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You can have the best ideas in the world, but they will go to waste if you don't present them the right way. Even if you worked for months to close a deal, the business proposal is still the most important stage of the process.
It's the finishing touch of a long journey. Let's explore how to create a proposal that sells and that clients will have a hard time saying "no" to.
Gather all the information beforehand
One thing entrepreneurs always forget is to go for that extra mile. Even if you put everything on paper, there might still be questions that you have to address. Remember, clients will be investing money and effort into your venture. Not coming prepared and not addressing all the question marks is enough to make even the most benevolent client walk away.
Structure the proposal like a tree. Make the main selling point the root, as well as the niche and experience of your clients. Act as you know them and like you are already certain that they need your services.
Focus on the scope
The "scope" of a business proposal is, by all means, a summary. It is the first thing your clients will read and the most important factor in making a good first impression.
Make sure you address the essential questions (what, who, where, how, when and why). An ideal business proposal that wins clients expands. With the scope coming in first, clients will feel like they already know what you're talking about.
Leave the descriptiveness for later sections. The scope is to draw in and make an impression while providing an intro for more detailed parts.
Always overestimate
A common mistake in business proposals is that people underestimate costs and work hours. For example, if you're offering to transform a brand and their website, don't write the real number of days you need to do it. If you are positive that you can do it in two months, write three months just in case. Why, exactly?
You can never effectively predict all the possible obstacles that hinder the work plan. You will meet the three-month goal and you won't be late, despite the obstacle. The best thing that can happen? You will finish in two months and knock your clients off their feet.
Don't forget the caveats
Caveats are the "terms and agreements" that the service provider states in a business proposal draft. By signing the proposal and the contract, the client accepts these terms as valid and is legally bound to abide by them. Having a strong caveats section sends a message of determination, which is something every client loves.
Avoid making yourself liable for things you weren't brought in for. Putting phrases like "[name of your company] is hereby not responsible for any technical issues, problems and obstacles that don't relate to [the project you're proposing]." A client-business relationship is important, but you shouldn't accept other people's blame.
Closing it strong
Perhaps the most underutilized part of every business proposal is a conclusion. Here, you have a chance to repeat all the key points and emphasize your goal. Highlight what's in it for the client and how will their brand/business/venture/company benefit from this particular proposal.
In the end, add a single call to action that urges them to contact you and to learn more. Be open for further communication, questions and proposed changes. Congratulations, you know how a business proposal that will win clients over, regardless of the situation.


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A Hamilton County, Tennessee, judge approved a bond reduction for Johnthony Walker, after reviewing statements and evidence submitted on behalf of the former school bus driver who is accused of vehicular homicide in the fatal November 2016 Chattanooga school crash that killed six children and hospitalized 23 others.
In return for a guilty plea, Walker's lawyer Amanda Dunn filed a request for judicial diversion or probation at a preliminary hearing on Aug. 31. Judge Don Poole denied the motion but requested additional time to review the audio tape from the hearing before deciding on a separate motion for bond reduction.
The judge's statement, released last Wednesday, noted that several witnesses came forward during hearing, including a private investigator and a man who "was basically a surrogate father for the defendant."
Exhibits presented included records of Walker's employment with both Durham School Services and Amazon at the time of the crash, a character letter, witness statements from the fatal crash, and photos from inside the bus before it crashed.
Judge Poole said from that these submittals he gathered that Walker was a "responsible individual" with "strong family ties" to the local area. The judge further noted that Walker "was employed at two (2) different jobs at the time that this incident occurred" and "has never been in any trouble prior to the incident for which brings him to court."
He acknowledged the "responsible people" who appeared to vouch for Walker's "responsibility and good behavior."
Judge Poole set Walker's bond at $50,000 and ordered him to be monitored via GPS and to refrain from driving any vehicle until he returns to court on Oct. 3. At that time, he is expected to plead guilty to all charges or be issued a trial date.
Walker faces six counts of vehicular homicide for the six children who died in the crash, 18 counts of reckless aggravated assault and seven counts of misdemeanor assault, as well as one count each of reckless endangerment, reckless driving and improper electronic equipment use. His previous bond was set at over $100,000.

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The biggest pedagogic change to American education since the arrival of John Dewey is happening right now. It's called Common Core State Standards. Its goal: to prepare the nation's tens of thousands of students for college and/or career. If you are involved in any part of teaching, administrating, or planning, you are holding your breath, downing an aspirin, and crossing your fingers, knowing a storm is about to hit. You've prepared, but is it enough?
46 states adopted the Common Core State Standards in an effort to bring consistency and uniformity to the hodge podge of state standards that dot the education landscape from California to Maine and Alaska to Florida. For most states, implementation is piecemeal, a bit at a time, with the full roll out not expected until sometime in 2015.
Besides turning your curriculum upside down, there are philosophic changes you as a teacher will have to buy into to fit the mold that is Common Core:
Depth not width—Dig into ideas. Make them clearer, more robust. Teachers will cover fewer topics in a year, but with greater detail. Trust that the breadth of learning will come from that deeper understanding. The accepted pedagogy that similar topics be introduced every year, each with more detail, is no longer. Now, students will cover new topics at each grade level--fewer but fuller.
Nonfiction, not fiction—Literacy and reading is likely to be comprehensive narratives rather than inference from stories. Why? Post-high school reading in both college and career is more often expository than fiction as high school grads study for college courses or receive specific training on a job. Students need to know how to perform the critical reading necessary to pick through the staggering amount of print and digital information required to thrive at the game called life.
Evidence is required—It will be paramount that students logically and dispassionately prove their claims with organic conversations and authentic, well-understood evidence. Statements must have supporting facts that stand up under cerebral scrutiny. A claim of acceptability because it is 'their interpretation' will not be sufficient in a CCSS classroom.
Speaking and listening—Anyone who thrives in the adult world knows the importance of these two skills. Now, they will be taught in the K-12 curriculum. The youngest learners will have guidelines for how to carry on a conversation--come to a discussion prepared, listen respectfully to others, take turns speaking, build on each other's conversations, ask clarifying questions. As they advance grade levels, so too will the requirements.
Technology is part of most/all standards—Not overtly, but teachers will find a fundamental understanding of how technology scaffolds learning to be essential in delivering Standards correctly. Many times, standards expect knowledge be 'collaborated on, published and shared'. This is done through technology--pdfs, printing, publishing to blogs and wikis, sharing via Tagxedos and Animotos. Students and teachers will use the internet, online tools, software, tech devices as vehicles for achieving educational goals. No longer will they be 'fun' tools employed in the computer lab. Now, they will be integral to the curriculum. This means teachers will have to be comfortable with iPads, online widgets, Google Docs, and all those geeky tools that they admired from afar, when colleagues used them, promising they would try them 'one day'. That day has arrived.
Life skills are emphasized across subject areas—It's not good enough students can write in literacy classes. CCSS expects them to communicate just as effectively in every subject. And, where critical thinking has always been fundamental to math and science, that now expands to all classes. Students must understand cause and effect, transfer knowledge from one subject area to another throughout their educational day. That means, math teachers must pay attention to writing and literature teachers to cognitive processes.
An increase in rigor—Accountability will be expected of students and teachers. Too often, passing a test was all the assessment that was expected. CCSS will look for more--transfer of knowledge (see 6 above), evidence of learning, student as risk-taker, authenticity of lessons, vertical planning, learning with increasingly less scaffolding and prompting, and differentiated instruction so all learners get it.
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Hospitality salaries rise above the UK average to attract more candidates
According to findings from UK job website CV-Library, advertised salaries in the hospitality industry have increased by 6.5% since last month.
The data, which looked at pay, job and application fluctuations throughout February, saw that overall the UK saw an increase in advertised salaries of just 0.5%, but some industries, with hospitality at the top, saw above average salary growth when compared to data from January.
The hospitality sector saw a rise in advertised salaries of 6.5%, compared to 1.3% for manufacturing and just 0.5% for catering. It also saw a rise of 6.4% in the hospitality sector when comparing year-on-year data.
As the industry continues to struggle with impending skills shortages, it is likely that employers are raising their salaries to attract more workers.
Last month, Big Hospitality spoke to Frank Yeung, owner of Mr Bao and Daddy Bao, who said that staffing would be one of the biggest problems for his businesses once Brexit comes into effect because "the pool of people will reduce, and it will be harder to find staff."
In order to attract more staff, Yeung is using pay as an incentive.
"A lot of places pay minimum wage, whereas we pay above that, and you get to keep all your tips," he told BigHospitality.
"Some of the kids working are 18, and they're earning double what their mates do. We're really proud of that and want to get that message out so more people will apply to work for us."
Job vacancies were up in the hospitality industry last month, rising by 12.9%, although the research did see month-on-month decline in both advertised vacancies (5.3%) and applications (22.5%) which CV Library managing director Lee Biggins says is to be expected.
"It's clear that businesses in the sector are trying to keep the momentum going following the typical January hiring rush and that they're working hard to keep attracting talented candidates to their vacancies," says Biggins.
"We typically see jobs and applications soar in January with both employers and job hunters starting the year on a high. As such, we expected to see these numbers decline slightly throughout February."


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Love is in the Air Wednesday, February 06, 2019
Love is in the air, and it smells like Departure! 10 years, and our love for the city of Portland continues to grow. Departure is back open after a brief closure for a kitchen remodel, our spirits are high and the energy is alive in this space. During our break, as a team we discussed our trials and tribulations throughout the past decade, where we see Departure in the next ten years, and how we are more hungry and dedicated than ever as a whole! Departure has grown to be so much more than we ever expected or dreamed it to be and we are more than lucky to have the opportunity to continue to elevate the dining experience.
This year, we are truly focusing on giving back and looking toward the future! Departure is tradition meets innovation as a whole. From Chef Gregory's innovative takes on Pan Asian cuisine, our style of service to the infamous décor, we thrive for our guest to depart their everyday lives, thoughts on traditional dining experiences and enter Departure. We live by the Omotenashi, the Japanese way of hospitality and guest service. Omotenashi is a hybrid of "omote" (surface) and "nashi" (less), concepts that together translate as "single-hearted." Our perspective as hosts of our guests in our restaurant, this term represents rendering service without the expectation of favor or reward. It's the love that we have for what we do, the city that we live in, and the guests that make this restaurant, up on the 15th floor, feel like home. We look forward to celebrating with new and old friends for 10 more years.


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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Shatner's toupee in popular culture: Polly Pepper.
Final Curtain: A Polly Pepper Mystery (see here for more). The book is about the life of an ageing fictional television actress who ends up trying to solve a mysterious murder.
On page 248, we have this nugget:
"Soon Polly was making the rounds of several other tables. She air-kissed Megan Mullally, Bridget Fonda and Will Ferrell, and when her social chores were over she hugged her waiter, Kevin, good-bye and then settled into the back of the Rolls. She made comments about several of the restaurant's famous clientele. 'That's not a judgement,' she defended her sniggering at William Shatner's crooked toupee. 'It's merely an observation. Polly Pepper never says a negative word about her friends and colleagues.' "
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- AnonymousSeptember 4, 2009 at 12:32 AM
Shat's toup was mentioned by Harlan Ellison in his story "How's the Nightlife on Cissalda?". A traveller returns from another dimension, and brings with him sex-hungry aliens who are soon clamped to every human on the planet. Shatner goes so berserk for the aliens he dislodges his toupee while in the middle of the mighty sex act.ReplyDelete
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Come along on the ADI CCTV Roadshow!
The ADI Pre-Summer CCTV Roadshow is taking place next week! Come & meet Foxstream as a special ADI Partner on 21/05/2019 in Loppem (NL), on 22/05/2019 in Zaventem (FR), and on 23/05/2019 in Aartselaar (NL). To learn more about the event and register: https://mkto.adiglobal.com/BENLpre-summerroadshow0519_Inschrijvingspagina.html
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The Security & Safety Meetings are back!
For the second year, Foxstream will be participating to the Security & Safety Meetings! Come and meet us on stand D21 on March 20-21, 2019, at the 'Palais des Festivals' in Cannes, France. We will be happy to hear about your upcoming projects and share our latest innovations. DATE & TIME: Wednesday March 20th, 2019 […]
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FOXSTREAM announces the purchase of COSSILYS21!
FOXSTREAM announces the purchase of the firm COSSILYS21. Created more than 20 years ago, the French firm COSSILYS21 offers intelligent video-protection solutions. It equips major national banks, numerous regional banks, as well as shops. The COSSILYS21 firm is nowadays a reference in the banking sector. COSSILYS21 and FOXSTREAM have established a strong partnership for several […]


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I was escorting the Distinguished Visitors to the exercise. The Visitors were from different countries and often brought translators with them to communicate with them. Since I was proficient in French we often used it to communicate directly with the Visitors and relay information to them about what was occurring at the location we were visiting.
One gentleman was particularly disturbed to discover that a female was leading him around the exercise. He was loud and often made rude comments in French to be sure tha I understood them though he refused to speak or look directly at me. This continued for several days and I blamed cultural barriers for the discomfort but continued to be professional.
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Hiring a lawyer doesn't mean you're suing. In fact, many attorneys treat lawsuits as a last resort. Here's what to expect from the process after getting a lawyer.
After an accident or incurred damages, many people experience monetary losses, including medical bills or not being able to work. When you first consult with a lawyer, he or she will want to know all of the particulars of the case, including injuries and financial losses. Evidence, such as bills or medical files, may need to be presented to support your claim.
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Archive for Saturday, October 13, 2012
Aslin won't rule out changes as Braves face two must-win district games
DE SOTO - De Soto — As the losses pile on for the Bonner Springs football team, the explanations get harder to accept.
The Braves started the season 3-0, but have since skidded to 3-4, shifting a once promising outlook into a deflating revelation.
"We are not executing," coach Lucas Aslin said. "It's as simple as I can paint it."
Aslin was short and to the point Friday after Bonner Springs lost to De Soto in its district opener, 16-6. All night there were plays to be made, gaps to fill. The offense stagnated to the point that it had to use a running back as an extra blocker while junior quarterback Jordan Jackson led the team with 21 carries for 101 yards.
Practice had been solid all week, so Aslin couldn't understand why nothing translated to the game. He thought it might be coming from his own end.
"It's all my fault," he said. "I take the blame. I don't know what else to tell you."
The Braves turned the ball over four times in the loss — one fumble and three interceptions — accounting for perhaps the biggest factor in the game. Granted, the circumstances for the interceptions were not ideal, but could have been avoided. One came right before the half when the Braves were driving; the other two came on somewhat manageable fourth-down plays.
Bonner Springs won three games against beatable opponents, then lost three against the cream of the Kaw Valley League crop: Piper, Mill Valley and Basehor-Linwood. This could have been a rebound game as De Soto came in with a 2-4 record. Instead, it puts the Braves in a predicament.
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Fashion Designers Expo (FDE) kicks off its schedule of events with an explosion of shoe fetish this Thursday Oct. 18th in Miami's Wynwood Arts District with the showing of Maker's Shoes 2013 Spring Collection hosted by "El Fashion Guru.". Then on Friday, FDE ignites the night scene once again with a special Sneak Peek Pre-Grand Opening of the new Wynwood boutique "Style CTZN. Then, Saturday is the day we're all waiting for! Oct. 20th is FDE's highly anticipated runway shows featuring talents of the emerging fashion industry from all over the world.
FDE is among the largest expositions of emerging fashion talent. Major press, celebrities, socialites and thousands of guests have attended FDE to see "Who's NEXT in Fashion?" This organization scouts for the best up and coming models, designers, make up artists, stylists, hair stylists, etc. and puts them all together in an amazing Fashion Week filled with glamour, entertainment and purpose.
With a fabulous City Style Collective Pop-Up Shop during the pre-show hour and a special presentation from one of FDE's official Supporting Sponsor's Constant Contact, FDE is sure to start the evening with great fashion and entertainment.
This season FDE is presented by and benefitting B.i.o.n.i.c. Girls, Inc. founded by Andrea Nugent who will also be doing a book signing at each event for her new book "Mommy is still Mommy, Cancer Can't Change That."
Designer Line Up
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Christian Segui
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Maker's Shoes
Tumisola Ladega – UK FDC Designer Award Winner (London)
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NeoDasha's House of Fashion
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I am continuing to gather and set up equipment for my Mosin Nagant M 91/30 rifle. I picked up an unissued Soviet Russian belt and buckle the other day to use with my ammo pouches and misc. shooting & soldiering equipment that will go with my rifle.
The belt is in perfect, unissued condition and most likely dates to the Soviet-Afghanistan War era of the 1980's. The belt is stamped, but the writing and date is unreadable. The buckle and belt tabs are stamped steel and are painted a brownish green, typical of the Soviet equipment of that era. The belt is constructed of a very heavy webbing that is bonded with a brown rubber outer layer. It is adjustable out to about 38".
I have the belt set up with two of my Mosin Nagant ammo pouches, which should allow me to carry 40 rounds of ammo! The ammo pouches I am using do not have the attached "D" rings to allow the attachment of suspenders, so I added 3 of my 1950's vintage Czechoslovakian "D" ring belt loops to the belt. I put one loop behind each ammo pouch and one on the back of the belt. With all of that ammo, I'll need the support of the suspenders to hold the belt up!
The set up continues........ here is the album for this new belt and ammo pouch set up:
Here are some shots of the belt and buckle on their own:
Here is the fully assembled Belt, buckle, ammo pouches, and "D" ring set-up:
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Soviet Russian Belt & Buckle with Mosin Nagant Ammo Pouches, Afganistan War Era
2 comments:
- Rob said...
Almost a million page views and no comments.... Hey, nice setup.
- December 15, 2016 at 8:11 PM
- Sharky said...
Thanks! The blog's doing quite well. It has been great to see the response to my write-ups and research these past years and to hear from so many people, from all over the world. 2017 should be a good "Blog Year". I have a ton of stuff waiting in the wings, ready to be researched and posted. Stay tuned!
Oh yes, LOVE the "Cold War Nagant" gear as well. That mix of Czech and Russian gear works quite well. :-)
- December 19, 2016 at 4:56 AM
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Explore the Historic Town
This history of Kennicott began in 1900, when "Tarantula Jack" Smith and Clarence Warner spotted the green glint of copper ore in the mountains above the Kennicott Glacier.
Soon, Kennicott became a boom town where 600 people worked to mine what was then the richest known concentration of copper ore in the world.
The mine was abandoned in 1938 but many of the historic buildings still stand as they were on that last day, leaving a living history of those rugged days of high adventure. The National Park Service purchased the town in 1998 and began an extensive resoration and stabilization project. Guided tours into the mine buildings are offered by St. Elias Alpine Guides, whose knowledgeable guides will bring to life the miraculous story of this world-class copper mine. Many of the buildings are also open for the public to explore during the day.
During your visit, be sure to stop by the National Park Service Visitor's Center located in the old Blackburn School House. Rangers are available throughout the day to answer your questions and you can watch a short introductory video about Kennicott. The Park Service also offers several free programs about Kennicott and the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park each day.
You can learn more about Kennicott at the National Park Service Website.


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Michael Baron
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As executive vice president of the construction division, Mike is responsible for generating new clients with solicitation of project plans, performing estimates with design intent, and layout on new buildings and spaces. He also generates proposals, closes deals, and manages projects to completion. Mike oversees operations and profitability of all facets of Team Mechanical's Construction Division.
Mike has a 15-year background in the HVAC industry and has an extensive history in various types of ventilation projects ranging from commercial multi-story buildings and retail centers, to industrial/process projects, multi-story residential buildings, and healthcare facilities. Mike has extensive experience in sales, estimating, systems design, and project management.
Mike attended Northern Illinois University and received his bachelor's degree in accounting. He began his career in the residential construction industry with various financial and project management positions before entering the HVAC industry.
The Personal Side
Mike and his wife have two children, a 20 and 16 year old. With his spare time, Mike enjoys spending time with his family, golfing, and biking.


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Digging comes naturally to dogs – you could say that digging is in the genes. When asked the question "Why do dogs dig?" the answer could well be "Because they are dogs!" However some dogs are more prone to digging more than others. Many have been specifically bred to dig, but others are just showing a need for training.
Terriers, the most likely group of diggers, take their name from the Latin word for earth "terra" or the French "terre". Scottish Terriers and West Highland Terriers, in particular were bred to be efficient digging machines in order to get to vermin. Their turned out feet allow them to shovel earth to the side, in much the same way as a mole. However any terrier is likely to dig – that is what they have been bred for over many generations.
Some dogs like a cool, shallow hole to lie in when it is warm; others will dig a hole to get some protection from Arctic winds. The temperature of the ground can be several degrees cooler just a few inches below the surface, and your dog knows this. Another way of helping your dog cool off would be to add some ice cubes to his water bowl. Remember to place the bowl in the shade so that the ice melts more slowly. When your Alaskan Malamute or Siberian Husky digs a hole to lie in he may be telling you that he is too hot, so check the shading on your kennel area. These breeds know that digging can change the temperature of their bed.
Wild ancestors dug to hide their food so that it could be dug up again in time of need. From their wild ancestry, dogs are never sure that they will be fed tomorrow and, if given the opportunity, will eat enough for today and tomorrow just in case food is scarce tomorrow. If your dog digs to bury bones or food then stop letting the dog take the bones or food into the garden area.
Pregnant bitches could be digging to create a den to rear their pups. Even if they have not been mated, bitches may do this digging whilst experiencing "phantom pregnancy". Do not scold this dog for digging, as she is only trying to do what nature intended her to do. Give her a bit more stimulation in her life, such as going for walks to new places, and if she is to have puppies, now is the time to get the whelping box out so that she can be used to it when the puppies arrive. Some bitches like a den to have a roof when they have their puppies – even a sheet hung over her bed may help to stop her digging another bed.
It is always best then to try and work out why a dog is digging. As some of these examples have shown, often the reason is simple. Dogs that want to escape will dig. Dogs that are hot will dig to try and get cool. Dogs will dig if they detect other burrowing animals like rats and mice. Pregnant bitches will dig to create a den to give birth. But there are other reasons for dogs digging that we may be responsible for, without realising.
Dogs always seem to want to dig where you have planted trees and dug earth. Sometimes it seems to the owner that the dog just wants to help you with the gardening – but the dog�s idea of where a plant should go will usually be different to the yours! As fast as you plant, the dog follows you doing some re-arranging. At least that is how it appears! In fact, the odor has changed and this is what is attracting your dog.
A few weeks ago I employed a plumber to replace one of my fitted in ground garden water sprinklers. Within one hour of him leaving, one of my dogs had dug up the sprinkler and a few metres of the lawn with it. Obviously I was annoyed but acted in a happy mood to my dog, because I knew why this digging had happened. It took me an hour to refit the sprinkler and put the earth and lawn back. The plumber had left an odor – he had touched the new sprinkler and the new smell of the earth caused my dog to investigate. I placed a garden table and chairs on top of the area and that is the end of my problem. (Maybe the dog will decide to re-arrange the garden furniture now?)
So when you introduce new plants or do any gardening then expect your dog to dig because he is attracted to the smell of the fresh soil. Protect your work with a temporary wire fence. Shutting the dog in the house can also help – do not let the dog out for a few hours and by then some of the new scents will have dissipated. It is also an idea to lay some chicken wire on the ground where you have worked. This will keep your dog away, as dogs will not walk over the wire. Chicken wire laid over the surface of the ground can also protect newly seeded areas.
Many dogs are more likely to dig if they do not get enough exercise and if they sleep out at night. If bored, a dog left in a garden is likely to dig. Increasing the amount of exercise the dog gets may be all that is needed to cure this problem. There is much evidence around to confirm that dogs that have little or no obedience training are diggers, so think about doing some formal training.
Male dogs that are not neutered will try to dig out of the grounds to go on the prowl of the area. A male dog can smell a bitch in season for up to 3 miles, so at any one time there could be several bitches attracting his (unwanted) attention, especially if you live in a town area. These dogs should be neutered, as the "wanting to do what nature intended" will mean that your dog is constantly under stress when confined to your home.
Young dogs under the age of two years can be destructive and diggers. Most owners make the fatal mistake of dragging the dog back to the area he has destroyed to punish him. The dog will not have a clue why you are doing this. Punishment is unacceptable we never punish pets Yes, he will appear to act "guilty" but all the poor dog is doing is giving the body language that he reckons will help to calm you down. He dug up the garden hours ago, and has no way of associating what you are yelling about with his previous action. It is in my opinion cruel to punish a dog for anything he does wrong, if this punishment is more than one second after the event. A dog cannot reason, and is unable to understand human values. Unless you catch the dog in the act, forget punishment.
How to stop digging
If you do some work in the garden, roll out the hose and fit a sprinkler on the end. When the dog goes to investigate the area, turn on the sprinkler. In this way the sprinkler is telling the dog off, and not you. The added bonus of letting the sprinkler do the work for you is that many dogs will learn not to dig whilst you are present but can dig away happily when you are away from home. The sprinkler causes the dog to think that the actual garden is chastising him and does not realise that you were involved at the tap end!
What if you do not have a sprinkler, or the dog is digging at a point too far away for the hoses to reach? Treat yourself to a toy water pistol. For very little cost, you can buy a water pistol that has a good accuracy over several metres. Then you just hang around in the garden and wait for the dog to start digging. As soon as this happens, deliver a jet of water at the dog, aiming for its head. Say nothing; act as if you were not involved. This can have a similar effect to turning on the sprinkler.
If your dog seems hyperactive, chews destructively and digs holes then this could be boredom. Take the dog out away from the garden for exercise for at least one hour each day. Play games of fetch with a ball and do not restrict the dog to the garden – allow him into the house. The more the dog is alone the more likely it is to dig. Leaving toys stuffed with food and goodies when he is left alone will make the "home alone" times more stimulating.
Dogs that dig at fences may well be bored and trying to get out to something on the other side of the fence. The scent hounds will especially do this when they can smell something really interesting on the other side of the fence – so watch out if you have a Beagle. If there are any gaps in your fencing fill them in but also watch for gaps below the fence – fill this in with concrete or attach chicken wire to the bottom of the fence and curve onto the ground, burying it below the surface. For dogs that do keep going back to the same hole to dig, try lifting some of the dog�s own poo and placing that in the hole – few dogs will dig through their own faeces.
If you find that despite all your attempts to stop it your dog keeps on digging, then you might consider ceding a portion of the garden. If your toddler likes to dig, we buy them a sandpit. The same can apply to the dog. Provide a sandbox – or just a small corner of bare, dug over earth, and bury bones and favourite toys. At first, leave part of the toy sticking out of the ground, take the dog over to the area, and act excited as if you are about to discover lost treasure. Let the dog dig to get the toy and praise like mad.
Whenever you then see the dog digging in other parts of the garden, switch into your "excited – buried treasure" routine and encourage the dog over to the digging area. Better to have one small area dug up by the dog than to have your whole garden looking like a minefield.
If you feel your dog is digging because he is bored and you decide to obtain another dog to keep him company, then expect to have two digging machines! Far better to solve the first dog�s digging problem before multiplying this by two.
Article extracted from David the Dogman's A-Z Guide to Dogs available all bookshops ( ISBN 84-89954-08-9 or can be ordered on www.thedogman.net


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Pin up hairstyles 2016
Pin up hairstyles 2016
will demonstrate as to how you may look beautiful and really sexy with these pin up hairstyles. So you must not worry if you think that the time is moving forth and there shall be no more vintage because 2016 is definitely keeping a check on that and is going to keep the vintage pin up style alive. You don't get to see pin up hairstyle trend every day because these hairstyles will definitely highlight the feminine part of you which is really quite hard to see these days. What truly makes a hairstyle vintage? That is mostly what the question arises but we are here to tell you either you drape on a set of baby bangs or incorporate waves in your hairstyles that are assembled with coiled lock nothing can get more vintage than these following above mentioned symbols. These hairstyles may look deliciously complicated for an eye to bear such intricate details but we are here to assure you that thesehairstyles are quite easy to master and you may enjoy them for a long time since these beauties are not running anywhere. Pinup hairstyles are known for their neatness so make sure whatever hairstyle you try from these article you better make sure they are on point very neat and you may want to prepare mentally and physically a day before and prepare everything if you thinking to go for a pin up hairstyle pair this style with a winged eye liner and a super-hot red lipstick and voila a pair of heels for a finish touch and you are all set to go.
For pin up hairstyle we want to talk about is a very delightful hairstyle. You can see the dimension of pinning up your hair from every side which makes it easier for you to keep your hair away and won't bother you. Remember that pinup hairstyles requires a lot of backcombing and hair teasing which means that you must ensure that the portion of your hair being back combed must remain leveled and must be sorted out through before you neat the rough edges and secure those hair in to place by putting bobby pins. Lots and lots of hairspray is also recommended. The hairstyle requires that not only you pin up the front portion (which makes your hair line hair as well as your fringe/bangs if you have any) and making them sit at place. Take the sides of your from the ear lobe and creating a middle part in hair take either side of the hair and roll it back in place whilst the remaining portion of your hair from the back should be rolled in wards and taken up to the nape before you pin and secure your hair.
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Ezra is in his second year at UMass studying Sustainable Food and Farming and Sustainable Community Development. He is interested in urban food production and sustainable design. Having recently received his Permaculture Design Certificate through UMass Ezra works to incorporate permaculture principles with design and create systems that recycle waste to need for positive growth, bounty and food security for all.
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text: New daddy Vince Gill will perform at a star-studded tribute concert for Beach Boys genius Brian Wilson Thursday (March 29) at Radio City Music Hall. Gill will appear with Elton John, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Ricky Martin, Carly Simon, Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, The Go-Go's, The Boys Choir of Harlem, Hootie & The Blowfish's Darius Rucker, Matthew Sweet, Jimmy Webb and Evan & Jaron. Beatles producer George Martin, actor Dennis Hopper and filmmaker Cameron Crowe also will be on hand. The musical program, produced by Phil Ramone, will include a start-to-finish performance of the Beach Boys' 1966 masterpiece, Pet Sounds. An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson is set to premiere on TNT this summer.


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Field Notes from Matt Steiman
Sustainable Agriculture in Southwest China by Matt Steiman
These past two weeks I was fortunate to participate in a group field study in rural Yunnan Province, located in Southwestern China. Professors Ann Hill (Anthropology) and Susan Rose (Sociology) and six motivated students co-wrote a grant funded by the Freeman Foundation to study cultural changes in a rural Chinese village in response to economic development. They were kind enough to bring me along to help build connections with village farmers and to contribute my perspective to the field study. Having visited the same province with Professor Hill in 2013, I jumped at the chance to see some old friends and make new ones, all the while deepening my understanding of agricultural systems in rural China. Yunnan Province is located east of Tibet, north of Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, and south and west of the rest of China. The landscape is mountainous, green, moist, and culturally diverse, with 25 unique ethnic groups based out of the province. Our trip began in Kunming (the largest city in Yunnan), but we spent most of our time in Fengyu, a village of about 8000 people located about two hours from the small city of Dali. Most of the people living in Fengyu are of the Bai ethnic minority – while the educated younger generations speak Mandarin Chinese and wear modern clothes, many senior citizens speak only Bai language and dress in traditional outfits.
First let me say that the spirit of hospitality from Chinese citizens towards western visitors is unmatched by anything we might encounter at home. The people of Fengyu welcomed us into their homes with genuine interest and friendliness, and we were often greeted enthusiastically by strangers on the street. Our hosts were also generous with gifts, food, and their time. This experience left me inspired share the same welcoming spirit with foreigners I meet here in the US in the future.
Farming in small villages in China is largely done by people working with hand tools and little to no machinery. While this is certainly more labor intensive than the tractor based farming system we're used to at home, human powered agriculture permits many sustainable aspects that are environmentally and socially beneficial. Hand labor allows farming on strips and scraps of land that are too small or too steep for tractors, thus the people of Fengyu are able to take maximum advantage of all the farmland available for food production. We regularly saw corn, beans, rice and other crops planted in small patches between houses (what we would think of as our "yard" in the USA). Hand-worked plots also permit mixing of many crops in a small space (known as polyculture) which enables the farmers to reduce use of outside inputs for fertility and pest management. It was common to see corn and beans planted together, and we also saw widely spaced corn serving as tall stakes to support a pepper trellis. Hand-worked fields enable the farmers to apply their care to every square foot of the landscape, and the results were impressive. Most fields we observed were full of tall, evenly spaced, healthy crops with relatively low weed pressure. On evening walks we were also happy to hear abundant populations of frogs frequenting the fields, which is a good indicator of low levels of pesticide pollution. Hand powered farming also uses little to no fossil fuels. We often saw elderly farmers hauling large basket-loads of hand harvested forage towards home on their backs. Several houses we visited kept one dairy cow in their courtyards for household milk production.
While field corn, sweet corn, rice, and blueberries dominated the farming landscape around Fengyu, the local diet was highly diverse and always interesting. In addition to staples and a wide variety of vegetables, offerings at the huge local farmers' market included many varieties of wild harvested mushrooms, local tea, home-made tofu, fresh and aged chicken eggs, walnuts, spices, live fish and poultry, and butchered sheep and pork. We met many excellent cooks in Fengyu, serving up dishes as varied as steamed buns made on the street, dumpling soup, sliced pig ear, raw pork, sautéed wild mushrooms, and braised loach fish. Our favorite spot for late night street food was a barbecue stand that offered just about everything you could imagine on a stick – topped with spicy sauce and grilled to perfection.
The local and regional government around Fengyu has invested in sound public works projects that demonstrate an interest in environmental sustainability. Rainwater (there was a lot when we were there) is channeled throughout the town in a network of concrete gutters and channels. These help to reduce soil and road erosion, while also making water conveniently available for irrigation in the surrounding farm fields. Roads were in great shape, and the completion of a local sewage treatment plant last year greatly increased sanitation and quality of life while reducing pollution of a large lake downstream. The use of small electric vehicles is widespread in China, and I became so enamored with a commonly used three wheeled electric farm cart that I decided to bring home some parts in my suitcase and try to build one for the College Farm!
I'll wrap up this report by expressing my gratitude to Professors Hill and Rose and the College for facilitating my participation in this study trip. It was a rare opportunity to visit a remote town, unspoiled by tourism and thus full of genuine rural people living true to their local culture. China is a fascinating country, full of beauty, contradictions, and changes. The language is difficult but approachable. The pace of development there is staggering – I suspect that Fengyu and its surroundings will look quite different if I am lucky enough to visit again a few years in the future. Finally, I'm grateful to Jenn, Duane, the interns and farm students who covered my responsibilities while I sneaked off to China. It was a refreshing, rewarding and worthwhile trip!


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Welcome to the wonderful world of kegging! Here you will find all the accessories related to the home brewer's best friend: the kegging system! From keg parts such as lids, posts and poppets, all the way to tools to help you keep your kegs in tip-top condition, Great Fermentations has what you need. Take a look and see what you can find!
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text: CLEARWATER — If the Tampa Bay Water board approves his contract, the new general manager of the wholesale utility serving Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties will be Matthew Jordan, an engineer from North Carolina. After negotiations with the utility's attorney, Jordan, currently the CEO of the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, has accepted the $180,000 a year job, according to a spokesman for the utility. However, the board must approve his hiring at its meeting June 17. Jordan would be replacing Gerald Seeber, who is quitting to become city manager of Temple Terrace. Jordan, who was selected from 180 applicants, has a bachelor's degree in engineering technology from the University of North Carolina and is a professional engineer there. He previously was public works director for Gastonia, N. C.


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Tank Top Arms, Bikini Belly, Boy Shorts BottomMinna Lessig
Year Released: 2007
Categories: Total Body Workouts
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Im reviewing this workout after doing each segment twice.
General workout breakdown: This strength training DVD has four sections (described below) as well as a short warm-up and cool-down (3 min. each). If done all at once, the workout totals just over an hour.
Tank Top Arms (14 min.) focuses primarily on the shoulders, although youll also hit your biceps and triceps and, to a lesser extent, your chest and back, too. Exercises include modified push-up, alternating front raise, standing shoulder press, plank walk out, rear delt flys, shoulder shimmy, triceps kickback (and then press back), alternating bicep curl, concentration curl in deep squat, and lying triceps extension.
Bikini Belly (13 min.) focuses on the abs and lower back with move drawn from gymnastics, Pilates, and yoga in addition to the usual crunches and planks. Exercises include basic crunch, gymnast abs (the exercise which has inspired more than one VFer to wonder if shes the only one with short arms ), walking plank, funky abs (think pumping your body on the dance floor, with raise the roof arms), ballerina twist, scissors, twist and drop, quadruped arm and leg extension, side plank hold, and boat pose.
Boy Shorts Bottom (17 min.) promises to perk up your rear view with exercises like plie squat, skater squat (Id call it more of a skier squat in any case, itll warm up your quads), alternating reverse lunge, ballerina back leg lift, single leg squat, T-balance pose, bridge, froggy double leg lift, side-lying knee heel tap, and dead lift. The focus is on the glutes, but youll also hit your quadriceps, hamstrings, and maybe even your calves.
Total Body Toning (15 min.) contains exercises working multiple body parts at once. In some sense, its a condensed and combined version of the other workouts because it hits all of those muscle groups again with slightly different moves. Exercises include squat & bicep curls, yogi push up (i.e. triceps or push-up with narrow elbows / arms), bent over row & triceps kickback, side lunge w/ lateral raise & hammer curl, curtsey lunge, overhead tricep extension (adding in knee lifts and then tree legs), stationary lunge w/ shoulder press, reverse plank (adding in leg lifts), total body crunch, and bicycle.
Minna usually works in sets of 12 at a pace thats relatively quick but not rushed. She often includes one or two progressions (e.g. adding a lower body move to an upper body exercise, increasing the tempo, etc.). So, if theres no progression, you stop and move on to the next exercise; if there is a progression, you continue straight onto it without skipping a beat. (If youre looking for rests between sets, well, theyre not here.) She often includes a quick stretch of the muscle after an exercise or exercise series.
Level: Id recommend this to beginner / intermediate exercisers with some experience in weight lifting under their belt already. The relative lack of instruction, form tips, and modifications do not make this suitable for true beginners to exercise or weight lifting, but experienced beginners working their way up to the intermediate level should find this program suitably challenging by choosing appropriate weights and modifications and by doing just one or two segments at a time. Fully intermediate exercisers may find this gives them a decent workout, too, by reaching for heavier weights and doing multiple, if not all, segments in one go. (If you usually do Cathe, P90X, etc., you may find it very difficult to make this appropriately challenging for you, unless youre taking a rest day, recovering from an illness, etc.)
Class: 2 women, one of whom occasionally shows less advanced modifications, join Minna, who instructs live.
Music: a mix of instrumental and vocal songs, a few of which sound vaguely like pop songs. Overall I found it pleasant and not at all distracting. The music is soft in comparison to Minnas voice, however.
Set: bright interior set with blocks of color on the wall and potted plants off to the sides.
Production: clear picture and sound, nothing too crazy in terms of camera angles, although the camera does tend to crop off extremities, including a few instances where it would be nice to see what the feet or raised arms were doing.
The name of each exercise appears on the bottom of the screen at its beginning; if a weight is used, the relevant advice (e.g. heavier weights) appears underneath that.
Equipment: at least two pairs of dumbbells (beginners might start with 3s and 5s, for example, while intermediates might want a wider range, like 5s, 8s, and 10s), exercise mat (if needed, depending upon your workout surface), and sneakers.
Space Requirements: enough room to take a step to each side and to lie down with arms and legs extended. Minna is usually pretty good at keeping her workouts compact, and this is no exception.
DVD Notes: The main menu gives you the option of playing the introduction, playing all, or picking your segment. You can choose to do the workout with or without instruction. Alas, the segments themselves are not chaptered by exercise.
Can you believe it: a Gaiam video that doesnt have that long Gaiam intro?! I know, I nearly fell on the floor in shock, too, when I saw that. Unfortunately, you still need to have a remote handy to skip the workout intro with the gratuitous shots of Minnas tank top arms, bikini belly, and boy shorts bottom.
Comments: This video should appeal to the time crunched, restarting, or stuck-in-a-rut crowd. Is it the most efficient, effective workout out there? Probably not. But its a pleasant video that doesnt make you feel like youre running a rat race and that wont leave you feeling like youve been hit by a ton of bricks.
I have trouble not comparing this workout with Tamilee Webbs I Want That Body, another video with approximately 15 min. segments focusing on the upper body (specifically the shoulders, triceps, and biceps), abs, and lower body (specifically the glutes). Some good qualities about TTA, etc., are that theres some chest work (in the form of push-ups) and a hint more back work; it lets you use different weights for different body parts; it includes a segment with multi-limb / multi-joint (or compound, in VF parlance) exercises; the crunch isnt the main element of the abs portion; Minna seems interested in keeping your heartrate up, too; and theres some, well, less common exercises. In contrast, IWTB has more room to grow (with two programs of different levels for each area of focus), is more challenging (I found IWTB very tough as a beginner / intermediate surely Im not the only one!), features tried and true exercises which have been tested for their efficiency and effectiveness, is slightly less focused on appearance, and doesnt have many, well, less common exercises.
Another obvious comparison, at least in my mind, is with Minnas 1-Minute Workout. I personally prefer 1-Min. W/O over TTA, etc., because the other one is more versatile and flexible with its matrix and bank of exercises; its also more straight forward / less fancy with its featured exercises. For someone like me who can get prone to boredom, especially during what seems to be now a yearly ritual of restarting after an extended illness, I kind of like the unpredictability of 1-Min. W/O, too. (And, OK, I feel silly doing TTAs shoulder shimmy and funky abs.)
Yeah, this does have one of the most unwieldy titles out there. (I do agree with those who idly wonder why a boy shorts bottom and not a bikini brief one or even a thong. I guess the producers are trying to alert us that were not in the Firm mansion any more, Toto.) Yes, the focus on appearance carries on throughout the entire workout. Minnas main form of encouragement, in fact, is reminding you to focus on your dreams of slipping into that tank top, bikini, or boy shorts.
Instructor Comments:
Minna seems even more comfortable in front of the camera in comparison to her previous videos. (That said, there are definitely some scripted moments, and once or twice even Minna cant keep a straight face during her canned lines to accompany the, um, more innovative moves.) She has a pleasant, low key personality. Her cueing is sufficient, although she could stand to give a little more in the warm-up (especially in terms of direction) and to provide a little more information about exercises performed in the main workouts. (And yet I like it when she doesnt jabber on during exercises or count out the reps.) She mirror cues.


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The business portfolio is the collection of businesses and products that make up the company. The best business portfolio is one that fits the company's strengths and helps exploit the most attractive opportunities.
The company must:
(1) Analyse its current business portfolio and decide which businesses should receive more or less investment, and
(2) Develop growth strategies for adding new products and businesses to the portfolio, whilst at the same time deciding when products and businesses should no longer be retained.
Methods of Portfolio Planning
The two best-known portfolio planning methods are from the Boston Consulting Group and by General Electric/Shell. In each method, the first step is to identify the various Strategic Business Units ("SBU's") in a company portfolio. An SBU is a unit of the company that has a separate mission and objectives and that can be planned independently from the other businesses. An SBU can be a company division, a product line or even individual brands - it all depends on how the company is organised.
The Boston Consulting Group Box ("BCG Box")
Using the BCG Box (an example is illustrated above) a company classifies all its SBU's according to two dimensions:
On the horizontal axis: relative market share - this serves as a measure of SBU strength in the market
On the vertical axis: market growth rate - this provides a measure of market attractiveness
By dividing the matrix into four areas, four types of SBU can be distinguished:
Stars - Stars are high growth businesses or products competing in markets where they are relatively strong compared with the competition. Often they need heavy investment to sustain their growth. Eventually their growth will slow and, assuming they maintain their relative market share, will become cash cows.
Cash Cows - Cash cows are low-growth businesses or products with a relatively high market share. These are mature, successful businesses with relatively little need for investment. They need to be managed for continued profit - so that they continue to generate the strong cash flows that the company needs for its Stars.
Question marks - Question marks are businesses or products with low market share but which operate in higher growth markets. This suggests that they have potential, but may require substantial investment in order to grow market share at the expense of more powerful competitors. Management have to think hard about "question marks" - which ones should they invest in? Which ones should they allow to fail or shrink?
Dogs - Unsurprisingly, the term "dogs" refers to businesses or products that have low relative share in unattractive, low-growth markets. Dogs may generate enough cash to break-even, but they are rarely, if ever, worth investing in.
Using the BCG Box to determine strategy
Once a company has classified its SBU's, it must decide what to do with them. In the diagram above, the company has one large cash cow (the size of the circle is proportional to the SBU's sales), a large dog and two, smaller stars and question marks.
Conventional strategic thinking suggests there are four possible strategies for each SBU:
(1) Build Share: here the company can invest to increase market share (for example turning a "question mark" into a star)
(2) Hold: here the company invests just enough to keep the SBU in its present position
(3) Harvest: here the company reduces the amount of investment in order to maximise the short-term cash flows and profits from the SBU. This may have the effect of turning Stars into Cash Cows.
(4) Divest: the company can divest the SBU by phasing it out or selling it - in order to use the resources elsewhere (e.g. investing in the more promising "question marks").
Portfolio Analysis - The McKinsey / General Electric Matrix
The McKinsey/GE Matrix overcomes a number of the disadvantages of the BCG Box. Firstly, market attractiveness replaces market growth as the dimension of industry attractiveness, and includes a broader range of factors other than just the market growth rate. Secondly, competitive strength replaces market share as the dimension by which the competitive position of each SBU is assessed.
The diagram below illustrates some of the possible elements that determine market attractiveness and competitive strength by applying the McKinsey/GE Matrix to the UK retailing market:
Factors that Affect Market Attractiveness
Whilst any assessment of market attractiveness is necessarily subjective, there are several factors which can help determine attractiveness. These are listed below:
- Market Size
- Market growth
- Market profitability
- Pricing trends
- Competitive intensity / rivalry
- Overall risk of returns in the industry
- Opportunity to differentiate products and services
- Segmentation
- Distribution structure (e.g. retail, direct, wholesale
Factors to consider include:
- Strength of assets and competencies
- Relative brand strength
- Market share
- Customer loyalty
- Relative cost position (cost structure compared with competitors)
- Distribution strength
- Record of technological or other innovation
- Access to financial and other investment resources


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Flamenco is one of the most famous Spanish art form. It is an intimate and passionate dance and witnessing the beauty of Flamenco is a must-do in Spain.
If you wish you can enjoy a dinner of local specialties during the Flamenco show.
Show with Drink: Approx. 1½ hours
Show with Dinner: Approx. 2½ hours
Flamenco Show with Dinner: 4:30pm, 6:00pm, 7:30pm, 9:15pm & 10:30pm
Flamenco Show with Drink: 5:50pm, 7:15pm, 9:00pm, 10:30pm & 11:45pm
You have to make your own way to Tablao Cordobés is located at 35 Las Ramblas.
Direction: To get there take Metro Line 3 – disembark at the "Liceu" or "Drassanes" stops and the venue is half way between the two Metro stops.
Las Ramblas
This evening we introduce you to Barcelona's Tablao Cordobés, a living, vibrant school of Flamenco. It has become one of the most important dance schools, achieving international recognition.
Founded in 1970 "Tablao Cordobés" is considered to be a very demanding form of Flamenco style. Great Flamenco figures such as Farruco, Camarón, Manuela Carrasco, Mila de Vargas and Lole y Manuel have performed here.
If you do choose the sumptuous dinner option, your ticket includes gourmet menu by chef Jordi Navarro with buffet composed of 32 hot and cold specialties of typical Spanish cuisine, including the famous paella, jamón, pinchos, tapas, meat, fish and rice and 8 selection of desserts including pastries and fruit. Unlimited drinks are also included (wine, sangria, beer, soft drinks, mineral water and coffee).
After an evening at the Tablao Cordobés you will come away with a strong flavour and understanding of the Spanish culture. The excursion will finish at the venue and there will be plenty of available transport to get you home.
Child (0-7 years old) Free of charge but no meal or drink is included.
Voucher information: You must print and surrender a paper version of your booking voucher for this activity (showing your voucher on a smartphone is not accepted). No refund can be given for customers without a printed copy of their voucher.
We had a fabulous evening, thoroughly enjoyed the flamenco show. Would definitely recommend!...Steve Mylonakis, Australia
This was the best show ever , the food was awesome great value for your money ....Leyda Rolffot, United States
A great evening out. The food was lovely and well presented. The drinks given on arrival and at the start of the show were a nice surprise. The staff were friendly and helpful...Jeanette Cole, United Kingdom
The show was great; however the food was lacking. The buffet was set up in Avery small room and when 40 people try to eat at the same it was frustrating. You could not wait because you would miss the show. The wait staff at Flamenco Tablao were very good.
easy shopping, nothing to complain, all went very well
Fantastic show, easy to book. Excellent flamenco artists with an authentic show that was also good for newcomers to flamenco. The show we originally wanted was already fully booked, but the team gave us alternative options very promptly and phoned to confirm requirements. Dinner was excellent, staff were lovely and it was a very enjoyable family evening. Highly recommended.


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More than a decade after a bug spread the deadly Pierce's disease that ravaged Wine Country, area vineyards are in reasonably good health.
Temecula's winegrape growing is nowhere near as robust as it was before the turn-of-the-century outbreak, which knocked the acreage of planted vines down from 3,500 to about 1,200. But it has since rebounded to about 1,600 acres, according to longtime grower Ben Drake.
And save for a few surges, the last one coming in 2008, the bug's population has been kept under control.
"There is a tiny, tiny fraction of the number of glassy-winged sharpshooters that there used to be," said Matt Daugherty, UC Riverside extension specialist in the college's Department of Entomology. "It is very unusual to see major outbreaks of this insect anymore."
But recent developments worry Drake, who has planted about a quarter of the valley's vines.
With the emergence of a significant threat to the region's citrus crop, the Asian citrus psyllid, there could be a change in the strategy used to keep the sharpshooter at bay. There is a connection because treatment of citrus trees figures prominently in the strategy.
Glassy-winged sharpshooters happen to love citrus trees and adults tend to make their winter homes in them. The bugs don't pose a threat to the trees.
Through a partnership, though, citrus farmers treat their groves in February and March, at the time that females lay their eggs. They use a chemical called Imidacloprid and are reimbursed for their expense by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Drake said those treatments tend to knock out most of the emerging babies.
John Snyder, Riverside County agricultural commissioner, said the strategy is effective.
"If you can control the citrus population, you have a leg up on the insect," Snyder said. "Otherwise you are just chasing your tail."
Grape growers follow up the attack on the bug in citrus groves with a treatment of their own in May, to catch surviving sharpshooters that have flown to their vines.
"One application gets us through the whole year," Drake said, in a recent interview at Europa Village.
The Asian citrus psyllid, however, could unravel the partnership as citrus farmers shift gears to battle that threat, he said.
Fortunately, Daugherty said, the chemical used on the sharpshooter is the same one deployed to kill the citrus psyllid. The problem, he said, is the optimum time for applying the insecticide for the sake of citrus is in July or August.
"It works very well on both pests," Daugherty said. "The key is the timing of it."
Daugherty said he is encouraging citrus farmers and grape growers to come up with a plan that benefits both sectors of the local agriculture industry. Summer treatments could be helpful for grape growers, knocking down the sharpshooter population so that fewer insects live through the winter to lay eggs the following year, he said.
Still, Drake said he prefers the late winter-early spring application because it is so effective at knocking out emerging generations of sharpshooters before they get established, and makes them relatively easy to control the rest of the year.
Drake said a shift in strategy could cause populations of the destructive insect to soar once again, something he termed a "scary" prospect.
"We're going to have this blow-up of glassy-winged sharpshooter and we're going to be right back where we were in '99," he said. "If a vineyard grower wasn't treating before, they better start treating now."
Besides gutting the overall acreage, the turn-of-the-century outbreak changed the destination for many grapes. During the 1990s, much of the crop was headed for the Central Coast.
Following the outbreak, "no one was going to touch us with a 10-foot pole," Drake said.
Now that the coastal region has acres and acres of new vines, he said, "they don't need our fruit." And most grapes are crushed into wine locally these days.
"A lot of times there's a silver lining," Drake added.
And there was one with the infestation.
"We got rid of varieties (of grapes) that we never should have grown out here," he said, saying growers today stick with grapes that are better suited to the Mediterranean climate.


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text: Both myself and Mr Paul "Web 2.0, I've got a piece for the Blog soon" Harrison were quoted in the Personnel Today guide to Employer Branding this week. Nice set of articles but a shame it doesn't appear to be on their website. Slightly ironic as we were both talking about digital channels of communication!


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Income for richest 1% grew 275% from 1979 to 2009
Rather than trying to retake Frank Ogawa Plaza, Occupy Oakland activists might better serve the "99 percent" they claim to represent by finding an uncontested spot and reading aloud, together with the audience, a report put out this week by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Between 1979 and 2007, the report, culled from IRS data, found:
-- Income for the top 1 percent of U.S. households grew by 275 percent, four times the increase for the next highest group, and 15 times that of the lowest income group.
-- As higher-income households saw their share of the national income pie rise, lower income households saw theirs fall.
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-- The top fifth of the population saw a 10 percent increase in their share of after-tax income, most of it going to the top 1 percent. "All other groups saw their shares decline by 2 to 3 percentage points."
-- The pronounced shift was caused in large part by far larger increases in business income and capital gains than in "labor income." Shifts in "government transfers" - cash payments, benefits like pensions and health care - also skewed in favor of the top earners, according to the report ( sfg.ly/scNHU9).
Data bits to better make the occupiers' case, one might think.
Tougher at the top? On the other hand, those at the top could point to a just-released report from the private, nonpartisan Tax Foundation in Washington indicating they're not doing quite as well as they used to.
Analyzing tax returns from 2007 to 2009, it found the average income of the top 1 percent declined from $1.4 million to $1 million over the period. But they seem to have gotten some relief: Their federal income tax rate fell from 38 percent in 2008 to 36.7 percent in 2009.
As for the very top - the 0.1 percenters - they paid 18.5 percent in 2008 and 17 percent in 2009.
"The very highest income group actually has a lower average effective income tax rate because (it) is more likely to have income from capital gains and dividends, which are typically taxed at lower rates," noted Tax Foundation economist David Logan.
He's referring to those tax breaks that have sometimes been described as "egregious" ( www.taxfoundation.org).
Hidden defects: Water leaks, mold, deck failures, shoddy construction. Not the kind of things residents of an upscale condominium building in San Francisco's Cathedral Hill neighborhood were expecting to discover after paying up to $750,000 for a unit.
Last month they got some recompense - and apparently set a record - in the form of a $5.4 million settlement from the builder, Gentium Homes of San Francisco and 13 subcontractors, including C.C. Myers, the well-known Northern California construction company, which contributed approximately 25 percent of the settlement.
That comes to $169,000 per owner at the 32-unit Chelsea Court condominium building at 851 Van Ness Ave., sold by Gentium Homes in 2002. According to attorney Tom Miller, whose Miller Law Firm helped represent the homeowners, the settlement is the largest per-unit recovery on state record.
"There's clearly a trend with a lot of newer condominium buildings, especially those built at the height of the building boom," said Miller, whose San Francisco firm specializes in construction claims cases. "Now a lot of the hidden defects are coming into view and causing a lot of problems for the owners.
Miller said he's in the process of settling a $5 million to $6 million case involving a condominium development at Candlestick Point.
Green for green: San Francisco, which has 16,000 commercial buildings, has come up with an initiative to encourage commercial property owners to retrofit and upgrade their energy efficiency.
Called GreenFinanceSF Commercial, the project is modeled on the Property Assessed Clean Energy program, which provides long-term, low-interest loans, backed by bonds, to bankroll building retrofits and upgrades. Loan payments are attached to a building's property taxes and can stretch over 20 years.
Last month, a Santa Rosa private firm, Ygrene Energy Fund, said it will invest $650 million to finance retrofits and efficiency upgrades nationwide, beginning with Sacramento and Miami-Dade County.
The city, which has authorized up to $100 million in initial financing, has brought in an Oakland firm, Renewable Funding, which specializes in PACE programs, to design and manage the city's effort.
"San Francisco's commercial PACE program has been designed to allow a competitive market for financing and contracting to develop, all under a strong set of rules that protect property owners, mortgage holders and the city," said Francisco DeVries, president of Renewable Funding.
The U.S. Department of Energy and the California Energy Commission are also backing the initiative, as are local financial institutions.
"GreenFinanceSF will open up new sources of capital to building owners to enhance their assets while mitigating environmental risk," said Vincent Siciliano, CEO of New Resource Bank in San Francisco. "We look forward to doing whatever we can to support its success."
More information, and how to apply, at www.greenfinancesf.org.
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