skin cell turnover and health but is difficult to quantify because it's difficult to know exactly which growth factors, cytokines, etc. are in the mixture.
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Last weekend, Lyric Opera Baltimore's season-opener was Puccini's "La Boheme." With that delicious music still in my head, I figured there just might be a way to work it into the next installment of Midweek Madness.
That's just what I have done, thanks to a clip from a night at the Zurich Opera House when an ever so light derailment occurred during the tenor aria "Che gelida manina."
Before I get to that, let me hasten to add that the Baltimore production did not make me think disaster; it was a perfectly respectable venture. There were a few slips at the performance I attended, but nothing close to the one you are about to hear.
Remember that many a tenor tackling "Boheme" asks to transpose the aria down to avoid the high C required, and that means the whole orchestra has to transpose with him. I have a funny feeling somebody forgot during this memorable performance in Zurich. Brace yourself:


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Second Circuit Court Invites EEOC's Opinion on Whether Title VII Prohibits Sexual Orientation Discrimination
We recently updated you on the Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc., case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Second Circuit granted en banc review of the plaintiff's claim to consider whether Title VII prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Now the court has taken an additional step of inviting the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to give its two cents.
The EEOC is already on record in other courts arguing that Title VII covers sexual orientation discrimination. The agency has made the argument that sexual orientation is really just a form of sex discrimination because those who discriminate are making sex stereotypes that men should only be attracted to women and vice versa. The EEOC also has argued that sexual orientation discrimination is a form of associational discrimination – which is already a Title VII violation for other protected classes such as race – as homosexuals are being discriminated against based on who they choose as a partner.
The EEOC's position on this important issue is already well established, and the fact that the Second Circuit sought out the agency's opinion could be an early sign that the Second Circuit will join the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in holding that Title VII prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation.


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Son j is reading The Island of the Blue Dolphins for class. He's in fourth grade, and they are all reading it together – two chapters in class each day, and one chapter at home. Husband J and I were thrilled that he'd get to read it and excitedly told him how great it is and that he is so lucky.
Yeah, that was all well and good until he gets to the point where otters, his favorite animal by the way, are killed and skinned. He was inconsolable. We dealt with it the best way we could, and we think he understands what we were saying, or at least trying to say. The whole thing's been on my mind a lot today.
On my lunch I used Google to see if any other parents had advice or reactions. You know what I got? I got "why is this book being read by such young children!" "this book is too violent for this grade".
Last night at the dinner table Husband J, when asked about his day, said that he had trainings, one of which was an "active shooter" training. Son j asked what that was and we had to tell him, our 9 year old, that he does active shooter trainings every year and has since first grade. He asked, "Oh, is that the one where we have to hide and keep very very quiet?" He didn't really understand why they had to do it, but he knew it was important. We felt the "why" of that one was best left till he is older.
My kid sees practicing response for a shooting as normal, but you're worried that a story of survival that is a freakin' Newbery Medal winner is too violent. For that matter as children my generation had to practice the stupid and utterly worthless "dunk and cover" (newsflash, we were surrounded by three Air Force bases, in case of nuclear attack, that desk was not going to be much help.)
Yes, he's upset about the otters being killed. Good for him. He's not a sociopath. You know how I'm going to keep it that way? I'm going to have him continue to read books that challenge him, and make him feel, and make him question.


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About Holiday Camp
Whether just learning to swim or developing strokes, your child receives a daily, 45-minute, level-appropriate lesson from a Palo Alto Swim School instructor (ratio 4:1). A child's swim level is assessed on the first day of camp, and campers with similar abilities are grouped together. More advanced swimmers also get a workout-style swim session in a 25-yard format to practice what they have learned. Daily hands-on lessons in small focused groups invariably lead to rapid advancement in a child's swim skills.
In addition to swim instruction/swim practice, campers have daily swim-related workouts, free swim, time for land and camp games, crafts, and lunch. Your child should come home healthy-tired but able to have loads of fun the entire week!
Is This Camp for You?
For ages 4.5 to 13 years (on the first day of camp)
Camp is great for kids who are comfortable in the water and swimming with others
Campers learn in group settings with kids of all ages and can lead/teach other campers by example
Limited to 24 campers per week
Ideal before any family vacation that includes water activities!
Schedule & Pricing for Holiday Camp
$379 for week
Limited to 24
*Youth Scholarships available from Beyond Barriers Athletic Foundation. For more information and to see if you qualify please fill out this form.
Holiday Camp Schedule for 2020
April 6-10
Daily Activities
|Camper check-in
|Group A: Swim lesson; Group B: Free play
|Group B: Swim lesson; Group A: Free play
|Transition out of pool and snack provided by Camp Rinconada
|Field or gym games that encourage plenty of fun, strength and coordination
|Lunch from home enjoyed family-style, informal games and puzzles
|Creative projects & land sports and games (kids choice)
|Get ready for pick up!
Policies & Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is Holiday Camp?
A: Our Holiday Camp is a weekly camp during the spring break of Palo Alto's school district. It's only offered during holiday breaks in the Palo Alto community. The camp consists of both land and pool activities, including a 45 minute swim lesson.
Q: What if my child requires a different level of swim instruction than other campers?
A: Campers will be assessed on the first day and taught in groups based on their swim ability and level.
Camp Rinconada Cancellation Policy
Cancellation up to one month from the date of camp…Full Refund
Cancellation between 4-2 weeks before the date of camp… Full Credit to Account
Cancellation within two weeks before the date of camp…No credit, No refund
After registration, you may switch to another camp ONE time only. Switching to another camp is prohibited up to 30 days before the camps date (this may vary depending on registration numbers of desired week).
Conduct and Safety
The camp is directed by a year-round professional staff who focus on quality, safety, enjoyment, efficiency, and value. The head coach is an experienced aquatics instructor/coach with a skill emphasis on childhood development. The head coach is assisted by counselors with experience in promoting safe and fun activities. The well-being of each camper is our primary concern. Campers are under constant supervision by the camp director, head coach, or counselors.


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Hoping to start march 1st with some others. I hope I'm allowed to post here. O.o it was empty.
Hoping to start march 1st with some others. I hope I'm allowed to post here. O.o it was empty.
Hi to everyone and Good Luck!! Wishing everyone success. What a great way to start Spring! (Well sort of spring at least I'm ready!)
70 Lbs lost on hcg diet homeopathic drops
Also hoping to start in March So very excited!!!
Plan to buy my HCG tomorrow and as soon as it gets here and I figure out how to mix it up...I'll be starting. Hopefully by the 2nd week in March. Excited & anxious at the same time!!
How do all of you plan to take your HCG? injections, drops, homepathic? pellets?
Wow another "Kristie" there is not many of us out there that spell it that way. I plan on starting March 12th. I have two business trips coming up and there is no way I will make it.
Btw Kristie from PA...one or my business trips will be up to philly
I will be doing compounded injections with doctor supervision. Looking foward to saying goodbye to 15 pounds at least!
Good luck to all
Kristie...the other one from Texas
I'm hoping to start march 1 as well! Just need to get some vials and bac. water and i'm good to go!
Good luck everyone. I am waiting for my HCG to arrive and will be starting as soon as I get it. I hope to join you on this wonderful journey!!!
My hcg has cleared customs and is on its way! Starting March 17 with my husband. I am not new to hcg.....however, did awful maintaining (my mom died & other stuff)....so I am considering this R1. Can't wait to get started. I need to lose 70 lbs total so I will be doing several rounds.
Just wanted to give hugs ((((hugs!!))))) to you all and wish you luck. I'm in P3/week 3 and will be starting my next (& hopefully) last P2 load on April 2.
R1/P2 Start Jan 19 – 214.5
End of R1/P2 Feb 12 – 19.7 lbs. lost
R1/P3 Start Feb 13
Week 1 weight/ 195 – 198.4
Week 2/weight/197.0 – 199.5
Week3/Monday 198.0
It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.
I am a Moderator of the Hcg Diet Info Forums. My statements are not intended to treat, diagnose or cure any medical condition.
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Thanks for the encouragement Christy ANd good luck on your next round as well!
I am loading March 1st and 2nd. Round two for me. I managed to maintain well-anywhere from a pound below to a pound above LDW. Looking forward to sharing this experience with everyone here again. The forums were very supportive!
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
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Mr. Hudson. As I understand it, yes, sir.
Senator Ford. In your statement, Mr. Barry, I believe you said that you had a former official with the Israeli airline that had been advising—I believe it was your statement—that had been advising you as it relates to security.
Mr. Barry. That was Mr. Hudson's statement, Mr. Chairman.
Senator Ford. Oh, I am sorry. I thought this was Mr. Hudson's.
But anyhow, you said the Israeli airline procedures of utilizing the security personnel was one of your recommendations, however, then?
Mr. Barry. Yes, Mr. Chairman.
Senator Ford. Now, basically we have some confidence in Secretary Skinner that he will move and within the next couple of weeks we will see some dramatic movement as it relates to cooperation.
We find that the State Department always walks on eggs, where you and I would be like a bull in a china cabinet. And I am not sure that we can ever change that attitude at the State Department, but we can change—I was brought up to treat everybody kindly, and as long as the fist stopped at the end of my nose without hitting me everything was all right. But when he hit me I could hit back, Dad told me.
I want to be as accommodating and as polite as I can with those who are dealing with a very serious situation, I say to you, Mr. Hudson and Mr. Barry. But my patience is not nearly as great as yours.
Your patience up to this period of time has been to push and to search and to try to get us to move. So your patience has been, I think, one to be admired.
At some point we are all going to lose our patience and are going to start fighting city hall. So I assure you that this committee, through its full chairman, Senator Hollings, who called this hearing today directly for this subcommittee, will be looking at the efforts that we can be making here.
I want to be sure that what we do is right. If we rush, when we make mistakes it is usually a mistake that stays in place. And I would prefer to be a little bit more conservative in our approach and to be sure that we leave no loose ends behind us.
Now we are getting to the point where things are beginning to move and we learn, as you have learned, that the TNA's are very difficult probably to come by. But we have already ordered six.
That does not amount to very many, and we need 100 in the first year and 200, and that is about the maximum of production. But it can be licensed and then we can find other producers, so maybe we can move on that, and additional research as it relates to search of the individual at the airport.
I have seen that one, and it means you have got to stand in a cage and then step back out and go forward and it is going to be, somewhat of a longer procedure than we now have. But I think that the Israeli government has indicated that a little delay for a safe trip is very little to pay for that safety.
I have no further questions, but there will be several questions to resolve. And I think one of them will be money and how we come about and how we secure those funds or where we shift those funds from to another one, because as you know we are under a overall funding cap.
We are going to have to be moving funds from one place to the other, and I think we can find sufficient funds to move forward in an expedited manner, I really do.
So let me compliment you again on your patience and your efforts here. I think what has been done to date has been the result of your recommendations, and your efforts to see that something like the Pan Am 103 does not occur again in the future.
I thank you very, very much.
This hearing is adjourned.
[Whereupon, at 12:43 p.m., the subcommittee was adjourned.]
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:
The Airport Operators Council International represents the state, local and regional bodies that own and operate the principal airports serving scheduled airlines throughout the world. AOCI's Member airports enplane more than 90 percent of passengers and cargo carried by domestic scheduled airlines and virtually all passengers and cargo carried by international airlines serving the United States.
As the local governmental entities operating airports, we quite obviously have an intense interest in the enhanced security of airports and air carriers. Our passengers are the citizens of our own communities, not to mention ourselves as travellers, who are the beneficiaries of any improvements which might be made in the airport/airline system.
Aviation security is absolutely vital to the air transportation system upon which our nation's economy depends, and it can truly be a matter of life-and-death. Aviation benefits millions of people each day, either directly for travellers or indirectly in the form of cargo or mail being transported worldwide. It is because aviation is so widely used, and because the potential for disaster is so great, that violence and interference with air transportation are so attractive to terrorists. Efforts to ensure the security of commercial aviation fall into two categories, the macro approach and the micro approach.
In the macro approach, we achieve aviation security when the reasons for a terrorist to use violence are diminished, and when the means and opportunities for doing so are removed. Relieving the impulse to commit violent acts against aviation is a political matter, appropriate for national government, including this Congress, to address. We need to focus not only on removing the means and opportunity for violence, but on cooperative governmental efforts to interdict terrorists well before they reach airports.
We must enhance the cooperation of every available national and international police and intelligence operation to identify, track and intercept the terrorist before he ever gets near the airport. The terrorist today has as his target not Airline X, but the policies and principles of the United States (or other) government, and that is the level at which government must meet the terrorist head-on. Airport operators are local, not national government, and we are not ~ and should not be—in the business of fighting international terrorism.
The federal government's role in leading and organizing the improvement of aviation security is mainly the responsibility of the Federal Aviation Administration. The Federal Aviation Act gives the FAA responsibility "to protect against terrorist and other criminal threats." As the threat has shifted over the last 20 years from hijacking to sabotage and terrorist
attacks, the FAA has toughened its regulatory requirements on all U.S. airports and airlines, without regard to specific circumstances and risks. It is time to do a thorough risk assessment and focus our preventive efforts on those areas facing the most severe threats.
Under the micro approach we must focus on protecting airports and air carriers. Achieving aviation security is very complex and costly. The physical aspects of aviation security are costly because they involve construction or modification of entire facilities and the purchase of expensive, advanced technologies. Every airport has a unique situation, unique facilities and needs, and faces a unique set of threats, which multiplies the complexity, and in turn, the cost, of solutions.
U.S. airports today have complied with all safety requirements of the FAA. Until now, their requirements have been logical, meaningful, and doable, as well as generally affordable. The so-called access control rule has taken the problem outside those bounds.
No solution is permanent. Each and every initiative to remove the means or opportunity to threaten security is subject to a terrorist's attempts to circumvent that security measure.
Airport operators have not been idle. We have modified our facilities, installed new equipment, added personnel, and actively worked with airlines, law enforcement agencies and the Federal Aviation Administration to improve security.
The FAA has taken what we consider to be a precipitous action in issuing a final rule on "Access to Secured Areas of Airports", otherwise known as the access control rule. Let me state at the outset that we strongly support improved security, and, for that matter, the underlying purpose of the rule itself. It addresses a valid, but very limited possibility, that of the "threat from within" of a disgruntled or deranged employee. To our knowledge, that threat has come to fruition once in the past 60 years, in the 1987 PSA incident in California. While improved systems must certainly deal with that element, we would suggest that the infinitely greater "threat from without" — the various forms of terrorism —has gone virtually unaddressed. We submit that the vast amounts of money needed to implement this rule could be more effectively spent in other areas of airport security.
That rulemaking requires 270 major U.S. airports to institute, on an accelerated schedule, a massive program to augment and automate their systems which control access to the airport operations area (AOA) . It is a laudable goal, and one on which many airports have already begun work. But without federal research and development funding applied through a pilot program, it cannot be achieved in a sensible manner.
The reasons are many. For example, the rule does not describe what types of systems shall be acceptable in meeting FAA's yet-unpublished criteria. It does not even tell us what a "secured area" is. much less how extensive the system must be. To illustrate the dilemma we face in addressing the rule, let me guote from the rule itself:
"For the same reason that 'secured area' was not defined, the FAA was not specific regarding doors, gates, and other locations to be controlled. To do so , they said, would compromise an airport's security program. For that reason, the FAA specifically requested that airport operators not discuss in their comments specific details of current or proposed security arrangements." (Emphasis added). On the following page, however, the rule states that "since the commenters did not identify the specific issues to be considered to prevent a deterioration of security, the FAA cannot adequately respond to that concern." (Emphasis added). Bureaucracy at its finest.
Thus, 270 airports are not clear about what the government expects them to secure. The rule also assumes an average of 128 access points to be secured at Phase One airports. Chicago's O'Hare airport stopped counting at 1627; New York's JFK airport reached 1500 without adding cargo or general aviation facilities.
The industry has begun to hear from an abundance of vendors of such diverse equipment as magnetic stripe card readers, proximity readers, bar code readers, alpha-numeric key pad locks, 'PIN' key devices, laser scanners and others, all of whom profess their systems to be the least expensive, most secure, most effective, most efficient, or most flexible. All of this leads to the conclusion that a pilot program is absolutely essential to develop these systems and gain the operational experience to identify and resolve problems before we spend vast sums of money to install them at 270 airports.
The access control rule is silent on the need for compatibility among the 270 systems. The need for compatibility becomes obvious when one considers the high degree of mobility in the aviation industry, where one flight crew might require access to more than a half-dozen different airports each day, or where fired employees can access their company security system at another airport within a matter of a few hours. But such compatibility requires a great deal of development and standardization effort.
There are other problems: Should we not also be concerned about cargo and general aviation facilities? Where is the responsibility of an exclusive use tenant (airline)? How much responsibility for security passes between the airport and non-aviation tenants such as food service, concessions, or maintenance personnel? The rule does not address these.
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The new day that has dawned,
Brings no cheer to my life,
No new hopes, No new wishes,
I have no desires, but to survive,
Who will heed my cries?
Who will quell my hunger?
For, a morsel is all I crave,
I have no longing, but to survive,
I walk the desolate road,
Of hopelessness and despair,
If there is an end to it,
Who will take me there?
Who am I, you ask?
You know me and know me well,
I am the dying farmer,
Who ploughs his own grave,
I am the distressed weaver,
Who weaves linen for his death,
I am the orphaned child,
Who sobs for a touch of warmth,
I am the destitute widow,
Who begs for her deprived dignity,
I am the disoriented refugee,
Who seeks deliverance in an alien land,
I am the burgeoning pain,
That the world chooses to ignore,
I am who you call, the 'Poor man',
And this is my plea to you.
I know I am a bad poet, but this is the best I could do. This poem was inspired by a better one and my friend put me up to it. He said it was Blog Action Day and the theme was poverty. Hence, the poem.
The tears of the poor man have gone unnoticed, in this ever-changing rich-man's world. Everyone cries havoc when the stock markets fall and some ultra-rich person loses a chip of his treasure, but does anyone even pretend to hear the wails of a poor man, for whom everyday is a battle?
The world now has close to a billion people who sleep hungry everynight and India is home to a quarter of them. In 2007 alone, 75 million more people were afflicted by poverty across the world. Most of them live under a dollar a day. Even in the most world's powerful nation, 37 million people live in the most adverse of conditions, without food, water, shelter, health care or any other basic necessities.
They're calling out for help! Listen and lend a hand!
Image courtesy: : www.solarnavigator.net/poverty.htm
The title is actually a song from 'Mughal-e-Azam'.
This post is a part of the Blog Action Day '08.


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Prevocational Services provide training, career exploration, learning opportunities, community volunteer work, and paid work experience at RCS. The focus of these services is to prepare individuals to succeed in community employment. Participants can work in the Packaging Department, North Plant, or Janitorial Program. Additional paid training opportunities are offered on a limited basis, including mail pick up/delivery, washing dining tables, and kitchen duties.
Employment classes and Job Club offer opportunities to learn about the world of work, develop job-seeking skills, identify employment strengths and interests, and prepare individuals for employment in the community. This is done through small and large group classes, guest speakers, visits to area businesses, and volunteering in the community.
Packaging Department is located at 1607 Geele Avenue, Sheboygan, WI 53083. In our facility, we offer jobs that include packaging household fasteners, operating machinery, and packaging finished goods.
North Plant is a factory setting that offers a wide range of subcontract work from local businesses including assembly, boxing, inspection, machine operation, collating, and packaging.
Janitorial Services include cleaning tasks in all RCS buildings. Participants generally work with a crew of other participants, and an on-site RCS supervisor is always available.
Educational and Vocational Opportunities Lead to Valuable Employees or "EVOLVE" is a new Community Based Prevocational Service being offered at RCS. Participants engage in activities and experiences that will help get them on the fast path to community employment. The curriculum includes three months of small group meetings in the community focused on discovery and exploration, followed by a three month internship to gain valuable training and soft skills. This is followed by individualized Job Development services where participants will receive the support needed to help navigate the job seeking process.
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Are you wanting to maximise your job potential in the Super-Yacht industry?
STCW Training UK can help you with a dedicated programme tailored to most yachts' requirements. We spend a lot of time visiting various yachts throughout the world and have extensive experience in the industry. We have put together a 'bucket list' of qualifications we can provide through ourselves and our chosen partners to enhance your ability to get that dream job.
The Bare Minimum - STCW Basic Courses: Basic Fire-fighting, Elementary First Aid, Personal Survival Techniques, Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities, Security Awareness
Better - All the above but also Proficiency in Designated Security Duties
Better Still - All the above plus RYA PWC (Jet Ski) Competence Certificate and Powerboat Level 2
The Best - All the above plus RYA PWC Instructor, VHF/SRC Operator's Licence and Efficient Deckhand Course
Even Bester (!) - All the above plus RYA Yachtmaster Offshore
Living and Working on a Super-Yacht:
Below you can read more about the general work you will be required to do along with the living conditions, average salaries and working hours. We know what Captains, First Officers and Bosuns are looking for in a new starter and the programmes above will enhance your ability to find a job amongst the hundreds of hopefuls who apply every year.
Deckhand is the entry level for crew jobs on superyachts. Your job will include many diverse activities but the main aim will be to maintain the exterior of the yacht and keep it in top condition. You will normally be part of a team of between 2 and 6, your line manager will normally be the bosun and then the First (or Chief) Officer. Your duties will include:
Line handling
General exterior maintenance
Driving tenders and Jet Skis
It can take several weeks of hard effort to secure a job and if you have the edge over other candidates with the extras above you will be short-listed and possibly reduce this to days. Other qualities required will include things we can't help you with such as: politeness, willingness to learn, willingness to go that extra mile, confidentiallity and a smart appearance
An entry level deckhand could expect to earn between £1,200 and £1,800 per month. An experienced deckhand could expect up to around £1,800 to £2,200 or more per month. Charter yachts are normally very busy and you will work hard, however there are perks if the guests have had an excellent experience when they will show their appreciation with sometimes eye boggling tips to the crew as a whole. Private yachts are the less busy and tend to carry out trips with their owners (the Boss) a few times per year. You will not work as hard as on a charter yacht but there will be less tips.
Living Conditions:
On most yachts you will share a cabin with two bunk-beds with another crewmate. There will be a shared washbasin and shower and your own locker and/or wardrobe. You can expect your cabin to be no more than about 2m x 3m square. The cabins will normally be situated in a corridor next to the crew mess separate from the guest area where the whole crew will eat and socialise. Working hours will normally be 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. with most weekends off when there are no guests onboard but much longer hours when they are onboard. (You will come under the rules of the Maritime Labour Convention however which means you may work long hours but then get time off to compensate.)
Normally laundry will be done for you by the interior crew (Stewardesses and Stewards). Everybody works together and so you should keep your cabin clean and tidy and help the interior crew to carry out their duties by respecting their workload and attention to detail - they are primarily there for the Boss or guests.
There will be at least one chef onboard who will prepare meals for guests and the crew. Sometimes there will be a dedicated crew and separate "front of house" chef if the yacht is a large one. Meals are normally very nutritious and of a high standard and mostly the Chief 'Stew' will make sure there are home comforts to cater for personal choices when purchasing supplies if possible (if you prefer to drink a certain soft drink, nutrition bar etc.)
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Rich Horner filmed himself diving near Manta Point in Nusa Penida, Bali on March 3, but instead of capturing gorgeous marine life and crystal blue waters, the dive took place amongst hundreds of pieces of plastic garbage that pollute the once-pristine portion of the Indian Ocean.
"The ocean currents brought us in a lovely gift of a slick of jellyfish, plankton, leaves, branches, fronds, sticks, oh and some plastic," Horner wrote in a March 3 Facebook post that accompanied the video. "Some plastic bags, plastic bottles, plastic cups, plastic sheets, plastic buckets, plastic sachets, plastic straws, plastic baskets, plastic bags, more plastic bags, plastic, plastic, so much plastic!"
In fact, Horner noted the plastic waste was so prevalent that many of the mantas which rely on the area to survive simply opted "not to bother."
Aside from being visually disturbing, the plastic waste Horner caught on video is undoubtedly damaging to the mantas near Bali and other sea life. According to ABC News Australia, a new study by researchers from Down Under, Italy, and the United States found tiny plastic particles — microplastics, which are a result of plastic breaking down — are a particular threat to animals in this locale, because the living creatures are capable of swallowing up to 90 pieces of plastic every hour.
And as anyone who has studied marine life or environmentalism will tell you, the negative impact doesn't just stop with the mantas and other animals. When ingested by living things, microplastics not only have the potential to alter biological processes in the animals, such as growth, development and reproduction, but they also then enter the food chain, thus having the ability to harm humans.
As Horner put it on Facebook, although the plastic in the bay would wash out with the tide, plastic doesn't really go away. "Plastic doesn't really breakdown, much that it just breaks apart into smaller and smaller pieces, becoming microplastics," he wrote. "As with all the plastic in the ocean, it becomes coated in yummy algae that fish, turtles, etc. love to eat. So these small/tiny pieces of plastic will be eaten even more, entering the food chain, along with the toxins they contain and have absorbed. That food chain obviously leads up to us."
Furthermore, plastic waste harms more than the area surrounding Bali. Per the Plastic Oceans Organization, more than 8 million tons of plastic are dumped in our oceans every year.
In an effort to stop or at least curb the problem of plastic pollution, Murdoch University lead researcher Elitza Germanov believes people need to understand more about it. "Raising awareness of this issue in communities, among governing bodies and industries could help to change behaviours around the production, management and use of plastics," she told ABC News Australia.
For Bali and the surrounding areas in particular, Germanov also made the point that damage to mantas and other marine life could negatively impact tourism, the island's leading industry. "I just really want to make a fuss about this and draw attention to these amazing creatures, knowing that they are important to tourism, so that these countries consider protecting their assets," she concluded.
And, as Horner noted in his Facebook post, although high-tech solutions to remove plastic waste from the ocean might help, the most impactful solution would be to "just stop putting any more plastic in the ocean."
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Add it to the long list of those who've shown the world this is a great place to live, learn and prosper. The Wright Brothers lived and sold bicycles here. Orville went through Richmond High School.
So did graduate Weeb Ewbank, the only NFL coach to win the Super Bowl in the AFC and the NFC. So did Terry Trammell, an orthopedic surgeon who is known as the doctor to the racers (around the world) and Dr. Charles A. Hufnagel, who invented the artificial heart valve.
Another graduate is golfer Bo Van Pelt, top 30 in the world and recent winner of major tournaments in Malaysia and Australia.
Other well-known graduates include: actress Polly Bergen, "King and I" author Margaret Landon, legendary jazz drummer Jeff Hamilton, NFL stars Lamar Lundy and Paul Flatley and Loretta Rush, the newest member of the Indiana Supreme Court.
NBA coach Del Harris honed his skills at Earlham College and also led teams in Puerto Rico, Canada and China. Television's Dexter (Michael C. Hall) is a graduate of Earlham. So is Wendell Stanley, a Nobel Prize winner in chemistry. Charles Francis Jenkins showed the first film that was projected to an audience (in a Richmond jewelry store). Hoagy Carmichael recorded "Stardust" at Gennett Records in the Whitewater Gorge.
On and on it goes with extraordinary people: Industrialist Daniel Reid founded Reid Hospital. Charles Weeghman built Wrigley Field. The late Dick Baumgartner taught basketball shooting to tens of thousands of students. Ralph Teetor invented cruise control and fellow Hagerstown resident Charles H. Black invented the internal combustion engine.
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The PUC also enables users to wirelessly connect to their Mac or compatible PC to free their studio or live rigs from unnecessary MIDI cables tangling up the performance. Logic, ProTools, Live, Cubase, Sonar, Reaper - the PUC can wirelessly connect to all of them.