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ITC's new Level 2 short courses a hit with secondary school studentsJess O'Connor
At the beginning of this year the International Travel College of New Zealand (ITC) unveiled four new Level 2 short courses for secondary school students. These new courses will help students achieve credits for vocational pathways, as well as give them a taste of tertiary life.
Students may choose from a short course in Aviation, Employment Skills, Customer Service or Problem Solving – or if it suits, they may decide to complete all four.
Each course is one day and worth 2 credits. Although short, these courses pack a big punch. (more…)Posted in In Schools | Tagged ITC in Schools, Level 2 courses, secondary school short courses | Leave a reply
2015 Scholarships now open!!itcnz
The International Travel College of New Zealand's (ITC) 2015 scholarship applications are now open to those who want to study for the airport, airline, travel or tourism industries.
This is the third year that ITC has run the application process by asking students to create a video or a blog to be posted online. The entry needs to show the student's passion and enthusiasm for the travel and tourism industries and commitment to learning. (more…)Posted in In Schools | Tagged 2015 Scholarships, Airline training, Employment, International Awards, International Students, ITC, ITC Award winning training, ITC in Schools, New Zealand Tourism Training, Passion for travel, Tourism training, Travel Training | Leave a reply
Northland Student Advisors Gain Valuable Industry Insightitcnz
International Travel College's Account Manager Ceri Jenkins and Short Course Team Leader Mel Verwijmeren recently ran a personal development day to help those advising Northland students to gain closer contact with their local travel and tourism industry. The day was a forerunner to the short course team hitting the road again to run its Tourism, Adventure and Flight Attending Short Courses for Northland students during Term Two. (more…)Posted in In Schools | Tagged Airline training, ITC Award winning training, ITC in Schools, ITCNZ, Northland schools, Teacher training, Tourism training, Travel Training | Leave a reply
ITC Offers Exciting Futures for Year 12 and 13 Studentsitcnz
ITC Account Manager Ceri Jenkins made a recent presentation to Kelston Girls' Careers Academy. The event also included presentations from other tertiary partners of the academy and highlighted potential pathways for the students' future training and employment.
2013 was the first year of ITC's involvement with Kelston Girls' Careers Academy. This exciting project enables students at years 12 and 13 to gain standalone travel and tourism qualifications at level 2 and 3. These can also be used towards their level 2 and 3 NCEA qualifications. These students then have clear pathways into tertiary courses at ITC if they choose to take them. (more…)Posted in In Schools, In the Community | Tagged Airline jobs, Airline training, Aviation Training, ITC Award winning training, ITC in Schools, ITCNZ, Kelston Girls, Tourism training, Travel Training | Leave a reply
ITC's Amazing Race 2014itcnz
ITC's first student event of 2014 was The Amazing Race.
This is a fun-filled day where students from ITC's City and Botany Campuses race around Auckland performing crazy in full costume, with their eye on the prize! ITC have been running this event for over 6 years now, with ITC making sure that the students test their tourism knowledge of Auckland.
Challenges and quizzes meant that all the teams really had to try very hard. From belting out ballads at Vector Arena to team members spelling out ITC with their bodies in Aotea Square, it was a day not to be missed!
As always we had great support from our industry contacts, both during the race and with some amazing donated prizes, including Explore NZ Americas Cup Sailing Experience, Stray Jack Passes to the Bay of Islands, Auckland Adventure Jet Rides, accommodation at Nomads Backpackers and free pizza and drinks at Globe Bar.
First and second place went to our City Campus teams with a FANTASTIC time of 1hr 30mins and 1hr 35mins respectively, and third place went to a Botany Campus team with a time of 1hr 45mins. There were also prizes for the best-dressed teams and sportsmanship on the day.
With the sun out and a beautiful end point at the Auckland Domain, the day provided a wonderful chance to get out and about with our ITC family.
Thanks to everyone who particpated!Posted in In the Community | Tagged Airline training, Amazing Race, Auckland, ITC, ITC Award winning training, ITC in Schools, ITCNZ, New Zealand Tourism Training, Passion for travel, Student Event, Tourism Industry, Tourism training, Travel Training | Leave a reply
ITC Announces Flight Attending Workshopsitcnz
ITC's one-day Flight Attending Recruitment Workshop will get you ready for an amazing career as a flight attendant.
Students who have taken part in this workshop have found it extremely beneficial and great value for money. "I learnt so much on this course, it really has made me re-asses when and how I apply to the airlines to be a flight attendant" said Matthew. "You don't realise how much you need to know and be prepared for".
All the content has been carefully compiled and prepared by several of the ITC tutorial team, of whom 9 have all worked for airlines as cabin crew or on their recruitment teams.
For only $99 you get:
• A full-day of training;
• Hands-on experience in our state-of-the-art Aviation Training Centre;
• Advice from a guest speaking flight attendant;
• A student notebook of work and information from the day; and
• A certificate of completion.
PLUS: The $99 is redeemable on one any one of ITC's six-month courses!
You will leave this workshop with a better understanding of what the airlines are looking for and a career development plan for your dream job. This is your chance to be be fully prepared for any recruitment process and understand what the airlines are really looking for.
You can book on the course online click on this link http://itconlinetraining.com/course/flight-attending-recruitment-workshop/ or call us 0800 868747
With rolling intakes throughout the year we can't wait to get you trained so you can get out there and live the dream.Posted in News | Tagged Airline jobs, Airline recruiment, Airline training, Aviation Training, Cabin Crew, Employment, Flight attending, Flight attending recruitment, ITC, ITC Award winning training, ITC in Schools, ITCNZ, Passion for travel, Tourism training |
Introducing Alison Rigbyitcnz
New Short Course Tutor, Alison Rigby, tells us how the travel bug brought her to ITC.
Alison initially studied animation for three years. After completing that course in 2008, she moved to Vancouver where she worked at Grouse Mountain Ski resort.
"That was the start of my love for working within the tourism industry," she says. "I spent the year working and travelling Canada and the United States. And I soon realised that the travel bug was well and truly alive in me!"
Alison moved to Melbourne, working in customer service jobs and extending her skill set while she saved to get to Europe.
In 2012 she moved to Amsterdam where she had a role as the new Meeting Point Manager for Sandemans New Europe Tours.
"In this position I was required to manage the tour guides' schedules, the timing of the tours and banking. I was the face of the company and the first point of contact for tourists.
"No day was ever the same, and I had to be able to think on the spot and problem solve, as any experienced traveler knows not everything goes according to plan.
"I loved my time with this company and the amazing people I met along the way. In my spare time I was lucky to be able to do what I do best – travel!"
Alison had been travelling and living abroad for over 6 years when, in 2013, she decided to return to New Zealand and study to become a teacher. She completed the Trinity Certificate in TESOL and began teaching pre-intermediate level teens at Unique New Zealand on a short-term contract.
"I absolutely love teaching," says Alison. "It's an amazing feeling to connect with and help students reach their potential."
When she saw the advertisement for a Short Course Tutor at ITC Alison says she knew this was the job for her.
"I am thrilled to be working here and able to share my experiences and passion for travel and tourism with the students.
"This role combines my two loves – travel and teaching – and I look forward to guiding students and opening their minds to the endless opportunities awaiting them in this wonderfully exciting industry."Posted in News | Tagged Airline jobs, Airline training, Aviation Training, Employment, ITC, ITC Award winning training, ITC in Schools, New Zealand Tourism Training, Tourism training | Leave a reply
ITC Scholarship Winners Announced!itcnz
ITC has chosen its scholarship recipients for 2014. Applicants created a video or a blog showing us their passion and enthusiasm for travel, their commitment to learning, and why they felt they should receive a scholarship award.
We received a very high calibre of applicants and after many discussions we chose four recipients. On successful completion of their qualification the recipients will receive a cheque to the allotted values of their scholarship.
Charlotte Roberts-Swain, Macleans College, Auckland.
$5,000 scholarship, ITC Botany Campus
We first met Charlotte with her mother at the Macleans College careers evening. She immediately came across as a bubbly and enthusiastic person. Charlotte's mother works in the travel industry and has passed on her enthusiasm and passion for the industry to her daughter.
Charlotte's blog was very well thought out and identified clearly why she felt she should receive the scholarship. She demonstrated how her experience in her travel class with teacher Julie McDougall had broadened her understanding of the career opportunities available to her in travel and tourism. She also showed an understanding of the important part the industry plays, not just New Zealand's economy but worldwide.
Her aspirations for her future in the industry are very exciting and we believe she will go on to be an asset to any employer when she graduates.
Her response to being informed of the scholarship award was complete joy, and her first words were "I cannot wait to tell my Mum!"
Lape Talopau from Kelston Girls, Auckland
$5,000 scholarship, ITC City Campus
Lape's video was just full of energy and showed her as an enthusiastic and positive person with a fantastic smile. She proved she had a great understanding of the need for our scholarship recipients to be hard working, committed and passionate about working in the travel and tourism industry.
Lape highlighted that she understood the importance of working and conversing with people from very diverse cultures. She obviously has the personality and people skills to make a big career for herself in travel and tourism and we look forward to watching her grow through her studies with us. Lape's screams of joy when we informed her of her award are still making our ears ring today!
Kimi-Ora Follas, Otamatea College Northland
$1,000 scholarship, ITC Botany Campus
Kimi-Ora's teacher, Marco Troost, contacted us to ask for some tips for her application, and to endorse her as a great student who is very passionate about wishing to forge a career for herself in travel and tourism.
Marco's judgement of Kimi-Ora's suitability for the industry proved to be correct. Kimi-Ora first heard of ITC through one of Ceri Jenkins' presentations at her school when she was in year 12. It convinced her that she should follow her passion for the industry and endeavour to gain the necessary education to enter travel and tourism.
She had obviously done her homework on ITC via the internet and also made the long journey to Auckland with her family to attend one of our open days. Kimi-Ora's confidence and determination stood out in her video and will we are sure hold her in very good stead throughout her studies and future employment.
Sonia Murray, Sancta Maria, Auckland
$1,000 scholarship, ITC City Campus.
Sonia had attend one of our short courses and made a lasting impression on our tutor Mel. Her enthusiasm and ability to work well with others really stood out.
Sonia's previous class visits to ITC and attendance on the short courses convinced her that tourism was for her and highlighted that she has a special interest in adventure tourism.
Her blog was very articulate and outlined all of the key aspects we were looking for in scholarship recipients, in particular her undoubted passion for the travel and tourism and the sense that there is a very big and successful career just waiting out there for her.
We wish all of our scholarship recipients and applicants the best for 2014 and beyond.Posted in In the Community | Tagged Airline training, Aviation Training, Employment, Fun, ITC, ITC Award winning training, ITC in Schools, ITCNZ, New Zealand Tourism Training, Scholarships 2014, Tourism training, Travel Training | Leave a reply
ITC Gives Northland Students a Taste of the Actionitcnz
A new initiative from International Travel College (ITC) gives students from outside the main centres the chance to experience the opportunities available in the airline, travel and tourism industries.
"We are very aware that there are high school students around the country who simply don't have the access to training opportunities that students in the larger cities have," says ITC's Marketing Director Claire Huxley.
"It's not just a lack of training institutions in those areas, but there are few chances for students to even explore whether they are interested in pursuing a particular field of study."
To combat this, ITC recently provided its two-day Flight Attending Short Course to students in Northland.
"We contacted all the high school careers advisors in the area," says Claire, "and they were absolutely thrilled to be able to offer this to their students. We also have a great relationship with Fullers and we contacted them to see if they could help us out."
Fullers Great Sites offered its vessel 'Tongariro', to stand in for the aircraft cabin for the full two days of the course.
ITC's Short Course Tutor Mel Verwijmeren ran the course. She provided students with practical role-play experience using onboard equipment, and taught them skills related to in-flight service, safety demonstrations, evacuations and how to deal with passengers' specific needs.
An added bonus of running the course onboard a ship, says Mel, was how transferable those skills are from airline travel to the open ocean.
"The students learnt about the entry level roles onboard these vessels, giving them a greater understanding of what further education was needed to step into such roles."
"And thanks to Barry, the Operations Manager of Fullers Great Sites, our students got a real taste of what the travel and tourism industry has to offer, as we visited local tourist attractions the R-Tucker Sail Boat, Dolphin Explorer, Overnight Cruise Ipipiri and the Exciter, which is equipped with not one but four V8 engines!"
This first step in ITC's new initiative has been incredibly successful, and several of the students have already enrolled with ITC for 2014, and a number were even offered work experience onboard one of the Fullers Great Site vessels.
"Mel worked incredibly hard to provide these students with the same experience students from Auckland schools get with our short courses," says Claire. "And the feedback from teachers and students has been excellent. These students now have another option available to them, and that takes them one step closer to their dream job."
ITC will be continuing to offer its short courses to high school students outside Auckland, with the next course to be run in Gisborne.Posted in In Schools, In the Community | Tagged Airline training, Aviation Training, ITC Award winning training, ITC in Schools, ITCNZ, Northland schools, Passion for travel, Tourism training, Travel Training |
Giving it a shot – ITC's Short Course Competitionitcnz
The International Travel College of New Zealand (ITC) has recently had such an abundance of talented and passionate students attending its short courses that the college decided to give them an opportunity to get creative and show what they are made of, says ITC's Short Course Tutor Mel Verwijmeren.
Named "Be in to win", the competition was open to past and present short course students. Entrants were asked to create a video blog to showcase their experience at ITC, with a focus on what the course did for them personally and how it influenced them in making decisions about their future.
"We had 13 amazing entries from a variety of secondary schools," says Mel. "It was a tough decision to make, but the top three students were chosen for their creativity, attitude, and determination along with the excellent content they submitted."
The three major prizewinners took away a bungy and full bridge Climb with Auckland Bridge Climb and a bungy and jet boat experience with Auckland Adventure Jet Boat.
The other 10 students who entered did not walk away empty handed, either, says Mel. "It took a lot of courage and determination to enter this competition, so we awarded these students a small gift pack to congratulate them on showing they can achieve anything if they just put their mind to it."
"Sometimes it's as easy as putting yourself out there and giving things a shot, regardless of the outcome or whether you take away the 'big' prize," says Mel. "For the entrants, the satisfaction of completing something and taking charge of their future was a prize in itself, and as all our students know, this attitude is highly sought after in the travel and tourism industry."Posted in In Schools | Tagged Airline training, Aviation Training, ITC, ITC Award winning training, ITC in Schools, ITCNZ, New Zealand Tourism Training, Passion for travel, Tourism training, Travel Training | Leave a reply


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The National Anti-Corruption Committee of Ukraine is investigating a corruption scheme of Yanukovych times.
The Committee has found books confirming that Paul Manafort received more than 12 million dollars while holding an office of the Advisor to a former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
The books mention Manafort 22 times and document the payment of 12.7 million dollars in 2007-2012, reported The New York Times.
The former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych fled to Russia during the Euromaidan. The document also states that Manafort had links with a Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
According to New York Times, Manafort declined to be interviewed. At the same time, his lawyer has assured all that he did not receive any cash payments and did not take part in any illegal activities.
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The registration includes organic vegetarian meals, modest sleeping accommodations, and workshop activities. Salamander Camp offers a large yurt for sleeping, a beautiful kitchen with a large table for sharing meals, and a small hot tub for delicious soaking under the stars.
Please register early – the group will be smaller this year, and we expect the jam to sell out. We may not be able to accommodate last minute walk-ins.


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Fishnet Tights // Pamela Mann
Platform Sandals // Amazon
Dress // Primark
Bag // Primark
Necklace // Bornpretty
Belt // Primark
So I finally got myself a pair of fishnet tights after wanting them for ages! They look awesome with my new sandals (that I am in love with). I really wanted the sandals from La Moda that are similar to these, but they were out of stock, so I found these ones on Amazon instead! I'm loving dark shades at the moment, so I teamed the tights & sandal combo with this plum dress from Primark that I have had for quite a while. Oh and I nearly forgot about the backpack; this is a new purchase as well! I saw the bag a while ago but didn't buy it, but then I saw another blogger styling it (I can't remember who now, oops!) and decided that I needed to go back and get it! I think it looks good quality for a Primark bag so I was quite chuffed.
I'm sorry if I don't post as much over the next couple of weeks, as my exams are really kicking in now. But let's be honest this will probably still take priority!
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The National Police have arrested 130 people in Torrevieja, including three council officials, accused of promoting illegal immigration through a network of real estate agents, who provided false rental contracts to foreigners enabling them to register in the municipality in order to then bring in their families.The arrests included the 3 municipal officials as well as the owners of 16 estate agencies, 14 sales agents and almost a hundred foreign nationals. All of them have been accused of crimes of documentary misrepresentation to enable illegal immigration.
The operation began two years ago when the investigators first became aware of problem, at the time they were mostly of Moroccan origin and resident in Murcia.
The agents identified several people who seemed to be in charge of the network, and found that they were issuing contracts which were then used to register foreign citizens at la Oficina de Extranjería in Alicante.
It is understood that the applicants provided counterfeit contracts for housing rentals in the municipality of Torrevieja, which allowed them to then fraudulently register as a resident. The addresses were of empty houses that were either for sale at different real estate agencies in the area or they were occupied by other residents without any relationship to the offenders.
The purchase of these counterfeit contracts was subject to the payment of 300 euros per month, to be paid by the applicant to the facilitator or seller, who in most cases were either employees of real estate agencies in Torrevieja, or their agents.
The police were also able to show the involvement of council staff from the Torrevieja Census Office, for having negligently issued documentation and certificates without the correct details of the properties, information that was subsequently validated by the Office of Urbanism, also in Torrevieja. This procedure then ensured favourable resolutions and the subsequent family reunification by the Foreigners Office in Alicante through legal channels, calculated by the police to amount to approximately 500 illegal immigrants.
In a statement released on Saturday the Real Estate Association of Torrevieja, which represents 30 agencies in the town, has expressed its "total disgust at the news"
"News such as this seriously damages the image of the sector and the actions of the individuals involved are unanimously condemned", aaid the association lawyer, Juan Chapapría.
Chapapría said that these arrests "sadden us all and make us more aware that corruption in the sector must be pursued to the end." He was unable to say what action the association intended to take against the 16 agencies, making up over half of the association's membership, that are alleged to be involved.


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Judges - Chapter 2
The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, "I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I swore to give to your forefathers. I said, 'I will never break my covenant with you, 1
and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars.' Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this? 2
Now therefore I tell you that I will not drive them out before you; they will be thorns in your sides and their gods will be a snare to you." 3
When the angel of the LORD had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud, 4
and they called that place Bokim. There they offered sacrifices to the LORD. Disobedience and Defeat 5
After Joshua had dismissed the Israelites, they went to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance. 6
The people served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had seen all the great things the LORD had done for Israel. 7
Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of a hundred and ten. 8
And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. 9
After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel. 10
Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD and served the Baals. 11
They forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods of the peoples around them. They provoked the LORD to anger 12
because they forsook him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. 13
In his anger against Israel the LORD handed them over to raiders who plundered them. He sold them to their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist. 14
Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the LORD was against them to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress. 15
Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hands of these raiders. 16
Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. Unlike their fathers, they quickly turned from the way in which their fathers had walked, the way of obedience to the LORD's commands. 17
Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the LORD had compassion on them as they groaned under those who oppressed and afflicted them. 18
But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their fathers, following other gods and serving and worshiping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways. 19
Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel and said, "Because this nation has violated the covenant that I laid down for their forefathers and has not listened to me, 20
I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died. 21
I will use them to test Israel and see whether they will keep the way of the LORD and walk in it as their forefathers did." 22
The LORD had allowed those nations to remain; he did not drive them out at once by giving them into the hands of Joshua. 23
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San Diego, CA – September 2, 2015 – NetSapiens, a leading provider of VoIP and Unified Communications software solutions, announced today that One Source Networks (OSN), the UC, managed network and technology life cycle partner of choice to large, global enterprises, is using NetSapiens' n-Share technology for its hosted voice offering: Cloud PBX. n-Share allows OSN to create geo-diversity for these services by synchronizing VoIP services between PoPs around the world in real time.
n-Share is deployed as an active-active redundant application, in which all nodes are online and pass call information, feature codes, voicemail, and other key configuration elements simultaneously under normal conditions. If one node fails or loses connectivity, traffic fails over to the remaining n-Share nodes seamlessly, without experiencing downtime or loss of network connections. n-Share is engineered to scale in a virtually limitless fashion while being able to be managed as a single application. For more information about NetSapiens n-Share, download the high availability whitepaper.
"NetSapiens is in the business of helping service providers grow and One Source Networks is certainly a success story," says Dave Privee, VP of Sales and Marketing for NetSapiens "We are pleased that n-Share is helping OSN to achieve the highest level of availability for their hosted voice services, as they grow their global voice network."
OSN's global voice network now spans nine nodes across five continents. The network architecture is based on Sonus SBC 5210 and 7000 session border controllers for unlimited scalability and has also been certified for interoperability with Microsoft Lync 2013 and Avaya.
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The AEMC is extending the date for publishing a final rule determination on the COAG Energy Council's Transmission connection and planning arrangements rule change request until 23 May 2017.
The AEMC published a draft determination on the rule change request in November 2016, and a supplementary consultation paper on proposed savings and transitional provisions in January 2017. The draft determination sets out significant changes to the arrangements by which parties connect to the transmission network, and changes to enhance how transmission network businesses plan their networks.
An extension is needed to consider the complex issues raised in stakeholder submissions around the connections aspects of the draft rule, most notably the arrangements for identified user shared assets. It will take time to address the issues that have been raised so that the final rule is robust, clear and workable, and delivers outcomes that are in the long-term interests of consumers.
A final rule determination will now be published on 23 May 2017.
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Singapore, here we come!
Seedcamp recently announced their first ever Singapore event. We applied and a few days ago, we were told that we had been selected as one of the 20 participating companies.
The selected finalists come from 7 countries, with 12 of the 20 coming from Singapore, itself. Here's a wordle on what the 20 companies are about. 'Social' is the dominant theme - followed by location, shopping & gaming. We used 2 tags to describe each company - which two do you think describe Eyes And Feet? (click on the wordle to see it more clearly)
[Update: We won! Next stop: Seedcamp week in London, Jan 2011]
PS: Thank you, Sarah Lacy and Fred Wilson for pointing us to Seedcamp in response to a question we'd asked (at 7:20 on the video embedded below) on how VCs 'find' companies outside of Silicon Valley. That was September 10th - the first time we heard of Seedcamp. By the 20th, we'd applied, and now we're on our way to present at Seedcamp, Singapore on October 5th. PPS: Sarah, Fred, we're NOT focusing on our domestic market - Eyes And Feet's initial focus is on the US market.
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North America Aesthetic Services Market Share, Size, Growth & Forecast 2024 Illuminated by New Report
Albany, NY -- (SBWire) -- 03/08/2017 --Characterized by the rivalry between Advanced Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery, Dermatology Solutions Group, Riverchase Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery, and Cosmetic & Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Clinic Toronto, the North America market for aesthetic services demonstrates a highly competitive landscape, finds a new research study by Transparency Market Research (TMR).
Companies operating in this market are focusing aggressively on innovation and technical advancements and investing heavily to increase the research activities for the development of minimally invasive and less painful treatments. In the coming years, these companies are likely to introduce a number of aesthetic services, expanding their portfolio, which will further intensify the competition within the market.
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The research report estimates the North America market for aesthetic services to expand its opportunity at a CAGR of 7.70% during the period from 2016 to 2024, rising from a value of US$14.4 bn in 2015 to US$28.1 bn by the end of the forecast period. In terms of volume, the market is likely to get doubled by 2024, reaching more than 22 million procedures. Dermatology clinics and cosmetic centers have surfaced as the key end users of aesthetic services in North America and are anticipated to remain so over the next few years, reports the study.
Demand for Aesthetic Services Higher in U.S.
An assessment of the North America market for aesthetic services based on its geographical presence has also been offered in this research study. Analysts consider the U.S. and Canada as the key geographical subdivisions of this regional market. The U.S. has been leading the North America aesthetic services market and is expected to continue in the same fashion over the forecast period.
The rising prevalence of skin diseases and the increasing awareness among U.S. citizens regarding aesthetic treatments, together with infrastructural advancements in the U.S. medical and healthcare industry, are projected to fuel the demand for aesthetic services considerably in the years to come. In addition to this, the augmenting demand for aesthetic treatments from the male population and the availability of advanced and user-friendly aesthetic devices will reflect positively on this market in the near future. The U.S. market for aesthetic services acquired a share of 95% in the overall market in 2015.
Increasing Aesthetic Consciousness to Boost Market Growth
Thanks to the remarkable upswing in the aesthetic consciousness and the rising interest of people towards self-grooming, the North America market for aesthetic services has been witnessing a significant expansion in its overall size, states the author of this study. Along with this, the rising prevalence of obesity in North American citizens and the consequent increase in the demand for liposuction procedure are also driving the growth of this market considerably.
On the other hand, the dearth of favorable reimbursement policies is likely to create obstacles for the North America market for aesthetic services in the near future. However, the increasing level of awareness regarding skin rejuvenation procedures, augmenting disposable income of consumers, and their shifting preference towards minimally invasive surgical procedures are anticipated to propel this market remarkably over the next few years, notes the research study.
The study presented here is based on a report by Transparency Market Research (TMR) titled "Aesthetic Services Market - North America Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast 2016 - 2024."
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The North America aesthetic services market is segmented into:
By Services Type
Surgical Services
Skin Tightening and Body Contouring
Facial contouring
Facial rejuvenation
Non-Surgical Services
Dermabrasion and Microdermabrasion
Dermal Fillers
Dermal Fillers
Laser treatment
Scar Treatment
Tattoo Removal
Hair Removal
Reconstructive Procedures
Breast Enhancement
Tissue expansion
Burn repair surgery
By End-user
Dermatology Clinics and Cosmetic Centers
Ambulatory Surgery Centers
By Region
North America
The U.S.
Media Relations Contact
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Transparency Market Research
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Fair warning, this will be the second time in three months that I'll reference lip syncing to Coolio on this blog and then somehow tie it into a life lesson. #sorrynotsorry
Hip Hopping in the Rain
The year – 1997. The players – 8 13 year old girls with butterfly clips and minimal dance training. Our major predicament – the carefully recorded off the radio tape of Coolio's 1,2,3,4 had been left in a locker and it was now Saturday. How, oh HOW would we prepare for the lip sync world championships without it? Our choreo needed a lot of work. As did our believability as rappers encouraging you to get your woman on the floor.
Problem MAJOR.
So we did what any 90s kids would do. Got a blank tape, called the radio station with our request, and sat in front of the boom box for three hours.
I think JAM'N 9.45 is just NOW getting to our request.
But the 8 of us tried to make the best of the situation and danced around anyways to the choreography we remembered. Then the party and the boom box were moved onto the front lawn from the basement because God forbid we deprive our neighbors of our sweet, sweet moves.
Then it started to quite literally rain on our parade.
Instead of running inside, the group of us girls decided to embrace the early summer shower and take our show on the road. We marched down the side streets singing Coolio, splashing in puddles, laughing until our cheeks hurt, and getting soaked to our souls. At that moment in my life I couldn't think of a time I had ever been happier.
Being Boring in the Rain
Flash forward 21 years (ermagod… 21 years?) and technology has changed, and so have I.
Now if I need to hear Coolio, or more likely the singer songwriter vibes of Ben Rector, I can get on YouTube, or Pandora, or even pay a buck to own the song forever. But I kind of miss the boom box days. We were patient as all get up then. What our lives lacked in instant gratification, they overcompensated with creativity.
And to be honest, I'm much less likely to dance in the rain now.
It's probably an over reliance on the rules. Particularly since becoming a parent.
"We don't bring toys to the table."
"We don't eat the green part of the watermelon."
"We don't lasso our sister."
I'll stand by those rules.
But some of our other rules are kind of dumb.
"We don't have dessert during the week." (Hypocritical)
"We don't wear underwear over our pants." (They aren't hurting anyone.)
"We don't go outside in the rain." (Why?)
Seriously why? I don't know. We might melt? We might get water on the floors that could honestly use a good mopping anyways?
Rule Breaking in the Rain
One of my favorite podcasters, bloggers, and professional development go tos, Ruth Soukup from Do It Scared, is known for her saying "Rules are for suckers."
The first time I heard this I clutched my pearls. She has kids, who she also teaches this concept to. I didn't get it AT ALL and was picturing pure chaos. As opposed to my house, which is made of up 75% imitation flavor chaos.
But here's what she is getting at. Question the status quo. Question why we don't do things a certain way, and what would happen if we didn't? There are rules that keep us safe, and rules that keep us healthy, but there are also a multitude of rules that are red tape for creativity and keep us coloring inside the lines. Those rules are for suckers. Question them, break them, pave your own way. I can dig that.
Laughing in the Rain
So this past weekend, with Ruth and Coolio in my head, I told two little kids hesitating by the screen door to go ahead and run on out into the rain. They happily RSVPed to the invitation and sprinted circles around the deck. It took me a few minutes to join them, because I don't know, we don't get our jeans that are already covered in dirt, sand, and chocolate wet?? But eventually I was out there too. Glen was shortly behind me,
The rain felt good. Really good. It was a perfect refreshing summer rain that brought me quickly back to splashing through puddles and singing at the top of my lungs in 1997. But then I was just as quickly transported back to the here and now.
The four of us played tag, caught rain drops on our tongues, and "flew to the clouds." We tickled, and belly laughed, and danced around with reckless abandon. (I mean not entirely reckless, we still don't stand on the deck railing. #goodrule.) Man, what we would have missed if we had followed the rules…
So, this is all to say that I hope you'll find a dumb rule to break today. I bet you'll like how it feels.
With lots of wet laundry but a happy heart,
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Some Useful single bar chopping scores
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Some Useful single bar chopping scores
Here are a few useful chopping scores to add pizazz to mostly baselines and supporting melodies. Let me know if any of you guys have a use for them!
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- The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 49, Issue 5, 1 Nov 1993, p. 616 - 624
Regression of Diffuse Intralobular Liver Fibrosis Associated with Visceral Leishmaniasis
Diffuse intralobular fibrosis of the liver is rare in cases of New World visceral leishmaniasis. A patient with this disease from a newly endemic area in the northernmost area of the Brazilian Amazon region was studied. Hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the phagocytic mononuclear cell system were observed, with parasitism and Disse's space fibrosis diffusely involving the liver. This description is based on a biopsy carried out after seven days of treatment with Glucantime®. Another biopsy performed almost two years later showed no fibrosis, no Kupffer cell hypertrophy and hyperplasia, and no parasitism. The mechanism of fibrosis and regression is discussed.
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Pick A What Runs Lori Health Mascot
Happy Tuesday! Hope your day is less busy but more productive than yesterday's. My Monday was C R A Z Y.
I hope you enjoyed Jeanette's guest post yesterday. So inspiring and pretty awesome she shared this part of her life with us.
That said, today is Day 24 of the HAWMC and the prompt is Health Mascot. Give yourself, your condition, or your health focus a mascot. Is it a real person? Fictional? Mythical being? Describe them. Bonus points if you provide a visual!
I thought
long and hard for about 10 minutes and decided that I really didn't know what the What Runs Lori Mascot would or should be. I'm sure a giant leaf of Kale would work, or maybe even a smiling green juice, but I really don't know.
So I thought you could choose.
What do you think the What Runs Lori Mascot would be, should be, or could look like? I'm curious to see it through your eyes.
For fun, while you're thinking about it (and leaving a comment below), here are some fun ideas I came up with last night…
Maybe it's the What Runs Lori Facebook Logo…?
You've "liked" already, right?
Maybe Alisa and I can rep Degree Deodorant. I know I have a huge stash of it now because of this conference. And good thing because this is my brand.
To the Rescue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Perhaps the Kabocha Squash could be my Mascot. It's just so delicious. And sometimes inappropriate…
Meat Teddy!!
…or Teddy Loaf.
What/who is do you see as the What Runs Lori Mascot?


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|Wikipedia Commons
Illustrations to Milton's Paradise Lost
Illustration 7
The Rout of the Rebel Angels
[1] In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
[2] And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
[3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
[4] And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
John 1
[1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
[2] The same was in the beginning with God.
[3] All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
[4] In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
[5] And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Milton's account of the rout of the rebel angels is from a memory as told by Raphael to Adam and Eve who were not in that time or place when it occurred. This is an account of the separation of light from darkness as was the biblical statement of what occurred 'In the beginning.' The rebel angels infected heaven - the place of light - with darkness when they chose to be separate themselves from the unity. The light cast them out into hell - the place of darkness.
The rebel angels were not destroyed for their disobedience. They were sent away from the light; they were forced out of heaven. But as Adam and Eve would learn, they were still capable of engaging Men and Women in the Battle for Truth.
Paradise Lost
John Milton
Book VI
Line 710-718
[From the account by Raphael to Adam and Eve]
"Go then, Thou Mightiest, in thy Father's might;
Ascend my chariot, guide the rapid wheels
That shake Heaven's basis, bring forth all my war,
My bow and thunder, my almighty arms
Gird on, and sword upon thy puissant thigh;
Pursue these sons of darkness, drive them out
From all Heaven's bounds into the utter deep:
There let them learn, as likes them, to despise
God, and Messiah his anointed King."
Line 844-866
"Nor less on either side tempestuous fell
His arrows, from the fourfold-visaged Four
Distinct with eyes, and from the living wheels
Distinct alike with multitude of eyes;
One Spirit in them ruled; and every eye
Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire
Among the accursed, that withered all their strength,
And of their wonted vigor left them drained,
Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, fallen.
Yet half his strength he put not forth, but checked
His thunder in mid volley; for he meant
Not to destroy, but root them out of Heaven:
The overthrown he raised, and as a herd
Of goats or timorous flock together thronged
Drove them before him thunder-struck, pursued
With terrors, and with furies, to the bounds
And crystal wall of Heaven; which, opening wide,
Rolled inward, and a spacious gap disclosed
Into the wasteful deep: The monstrous sight
Struck them with horror backward, but far worse
Urged them behind: Headlong themselves they threw
Down from the verge of Heaven; eternal wrath
Burnt after them to the bottomless pit."
C. S. Lewis gives us insight into Milton's character Satan by revealing the incompatibility of self-centeredness and self-deception with clarity of vision.
From Preface to Paradise Lost by C. S. Lewis:
"But I do not know whether we can distinguish his [Satan's] conscious lies from the blindness he has almost willingly imposed upon himself... for far earlier in his career he has become more a Lie than a Liar, a personified contradiction. (Page 97)
What we see in Satan is the horrible co-existence of a subtle and incessant intellectual ability with an incapacity to understand anything. (Page 99)
The point need not be laboured. Adam, though confined to a small park on a small planet, has interests which embrace 'all the choir of heaven and all the furniture of earth.' Satan has been in the Heaven of Heavens and in the abyss of hell, and surveyed all that lies between them, and in that whole immensity has found only one thing that interests Satan. It may be said that Adam's situation made it easier for him, than for Satan, to let his mind roam. But that is just the point. Satan's monomaniac concern for himself, and his supposed rights and wrongs is a necessity of the Satanic predicament. Certainly, he had no choice. He had chosen to have no choice. He had wished to 'be himself', and to be in himself and for himself, and his wish was granted. The Hell he carries with him is, in one sense, a Hell of infinite boredom...Milton makes plain the blank unintrestingness of being Satan." (Page 102)
Blake has his own way of treating the the opposition of the forces promoting the success of light or of darkness - of the Son of Man or Satan. For him the inexorable advance of truth opening the way for the power and glory of the Son of Man to reveal the apocalypse comes through recognition, repentance and forgiveness. The battle like the tears it provokes, is an intellectual thing.
Four Zoas, Night IX, Page 123, (E 392)
"The furious wind still rends around they flee in sluggish effort
They beg they intreat in vain now they Listend not to intreaty
They view the flames red rolling on thro the wide universe
From the dark jaws of death beneath & desolate shores remote
These covering Vaults of heaven & these trembling globes of Earth
One Planet calls to another & one star enquires of another
What flames are these coming from the South what noise what dreadful rout
As of a battle in the heavens hark heard you not the trumpet
As of fierce battle while they spoke the flames come on intense roaring
They see him whom they have piercd they wail because of him
They magnify themselves no more against Jerusalem Nor
Against her little ones the innocent accused before the Judges
Shines with immortal Glory trembling the judge springs from his throne
Hiding his face in the dust beneath the prisoners feet & saying
Brother of Jesus what have I done intreat thy lord for me
Perhaps I may be forgiven While he speaks the flames roll on
And after the flames appears the Cloud of the Son of Man
Descending from Jerusalem with power and great Glory"
Songs and Ballads, The Grey Monk, (E 489)
"But vain the Sword & vain the Bow
They never can work Wars overthrow
The Hermits Prayer & the Widows tear
Alone can free the World from fear
For a Tear is an Intellectual Thing
And a Sigh is the Sword of an Angel King
And the bitter groan of the Martyrs woe
Is an Arrow from the Almighties Bow"


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Licensed Social Worker
Provided comprehensive assessment including, MDS+, SIGMA and support services to over 100 residential geriatric patients and their families.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses and related health care professionals to ensure continuity in treatment and discharge planning.
- Conducted post-discharge follow up within two weeks of patients leaving the facility.
- Provided psychotherapy and bereavement counseling to individuals.
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Licensed Social Worker and Admissions Coordinator
Select and admit new residents into the Skilled Nursing Facility by communicating with hospitals and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to meet the identified needs of the resident
- Complete Psychosocial Assessments, Minimum Data Set Assessments, Mini-Mental Status Exams and other various assessments
- Schedule and attend care plan meetings with residents, family members and the interdisciplinary team to discuss resident's progress, discharge plans or address a concern
- Attend interdisciplinary Risk Meetings to create safety plans for residents who are at risk of falls, weight loss, wounds, etc.
- Tend to resident situations that require crisis management
- Educate residents and family members on Medicare, Medicaid, and other insurances accepted at the facility
- Aide in a seamless discharge by connecting residents with home health agency services, ordering medical equipment and verify doctor appointments
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Licensed Social Worker
Primary social worker for Social Security Project, managing high case load, connecting clients to essential resources
- Counseling clients who are suicidal and dealing with dual mental health diagnoses. Provided one on one counseling to clients in crisis, linking them to the appropriate next level of care.
- Trained and utilized crisis intervention techniques with clientele containing various types of issues.
- Supervising and training two MSW Interns in case load management and proper case protocol.
- Lead social worker on domestic violence project; counseling and advising clients, informing them of available DV resources in the community, and accompanying clients in court to provide support services
- Resolving homelessness amongst low income client, with high proficiency in landing long term housing
- Planning & organizing social work projects that support the community by creating and successfully fulfilling: school supply drives, holiday season donations, and company-wide food drives.
- Provide Arabic translation to multidisciplinary staff including attorneys, paralegals, and social workers.
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Licensed Social Worker
Children's Hospital of NJ at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark, NJ
- Participated as part of a multi-disciplinary team including developmental pediatricians, nurse, psychologists, occupational therapist, and speech pathologist.
- Assessed child's psychosocial development at school and at home including but not limited to learning, social emotional, behavioral, psychiatric, and familial needs.
- Created individualized psychosocial history and recommendations as part of multi-disciplinary team report.
- Provided consultations for developmental pediatricians on an as needed basis in educating parents about their child's diagnosis including but not limited to learning disabilities, ADHD/ADD, autism, etc. and on identifying community resources available to the family such as Case Management, Social Supplemental Income Program, and Division of Developmental Disabilities.
- Provided brief therapeutic services including behavioral management techniques and supportive counseling to parents.
- Assisted parents on contacting school guidance counselors, school social workers, and child study team members in requesting school meetings and/or referral for an evaluation.
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Interim Licensed Social Worker
I was sought out and hired to bring this LTC Facility's social work department into compliance with state regulations.
- Took care of admissions and discharges.
- Provided advocacy for the residents and their families.
- Member of the care plan team.
- Provided assessment of more than 70 residents in the areas of cognition, mood and behavior, and well-being.
- Implemented an off grounds day program for residents with mental health diagnoses.
- Started in-house counseling for residents.
- Started a reading service for those residents who were unable to read.
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Licensed Social Worker
Managed Long Term Care Program (MLTC)
- Work collaboratively on interdisciplinary team consisting of Social worker, nurses, physical therapist, nutritionist, NPP, and manager developing individualized care plans for MLTC members sixty five years of age and older receiving Medicaid.
- Provide care management via telecommuting from home office, field work, and agency office.
- Conduct bio-psychosocial assessments as well as annual assessments to determine cognitive status, mood, and thought process.
- Provide advocacy and identified community services and resources. Benefit screenings were conducted to identify services available and member eligibility for these benefits. Completed Medicaid and food stamp applications and recertification as well as NYSARC.
- Assist in long term care planning by offering referrals and advice when nursing home placement was imminent. Provided supportive counseling to members and families during this transition.
- Educate members regarding advanced care directives. Provided supportive counseling to guide and assist members and their caregivers in adapting to changes in their health and environment.
- Actively participate in discharge planning at skilled nursing home facilities and hospitals to assess member's current cognitive and physical functioning in order to make appropriate changes/adjustments to plan of care and ensure a safe return.
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Licensed Social Worker, Mid-michigan Leadership Academy
Complete functional behavioral assessments, and implement appropriate behavioral plans/interventions for students age 4 to 14 years old with educational or behavioral needs
- Collaborate with the school psychologist and special education department for evaluations
- Offer counseling and resource gathering services for the student population and community
- Member of the administration team, assisting in decisions which impact the students and staff
- Oversee Restorative Justice practices throughout the building
- Truancy Liaison, maintaining attendance and appearing in court on behalf of the school
- McKinney Vento Liaison for the district
- Successfully implemented and facilitator of the Behavior Response Team
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Human Service Representative (vii) (licensed Social Worker)
Conducted bio psychosocial functioning and needs of patients and families to help implement treatment plans
- provides advanced and comprehensive case management consultation for families with children who have health risks, conditions or special health care needs
- Conduct home visits and link families with resources in the community
- Completes Intakes, Family Needs Assessments, Service Plans, and Follow-up Services to families on caseload.
- Conducts comprehensive assessments to determine eligibility and need for PCS/PDN.
- Conducts presentations and communicates program services and/or changes to consumers/public in a positive and accurate manner.
- Provides training, consultation and technical assistance to program contractors and program providers.
- Actively participates and advocates in Community Resource Coordination Groups (CRCG), case management coalitions, and community organizations.
- Respond to public health emergencies such as, but not limited to disease outbreaks, environmental exposure and weather conditions
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Licensed Social Worker
- Met with individuals daily to assist with daily living activities.
- Interviewed and evaluated clients, including conducting safety and risk assessments.
- Completed monthly credit card statement.
- Completed Comprehensive Functioning Assessments and Social History Evaluations.
- Work collaboratively with team members and family to obtain least restrictive environment for individuals.
- Maintained confidential documentation.
- Provide families with community resources.
- Assist with guardianship for individuals.
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Licensed Social Worker
Head up the Social Services Department of a 120 bed skilled nursing facility
- Participate in MDS assessments and the care plan process
- Perform discharge planning
- Complete advance directives, social histories, and progress notes
- Manage behavioral health services for residents, as needed.
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Why is it Important?
Your brand is often your most valuable asset and a registered trade mark will protect your brand.
Most people assume that when you register a company name, business name or domain name that you have protection against competitors who might start trading with an identical or similar name or passing their goods and/or services off as yours. This is not the case. The only way to protect yourself against this is with a registered trade mark secured with either the Irish Patents Office or the European Trade Marks Office depending upon where you do business.
A registered trade mark gives you automatic legal rights which you can avail of immediately should someone step on your toes or pass their business off as your own. With a registered trade mark you do not need to prove that the goodwill and reputation of your business is being damaged. It is a much simpler process of providing the registered trade mark number and the details of the business infringing your mark.
When you do not have a registered trade mark for your business, you must rely on the common law of tort. In this situation you must prove that the goodwill and reputation of your business is damaged as a result of the infringement and you have suffered loss as a consequence. This can be incredibly difficult to prove and there are huge costs involved in instructing lawyers and going to court with no guarantee of a successful outcome, which can mean bringing a legal action of this type is not an option for many businesses. The best way to avoid this is register your trade mark as soon as possible to protect your business.
What can be trademarked?
You can register anything from names (including personal names), logos, slogans, letters, shapes, sounds, smells, and packaging, amongst other things, as long as you are able to show that
whatever you are seeking to protect is Distinctive and Consumers can clearly identify your mark with your business. The perfect example would be the Nike Swoosh. Consumers know that when the swoosh is used on its clothing range that they are buying a Nike product.
Other examples are Cadbury's, they secured registration of the colour purple when used on their milk chocolate products. Nestle argued against this on the basis that this colour gave them unfair commercial advantage and it was not distinctive enough to allow it to be registered. This argument was rejected in the High Court as Cadbury provided sufficient evidence that the shade of purple used was distinctive for their milk chocolate products, and consumers overwhelmingly associated the colour purple with Cadbury's milk chocolate products.
Another example is Harley Davidson who have registered the sound of their bikes as no other motorbikes have the same sound when they start up.
While many things can be registered, words or logos that are generic or descriptive in nature can not be trademarked. It is worth in this instance seeking the advice of an expert to ensure that the name you are looking to protect firstly, is one that is available, and that there is not an identical and/or similar trademark applied for or registered that could potentially expose you to being sued, and secondly, that your mark is one that is capable of being registered and satisfies the requirements laid down by the Patents Office to secure legal protection.
Original and unique
When designing your logo do ensure it is an original artistic work, and NOT clip art, and that it is exclusive to your business. Be very careful if you decide to buy online. Often these 'logos' are not unique to you and cannot be trademarked. By buying online you also risk someone else having the same icon or symbol as you, which could cause confusion for you.
Do however be careful in choosing your business name, because as we have said already, generic or descriptive words often cannot be trademarked. Think alternatively, and outside the box. Better still come up with a made up word.
How do you trademark
If you have a logo already, ensure that it is unique to you and an original artistic work. You will need high res images of your logo and proof that you own it. If you do not have a logo, commission us at CUBE Design as we specialising in branding, and will create this for you and supply you with all the necessary artworks. We also work in association with a specialist trademark attorney, and can help you supply the correct files and details. A specialist trademark Attorney, will handle all matters relating to trademarks, copyright, designs and any other intellectual property related matter.
Protect your brand and trademark
Registering a trade mark early on is the best line of defence in a society that relies heavily on online information and online interaction with brands. Businesses face fake websites passing themselves off as the real thing, and all of these can directly affect a brand image if they're not policed properly and can drive away existing and potential customers. Trademark registration provides a means of more direct enforcement and policing of a brand and it can form the basis of a cease and desist letter and litigation against those trying to exploit it.
Its worth it
Many businesses fail to register their brands because of time and cost pressures, but don't leave it. We can't predict the future, but things move fast, new businesses are popping up around you, there is always someone with a new idea, so make sure your new and fabulous ideas are protected. It really is worth it in the long run.
If you would like a free 15 minute Zoom call to discuss your brand just click here To Email Barbara with your availability and we will come back to you with some time slots. Monday afternoons and tuesday mornings are usually good for us.


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Using J.Scones neat little Generic Mod Enabler (JSGME) utility one can easily install or uninstall mods in WW1G. I have adjusted my three Naval Mods for the Grand Campaigns, 1915 and 1916 Scenarios so that modding can be done with one or at most two mouse clicks and reverting to stock is only a mouse click away. The JSGME friendly files for all three Naval Mods are attached below in a single package.
All of the notes regarding the mods remain the same, this is offered to allow users to avoid the tiresome exercise of moving files around, renaming them and creating a file soup.
First download JSGME here:
Install and run initially according to instructions, JSGME will create a folder in your main WW1G called MODS. It is highly recommended restoring your game to stock configuration; I did this simply by running the 1.08O for Oscar patch. Having done so, open JSGME click on Tasks and run the "Generate Snapshot of game files". This creates a copy of stock used to restore WW1G to its published form. Remember to run the WW1G Configurator again as the patch restores the defaults.
I created a JSGME desktop icon named WW1G Mods to run the mod enabler but you can as easily run the executable from the WW1G main folder.
Download the Naval Mod file below, the .zip file contains three folders:
[color="SeaGreen"]1915 Naval
1916 Naval
GC Naval[/color]
Extract these folders into the new [color="SeaGreen"]C:\... World War One Gold\MODS[/color] folder.
From your WW1G installation, open JSGME and note there are two windows, on the left Available Mods and on the right Activated mods. The left hand window should show just the three mods above. Enable whichever mod you like by using the [color="SeaGreen"]>[/color] button to move the mod from the left to the right window. Then fire up WW1G, all the necessary files are in place, there is no editing or other modding required. One click is all it takes in JSGME to activate or deactivate a Mod.
[color="Red"]VERY IMPORTANT: Only activate one mod at a time.
VERY IMPORTANT: Deactivate any Mod before editing them then reactivate the edited Mod[/color]
In the event of a new patch, disable whichever mod is in use to restore the game to stock and install the patch. Make sure you generate a new snapshot using the JSGME task option.
That's it! JSGME can make it ridiculously easy to activate mods in WW1G.
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It looks like Arizona artists had landscapes on the brain last month — from desert sands to beaches of shells. One created a jewel-like installation using images with subtle variations of tree rings. Another wrapped walls in coral-inspired ceramic forms that mirror the blooming cactus flowers. Some chose urban landscapes, while others explored the inner landscapes of memory and identity. We found these 10 works and installations the most intriguing.
Change Over Time
Ellen McMahon
Tucson artist Ellen McMahon's Change Over Time features images of Piñon Pines captured by University of Arizona scientists using hemispherical photography, which she arranged in concentric circles to highlight their "jewel-like beauty." Moving outward from its center, these images progress from showing healthy trees to dead and dying forests, conveying the canopy loss that leads to microclimate change. It's part of the "S.T.E.A.M." exhibition that continues through September 17 at The Gallery at Tempe Center for the Arts.
Denver Haze
Rossitza Todorova
This lithography, gouache, and graphite on paper work is one of several pieces from Todorova's "Intersections" series – which presents an opportunity to gallery-goers who've seen recent exhibitions featuring Todorova's three-dimensional works to explore a broader range of her art practice. Todorova's work was recently part of the "2015 Contemporary Forum Artists Grant Winners" exhibition at Phoenix Art Museum. Denver Haze is one of several Todorova works included in Modified Arts' "Seeing Arizona: Independents' Week" exhibition that continues through July 9.
Sama Alshaibi and Michael Fadel
The movement of this kinetic sculpture filled with white sand, which references "the rippling motion of ocean waves and the trek of Bedouins traveling over curving lines of desert dunes," is part of an installation by Sama Alshaibi and Michael Fadel. It also includes a video and sound component featuring a man rowing a paddle in a desert landscape void of water. It's part of the "southwestNET Sama Alshaibi: Silsila" exhibition at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, which includes large-scale photographs and videos by Alshaibi, an Iraqi-born artist living in both Palestine and Tucson, whose work explores connections between self, humanity, the natural world, and the divine. The exhibition continues through September 18.
In the Fullness of Time
Farraday Newsome
Farraday Newsome, who works with fellow ceramics artist and husband Jeff Reich in their Indigo Street Pottery studio in Mesa, has spent more than two decades creating vessels of red terra cotta clay, exploring "ideas of lushness, sadness, time, and grace" with painterly surfaces that often feature images of familiar objects such as fruit, clocks, seed pods, and insects. More recently, she's been painting – creating works incorporating similar objects and themes. In the Fullness of Time, first spotted during the 2016 ASU Ceramics Research Center Ceramics Studio Tour, is now part of the "Reflections of Arizona" exhibition at Shemer Art Center, which continues through August 4.
Taking the Long Way Home
Ciel Hendershot
Between two well-known Roosevelt Row venues, The Firehouse and The Nash jazz mecca, there's an artist studio and exhibition space called Warehouse 1005, where Phoenix artist Ciel Hendershot opened her first-ever art exhibition, called "Emergence," during June's Third Friday. In her artist statement, Hendershot says her artistic process involves "meandering" without knowing what she's going to do next. The "not knowing" is essential, she says. Nearly three dozen of her works are part of the exhibition, which continues through July 7.
Corinne Geertsen
Using up to 200 layers of imagery, Mesa artist Corinne Geertsen creates digital composites she describes as "intricate worlds of quirky humor, psychology and mischief." Basically, she's on an eternal photographic scavenger hunt, searching out images to couple with photographs of her own ancestors for works with a surrealistic side. "It's all about remix," Geertsen says of her work, which you often find in places where you might not expect it – from the i.d.e.a. Museum in Mesa to the Tempe History Museum, where more than a dozen of her mash-ups are on view in an exhibition titled "History: What Happens When You're Not Looking," which continues in a community room that doubles as a gallery through August 21.
Mirrors installation
Mel Roman
Works by Mel Roman often incorporate powerful, and sometimes controversial, visual imagery that challenges societal perceptions, stigmas, and norms. Celebrating a year since the passage of federal marriage equality legislation, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art presents a collection of his sculpture, collage, photography and video – as well as this installation featuring five plexiglass mirrors in wood frames with vinyl text of both epithets and queries on identity. It's part of "Mel Roman: Coming Out Under Fire," which continues through October 2.
Open Ended
Hyunji Lee
Like other works by Hyunji Lee, this oil-on-panel piece was inspired by what the artist calls "the distinction between experience and memory as two different kinds of human consciousness." Lee, who received a 2014 Contemporary Forum Artist Grant through Phoenix Art Museum, typically blends her own personal history with the collective experience of others to create unique environments comprising "true, imagined, and imitated spaces." This piece is part of the "Fragmented" exhibition, in a community gallery space located inside the Tempe Public Library, which continues through August 3.
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Danielle Wood
Using porcelain, thread, and lighting, Danielle Wood's installation titled "Microcosm" explores the symbiosis and mutualism at play in relationships – reflecting both human connections and the natural world with works characterized by intriguing forms, textures, and subtle colors. The installation fills two gallery spaces at Eye Lounge, where "Microcosm" continues through July 10.
Block Garden
Mary Meyer
During 2015 travels in Arizona, Colorado, and Idaho, Mary Meyer explored desert climates with a focus on their "transitory cycles of life growth and color." Her memories and experiences are reflected in works created for her fifty series with pigment prints, pencil, stitching, and paper on alder wood. For Meyer, "each sketch represents a memory of time, place, and connection to the landscape." A selection from this series is on view at MADE Art Boutique through July 14.


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The ongoing flooding in Louisiana is being described as the worst natural disaster to strike the United States since Superstorm Sandy of 2012.
Latest reports indicate that at least 11 are confirmed dead and more than 30,000 have been rescued. An estimated 40,000 homes have sustained flood damage statewide, but local reports put that figure higher.
Some 20 Louisiana parishes have now received a federal disaster declaration.
Flood damage is excluded under standard homeowners and renters insurance policies, but available as a separate policy both from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and some private insurers.
So, what would a superstorm Sandy-type event look like in terms of NFIP payouts?
According to the I.I.I., superstorm Sandy was the second costliest U.S. flood, based on NFIP payouts as of June 2016.
"Superstorm Sandy which occurred in October 2012, resulted in $8.2 billion in NFIP payouts as of June 2016, second only to 2005's Hurricane Katrina with $16.3 billion in payouts."
There were 130,214 NFIP claims from superstorm Sandy as of June 2016. The average paid loss was $63,352, compared with 167,984 claims from Katrina, with an average paid loss of $97,142.
All these figures are preliminary as claims are still being processed, the I.I.I. notes.
While flood insurance penetration rates are reported to be relatively low in the affected parishes, time will tell how the Louisiana flood stacks up among major U.S. flood disasters.
In 2015 and 2016 the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and West Virginia have experienced devastating rainfall-induced flooding, resulting in billions of dollars in economic losses.
Here's a look at the top 10 most significant flood events by NFIP payouts:
A massive relief operation mounted by the American Red Cross is expected to cost at least $30 million and that number may grow as the scope and magnitude of the devastation in Louisiana becomes clearer.
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"A man who limits his interests limits his life." ~ Vincent Price
This is, without a doubt, the best photo of the weekend and it's fitting that it comes at the end of the best thing at Scarefest, besides my Okie peeps of course, and that was a lecture by Victoria Price. If her name doesn't ring a bell, take a look at today's quote. That's Victoria's dad, the totally awesome Vincent Price. Pam had met Vincent many years ago when she was working for American Airlines. It's her story to tell, so I'll simply say that he made a positive impression on her. Pam heard Victoria speak once before, so when I learned she was closing the event today, I went along. Just as Pam promised, her story did not disappoint. Even though the lecture is billed as a talk about her dad, it's really much more, and that's where it got really interesting for me.
Before today, I didn't know anything at all about Victoria Price other than being he father's daughter. Her presentation was about her dad. However, I found it to be as much about finding joy in the every day as it was about Vincent. The two are very connected. I've since learned that, several years ago, Victoria started a blog called Daily Practice of Joy. She has also authored a book called The Way of Being Lost: A Road Map to Your Truest Self as well as a biography on her dad. For those of you who've been following the outhouse for some time, you'll know immediately why I enjoyed Victoria's talk so much. I really appreciate how she's using her relationship with her dad and his philosophy of life to spread a little love and joy through the world. I can't think of a much better way to honor a loved one. He found joy in most everything he did throughout his life and encouraged his daughter to do the same. That's a philosophy right up my alley! It was a lovely presentation, and meeting her with Pam was just a great way to end the weekend. May we all find joy in our every day.


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ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A 12-member jury has unanimously recommended the death penalty for a man it convicted last month of kidnapping and murdering a Florida State University student.
Quentin Truehill, 26, was the first of three suspects to stand trial in the killing of Vincent Binder (pictured below) in 2010. The jury that convicted Truehill of first-degree murder spent hours Friday deliberating whether to recommend the death penalty or let him face life in prison without parole.
The sentencing phase of the trial lasted all week, with testimony from both sides. The judge will make the ultimate decision on sentencing sometime in the next few weeks.
"The jury sent a very strong message with a unanimous 12-vote verdict. So we are pleased that finally at least one measure of justice has been done," Assistant State Attorney Mark Johnson said.
A large group of Binder's family was in the courtroom to hear the killer's suggested sentence.
"It's a bittersweet moment for them," Johnson said. "A trial like this reminds them of what they have lost. He was a very unique individual. He had a bright future ahead of him."
Truehill, Peter Hughes, 26, and Kentrell Johnson, 43, (pictured below) were jail escapees from Louisiana.
Binder was abducted in Tallahassee and his body was dumped along State Road 16 in St. Augustine. It become known in court that Binder died of multiple stab wounds.
After friends reported Binder missing on April 8, 2010, the Tallahassee Police Department said it began reviewing Binder's phone and financial information. The review led investigators to Miami.
Tallahassee police said they were notified by the South Florida U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force that it had located a stolen pickup truck believed to be used by three prison escapees from Louisiana. Investigators linked the three fugitives to Tallahassee and possibly to the disappearance of Binder.
U.S. marshals apprehended the fugitives on April 12, 2010.
Investigators said they later received information from one of the fugitives that further linked them to Binder's disappearance.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents searching for evidence in conjunction with the case found Binder's body in a field near the intersection of Interstate 95 and State Road 16.
Hughes and Johnson are awaiting trials. The state will also seek the death penalty in their cases if they're convicted.


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- USS Cod arrived departed Brisbane, Australia on her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Cod | CPC]
- During an RAF raid on Kassel, Germany, the RAF began Operation Corona to jam German night-fighter communications. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | TH]
- HMS Orfasy was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-68 off Freetown, Sierra Leone, British West Africa. ww2dbase [AC]
- Louis Mountbatten met with William Slim for the first time at Barrackpore in eastern India. ww2dbase [William Slim | CPC]
- US Army Air Forces 70th Bombardment Squadron of 38th Bombardment Group, equipped with B-25 medium bombers, was transferred out of Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Henderson Field | CPC]
- Kamoi departed Surabaya, Java, Dutch East Indies with Rio de Janeiro Maru, escorted by minesweeper W-8. ww2dbase [Kamoi | CPC]
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Saigon, Indochina. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | CPC]
- Over Kassel, Germany, the Lancaster bomber aboard which Roberts Dunstan was a crew member was damaged by two incendiary bombs dropped by a friendly Lancaster bomber flying higher above; although the bomber was further damaged by German nightfighters, it was able to return to Britain, crash landing at Bisham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Roberts Dunstan | CPC]
- The dam at the Möhnesee reservoir in western Germany was largely repaired. ww2dbase [Dambuster Raid | Möhnesee Dam | AC]
- Royal Navy Destroyer HMS Hurworth was sunk after striking a mine in the Aegean Sea whilst going to the aid of the Greek destroyer Adrias which had been severely damaged by a mine that day. The ship broke in half, the fore part sinking in three minutes and the after part in eight. 134 officers and men were lost. ww2dbase [AC]
- U-537 arrived in Martin Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland and began establishing Weather Station Kurt under the direction of meteorologist Kurt Sommermeyer. Meanwhile, crew members of the submarine repaired damage caused by a storm days earlier. ww2dbase [Weather Station Kurt | U-537 | CPC]
- USS Grayback sank converted light cruiser Awata Maru in the East China Sea, hitting her with 4 of 6 torpedoes. ww2dbase [Grayback | CPC]
- Block 11 of Auschwitz I concentration camp held a trial that sentenced 76 men and 19 women to death; they had been transferred from the prison in Myslowitz. The trial was presided by the new head of the Kattowitz Gestapo, SS-Obersturbanfuehrer Johannes Thümmler, who was never punished after the war and passed away in old age in May 2002. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Auschwitz Concentration Camp | CPC]
- British Brigadier R. E. Laycock, DSO was appointed Chief of Combined Operations in succession to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten. ww2dbase [AC]
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If buffet is your thing, you've probably already hit the popular standard all-you-can-eat (AYCE) joints around Asiatown by now: Little Sheep Mongolian for hot pot, Jin Korean BBQ for Korean barbecue, 75 BBQ and Hot Pot Buffet for Korean barbecue and hot pot, and Kim Son for their for Vietnamese lunch buffet. Well, now there's a new place to try, and it's vying for the position as the king of all-you-can-eat spots in the area.
Located on Bellaire and Boone in the Hong Kong Mall IV (in the former Tay Do location), Shabu Zone is a brand new shabu shabu concept by restauranteur Kenny Oh and partner James Takemoto. For those who aren't familiar with shabu shabu, it's a cook-at-the-table type of cuisine from Japan that is very similar to hot pot. Raw ingredients — usually vegetables, seafood, and thinly sliced meats, are dipped into boiling broth to cook. With hot pot, the flavor of the broth is very important, whereas with shabu shabu, the broth takes a backseat to the ingredients and the sauces.
Oh says that when you're eating shabu shabu, you want buttery, melt-in-your-mouth meat, so he's making sure that's what you get with a slew of premium meat offerings. Of the ten meats on the menu, he's paying top dollar for Certified Akaushi Wagyu from Heartbrand Beef, which he offers in three, all-you-can-eat cuts: chuck tender, beef round, and prime chuck eye. The seven other choices are also high grade, and include Angus top blade, ribeye, special prime rib, center cut pork loin, pork belly, chicken breast, and lamb. And that's just the meats.
In the center of the restaurant, underneath an octagonal-shaped skylight, patrons will find a two-sided buffet bar filled to the brim with noodles, seafood and vegetables. Opening day selections included everything from udon and ramen to fresh, succulent prawns, blue crab, calamari, white fish, all manner of fish and seafood balls, several mushroom selections, and greens ranging from napa cabbage to baby bok choy.
Whole eggs were available, which you could take to your table and crack into your broth. Because the owners are Korean by descent, the kim chi, made in-house, is phenomenal.
With the exception of soy sauce and hot sauce, the condiments bar featured several house-made sauces — sesame sauce, sweet corn, wasabi coconut, sweet garlic, and ponzu — that you could mix and match to make your own perfect dipping sauce. I tried several individually, but ended up making my own sauce with a mixture of sesame, ponzu, and garlic sauce topped with green onions.
One of the key factors that differentiate Shabu Zone from other hot pot places around town is the use of individual induction burners, built into the tables, that enable each patron to have their own pot. The smaller, individual pots make the task of cooking so much easier — no need to fish overly cooked vegetables from the bottom of the pot. No need to wait for another person to cook their stuff before you drop yours in.
Because the pots are smaller, the cooking takes place quickly and the broth stays hot and bubbly until you turn down the heat. The one caveat to that is the individual pots only hold one broth all the time. This means that in order to try more than one of the seven broths (the options include dashi, spicy original, miso, tonkotsu, shoyu, vegetable and sukiyaki) during your meal, you'll have to get a replacement pot with the new broth flavor. Shabu Zone charges $1 for each new broth you try.
As an invited guest of the restaurant, I tried the sukiyaki and the tonkotsu broths. My friend did the dashi flavor and opted not to switch. Stylistically, the broths are an interpreted version of Japanese, and somewhat mild in flavor.
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The restaurant itself is bright and clean, decorated in neutral tones. With booths and tables that seat parties of two, four, and six. There is a small bar counter for individual diners. There is a private room in the back for larger parties.
Shabu Zone's introductory prices are $16.99 for lunch (limited meats) and $25.99 for dinner, all-you-can-eat. Children four to 10-years-old can eat for $10.99 at lunch and $14.99 for dinner, or share a pot with their parents $5.99 and $7.99, respectively. Vegetarians can also try Shabu Zone for $12.99 at lunch, and $18.99 at dinner. Prepare for wait times in excess of one hour during peak dining hours, especially on weekends.
Shabu Zone is located at 11201 Bellaire Boulevard, Unit 2, and is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.