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As the technological landscape evolves, so does the role of Chief Marketing Officer. CMOs are tasked with the colossal mission of inspiring and guiding the overall brand vision and marketing activities that drive new business and repeat sales. Establishing a truly loyal following of customers is challenging for every CMO operating in a competitive market, especially with the emergence of new technologies.
Integrating a multichannel loyalty program can help CMOs acquire and retain customers, keep them engaged and increase customer lifetime value. Key components to a successful loyalty approach include impactful acquisition and retention strategies that leverage artificial intelligence, personalization, and engagement tactics.
Here is a guide for CMOs and high-performing loyalty teams to help ensure your strategies stay ahead of the curve and entice customers to choose your brand over competitors.
Align your brand identity with your loyalty marketing strategy
Successful loyalty programs begin with strong loyalty marketing strategies that align with overarching brand identities.
Joanna O'Connell, VP and principal analyst at Forrester, urged marketing executives to "drop everything you're doing and start thinking about identity" before jumping into the minute details of a rewards program. Consider what makes your brand unique: who is the target market? Does the brand demonstrate social responsibility? Is the business subscription-based? Is it a luxury brand?
Based on your brand's distinct position in the market, your loyalty strategy should reflect your unique values. For example, a luxury brand may avoid a points-based program, and instead focus on inviting its most loyal customers to personally curated, exclusive high-end events. Meanwhile, companies with ties to social causes may offer opportunities for loyalty members to donate points or dollars to its charitable partners.
TOMS is exemplary at aligning its Passport Rewards program with its brand identity. TOMS adopts a "one for one" approach, vowing to donate one pair of shoes for each pair purchased, and also helps people in need access clean water, essential eyewear, and maternity medical care. Passport Rewards members have the option to donate their points and dollars to support all of these charitable causes.
Engage consumers across all marketing activities
Traditional loyalty programs use a "spend-and-get" approach where points are awarded for dollars spent. However, this is no longer the most comprehensive way to drive loyalty. Engagement-based loyalty programs enable brands to create more meaningful connections with customers across all marketing activities by inviting them to share content marketing, attend VIP events, complete product reviews, and more.
These engagement-based programs lift the performance of associated channels and campaigns while strengthening members' affinity to the brand, resulting in a 40% increase in customer lifetime value across program members. Because most loyalty programs remain founded in the traditional spend-and-get model, integrating engagement not only drives member participation and lifetime value, it also offers brands a competitive advantage.
Members of the AMC's The Walking Dead Fan Rewards Club can engage with their favorite television show even when it's not on air by sharing who their favorite character is, watching sneak peek videos, and reading The Walking Dead articles in addition to purchasing merchandise in exchange for loyalty points. All of these activities strategically align with the overarching marketing goals of The Walking Dead to learn more about their fans, extend their reach and viewership, and make smarter business decisions.
Leverage data to curate personalized experiences
Engagement-based loyalty programs are a secure and efficient way to collect first party opt-in data about your customers and curate personalized experiences for them. When you offer a variety of opportunities to engage with customers across all marketing channels, you can collect insights about more than just purchase transactions and build a 360° view of your most loyal followers. Not only can brands collect information on purchases, but they can also collect information like style preferences, likelihood to read online content, social advocacy, and responsiveness to engagement on social media vs. in-store.
Apply your data-driven discoveries to lift performance across channels by using lookalike audiences for ad campaigns, merchandising decisions and email marketing strategies. Additionally, use the insights to develop tailored rewards for your members like exclusive events for your social advocates, surprise gifts for your avid bloggers and product reviewers, or special swag for your high-value shoppers.
As Adobe's CEO Shantanu Narayen said, "The fundamental truth–and challenge–is people buy experiences, not products." Brands should invest in a multichannel platform that utilizes artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to evaluate program members holistically and curate personalized experiences based on unique preferences and trends, beyond just purchase history.
Adopt a multichannel approach
To successfully acquire and retain customers, keep them engaged and increase customer lifetime value, a CMO should think about loyalty holistically and adopt a multichannel approach that touches every facet of the business. Offer customer touchpoints online, in store, on mobile or social media, and ensure a consistent experience across each channel. For example, retailers can leverage a multichannel program to drive store traffic with mobile promotions, while entertainment brands can encourage online behind-the-scenes access and incentivize audiences to tune into live programming.
To achieve this, CMOs should cultivate cross-functional teams that are aligned in understanding the benefits of a comprehensive loyalty offering and can help the program evolve. Work with other cross-functional leaders to train store employees, call center representatives, and digital teams about the specifics and benefits of your program. Nurture a culture of loyalty across teams and channels by communicating that loyalty is not transactional, but an enduring approach to deepening connections with customers and ultimately providing a superior experience.
Steve Madden's SM Pass program is truly multichannel – members are rewarded for their spend and engagement at every brand touchpoint. The loyalty program is seamlessly integrated across the mobile app, social media, the website and in-store too, creating a unified user experience across all channels. For example, SM Pass rewards members with points for making mobile purchases, and uses digital bonus point campaigns to drive in-store foot traffic.
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Chief Marketing Officers are adopting multichannel loyalty as a vehicle for differentiating from competitors and providing an exciting customer experience. While loyalty programs are by no means a new concept to CMOs, executives should view data-driven, engagement-based loyalty as a competitive advantage. When done right, these programs should stem from the brand's fundamental values, incorporate customer engagement activities, curate personalized rewards, and reach customers across various channels.
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I hope that many people will know that reggae is mostly known for the socially conscious, often Rastafarian lyrics, and therefore also deals with black history, historical injustices, Africa and other themes. That's why I'm going to discuss the how and not the if.
This was further partly influenced by a recent and current discussion that arose in the country where I reside, the Netherlands. There a series discussing (Dutch) slavery history was aired on television starting in September 2011 and consisting of 5 episodes. The documentary series called De Slavernij (Dutch for Slavery) was presented as groundbreaking, comprehensive, and serious. Renowned Dutch historians on Suriname, the Caribbean and the Dutch slavery history advised the makers of the series.
To be short, the series met with a lot of criticism. Other historians, some with a Surinamese background, argued that the view presented of the Dutch involvement in trans-Atlantic slavery was too much from a White, Dutch perspective: too trifling and downplaying, inappropriately compared, and "white-washed", i.e. made seem less bad or horrendous than the "crime against humanity" which the United Nations recognized trans-Atlantic slavery to be in 2001.
Main – or best-known - critic was Sandew Hira (writer's name for Dew Baboeram), a historian with a Surinamese background. He called the way of thinking of the advisors and historians behind the series "colonial". Sandew Hira discusses this, according to him, colonial perspective of certain Dutch historians on his website http://www.iisr.nl (in Dutch).
I found this an interesting debate, though it at times became too personal. Either way I thought Sandew Hira had some good points, as did other critics of the series. For instance, already in the first episode of De Slavernij, colonial slavery in the Caribbean was more or less compared to the not ideal working conditions of present-day illegal Polish labourers in certain Dutch companies. Such inappropriate comparisons with "modern slavery", albeit also worse cases than of the Polish, occurred constantly and too much, as was the excessive and irrelevant contextualizing within the generally harsher European societies of the time. Child labour, intolerance, and extreme penalties among Dutch people were mentioned almost as much as Atlantic slavery was actually discussed. Something had to be obfuscated, it seemed. Cruel and harsh mass slavery on racial grounds as part of Dutch history was too unpleasant to recognize apparently. Not just the papist, opportunistic Portuguese and Spanish zealots of the time, or the arrogant British, but also we, the saintly, tolerant Dutch actually traded in and had slaves! The self-image of the Netherlanders is mostly that of a cool, progressive country. This history does not fit in with that.
The attention to trans-Atlantic slavery, or enslavement, of Africans in the stricter historical sense in the series showed this same tendency to downplay the horrors. The clear and speaking fact that there was a mortality surplus among slaves (more died than were born) in Suriname, and most Caribbean colonies, was not even mentioned! Instead someone said about conditions on plantations that slaves got through the day as with other jobs. This, even if partly true, is superfluous. People, as a surviving skill, tend to try to get through periods and not lose themselves in desperation. Also a prostitute forced by her pimp to be raped in different ways by clients about 8 times a day "tries to get through the day" as did girls kidnapped to be sex slaves of which there were cases in e.g. Austria.
Besides this, in this post I wish to focus on one aspect of this discussion: that of perspective. Sandew Hira deplores the fact that there is an absence of Black Studies departments at Dutch universities as there are in the US and Britain, and he therefore calls for this. A black perspective, part of an effort to "decolonize" the mind and slavery historiography. He quotes Bob Marley (actually Marcus Garvey, who Marley in turn quoted) by stating "emancipate yourself from mental slavery". This was from Marley's famous song 'Redemption Song'. I'm going to use this known song of Marley as a starting point for my discussion of such a "Black perspective", namely slavery (history) in reggae songs and lyrics. From Jamaica, where the large majority descend from African slaves brought there by force. Of course also beyond Marley: I'm a reggae fan, not just (not even primarily) a Bob Marley fan.
I nonetheless start with 'Redemption Song'. Jamaican Marcus Garvey – main prophet of the Rastafari and Black Power thinker - wrote and spoke a lot about slavery, describing – quite correctly also from a scholarly perspective – the historical trajectory of slavery in the West Indies, but also built his philosophies around it. One of the most impressive and inspirational was Garvey's view to how the painful slavery past can be used to arise black people in the present. Despite hardships, high mortality and suffering, a part of the slaves survived to give a future to their children and grandchildren and other descendants: these must therefore make the most of their present in the world. As a tribute to the struggling ancestors. An interesting and uplifting take.
Marley's 'Redemption Song', a song from 1981, has an equally wise quote from Garvey: "emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind", with partly the same uplifting message. Due to the international influence of Marley, the quality of the song and lyrics, and the fact that it was the latest studio recording of Marley before he died (adding to its dramatic feel) makes 'Redemption Song' unavoidable to mention as "crucial reggae song on slavery".
Musically I liked it, but I actually liked the full instrumental (non-solo guitar) version of 'Redemption Song' better, but that's a matter of taste. I'm in good company though: Marley slightly preferred that fuller version also (yet producer Chris Blackwell advised to add a solo-guitar song on the Uprising album). The lyrics are undisputably strong: describing the history of slavery, and how an own cultural strength helped black people to survive it: "it's all I ever had" as maybe the dramatic lyrical highpoint. But there are several other equally impressive songs within reggae. I focus on the roots reggae heyday of and around the (late) 1970s, but not limited to that period. Let's proceed.
Junior Byles, an idiosyncratic and talented artist, made the classic album Beat Down Babylon in 1972 with Lee "Scratch" Perry as producer. The lyrics on this album are mostly Rastafari-related and "conscious", but two songs deal more directly with the slavery past: the beautiful 'Place Called Africa' and 'I've Got A Feeling'. 'Place Called Africa' deals with Africa and how the memory of slavery survived in oral tradition passed from mother to child. The mother tells the painful slavery history taking them away from Africa (significantly: the mother tells not "they stole our ancestors on a ship" but instead "they stole us on a ship. We had to work and slave each day ETC"). Also here there is a dramatic highpoint in this song, as the mother breaks down and cries telling this story and the child responds "mama please don't cry".
The song 'I've Got A Feeling' has the informative and strong lines "I've been robbed of everything, because of the colour of my skin" and "all my life I've been bound and chained, and now I don't even know what's my name". The sad history but taken to the present and identified in the present. There is also an uplifting message, partly in 'Place Called Africa' ("a brighter sun has come today"), but these lyrics emphasize the sad history and the consequences.
Other lyrics emphasize the uplifting message much more, in combination with the slavery history. As an uplifting highpoint so to speak. A good example of this is I think the Twinkle Brothers' song 'Rasta Pon Top'. Like many good songs or musical pieces 'Rasta Pon Top' has what can be termed a dramatic development. I mentioned such dramatic highpoints in other songs already, but in 'Rasta Pon Top' it is the chorus line: after describing slavery's oppression, abuse, and rape the chorus goes: 'Rasta Pon Top' (background vocals), lead vocal: "we gwine walk pon dem ETC" (the table has turned, so to speak). Rastafari as an answer to 400 years of slavery and oppression: which I think is not a mere interpretation, but a fact.
Marcus Garvey was in favour of repatriation to the motherland Africa for black people, sceptical as he was about the possibilities for full and free development for black people in the white-dominated West (colonies and former colonies), such as the US, Caribbean, or Latin America. Repatriation to Africa also is a central tenet in Rastafari beliefs. Some see it as actual, if often eventual, physical return and migration to Africa, especially Ethiopia (Zion), others maybe see it more as (at least) symbolic or even for some (also) after death (some replace Christian Heaven with Zion). It remains in whatever way part of the "upliftment" for black people and Rastas: leaving out of Babylon (the Western world), and back to ancestral Africa.
Of course there is a connection with the slavery past: Babylon stole them from Africa and brought them to the West to start with. The connection - direct or indirect - is there as there is a distinct conception of time and of identification. Marley sang "Old pirates yes them rob I", not "old pirates stole my foreparents". Foreparents are us today (not separate from I), then is now, we are still not free (mental slavery), we (I an I) cannot be free inna Babylon, that's why we (I an I) must return to Africa. That is how the repatriation call is most commonly related, though there is variation on this theme. Current singer/deejay Jah Mason, a Bobo Ashanti Rasta, chats/toasts militantly: "same place they take me from they better take me right back"). Also some other, and earlier, songs from the 1970s make a more direct connection between slavery then (how it began) and repatriation now. Sugar Minott's 'Africa Is The Black Man's Home' being an example, or also the Mighty Diamonds beautiful 'Africa' (a hit single in Jamaica in 1976).
Most common is the connection that is broader - intertwining present, past, and future - with also a focus on the present in Babylon, i.e. not wearing chains, but still not free. To cultural alienation, current oppression and poverty, though also related to slavery history. Actually similar to what Garvey said and did. Songs like Culture's 'Black Star Liner Must Come' and 'Too Long In Slavery', or Burning Spear's 'African Postman' and 'African Teacher'. So does Dennis Brown's 'Jah Can Do It'. Also the classic Mighty Diamonds tune 'Blackman' thus intertwines past, present, and future.
Actually, most common in Rastafari-inspired reggae lyrics is such an intertwining of past, present, and future. This of course makes philosophically and even rationally sense. Yet a focus on historical epochs by themselves, are also not uncommon. Burning Spear's 'Slavery Days' has such an approach, with history as the main focus. Not the only focus, because the line "some of us survived, showing that we are still alive" includes the present, which is almost unavoidable. Tetrack's 'Only Jah Jah Know' ("how we survived") has a similar historical focus, but also with a reference to the present. Worthy of mention as more historical is the Mighty Diamonds' nice 'Cat O'Nine', its title referring to a type of whip used during slavery.
The Abyssinians 'Declaration Of Rights' in turn connects the slavery past ("Look how long they had us in chains, held us in bondage ETC') with upliftment in the present and future (singing "Get up and fight for your rights"). The Abyssinians' 'African Race' in turn has a more historical focus, as does Eek-A-Mouse's for him untypical rootsy song 'Do You Remember' ("those days of slavery").
Jah judgment and Amagidion (Armageddon) also is included as the wicked man at the end will have to pay for their oppression and enslavement, pay a price on Jah judgment day as Gregory Isaacs sings on his more history-focussed song 'Slave Market'. Also more historical, though in present tense, is Isaacs strong tune 'Slave Master', with the lyrics set on a plantation.
New Roots, as the current group of Rastafari-inspired, conscious deejays or singers - often of the Bobo Ashanti mansion - is called, think artists like Sizzla, Lutan Fyah, the already mentioned Jah Mason, Richie Spice, Bushman, Capleton, Chezidek, or I-Wayne, follow broadly the same thematic lines as the earlier roots artists. That is not so strange, since these all fit within the Rastafarian worldview and philosophy. Calls for repatriation, remembrance of slavery, current continuing oppression of blacks (Babylon now using brains instead of chains) all recur, and similarly intertwine. The presentation and metaphors, such as an increased focus on "bun fyah", may differ partly from before, the themes however remain largely similar. Chezidek gives an interesting account of how violence started with colonialism and slavery, continuing in the present, in his song 'Who Start' (2009).
Slavery is what Rastafarianism is an answer to. Trans-Atlantic slavery was forced labour, but combined with cultural alienation. It included the forced transport from Africans to another continent, destruction of large parts of the culture and community bonds (though partly revived or maintained), and even loss of Africans' family names, replaced with European ones. Rastafari was mainly a way to restore black people's cultural identity, restore pride in the own race, and through this the social position. This combined with theological aspects with Haile Selassie (Jah) as god and symbol of black and African independence, and a rereading of the White-manipulated Bible from a Black perspective. All along the lines of Marcus Garvey's views and prophecies. With slavery the cultural alienation began, so this painful history is intrinsically part of the movement.
Much roots reggae is Rastafari-influenced and/or Garvey-influenced and this explains the lyrics. Slavery is seldom discussed as a closed historical topic, only perhaps on some songs, whereas other songs of the same artists (or even album) discuss it broader: slavery was then, followed by continuing oppression by the same wicked Babylon, so there is a need for upliftment through repatriation and African pride. As I said the past, the present reality, and the future are intertwined, inseparable. It makes sense as there is still racial inequality in e.g. Caribbean societies. Lighter-skinned people are still to be found in higher positions than darker-skinned people, relatively more residing in the ghettos. One of the direct heritages of slavery.
This is a black perspective that is regarding intellectual form and expressions typical for Rastafari-inspired people (and artists), but in deeper meaning more broadly present among Afro-Caribbean or Afro-American people, though to differing degrees: some are more fooled or influenced by Babylon, so to speak. Injustice began with slavery and was therefore essential (unfortunately) for the current identity and struggles.
This existential role of the slavery history differs in many cases from the distanced, trifling role white historians attribute to the history. They can afford to, without questioning their own being. Maybe they, in relation to historical facts, only have to moderate an inflated national self-pride (English or Dutch were also evil in history), but that is not that hard to deal with, not something to lose even a minute of sleep over. Much less existential or essential therefore than for black people as descendants of deracinated slaves in the Americas. This difference in perspective on this history seems to me therefore a matter of worldview, of sensed identity, as well as of social position.
The following 20 songs thus form a list worth checking out for people who do not know them. They are only some of many songs treating slavery in reggae, but I think they are good examples and representative. They are also for the most part great (lyrically and musically "crucial").
-Bob Marley & the Wailers – Redemption Song (from album Uprising, 1981)
-Junior Byles – I've Got A Feeling (from album Beat Down Babylon, 1972)
-Junior Byles – Place Called Africa (from album Beat Down Babylon, 1972)
-Twinkle Brothers – Rasta Pon Top (from album Rasta Pon Top, 1975)
-Sugar Minott – Africa Is The Black Man's Home (from album Ghetto-ology, 1979)
-Mighty Diamonds – Africa (from album Right Time, 1976)
-Mighty Diamonds – Blackman (from album Deeper Roots (Back to the Channel), 1979)
-Mighty Diamonds – Cat O Nine (orig. 1976?)
-Culture – Black Star Liner Must Come (from album Two Sevens Clash, 1976)
-Culture – Too Long In Slavery (from album International Herb, 1979)
-Burning Spear – Slavery Days (from album Marcus Garvey, 1975)
-Burning Spear – African Postman (from album Hail H.I.M., 1980)
-Burning Spear – African Teacher (from album Hail H.I.M., 1980)
-Dennis Brown – Jah Can Do It (from album Visions Of Dennis Brown, 1978)
-Abyssinians – Declaration Of Rights (from album Satta Massagana, 1976)
-Abyssinians – African Race (from album Satta Massagana, 1976)
-Tetrack – Only Jah Jah Know (from album Let's Get Started, 1978)
-Gregory Isaacs – Slave Market (from album Soon Forward, 1979)
-Gregory Isaacs – Slave Master (orig. 1977)
-Eek-A-Mouse – Do You Remember (from album Skidip, 1982)
-Chezidek – Who Start (from album I Grade, 2009)

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Statement from the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and Colorado CollegeI received a call later from executive director of advancement Erin Hannan, directing me to the statement and confirming that there are no further details at this time.
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The president of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, David Dahlin, and the president of Colorado College, Jill Tiefenthaler, announced on Thursday, January 21 that the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and Colorado College have entered into substantive conversations about the possibility of forging a future together. The organizations began discussing the potential synergies after being approached by members of the community who are longtime supporters of arts and culture. The two institutions share a long history and have collaborated in both formal and informal ways since the founding of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in 1919.
The boards and senior leadership of both institutions are involved in a process of determining if, by joining forces, both institutions would better be able to fulfill their respective missions. Leaders of both institutions are optimistic about the potential, and are approaching these discussions diligently and thoughtfully. At this time, no official decisions have been made other than to continue these conversations and explore the possibilities.
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After the tiny river debacle we started setting up the tents and ran into another problem. One of the two tents that we brought required 3 poles, of which we only had 1. So instead of setting of the tent in the grass by itself, we were forced to place it in between 4 trees so conveniently placed in a cluster so once again we handed the reigns off to the boys to do their fancy work and the tent ended up looking like this…
In order to actually get in the tent you had to crawl on your stomach and slip up into it but it worked fine for the whole weekend and we were lucky that we didn't have to do that for both tents! After the tents were set up it was time to gather some firewood and sit by the fire to relax before our planned day the next day. Throughout the night more and more people showed up that were friends with Dan's friend who we met up with so by the time we went to bed it was a party out on the campground with people everywhere and music thumping. We managed to get a few hours of sleep before getting woken up by the early bird campers and the sunrise.
After being there for a bit we decided to go back to the campsite to have an early lunch before heading out on the ocean for some more activities. Lunch consisted of the Paua that the boys got which I thought was pretty gross (VERY fishy tasting) but the boys loved it. After lunch we all got wetsuits on in preparation to go out on the kayak and hopefully get a bit of fishing in. It was me and Dan to go first since Dan has the most experience and I called dibs. We carried the kayak out there to about waste deep and Dan is giving me this worried look and says that he's not sure we should be attempting it and we could try later, to which I replied that it's totally fine and I didn't feel like dying today anyways. But knowing both my stubborn personality and Dan's adventurous personality, we decided to just go for it anyways with his warning that I will be doused in the front seat and that I shouldn't panic if it seems as though we're going to flip. We walked the kayak back out to about waste deep and I waited for Dan's signal to hop in the kayak, missed the first time but eventually got settled in and started paddling for my life. The waves coming at us were about 4 feet taller than I was sitting in the kayak and were pretty scary so every time one came up Dan yelled "stop paddling and lean forward!" to which I did for about 7 or so waves. We had one last wave to go before we were pretty much in the open sea and it was huge but I did what I was supposed to and tucked my paddle in, leaned as forward as I could go in that tight wetsuit and all I hear from Dan in the back is "Oh shit I'm going over!" to which I turn and see him flying off the side of the kayak. He pops back up between waves and me not knowing what to do in this situation just staying in the kayak and him yelling "you're going over on this one!" and sure enough, the next wave, despite my efforts to stay in I was thrown off the side and got tossed around a bit with the kayak rolling over top of me and finally popping up to see the paddles and kayak floating about 10 feet from me and Dan frantically looking for me. I wasn't hurt one bit but I was a wee bit shaken up from it so Dan just grabbed my hand, shoved the paddles in my other hand and dragged me and kayak back to land. After reassuring everyone that we were all good, we just had to laugh and say "THAT WAS SO AWESOME" and continue to retell the story from our point of view. Unfortunately no one else tried to go out on the kayak because the waves were just too strong, we instead grabbed the surfboards and rugby ball and played around for a bit on the beach and in the water despite the sun not being out at all, it was still fun.
Sunday morning we all woke up to watch the sunrise, which was gorgeous, and had some breakfast before taking down the makeshift tent and normal tent and packing up the car again. Once the car was all packed up again the boys had the idea of checking out some other beaches and hot spots before heading back to Dunedin. We headed down to see Parakanui Falls, which was a short walk and a waterfall. We then stopped at this ropes course that the boys were talking up which ended up being a lot of fun. We were just playing around before we started at the beginning because there was no regulation of it and it was pretty well hidden in the woods. It included us walking on tightropes about 20 feet off the ground, climbing ladders, sliding down poles, balancing, swinging on ropes and sliding through wooden triangles (my favourite, NOT) and many other activities on this old ropes course. After completing many of the activities we got back in the car, did some "donuts" on the beach (which was hilarious with 5 people in the car) and stopped at one more beach and Nugget Point and saw the gorgeous lighthouse and rock formations before heading home.


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BPM Quotes of the Week - March 23, 2017
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"Despite their best efforts at standardization, many process owners know their 'standard' processes often don't meet the requirements of the various teams that are expected to apply them. If these processes can't be applied, they may as well not exist. As Steve Stanton, an analyst with FCB Partners, says: 'Ninety percent of the organizations I know have failed at standardization.'"
- Ivan Seselj
"Businesses, facing mounting pressure to deliver proprietary apps and services in response to the consumerization of IT movement, have found themselves needing to transform around digital technologies. Creating proprietary apps and services has emerged as a primary solution here, but the complexity of developing apps has held innovation back."
- Megan Potrzeba
"BPR is traditionally an expensive proposition, but new tools like Salesforce have decreased the cost. Also BPR used to be a risky proposition due to the radical change involved. However now with the low barrier to entry for competitors, it is risky to not be in state of continuously re-inventing yourself. Aligning the resources more effectively sounds like a BPM concept."
- Daniel Peter
From the BPM Forum
What Does BPM Need to Do to Be More Relevant for Smaller Companies? "Democratize ... hide complexity."
- Derek Miers
What Does BPM Need to Do to Be More Relevant for Smaller Companies? "I think the answer starts with Microsoft adding BPM to Office365. Without seamless integration to the office productivity suites that SMB's rely on, BPM will require too much effort (aka cost) to implement."
- John Reynolds
"I have seen BPM solutions wrapped into vertical products resonate very well with SMB's, too, likely to reduced implementation costs and complexities."
- Kay Winkler
"The approach is well-known and well-tested many times. If you want to make something naturally complex simpler for the wider audience then you have to bring some standardisation."
- Dr. Alexander Samarin
"It is incorrect to think that BPM deals exclusively with processes. Processes comprise an important part of business process modeling (BPM). However, BPM is much wider than just process modeling alone. Non-executable models are an essential part of BPM."
- Boris Zinchenko
"I like to see models as a Knowledge management tool. They are useful to extract knowledge from people's minds and formalize it -known as 'externalization'-, then share, discuss and adjust -known as 'socialization'-, and once it has been improved (or just changed), they can distributed and learnt by the rest of the company -known as 'internalization'-."
- Juan J. Moreno
"DMN is young but the idea of transparent, self-editable decision rules gets excellent traction with small customers. The execution is still a bit outside customer reach, but it will get there this year."
- Bogdan Nafornita
"Integration leads to greater efficiency and effectiveness. With BPM moving toward digital transformation, integration is a key component to creating a more streamlined and comprehensive customer experience. Integration creates greater awareness and engagement."
- Garth Knudson
"Integration-ability is the key metric of process-agility. If the architecture of the company's business software provides fine-grained integrations to transactions and information, then crafting efficient processes (and evolving them when necessary) is relatively easy. If the integrations are course-grained, then you're hosed."
- John Reynolds
"Integration is often a project killer, which means an 'efficiency of zero'. Why? Because of all the technical debt associated with the business semantics we need and which is encapsulated behind a given interface."
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Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Tablet - Infinity Glass Screen Glare
Gear: Lenovo ThinkPad X220T, Convertible Tablets.
I hope the video gives you an idea of what you might face if you get the X220 Tablet. This system is made to be used indoors so treat it as such. On the video you can see that there's more glare on the X220 screen than with my Gateway 24 inch matte monitor. Obviously the system has a glass finish so it's going to have glare.
For those working outdoors you might want to wait the Gorilla glass version which should be better suited for that job. Both the Infinity glass and Gorilla glass have 300 nits brightness and have IPS. The Gorilla glass version does not have the multi-touch layer so it will be a bit brighter, and it should have less glare. I wish I had both systems so I could compare them !
Lenovo's Kevin Beck has stated that the outdoor viewable model is "relatively bright and has very, very low reflectivity" (then they smash the screen with a pen)
I can read text better with the X220's Infinity glass screen than with my Gateway 24 inch screen. Usually I have the system at an angle and don't have a super bright source behind me so I don't have glare. It's all about the angles with most "glass" screens and the X220 is no different.
Note: This one's for Tobi! ;-)
Published: Apr 26, 2011
20 comments:
- AnonymousApril 27, 2011 at 4:10 PM
thanks a lot for this, Jesse! I did order the Gorilla Glass version and I'm sure I'll be happy with it. I'm not really working outdoors but I'm often on a train right next to the window and that's where I usually get annoyed with ordinary screens because I can barely read them there, even the newest Apple Macbooks with 450cd/m² (which equals "nits").ReplyDelete
Thanks again and greetings from germany!
For the outdoor person the Gorilla one will be better. I remember carrying my iPad trying to read stuff outside, and that was impossible. There's pros and cons to the Gorilla glass and the Infinity glass. As long as you get the one that fits your needs that's all that matters.
Let me know your experiences with the Gorilla glass version.
- AnonymousMay 3, 2011 at 2:11 AM
Hi Jesse,ReplyDelete
nice video from you again! :-)
But i have one question out of topic:
The "clip" to click in in tablet mode of the x201 tablet is missing in the x220 t - i read this in ur last article. My question is
How stable is the thing if its in tablet mode?
Best greetings
The clip/latch that secured the screen to the keyboard in tablet mode is gone. Living without it is not hideously terrible. If you were to be literally running around with it then it would be a concern, but if you are walking with it is not too bad. If you shaked the system on purpose and hard it would open.
To paint a picture let's say I have the system on tablet mode, screen facing down, and hold it by the battery with one hand (no arm support). Due to gravity + weight, the screen will open about 1 inch. With the securing latch/clip of the X201T it would have stayed completely closed.
One benefit of removing the clip/latch is that you can switch between tablet and laptop mode a lot easier and faster.
- AnonymousMay 3, 2011 at 7:32 PM
I read somewhere online that the x220t had a magnetic latching system. I'm guessing that this is not present?ReplyDelete
Like the iPad and the magnetic cover? I have not felt any magnetic latching going on with the X220 Tablet.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 4, 2011 at 10:03 PM
I'm not sure, but on Lenovo's Product page for the X220 Tablet, under the second section for "Touch and Go" [Last Sentence] it mentions:ReplyDelete
"In any event, you can always rely on our durability standards and Active Protection System™ to provide a rock-solid machine, which includes a redesigned hinge with stronger magnetic-latching support."
I was just curious about that. It's okay though. Thanks.
I have not felt any magnets on the system. If they are there they might not be "strong" magnets.
- AnonymousMay 7, 2011 at 1:22 PM
Hi Jesse, I noticed that the x220 tablet doesn't sit completely flat, does that interfere with inking during portrait mode? Wouldn't the right side be raised higher than the left side?ReplyDelete
On my HP Elitebook it's completely flat, so I don't know if the incline in the X220t is actually something to be concerned about.
The X220 Tablet does not sit completely flat. The battery side is a bit raised so it does give you an angle. At landscape mode it would be fine, but portrait is a bit weird for right handers.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 29, 2011 at 4:18 PM
Thank you very much for your outstanding reviews. Please continue the work, I really like it, because the reviews are not so superficial as many of those in computer magazines. Thanks!ReplyDelete
Thanks. I do still read those computer magazines though... :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 18, 2011 at 3:13 PM
Thanks a lot for this demo Jesse. It actually steered me away from the x220t as I require daylight viewable and finger touch screen (used in a vehicle mount.) But the solution we choose isn't working out as we though. What are your thoughts on using an anti-glare or privacy screen protector on the x220t infinity screen for the bright environment users?ReplyDelete
I have not tested the anti-glare or privacy screen with the X220T. If your organization/company needs to know they could give Lenovo a call and request a system for testing. If there are dollars in play there can always be negotiations.ReplyDelete
Hi Jesse,ReplyDelete
- Does the X220t not have an integrated webcam?
- Would the sheet battery prevent problem that the 6 cell battery is causing?
- Would you comment on the processor on your machine - is this the i3 or the i5?
- Does this have ThinkLight?
- Optical drive?
- It does come with integrated HD webcam.
- The battery slice improves the angle for portrait mode, but it does not make the system flat.
- The system that I have has the Core i5-2520M
- There's no ThinkLight in the X220T
- No optical drive. You would need the ThinkPad UltraBase Series 3
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2011 at 9:04 PM
Hi Jesse,ReplyDelete
Thanks very much for this demo. Is this version usable outdoors in the shade? Since the outdoor screen seems to be no longer available (and Lenovo reps are not offering any timeframe for availability), I am thinking about ordering this version, though I would like to be able to read and browse outside...
Thanks in advance-
As long as you are in the shade and don't have a super strong light source behind you then it should be fine.
It should perform better than other tablets including the HTC Flyer and BB PlayBook. Check this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_3ebmLdc7Y&feature=player_embedded#at=121
Again as long as you are in some kind of shade you should be fine.
- AnonymousAugust 30, 2011 at 12:11 PM
Hey Jesse,ReplyDelete
I've been reading about the X220 on the Lenovo support forums and on tabletpcreview.com.
Some people are complaining that the X220's IPS screen has some ghosting/image persistence issues and backlight bleed. In particular, the main complaint is that using opening a window and leaving it alone for 15-20 minutes, then closing it will leave some "residue" from the window on the screen.
My question is: Have you experienced the ghosting and/or bleed issues, and if so, how bad is it? Does it affect the system under "normal use" (note-taking, photoshop, internet, etc)
It's been a while since I had the X220T. I don't remember ghosting. As for the backlight bleed... that's something that is easy to notice with black/dark backgrounds... which i usually didn't have. Maybe there was some, but I wasn't looking for it.
Check http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6889v4F9PE to see several systems and their screens at the same time.


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Top 3 Themes at Boston Mobile-Ad Firms: Timing, Targeting, & TV
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tries to help advertisers and publishers optimize their business through an automated auction process for each ad impression.
And just like the smart grid, progress in mobile-ad adoption has been painfully slow. "Any change creates an expectation that businesses can adapt as fast as the market shifts," Milligan says. But in the energy industry, he says, "most utility companies haven't employed [the smart grid]. There's a frustrating, annoying lag between the opportunities and the realizations. This is no different. It takes a long time for people's competencies to catch up."
Indeed, one of the problems mobile advertising faces is that consumers' devices and software are evolving so rapidly that advertisers and tech providers are struggling to keep pace.
"The advertising community in general is much further behind the consumer than they were even in the go-go years of the Internet, because the adoption of the devices has been so ubiquitous and so fast," says George Bell, the CEO of Jumptap, a Boston mobile-ad tech firm. "The Internet didn't reach anywhere near this kind of penetration for four or five years. [Ad] agencies got to come along and improve their education over a slower period of time."
In any case, Madison Avenue is certainly embracing mobile now, says Paran Johar, Jumptap's chief marketing officer. "They've seen this movie before with the PC Internet. They know what click-through rate is, what rich media is," he says. "It's that same movie, but it's on steroids." (For more on rich media mobile ads, see Boston-area firm Celtra.)
So, I wondered, if we peer up from our focus on the Northeast and look at the broader mobile landscape, where is this all headed? From talking to industry execs on background, the general consensus is that Apple and Google will continue to build their empires, while Microsoft is becoming a more serious player in mobile software. Amazon could follow in the footsteps of Apple in terms of devices and content, but it also has tons of consumer data. Facebook will use its social-network data, but its mobile-ad strategy is still in flux. And look for everyone else, from Adobe to Zynga, to make a dedicated push in mobile.
Is there a dark horse in the industry? Well, interestingly, the folks at Jumptap say the big event they're watching for is the next iteration of Apple TV. How that plays out in terms of software integration across different screens—phones, tablets, laptops, and televisions—could have big, unknown implications for mobile ads. Especially as Apple, Google, and others creating proprietary mobile ecosystems try to muscle in on TV and video ad revenues, perhaps by tying their mobile operating systems to their TV products.
"What if the equivalent of my Kindle Fire is a TV set?" says Jumptap's Bell. "I don't fear for what it means in terms of advertising—it's probably promising—but I don't know what the hell it would be."


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There are ghosts and to spare in the beautiful Tuileries gardens, east of the Place de la Concorde, with their trees and their statues and their subtle suggestion of that Parisian life which is unlike the life of any other city. Here in the summers of 179o and 1791 a flaxen-haired small boy might have been seen walking with his mother or playing with his father, the passers-by regarding them with respect and almost with affection. He was the little Dauphin. It was in October 1789 that Louis XVI. came, against his will, from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace, which had for years been uninhabited and neglected. It was a tragic and menacing change. " Everything is dirty here, Mama," said the bay, and the King replied bitterly to the obsequious decorators and councillors who asked what alterations he suggested, " Each may lodge as he can. I am well enough." The royal family stayed for forty-one months at the Tuileries, guarded by Lafayette. They were months of illusion, when men still thought that revolutions could be peaceful and constitutional.
Disillusionment had come by the summer of 1792 when a tri color ribbon was stretched across the gardens, marking the boundary between what was royal and what was national. The royal part, satirically called Coblentz, was generally empty and silent. Admission was only obtainable with a ticket of entry, and the ticket-holders were vastly suspected by patriotic Republicans. Inside the palace there were constant plotting's for the escape of the King ; Louis always hesitating when the time for action approached. He had made one attempt in the summer before, the famous flight to Varennes, only to be brought back to Paris, passing through silent crowds awed by the official placards : " Whoever applauds the King shall be thrashed, whoever insults him, hung." So Louis stayed on until the fatal 10th of August 1792, when the revolutionary mob stormed the palace and massacred the Swiss Guard, staunch mercenaries, true, as Carlyle says, to a king who was not their own. Three days afterwards the King and Queen and their children were in the Temple prison, and in the following May the Convention moved from the Salle de Manege, that stood in the Rue Castiglione on the other side of the Rue de Rivoli, to the Tuileries, destined to be for the next year or two the scene of the Revolutionary Government. But first Louis XVI. had been brought back to his palace to be tried and condemned.
In June 1794 the Tuileries gardens were packed with citizens and their families in holiday dress. Robespierre, " in sky-blue coat and black breeches," led the members of the Convention from their hall, with his own hand to light the pyre on which was a painted figure representing Atheism. It was the Fete of the Supreme Being, the new God of Robespierre's invention-a fatal innovation among a people so impatient of sentimentality and the unreal. " Avec ton Etre Supreme," said one of his colleagues to Robespierre, " tu commences a m'embeter." Let it be recorded in slight mitigation of his many sins that it was Robespierre who ordered stone benches to be fixed in the Tuileries gardens on which the aged and the weary might rest.
Two years passed. Danton and Robespierre had followed the King and the Girondins into the unknown, and again the Paris crowd surged round the Tuileries. The Revolution had grown unpopular. The more prosperous Paris was vaguely royalist, and the Faubourgs, suspicious and resentful, surged west for the last time. The new men headed by Paul Barras, that clever scoundrel from Provence, were fearful for their places. A strong man was wanted, and the strong man was found. Bonaparte skilfully disposed his cannon. The Sectionnaires, most of them, so Napoleon declared, Chouans de charette, having been repulsed from the Tuileries, made their last stand on the steps of the Church of St. Roch before they were dispersed by the famous whiff of grape shot. " The thing we specifically call the French Revolution," says Carlyle, " is blown into space by it and becomes a thing that was."
By November 1799 the Directory had run its course. Napoleon, now with the glory of a conqueror, backed by the army and aided by competent generals-Bernadotte alone hanging back-called together certain members of the Council of Ancients at the Tuileries at seven o'clock in the morning of November the 9th, the famous 18th Brumaire, and at three o'clock the next morning, the Consulate was proclaimed in the palace at St. Cloud. Two days afterwards Napoleon was living at the Luxembourg, where Bourrienne records that the word Citoyenne was dropped, and Josephine was addressed as Madame.
Less than six months afterwards Bonaparte removed to the Tuileries. Proceeding in a great procession with three thousand picked soldiers, and with his generals and his ministers, he entered the palace under the inscription, " Royalty is abolished in France and shall never be reestablished." And in the entrance hall was a bust of Brutus, set there that no one should falsely suppose that Bonaparte hoped to be a king. The soldiers were reviewed in the gardens and, I quote Bourrienne, " a number of elegant females, dressed in the Grecian costume which was then the fashion, filled the windows." The inscription remained, and the bust, but the caps of liberty that had been painted on the walls were removed. " Wash all those things out," said Napoleon to the architect, " I won't have any such fooleries." In the morning, after his first night in a king's bedroom, he said: " Bourrienne, to be at the Tuileries is not all. We must remain here."
The day after Napoleon was proclaimed Emperor, he held the first Imperial levee at the Tuileries, the Parisians laughing loudly at the awkwardness of the new courtiers with their new high-sounding names. Pope Plus VII. had apartments in the Temple of Flora in the Tuileries when he came to Paris to crown Napoleon at Notre-Dame. " I must own that I never saw a man with a finer countenance or a more respectable appearance," said Rapp, the revolutionary soldier, who was to live to command a corps at Waterloo.
Saint Denis, Napoleon's valet de chambre, has left an interesting account of domestic life in the Tuileries after the marriage with Marie Louise and the birth of the King of Rome. It was the duty of Saint Denis to serve the Emperor at breakfast. He says :
" A few moments after His Majesty had sat down the Empress would appear. She would give her husband a kiss and sit down at his right. It was my duty to place a chair for her. Most frequently when the Emperor came out of his room he would be accompanied by some important person-a minister or some one-with whom he would continue his conversation till the Empress arrived, for when she was present all serious discussion was banished and playful chat took its place. At dessert the King of Rome was announced and Madame de Montesquiou, followed by an under-governess, would come in, carrying the young Prince in her arms. The Emperor would kiss his son and the talk would continue with the Empress, Madame de Montesquiou, and the person who was present.
" When breakfast was over the Emperor would take the little king in his arms and go to the window, to show him the people passing and a group of curious men and women who habitually stood under the window during breakfast. The little scenes of paternal love did not cease till the Emperor and Empress returned to the salon. . . .
" One day the Emperor took the little king in his arms after his breakfast, as was his custom, caressed him, played some little tricks on him, and said to the Empress, turning toward her, ` Here ! kiss your son ! ' I do not remember now whether the Empress kissed the prince, but she replied in a tone almost of repugnance and disgust, `I do not see how anybody can kiss a child.' The father was very different ; he never stopped kissing and caressing his beloved son."
Poor little boy, for whom so much was planned and to whom so little was given !
After the battle of Leipzig, the prelude to the break-up of the Empire and Napoleon's banishment to Elba, Louis XVIII. took up his residence in the Tuileries Palace, but his stay was short. In March 1815 Napoleon landed in France, and great was the perturbation in Paris, councillors and ministers sitting all night discussing whether the King should flee, only Marmont, hard-bitten old marshal, suggesting that he should lock himself in the palace and stand a siege-a proceeding by no means to the stomach of the elderly Bourbon. On the night of the 20th March Napoleon was back in the Tuileries for the Hundred Days, and Louis was at Ghent. The second Restoration came, and with it the return to the palace of the King, who died there in 1834.
So the story goes on, revolution following revolution, poor Louis Philippe escaping in 1848 by an underground passage to his four-wheeled cab in the Place de la Concorde.
In 1853 Napoleon III. was installed at the Tuileries with his raffish Court. There was a smell of booty in the air, and the people who collected it were not of the nicest.
It was in the Tuileries that Napoleon and Haussmann planned the rebuilding of Paris, and the rebuilding made the fortune of every inhabitant of the palace, from the great officers of State to the scullery maids, with the sole exception of Haussmann and the Emperor.
Life at the Tuileries during the Second Empire was exactly like an operette of Offenbach, with its chief characters the Emperor with his heavy moustache and constant cigarette, infinitely tolerant and infinitely bored, the Empress often sad and apprehensive, the Prince Imperial, born in the Tuileries, as the son of the first Napoleon had been, and fated for almost as tragic an end. The days saw a constant round of dances, private theatricals and tableaux vivants, with the Comte Tacher de la Pagerie, the Emperor's kinsman, supplying the comic relief with realistic imitations of barnyard fowls and barking dogs. All pure Offenbach. And Paris outside the Tuileries caught the note of the Court, with courtesans as popular heroines, laughing along the years, until Sedan and the Commune should bring it back to its senses.
It was on September 3, 1870, that the news came to Eugenie as she stood on the little staircase in the Tuileries reaching from her husband's study to her rooms, that Sedan was lost and Napoleon a prisoner. Outside the railings of the palace gardens the Paris crowd was chanting Dechedance, Decheance. The next day Gambetta declared in the Chamber of Deputies that the dynasty had ceased to reign and, that afternoon, Eugenie slipped away by the gallery that led from the Tuileries to the Louvre, out into the Rue de Rivoli, where she took a closed cab to the house of an American dentist. As she drove along the street she saw workmen already busy taking down the Imperial eagles. " Deja," was her bitter comment.
Paris was sore and humiliated, and the bitterness increased when the conquering Germans marched through the Arc de Triomphe, to bivouac on the Place de la Con corde. Paris was indeed very angry. She felt she had been betrayed. She had been the victim of the Emperor. She was now the victim of Gambetta and Thiers. The provinces were indifferent to her sufferings, but Paris was still Paris, she would govern herself. The Faubourgs should rise again. There should be another revolution. So menacing were the people that M. Thiers, the President of the new Republic, and his ministers withdrew from Paris to Versailles, and another siege began, this time Frenchmen fighting against Frenchmen.
There was enthusiasm enough in the ranks of the Communists, but their leaders were inept, and their General Cluseret was a super-incompetent. " It was this military pamphlet-maker," says the Communist historian, Lissagaray, " with no pledge but his decoration won against the Socialists in 1848, who had played the marionette in three insurrections, whom the Socialists in 1871 charged with the defence of their revolution." It was a pitiful business, hopeless from the beginning, but only brought to an end after bitter and often heroic struggles.
The oddest and most futile of the Communards was Paul Verlaine, the poet. Verlaine had married the eminently respectable, rather dull Mathilde Mautet, in the summer of 1870. He was neither a brave man nor in any sense a patriot, and when he was told that the Germans might enter Paris, he merely remarked : " Well, at least we shall have some good music." When the siege actually began he was compelled to enlist in the National Guard, but he spent most of his time on the fortifications getting drunk with his comrades. So badly indeed did he behave that his young wife left him and returned to her parents. Although he knew nothing of politics, Verlaine had many Bohemian friends among the Communards, and their revolt against respectability and the bourgeoisie struck him as an amusing adventure. He had been before in the Government service, and he returned to his old employment, acting as censor of the press and dealing drastically with the anti-revolutionist papers. How little or how much he actually had to do with the Commune no one really knows. He used to say that he and he alone saved Notre-Dame from destruction, but that probably was a mere boast. Anyhow, when the end came, Verlaine was in a state of terror, hiding himself in his wife's parents' flat and eventually succeeding in escaping from Paris.
The adventure was a mock-heroic episode in the life of a poet, sadder perhaps than that of any other poet except his countryman, Francois Villon. All Paris mourned when Paul Verlaine died in 1896, and five thousand people stood around his grave with its pall of orchids and lilac in the cemetery of Batignolles ; but Mr. Nicholson has well said that the homage was " an apology, almost an expiation to a great writer who had been neglected and unappreciated, the tragedy being that it was impossible for a person with his qualities not to be neglected and unappreciated." Genius is not necessarily respectable. Verlaine was a drunkard, a drug maniac, and worse. But he was one of the greatest of the French poets. Anatole France has said :
" Certes il est fou. Mais prenez garde que ce pauvre insense a cree un art nouveau et qu'il y a quelque chance qu'on dise un jour : ` c'etait le meilleur poete de son temps.' "
Verlaine was a great sinner, and, like many another great sinner, he " got religion." The conversion was not enduring, but Anatole France was convinced of its sincerity. " As sincere in sin as in repentance, he accepted the alternatives' with cynical innocence," and he has written some of the finest Christian poetry in the French language; witness the poem that begins :
O mon Dieu, vous m'avez blesse d'amour
Et la blessure est encore vibrante ;
O mon Dieu, vous m'avez blesse d'amour.
Voici mon front qui n'a pu que rougir,
Pour l'escabeau de vos pieds adorables,
Voici mon front qui n'a pu que rougir.
Voici mes mains qui n'ont pas travaille
Pour les charbons ardents et 1'encens rare,
Voici mes mains qui Wont point travaille.
To return to the Commune, the Government troops from Versailles invaded Paris on the morning of May 25, 1871, and barricade fighting took place all through the day. First Montmartre was captured, and the troops fought their way down the hill. There was a pitched battle in the Rue Haussmann, near the great Printemps stores. There was fighting in the Faubourg St. Honore, and blazing houses in the Rue Royale. The Place de la Concorde was a shambles. The Place Vendome was captured, and there was fighting in the Rue de Rivoli, and at nightfall the Tuileries Palace was ablaze. The building that has recalled so many moving historical events, which Catherine de Medicis built, where Louis XVI. suffered, and where the two Napoleons had their few years of glory, was completely destroyed. Perhaps the ghost of the little Dauphin watched the burning walls of a palace which had been his childhood's prison, and, may be, the little sad ghost smiled a little as he watched.


text: People are often surprised when they hear about snow in Israel. Isaiah's (1:18) use of snow as an illustration aside, most people don't naturally associate snow and/or cold with the Middle East. Rather, thoughts of hot desert scenes are most common. So, to answer the question of whether it snows in Israel, I provide this photo (courtesy of IDF) of today's snow.


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For several years, we had permission to transfer cash stipends in our Iranian student sponsorship program. In November 2019, we are denied a third renewal of that original OFAC license and are in the process of returning the program to a food package sponsorship system. Food is not subject of sanctions. Given the increase of good prices in Iran, such packages will relieve some of the burden felt by vulnerable families and help children focus on their education.
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Child Foundation takes enormous pride in making sure that the funding we receive from our sponsors and donors is used for our programs in an optimal manner. In the 2018-2019 fiscal year, ending May 31, 2019, approximately 90.5% of your donations were used directly for our programs that benefit children. If your contribution to your child is greater than the child's needs, the remainder of your donation will be used for other children in need.
Child Foundation maintains low overhead through a myriad of methods: 1. Providing programs to large number of children in concentrated areas, helping us to efficiently and effectively distribute services. 2. Making sure our social workers are trained volunteers who live in that country or region. 3. Actively pursuing donations from corporations and companies. 4. Organizing fundraising events with trained volunteers. 5. Maximizing resources by operating with a small staff who each assume a variety of roles. 6. Utilizing volunteers throughout the United States and other countries who help Child Foundation.
Twice a year, you will receive a progress report from your child. This report will update you on your child's academic progress, their living conditions, and any changes in your child's mental or physical health. Along with this report, you will receive an updated picture, a letter from your child and a letter from your child's social worker.
Bi-annual progress reports are usually available to new sponsors after they have continuously sponsored a child for the full length of a reporting cycle. There are two reporting cycle in each year, first cycle starts at the beginning of spring, which is the start of the Persian new year, and the second one starts at the beginning of fall.
Due to the large number of sponsored children and the nature of the work, it can take up to three months after this time to receive progress reports. Depending on what time of year you start your sponsorship, it could take anywhere between eight to twelve months to receive your first progress report. Once you enter your second year of being a sponsor, you will receive two reports per year regularly.
Not at all. Child Foundation has no governmental, political, religious, ethnic or racial affiliations. We are a public charity established solely to help children in need obtain an education and remain in school.
Afghanistan, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Nepal Sponsorship Programs
Your donated dollars will be sent to the child or children you are sponsoring in the form of a stipend. The stipend supports the child's education by helping with their school-related costs and living expenses so they can focus on learning.
Iran Sponsorship Program
Your donated dollars will purchase and distribute food packages for each student and their family. The food will be shipped to Iran, adhering to US sanction which do not require a license to send food, medicine, and medical equipment. We will prioritize non-perishable and culturally-typical foods like rice, lentils, beans, and oil.
Absolutely! A face-to-face meeting will give you the opportunity to witness firsthand how your sponsored child is doing. It also enables you to see how your contributions are being used and what opportunities it has opened for your sponsored child.
Yes! You will receive two progress reports and letters per year from your sponsored child. You can also write to your child as often as you wish.
Yes. All contributions made to Child Foundation are deductible from taxable income in the U.S. Every January, Child Foundation sends an official statement to its donors that reflects all of their donations from the previous year. Our tax ID number is 93-1148608.
Many sponsors participate in their company's Matching Gift Program. Matching Gift Programs enable employers to double, triple and sometimes quadruple their employee's charitable contributions. Simply contact your human resources department and ask if your company has a Matching Gift Program for public charities.
Although Child Foundation's main goal is to help children stay in school, we do provide humanitarian aid to help children and their families when there is an urgent need. Child Foundation was very active when deadly earthquakes hit Afghanistan, Haiti, Japan, Pakistan, and Turkey and collected both in-kind and cash donations to help rebuild the countries. Our Afghanistan office regularly organizes blood drives to help children with thalassemia and provides free rides for their blood transfusions. We also fundraise for children who need to undergo expensive surgeries or treatments that they cannot afford.
There are many ways that you can help Child Foundation assist children in need.
- Sponsor a child: Go to our Sponsor page and choose one or more children to help.
- Donate: You can visit our one-time donation page and choose any of our humanitarian projects in which you are interested in, and help launch or continue that program through your generosity.
- Volunteer: Please complete our volunteer application, and we will contact you to see how we can work together to help children in need.
- Spread the Word: Talk to your friends and family about Child Foundation's humanitarian activities and share your own experience with them. If you need additional copies of our annual magazine, annual report, or just a list of our children waiting to be sponsored, please contact us and we will send them to you.
- Follow us: We are on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. You can follow us on our social media outlets or just send us your e-mail and we will send you our bi-monthly newsletter.


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I was asked by a certain interviewer to write a "tool". This exercise was to check my coding/design skills as an interviewee. This is par for the course for senior programming jobs. But the shocker came when the interviewer said "in our day to day work, we use many such tools that are written by interviewees; what I mean to say is that I need a production quality tool". Duh! Is it even legal? What about morals? ethics?? Needless to say that my interest in the job nosedived with that statement and I decided that it is not my cup of tea to work for such a team.
Would you do this if you are the interviewer? What about if you are the interviewee? Let me know – leave a comment below.
Related article : http://www.askamanager.org/2012/10/employer-asked-me-to-produce-free-work-as-part-of-hiring-process.html
I am currently looking for a change of employment and have many war stories. This is one of them.


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Liberia's government has purchased a plot of land to form a graveyard for Ebola victims, relaxing a much-contested order that all Ebola victims' bodies must be cremated.
Ciatta Bishop, head of the national Ebola burial team, said on Tuesday that the government has secured a 25-acre site when victims of the deadly disease can now be buried, Associated Press reports.
The decree which made disposing of deceased Ebola victims through cremation compulsory has been highly unpopular in Liberia, where funeral traditions are carefully followed and are considered a sacred obligation to the deceased.
The Liberian government ordered victims must be cremated, because corpses of Ebola victims remain highly contagious.
Many healthcare workers in the affected West African state have contracted the virus after washing or moving dead bodies.
More than 2,000 corpses of Ebola victims have been cremated so far.
The number of people infected by Ebola in the three countries worst affected by the outbreak has passed 20,000, with more than 7,842 deaths in the epidemic so far, according to the World Health Organisation.
Cumulative case numbers in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea stood at 20,081, WHO said in a statement.


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By Bruce Levine-
CHICAGO (CBS) — For years, National League MVP Andrew McCutchen was pitched around. It's a common practice for foes to pitch around a team's best hitter or two. In the NL, where runs are tough to come by, it is even more prevalent to pitch around a guy that can beat you.
So McCutchen was my first stop Tuesday at the park when researching whether Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo are prime candidates to be pitched around in the less-than-All Star-caliber everyday lineup of the Cubs'.
"The first thing you learn is too stay with your own game plan," McCutchen said. "You have to concentrate on what your strong points are. The pitcher will know your weak points, so you need to know yourself what they are."
Castro and Rizzo are two different types of hitters. Both, however, suffered greatly last summer after Alfonso Soriano was traded to the Yankees. Their plight may be once again impacted by a lack of protection in the Cubs' lineup this season.
"You should already know how to handle those situations when you get here (big leagues)," McCutchen said. "Hey, these guys were pitched around in the minors as well. As far as having an eye for your hitting zone, it is something you should pick up early as you progress."
In 2013, the Cub hitting gurus asked Castro to work the count and take more pitches. That plan was a a failure for Castro, and the plan was dumped in late summer.
"In the minor leagues, it was see the ball hit the ball," Castro said. "That was OK. We did not use video or reports. Now we look at everything, the pitcher, my own film and we get a lot of reports as well."
Both young players have the advantage of having their new manager coming from a team that also struggled to score runs. Rick Renteria spent many seasons in San Diego watching his club have its best young hitters pitched around.
"If you feel like there is a weakness behind, you certainly might work around them," Renteria said. "It all depends on how the hitter behind them reacts. We hope are guys act in way and zone into what they can do."
Ultimately, it's up to a good young hitter not to make excuses about the talent or lack of around them.
"That type of thinking could be an excuse for what hits it home for yourself personally," McCutchen said. "You can't make an excuse. You have to work with what you have."


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Never before has the story of Australian policing
In the line of duty is a timeline of important moments in police history presented through documents, images and objects held in police archives and museums around the country.
been told as a national story.
The exhibition's creation coincided with the Dedication of the National Police Memorial in 2006, constructed to commemorate those officers killed on duty.


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Hello there! Melanie here from the QSA (Quilt, Sewing, and Applique) Team inside Sizzix. I can't wait to share with you this next quilt that I had the pleasure of making. One of the NEW dies that was released in May is a Sailboat by Jorli. Don't let the size fool you, this small die packs quite a punch! It just begs for you to make a whole host of Sailboats because one is just not enough.
Part of what makes it so much fun is how fast this quilt goes. Once you decide on colors, all that's left to do is assemble the boats. I went full force and cut a bunch of pieces and then got to playing (giddy like a kid) with all my pieces. The flags are directional and I made sure to cut them going both ways.
Once I decided on 12 different Sailboat designs I then stitched them down with coordinating color threads because I used a Lightweight fusible and plan to use this quilt. Then I set them aside until I had finished my Quarter Square Triangle blocks.
I have to admit that I LOVE Quarter Square Triangles since I get to cut them using a die. I think if I didn't have my Sizzix tools to help me, I would run from them instead of embracing them as fully as I have in this last year. Once all the pieces are cut, I kept them in sets and set to chain piecing the QST pieces together.
Making sure to iron each of the seams in the opposite direction so that the seams match up and then lay flat.
I took care to pin at the center seam and both of the ends of the set. I do not always use pins, but I thought it would be best in this situation due to the length of the seam.
Once the newest seam is ironed all 13 blocks are ready to be laid out.
This part is also fun because the block rotates and creates a pattern within itself and it begs to extend itself even out into the border. Even if you may not be a border lover, this one will appeal to you, and it is easier than it looks.
The remaining colored triangles need to be turned into a Flying Geese block together with the Blue Polka dot.
Are you ready to see the finished quilt? TADAAA
This layout is so easy and so much fun, I hope that you have as much fun creating this quilt as I did.


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As my Stunt Writing class on the Canvas Network is starting to reach its end, I wanted to put together all of the posts that I wrote trying push myself past teaching and opening myself up to the process. There are quite a few things that knocked me off course. I had an incredible work load, and didn't have as much free time as I would have liked in order to do more research and read more about what scholars, psychologists and other practitioners think of the Mind/ Body Connection. But in the end it is all the same inquiry: how do I react in situations that involve synching my body and mind and what can I do to make myself aligned? I didn't get a chance to play my baby Moya drum (it was so hot here in Los Angeles on the weekends) so instead I had a massage. I couldn't get an appointment with a Rolfer so I wrote about swing dance instead. Sometimes it is all about working with the material that life offers. And in truth, it is good to have a plan but the fabric, elements, time we are actually living is the most important.
The truth is, I think that it is time for me to take a break from having my life revolve around work. Since receiving my MFA in Creative Writing I have been focused on making a living. Now it is time to return to living to make my own writing. From now on what you will see on this blog will be more about writing and less about being. I have enjoyed this trek, and have been ecstatic to share it. I've created the tools that anyone can use, anywhere in the world, and now it is time to fill myself back up with new ideas, inspiration, and adventure. As Maya Angelou said, "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
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For my second installment of this series, "Multi-Tasking Meltdowns" click here.
For my third installment of this series. "Ten Steps to Stop Multitasking" click here.
For the fourth installment of the series, "Muscle Memory: The Mind/Body Connection" click here.
For the fifth installment of the series, "The Irony: The Mind/Body Connection" click here.
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Honey Bee Baby Bodysuit 2-Pack
Regular price $22.00
Practical set of two delicate print bodysuits. Gender neutral tones featuring a delicate honey bee pattern.One has an all-over bee print and the other fine aqua blue stripes with a printed bee hive. Made from chemical free organic jersey cotton.
- Envelope neck for no-tears easy dressing.
- Unisex design perfect for a baby girl or a baby boy.
- Designed in the UK & manufactured to the highest ethical standards.
- 100% Organic Cotton.
- Machine washable.


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Here is a preview of an upcoming collaboration between Christopher Raeburn and Swiss brand Victorinox. The collection looks very promising as Raeburn is known for highly technical construction in his designs and is applying his skill to Victorinox's military aesthetic. The collection also has an ethical theme as the garments are made out of army surplus items and pre-owned sewings from the original Victorinox factory in Ibach, Switzerland. The collaboration will be available throughout Victorinox flagships and most high-end shops worldwide. Also, watch the video below showing a detailed preview of the collaboration.
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Skin Care
Cosmetic Facial Surgery and Skin Care at Dr. Henry's San Francisco Bay Area Centers
Everyone desires healthy, younger-looking skin. Having a smoother youthful appearance can make you look years younger and feel beautiful and self-assured. Dr. Henry has a wide variety of top-of-the-line products designed to restore your skin to its most beautiful and natural state.
These top-of-the-line products, including the Theraderm Skin Care System, Theraglow, Refinity Skin Care, Lumina self-tanning lotion, Jane Iredale's Skincare make-up, and other spa essentials, can mask fine lines and wrinkles, acne and acne scarring, sun damage, hyperpigmentation, chicken pox scars, stretch marks and a host of other skin abnormalities. Learn more about our premier skin care procedures below.
Also known as facial sanding
Dermabrasion or facial sanding is particularly effective in smoothing fine or deep wrinkles of the skin on the face. Facial sanding is also used to remove or reduce skin irregularities and to correct uneven skin surfaces resulting from scarring or acne.
Dermabrasion is usually done on an outpatient basis under local sedation and local or general anesthesia. The procedure involves using a tool with a small, rapidly spinning end, which has a roughened surface that removes inconsistencies of the skin. Dr. Henry will clean the treatment area thoroughly and apply a local anesthetic gel to numb the skin. A spray that "freezes" or hardens the skin may also be applied. Then, using the brush, Dr. Henry will slowly remove the layers of the skin.
After the procedure, the patient goes home with the treated area covered with medicated ointment or a protective membrane. Facial sanding is relatively painless, and side effects are controlled easily with oral medication. The treated skin is usually "healed" within 5-7 days, at which time makeup may be applied. The redness of the skin fades gradually over a 2-3 month period.
Additional plastic surgery procedures that may enhance dermabrasion results are scar revision and dermabrasion of the upper and lower lips.
Laser Skin Resurfacing
Get more youthful skin
Laser skin rejuvenation is a revolutionary procedure designed to revitalize the skin so that it looks more youthful, even-colored, and supple. Dr. Henry's laser skin resurfacing procedure removes the superficial layers of the skin with a pulsed laser, which smoothes away facial wrinkles, slight scarring, and age spots. The advantage of laser skin resurfacing is that the depth of treatment is extremely controlled and predictable.
Potential candidates for laser skin resurfacing are those who are looking to smooth out their skin, reduce facial wrinkles, and reduce the appearance of acne scarring or facial scarring. Prior to skin resurfacing, Dr. Henry may recommend a skin care regimen before the procedure.
On the day of the procedure, Dr. Henry will apply a numbing agent to the patient's skin. Using an FDA-approved laser resurfacing hand tool, Dr. Henry will direct the laser at the treatment area. Patients usually feel minimal discomfort, and many liken the sensation to that of small rubber bands snapping against the skin. The treatment lasts about 30 to 60 minutes, depending on the size of the treatment area.
Laser skin rejuvenation procedure is usually done on an outpatient basis under local sedation and local or general anesthesia. Following the procedure, the patient will be sent home with specific written instructions for post-op care. Depending on the location, the treated areas are covered with bandages or ointment. Initial discomfort is controlled with oral medication. Healing will be complete in 7-10 days, after which makeup may be applied.
Additional plastic surgery procedures that may enhance laser skin resurfacing results are blepharoplasty (eyelid lift), facelift, rhinoplasty, and cheek implants.
Scar Repair
Dr. Kimberly Henry offers many solutions for the removal of unsightly, large or discolored scars. Dr. Henry will discuss your options and help you choose the technique that will give you the best results.
Scar repair and revision are usually performed under local anesthesia. If the scars are large or if the patient prefers, the procedure may be done under sedation and local or general anesthesia. The procedure generally involves surgically removing the old scar and then repairing the revised area with one of several techniques including dermal injections, dermabrasion and laser skin resurfacing.
Scar repair and revision are almost always performed on an outpatient basis. Postoperative pain is usually minimal. Depending on the location, sutures are removed within 4-10 days, and discoloring fades within 6-24 months.
Additional plastic surgery procedures that may enhance scar repair results are Z-plasty (a surgical method of releasing tight or contracted scars), dermabrasion and laser skin resurfacing.
Contact Dr. Henry Serving San Francisco and Sacramento
If you are looking to reduce the signs of aging, contact Dr. Henry today. She serves Marin County, San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Davis, as well as cities nearby. Contact Dr. Henry's practice today to schedule a consultation.


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ADOTAS – The Rubicon Project, the digital advertising technology company, has announced that it has acquired SiteScout, a malware security technology provider, to build upon the technology that drives the brand protection and security layer of its REVV for publishers platform. Malware attacks on popular sites and apps have reduced traffic as much as 10% in a single month. This represents a net monthly risk of almost $600 MM. There is almost nothing, technology or otherwise, within legacy ad server that protects publishers, their visitors or their advertisers from malware attacks.
COO and Founder of the Rubicon Project, Craig Roah said, "We began to look for the right security partner to help address this growing issue for publishers in 2009, evaluating several solutions in this space to complement our industry-leading brand protection technology. In side-by-side tests, in a live production environment with real ad tags on premium websites, SIteScout was hands-down the most effective technology. In addition, the technology is easily integrated with our platform, and the SiteScout team is a perfect fit with our strong company culture. This acquisition will enable us to protect premium publishers with the most effective and highly scalable technology solution to address the very real, very dangerous and fast-growing problem of malvertising.


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