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Do you want to join a global movement of young people concerned with the society?
Do you want to experience diversity?
Do you want to give back to the country that welcomed your exchange and to be unforgettable to your new friends?
These are the people that will make it happen – leaving a mark together with you!
National Coordinator for ESN Slovakia
Tímea Krauszová
I believe that even during an exchange program, you can leave your mark and make the world a little better, step by step. There is so much power in youth – and I am here to help the local coordinators in creating opportunities, where this power can be used for the well-being of others!
Local Coordinators
Lesana Zemanová - ESN CU
Hello to all of you :) My name is Lesana/Lesi Zemanová. I am 22 years old. I from Bratislava and I live here all my life except my Erasmus+ experience in Spain :) I study at Comenius University in Faculty of education, also in Bratislava. I became a member of ESNCU in September 2013. Be part of organization ESN was one of the best decision in my life and to be a SocialErasmus coordinator it is also perfect. I can organize events where Erasmus students can meet and help to local people, "give back" something in that country where they are coming for Erasmus+ :)
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Alexandra Balková - ESN EU
Hi :) My name is Alexandra Balková. I live in Martin and I study at the University of Economics in Bratislava. I became a member of ESN only in December 2016 and nowadays I am the SocialErasmus coordinator. I won't do social Erasmus because I like help people, animals and environment. I have many plans for events and I will try to realize them.
Katarína Liptáková - ESN PEU
Hi :) my name is Katarína Liptáková and I am 23 years old. I am from smaller town Trenčín but currently, I live and study in Bratislava at Comenius University. I study at Faculty of law fourth year. I love travelling and spending time with my friends:) I became a member of ESN in March 2015 and I'm a new Social Erasmus coordinator just a few months. For me, ESN brings new opportunities and options to help other students, meet new people, know different cultures and of course make the Erasmus stay in Slovakia great for them. Simply is a chance to have a great time with amazing people :)
Contact: k.liptakova1@gmail. com
Jozef Vajdiar - ESN STUBA
Most of my friends call me Jojo. I study Building Structures and Architecture at the Slovak University of Technology. I come from the mountainous countryside in the north of Slovakia. I like all winter sports. However, my favourite sport is floorball. I am not only Student and Social Erasmus Coordinator but also a member of volunteer fireman department in my hometown. So I like helping people in any way. I decided to join ESN STUBA after my own Erasmus experience in Vilnius. I enjoy organizing social events and meeting new people. People who are kind and have the proper amount of insanity.
I am really looking forward to meeting you in Bratislava.
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Michaela Podolínská - ESN Trnava
Hey :) My name is Michaela. I´m 24 years old and I´m a student of Mass Media Communication at the University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Trnava. I became a member of ESN in February. The reason why I decided for the position of Social Erasmus Coordinator is that I love animals, work in the non-governmental sector, nature and meeting new people. I want to organize events where Erasmus students can help our country. I will try to give them many opportunities how to help people, animal, city or nature.
Katarína Dvorská - ESN UKF
Hello, dears :)
My name is Katarína and I'm 25 years old. I've been the SocialErasmus coordinator at my local section since 2014, few months after I became an ESN member. I come from the oldest city of Slovakia – from Nitra. During my Erasmus in Krakow, we didn't have ESN at university and I missed it so much and I realized what does it really mean for foreign students and how important it is. But why SocialErasmus? Well, I studied social sciences so I'm whole social, it's the way of life:). I think it can be the first step how to involve young people to help to each other and to the environment. If one student would come to one SE event and liked it, he/she made something helpful of course, but they will take the experience to their homes all around the world, maybe start to do the same or something similar, show it to their friends and at the end they will continue in volunteering or just making good. Others will see it and will do the same. Just imagine it on the big scale, with thousands of Erasmus students and hundred countries. We are heroes and we are making other people to become heroes as well. We are saving the world <3
Zuzana Kovačičová - ESN SUA
Hi. My name is Zuzana and I study Business Economics at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. I am from small town Brezová pod Bradlom. I became the member of ESN in September 2016 and in two months I became the SocialErasmus coordinator. I like meeting people, travelling and getting new experiences and ideas. The ESN means for me new opportunities, ideas of helping people, animals, nature and personal development.
Kristína Kucharovicová, ESN UMB BB
I joined ESN after returning from my Erasmus in Spain. I like the social events most of all the Erasmus events we had in Spain which is why I am a local coordinator now. It feels great to show our international students the power they have and the impact they can have on the local community. SocialErasmus is a way to give back to the community they live in during their Erasmus!
Daniela Barloková - ESN UNIZA
Hi, my name is Daniela Barloková. I am 21 years old and I live in Žilina. I study E-commerce and management at the University of Žilina. I became an ESN UNIZA member in November 2016 and I´m a new Social Erasmus coordinator from March 2017. I love painting, meet new people, learn new languages, help others and take care of animals. This is why I decided to Social Erasmus position and also ESN UNIZA.
Ema Fričeková - ESN UNIPO
I'm Ema Fričeková and I study teacher training of English language and literature at the University of Prešov. I became a member of ESN since 2016 and I'm Social Erasmus coordinator now. I'm book, series and nature lover. For me is ESN great opportunity to meet new people, improve your language as well as organization skills. Social Erasmus means for me to show students from foreign countries different perspectives of life that can affect them and 'leave a mark' even if they'll come to their mother country. :)


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Monthly Archives: June 2010
SS Reefer Madness
I think I broke a rib… Or at least bruised it on our last day at St. Luia. In the days and weeks that come… I will be writing my memiors of our recent vacation. One of the best stories … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Stig!
I would go on and on about how great our vacation was… But that would be unfair to the big man of the house. Aiden turned 7 when we were stuck in airports on Saturday. We hastily celebrated with family … Continue reading
Just found out that the first flight is overweight…. They are bumping us back!!! Looks like we are headed back to the hotel for half a day! New flight time is 3pm… It's gonna be a long night!
Update from the field
Added a whole ton of pics to the Picasa site. We did the big tour of the island. Volcano, Pitons, Waterfalls, and some seriously cool snorkeling! From June 2010 Just click on the June 2010 link to see all the … Continue reading
Official link to pictures of the trip
I am using our picasa site for all the photos not taken on the iPhone. If you have not noticed. We got an underwater camera! Canon D10. Its sweet! 12 mega pixels of underwater fun! http://picasaweb.google.com/grouchomarkks You can also see … Continue reading
They're here!
Got in last night… Thats for anyone not following aling on Facebook! Enjoyed a nice little bus ride across the island In a Toyota van. The driver was great. Gave us the nickel tour along with a stop at the … Continue reading

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SQL Server, Analytics, .Net, Machine Learning, R, Python
About Me
Mitch Wheat has been working as a professional programmer since 1984, graduating with a honours degree in Mathematics from Warwick University, UK in 1986. He moved to Perth in 1995, having worked in software houses in London and Rotterdam. He has worked in the areas of mining, electronics, research, defence, financial, GIS, telecommunications, engineering, and information management. Mitch has worked mainly with Microsoft technologies (since Windows version 3.0) but has also used UNIX. He holds the following Microsoft certifications: MCPD (Web and Windows) using C# and SQL Server MCITP (Admin and Developer). His preferred development environment is C#, .Net Framework and SQL Server. Mitch has worked as an independent consultant for the last 10 years, and is currently involved with helping teams improve their Software Development Life Cycle. His areas of special interest lie in performance tuning
Saturday, March 29, 2008
GTA IV Trailers
Not much longer to wait for GTA IV, unless of course you're hanging out for the PC version (as I am). There are a bunch of trailers here. Love the last one, which is done ala 'koyanasqatsi ' (if you've never seen that film, go and get it. It's amazing.).
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Guaxs Table Lamp Somba L
Smoke Grey & Black mouthblown glass by Guaxs
Part of the 'Somba' range, this lamp's organic rounded form represents the natural inspiration and hand-craftsmanship behind it. It's textured design is topped with a simple dark grey linen shade, making it an elegant eye-catching piece.
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July 8, 2010 – Boston Scientific Corp. today announced enrollment of the first patient in its MultiSENSE clinical trial, which the company plans to use to develop a clinical alert identifying the early onset of worsening heart failure. The trial is designed to evaluate multiple physiologic sensors in the company's Cognis cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds).
When combined with the company's Latitude Patient Management System, CRT-D sensors would be able to monitor a patient outside of a clinical setting and permit the Latitude system to deliver early notification to the physician when the patient's heart failure worsens.
"Heart failure is a complex disease and physicians use a number of diagnostics to assess a patient's condition and disease progression," said John Boehmer, M.D., medical director of the Heart Failure Program and professor of medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center and principal investigator of the MultiSENSE trial. "A multi-sensor design in an implantable device, with the predictive power of multiple data points, would enable physicians to take clinical action sooner to avoid hospitalization due to heart failure."
Heart failure is a debilitating condition that affects a patient's quality of life and life expectancy. It is a condition in which the heart weakens and gradually loses the ability to pump blood effectively. Approximately 22 million people worldwide suffer from heart failure and nearly one million new cases are diagnosed annually, making it the most rapidly growing cardiovascular disorder.


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BOSTON � In another year, perhaps � and in another stadium, unquestionably � the soft fly ball Danny Espinosa lofted to left field would have settled into the glove of Darnell McDonald for the third out of the inning.
BOSTON - In another year, perhaps - and in another stadium,
unquestionably - the soft fly ball Danny Espinosa lofted to left
field would have settled into the glove of Darnell McDonald for the
third out of the inning.
But this is a year in which little has gone right for Red Sox
pitcher Jon Lester. Even in what to that point had been one of his
better starts of the season, Lester couldn't get one final break.
The Espinosa fly ball scraped off the middle of the Green Monster
and thudded into the grass, and a pair of runs scored to give the
Nationals a one-run lead in a game they'd eventually win by one
After Scott Podsednik caught a fly ball to end the inning,
Lester walked slowly off the field with his glove swinging by his
side and his eyes skyward in a "What else can I do?"
"It seems like it's just Groundhog Day every day, every start
for me," the lefty said after the game. "I can't seem to get a
break. I feel like I threw the ball good today. A fly ball to left,
a 300-foot fly ball - different ball game."
That would wind up being it for Lester, who struck out a
season-high nine Washington hitters - four with his curveball,
three with his cutter and two with his fastball - in seven innings.
He issued two walks, one of which was intentional. He was charged
with three earned runs on six hits. He has a 4.52 ERA in 13 starts
so far this season, a season in which both his strikeouts and walks
are below his typical numbers.
"The biggest thing is that walks are down," he said. "That's all
I can control - trying to execute pitch after pitch, and if they
swing and miss or if they take it, I deal with the result as we go.
They're an aggressive team. I was able to use my cutter to my
advantage as far as just getting some swing and misses, burying the
curveball as well. (Strikeouts are) something I'm not worried
about. I've never been worried about it. I just keep trying to
throw strikes out and get guys out as quick as we can."
Thumb takes Nava out
Daniel Nava was scratched shortly before first pitch Sunday with
soreness in his left thumb, an injury he originally suffered before
the game Saturday.
The switch-hitting left fielder had played in 29 straight games
since his call-up, starting all but one of them in left field. He
has hit .298 with a .429 on-base percentage in that span. He was
originally in left field and hitting leadoff Sunday against
Washington, but the soreness in his hand didn't allow him to
"They said he couldn't play," manager Bobby Valentine said.
Without Nava available, Valentine declined to pinch-hit righty
Kevin Youkilis for lefty Ryan Sweeney against Nationals lefty Tom
Gorzelanny with two runners on in the eighth inning. That move
would have forced either Adrian Gonzalez or Mike Aviles into the
outfield, something Valentine wasn't willing to do in a tie
"I didn't have another outfielder," the manager said.
The status of Nava for Monday in Miami is still up in the
"If it's good tomorrow, I'm going to go tomorrow," the
outfielder said.
Melancon on roster
The Red Sox placed Rich Hill on the 15-day disabled list before
the game Sunday with a left elbow strain, clearing room for Mark
Melancon on the roster for the first time in two months.
Melancon had a 49.50 ERA in four appearances with the Red Sox in
April, but he has a 0.83 ERA in 21 appearances for Triple-A
Pawtucket. He has struck out 27 and walked just three in 21 2/3
innings for the PawSox.
That a pitcher the caliber of Melancon - the Houston Astros'
closer a year ago and a pitcher for whom the Red Sox traded Jed
Lowrie in December - had been buried for so long was a reflection
of how well the rest of the bullpen has pitched.
"He would have been back sooner if our bullpen wasn't doing as
well as it has been," Valentine said.
"When you want to win a World Series, you need more than 25
guys," Melancon said last week. "The other guys play a part at
different times. Everybody's supposed to get up there and stick and
do that, but it's going to take more than 25 and we have to
understand that down here."
Melancon endured several abrupt promotions and demotions in his
time with the New York Yankees in 2009-10. He learned at that point
how best to approach the disappointment of not being in the major
leagues even while pitching well enough to be there.
"After five or six times of doing it, you realize it doesn't
help to go down there and get pissed off," he said in the Red Sox
clubhouse on Sunday morning. "It's tough to go down there after
you've had a couple bad outings, but you've got to make the best of
it. That's what I was trying to do."
"He didn't hang his chin on the ground and have his lip out,"
PawSox manager Arnie Beyeler said. "He said, 'Give me the ball. I
need to work some things out.' He's really done a nice job of
working on his stuff and being successful at the same time.
Hopefully he can take it back up there and do a good job. He was
definitely better than this league."


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Data Science and Analytics (DSA) technologies are having a huge impact on the economy, but some sectors are embracing DSA jobs and skills faster than others.
The demand for DSA skills is projected to grow by 15% over the next five years, which translates to nearly 364,000 new job postings expected nationally by 2020, according to the Burning Glass Technologies report Quant Crunch. The fastest-growing roles are Data Scientists and Advanced Analysts, which are projected to see demand spike by 28%.
Today, nearly 59% of the jobs are currently being hired in the Tech and Finance industries. Yet, that still leaves 150,000 jobs to be hired in the other industries. How will industries just getting started with DSA be able to properly understand the job requirements and then source the talent? Companies need to prepare for the growing market forces and plan for possible disruption to their strategic goals if they have trouble hiring for the DSA demand.
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If you are in an industry that hasn't crashed against the DSA wave yet, you still have time to prepare. Look at the company's business strategy and work through how the current workforce can or cannot adequately handle the increasing demand for data to drive business decisions, both operationally and strategically. Once you know what you are up against, you can plan the next move.
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Ruling worries S.C. contractors: Responsibility for settlements shifts
Publication Date 01/21/2011
Source: Post & Courier (Charleston, SC)
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A recent ruling from South Carolina's highest court has general contractors throughout the state worried that they could be liable for paying potentially huge financial damages that their insurers traditionally covered.
Property owners who sue builders for faulty workmanship — such as sloppily installed windows, an improperly poured concrete foundation or a poorly sealed building exterior — can be awarded generous settlements from the court system.
Insurance carriers usually pay that money on behalf of builders through a common type of policy called commercial general liability. But the S.C. Supreme Court shifted that responsibility to general contractors on Jan. 7 when it ruled on a 10-year-old case about a poorly built Myrtle Beach condominium development.
The decision surprised the construction community and attorneys who represent the building industry. Both parties are asking state lawmakers for a bill that would protect contractors from paying out lawsuit settlements.
"Even the most conscientious builders can get caught up in these things," said Jenny Costa Honeycutt, an attorney with Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd who spoke Thursday to a group of local construction professionals.
The issue arose in 2001 after home-owners at five condominium buildings in Myrtle Beach sued their builder, Crossman Communities of North Carolina Inc., over "numerous construction defects," according to the court's opinion.
A judge awarded the homeowners $16.8 million to pay for repairs.
Crossman officials called upon their carrier, Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co., to pay the cost, but the insurer refused. The insurance company argued that it shouldn't have to pay because the damage wasn't caused by weather or by an accident, such as an excavator running into the building.
Doug Carlson, president of the Carolinas chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., said the Supreme Court's ruling puts all the financial burden on the general contractor, which typically hires independent specialists called subcontractors to do much of the work.
In the Myrtle Beach case, the insurer and the general contractor agreed that sloppy work by subcontractors caused the water intrusion problem that damaged the structures.
But as a result of the high court's decision, the general contractor was found liable for the cost.
"It could bankrupt a lot" of builders, Carlson said. "It's going to have that effect."


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Sunday Morning, sitting here working on the blog, suns out, phones as flat as a pancake, no interruptions, bliss. I've got a great book to finish off, the tale of Ernst Degner Stealing Speed, the man who stole the secrets of the 2 stroke engine and sold them to Suzuki and as a result changed the racing world for ever. Well worth the read, it's amazing how far reaching this engineering went and how it affected most of us.As I said last week roll on summer. Got a few chores to do first, finishing of painting the brackets for the BMW, wash the Bimota and the two Ducatis, and I might even give the Diavel a clean if time allows. Down to Wellington this week or early next week, more bikes to have a look at and choose a couple of nice ones. Not too sure what the next project will be, but I need a couple of customs ready for the Big Boys Toys in a couple of months time. So it's all go at the moment. I try and stay as busy as I can, given my history. Right enough of this I say, it's time for you all to go get a bourbon, take an hour of your time and sit back and enjoy this weeks images for you all. Some you may look at and think what is this doing on here, but the reason is it's for inspiration, color schemes, a piece of metal bent in a certain way that you might like on your bike, a leather seat combination that would set your own toy of brilliantly, so they all have meaning in some way. Having said that some are just for the pure enjoyment of a moment. So enjoy the moment, you don't know how many you have left. Get on with it.
Ducati endurance racers always looked the best
Now this guy has gone beyong the call of duty when it comes to making sure his ride is polished. Check it out
And that is another fine ending to this weeks blog for you all. Thanks for all the messages, I've really enjoyed your input. Glad that you all like what goes on here, and glad that you all to a person ride. Keep it up.


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Looking up at the palm trees on Westheimer aglow with twinkly Christmas lights, I zoom right by the mandatory valet parking stand in front of P.F. Chang's China Bistro [4094 Westheimer, (713)627-7220]. "So arrest me," I tell the fascist in uniform when he protests. The upscale pan-Asian restaurant is sleekly Californian in design with exposed beams, track lighting and Asian art. I order a mai tai, but I am disappointed it doesn't come with a paper umbrella. It is extremely potent and very sweet, and I drink it too fast because I need to get back out to the parking lot before the tow truck arrives. P.F. Chang's menu promises a blend of Asian and Western culture. There is a lot of wine being served, which must represent France and California. Reproductions of ancient Chinese statues remind me of the Ming dynasty. And the valets are the Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution.
P.F. Chang's mai tai: Created by Victor Bergeron, the original owner of the legendary Trader Vic's restaurant, the drink supposedly was invented for some of his Tahitian friends who proclaimed it mai tai, meaning "out of this world." Like the restaurant, the drink is an amusing fantasy with no real Polynesian roots. It often is doctored up with such exotic additions as almond-flavored orgeat syrup.
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"Vuzix Blade is unlike any other product ever created by Vuzix in terms of form factor and interest from the developer community. We are providing our partners with a library of information that will help enable them to unbox their Blade and begin developing applications in a matter of minutes," said Paul Travers, President and Chief Executive Officer at Vuzix. "The development center also allows developers to commence their development projects and experiment with or without a physical Blade unit. The Vuzix Blade Developer Center is setup to cater to developers with varying degrees of experience and provides the developer community with a comprehensive guide to develop applications specifically for Vuzix Blade and enable new customer experiences."
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Republican bills aimed at reversing President Obama's executive order on immigration may hurt Iraqi and Afghan interpreters who aided American forces and split up military families in the U.S., says an immigration attorney and retired Army lieutenant colonel.
In recent days, Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Alabama, and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, have filed bills to repeal President Obama's immigration legislation. The bills would limit reasons for allowing immigrants applying for legal residency to stay in the U.S. -- called parole-in-place -- while their paperwork is being processed.
Attorney Margaret Stock said the laws are so restrictive they will "stop the [Defense Department] program whereby they parole translators who are in danger from ISIS in Iraq or al Qaeda in Afghanistan. They'd just have to stay there and get killed."
Military families with foreign dependents, meanwhile, including service members who marry foreign nationals, are not protected in the House and Senate bills, she said, which also will sweep away a decades-old law by which the U.S. provided parole-in-place status for visa applicants, including foreign-born members of military families, during emergencies.
Examples would be Vietnamese ushered in after the fall of Saigon in 1975 and Filipino applicants given parole-in-place following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991, she said.
Service members affected by the law, if it is passed, would be any who has foreign family members, including a spouse.
For example, said Stock, under the law a soldier who marries a Japanese citizen would have to leave the spouse behind if the military tour ends before an application is processed.
"But if there's an emergency that requires the person to get here earlier -- typhoon, earthquake, volcanic eruption, coup, war, nuclear attack, whatever -- the President would have no authority to bring the military family members to the U.S. on an emergency basis," she said.
"These bills have the potential of harming hundreds of thousands of military family members," Stock said.
She said she does not know if the bill sponsors -- two so far for the Senate version filed Jan. 8 and about 37 for the House version, filed Jan. 7 -- are aware of what their legislation will do to the military. All sponsors are Republican.
GOP lawmakers have bristled at Obama's November executive order, in which he made it possible for millions of undocumented immigrants to stay in the U.S. and get a work permit and a Social Security number without fear of being deported.
Under the proposed House and Senate bills, parole entry to the U.S. would be allowed for only a handful of reasons to include humanitarian parole.
They may also be paroled into the U.S. if they are donating an organ or tissue to a close family member or if a close family member is near death and would not live long enough for an application to be processed normally.
The bills also have provisions for public interest paroles. In these cases, people who have assisted the U.S. in a law-enforcement case or espionage investigation may be paroled into the country if they are needed to prosecute the case or if their lives are in danger in their own country.
Stack said these are the only exceptions spelled out in the bills as they are written.
"So that means no parole for Saigon evacuations, Mount Pinatubo eruptions, threats by ISIS or Al Qaeda or the Taliban, funerals for dead Marines, or a whole host of other reasons why military-related paroles were granted in the past," she said.
The bills also specifically state that work authorization will not be granted to those who are allowed into the U.S., something that the Defense Department has always requested for its applicants.
"The DoD always asks for a work permit for their humanitarian parolees so that they don't have to go begging in the street. They support themselves in the U.S. by working," she said. The bills "really will do terrible damage to the national defense and foreign policy if it becomes law. It repeals an authority that every President has exercised dating back to 1952."
Stock said the parole authority has been "a safety valve in immigration law for decades. It has saved a lot of lives -- and a lot of military families."
"Now they [Republicans] are mad at President Obama, so they want to remove the safety valve altogether," she said.
Stock said it is ironic that the GOP bills were filed only days after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services formally reversed a policy put in place late last year that threatened to separate family members of foreign-born nationals who joined the U.S. military and became citizens.
"It's also ironic that Congress seems to be doing this because they are upset about President Obama's executive action ... but the military family parole program [the legislation threatens] was started under George Bush," she said.
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So the choices are
- for me to stay at home all week looking after 3 children and Phil staying in cheap accommation
- Move to another part of the UK
I can only imagine how difficult it must be for you to make a decision. You can't make it overnight. I say that as somebody who has moved abroad two times for her partner's work. I also don't live in the city I was born in. I moved to England from Germany in 2007.
I can see your points but living in a city like London can be very exciting. Do you own a house or do you rent?
For your husband to rent a 'cheap' room in a city like London can be more expensive than you might think. Especially if he works in Central London and wants to live close to work. Otherwise you need to add travel costs to the already high rent prices. It is very hard to find a room in a decent area for less than £100-125 a week. Not only would you have rental costs, travel costs but he would also need to commute between the city and your place at the weekends. I know a few families where the partner works abroad or in another city during the week and they come home on Friday night and leave on Sunday night. For one of the families it works very well.
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I do love London but its so different to here. I sound like a baby don't I when you've moved countries.
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Early debates often read globalization as a powerful tendency destined to make state borders less pertinent. Recent research has challenged this view by suggesting that globalization and (re-)bordering frequently advance hand in hand, culminating in a condition that might be described as 'gated globalism'. But somewhat neglected in this recent wave of research is the role that particular international agencies are playing in shaping the norms and forms that pertain to emergent regimes of border control – what we call the international government of borders. Focusing on the International Organization for Migration and its involvement in the promotion of what it calls better 'border management', this paper aims to partially redress this oversight. The IOM is interesting because it illustrates how the control of borders has become constituted as an object of technical expertise and intervention within programmes and schemes of international authority. Two themes are pursued. First, recent work on neoliberal governmentality is useful for illuminating the forms of power and subtle mechanisms of influence which chracterize the IOM's attempt to managerialize border policies in countries as different as Ethiopia, Serbia and Armenia. Second, the international government of borders comprises diverse and heterogeneous practices, ranging from the hosting of training seminars for local security and migration officials, to the promotion of schemes to purchase and install cutting-edge surveillance equipment. In such different ways one can observe in very material terms how the project of making borders into a problem of 'management' conflicts with a perception of borders as a site of social struggle and politics.
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Development of regional skews for selected flood durations for the Central Valley Region, California, based on data through water year 2008
Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5130
Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
By: Jonathan R. Lamontagne, Jery R. Stedinger, Charles Berenbrock, Andrea G. Veilleux, Justin C. Ferris, and Donna L. Knifong
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Flood-frequency information is important in the Central Valley region of California because of the high risk of catastrophic flooding. Most traditional flood-frequency studies focus on peak flows, but for the assessment of the adequacy of reservoirs, levees, other flood control structures, sustained flood flow (flood duration) frequency data are needed. This study focuses on rainfall or rain-on-snow floods, rather than the annual maximum, because rain events produce the largest floods in the region. A key to estimating flood-duration frequency is determining the regional skew for such data. Of the 50 sites used in this study to determine regional skew, 28 sites were considered to have little to no significant regulated flows, and for the 22 sites considered significantly regulated, unregulated daily flow data were synthesized by using reservoir storage changes and diversion records. The unregulated, annual maximum rainfall flood flows for selected durations (1-day, 3-day, 7-day, 15-day, and 30-day) for all 50 sites were furnished by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Station skew was determined by using the expected moments algorithm program for fitting the Pearson Type 3 flood-frequency distribution to the logarithms of annual flood-duration data. Bayesian generalized least squares regression procedures used in earlier studies were modified to address problems caused by large cross correlations among concurrent rainfall floods in California and to address the extensive censoring of low outliers at some sites, by using the new expected moments algorithm for fitting the LP3 distribution to rainfall flood-duration data. To properly account for these problems and to develop suitable regional-skew regression models and regression diagnostics, a combination of ordinary least squares, weighted least squares, and Bayesian generalized least squares regressions were adopted. This new methodology determined that a nonlinear model relating regional skew to mean basin elevation was the best model for each flood duration. The regional-skew values ranged from -0.74 for a flood duration of 1-day and a mean basin elevation less than 2,500 feet to values near 0 for a flood duration of 7-days and a mean basin elevation greater than 4,500 feet. This relation between skew and elevation reflects the interaction of snow and rain, which increases with increased elevation. The regional skews are more accurate, and the mean squared errors are less than in the Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data's National skew map of Bulletin 17B.
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How social networking is becoming real-time feedback tool
In a world where reaching out for help either means a recorded message stating how important the consumer is followed by a list of numerical choices or a webpage where "help" diverts to an index of frequently asked questions, the old-fashioned way to provide direct assistance has been a far away call.
However, the Indian consumer is increasingly realising the importance of the social media as a real-time customer feedback tool.
Sample this: When Ahmedabad-based pharmacist Rahul Sharma experienced a data connectivity problem on his Tata Photon Plus, he was quick to note that the service provider had a customer feedback page on Twitter.
"I wrote to them about my data troubles and within three hours, my problem was responded to online. Soon a customer-care executive called asking me details of the problem."
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Shirsendu Roy, a Mumbai Indians fan, opted to book match tickets on the team's Facebook page.
"When I booked tickets through the MI page, I could directly share the date and time of my tickets with my Facebook friends and ask them to join me, instead of telling everyone individually."
The MI Facebook page, one of the top five brand pages accessed by over 1.5 million fans, has seen close to 100,000 users joining the group in the past 30 days, reports online metrics' site Facebakers.
The overwhelming response by the net-savvy social networker to help desk services offered on sites like Facebook and Twitter is reflected in a study by Experian.
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The compiled data suggests that social media, which accounts for 13.16 per cent of the total Internet visits in India, is led by Facebook with 32 per cent of total hits and 51 per cent of market share with respect to page views - i.e. one in every two social network pages viewed is a Facebook page.
Twitter, a microblogging site, is also fast catching up with the trend. India ranks in the list of top 10 countries in terms of twitter users, contributing around 6.5 per cent of the site's total traffic, an Alexa data release says.
It's not surprising that the platform is being used as a customer feedback tool: Brands such as Cleartrip, MakeMyTrip, Idea Cellular, Tata DoCoMo, Airtel, Vodafone, Jet Airways, Kingfisher, Bajaj Allianz, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Pizza Hut and Barista, among many others, are seen actively engaging users on social platforms.
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Users like Deepti Kalra, a regular on e-commerce site Flipkart, prefer to type in their queries on the Twitter page instead of dialling the customer care number.
"When I was unable to complete my transaction on Flipkart, I posted my query on their Twitter page and within minutes they answered my query online and a customer care executive on phone assisted me to resolve the billing issue," she says.
For companies, the focus on Facebook and Twitter pages, especially for consumer-dependent businesses like Flipkart, makes sense because customers are comfortable with the experience of real-time support to their queries.
Subsequently, telephone calls to Flipkart's toll-free customer care number have declined, says Sachin Bansal, CEO of Flipkart. Instead, the e-commerce portal's 750,00 Facebook fans and over 5,000 Twitter followers post feedback on its offers, services and products in real time.
"There's a limit to what we can do on our website or blogs, as opposed to content that can be consumed and shared on Twitter and Facebook."
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Realising that the concept has caught the fancy of the Indian consumer, the company decided to market its stock of Apple iPhones and iPads on the Facebook page.
"For any marketing message that we put out on social media platforms, we get an average 100,000 customers sharing the news with friends or responding to the communication. We are able to convert about a few hundred of such users in to actual sales," adds Bansal.
An independent study by Iffort, a web-strategy & social media consulting firm, revealed that brands like Acer India's Twitter account has been inactive since November 2009.
The other prominent profile is that of Apollo Hospitals who haven't posted a single tweet since July 2009.
Daksh Sharma, director at Iffort Consulting, has been working with brands like www.dealsandyou.com a daily deal site where customers prefer to connect via social media channels.
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"Since the brand has over 200,000 followers on Facebook, we are also able to collate a lot of feedback through wall posts, by asking questions and constantly adapting to what customers are looking for and when we do our customers show their appreciation in a public forum which is great for the brand."
Recently, the site ran a promotion on the Cricket World Cup using the social media platform to engage customers - the game had over 13,000 unique players where the winners won prizes and the brand gained a lot of user mileage online.
But handling disgruntled users on sites like Twitter or Facebook is a trick that Indian companies are beginning to learn.
Financial institutions like ICICI Bank actively offer support to its banking customers over Twitter.
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The Iffort study reveals that there were irate customers who took on the bank for not receiving support through the conventional methods.
For such cases, ICICI Bank has dedicated staff to constantly monitor its tweets and address concerns on net banking, transaction charges and debit card issues.
Hareesh Tibrewala, joint CEO of Social Wavelength says: "We recently did a project for a major pharma company that makes OTC drugs. The company had certain hypothesis about consumers' perception of their brand. Using social media listening tools, we were able to validate those hypothesis."
Tibrewala, who essentially manages social media communication for brands, adds that almost 40 per cent customer support requirements are emerging on Twitter.
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How social networking is becoming real-time feedback tool
"Facebook would account for less than 10 per cent and sites like Mouthshut, Customercourtforum.in, consumercomplaint.org are also very popular with consumers who want to vent their frustration."
An Experian analyst says the popularity of social networking sites as a feedback tool arises from the fact that consumers feel emboldened by voicing and sharing their opinions.
"Word of mouth and personal recommendations are extremely powerful tools in advertising, because people instinctively trust the recommendations of real consumers rather than the marketing slogans of a company."


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With Thomond Park as the backdrop, eight time All Ireland winner and LIT lecturer Michael Fennelly launched this year's Hurley Hoey 10km Charity Run/Jog/Walk & 50km Cycle.
Starting at 11am on Saturday March 5th this year's Hurley Hoey will be a fantastic day with individual prizes on offer for the top finishers. The route has been carefully mapped with the start and finish taking place in Gurteen, Co. Clare.
Speaking at the event, John Hoey, Chairperson of the organising committee spoke of the growth of Hurley Hoey Run. "We are delighted to be announcing details of this event today and we really want as many runners, joggers and walkers as possible to take part from Clare and neighbouring counties. It's our third year now and the event is getting bigger and bigger but for us it's just about getting friends, families and communities together.
"It is deeply moving to see so many come out in memory of Ger, Eilish and indeed their own loved ones. We will again have entertainment and refreshments for all our participants and their families afterwards in the club-house. We are delighted to have LIT on board as main partner, and we've also had a fantastic response from the local business community with Liddy's Costcutter Roslevan Tierneys Cycles and Shannonside Building Supplies."
Vice President of LIT, Jimmy Brown is delighted that the third level institute are now involved in a big way with the event. "LIT is delighted to enter into a new partnership with the Hurley Hoey, an event grounded in a strong community and family ethic. Our partnership will help the Hurley Hoey to grow in the time to come, and add to the benefit it brings to people through charities and good causes in the region. Participation in events like this is important to both the charities that will benefit directly from the proceeds but also to the participants who benefit from the healthy activity and the fun, enjoyment and the camaraderie of the event itself. LIT is delighted to be involved as this type of event provides lasting benefits across the community."
Michael Fennelly added; "I'm delighted to be involved with the event this year. Last year was a great day out for the club and more importantly the community – the event gets a phenomenal amount of support locally from volunteers marshalling the course and car-parks, to all the tea, coffee and sandwiches for everyone in the club afterwards. That's what it's all about."
Registration for the event can be found on Hurley Hoey with on-going event updates, news and information on Facebook. The entry fee is €20 for Adults, €10 for students with under-eighteens free to enter.
All funds raised will go to the Clare Cancer Support Group, Slainte an Chlair and the RNLI Midwest Lifeboats service.


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We continued our crazy schedule on day 2 of Sundance Film Festival by waiting outside in the press line in the freezing cold to cover the Red Carpet Premiere of #TrashFireMovie at the Egyptian Theatre on Main street.
Trash Fire, is a comedy take on a psychological thriller starring Adrian Grenier as Owen, who is forced to confront the past he's been running from his whole life. He and his girlfriend Isabel, played by Angela Trimbur become entangled in a horrifying web of lies, deceit, and murder.
We take you inside the red carpet and talk to the cast and director of this film, Richard Bates Jr, which is generating quite a bit of buzz at the festival. Richard loves the horror genre of films and we find out why this was his most personal film he has written and directed.
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This was hands down the MOST LOVELY and FUN red carpet we covered the entire time we were at the festival. These guys were in great spirits and so cool!
Cast includes: Adrian Grenier, Angela Trimbur, Fionnula Flanagan, AnnaLynne McCord, Mathew Gray Gubler, Ray Santiago, and Molly McCook. Directed by Richard Bates Jr.
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We talk to the gorgeous AnnaLynne McCord about her role in this film and how it differs from the normal "vixen roles" she plays. We love this beauty who is so genuine and authentic and is using her star power for such amazing causes like the New Somaly Mam Fund which is helping create rehibilation centers and clinics for women of human trafficking & sexual slavery trauma. AnnaLynne opens up to us about her experience with domestic violence and sexual assault and how working with these organizations has helped to heal her. We couldn't love her more.
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On Jan. 1, 2011, Pastor John Bradshaw became the fourth speaker/director of the international It Is Written ministry.
John's experience makes him uniquely suited for the role of speaker/director. His broadcasting career began in his home country of New Zealand, where he worked as a disc jockey on a number of the nation's top radio stations. He left this job in 1990—propelled by a desire to find Bible-based truth and a deeper Christian experience.
John met his soon-to-be-wife, Melissa, at church, and after their wedding, he began working as a full-time public evangelist. After 12 years, the family—which now included son Jacob and daughter Shannon—decided to put down roots. In the years that followed, John served as pastor of the Lexington, Kentucky, Seventh-day Adventist Church, as well as the Village Church near Walla Walla University in Washington.
In his nearly two decades of ministry, John has held more than 80 evangelistic series. For him, nothing matches the joy of introducing others to Christ. "Jesus offers complete transformation," he said. "There's something incredible that happens when His presence consumes a person's life. I love that It Is Written communicates this around the world on a daily basis."


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I contributed $25,000 to my registered retirement savings plan for the sole purpose of withdrawing the funds under the Home Buyers' Plan to buy a condo. Later I learned there is a 90-day waiting period for withdrawals. Does that mean I will not be able to use the money for my down payment? Is there any way I can access these RRSP funds?
The Home Buyers Plan is a great tool for first-time home buyers. It allows you to withdraw up to $25,000 tax-free from your RRSP to buy or build a qualifying home, and to repay the money to your RRSP over a period of up to 15 years. However, your predicament underscores why it's important to read the fine print before you make any important financial decision.
The Canada Revenue Agency is very clear on the rules. "Your RRSP contributions must remain in the RRSP for at least 90 days before you can withdraw them under the HBP, or they may not be deductible for any year," the CRA's website says.
For example, if you made your RRSP contribution on Sept. 1, you would have to wait until Nov. 29 to withdraw the money, or you would not qualify for an RRSP deduction for the funds. (This is assuming you did not have any other money in the RRSP before you made the $25,000 contribution.)
There may be ways around the problem, however, says Camillo Lento, a chartered accountant and lecturer in accounting at Lakehead University.
For example, you could try to delay your closing date and withdrawal until after the 90-day period has passed. The CRA would then allow you to deduct the $25,000 from your income, potentially creating a tax refund.
You need to be aware of another rule, however. Before applying to withdraw funds under the HBP you must have a written agreement to buy or build a home, with the condition that your final withdrawal under the HBP can be no later than 30 days after the closing date. Any withdrawals after the 30-day period would be included in your income and subject to tax.
Keeping these rules in mind, Mr. Lento suggests another option: You could plan to close your home purchase, say, 62 days after you made the RRSP contribution, using a line of credit to make the down payment. You could then withdraw the $25,000 under the HBP 29 or 30 days later and pay off the line of credit. That way, you would meet both the 90-day and 30-day conditions and qualify for a refund.
"If he hasn't purchased the house yet, he can probably make it work," Mr. Lento says.
If you've already bought the house and it's not an option to delay the closing, you can still access the $25,000 for your down payment by bypassing the HBP and just making a regular withdrawal from your RRSP, he says. In that case, you would be subject to withholding tax on the funds, but you would qualify for a deduction and tax refund. Ultimately, it would be a wash, because the $25,000 RRSP contribution and $25,000 withdrawal would cancel each other out.
Before you make a decision, I recommend you consult the CRA or a tax professional.
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Early this month, Nike did something a lot of movie fans and shoe collectors were waiting for. It created the exact replica of the shoes worn by Michael J. Fox in the popular 1989 flick 'Back to the Future'. He wore the shoes when he travelled to 2015 in the movie. 1500 shoes were put on e-bay for auction – they were sold out faster than one could imagine; the campaign has been evidently massively successful. This sneaker is getting Nike extra attention not just because of the 'limited edition' of the shoes but also because all the proceeds will be donated to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's disease research. To top it all, Sergey Brin has pledged to match the donations made to the foundation up to the next year (to a maximum of $50 million). The shoes have been auctioned for anywhere between $3,500 to $10,000 with the British rapper Tinie Tempah even paying $37,500 for his pair! The purchase of the year did help Tinie jump into the spotlight, but this has kept Nike in the news too and for some good reasons.
Brands need to be in the news for the right things. When a brand associates itself with the right cause, it gets noticed and spoken about, and that's where it has a chance to overtake its competitors. Hugo Boss released a campaign this month for its perfume Boss Orange. However it was not the regular 'glamour shoot' that most perfume advertisements are about; instead, it talked of development of schools in Madagascar. Boss Orange has donated $300,000 to the 'Schools of Africa' initiative and through this campaign, it hopes to help at least 60,000 pre-school children in Africa. It used celebrities Sienna Miller and Orlando Bloom to propagate the idea that 'every child has the right to an education' – and Boss, along with UNICEF, would help do this "Today. To Help. Together". When Bloom was chosen as the perfume's brand ambassador in 2010, he said he identified with Boss Orange immediately because "it had a laid back spontaneous quality," much like he had. So while Boss and Orlando were working on giving the brand a distinct identity, associating it with a cause made it stand out.
When a brand associates itself with a cause, it changes the total image and reputation of the company. Research has proved that firms that are socially responsible are considered by consumers to have a good reputation. In a study done by British Telecom in 2002, as much as 25% of a company's reputation was dependant on its commitment to society.
She was called the 'Mother Teresa' of the business world, because she believed in not just doing business, but doing it with some heart too. Anita Roddick never forgot the African women who shared their skin care secrets with her, which she used to make her creams and lotions for her cosmetics brand 'Body Shop'. The key to Body Shop's success was not just its interesting products but the numerous social causes the brand stood for. It played an active role in Save the Whales campaign in 1985; again in 1989, it stood behind the cause of saving the Brazilian forests; and again in 1990, it energetically supported the petition against testing of animals. These were some of the numerous causes that Anita Roddick and Body Shop fought for and her customers (the young women) just loved her for it. This dynamic woman breathed her last four years ago in September 2007, but she showed the world how business does not just mean a crazy obsession with profits, but also a crazy obsession with the society. Body Shop gave crazily and the more it gave, the bigger it grew – and Anita Roddick soon became the fourth richest woman in Britain in 1990. CSR is a powerful tool and cannot be ignored. With the youth of today having a greater and louder voice in purchase decisions, companies that look after the society find increased customer loyalty as they increase their commitment towards the society. Customer loyalty is the one factor all brands would give their right arm for, and socially responsible organizations get it, since the customers respect them, and the word-of-mouth around these companies is so good that customers perceive their products to be more reliable and of better quality. As a result, they are ready to pay a higher price for these products and feel good about it.
When Bono, the legendary singer of the rock band U2, launched his brand 'Product Red', he got himself some real heavyweight partners. From American Express, Gap, Nike, to Armani, everyone announced their range of RED products, the sales of which would go to Bono's Product Red to help fight AIDS in Africa. These brands and their products instantly got a lot of buzz and shot to fame and Bono raised $140 million.
Marks and Spencer has found a cause that is close to our hearts... useless hangers! According to a survey, some 100 million hangers are thrown away and they take as much as 100 years to degrade. So in July this year, Marks & Spencer tied up with UNICEF to launch a new campaign, which urged customers not to take the hangers home when they bought clothes from the store – and for every such purchase, the company would donate 50p to UNICEF to help it transform the lives of some of the poorest children in the world. All people had to do was make a simple choice and it made them feel good about it. Isn't branding all about making the customer feel good? When you undertake socially responsible work, you not just make the customer feel good but you also do good to the world.
From Oprah to Lady Gaga, everyone knows what a strong impact these activities have on their fans. When Japan was hit by the earthquake this year, Lady Gaga was the first to quickly offer the 'We pray for Japan' wristband and encouraged her fans the 'little monsters' to buy the band to help the country. In just two days the bracelets made gross sales above $250,000. It was Nike that started this craze for bracelets in 2004 when it teamed up with Lance Armstrong and came up with this idea to raise funds for cancer. No one in their wildest of imaginations thought this would become a fashion item as youngsters proudly wore their cause on their wrists! Till date, more than 70 million of these bracelets have been sold and millions of dollars raised.
Last year, Oprah took up the cause of distracted driving, an issue that has led to many accidents. Oprah asked her fans to fill up a "No phone pledge" form, where they would pledge to not text or call while driving.
What's business without a little giving! And one such self-made businessman is Renzo Rosso, the founder of Diesel clothing company. His foundation 'Only the Brave' pledges to change villages in Africa and remove extreme poverty. He believes brands can be used to do a lot more than just being fashion labels. Business is not just about earning but also about giving.
Business is marketing and marketing is a lot about advertising. Not just our business vision, but our advertising also should be responsible. After all, it pays to be responsible. Last month, Nivea For Men launched an advertisement for its cream, which showed a short haired, black model tossing the head of a black man with an Afro-American hair and beard. That head represented his 'before- Nivea self'. The ad ended with the caption, "Look Like You Give A Damn…. Re-Civilize Yourself". The ad did not go down well with the viewers as it alluded that Afro-Americans were not civilized, and people decided to not buy Nivea if it believed in such racist stuff. Nivea realized its irresponsible behaviour and quickly posted an apology on its Facebook page and withdrew the advertisement.
Advertising is a potent tool and needs to be used very carefully. Cadbury too tread on the danger line when the ad for its 'Bliss' range of dark chocolates ran into slight trouble this year. The chocolate bars were promoted with a strapline, "Move over Naomi, there is a new diva in town". The black model Naomi Campbell did not take it too well and said she found it insulting, hurtful and racist. The ads were pulled out and Cadbury had to apologize to Naomi.
A little bit of sensitivity goes a long way in building a strong brand reputation. With competition increasing and with the consumer confused about product quality, these are the cues on the basis of which a consumer builds a perception about your product. Marketers should be careful about their image.
It's been proved that employees who work in ethically and socially responsible organizations are more committed to it. The young are choosing organizations that show a commitment towards society and are ethical. Finally, employees are your first customers, and it makes business sense to keep them happy. They have the strongest influence on 'word of mouth' about your brand and your business.
Be good, be responsible. That is what will help you sustain in this highly competitive world. Let's make a commitment to not just make profits but in our own way heal the world, make it a better place.
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To associate your brand with a social cause is a nice way to promote it. I'm not denying this fact. But then what happened to Aircel. They were doing awesome before they launched a campaign "Save Tiger". After that they fell. Why is it so ma'am?ReplyDelete
Let's make a commitment to not just make profits but in our own way heal the world, make it a better place....the best line of the article.ReplyDelete
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Mastercard plans to launch a payment platform on blockchain
Payment transaction system Mastercard developed a special service for quick payments on the basis of blockchain technology. Service specialists have already submitted their patent to the US Patent and Trademark Office, which was announced on the site of this institution.
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LIMA, July 12 (Reuters) - Canadian miner Bear Creek said on Tuesday it had filed for a legal injunction to regain its license for a mining concession in southern Peru after the government cancelled it to calm protests by indigenous groups.
Peruvian officials in late June revoked the company's license for the Santa Ana silver deposit after protests by Aymara Indians in the region of Puno turned violent.
Chief Executive Andrew Swarthout, in a statement, said Bear Creek still hopes a political solution is possible despite the legal filing.
The filing in Peru, a leading global minerals exporter, was made just days before President Alan Garcia leaves office and leftist leader Ollanta Humala becomes president.
Humala has promised to calm nagging social conflicts in rural provinces that threaten to derail billions of dollars in foreign investment in one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
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What's in a name? And more important, can you find your name on a toy license plate at Disney World? Every year, the Social Security Administration releases the most popular names in the nation and in each state.
Can you guess the top names for 2016?
In Connecticut, the top names are Noah (with 222 baby boys) and Olivia (with 210 baby girls), according to the Social Security Administration.
In the nation, the top names are Noah and Emma. It is Noah's fourth year and Emma's third year at the top.
In Connecticut, here are the Top 10 baby names in 2016:
- Noah and Olivia
- James and Charlotte
- Michael and Mia
- Liam and Ava
- Jacob and Isabella
- William and Sophia
- Benjamin and Emma
- Mason and Abigail
- Alexander and Amelia
- Lucas and Emily
In the nation, here are the Top 10 baby names in 2016:
- Noah and Emma
- Liam and Olivia
- William and Ava
- Mason and Sophia
- James and Isabella
- Benjamin and Mia
- Jacob and Charlotte
- Michael and Abigail
- Elijah and Emily
- Ethan and Harper
For girls, the top 10 baby names for 2016 were:
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If you're looking for luxury, you've found it in the 2017 Kia Cadenza. An abundance of standard features and state of the art technology combine to make the Cadenza a well-priced luxury vehicle. This year ushers in a revamped exterior that contributes to the overall extravagance of the 2017 Cadenza. The remodeled Cadenza is wider and offers two new grille options to provide a sculpted appearance, with chrome details pulling together to sleek lines of the Cadenza. Take a look at the redesigned appearance in person at Team Gunther Kia in Daphne, AL.
The 2017 Kia Cadenza has been named an IIHS Top Safety Pick+ this year, performing well of all the tests and earning a superior rating in Front Crash Prevention test. Using available safety features like Autonomous Emergency Braking, which can anticipate a crash and apply the brakes to belay the accident, or the Lane Departure Warning System warns you if your vehicle is drifting from your lane without a turn signal, the 2017 Kia Cadenza successfully avoids collisions. Standard Rear-Camera Display makes certain that you are aware of what is happening behind you while backing up.
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Professor, Michigan State University, January 1983 -
Quarter-system courses (pre-1992): Introductory Cartography; Computer Uses in Cartography; Map Design; Proseminar in Cartography; Research Seminar in Cartography; Quantitative Methods in Geography; The World of Maps.
Semester-system courses (1992-): Introduction to Geographic Information; Quantitative Methods in Geography and Planning; Thematic Cartography; Map Production and Design; Automated Mapping; Seminar in Cartography and Geoprocessing; Research Design; Senior Seminar in Geography Education; Topics in Geog Info Science.
Department Chair, Geography, Michigan State University, 1989 - 1994
Associate Professor, Boston University, Sept. 1974 - Dec. 1982.
Maps and Air Photos: Their Content, Logic, and Use; Introductory Cartography; Advanced Cartography; Computer Applications in Cartography; Seminar (graduate); Problems in Cartography; History of Geographic Thought (co-taught with A. Carbonell); Air Photo Interpretation
Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, Sept. 1970 - June 1974.
General Cartography; Cartographic Design and Reproduction; Advanced Cartographic Problems; Introductory Quantitative Methods; Computer Cartography
Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin, Sept. 1966 - June 1967 (Introduction to Landforms and Introduction to Climate)
Project Assistant, University of Wisconsin Cartographic Laboratory, June 1967 - June 1968 (Examples of Maps for books and articles: Maps for The Atlantic Slave Trade: A Census by Philip Curtin, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969; (With Cherie Edwards [Wyatt]) maps for Acadia: The Geography of Early Nova Scotia to 1760 by Andrew H. Clark, Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1968).
Graduate School Fellow, University of Wisconsin, Summers 1968, 1969, 1970
Department Fellow, Department of Geography, Sept. 1968 - June 1969
Research Assistant under Professor A.H. Robinson, Department of Geography, August 1969 - January 1970
Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, January 1970 - June 1970 (Maps and Air Photos)
Summer Faculty Fellow (NASA/ASEE), Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, Summers 1971 and 1972
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Winter quarter 1972-73 (General Cartography; Maps and Map Interpretation)
Consultant, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Geography Division, Summer 1975
Temporary Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, Winter and Spring Quarters 1980-81 (Introduction to Cartography - both quarters; Map Design and Use; Computers in Cartography)
Brittingham Visiting Scholar, University of Wisconsin, Winter 1996 (1-month appointment).


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Book search winding down: "Today we informed our partners that we are ending the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects and that both sites will be taken down next week. Books and scholarly publications will continue to be integrated into our Search results, but not through separate indexes.
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