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Editor's note: This feature explores problematic Joint Commission standards with expert advice from BOJ advisors. This month, Elizabeth Di Giacomo-Geffers, RN, MPH, CNAA, BC, CSHA, a healthcare consultant in Trabuco Canyon, CA, and former Joint Commission surveyor, discusses recent changes in the area of pain management.
The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) has brought a renewed focus to the area of pain management with its recently released brochure, "What You Should Know About Pain Management," as part of the accrediting body's Speak Up program.
Pain management has been on The Joint Commission's radar for quite some time. Since 2000, it has been a part of The Joint Commission's national standards as well as the accreditation process.
Pain is one of the major reasons patients seek care. However, hospitals continue to struggle with the issue. According to Joint Commission officials at the 2009 Executive Briefings, pain assessment and reassessment is a top 10 most-cited standard under PC.8.10 (soon to be PC.01.02.07), for which hospitals received RFIs in 16% of surveys in 2007 and the first quarter of this year.
The brochure provides some excellent advice for pain management but has a few holes your facility should watch for:
Be aware of your patients' cultural needs. The Joint Commission brochure is available in Spanish, but be prepared to communicate about pain in the languages and dialects common to your area.
Literacy is important here: Does your facility have written materials you can provide to patients in their native language to help them understand and assess their pain needs?
Pain is population specific, varying with factors such as age, cultural diversity, and cognitive impairments. It takes a delicate understanding to sense, using verbal and nonverbal communication, the level of pain a patient is experiencing, especially when he or she is ventilated or cognitively impaired, such as a patient with Alzheimer's.
Pain is in the eye of the beholder. As pain management pioneer Margo McCafferey wrote in 1968, "Pain is what the patient says it is, and it's as bad as the patient says."
Know how to educate those who are caring for a population that cannot communicate its pain. The Joint Commission brochure focuses on adult pain management quite well but does not specifically address the pediatric population. With pediatric medication errors so high, it will benefit your facility to take the time to understand the pain management and pain assessment needs for children, particularly those too young to explain their own pain.
The real key here is knowledge. We must educate everyone involved with the patient. Nurses, physicians, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, dietitians, residents, and even counselors should receive education on how to assess and manage pain in their patients. Most healthcare providers do well when it is expected that the patient will experience pain (e.g., after surgery). However, without cues such as an incision site, providers may forget to ask about pain.
It boils down to assessment and reassessment. If you don't educate people on pain pathophysiology, they will not be able to get their arms around this issue.
Policy. Take a look at your policy. When it comes to pain management, an RFI can be a self-inflicted wound. Is your pain assessment and management policy too tight? Does it need to be clarified or simplified? Did staff members have input into its design?
Like any policy, a pain assessment policy that is too stringent can leave your organization open to an RFI simply because it is impossible for staff members to reasonably comply with it.
Speak with frontline staff members. Listen to how they assess pain and the steps they go through to determine the level of pain in their patients and craft an effective policy from that information.
Documentation. A successful pain management policy can be derailed by a lack of documentation. Many facilities assess pain but fail to document it in accordance with their policies.
Examine your policies: Can your staff comply with the policies as written? Does the practice follow the policies? If not, why not?
If you find that people are not documenting their assessments or reassessments, ask why. Is it a knowledge deficit? Is it a process problem? Are you requiring documentation in multiple places? Is the documentation too detailed, taking up too much time, or interfering with other patient needs?
Drill down to the root cause of the problem. This may vary from organization to organization. The number of RFIs has increased 1% this year—why is it still so high when we know most caregivers are doing an excellent job? What we know is, very often, caregivers are not capturing their excellence in writing or they are documenting it but not in accordance with existing policies.
We need to find out why caregivers are not capturing their practices in writing. Is it a practitioner issue or is it a global issue?
Look at the system, the technology involved, and the policy for where holes might exist.
Other standards. Where should hospitals focus to make sure they are meeting patient needs in pain assessment and management?
Let's start with the basics. RI.2.160 (in 2009 identified as standard RI.01.01.01, element of performance [EP] 8, an A EP) states that patients have the right to pain management.
Education for patients and their families is key. Also, look at what your facility is using to assess pain. There are many pain rating scale tools available on the Web (one excellent resource is UCLA's pain management center at www.uclapainmanagement.com). Are your tools simple to use?
Remember, it's not just nursing that needs to use this scale. MS.03.01.03, EP 2 (an A EP), requires hospitals to educate all licensed independent practitioners about pain management and assessment. This is new for 2009.
HR.01.04.01, EP 4 (a C EP, requiring a measure of success and documentation, designated in the manual with M and D), also addresses staff education, requiring hospitals to orient staff members on assessment and management of pain.
PC.03.01.07, EP 2 (a C EP, requiring a measure of success and a direct effect requirement), looks at operative or high-risk procedures and monitoring pain. For this EP, you should track the frequency and intensity of pain as it relates to the potential effect of the operative or high-risk procedure.
PC.8.10/PC.01.02.07 (all EPs) similarly requires hospitals to assess pain consistently with regard to the patient's age and cognitive ability.
Information provided to the patient should include discussion of the patient's pain, activities that increase the pain, and the importance for the patient to effectively manage his or her pain.
Many practitioners fear providing pain medicine because of the possibility of addiction. However, many med-ications are not as effective if they are not administered early when the onset of pain begins, as opposed to later when the pain reaches its apex.
Properly addressing pain assessment and management boils down to education on all sides. Facilities need to target and increase knowledge in caregivers. Training caregivers about the value of adequate pain management should begin in medical and nursing school.
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Nobody wants to be the bad guy. That includes the writer. This may be why I see fewer of what I'd call old-time villains, who wreak havoc in stories without becoming monsters, in contemporary films and books.
Historically, a lot of antagonists have been members of out groups. When I was a kid, anyone other than a straight WASP — including American Indians, Asians, Blacks, Italians, Gays, Nazis and Irish — made an acceptable villain. You can find all of them in noir films, TV westerns, and cartoons. Today, if you look at that list, only Nazis are still fair game, and it's safe to say that terrorists of any sort can show up in a story and be booed with impunity. Mostly.
One trick writers have used to hang onto some former go-to villains is to have someone of the same ethnicity on the side of the good guys. (See folks, we aren't bigots. Look, we know some of "those people" are good.)
The legacy of bigotry is enough, in and of itself, to make a writer reluctant to create a villain.
At the other end of the spectrum is the explained villain. A writer, who doesn't really believe it him/herself, cooks up a cliche Freudian reason for the bad behavior. It's a segmented sort of insanity. Yes, the writer has an excuse and can point to it, but that does not make the story less disappointing. It's easy to see why writers avoid this path.
An approach to this problem that's in between is the antihero. Sometimes these are characters who do the right thing because is serves their own selfish interests (or more likely because they have a selfish excuse for doing the right thing, and so don't see themselves as being "suckers"). Han Solo more or less fits this type and ends up being a hero, despite himself. But I think it's notable that Han is flanked by a traditional hero, Luke, and an old-time villain, Darth Vader.
I guess it could be said that the Godfather's Michael Corleone is an antihero. He's certainly the story's protagonist. I see him as a tragic figure who is corrupted by circumstances — mainly a society that is even more broken and flawed than his criminal family.
Science fiction and fantasy helped social critics (and their ideas) make it through the McCarthy era safely. And, as long as the pixies and aliens don't look too much like contemporary groups, these genres can provide rich and safe opportunities for villains. The problem comes in when the worlds these creatures live in are too distant from our own or the nature moves so far from human that it becomes easier to think of these villains as monsters than reflections of ourselves.
To me, the answer to restoring villainy is bringing authenticity to the work. I've tried to present some of the approaches to this, such as reflecting the hero or just going to extremes when faced with an intolerable loss or insult, in previous posts. That provides a "how," but writers still need to have the courage to present villains that will be unacceptable portrayals to some readers or audience members no matter what. As soon as an antagonist is fleshed out enough for people to identify with, the negative aspects will be taken personally.
Good villains get under people's skin. Writers who present good villains will be attacked.
Which brings us to the "why." Why create characters that irritate people when you can always soften them or make them into monsters? The answer is villains are necessary if you want to make the most of many story concepts.
All you need to do to prove this to yourself is to list ten of your favorite villains. In fact, you probably can make the case just by listing ten to twenty of your favorite stories. The best argument for daring to make really bad villains is right in front of you — in the movies you've watched and the books you've read, over and over again.


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The Northern College Free Thinking Programme:
Education for the survivors of Modern Slavery
We provide outstanding adult residential education for the empowerment and transformation of individuals and communities
We achieve this on our Free Thinking Programme through our outstanding teaching and the philanthropy of people like you.
Wondering what the 'Free Thinking programme' is all about?
Please watch this feature from ITV News.
As one of the country's leading adult colleges, we have gained the expertise and the experience to make real, lasting change to survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking lives and your donation will help us to do this.
Northern College in South Yorkshire has launched a pioneering 'Free Thinking Programme'; this programme, the first of its kind in the UK, will prepare survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking for living and working in the UK. These survivors have very little or no access to further education. This lack of access to education could be a significant factor in their re-entry into modern slavery or exploitative work.
Northern College's response has been to develop the 'Free Thinking Programme' for students who have experienced significant trauma through modern slavery and human trafficking. The students will stay at the college for short intensive periods, in a supportive learning environment which allows them to focus on a future of freedom either in the UK or in their country of origin.
The programme is responding to an educational need for survivors, its aim is to rebuild self-confidence and trust and encourage independence in people who have often been subject to appalling treatment at the hands of traffickers.
As well as aiming to rebuild self-confidence and trust and encourage independence, the Free Thinking Programme will provide survivors with opportunities to develop their English Language and ICT Skills, Applying for Work, Interview Techniques, Rights and Responsibilities in the Workplace, Team Skills, Dealing with Conflict and Living in the UK.
An overview of the media profile
The college appreciates that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a key element to any business, giving back to society, investing in communities and people's futures. Part of any good CSR policy is a positive and vibrant media profile and involvement in a prominent, national project such as the Free Thinking Programme can only add to that. Partners to the Free Thinking Programme will be invited to share in publicity and success stories arising from the programme.
As part of the programme we will be monitoring student progression and the long term effect on students and communities; we are happy to provide you with these case studies, taking into account safeguarding and confidentiality issues.
You may be interested to note that Northern College is a charitable company limited by guarantee and therefore, any donation or contribution to this programme would be regarded as charitable giving.
Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is the acquisition of a person, by means of deception or coercion, and transporting them illegally from one area to another for the purpose of exploitation. This exploitation is often termed as modern slavery and takes many forms. In the UK, modern slavery is most commonly forced labour in the agricultural, construction and fishing industries, sexual exploitation, domestic servitude; and forced criminal activity. Recent figures from the 2018 Global Slavery Index suggested as many as 136,000 victims are trapped in modern slavery in the UK alone.
Wentworth Castle
Northern College is housed at Wentworth Castle, a historic mansion set in Grade 1 listed parkland. The former owner of Wentworth Castle built up its estate and grounds using money made from the slave trade. The Earl of Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, was Britain's representative for the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, which included an agreement for Britain to sell African slaves in the Spanish colonies. A statue of a slave still remains within the castle grounds. In more recent years, the Grade I listed building has had a happier history. The college Principal said "There is welcome irony in the college hosting this programme as the Wentworth Castle estate was built on profits from Britain's involvement in the slave trade. We are proud that this unique programme will help to redress the balance. As an adult residential college specialising in helping those with the greatest of needs, we feel that our environment is the best setting to trial this programme."
Changing the lives of survivors
The college is actively seeking sponsors to help support this incredibly exciting and valuable work. Could you be a donor?
Northern College provides an exceptional quality of additional learning and pastoral support to students, vital for those who have very low levels of personal confidence and self-esteem. The residential setting, coupled with these high levels of support enables students to make maximum use of their time spent at college. Survivors often have children and Northern College provides an on-site, Ofsted inspected children's centre, which delivers care to children aged 6 months to 5 years during school term time. To gather these necessary funds, Northern College will be setting up a bursary scheme and inviting partner organisations to make a donation which would support students whilst they are on the Free Thinking Programme.
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Huffington Post
The School For Survivors Of Modern Slavery. Click here to see the article.
InfoMigrants (infomigrants.net)
The Free Thinking programme enjoyed another piece of promotion over the Christmas hols, Radio Sheffield interviewed Jane and two students from the course. They are on at 1.39 and 2.39, it's worth a listen. – 26/12/18. Click here to listen (Please be aware a BBC account maybe needed to listen).
Thomson Reuters Foundation (trust.org)
Slaves to students: British college marks new start for survivors – 28/11/18. Click here to read the article.
InfoMigrants (infomigrants.net)
Hope for survivors of modern slavery – 30/11/18. Click here to read the article.
ITV News feature of students
House of Commons (EducationQuestions)
Stephanie Peacock paying tribute to the Northern College Free Thinking Programme
I paid tribute to @NorthernCollege & their fantastic course that provides educational opportunities for survivors of modern slavery. Access to funding is vital in initiatives likes this; I plan to meet with the Education Sec soon to ensure this is the case for this local program. pic.twitter.com/pDRf2d0MqK
— Stephanie Peacock (@Steph_Peacock) 27 June 2018
Parliament Briefing
MP Steph Peacock talking in Parliament about Northern College's pioneering 'Free Thinking' programme which offers a blueprint of how we can support survivors of modern slavery.
Extremely important debate on tackling modern slavery. I spoke about @NorthernCollege's pioneering 'Free Thinking' programme which offers a blueprint of how we can support survivors. pic.twitter.com/hd3ubcI7qv
— Stephanie Peacock (@Steph_Peacock) 10 October 2018
The Yorkshire Post
How pioneering college course is liberating victims of modern slavery – 07/06/18. Click here to read the article.
Radio Sheffield
The Northern College Free Thinking Programme featured on BBC Radio Sheffield – 02/06/18. Recording via iPlayer unfortunately now unavailable.
The Barnsley Chronicle
Launch event – 23/03/18. Click here to read the article.
Stephanie Peacock – w/c 10th Sept. Click here to read the article.
Huffington Post
Slavery Survivors Worked Without Pay And Lived Without Freedom, Denying Education Is Cruel – 07/08/18. Click here to read the article.
Graduation ceremony BBC Online – 27/07/18. Click here to read the article.


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Champoeg State Park
September 26-28, 2015
Pronounced Sham-POO-ee
We found this park, south of Portland, OR, because friends were camping there to participate in a half-marathon event. It's actually very nice indeed, on the banks of the Willamette River, smack in the middle of the Willamette Valley wine district. It has an interesting history, starting with the name, how to pronounce it and what it means. Here's the latest thinking on that subject.
In any language, it's a very pretty park with an excellent campground and lots of trails for walking and biking. What's more, the park is surrounded by farms that grow hazelnuts, strawberries, and dairy. There are also innumerable wineries in the area. The famous butte, or rounded hill, in the area is where French immigrant families first began growing grapes in the Willamette valley.
Did we say wine?
Yes indeed! Right across the highway from the main entrance to the park you'll find two small wineries sharing the same facilities. One is SineAnn, and the other is Lady Hill. So, in the spirit of adventure, we felt it was our bounden duty to hop on our bikes and ride over as part of a longer bike ride. When we stopped by, the SineAnn tasting room was open, though Lady Hill was not. At SineAnn, we tried their Pinot Noir and their Cabernet Sauvignon. The 2012 Pinot was really very good indeed. The Cab was equally impressive. Since we were riding our bikes, we decided to skip making a purchase for fear of a tragic bottle-dropping accident. However, when we got back home we found SineAnn's Cab available at Costco for just under $26.00. So, we picked up a bottle there and look forward to trying it soon. It's a 2013 and thus quite youthful, but it's probably worth opening a bottle soon, just for fun. If it seems as good at home as it did at the winery, we'll grab a few more bottles and hold them a few more years in anticipation of enjoying them again!
The campground and Butteville
At Champoeg State Park, the campground is really great. There are two loops, each quite different from the other. Both loops offer "standard" campsites, meaning they provide water and electric, but not sewer connections. Loop A, where we stayed (site A-14), is more heavily wooded, while Loop B is more open. Both loops are quite pleasant indeed, and we'd be happy in either. This is a typically awesome Oregon State Park campground, and you can't go wrong staying here.
The bike trails here are really a lot of fun, and that includes a trail that leads to the Butteville Store, the longest continually operating store in the state of Oregon. We're not quite sure what they sell at the Butteville store, since it was closed during our visit, but it must be interesting! Bike riding around here is a real pleasure, and we highly recommend bringing your bikes when camping here.
The blood moon
While at Champoeg, we were lucky enough to witness a total eclipse of the full moon, resulting in a "blood moon." To add extra excitement, this was also what is referred to as a "super moon." We went out into the field next to Loop B and set up chairs, blankies and cameras on tripods to prepare. We had a nice clear evening, and it got chilly quickly as the moon began to rise. Given we're in the far West, the moon was already fully eclipsed by the time it rose over the horizon. When we finally saw the blood moon, it was an exciting moment, and we followed the process for a while before heading in to warm up. We popped out again later in the evening to catch an image of the restored full moon. So, here are a few shots, just to satisfy curiosity.


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text: NYSE:WWWWolverine World Wide Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Wolverine World Wide, Inc. Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $24.94 +1.46 (+6.22 %) (As of 06/5/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$23.67Now: $24.94▼$25.0750-Day Range$16.58MA: $19.74▼$24.9452-Week Range$12.19Now: $24.94▼$34.70Volume1.62 million shsAverage Volume761,553 shsMarket Capitalization$2.02 billionP/E Ratio21.32Dividend Yield1.60%Beta1.72 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Wolverine World Wide, Inc. designs, manufactures, sources, markets, licenses, and distributes footwear, apparel, and accessories. The company operates through three segments: Wolverine Outdoor & Lifestyle Group, Wolverine Boston Group, and Wolverine Heritage Group. It offers casual footwear and apparel; performance outdoor and athletic footwear and apparel; kids' footwear; industrial work boots and apparel; and uniform shoes and boots. The company sources and markets a range of footwear styles, such as shoes, boots, and sandals under the Bates, Cat, Chaco, Harley-Davidson, Hush Puppies, HyTest, Keds, Merrell, Saucony, Sebago, Sperry, Wolverine, and Stride Rite brand names. It also markets apparel and accessories under the Merrell and Wolverine brands, as well as licenses its brands for use on non-footwear products, including the Hush Puppies apparel, eyewear, watches, socks, handbags, and plush toys; the Wolverine brand eyewear and gloves; and the Keds, Saucony, and Sperry brand apparel. In addition, the company markets pigskin leather under the Wolverine Warrior Leather, Weather Tight, and All Season Weather Leathers trademarks for use in the footwear industry. Further, it operates brick and mortar retail stores, and e-commerce sites. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. sells its products in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and countries in continental Europe and the Asia Pacific to department stores, national chains, catalog and specialty retailers, independent retailers, uniform outlets, and mass merchant and government customers through retail stores, as well as through third-party licensees and distributors. As of December 29, 2018, the company operated 80 retail stores, as well as 42 consumer direct e-commerce sites. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. was founded in 1883 and is based in Rockford, Michigan.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 2.3 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingWolverine World Wide has received a consensus rating of Buy. 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Previous Next 2.5 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Wolverine World Wide are expected to grow by 56.10% in the coming year, from $1.23 to $1.92 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Wolverine World Wide is 21.32, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.42.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Wolverine World Wide is 21.32, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 29.22.Price to Earnings Growth RatioWolverine World Wide has a PEG Ratio of 1.28. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioWolverine World Wide has a P/B Ratio of 2.59. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 2.3Community Rank: 1.8Dividend Strength: 3.3Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 2.5 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.19 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Footwear, except rubber Sub-IndustryFootwear SectorConsumer Discretionary Current SymbolNYSE:WWW Previous Symbol CUSIP97809710 CIK110471 Webwww.wolverineworldwide.com Phone616-866-5500Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.77 Current Ratio1.12 Quick Ratio0.76Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio21.32 Forward P/E Ratio20.28 P/E Growth1.28 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$2.27 billion Price / Sales0.89 Cash Flow$3.03 per share Price / Cash Flow8.23 Book Value$9.62 per share Price / Book2.59Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$2.25 Net Income$128.50 million Net Margins4.61% Return on Equity22.11% Return on Assets6.89%Miscellaneous Employees4,000 Outstanding Shares81,188,000Market Cap$2.02 billion Next Earnings Date8/5/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable WWW Rates by TradingView Receive WWW News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for WWW and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Wolverine World Wide (NYSE:WWW) Frequently Asked Questions How has Wolverine World Wide's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Wolverine World Wide's stock was trading at $22.50 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WWW shares have increased by 10.8% and is now trading at $24.94. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Wolverine World Wide? 9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wolverine World Wide in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Wolverine World Wide. When is Wolverine World Wide's next earnings date? Wolverine World Wide is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Wolverine World Wide. How were Wolverine World Wide's earnings last quarter? Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (NYSE:WWW) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The textile maker reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.10. The textile maker earned $439.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $469.81 million. Wolverine World Wide had a return on equity of 22.11% and a net margin of 4.61%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 16.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.49 earnings per share. View Wolverine World Wide's earnings history. How often does Wolverine World Wide pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Wolverine World Wide? Wolverine World Wide announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 29th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 1st will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Monday, August 3rd. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.60%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 30th. View Wolverine World Wide's dividend history. How will Wolverine World Wide's stock buyback program work? Wolverine World Wide announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Wednesday, September 11th 2019, which allows the company to buyback $400,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 17.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued. What price target have analysts set for WWW? 9 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Wolverine World Wide's stock. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $39.00. On average, they expect Wolverine World Wide's stock price to reach $25.57 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Wolverine World Wide. What are Wall Street analysts saying about Wolverine World Wide stock? Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Wolverine World Wide stock: 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Shares of Wolverine have risen and outpaced the industry in the past three months. The stock got boost following third-quarter 2019 results, wherein revenues and earnings grew year over year. While the top line met the Zacks Consensus Estimate, the bottom line beat the same for the seventh quarter in row. Also, management revised full-year earnings projection but retained revenue view. Notably, Wolverine is gaining from advancements in its e-commerce business, backed by strong brands like Sperry, Saucony and Wolverine. Moreover, it is on track with the global growth agenda, wherein it plans to make investments of nearly $38 million in 2019. However, stiff competition, unfavorable currency fluctuations and tariff related woes cannot be ignored. In fact, management envisions new tariffs to hurt full year earnings by 3 cents." (12/23/2019) 2. Pivotal Research analysts commented, "We are modeling 2Q sales at the low end of guidance, below consensus, and EPS in line with guidance/consensus. We believe 2Q was a challenging backdrop for WWW, and we suspect the company suffered from weak reorders in the quarter. We are also modeling FY19 sales at the low end of guidance, below consensus, and EPS at the midpoint of guidance and in line with consensus. At best, we believe WWW will reiterate its FY19 guidance. The guidance implies 2H sales growth of 4%-8%, with MTeens%, respectively. We don't doubt that backlog is healthy for these brands, but WWW is up against tough 4Q comparisons for Merrell (+DD% ly), Sperry (+HSD% ly) and boots in general. We lack confidence in WWW's ability to lap these tough comparisons, as we believe that 4Q18 results were aided by unusually favorable weather last year." (8/2/2019) Has Wolverine World Wide been receiving favorable news coverage? Media stories about WWW stock have been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Wolverine World Wide earned a media sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the textile maker a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutWolverine World Wide. Are investors shorting Wolverine World Wide? Wolverine World Wide saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,070,000 shares, a decrease of 5.1% from the April 30th total of 4,290,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 879,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.6 days. Currently, 5.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Wolverine World Wide's Current Options Chain. Who are some of Wolverine World Wide's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Wolverine World Wide include Nike (NKE), Deckers Outdoor (DECK), Skechers USA (SKX), Crocs (CROX) and Steven Madden (SHOO). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Wolverine World Wide own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Wolverine World Wide investors own include Carnival (CCL), Wendys (WEN), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Xerox (XRX), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Andersons (ANDE), AON (AON), Conduent (CNDT) and General Electric (GE). Who are Wolverine World Wide's key executives? Wolverine World Wide's management team includes the following people: Mr. Blake W. Krueger, Chairman, CEO & Pres (Age 65)Mr. Michael David Stornant, Sr. VP, CFO & Treasurer (Age 52)Mr. James D. Zwiers, Exec. VP (Age 51)Mr. Michael Jeppesen, Pres of Global Operations Group & Wolverine Heritage Group (Age 59)Mr. Richard J. Woodworth, Pres of Wolverine Boston Group (Age 61) What is Wolverine World Wide's stock symbol? Wolverine World Wide trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WWW." Who are Wolverine World Wide's major shareholders? Wolverine World Wide's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.08%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (4.18%), State Street Corp (3.32%), Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC (3.02%), Wellington Management Group LLP (2.37%) and Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C (2.17%). Company insiders that own Wolverine World Wide stock include Amy M Klimek, Brenda J Lauderback, David T Kollat, Jeffrey M Boromisa, Joseph R Gromek, Kyle Hanson, Michael Jeppesen, Nicholas T Long, Richard Woodworth and William K Gerber. View institutional ownership trends for Wolverine World Wide. Which major investors are selling Wolverine World Wide stock? WWW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., Wellington Management Group LLP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., KBC Group NV, and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold Wolverine World Wide company stock in the last year include Jeffrey M Boromisa, Kyle Hanson, Michael Jeppesen, and William K Gerber. View insider buying and selling activity for Wolverine World Wide. Which major investors are buying Wolverine World Wide stock? WWW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C, Eagle Asset Management Inc., Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., State Street Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd., and Aigen Investment Management LP. Company insiders that have bought Wolverine World Wide stock in the last two years include Jeffrey M Boromisa, and Nicholas T Long. View insider buying and selling activity for Wolverine World Wide. How do I buy shares of Wolverine World Wide? Shares of WWW can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. What is Wolverine World Wide's stock price today? One share of WWW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.94. How big of a company is Wolverine World Wide? Wolverine World Wide has a market capitalization of $2.02 billion and generates $2.27 billion in revenue each year. The textile maker earns $128.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.25 on an earnings per share basis. Wolverine World Wide employs 4,000 workers across the globe. What is Wolverine World Wide's official website? The official website for Wolverine World Wide is www.wolverineworldwide.com. How can I contact Wolverine World Wide? Wolverine World Wide's mailing address is 9341 COURTLAND DRIVE N.E., ROCKFORD MI, 49351. The textile maker can be reached via phone at 616-866-5500 or via email at [email protected] This page was last updated on 6/6/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff


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When we had that glorious hot weather one weekend in April we had a great day out to Bosworth Water Park. It's a great day out because there is so much to do, it's impossible to get bored.
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You can camp there or just take a picnic blanket etc and set up somewhere on the green around the lake or beach. You can take advantage of their cafe or take a picnic/BBQ.
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Here comes the sun! The summer months can make working outside a pleasant experience, but they also open up outdoor workers to the risk of melanoma and other types of skin cancer. Skin cancer accounts for almost half of all cancers diagnosed in the United States every year. And outdoor workers are at an extremely high risk for overexposure from the sun. May is the American Academy of Dermatology's Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention month. We've provided insight and tips to help combat skin cancer and protect your property's employees.
As a result of being exposed to the sun's rays at high levels and frequency, many maintenance workers and contractors develop skin cancer sometime in their life. If the workers at your organization are doing any of the following, they're putting themselves at high risk for developing skin cancer:
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One way to better protect your employees is by implementing and enforcing a uniform and sun protection policy. Be sure to include the following provisions in your policy:
- Uniform shirts must be worn at all times
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- In working areas where an umbrella, tarp or other form of sun protection is provided, these must always be utilized
- In areas where eye protection isn't already required, sunglasses must always be worn to prevent eye damage
- Sunscreen must be applied every hour to all exposed areas of the skin
These safeguards ensure that the upper bodies of your workers (with the exception of necks and lower arms) are adequately protected from the sun at all times. Be sure to educate your workers on the risks and causes of skin cancer. The sun is shining. Enjoy it and be careful.
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Alliance Defending Freedom is demanding a retraction and apology from ABC News after reporters smeared one of the nation's most respected religious liberty law firms as a "hate group."
ABC News reporters Pete Madden and Erin Galloway wrote a scathing report on a speech Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivered behind closed doors at the Summit on Religious Liberty at the Ritz-Carlton in Dana Point, California.
"Jeff Sessions addresses 'anti-LGBT hate group,' but DOJ won't release his remarks," read the headline.
"Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivered a speech to an alleged hate group at an event closed to reporters on Tuesday night, but the Department of Justice is refusing to reveal what he said," read the lead paragraph of the Madden-Galloway hit piece.
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ABC News based its decision to brand ADF as a hate group on the highly-partisan Southern Poverty Law Center.
Southern Poverty Law Center accuses ADF of "supporting the recriminalization of homosexuality abroad, ending same-sex marriage and generally making life as difficult as possible for LGBT communities in the U.S."
They've also labeled the Family Research Council and the American Family Association—both highly respected religious organizations—as hate groups.
Let's just cut to the chase here, folks. Southern Poverty Law Center is a far-left partisan goon squad that labels any ideology they oppose as hate.
"ABC News has committed journalistic malpractice," ADF spokesperson Kerri Kupec said. "For ABC News to essentially cut and paste false charges against Alliance Defending Freedom by a radically left-wing, violence-inciting organization like Southern Poverty Law Center is a discredit to ABC News and to the profession."
For the record, Alliance Defending Freedom has a stellar record of defending religious liberty before the Supreme Court—seven victories at the high court in the last seven years.
Their most recent Supreme Court win came just a few weeks ago—Trinity Lutheran v. Comer.
They also represent Christian baker Jack Phillips and Christian florist Barronelle Stutzman—both under attack by LGBT activists for putting their religious beliefs ahead of political correctness.
"Southern Poverty Law center spends its time and money attacking veterans, nuns, Muslims who oppose terrorism, Catholics, evangelicals and anyone else who dares disagree with its far-left ideology," Kupec said.
On the other hand, ADF "works every day to preserve and affirm free speech and the free exercise of religion for people from all walks of life and all backgrounds because we believe freedom is for everyone."
For ABC News to label such a respected and revered law firm as a hate group is not just shameful—it's an outright lie.
Reporters Madden and Galloway should be ashamed of this disgusting piece of propaganda.
"Americans' trust in media is cratering, and the blatant bias and lack of professionalism that ABC attempted to pass off as news can only serve to confirm and intensify that distrust," Kupec said.
Based on Alliance Defending Freedom's court room prowess, ABC News would be wise to immediately retract the story and apologize.
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Three photographs are arranged in a diagonal: a stone stairway upon which two men race toward a Buddha; a Land Rover with a small porch, railing, and stairs lashed to its roof; and a station wagon parked before a large sign that perhaps read "WASH," though the W has been cropped out of the frame. Directly opposite this trio stands an actual lightning rod, green with
oxidation and piercing a rusty weather vane. These elements converse about big themes-—faith, death, ascension. Other matchups in this room-filling installation include a photo of an artist copying a Vermeer paired with a portable easel, and a broken office chair that speaks to a shot of an armless classical statue. Art and life are again entwined in Girls' Footprints (2007), which
situates a photo of schoolgirls dashing through snow above a gray plush-pile rug studded with depressions that match the positions of the girls' shoes. In Arno Light, a chandelier is suspended in front of a mirror that also reflects a photograph hanging on the opposite wall, which depicts a similar light fixture. None of the flame-shaped bulbs are lit, but, as in all of Bloom's conceptual doppelgangers, the piece travels a richly meandering path, a reflection of the Florentine river of its title.
Julianne Swartz
Antennae topped by drooping wires jut out of squat cement blocks; driven by tiny clockworks concealed in the chunky bases, the flexible metal strands rotate slowly and skittishly. One wire pierces a miniscule slip of paper that reads "Hope," but it's difficult to read as it waggles like a snuffling, uncertain animal. In Obstacle Mountain, a plastic blob, suspended on a long wire leash, drags around a little cement hill, stuttering through its never-ending orbit on the floor.
Touch Knowledge features a tiny suspended lightbulb that trails a hairlike wire—each time it comes into contact with a coil of thicker wire, a circuit is completed and the bulb glows briefly. Brutish and delicate at once, these homely materials become poignant actors in Swartz's existential dramas. Josée Bienvenu, 529 W 20th, 212-206-7990. Through June 29.
Tony Cragg
The half-formed heads twisting and protruding out of these large sculptures bring to mind some cheesy cultural associations, such as Terminator 2's liquid-metal assassin and the 360-degree futurist profile of Mussolini. And yet the broad, flattened visages that arise in Caught Dreaming seem of a piece with its hulking, rhinoceros–like carriage. Plus a group of bronze abstractions—some painted ripe yellow or zesty scarlet, and one, Digital Skin, black as a truck tire and inscribed with ones and zeros—are folded and tucked into themselves, their torqued, intersecting parallel lines and smooth recesses simultaneously conveying technological brio and organic exuberance. Marian Goodman, 24 W 57th, 212-977-7160. Through June 9.
'Flowing Streams: Scenes From Japanese Art and Life'
In the 18th century, a Buddhist vestment was patched together from a donated Noh costume; the result is a polychromatic grid pattern of undulating lines and chrysanthemum blooms. A sumptuous robe hangs nearby, decorated with orange satin maple leaves and curving blue streams edged in silk thread. A white-spotted pattern in the water has been created by binding the fabric before it was dyed, leaving behind what the artisans referred to as "fawn spots." Nineteenth-century paper stencils that were used to dye fabrics are beautiful objects unto themselves: whorls and arabesques represent waves, flowers, and water wheels, while overlapping concentric circles can be read abstractly or as water droplets sending ripples across a still pond. The Metropolitan Museum, 1000 Fifth Avenue, 212-535-7710. Through June 3.
Nguyen Bach Dan
In 1999, Bach Dan, who lives in Vietnam, saw snow for the first time during a fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center, and she has conveyed that sense of pervading light in her current black-ink paintings of bamboo stands and dense forests. Leafy Woods welds bright sky to watery reflections through atomized layers of gray stippling veined with sinuous black tree branches. Executed in the studio, these works have an imaginative, graphic quality, which in one instance imbues black blots and blotchy lines with both the tactile presence and the dreamy essence of lotus blossoms. Denise Bibro, 529 W 20th, 212-647-7030. Through June 9.
Zilvinas Kempinas
First you hear the chattering static. Then, walking around a black wall, you're confronted by a
rectangle the size of a small movie screen, striated by frenetic black lines through which objects-—ceiling lights, electric fans—flare in and out of view amid bright white radiance. What at first seems poor reception on a massive TV turns out to be a separate room behind a scrim of hundreds of strands of videotape kept in constant slapping flux by the fans; get real close and this kinetic, strobing contrast seems to almost smack you. The dark videotape, stripped of its usefulness as recorded data (last year's Twilight Zone marathon, perhaps?), has now become the filter for an agitated and enigmatic luminosity. It could be seen as the perfect television show-—plotless, borderline assaultive, and utterly hypnotic. Spencer Brownstone, 39 Wooster, 212-334-3455. Through June 9.


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Our 11am Sunday Service is live on this link
'"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.'
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
We are a group of ordinary people...
We are a group of ordinary people from different backgrounds, generations and cultures. We believe that we all play an important role within the life of our church. We are constantly aware that we are far from the finished article - "content with our weaknesses" we are confident that God still has much to do in our lives.
We worship an extraordinary God...
We worship an extraordinary God, one who speaks these powerful words into our lives, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness". We are always amazed at the grace of God in our lives through Jesus Christ. He lived the life we ought to live and died the death we ought to die, so that we might become the people that we ought to be!
We live all of life in the strength of His grace...
We live all of life in the strength of His grace knowing that Christian living is impossible without the work of the Holy Spirit. We find great comfort in this statement, "For when I am weak, then I am strong." it helps us see that in no way are we able to live for God on our own strength, it can only ever be in the strength that He provides. God gets all the glory this way!
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Winning Wednesday is back! Below I have put together a list of my top 10 favorite fashion/beauty giveaways going on this week. I hope you take the time to enter each one - you never know, you might be the next lucky winner!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: July 24, 2014
2. Essie is hosting a "Mojito Madness" summer sweepstakes! Lots of prizes are involved including weekly prizes of manicure kits and $100 Piperlime gift cards and a grand prize of a $1000 Piperlime gift card! Click here to enter! (Note: I receive additional entries by you using that link to enter - thank you!)
GIVEAWAY ENDS: July 31, 2014 --- but remember you can enter daily!
3. Hellorigby! is hosting a giveaway for a super cute anchor dress and anchor jewelry from Style Gather. I love the nautical theme - especially during the summer when all I want to do is be anywhere remotely water-related. Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: July 12, 2014
4. Do you have a passion for fashion? Link up with Lena B Actually's Passion for Fashion this week in order to earn yourself an entry into winning a $20 Modcloth gift card. Anything fashion goes! Click here to link up and enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: July 10, 2014
5. Selective Potential is giveaway your choice of shoes from BOBS from Skechers to two lucky readers! I'm totally digging the floral design on the Utopia-Turfs style. Can't you just picture those now with a striped dress? Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: July 15, 2014
6. In Honor of Design is showing off her perfect nude high heels and offering up a pair of Shoemint shoes of choice to one lucky reader! Since I am forever in a boot state of mind, I am loving the Violette in nude - such a great summer bootie! Click here to enter! (Note: I used my Shoemint referral link here which means any purchase you make after clicking the link will result in Shoemint points for me. Thank you!)
GIVEAWAY ENDS: July 15, 2014
7. Love your monogram? Bramblewood Fashion teamed up with ONecklace to offer one reader a $25 gift card to the ONecklace etsy shop! I like their necklaces but I'm actually really digging their ring selection! Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: July 25, 2014
8. Here & Now is giving away the ultimate gift card for anyone: A $100 Target gift card! Get all the low down on her honeymoon packing essentials and enter to win this fabulous prize while you're at it. Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: July 13, 2014
9. Blue Eyed Finch and a group of other bloggers are offering up a huge giveaway: a little bit of fashion for your home in the form of gold foil fashion prints and $300 cash! I think these pretty prints would look right at home in my half-bath and that $300 would look just as pretty in my wallet. ;-) Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: July 15, 2014
10. Love nude eye makeup looks? Me too. Blushing Noir sampled the Maybelline The Nudes Expert Wear Palette and shows off great swatches for you to get a real feel for each shade. Even better, she is offering one up for one lucky reader! Click here to enter! (Note: The Maybelline link is an affiliate link to Ulta - thank you!)
GIVEAWAY ENDS: July 22, 2014
Do you have a fashion and/or beauty giveaway going on right now? I'd love for you to join me and link up with my NEW Winning Wednesday giveaway linky! Each week I will be hosting a new round up and may feature your giveaway in my favorites! All I ask is that your giveaway be fashion or beauty related somehow - it can be geared toward women, men or children. Please include the name of your blog, the giveaway item and the date the giveaway closes. For example: Fashion Frugality | $50 JCrew Gift Card| 07/14/14.


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Tuesday, 4 April, 2017 - 14:30 to 15:30
Dr. Franziska Meinck
CSSR Seminar Room 4.29, Level 4 Leslie Social Science Building, Upper Campus
Abstract / Description:
Child abuse victimisation is a major public health concern in South Africa. Research on risk and protective factors and prevention interventions is still in its infancy. In this talk, Franziska will describe findings on linkages between risk factors of abuse and putative health outcomes as well as ongoing research on the prevention of child abuse using parenting interventions. Further, she will talk about issues regarding the measurement of child abuse and potential ways forward to mitigate these.
Presenter biography: Franziska Meinck is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Centre for Evidence-Based Interventions at the University of Oxford. She holds a BA in Social Work from the Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, an MSc in Evidence-Based Social Interventions and a DPhil in Social Interventions from the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on the epidemiology of child abuse in South Africa investigating prevalence rates and risk and protective factors as well as access to services. Her new research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council in the UK aims to develop and validate child abuse measures for use in intervention studies in different cultural contexts.
Contact person: Nondumiso Hlwele
Tel: +27 21 6504656
Fax: +27 21 6504657
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Leslie Social Science Building
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University of Cape Town
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Obviously, since I am a contributor to this blog, I tend to lean toward writing Epic Fantasy. The manuscript I am currently working on is the first in what might turn out to be a six book series (or more if the plots don't stop rolling out of my head). One trend for epic fantasy tends to be that we have a lot of characters, especially when it comes to series. My story is centered around five main characters, but there are plenty of other characters that play important roles as well. Writing with this many characters hasn't really been an issue for me. No, what I am talking about when I say the Epic Issue of Too Many Characters or POVs is more on the marketing side of writing.
When I ventured into the serious side of writing last year after having completed the first drafts of books one and two of my series, I was startled by the amount of advice people give you without first reading your book. People guffawed when they found that my main characters totaled to five and that there were plenty of other POVs from which my story is told (eleven to be exact). I was told to narrow it down to three MCs and definitely tell the story solely from their POVs instead of the other characters. My query letter mentioned the five girls by name and I was advised to cut it down to one or two, even though they all have vital roles in the introductory book. When I did this, I found that people who read the query and the first five chapters were confused that the MC mentioned in the query didn't show back up again until chapter five.
So what did I do? I started cutting characters' POVs. That eliminated entire story lines that were being set up for the books to come. What does that mean? It compromised my story, which to me is a big no-no. You should never NEVER compromise your story to the point that you can hardly recognize it anymore just for the sake of selling a book (in my humble opinion).
So this leads me to the big dilemma that a lot of epic fantasy writers face: How many characters are too many? At what point should we draw the line while trying to follow the unspoken rules of the literary marketing world?
My answer: If done right, there is no such thing as too many characters or too many characters' POVs in a book, especially epic fantasy.
Obviously, when dealing with POV, you should keep to third person limited. First person when dealing with a lot of characters can be really confusing for a reader. I'm not opposed to two POVs with first person, but anymore and I feel a bit discombobulated as a reader. Why go third person limited instead of third person omniscient? Because omniscient, from what I have learned firsthand, usually involves what agents and editors refer to as "head jumping", which means you are skipping around from different characters heads in different paragraphs. So learn from my mistake since I wrote both books in omniscient and have had to do A LOT of editing to correct this: Stick to limited.
I'd like to leave you with some examples of epic fantasy books that have more than one characters' POV and do just fine. You might recognize these from the best sellers' list, which to me is proof that if you do it right, having multiple characters and multiple story arcs can still make for compelling and not confusing stories.~~Mara Valderran


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Patient-centered comparative effectiveness trial uses electronic health records to recruit participants.
PCORnet, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Washington, D.C. – PCORnet, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network today announced enrollment of the first patient in its ADAPTABLE (Aspirin Dosing: A Patient-centric Trial Assessing Benefits and Long-Term Effectiveness) study, a three-year pragmatic clinical trial that will compare the effectiveness of two different daily doses of aspirin widely used to prevent heart attacks and strokes in individuals living with heart disease. Pragmatic trials are designed to reflect "real-world" medical care by recruiting broad populations of patients, embedding the trial into the usual healthcare setting, and leveraging data from health systems to produce results that can be readily used to improve patient care.
"PCORnet is shifting the research paradigm through studies like ADAPTABLE by introducing a new genre of patient-centered research where patients are engaged to improve the science of clinical trial design," said Adrian F. Hernandez, MD, MHS, director of outcomes and health services research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) and PCORnet's Coordinating Center Co-Principal Investigator.
Using electronic health records (EHRs) and web-based technology, participants will self-consent, self-randomize and report data directly through an online portal. In addition, with participants' consent, electronic health information captured during routine care will be used to identify events that will provide ADAPTABLE researchers with additional health outcomes data to inform better decision-making. Watch Dr. Hernandez's video explaining how PCORnet and ADAPTABLE are re-thinking how clinical trials are conducted.
ADAPTABLE is funded through a research award totaling up to $18 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). DCRI is the Coordinating Center for this first demonstration study of PCORnet, an innovative initiative of PCORI involving 33 individual networks working together to make it faster, easier, and less costly to conduct clinical research by harnessing the power of large amounts of health data and patient partnerships. The study plans to enroll 20,000 patients with heart disease identified from EHRs from seven of PCORnet's Clinical Data Research Networks (CDRNs) and 30 different health systems. The Health eHeart Alliance Patient-Powered Research Network (PPRN) supports the Adaptors, a team of people with coronary heart disease who helped design the protocol, consent form, portal content, and study materials. Together the Adaptors and Health eHeart Alliance have developed patient-centered processes to facilitate engagement.
In ADAPTABLE, the role of the patient has shifted from that of a participant to partner. "Adaptors provide more than input, they are part of the research team and members of the executive and the steering committees. Two patients who are not Adaptors will sit on the data safety monitoring board. We have not seen this type of participation in traditional clinical research. We are learning a great deal from our patient partners and along the way we are transforming how clinical research is performed," said Lisa G Berdan, Director, DCRI Global Cardiovascular Outcomes Trials.
Jacqueline Alikhaani, an Adaptor, offers this perspective, a view that is shared by her fellow Adaptors, "What we are doing in ADAPTABLE is landmark work. For the first time ever we are looking to improve patient-centered care with patients at the table, not just on the table. Research is necessary to determine if and how changes can best be made. This is why I volunteered to help design and implement the ADAPTABLE aspirin study."
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. About 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year. It accounts for one in every four deaths and is a disease that places enormous burdens not only on patients and their families but on the nation and its healthcare system as a whole.
ADAPTABLE Steering Committee Co- Chairperson, Russell Rothman, MD, MPP, Principal Investigator of the Mid-South CDRN said, "Typically when a patient is diagnosed with heart disease they are prescribed baby or low-dose aspirin (81 mg) or regular strength (325mg). However, we actually don't know the optimal dose of aspirin for balancing benefits in preventing a future heart attack or stroke against its risk of bleeding. Results of the ADAPTABLE study will provide doctors with a better understanding of which dose of aspirin is best for which patient so that we can improve healthcare delivery and patient outcomes." Watch Dr. Rothman's video to learn about the significance of ADAPTABLE and novel aspects of its design as a pragmatic clinical trial.
ADAPTABLE will help patients and health care providers determine the right dose to use in coronary artery disease. In addition, it will provide a new framework for how clinical trials can be delivered. For more information, visit www.theaspirinstudy.org or check out the patient portal at www.adaptablepatient.com.
About PCORnet
PCORnet, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, is an innovative initiative of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The goal of PCORnet is to improve the nation's capacity to conduct comparative clinical effectiveness research efficiently by creating a large, highly representative network for conducting clinical outcomes research that directly involves patients in the development and execution of the research. More information is available at www.pcornet.org.
About PCORI
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is an independent, nonprofit organization authorized by Congress in 2010. Its mission is to fund research that will provide patients, their caregivers, and clinicians with the evidence-based information needed to make better-informed healthcare decisions. PCORI is committed to continually seeking input from a broad range of stakeholders to guide its work. More information is available at www.pcori.org.
Media Contact
Mark Slagle
(919) 668-8031
PCORnet Coordinating Center


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Chocolate: (n) a food preparation made from roasted and ground cacao seeds, typically sweetened.
Obesity is a bitch, because it bitches at you because you're obese.
It forces you to think about food more than you need to, which can eventually cause you to rebel about being confined.
After all, I've never seen a prisoner who's grateful for being locked up because it made him eat more vegetables.
Likewise, even though being fat does require some disciplinary action, removing the finer parts of life–for instance, chocolate– is what the constitution may have meant by "cruel and unusual punishment."
So sometimes the prisoner locked within the fatty walls must break out and be free.
Matter of fact, it happened to me last night.
I wanted some chocolate.
Realizing that a Milky Way candy bar is in the hundreds of calories, and even a pack of M & M's has way too much sugar, I did discover a tiny piece of delight called the Candy Kiss, which ended up being just 22 calories and 2.6 grams of sugar.
Now obviously, one Candy Kiss is not enough, especially if you've been locked up in solitary for a long period of time, devoid of the pleasure. But sometimes you can convince yourself to hold it to three.
Three Candy Kisses, bitten in half, creating six bites of chocolate, is a mind-boggling, soul-altering spiritual revival, with a good shout of "Hallelujah" followed by a creamy "A-men."
Sometimes nothing will replace chocolate.
I certainly enjoy my asparagus, but I cannot truthfully say that it is related, coordinated, conjoined or entwined with the marvelous miracle of chocolate.
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Carlos Barbosa was a production designer on Lost who worked on every episode from "Tabula Rasa" to "Hearts and Minds" in Season 1.
- Barbosa has worked on commercials for companies such as Coca Cola and Burger King.
- Has also worked as production designer on 24, CSI:Miami, and Studio 60 and the Sunset Strip.
- His work on 24 earned him an Emmy nomination.
- Has worked as a visiting professor at Woodbury University and at Tulane University.
- Barbosa spent three and a half years at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia, studying architecture he transferred to Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree.
- Has worked as an art director and production designer at theme parks such as Walt Disney's Tomorrow Land Innoventions and Empire Western.
- He is a member of the Society Of Motion Pictures & Television Art Directors (Local 876) & a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
- Barbosa is known for work only on Pilot episodes to make sure the episode makes in on TV. He is one of the highest paid production designers.
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Photograph of plums by Renee Johnson
Photograph of plums by Renee Johnson
This tanka was published in the Tanka Café in Ribbons Spring/Summer 2017: Volume 13, Number 2. The Tanka Café theme was nature.
Ribbons Spring/Summer 2017: Volume 13, Number 2
a soft rain falls
as you work in the garden …
what I'd give to read
the chapters of your life
you never share
Last year I posted a request in a Face Book haiku/tanka writing group asking if anyone had a photo of Lily of the Valley that they were willing to share and allow me to use for a piece of tankart I was working on. A very quick response from the poet/photographer Maya Lyubenova gave me the perfect picture. I never really knew Maya. We'd never met, and we chatted only a few times on FaceBook in poetry groups and on Face Book Messenger. I was certainly a real fan of hers. Bulgarian by birth, Maya could compose gorgeous haiku in English. She could also pair her poems with her equally exquisite photographs to create haiga — visual poetry of the highest quality. I was touched by her generosity in allowing me to use the photo she had sent.
Only recently did I learn that Maya Lyubenova had passed away on December 30, 2016. Like so many, I mourn her loss as a person and as a poet and artist. I wish I had known her better, but I cannot change that. Her work still remains for us to look at, to study, to learn from and to be dazzled by … that will not end.
I'd like to dedicate my piece of tankart to Maya Lyubenova — our single connected piece of art. Thank you, Maya, for bringing so much beauty into this world. May you rest in peace.
Maya Lyubenova's website:
The link to her amazing haiga:
Published in Prune Juice, A Journal of Senryu, Kyoka,
Haibun and Haiga, Issue 22, July 2017
Published in Prune Juice, A Journal of Senryu, Kyoka,
Haibun and Haiga, Issue 22, July 2017


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Okay, it is about data but not how to get it but why you need it.
First some context, I argue that it is more important than anything else to make sure the authenticity of your company comes across to the twenty-somethings. With that in mind and companies like Burt's Bees and Levi's as your guide, read on!
Your social feed is full of cat or dog videos, and political messages so now what do you think gets ignored? Your sales pitch! It is hard to make an old fashion sales pitch in that context. It appears out of place. In fact with the new data issues and privacy issues that have come to light on Facebook, brands don't stand a chance of getting in front of their audience. But you can still make it work for your brand. Just takes the best story told by you about what is your brand and also told to the right audience.
Social media's tone and consumer-driven content make the social content seem like a dud for driving review, but I believe it's the best place to drive revenue.
To establish consumers' confidence in your brand, a prospect has to feel that what they are buying will perform as promised and then your sales funnel has no friction. But they have to trust your brand! Knowing that…Shouldn't you find out where your consumers are living online and hanging out in the real world? Building this placement or what I call a true social strategy is where the data comes in handy.
Four points to consider to establish what we're talking about, authentic presence.
Where: Find out where your audiences are living online and off and make sure you're telling your story there. The demographics of your different segments should help you find their favorite social platform and real-world routines. Each platform or place has a tone of voice you need to use. Is it pictures or is it video and is the tone advice versus just showing results? Is it a sponsorship or supporting a cause? Is a lifestyle image and giving them a great experience just like while they experience your company?
What to say: Social media is a perfect place for helping remove any doubt that might hinder the sales conversions later. Be patient and realize that the platform drives the context. You're not making the sale here but setting a preference for a frictionless sale for later. Here is your "better than the competition" story you tell everywhere. The one that sets expectations and has to be true. It is also about making the best of what a platform that rewards good brands, transparent brands, or as I said before, authentic presence the true self of the brand. Does that sound too trendy? Well, just call it the reason for the companies existence.
Example from, "How Levi's Built the Most Authentic Clothing Brand".
Conversion: the buying process has to be easy, or the trust goes right out the window! The buying experience cannot have any hidden or extra effort, risk, or costs. But it won't because you already made sure of that in all the stories you've told. You do have to worry about the way it loads and if the technology supports the effort but that's almost not as important as the attitude the buyer has when they start the journey. I've seen bad experiences produce results because the company was so well liked…
Back to the beginning: what they're friends say about the decision to buy your product, is huge. If your buyers share their purchase experience with friends, you're a trusted brand. Making sure you're asking to be shared, shows confidence in that interaction. The story gets told.
So what about the data? The data is always what is turning the wheels.
So that means starting with the right data to tell you the who, what, when and where of your audience and segments to data showing how well your message performs with each segment or personal, it is what will make or break your marketing on every platform.
Reputation, buying experience, knowing your customer's price sensitivity, transparency, and reviews of the product are all places that have to display your brand's integrity and data can tell you what you need to know about each of those items.
Great example: It used to be that only certain audiences were on mobile. So when you looked at google analytics you could look at the % split between mobile and desktop or tablets and ad the age of each of those and see that you had to design a site for the younger audience on mobile first. Today, that's all changed, now you need to design your experience like a mobile app even if it's not an app.
I believe that if you strive for a data-driven content strategy, social becomes the best tool you can add to your sales toolbox.
So you know your audience and you know where they are living online and you have content to create, but what is the data saying that might well create the content? Look at what has been the posts that have the most engagement.
Look at how many bookmarks, saves, likes, shares, and comments you've received on any post. Is it a video about the outcome after the product has been used or is it product benefits? Which one drove more conversions and what is the lifetime value of the conversions it drove? Now take the best conversions with the highest lifetime value and look at that content and do more of that.
But not only that, know what your audience likes besides you. Get a look at what they're interests are and how much they spend doing whatever it is they do. What are they're top priorities and so on? Here is a great example of content and how to be authentic in your founding story. This resonates with the audience that most likely to use the natural product. Founding story
How about managing your content in a way that always records those KPIs and helps you decide how to create the best experience in social for your prospects? Sounds like your thinking about them and what they're telling you in the data and not just trying to push traffic to your site.
Empathy is the new customer service strategy here and data enables it.