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On the contrary, I had never eaten fresh raw green peas, until my hubby made me try them a few years ago! Try them if you haven't. The tender, soft green peas are soft & sweet & so delicious! As they mature they tend to taste a little bitter & aren't such a pleasure to eat.
This green peas rasam recipe here is super easy, super quick to make. It's perfect for those busy weekdays when you need to fix a quick dinner. It comes from a Banarasi style of preparation with few modifications to suit my South Indian taste buds.
Here goes the recipe for you. All you'll need is 15 minutes max to make this rasam.
1. Grind peeled, fresh ginger, green chillies & fresh green peas into a fine paste using as much water as needed.
2. Heat ghee in a pan, add cumin seeds & let them splutter.
3. Add asafoetida powder, bay leaf & let them sizzle for 30 secs.
4. Then add ground green peas & enough water to have a watery rasam consistency. The consistency of this rasam can be what you like. I liked it watery.
5. Add salt & mix well. Let it come to boil.
6. Simmer it for few minutes until rawness of green peas goes off.
7. Check & adjust salt. Add more cumin powder, asafoetida powder if required for an extra zing. Add pepper powder if required for extra spice.
P.S: One time I had some leftover fresh green peas cooked with salt. Added a handful of these to the rasam & loved them with rice & some lijjat papad. | 2019-04-24T12:28:12Z | http://www.konkanifoodrecipes.com/recipes/green-peas-rasam |
August is traditionally the month of summer holidays at Greece.
During the hottest days of August i will swim at the volcanic waters of Santorini.
And what i love most is the view. Even the hugh cruise boats look like flies from the edge of the caldera. | 2019-04-23T20:24:32Z | https://pastryexpress.wordpress.com/2013/08/ |
The U.S. Forest Service is responsible for the protection of the ancient sites in the forests -- but with over 2,500 sites in the Sedona/Verde Valley, it is a task that is beyond the resources provided by Congress. In response to acts of vandalism and the anticipated increase in visitation, the VVAC has developed the Verde Valley Site Watch program in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office.
Originally Published: September 14, 2015 1:04 p.m.
The Sedona Public Library will present a program on Verde Valley ancestral heritage Sept. 17, 7-9 p.m.
The library is located at 3250 White Bear Road.
The program also will explain the new Archaeological Site Protection Program and plans for a new center by Ken Zoll, executive director of the Verde Valley Archaeology Center.
Also planned for the program is a Hopi from Second Mesa, who will offer gratitude for protection of his ancestral heritage, which is still part of the living Hopi ceremonial world.
"We need to protect the sites. I am happy you are doing this site stewardship program. We Hopis thank you all very much. The petroglyphs -- they teach us. We Hopis still bond with the past by visiting these ancestral sites and connecting with the energy and the spirits there as part of fulfilling our ceremonies at Hopi. We call on our ancestors. We are not by ourselves. This is a time to bridge cultures together and know that we all are connected to the place we come from: our Mother, the Earth. We need to start understanding about life around us."
This program is based on, and in support of, the existing Arizona Site Steward Volunteer Program run by the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office.
The Center's program will assist the Prescott National Forest and Coconino National Forest in archaeological site monitoring and public education that will involve other local groups and students in the preservation and appreciation of archaeology.
Zoll will announce exciting plans for the Archaeological Center, which will be built on ancestral Hopi and Yavapai lands just obtained by the VVAC in Camp Verde.
This free visual presentation is sponsored by Crossing Worlds Hopi Projects, a Verde Valley-based non-profit group, who conducts service projects at Hopi and offers cultural educational programs in the Verde Valley and other locations.
For more information: www.crossingworlds.org, info@crossingworlds.org, 928-282-0846. | 2019-04-21T02:18:00Z | http://www.verdenews.com/news/2015/sep/14/sedona-public-library-presents-archaeology-progra/ |
The worlds first vacuum cleaner operated thanks to a handcrank, but todays irobot roomba 580 is completely hands free when it comes to cleaning. It is estimated that a full 98 percent of all U.S. households have a vacuum cleaner. In fact, the Carpet and Rug Institute shows that vacuum cleaners have the largest sales totals of all appliances in the U.S. We can thank the new technologies, like robotic vacuums that allow you to clean your floors and carpets even when you are not home. Just by keeping them properly charged, they can navigate throughout your home to clean up automatically. | 2019-04-19T00:20:50Z | http://channel7miami.com/2014/01/06/ |
On April 13, 2013 at approximately 11:30 am, members of the WPS responded a residence located at 1185 Alexander Ave regarding a suspicious incident.
On arrival, officers located the body of a deceased female inside the home.
The Homicide Unit is continuing the investigation which is in the early stages.
The Winnipeg Sun reports neighbours indicated an elderly man has lived in the home for approximately thirty (30) years. The man apparently had a daughter who came to take care of him.
By 5:pm, the scene was guarded by one Police Patrol car at the front of the residence and a Cadet Unit at the back. The WPS Identification Unit and the Medical Examiner were no longer on scene.
The WPS Public Information Office is not expected to release any further information today.
The WPS Homicide Unit attends a variety of death scenes where the cause is not immediately apparent.
In situations where the cause of death is not immediately apparent, investigators are required to wait for the results of a post-mortem examination. In cases of a suspicious death, the post-mortem will normally be completed within a twenty-four (24) hour time period.
If the cause of death is not apparent after the post-mortem, it is unlikely that foul play was involved in the death.
Written by: James G Jewell on 2013-04-13.
At least this one’s in a home. Likely makes it easier than out on the street. | 2019-04-25T18:46:26Z | http://thepoliceinsider.com/wps-reports-suspicious-death/ |
FORMER BANK BUILDING FOR SALE!
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This handsome former bank building, built in 2006, is conveniently located near the corner of 6th Street and Sycamore Avenue, which has a 2017 traffic count of 16,400 vehicles per day.
The drive-thru with canopy features four (4) drive-thru lanes.
The building has a spacious lobby, four private offices, break room, kitchenette, and men’s and women’s restrooms.
Twenty-three (23) parking spaces including handicap parking. | 2019-04-25T18:10:08Z | https://vbclink.com/commercial/price-reduction-former-bank-building-for-sale |
CTB vs NK: The 13th match of Super Smash 2018-19 is between Canterbury and Northern Knights which is scheduled on 9th January 2019. The match will start at 3:00 AM GMT, 8:30 AM IST. The venue of the match is at Hagley Oval, Christchurch.
With three wins and one loss in four encounters, Knights have 12 points in their kitty and have grabbed the top spot in the ladder. Canterbury is placed at the bottom with just 4 points coming off a solitary win in three encounters. Hence in today’s match CTB vs NK, it is predicted that Northern Knights will win against Canterbury. | 2019-04-25T23:41:25Z | http://www.keralanews247.com/ctb-vs-nk-cricket-score-13th-match/ |
BELGRADE, 7th October, 2018 (WAM) -- Al Dahra, a UAE-based international conglomerate, specialising in the agribusiness, today signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement for acquiring the assets of PKB Korporacija and its subsidiaries in Serbia for Euro 150 million, through an asset sale model transaction.
The acquisition is being undertaken as a result of Serbia’s objective to privatise PKB Korporacija, and follows a public tender issued in August 2018.
The agreement was signed by Khadim Al-Derei, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Al Dahra, and Dragan Stepanovic, Serbian Deputy Minister of Economy, in the presence of Mubarak Saeed Ahmed Bershid Al Dhaheri, UAE Ambassador to Serbia.
The operations that will be acquired from PKB Korporacija cover several different agricultural and food sector activities. In terms of farming, Al Dahra will manage and cultivate more than 50,000 acers of farmland, which is spread across eight farms, strategically located at close proximity to Belgrade city centre.
The different crops that will be produced include sugar beet 491 hectares; sunflower 2,136 hectares; wheat 3,552 hectares; corn 636 hectares; barley 1,454 hectares; soya 2,621 hectares; oilseeds 1,141 hectares; forage 2,322 hectares; silage 2,775 hectares; and a compound of feed and several vegetable varieties.
Al Dahra will manage the dairy operation and livestock business, which sell to the milk and meat production industries in Serbia.
Al Dahra has agreed, as part of the transaction, to invest Euro 30 million over the coming three years to enhance the farms, upgrade the irrigation infrastructure and modernize the dairy operation facilities. However, Al Dahra expects and is willing to invest a further Euro 15 million to optimise the farm and facilities.
Commenting on the announcement, Al-Derei stated, "The signing of the agreement is a special day for the UAE and Serbia. The addition of the PKB assets to our existing portfolio reinforces our position in Serbia and our regional presence in Europe and complements our vertical integration strategy, allowing the group to further grow in the grains trading, dairy and livestock segments. Al Dahra is committed to capitalise on the expertise and knowledge of the existing PKB workforce and is equally committed to maintain PKB products as a source of supply for Serbian citizens, building on its tradition.
"We believe that the privatisation of PKB and the investments that Al Dahra will be injecting to upgrade the existing operations and infrastructure, will enhance the commercialisation and internationalisation of Serbian crops and will ultimately benefit the Serbian farmers, traders and wider agricultural sector. Al Dahra looks forward to strengthening its relationship and ties with Serbia and the Serbian people through its investments in Serbia," he added.
In turn, Al Dhaheri said that this agreement reflects the credibility and mutual trust between the UAE and Serbia, pointing out that the acquisition of BKP by Al Dahra is a culmination of the durability of the relationship between the two countries and a solid proof of the great reputation that Al Dahra has in the international market.
For his part, Stepanovic valued the UAE-Serbian relations, particularly in the economic, trade and investment fields, saying, "We thank the UAE and Al Dahra in particular for choosing Serbia as an economical partner, as this is not a new initiative, the cooperation between the two countries are vast."
He also emphasised the importance of this agreement which came as a result of the continuous hard work by the two parties, pointing out that Al Dahra is an important partner for the Serbian government and is capable to take this partnership to a global level.
Al Dahra will be working jointly with Serbia to complete the transaction and assets’ transfer over the coming period; ensuring a smooth transition for all parties involved.
Grain biggest trading hub in the Middle East, that can cater to 2.4 Billion people.
Al Dahra Agriculture is ISO 9001:2015 certified. | 2019-04-20T07:41:31Z | http://www.aldahraagriculture.com/en-us/media-center/news-releases/newsreleasedetail/Id/30 |
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Transportation, Airport, and Parking Services is the department responsible for the Posting of Information policy on campus.
Posting is allowed under the following regulations which are intended to prevent interference with the free flow of persons and traffic and with the regular activities of the University.
The following information pertains to all posting on campus, both indoors and outdoors.
Only one notice per event/activity per bulletin board is allowed.
No 3-dimensional materials may be posted on any public University Bulletin Boards (materials must lay flat on the board).
All posted materials must clearly indicate the name of the sponsoring department, organization, or person.
No poster, handbill, or any other form of announcement or statement may be placed on, attached to, hung from, propped against, or written on any structure or natural feature of the campus such as walls, doors of buildings (either inside or outside), windows, restrooms, building or directional signboards, the surface of walkways or roads, fountains, posts, columns, waste receptacles, or trees. The cost of labor associated with enforcement, removal, or restoration may be billed by Grounds for most violations to the department, organization, or person(s) responsible for policy violation.
Organizations or persons posting or exhibiting materials in a language other than English must file a translated copy of the materials with Center for Student Involvement.
The painting of signs, posters, and banners in the Memorial and Silo Unions and Lower Freeborn Hallways is not permitted.
Chalking is not permitted on campus.
Announcements of activities sponsored by campus organizations or departments: size limit is 11″ x 17″.
Off-campus events and commercial materials: size limit 8 1/2″ x 11″.
Personal ads of students, faculty and staff: size limit 8 1/2″ x 11″.
Posting on departmental bulletin boards requires the permission of the department.
Posting in residence halls requires the permission of Student Housing. More information can be found at Reaching the Residents in Student Housing.
No commercial materials may be posted.
Only campus organizations such as departments, registered student organizations, sport clubs, constituent organizations (e.g., ASUCD, GSA), and campus interest groups are permitted to place temporary signs, banners and posters at outdoor campus locations. Content is limited to sponsored events and student government elections and must include the name of sponsor, date, time, and location of event.
Signs, banners, or posters attached to stakes may only be placed on decomposed granite so long as they do not obstruct the free-flow of campus traffic, damage lawns or grounds, or create a safety hazard, or interfere with a scheduled event sponsored by another organization. Signs, banners, or posters may be staked on the Quad lawn only in association with a reserved Quad event.
A-frame signs may be placed only on decomposed granite areas near side walks. They are prohibited on sidewalks and patios, in streets, in all bike circles, and on all lawn areas of the campus. A-frames that do not advertise a specific event with date, time, and location will be removed.
Signs, banners, or posters cannot be propped against, hung from trees, or attached to buildings, balconies, waste receptacles, columns, or campus directional signboards.
Only wooden posts or stakes of no more than 2” x 2” thickness may be used to support any signs, banners, or posters (no metal or plastic pipes).
Posts or stakes are to be hammered into the ground. No digging is permitted.
A-frames must be constructed of sturdy materials to withstand strong winds and weather conditions.
Signs and banners made of paper, cloth, and plastic sheeting do not have specific size limits as long as good judgment is used.
Signs, banners, and posters attached to stakes may not be posted in the same location for more than one week art a time. However, ASUCD or GSA posting material used for elections may remain for the duration of the campaign period.
Sponsors are responsible for removing all signs and materials within 24 hours of the conclusion of the event or they will be discarded. Grounds reserves the right to remove signage as part of their normal maintenance schedule.
Groups may contact Grounds at (530) 752-1655 to retrieve removed A-frames and stakes.
University regulations prohibit the distribution of commercial advertisements on campus.
Posting of one commercial advertisement per event/activity per University bulletin board is permitted (size limit 8 1/2” x 11”). Posting of commercial advertising on department, individual faculty member, classroom notice, and Student Housing bulletin boards is not permitted.
Commercial mail cannot be delivered by hand to student organizations and residence hall mailboxes. It must be distributed through the United States Postal Service. Mail must be individually addressed. When mailing to registered student organizations use the following address: University of California, Davis, Center for Student Involvement, Name of Student Organization, Box #___, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8706.
Contact individual newspapers directly for advertising and insertion rates. The Associated Students newspaper, “The California Aggie,” is located on campus in 25 Lower Freeborn Hall, (530) 752-8660. | 2019-04-22T04:38:12Z | https://csi.ucdavis.edu/policies/posting-policy/ |
In the midst of all this action, we can still see the warehouse employee. How did his (or her) role change? Will the warehouse employee become obsolete because of all these systems?
Netherlands Distribution, recruitment agencies, trade press; everyone reports an increase in the number of jobs in logistics. Make no mistake: the logistics sector accounts for some 8% of GDP in the Netherlands and provides employment to 700,000 people (source: Logistiek Magazine). All these people perform under increased pressure to keep the customer satisfied. The staff needs nowadays to be well trained and have the proper mindset to get the job done.
The complex warehouse really need a bright mind: planners (with knowledge of Sales & Operations planning), warehouse managers, project leaders. Many of these are (technical) jobs aimed at keeping the overview of the logistics processes. Not only within the warehouse, but also the flow of goods between DCs, manufacturing sites and retail locations needs to stay under control. In addition, the aging of our population increases the demand for jobs like (truck) drivers. For both categories, one has to have an affinity with technical systems and / or IT systems. Even conventional forklift trucks are now equipped with scanners, voice systems or other devices. Some jobs may disappear or people need schooling to keep up with the changes.
The employee in the warehouse becomes a real all-rounder, who works well in teams and has no problem with technical tools and equipment. Certainly the so-called 'soft skills' should be well developed as well.
We already mentioned it in another blog: the fully automated warehouse is certainly not the best solution for every company. It is perfect for large e-commerce players with need of large-scale mechanization, but the majority of companies probably only need to take a few small steps in this area to remain successful over the next few years. | 2019-04-25T06:39:42Z | https://www.costo.nl/en/blog/changing-role-modern-warehouse-employee/ |
A new test that can screen for faulty genes that increase the risk of developing bowel cancer has been unveiled by scientists.
The simple test will allow doctors to detect those members of the public that are most likely to develop the cancer, giving them the chance to provide care and introduce measures to help prevent the disease.
It also increases the chances of catching the cancer early, vastly improving treatment prognosis.
It is estimated that around 20,000 people may be carrying the genetic defect that greatly increases the risk from bowel cancer, with 20 per cent of all bowel cancer cases in the UK thought to have an underlying genetic cause.
However, little is known about what other factors lead to the development of the cancer, which kills nearly 17,000 people every year in the UK alone making it the second most lethal form of the disease after lung cancer.
Symptoms of bowel cancer include abdominal pain and rectal bleeding symptoms often left unreported by embarrassed patients. | 2019-04-22T02:08:41Z | https://www.netdoctor.co.uk/healthy-living/news/a13890/test-for-bowel-cancer-gene-announced/ |
Immature systems can be plagued by high costs, high risks, and schedule delays. System maturity models are utilized to quantitatively analyze a system’s readiness to indicate whether the system is prepared to proceed to the next acquisition phase during development. Most system maturity models are not robust enough to properly represent a system and assess its capabilities. Contemporary maturity models focus on individual technologies and fail to portray the importance of the integrations between technologies. System Readiness Level (SRL) was introduced to incorporate integration into a maturity assessment and to allow for a better evaluation of a system. However, adoption of SRL has been halted because of limitations due to the infancy of the model. This study demonstrates that by applying Petri Nets to SRL, a better maturity model is created, called Petri Net SRL (PNSRL). By incorporating Petri Nets, integrations are better represented, permitting a better system view that allows step-wise validation. PNSRL can be used with past SRL mathematical methods, which are simplified and easier to use. These enhancements offered by PNSRL allow an increased decision-making capability for projects. In this study, a capacity PNSRL method is developed to utilize Petri Net place capacities, offering a weighted SRL metric. Finally, PNSRL is verified against six SRL properties, showing that PNSRL is an acceptable maturity model. | 2019-04-20T04:45:33Z | https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/concern/gw_etds/db78tc299?locale=en |
Put simply, we look at the whole picture – how to get added value from your premises for you and your staff, how your workplace can support and breathe life into your brand and ensure your staff are looked after.
We can look at everything from ergonomics to compliance with disability legislation and building regulations. Even carrying out a workplace assessment to find out how your company works now, how your staff interact and how you want to work in the future.
If you’re thinking of a refurbishment, fit out or considering relocation, our team can help covering every aspect from initial space planning to final handover.
Office partitions aren’t just there to divide rooms, in today’s office they can be a bit of a fashion statement. They’re certainly one way of reinforcing your brand. You can paint them, wall-paper them write on them or just open up your space and bring a minimalist look using glass walls to which graphics or logos can be added.
Walls aren’t necessarily permanent. They can fold, move or completely relocate. Partition walls give you the flexibility to change your layout in the future. It’s relatively quick and cheap to move them and there’s little disruption. And did you know you can also get a tax allowance for re-locatable partitions?
Partnering with major partition manufacturers such as Komfort, SAS and Tenon means that we can come up with the right solution for your business.
Ceilings are as important as the furniture when it comes to creating the right atmosphere for your office.
As well as concealing services and cabling, they also provide acoustic benefits too and whether you opt for an exposed ceiling creating an industrial vibe or a suspended ceiling, we can offer a solution to fit your office space.
We partner with leading tile manufacturers offering a variety of choice offering improved light reflectance, acoustic, thermal, impact and anti-fungal solutions for your building.
The one thing that everyone wants from their flooring is for it to be functional and hard-wearing. All our carpet tiles and vinyl flooring are brands such as Desso, Forbo, Burmatex and Interface. Our floors are commercial quality, all come with a warranty and with our range of suppliers we’ve something to suit every pocket. If you’re looking for practical solutions we can install raised access floors (a handy way of hiding cables) and we even do clean off entrance matting. For that little extra touch we can even incorporate your logo or borders .
So whether you need flooring for a full building or you just want to smarten up your reception area, we’ll advise you about the best flooring solution lay it and take away your old flooring – hassle free service.
Now to make it pretty. Paint is flexible and easily maintained. You can change colour and touch it up to keep it looking fresh. It’s a great way of bringing your brand to life and injecting personality into the workspace.
Stunning Wallpaper designs from Tektura and Muraspec can also help you make a big statement and is increasingly popular, whilst fabric walls not only look good but help with acoustics too.
We’ll help you choose the best route , often a combination of both, planning the decoration at design stage and helping you visualise the effect.
M & E. Or the wires, pipes and technical stuff. It might all be well hidden, but it needs to be well planned. Power and data is the life-blood of today’s workspace. But we’re also thinking about tomorrow and try, as far as we can, to future-proof your office. With things getting more hi-tech, you run a real risk of the spaghetti effect. Nothing to do with pasta, more to do with all the cables in a modern workplace. This technical stuff also covers air-conditioning and heating, ventilation, plumbing and lighting. All sounds practical and a necessary evil, but it can be pretty cool. Like the tap that delivers chilled, boiling or fizzy water to your cup. Genius! Lighting is an incredibly emotive subject – all your staff will have an opinion so when we do our workplace assessment we’ll work out the best lighting solution for your space.
Assuming your office has some windows and you aren’t working in an underground vault, you need to consider blinds. Don’t be fooled into thinking they’re just window dressing. Well they are, but they are also much, much more. Modern window coverings are amazing at multi-tasking. Not only do they look great, they can save you money by cutting down on your energy usage. Special fabrics mean you can cut out glare and heat from the sun but still see through them. You’re happy because you’re cutting costs and being green, the staff are happy because they aren’t blinded by the sun but still get to gaze out over the car park. Blinds aren’t just a ‘nice to have’ in your new office, they should be given a starring role. | 2019-04-21T19:09:32Z | https://amhworkspace.com/what-we-do/fit-out/ |
Howard Ashbury strolled along Columbus Avenue, enjoying the fine weather – autumn in New York – a welcome break from the gray of Seattle. Something about the pulse of the city, the charm of the Upper West Side, brought back his younger self, and he felt happy, hopeful. He stopped in front of a little café, and, though it was too early for dinner, he decided to go in. He would read the new script over a glass of wine.
As he entered, he took in the exposed brick walls, the long windows, the candles just being lit in the softening light. Then his heart gave a little lurch when he saw her sitting there – Anna Avilov, his old Juliet. Suddenly, the twenty years since the production of Romeo and Juliet in San Francisco vanished.
My God, he thought. She’s as beautiful as ever. There she sat, with a dreamy look in her eyes, pen poised in her hand as she searched for some word or phrase. She wore her hair loosely swept up, and the shimmering aquamarine blouse caught the color of her eyes. What was she searching for – some hidden world of beauty? What did she see?
Howard felt the old chivalrous urge to help her.
But Anna had never needed anyone. He remembered how they were all in love with her, in love with the beauty and charm she possessed. Men and women alike took to her, as did the audience. They all wanted some of whatever it was she exuded – to possess it, to be in its presence, however briefly. He remembered how she had felt pulled down by that hungry need from everyone, and had shied away from the very attention the other actors sought.
Perhaps feeling his gaze, Anna looked over at him. Their eyes met, and her brow furrowed as she tried to place him.
Howard gave a small, wry smile. Have I changed so much? he wondered.
Anna’s eye widened as she gasped. “Howard!” She jumped up and hugged him. “I can’t believe it! Oh, how wonderful! Can you sit with me? I just can’t believe it!” In between each exclamation she searched his face, stepping back a bit to take in the changes.
He had forgotten how petite she was. She had to stand on her toes to kiss his cheek.
Howard pulled out the chair across from her, and waited for her to take her seat. He then sat down.
They ordered a bottle of wine. As Howard crossed his legs and turned the saltshaker around in his fingers, Anna clapped her hands in delight.
Howard smiled, realizing that it was ridiculous for her words to mean so much to him. But his recent failed affair had left him wounded and unsure of himself.
They talked and laughed and caught up on the last twenty years. Howard told her that he was still working as a stage manager, the last twelve years in Seattle. He described some of the more memorable productions.
Anna filled him in on the rather haphazard path she had taken. When she moved to New York eighteen years ago, she had found work as an off-off-Broadway actress, filling in the gaps between shows with waitressing and temping. The years since had been marked by a variety of unrelated jobs, a bit of travel, and, ten years ago, the meeting of her husband.
Howard was disappointed to hear that she had given up acting after she married. But Anna said it was writing that she had always felt more at home with.
She went on to say that she had written some one-act plays and was working on a screenplay. As he listened, he observed the old air of wistfulness about her.
After two hours of talking, Howard noticed that evening had crept closer to their window. The candles on the tables and the lights outside shone brighter now, against the dark. That artful thrill of early evening filled the air, and shone from the faces of the couples filling the tables next to them, and from people hurrying by outside – the thrill that the night might hold something wonderful.
Howard knew that her husband would be there soon to take her to dinner, yet there was so much more he wanted to know. He gave a small ironic smile; she still had the power to stir up a hunger in her audience. He poured the last of the wine into their glasses and asked if she remembered William Chase.
“Of course, I do! Benvolio. Or was it Balthasar? You’d think I’d remember.” She looked above his head, scanning the stage of so long ago, squinting ever so slightly, as if the stage lights were still in her eyes.
Howard had always wondered if Anna was aware of the effect she had on people. He thought it unfair that beauty could so effortlessly cause pain to others. He recognized his buried resentment, mixed with admiration, for all the things she represented to him. He had never wanted to sweep her into his arms, or make love to her. Rather, he had wanted to be like her, to move through the world with such power and beauty and ease.
Anna leaned slightly back, as if in defense. Her full lips shaped her words as she spoke.
Howard nodded and looked down. The image of the beautiful Roberto filled his mind: how their eyes had met across the stage, how their love had developed, those first perfect months. With bitterness, he remembered the torch he had carried for Roberto, long years after being rejected.
Howard waited for her answer. He wanted to know whether he had been correct all these years in attributing to Anna a certain small-mindedness; or whether he had ungenerously projected onto her the reasons for his own unrequited loves.
Howard snapped upright in surprise – both by her candor, and by his mistaken assumption. He had always believed that height was one of those universally desired attributes – attributes that he, for the most part, did not possess.
He responded with a simple, “Oh?” and began turning the saltshaker around again. His thoughts tripped over themselves as he attempted to reorganize them, realizing that he had indeed misjudged Anna – and perhaps his own beloved – all these years.
Anna spoke as if merely stating a fact, but a sly seductiveness played about her lips.
“Yes, whether kissing when standing, or cuddling at night, or…” Her aquamarine blouse shimmered in the candlelight as she gave a light shrug.
Howard quickly replayed the arguments with Roberto. He had always assumed that Roberto had rejected him because of his age, ethnicity, or some other quality over which he had no control. For the first time, the thought gripped him: What if Roberto had simply found him boring? Or, God forbid, whiny?
Then, as if on cue and choreographed to maximize the insight into his own failed affairs, in walked Anna’s husband – short, if not shorter, than William Chase. He was equally as handsome, though, Howard had to admit, in a more genial manner.
Anna’s whole being surged with pleasure at the sight of her husband’s flashing smile and warm eyes. She stood to embrace him – in a comfortable fit, Howard noticed – and introduced them.
As she slipped on her wrap, the three of them spoke briefly and exchanged business cards. Howard declined the invitation to join them for dinner but promised to stay in touch.
Anna and her husband waved good-bye and left the café.
Howard sat back down at the table and tried to put his ruffled thoughts back in order, tapping the saltshaker up and down. As he shook his head at life’s vanities and wretched misunderstandings, the beautiful Anna Avilov tapped on the window and blew him a kiss, her arm linked with that of her Romeo.
Following is the shortest story from my collection, Seven Tales of Love.
It had been more than twenty years since she had danced. Dancing wasn’t a part of her husband’s character, along with many other things she used to delight in. In the early days, they had moved to music in her apartment. He had tried, for her sake. And yet, in him she had the security that she had never found with anyone else. Before him, there were always the betrayals, small or large, that spoiled her relationships and made her unsure of people. Her marriage was not what she had dreamed of in her youth – but then, neither were the betrayals. At least he was true, devoted, loyal. Rock solid. It had been easy to give up the superficial accessories of love.
So what was this desperate stirring inside her now? This night as she danced to the rhythms of the music, with the man whose hand gently held hers, moving together as if in long familiar ease? Delight, excitement, the thrill of the dance, as in her youth. That dream was supposed to be long dead, long ago replaced with more reassuring, dependable matters. What was it doing so achingly awake in her now – in all of its glittering, hopeful youthfulness?
An alarm shot through her. This feeling did not belong to her, the fiercely loyal woman of unshakable convictions. It was because of the music, surely, the warm breeze, the Old World balconies, the tiny soft lights in the night.
It wasn’t the kindness in his eyes, the flashes of laughter, the protective arm around her shoulder, the earthy connection to the rhythms of life.
No, it was the soft crashing of the waves, the shimmering pink and melon sunset. It was the sly promise that night weaves into its beginning. It was all that – and he was just a part of it, surely.
Unexpectedly, life was offering her a choice. All she had to do was embrace it. The choice was there, offered to her with simple outstretched hands – no demands, nothing but the sweetness of human warmth. The choice to connect with life one more time before age and plodding routine took over for good.
Or, to stay true to her old self, to the woman she thought she was.
This sudden feeling was not part of her code of living. Such a breaking of that code would leave her unsure of anything ever again.
Or, would it open her up to a whole new way of being – once more connected, once more happy and hopeful, her old buried self awake again, bursting into blossom after long dormant years?
Would it be sadder to give in? Or sadder to deny?
Either way was crushing. The question kept rolling in the surf of her mind, along with the feeling that she had recaptured her beauty, her liveliness, the agility and freedom of movement that she thought she had lost.
Then, slowly, there in her mind, was her husband’s face, there with his gaze – the eyes that always asked, that always expressed love and desire for her. Her heart was pierced with tenderness for him, for all their faults and failures over the years. They were bound, bound – no matter what dreams of beauty might cross her path.
Her excuse was sore feet and age when she declined to dance further, when she took her seat, and watched the other dancers dance under the tiny lights.
Rather than a vacation to a tropical location, as the story would suggest, the inspiration behind this tale came from a song. One cold winter’s day, after a dull day at work and a frustrating commute home on the subway, I stopped by a Thai restaurant to order takeout. As I sat waiting, staring through the rain-streaked windows at the traffic on the boulevard and the hurrying figures under black umbrellas, a song began to play — Sea, Sand, and Sun (Arnica Montana). And it took me far away — stirring up feelings and images of younger days, beautiful beaches, and the romance of life. | 2019-04-24T06:34:48Z | https://lindamahkovec.com/tag/middle-age/ |
Three years ago was my first FETC trip and I had no idea what to expect and only knew a few people who were attending. I have been to many different conferences, but none quite like FETC. At first I was nervous about not really knowing a lot of people there, and figured that I would just figure it out and see what opportunities popped up. I was fortunate to have connected with Jaime Donally and then met up with Mandy Froehlich and Rodney Turner. We were building our friendship, connecting our friends together, and starting what would become an important part of each of our lives. Our group, called #my53s.
FETC draws in people from all over the country and from around the world. A conference that can seem so large, with people moving in every direction, traveling quickly between the North and South but yet at times seems so small, when you find yourself running into the same people in different areas of such a large event space. It has so much to offer, that it is hard to do it justice by trying to summarize it or simply writing about one aspect of it. So I thought I would start with what I consider to be the biggest takeaway every single time: Relationships.
From that first trip to Orlando for FETC until now, I have seen our friendship grow and the impact it has on each of us. What I have learned is that when it comes to conferences, it really doesn’t matter what you decide to do, how you set up your schedule, whether or not you know anyone, because no matter what decision you make you can’t go wrong. Honestly. There are no “wrong” or “bad” choices because opportunities are everywhere. Sticking to a schedule can be tough, and if you stress about what sessions to attend or how to plan for every minute, you will miss out on what I think is the best learning experience at any conference. Time spent with PLN and your edufriends.
Conferences are a place for building relationships and making connections above anything else. So if you want to learn what FETC is about let me start by telling you about the relationships and why they matter.
These are relationships that started through Social Media. Specifically through Twitter, which I never wanted and never understood.
At conferences like FETC, meeting your “#eduheroes” finally F2F is a possibility. Even though we all feel like we already know each other, after many Twitter chats and social media interactions, especially on Voxer, it is nice to be together and talk (about technology) without the technology.
Having core groups to connect with is something I highly recommend. All it takes is one or two people and you can build your entire group, so at no point do you feel alone during the conference. One of Rodney’s messages from years ago was to be on the lookout for people you notice sitting alone. Take a moment to go over and start a conversation, invite people to join you. At conferences like this, the “vibe” is that people want to connect, to share, to be a part of a conversation. Even if only for a few moments. It is those moments that matter the most. Be open to those opportunities and better yet, create them.
So, how can you prepare for FETC next year or the next conference?
Maybe the best plan is to not have a plan. Maybe just have an idea. A focus. Time passes by so quickly and there are so many choices that it can be overwhelming, especially for a first time attendee. Not everybody can make the same decision about what would be the best session or event to attend. You have to make your own decision and even though there is comfort in attending with somebody you know, it is equally if not more beneficial to go your own way, interact with other educators and create new relationships. You can then come back to that core group with new ideas and new friends, and you never know, it’s such a small world sometimes that you might find that you all know the same people.
A little over a year of connecting and growing with this unconventionally formed PLN, I love being part of the #4OCFPLN, a group that started through a book study on Voxer. I already knew a few of the members but we were able to build new relationships, strong connections and become a real learning family. So much anticipation of meeting face-to-face at conferences like FETC, which has been amazing. It’s funny at times because we realize that some people just don’t understand how you can become such close friends with people you’ve never officially “met” in the same physical space. I don’t know either but it just happens. You can build connections and foster supportive relationships and really get to know other educators. We “see” them based on the way they speak, through the passion they have for the work that they do, the personal experiences they share within the group and so much more. Even if you only have a few quick moments to say hello, to give a hug and to take a photo, it adds so much more to those connections. You already know one another it provides an extra element of realizing that yes in fact these people are real!
Bad Uber rides, overpriced moderately tolerable food (not from a chain), ridiculously funny games that result in companies like Platypus Help and Obnoxious Waffles, narrowly avoiding dinosaurs and then some scary rides at night. Sharing awkwardly funny moments, inside jokes, random thoughts, peculiar traits and fun facts, and growing closer each day. We know each other so well and continue to strengthen our bond with every day that passes. And because of this group, I am stronger and braver than I ever thought I could be.
We live in different states, and in different countries, but even with such great distances between us, we manage to stay closely connected. We know we are there for one another, and the only thing that could make it better would be if we got to spend more time in the same space. But there are always opportunities and if the whole group can’t be together, when even a few of us can be, we all share in the excitement and joy of that time together.
Share your thoughts and experiences and photos, we would love to hear from you! Next up, a focus on some of the FETC events and takeaways. Once I return from TCEA, I will share some other takeaways from the wonderful experience of FETC. Of course, depending on the time spent with Jaime, Jennifer, Mandy and Marialice, I may need to share that first!
385 feet hight, four minutes, 50 mph! and only $12!
One of the most important roles for educators today is that of being a mentor. As educators, we are often called upon to mentor the students in our classroom, as well as colleagues in our school. Throughout our lives, we have all had at one time or another a person who has served as a mentor, whether they have been selected for us or it is a relationship that simply formed on its own. Take a moment and think about the different mentors that you have had in your life. How many of them were teachers? How many of them were other adults, such as family friends or perhaps even coaches? How many of your own mentors have been the colleagues in your building or members of your PLN (Personal or Professional Learning Network)?
There may be a few that come to mind immediately, both because you remember having a specific time that was set aside to work with your mentor, maybe during your first-year of teaching or as a teacher who needed some guidance while working through some of the challenges of teaching. There is probably a mentor that comes to mind because you credit them with some aspect of personal and or professional growth. For myself, I have been fortunate to have some supportive mentors that have helped me to grow professionally and taught me what it means to be a mentor. These relationships are so important because it is through mentorships that we continue to learn and grow and become a better version of ourselves. In the process, we also develop our skills to serve as a mentor to someone else and continue the practice promoting growth.
Take a moment and think about your classroom or your school and the types of programs which may be already in place in your building. Are there specific times set aside for teachers to act as mentors for students? To their colleagues? In my school district, Riverview, we implemented a homeroom mentoring program a few years ago, as part of our RCEP (Riverview Customized Educational Plan) which we were making available for our students. A few years prior to that, we began with the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, and our school was among the first schools in the United States to achieve national/state recognition for bully prevention. Through the program, we implemented a variety of learning activities, with the goal of engaging students in learning and collaboration, to promote a positive school climate and to create opportunities for students to build positive and supportive peer relationships.
For our Homeroom Mentoring Program, small groups of students in grades 9 through 12, are assigned to a homeroom, with a mentor. By having these smaller groups, the teachers are able to serve as a mentor for each student, working with them closely, to not only support them during their high school experience but also to prepare them for their future after graduation. It is a way to provide a more personalized learning approach for each student and for each student to know they have support available to them. These mentoring homerooms meet on a regular basis, providing ongoing opportunities for the teacher and students to interact in team-building and work on fostering peer relationships. During these homeroom meetings, some of the activities include pride lessons, goal-setting discussions, career exploration surveys and job shadowing, community service experiences and other topics which come up throughout the year. It is a good opportunity for the students to have a small group to work with and to develop critical skills for their future, such as communicating, collaborating, problem-solving, and developing social and emotional learning skills as well.
In addition to the planned activities, a key part of our mentoring program is the creation of a “portfolio” which includes samples of student work, a job shadow reflection, resume, list of volunteer experiences and additional artifacts that students can curate in their portfolio. The past few years, students have organized these materials into a binder, which has been kept in the mentoring homeroom. The materials become a part of their required senior graduation project. This year, we have started creating an e-portfolio, using Naviance, a program that promotes college and career readiness. Students begin by creating their online profile and sharing their activities and interests. Using the program, students can take surveys to learn more about their own skill areas and interests, learn about colleges which might match their interests, and also continue to build their digital citizenship skills. According to one of our guidance counselors, Mrs. Roberta Gross, the mentoring program was implemented to help students make transitions toward post-secondary goals and plans, and moving to the e-portfolio is creating more opportunities for students to explore their own interests and create their online presence.
There are many benefits of having students create an e-portfolio. Moving to an e-portfolio makes it easier to access the information for each student, it can be shared with parents and it opens up more conversations between the students and the mentor teacher. It is important to prepare our students for whatever the future holds for them beyond high school graduation, and working with them as they grow, in these small groups, really promotes more personalized learning experiences and authentic connections.
As a final part of this program, our seniors take part in a senior “exit interview”, a simulated job interview with a panel of three teachers, a mix of elementary teachers and high school teachers. It truly is a great experience to have time to see the growth of each student, learn about their future plans and to provide feedback which will help them continue to grow and be better prepared for their next steps after graduation. And for students, being able to look through their portfolios, reflect on their experiences, self-assess and set new goals, knowing they have support available, is the purpose of the mentoring program.
There are many resources available that can provide some direction for getting started with an official mentoring program.
The “Adopt a class” program, founded by Patty Alper, who also wrote a book on mentoring called “Teach to Work: How a Mentor, a Mentee, and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in America.” Alper talks about the impact of mentoring and how her view of it is towards an “entrepreneurial” mindset, preparing students for the future, with the skills they need. Alper breaks down the process into practical steps, with examples and encouragement for those new to the mentoring experience.
The national mentoring partnership “MENTOR”, offers a website full of resources and ways to connect with other mentoring programs. MENTOR even held a Mentoring Summit in Washington, D.C., this January, where professionals and researchers gathered to share ideas and best practices for starting a mentoring program. Be sure to check out their monthly themes and presence on Twitter.
The National Mentoring Resource Center offers a collection of different resources for mentoring include manuals, handouts and a long list of additional guidelines for different content areas, grade levels, culturally responsive materials, toolkits and more. The website has most of the resources available as downloads.
I would recommend that you think about mentors that you may have had at some point during your life. What are some of the qualities that they had which made them a good mentor and why? For me, I felt comfortable talking with my mentor, being open to the feedback that I would receive, and I knew that my mentor was available to support me when I needed. Another benefit is that we learn how to become a mentor for others, and when we have these programs in place, our students will become mentors for one another. I have seen the positive effects in my own classroom, and many times, these new mentorships have formed on their own.
A phenomenal mentor that taught me what it means to be an educator.
I wrote this about a month ago…time flies when you’re spending it with your PLN! #iste18 #RealEDU #USMSpark #ST4T #tlap #FETC Connecting is everything!
One of the many benefits of being part of a PLN (Personal or Professional Learning Network) is having a constant system of support. Because of my PLN, I have access to new ideas, tools, methods at any time. Being “connected” means having a personal and professional support system, whenever you need it and wherever you are. We can connect in person with colleagues at our schools or during conferences, but at times this can be difficult because of the availability of time or based on location. The solution? Technology. We can connect virtually through the numerous forms of social media and web tools that promote anytime collaborating, communicating and conferencing. We become “connected” by connecting.
Gone are the days where educators have to scour the Internet for resources, search through books, or even travel for professional learning. We don’t even have to leave our homes to participate in professional development. (Although it is nice to get out and meet our PLN F2F). And when it comes to our teaching practice, we don’t necessarily need to create all of our own materials or wait in line at the copier. (if we are in the habit of making packets, but that is another conversation entirely #paperless).
We have access to support and thousands of resources instantly, simply by connecting through our devices and reaching out into our “network.” The power of connecting and collaborating. Sharing our own ideas and gathering new ones, building on our strengths and honing in on areas in which we need to grow. Through our PLN, we have these opportunities and whatever we need, available to us at any time. It just takes one tweet, one post, one Vox, and the connecting begins and the support is available.
Sometimes we just happen to become part of a PLN, or a PLF (Personal or Professional Learning Family). The same can be said for mentoring. Sometimes we make these connections, develop relationships that grow into something powerful and life-changing, without even realizing it as it is happening. When I first heard about the “power of a PLN”, I really didn’t get it. I thought it was the same as being a “colleague” or having “work friends” as they are often called. But I have learned that I was way off about this, and I am glad to know that I was wrong (again). I have become “connected” through several PLNs, that have also somehow interconnected with one another. It has become a super PLN, or mega PLN. And it evolved through Social Media, which I was so wrong about the value for education.
My first true PLN is referred to as the “53s”. A group that grew from a Facebook group of ISTE goers, created by Rodney Turner, that then evolved into a Voxer group. Rodney’s message was to make connections, see someone sitting alone, ask them to join in. As a group, we met face to face at ISTE 2016 in Denver. There are also a few members of this group that I met through Twitter chats and then met in person at other conferences, and had time to spend with them learning in the same physical space. We welcomed our friends into the group and continued to build a core PLN. We have come together to be the 53s, a name significant to us. A name which evolved after our initial core group grew. A group based on trust, transparency, empathy, kindness, pushback, fun and passion for education and the power of learning. And most importantly, true friendship.
These people, my friends, are my source of inspiration and the ones that I rely on heavily each day. We are a unique group that spans the United States and Canada. I am so fortunate to be a part of a core PLN that I know will be there for me no matter what. The only thing I wish I could change is our geographical locations. We are from different states and a different country, and so time together does not happen that often. But when it does, it truly is the best time ever. #singoff #booksnaps #carpoolkaraoke. LOVE our times at FETC, Summer Spark, ShiftinEDU and ISTE and more to come!
I am not sure where I would be without my 53s. The times we have shared are so special, and I am so thankful for this group and wish for everyone to have a core PLN like this: Evan Abramson, Jarod Bormann, Jennifer Casa-Todd, Jaime Donally, Mandy Froehlich, Tisha Richmond and Rodney Turner. Add to that our awesome Snapchat singing group which also includes Tara Martin, Andrew Easton and Mandy Taylor. They are an amazing group of educators, who would drop everything to be there to support you. I am proud and honored to call them my friends.
I am also fortunate to be connected with two other tremendous groups (my PLF) and cannot wait to meet more of them in person. The #4OCFPLN and Edugladiators! Loved the adventures trying to meet up in Chicago!
I had read the book “Four O’Clock Faculty” by Rich Czyz and was part of a Voxer group doing a book study. Once the book study ended, many members of the group stayed connected and kept the conversation going. A group that stayed together and continued to connect and grow long after the book study had ended. We have become a real PLF and I enjoy learning new things from this group every day and knowing that they are there when I need them. “We” have had our picture taken with many authors and we have stickers and our own hashtag even #4OCFPLN. And stickers too! Shirts on the way.
There are so many great conversations, a lot of laughs and fun that happens within this group every day. I love knowing that I can reach out to this group at any time. It is a very supportive and fun group with a lot of diverse perspectives and a bond that continues to grow and get better. Laughs, inside jokes, challenges, pushback, inspiration and amazing connections. REAL connections. We know more about each other and learn and push boundaries of learning every day.
Love meeting up with my #4OCFPLN, Fellow #Edugladiators Core Warriors, Edumatch PLF, Buncee Family, Future Ready PLN, the Women in EdTech and of course, the 53s.
And a tremendous surprise having one of my students be in Chicago during ISTE. That may have been the best part! Sharing some of the awesomeness of ISTE and the people there.
During the last couple of weeks as the school year was winding down, the demands on my time were increasing exponentially. While this may seem a bit exaggerated, there really is no other way to describe it. Granted, I take a lot of extra things on personally and professionally, when most people meet me, they ask if I sleep. I do, some. So why do I, or educators take on so much? For me, the reason is because I truly am a lifelong learner. I don’t want to miss opportunities, especially when that might mean I miss out on creating opportunities for others. I don’t want to say no to someone that needs my help, because I realize that for some people, asking for help required that they be vulnerable and step out of their comfort zone. So I will always try to help someone else, even if it means delaying my own goals or veering from some path that I am on. And I am good with that, but I also realize that there is only so much that I can do.
Being self-aware means you recognize your strengths and weaknesses, emotions, thoughts, and have a deeper understanding of what motivates you, at least this is my way of defining it. I can somewhat identify my strengths, but it is uncomfortable to openly admit my weaknesses. I have no problem admitting mistakes and failures in front of my students. The more that I can do this with them, will help to dispel that misconception that failure is final. Personally or among friends, for me, admitting weakness is tough, but the first step in trying to improve is acknowledging that there is a something to improve upon. I’m well aware that I have certain areas that I need to devote some time to in order to become more effective and consistent and possibly attain some level of balance. If balance is really a thing. Maybe it is because I set demands on myself that are too high or overly ambitious, but I have reached a point in my career and my life, where I feel I need to engage in activities that I am passionate about being involved in. Even while I was in law school, my friends would often laugh at my ability to multitask and my methods of over-preparation for class. I did then what I try to discourage my own students from doing now. I would take notes on the computer, write notes on paper, listen to the lecture and grade papers all while sending text messages throughout the class. And somehow while doing all of that I still managed to answer a question when called upon. I survived the four years of teaching full-time and four nights a week of law school. When I think back and compare schedules of then and now I feel so much more out of balance now than I did back then. It just does not make sense.
But lately, I have not felt as productive as I would want to be. Yes I’ve made lists, checked items off as I completed them, kept up with email only to have two or three emails pop in as soon as one is sent. I have opened Voxer to find four or five hundred messages waiting and many other notifications from other forms of social media. So how does one find balance? How does one keep focus when surrounded by and consumed by so much “connectedness.” In the pursuit of learning, how much is enough and how much is too much?
What I mean is I think as educators we need to involve ourselves in a variety of learning possibilities. We no longer need to leave our homes to go out for professional development, nor be limited to that which we have at our schools. There are so many options available that meet our needs as far as goals and time and passions. But it seems that more and more time is consumed by social media like Voxer or Twitter, just for a few examples. Don’t get me wrong, these are tremendous tools for becoming a connected educator, for breaking away from the isolation that can happen. But how do we keep up with everything and everyone? If you know, please share.
It is tough “keeping up” lately. I read a lot of blogs, books and stay active through Twitter and Voxer, and have a pretty good routine for keeping up-to-date with information. Reading has never been a problem for me. The area in which I need to improve is with my own writing. Some days I feel like I just can’t keep up. I feel like I’m falling behind, that I’m not meeting the goal, not pushing myself enough to accomplish things. But today I had a moment to pause and think, and it came after reading some of the The Path to Serendipity , by Allyson Apsey and also “What School Could Be,” by Ted Dintersmith. After reading these, it occurred to me that I am doing the exact same thing that I try to stop my students from doing which is push myself so hard, judge myself so critically, to the point where my desire to work and to get things done becomes consumed as soon as my eyes focus on that ever-growing list of goals. I put up a wall and that inner voice tells me that I will never get things done. The inner voice convinces me that I can’t, so I don’t even try. And then I remember the quote “the only thing standing in your way is you,” so I need to get out of my own way.
My list is full of things which are not part of my daily work as a teacher, but rather tasks that I have voluntarily pushed myself into becoming a part of. Maybe it’s my fear of missing out, maybe it’s my drive to keep doing better, to keep pushing myself to do one more thing, take one more step, to see how much I can handle and how much I can learn. But in recognizing this, I realize that my students do this as well. I’ve seen them push themselves and worry that they won’t finish something in time, that they won’t get into the college that their parents want them to, that they won’t get the highest grade, that they won’t be as smart, as quick or as good as somebody else in the class. Pressure.
How many times this year I have said to them “You don’t need to worry about anybody else. You only need to worry about yourself because you aren’t in competition with anyone else but yourself.” I came across an anonymous quote a while ago that said “I’m in competition with no one but myself.” The power of this quote really hit me. These are the reminders that I give to my students, but yet are ones that I have failed to be cognizant of within myself.
In reading “Path to Serendipity”, so much of what Allyson says resonated with me, especially when thinking back to when I first started teaching. And in reading “What School Could Be,” I am thinking about the structure of school, the “game” of school and all of the pressure that exists. Pressure which is placed on students whether by the school system itself, the testing, parents, teachers or the students themselves. How do we break this cycle? Wanting the best for someone should be more about supporting them with whatever decision they make, and being there if they find out that it was not the best decision to be made. That’s the risk we take when we step out of our comfort zone, when we go against the grain and do something that is different, that may not be the traditional way to do something but it’s the way that we want, it’s personal to us, it’s our passion.
And I know I have derailed a bit in this, maybe more than a bit, but sometimes it’s good for me to just sit with my computer, and thanks to the voice to text, I can close my eyes and talk through what has been going through my mind, and then edit the writing. Lately it’s been that I just can’t get enough things completed. Countless presentations, proposals, webinars you name it, I am doing and experiencing the same thing that many other educators are experiencing as well. However the difference is that my perception of others is that there are no struggles. Blogs are being published, podcasts are being recorded, books are being written, speeches are being given, and my question is where do you find the time? How can I find a time? And I am so impressed and inspired by the work of my friends and my colleagues who share their stories and seem to have a lot of balance, but then again how do I really know? My perception is not necessarily their reality.
A good friend of mine Mandy Froehlich has written a book which just came out today, called “The Fire Within”, in which she shares personal stories as well as stories of educators who talk about the different struggles that they’ve gone through. We don’t often hear of the struggles and the negative experiences that we as educators may have, but there are a few things that I’m sure of. We need to start with relationships. We need to be open and vulnerable. We have to tell our stories. It is from these stories, whether they are stories of great innovations or epic failures, where we can connect and provide the inspirational redirection that someone else may greatly need. And while telling our story makes us vulnerable, there is great power in vulnerability. Vulnerability does not mean weakness, as defined by Brene Brown in her book “Daring Greatly”. It is “uncertainty,risk and emotional exposure.” My favorite quote from Brown is that vulnerability is “the courage to show up and be seen even when you have no control over the outcome.” This quote is one I read last summer, and I kept in the back of my mind while preparing for different events in which I felt completely out of control. I didn’t think I had the courage and was ready to back down, but this served as a reminder to me that it was better to try and fail, than to never try at all. The interesting part about this book is that she came up with the title after reading a quote by Teddy Roosevelt from 1910, where he spoke about the man who enters into battle valiantly, and at best he has success and at worst he errs while daring greatly.
So there is nobody pushing me to get things done but me. Nobody adding more items to the list but myself. And there is nobody that I’m in competition with. I have to accept that I will accomplish the things that I need to accomplish in my own time and in my own way. Pushing the publish button on this was definitely out of my comfort zone, but I’ve been thinking a lot and decided to put my thoughts out there.
***This is the first in a series of posts about the benefits of social media tools for education, and how I learned the value of them for becoming more connected.
I was not always into social media and cannot say that I truly saw the value of what each platform might have to offer. Part of this is my fault because I did not take time to learn about Twitter or Facebook and the others, and I had some misconceptions about what each social media platform was being used for. The other part is that I relied on the comments and experiences of others to judge the value and the benefit of trying any of these for my own use.
I love technology. Ever since I was a child, I have been interested in trying new things, spending time learning and working with all things tech. I was fine with communicating through email, text messaging, and the occasional phone call. I held off on creating a Facebook account because I thought that it was just a way to tell people what you were doing on a daily basis, “status updates”. I had the perception it was just about updating everyone on the basic chores and daily life habits that we all take part in. I also did not consider using Twitter because I thought it was simply a way to keep up with what celebrities were doing and I had other ways to do that. Being an avid reader of publications like People magazine or US for many years, I kept up with what was going on in the celebrity world. Enough anyway.
So for me, I didn’t really think about or see any benefit personally, nor professionally, for having either of these social media accounts. So what led to the change? Class reunion planning. I had the task of locating classmates for an upcoming high school class reunion. I graduated with nearly six hundred people, and knew it would be a very tedious task. My options were to spend time looking online or flipping through the pages of a telephone book, assuming that people still lived in the area or that I could easily locate their information using these methods. The possibility of Facebook had not entered my mind until a friend suggested it. So I gave in, created my Facebook account and little by little, sure enough, I began finding some of my classmates, friends from childhood and college and even making new connections.
Once I started using Facebook more, I realized that I had been mostly wrong. I found out that not everyone used Facebook as I had thought. It really was a way to locate classmates, reconnect with friends and I started seeing that Facebook could be valuable and not at all what I had thought.
I found different learning communities and groups to join through Facebook. It became a great platform for sharing information, adding resources and amazingly, not that I thought this years ago, has the capability of being a tremendous tool for learning and professional growth. It is a way for people to connect instantly with anyone throughout the world, at any time and can be used as a system of support. You can keep up with friends, family, colleagues, and see how people live in other places of the world by sharing photos or going “live”.
So I discovered that I was wrong. I had this idea of Facebook and its uses in my mind and actively stayed away from it for years. So what is the lesson I learned? I learned that in order to really understand the benefit and use of something, you have to investigate it yourself. You have to take that chance, take a step, take a risk and look into something before making a judgment about its value. (A lesson for life as well). But the flip side is that you can’t just start using something because everybody else is, or you “heard” that it was the best way or best method of doing something. Everybody is different and everything affects people in different ways. I’ve always said that we can all read the same book but get a different story. And that’s the case with Facebook.
Thank you Facebook for being the means through which I have been able to reconnect with friends, join new learning communities and keep up with family and members of my PLN who I do not get to see very often. It is a means to share good news and bad, but the main point is that it is a way to become connected and we all need to be connected to someone and something.
So I was wrong about the power of social media….and that’s okay, because I know the possibilities now and learned the lesson of keeping an open mind, judging for myself, and then reflecting.
Thank you EduCal for sharing!
ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) is a conference that draws in people from all over the world and all levels of education and technology. With an estimate of close to 20,000 people from 70 countries in attendance, this year’s conference was tremendous. An event so large but yet at times seems so small, when you find yourself running into the same people in different areas of such a large event space. It has so much to offer, that it is hard to do it justice by summarizing or simply writing about one aspect of it. So I thought I would highlight a few of the biggest takeaways that I had, and ones which I gathered from others.
Going to ISTE? What can you expect?
There are a lot of discussions and questions leading up to the conference. For people attending for the first time, the most common questions are: What sessions should I choose? What type of clothing is appropriate? What items should I carry in my bag? What should I expect? What are the “must do” events? and many more questions like this. Simply put, where do I begin?
I myself was a first-time attendee last year and had absolutely no idea what to expect. I had been to many different conferences, but none as large as ISTE. I was nervous about not really knowing a lot of people there. I was fortunate to have just gotten involved with PAECT (Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications and Technology) and two of the ISTE networks (MLN and Games & Sims). Being involved with these organizations helped because I knew some people and had some events lined up, but I figured the chances of seeing them with all of our different schedules, were not too likely.
I tried doing some research, asking questions on social media, reading through and studying the ISTE website to learn as much as I could. I think I studied the program multiple times every day, each week leading up to my travels to Philadelphia. I had a nice schedule planned out, my favorites marked and areas that I wanted to focus on, so it seemed like I was ready to go. But as I quickly learned last year, and definitely felt the same this year, is that it really doesn’t matter what you decide to do, what schedule you set up to follow, whether or not you know anyone, because no matter what decision you make you can’t go wrong. Honestly. There are no “wrong” or “bad” choices because there are opportunities everywhere. Even if you have a schedule, it is really tough to stick to it. And if you are traveling alone for the first time, don’t worry about being alone. It is a place for building relationships and making connections above anything else. So if you want to learn what ISTE is about let me start by telling you about the relationships and why they matter.
I had to conquer a big fear this year: my fear of flying. Last year, I traveled by Amtrak to Philly, and it was no problem. I don’t mind traveling alone, I use the time to read, participate in Twitter chats, catch up on work, and enjoy the trip. But this year, preparing to travel to Denver, with my fear of flying, something I have not done in 21 years, was a bit difficult. I have avoided air travel, preferring to drive or take a train any distance. However with Colorado being a bit far of a drive, bus ride or travel by train, I was not left with much in the way of options. So that meant flying. Fortunately, I had a good friend providing me with the support to help me get to the airport, get on the plane and get to Denver without worry. At least not too much. I just kept thinking about the week ahead.
My support for the travels started with another conference. Karyn and I met at a Keystone Technology Innovator Summit in Pennsylvania a few years ago. I was also fortunate that at Karyn had another friend traveling with us, Chris, so I had two amazing companions to ease my nerves and it really made a huge difference during the flight and throughout the conference.
He started each day with a Vox, a countdown to ISTE, an inspiration and a story. He brought a bunch of people together, a group of connected educators, who became friends, excited to meet F2F after developing these relationships. Becoming friends through technology. I could hardly wait to meet the members of this group, officially, because we had already learned so much about each other. And we even had t-shirts and stickers made for our group, thanks Mike Jaber.
And at conferences like ISTE, meeting your “Tweeps” and #eduheroes finally F2F is a possibility. Even though we all feel like we already know each other, after many Twitter chats and social media interactions, it is nice to be together and talk (about technology) without the technology.
Having these core groups to connect with is something I highly recommend. All it takes is one or two people and you can build your entire group, so at no point do you feel alone during the conference. One of Rodney’s messages was to be on the lookout for people you notice sitting alone. If you see someone sitting alone, go over and start a conversation, invite people to join you, be welcoming, and it worked. We had our “VoxUp” in the Bloggers Cafe on Sunday before the Keynote, and what a great experience that was. There were lots of hugs, laughs, smiles and excitement. This was truly a defining moment. In looking around, people joined in this group, new connections were made, the excitement and power of this PLN was contagious. All it took was joining in a group, taking that step and becoming part of something, and having a support system already in place. Looking around the Bloggers Cafe, there were a lot of small groups of people, gathered to listen to the Keynote, take pictures, make new connections, network and just to absorb everything that was going on. No matter where you looked, you could see the energy and excitement. The energy was so high and it was just the starting point for what would be a phenomenal 3 day event.
So, what should your plan be?
Well, maybe the best plan is to not have a plan. Maybe just have an idea. A focus. Time goes by so quickly and the choices are so numerous that it can be overwhelming, especially for a first time attendee. Not everybody can make the same decision about what would be the best session or event to attend. You have to make your own decision and even though there is comfort in going to a session with somebody you know, it is equally if not more beneficial to go your own way, interact with other educators and create new relationships. You can then come back to that core group with new ideas and new friends, and you never know, it’s such a small world sometimes that you might all know the same people. And by going to different sessions and different events, there are more stories and experiences to be shared. So the learning possibilities are even greater. And friends made along the way become part of different groups but connected into one.
Having these different groups really added to the experience. We shared ideas, attended events together, grabbed early coffees at Coffee Edu, and so much more. Even if you weren’t at ISTE, you could join in virtually and be a part of the ISTE community as well. The idea behind attending conferences like ISTE is to make new connections, gain new knowledge, to grow professionally, and to explore. I can’t think of a better way to start doing this than by focusing on relationships. It is where I start each school year and it is where I focus for conferences like ISTE.
Share your thoughts and experiences and photos, we would love to hear from you! Next up, focus on some of the ISTE events and takeaways.
I am a teacher and when people find this out, one of the first things they say is “it must be nice to have your summers off.” Yes, thank you, it is nice to have a more relaxed schedule over the course of the summer break. But in all honesty, I would be fine if I taught year round. And there are a lot of teachers who don’t really have the whole summer “off” because their school operates on a different type of school calendar. And like I said, I love summer, not because it means that I don’t have to go to work. I enjoy being in the classroom and working with students. I look forward to each day and what it brings. I love the routine, the new challenges each day, and more than anything, working with the students and learning from them. However, the main reason I look forward to the summer is because it is an opportunity to seek out new learning experiences that will enable me to return to my classroom refreshed, with new ideas and hopefully improved skills that will help me to provide the best learning experiences for my students.
Another great thing about summer is that it is a time to connect with other educators. And I have been fortunate to meet a lot of educators over the past few years, but even more so this summer because I had the opportunity to be involved in several tremendous conferences and learning experiences including Summer Spark, ISTE 2016, and EdCampUSA. So yes, it is nice to be a teacher and to have those breaks throughout the year and especially during summer, but I bet if you ask some of your friends who are teachers or even if you meet someone new who is a teacher, if they really have their summers “off”, I bet almost all of them will tell you no, and maybe even follow up with a laugh. And here is why.
Summer is a time for a lot of things. One of the nice things about being in education, in my role as a classroom teacher is that I do have the summers off. But we all know the reality of it is that we don’t really have the time off. Teachers have time of course for some of the normal summer things like sleeping in late, catching up with friends and family, going on vacations and not worrying about setting the alarm. But it is also valuable time for teachers to do even more, on a personal and professional basis. Time to think about their practice and take advantage of the opportunities that are out there for professional development and growth.
Teachers devote most of their time during the school year, focusing on students’ skills and needs, their interests and providing a supportive, positive, meaningful, engaging learning environment for their students. For some of our students, school is the safe place to be. Each teacher’s classroom is unique and offers an opportunity for the teacher to create a whole new world, for lack of a better phrase, to immerse their students in learning, to draw them into new experiences and help each student develop their skills, to become reflective, to have choice and voice in their learning. In addition to striving to provide this for our students, we work to be a constant source of support and guidance for each student each day.
And contrary to the “school day schedule”, when the school day ends, these tasks, jobs, responsibilities do not end with the ringing of the bell. We may leave our work on our desk in our classroom, but these other parts of our work continue 24 hours a day every day. The impression that we make on our students and the atmosphere that we create for them, the guidance we provide have an impact that does not end when they leave our classroom nor when they leave the school for the day. Each student takes something unique away from the classroom when they leave us. Whatever our connection is with each student, the relationships that we build and that continue to grow throughout the year, in some way help each student. There is something created unique to each teacher-student relationship, that forms the foundation for the learning to occur. We are their teachers, but also their mentors, providing more than just a lesson in the classroom. We don’t just teach. We give ourselves and our support to our students.
And it is exhausting, in a good way. And if you leave your classroom at the end of the day, and you are not exhausted when you get home, then something is wrong. There is more work to be done.
Teachers put a lot of time in outside of the classroom and that time is not evident to the rest of the world. The hours at night at home or on the weekend grading papers, making parent phone calls, preparing lessons, attending conferences, are not factored into how people view the time and place of the job of the teacher. And I do not see this as negative, it’s just the reality that because school is perceived as an 8 hour day experience, that is where the work ends. And maybe in the past it would be viewed in that way because technology did not exist to enable emails or other collaboration to occur beyond the school day. But the work involved and the personal investment was and still is the same.
Getting back to some of the reasons I love summer. Each summer gets better and better, and it’s not because I traveled and spent hours on beaches, or to the contrary, kept idle. It is because I have used the time to learn more, to read, to connect, to reflect and to prepare for the next year. My summer goal is to work so I can start stronger and be better than I was the year before. This summer has been an unbelievable period of growth for me and I knew at the end of the school year that it would be exhausting but a well worth it kind of exhausting.
I have been fortunate to travel to different conferences throughout the country, to confront some fears such as flying and speaking in front of many people, to challenge myself more each day. And no worries, I am enjoying some time sleeping in and also sitting outside on the deck with my cup of coffee, but the computer, a book or a magazine are always there. The Voxer groups I join are part of each day, listening and learning. I use the time I have because I want to learn, to connect, to develop skills so I can be the best teacher and mentor that I can be for my students. I will do whatever it takes to make that happen. And this summer I have met a lot of inspirational role models, leaders in education, Eduheroes, people I have known through Twitter chats,Voxer groups or Google communities. These are things which two years ago I would not have even thought possible. But learning from these different groups and developing a new awareness and new perspectives and facing new challenges, has really given me pause. To be among some of the great educators and benefit from truly amazing professional development experiences, has served to make me want to use every moment of this summer “break” to take in and learn as much as I can. Does this sound like you?
Some things that I think are important to do in the summer. I think you have to give yourself some freedom and flexibility with your schedule. So that means if you want to go to bed early and get out of bed late, that’s fine. If it means that you then spend the majority of your day working and reading, or doing nothing at all, that’s okay too. You have to make time for friends and family, connect with people that are important and that matter and that maybe throughout the school year you don’t have as many opportunities to spend time with. Once the school year starts, schedules become very hectic. That is the nice thing about being a teacher in some sense, is that your availability is more open in the summer but then again people with year-round jobs aren’t as available as you. You should find conferences or webinars, join in book studies or Voxer groups, or try connecting with some different learning communities. Get involved in a Twitter chat, whatever it is during the school year that just doesn’t seem to fit as part of your routine, make it part of your summer routine.
There are lots of opportunities out there and while there is not time for everything, there can be time for a little bit of everything. So decide what is best for you. Do you want to be in one Voxer group or join one book study ? Then make that your focus. Or maybe you want to participate in writing tips for a blog or website. It’s up to you, because it is your time to decide how to spend your summer break.
Personally I stay in good practice during the summer because I keep my schedule as chaotic as possible because it’s better prepares me for the school year. The first day or two of summer break I feel a bit out of it because of that absence of routine, the lack of students waiting to hear from me, but I soon develop my summer plan and get started right away. On Monday. | 2019-04-23T00:23:09Z | https://rdene915.com/tag/plc/ |
Economics Professor N. Gregory Mankiw wrote an article for The New York Times this week, imparting one message to college freshmen around the country: take Economics, preferably using Mankiw’s book.
Lloyd Blankfein: Harvard Donor, History Buff?
After the recent report that Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd C. Blankfein '75 was copied on an e-mail suggesting Goldman knew that Harvard would lose in a $500 million credit default swap, his loyalty to Harvard may have come into question. But it is worth noting that Blankfein has donated millions to Harvard, creating a scholarship fund for lower-income students and endowing a professorship in the Department of History.
Winthrop is Harvard’s most welcoming and illustrious House with probably the best corps of alumni that Harvard can offer.
Princeton Economics Professor and Nobel Laureate Paul R. Krugman compared the Obama administration’s fiscal policies to the government’s policies during the Great Depression in a speech at MIT on Friday, predicting a prolonged recession with high unemployment for years to come.
Former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 has struck again with another op-ed panning the Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing body—this time in the Huffington Post.
The Boston Globe has named Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren its 2009 Bostonian of the Year for bringing “a sense of sanity to the economic crisis” as the official overseer of the U.S. bank bailout program.
<p>The quick and dirty about what's been going on around the Ancient Eight (and some other schools too).</p><p>A Yale sophomore died last Sunday. Andre Narcisse '12—an Exeter graduate and aspiring Economics concentrator of Haitian descent—dreamed of someday becoming a Wall Street executive. Yale police officials do not suspect foul play. Yale College Dean Mary Miller told the Yale Daily News that it would be premature and inappropriate to speculate, but added she is hoping to address concerns about alcohol and drug use on campus.</p><p>A freshman at Princeton is suing the university during midterm season, after her request to receive extended time on exams because of her learning disabilities was denied. She argued that poor midterm exam grades freshman fall would cause her “irreparable harm.” FlyBy sympathizes but thinks she should chill out.</p><p>More after the jump.
For all the optimism surrounding Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith’s recent announcement about a windfall surplus in the school’s budget, some professors at yesterday’s Faculty meeting questioned the school’s health in light of the cutbacks that have occurred.
Members of the task force on Harvard’s libraries emphasized the dire problems confronting one of the University's most cherished resources.
FAS Dean Michael D. Smith delivered the news Friday that the school had posted a $58.6 million surplus in its unrestricted funds for the fiscal year that closed in June 2009.
In a move that clarified why administrators have tamed fiscal messages of late after months of stressing the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ impending financial deficit, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith delivered the news Friday that the school had posted a $58.6 million surplus in its unrestricted funds for the fiscal year that ended June 2009.
It's the weekend, and midterms are winding down, so FlyBy thinks it's time for another round of Around the Ivies. | 2019-04-21T00:23:22Z | https://www.thecrimson.com/writer/1203800/Bonnie_J._Kavoussi/ |
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Dr. Leita Harris was born in Panama, raised in New York City and has been living in Riverside, CA since 1986. She is the oldest of 4 children and was determined at an early age to pursue her education and become a physician. She graduated from New York University, received her medical degree at Cornell University Medical College and completed her residency at LA County/USC Medical Center.
Dr. Harris has been a practicing physician and women’s health specialist for over 27 years. She currently has her own private practice, Nurturing You Women’s Health & Wellness, Inc. Her previous practices were at Riverside Medical Clinic and Kaiser Permanente. She also works as a gynecologist for UCR Student Health Services and is an Associate Clinical Professor at UCR School of Medicine. Her service activity includes the Health Education Committee on the Parkview Community Hospital African American Advisory Board, Parkview Community Hospital Foundation Board, Vines Medical Society and Foundation Board and Administrator and Board member of Eastside Reconciliation Coalition, a nonprofit organization. She is a sought out speaker on Women’s Health in the community.
She was blessed to be united with her husband, Pastor Jon S. Harris and joined with him in launching Castle Rock Christian Fellowship Baptist Church in 2001. She continues to stand in loving partnership with her husband and pastor, faithfully serving her church family in many capacities including Church Administrator, Sunday School Teacher and Director of the “Daughters of Excellence” ministry, a mentoring ministry for young ladies ages 11-18.
She is the blessed mother and stepmother of 5, Baron, Tyler, Jon II, Brandon and Kaylee and her passion is to serve the Lord to her fullest with excellence knowing that God alone will be glorified. | 2019-04-23T20:31:00Z | https://www.vconfidence.com/doctors/dr-leita-j-harris/ |
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Leptos Estates, Cyprus’ leading project and property developer, is one of the islands’ biggest and proudest organisations, having achieved world-wide status due to its 55 year long and successful history, professionalism, expertise, experience and collective effort of its people, boasting an international sales and marketing network in over 75 countries, having made vast investments in land purchasing as well as in an effective after-sales service support.
Leptos Estates Headquarters are located in a prime location in Paphos, just 2km away from Neapolis University Campus.
Leptos Estates handpicks with meticulous attention, only the finest locations in Cyprus and Greece and develops premium residential, retirement and holiday residences utilizing the highest standards of design, materials and construction, to build luxury homes that best suit the modern, 21st century needs and lifestyle.
Within 55 years, Leptos Estates has completed some 325 different home development projects and served more than 25,000 happy property owners. The Group owns a wide land bank in pristine locations in Cyprus (Paphos, Limassol, Nicosia) and Greece (Athens, Paros, Santorini, and Crete), that includes luxurious beachfront villas, coastal condominium projects and rural properties.
Leptos Estates has received multiple international awards over the years, both collectively as a Group as well as specifically for many of its projects and properties. Some of these awards include the ‘2012 Cyprus Export Award for Services’, the ‘2011 Global FIABI Prix d’ Excellence Award for Kamares Village’, the ‘2010 Best Property Agents’, as well as several ‘International Homes Awards’ for some of its property developments such as ‘Leptos Limnaria Gardens’, ‘Leptos Aphrodite’ and ‘Olympus Village’ amongst many others.
Del mar features a ‘new wave’ of architecture through its unique High-rise Curvilinear design that fully embraces on the plot’s 170 meters long seafront, allowing every single apartment of this unique development to take advantage of the breath-taking views of the Mediterranean Sea from every property.
It is located on the seafront, and it is easily accessible and in close proximity to the city’s exclusive hotels in the heart of Limassol’s most sought after area. Del Mar will be offering five-star services & facilities to its residents with a blend of gastronomic and shopping experiences at a most prestigious residential and leisure address.
Kamares Village combines location, luxury and leisure with elegance and privacy and has been of greatest importance in the design and development of Kamares Village. Leptos Estates has selected one of the best locations in Cyprus to develop a luxurious and exclusive tailor-made Village that consists of bungalows, split-level and two storey homes. These exclusive properties have offered Cyprus and most discerning buyers the opportunity to invest in excellent homes where innovative architecture and development is without parallel, creative interior planning and exteriors that blend harmoniously with their natural environment. The use of stone, wood and arches characterize the landscape whilst swimming pools, barbeques, verandas and even private tennis courts add luxury to the Mediterranean open-air lifestyle.
The Leptos Group is presently carrying out two unique mega projects. The first is the Neapolis project, which will create a new town in between the town of Paphos and Geroskipou. There are a number of special features to the project, such as the development of a latest hospital in terms of technology, a private university, an innovation centre, a shopping mall, a business & commercial centre, residences and public park areas. The Neapolis Eco City project is considered to be the most aspiring project that has been taken on in the Mediterranean.
The second mega project is Costa Nopia, which covers an area of around 65 hectares and located at the Kissamos Bay in Chania, Crete. The development will include hotels, holiday homes, a marina, sport arenas & facilities, shopping centres and entertainment areas with large conference centres.
Leptos Estates, over the years, has received numerous international awards as a Group and specifically for many of its development projects and individual properties. A few of these awards include the ‘2012 Cyprus Export Award for Services’, the ‘2011 Global FIABCI Prix d’ Excellence Award for Kamares Village’, the ‘2010 Best Property Agents’, and several ‘International Homes Awards’ for many of its property developments such as ‘Leptos Limnaria Gardens’, ‘Leptos Aphrodite’ and ‘Olympus Village’ amongst many others.
Leptos Estates and Leptos Calypso Hotels – the main subsidiary of the group, are always on the lookout for high calibre individuals who are truly interested to invest in their personal as well as professional development and wish to be involved and gain experience in corporate expansion.
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At the bottom of the sea, just off the coast of Maryland, New York City subway cars have become a new habitat for coral and fish.
Poet Shira Erlichman was spellbound when she read about the project: to dispose of old, broken-down subway cars by sinking them to the bottom of the ocean, providing a new surface for coral reef to grow.
Photos documenting the process seem to show pollution on a large scale, the result of industrial excess. But eventually they will help the ecosystem survive. For Erlichman, the project was a way to discuss taking Lithium for mental illness.
“I’ve been told a million reasons why I should not take medication. All of that stigma is very real,” she said.
People who have mental illness challenge society’s typical narrative about what is “natural” or healthy, she said.
Erlichman is currently working on a book of odes to Lithium. The poems complicate preconceptions around medication by discussing the full spectrum of her relationship with it, she said.
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16 May, 2017 – Deloitte is one of the sponsors of the first “Saudi Smart Cities Conference 2017” under the patronage of the Ministry of Municipal And Rural Affairs (MOMRA) in the Kingdom between the 16th and 18th of May 2017, thus reinforcing its commitment to supporting GCC governments in developing smart cities across the region. Deloitte has just released a publication on “Smart Cities Global trends” by the Deloitte's Global Center for Government Insights highlighting Deloitte’s Smart City framework – smart mobility, security, economy, living, environment, and education.
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State officials from Odisha, headed by State Chief Secretary Shri Gokul Chandra Pati visited the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to review and identify areas for collaboration targeting the development of its rice sector. Odisha is seventh biggest producer of rice in India with more than seven million tons output every year.
“There is a need for a criteria that ensures the seeds developed and disseminated by IRRI effectively increase farmers’ income,” said Chief Secretary Pati.
Deputy Director General for Research Matthew Morell assured the officials that IRRI’s research will ensure income profitability for farmers by developing rice varieties that are income-centric.
The Chief Secretary also wanted to learn more about IRRI's ongoing work on stress-tolerant rice varieties and their dissemination in India, particularly Odisha. Swarna-Sub1, the flood-tolerant version of the popular mega-variety Swarna (MTU 7029) occupies more than 30% of the total rice area in Odisha. Most of the feedback from farmers on Swarna-Sub1 was quite positive and many farmers who grew Swarna-Sub1 for the first time in 2012 on parts of their land have expanded it to their entire landholding.
The Chief Secretary was also briefed on developing and disseminating good management practices, including crop manager for mobile phones, and possible areas of collaboration on rice value chain and training and extension, especially for women farmers.
The long-standing partnership between India and IRRI was highlighted by IRRI’s Deputy Director General for Communication and Partnerships Bruce Tolentino and senior scientists Uma Shankar Singh, Samarendu Mohanty, Kshirod Jena, and Jagdish Ladha.
The Chief Secretary and Shri Rajesh Verma, principal state secretary- agriculture, also toured the International Rice Genebank, the Grain Quality and Nutrition Center, the Genetic Transformation laboratory, several IRRI experiment stations, and the Riceworld Museum.
The visit on 10-11 August 2015 was an initiative of the Stress-Tolerant Rice for Africa and South Asia (STRASA) Project. The event was facilitated by Uma Shankar Singh, STRASA’s South Asia Regional Coordinator and acting IRRI representative to India and Nepal; Sudhanshu Singh, IRRI rainfed lowland agronomist to South Asia;, and Abdelbagi Ismail, overall STRASA project leader and IRRI principal scientist. | 2019-04-26T01:53:51Z | http://strasa.irri.org/news-and-events/odishagovernmentandirritocollaborateonmakingricefarmingmoreprofitableforfarmers |
Forgot to Pay Taxes on eBay Income?
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What should you do if you “forgot” to pay taxes on your eBay income? I asked this question of a tax friend recently and got a multi-part answer that will likely interest you.
The first part of the answer was to be expected. According to the tax code you should file an amended return with form 1040X and report the additional income you omitted. I did a little bit of research on how this works when I recently ran across an electronic copy of a 1099–INT from ING Direct I thought I had forgotten to report. Luckily it turned out the interest had been reported but this is what I found in my search.
It’s likely the IRS will eventually notice your error and want their money if the problem is in their favor. However, if you catch the mistake first and report it they may waive some penalties. Why will they eventually notice? Because the money was probably reported to the IRS by the company associated with the income.
In this case you’ll have to work with your tax preparer or through your tax software to file the 1040X. If you used TurboTax it will help you with the form.
Now for the second part of the answer. If you report income on form 1040X for previous tax periods, you are liable for interest and penalties from the date it should have been reported. The IRS may waive the penalties but they have no obligation to do so. In addition, your state will be notified of the income as well and can also collect interest and penalties.
In my example above, ING Direct sent in a 1099–INT to the IRS informing them of my income. Although it will likely change in the future, eBay has not yet sent any income information to the IRS on its sellers. This means the IRS is not aware you missed reporting income.
My tax friend pointed out that you can still pay the original taxes you owe and avoid the penalties by reporting the income on the next year’s tax return. Of course, the tax code requires you to report the income in the period in which you earned it and if you ever get audited you’ll owe even more interest and penalties than you would have because more time will have passed. I’m not a tax expert so ask your accountant about the potential implications of this approach.
I’m not recommending you wait to report missed income, just passing along what I found in my research. Personally, I paid taxes on my eBay income from last year and paid estimated taxes for this year so I should be all set.
Some people feel if you catch an honest mistake and report it you shouldn’t be penalized. They might ask what’s worse, someone paying the taxes late vs. not paying at all because they don’t want to get hit with penalties. Of course, the IRS doesn’t care if the mistake was honest or not, they just want their money and will take as much of it as the law says they can.
The simplest solution is obviously to not miss anything on your tax return. The best way to do that is to keep good records and not put off doing taxes until the last minute. A great tax resource for eBay sellers that’s really helped me stay on top of my taxes is a book by small business expert Tim Knox and tax expert Kristine McKinley called eBiz Tax Tips.
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11 Responses to Forgot to Pay Taxes on eBay Income?
Good advice AIMM, I did setup a separate business and am figuring out all the tax stuff as I go.
ParatrooperJJ, the IRS cares. Even if there is no 1099, they still expect you to report the income.
If there is no 1099 who cares?
if you’re selling a lot of stuff on ebay on a regular basis you should set up a separate business and report it under that entity.
unless you’re making tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars,you’ll probably be able to expense out the income against regular business expenses! hence the issue of paying tax doesn’t arise since there isn’t any profit left over!
I agree you must report any income to IRS. But if you happen to use form 1040X for previous tax periods. It triggers an alarm in the IRS computer system and you will certainly be auditted. I would advice anyone to be aware and extra cautious. I have learnt my lesson the hard way. Good luck!
Lazy & Patrick, you’re right, most people who are just selling stuff to clean out junk in their house and sell something for less than they bought it for don’t worry about paying taxes on the money they make.
Scott, I guess I wasn’t clear in my description. First off, if there is a 1099 connected with the income the IRS will know about it for sure and the sooner you file the amended return the better.
The way the second approach was explained to me was if there is no 1099, you could report the income you missed as being earned the next year so the IRS doesn’t know you were late filing it. Of course, if the IRS finds out then you’ll be in a mess, which is why I wouldn’t take that approach. Basically you’re risking saving some penalties now against owing more penalties later on if you’re audited.
Zot: Hmm.. What you said might be true in the real world but I would say it’s against many people’s principles.
I would be interested to know how you can avoid the penalties by paying on the next years return? There is still the failure to pay penalty from the date of the return from when the income should have been reported. I wouldn’t wait until the next year to report the income, the failure to pay penalty just gets bigger. File an amended return as soon as you find out you forgot. Plus, if you pay it with the next years returns, the 1099’s will not match up to those submitted to the IRS for that year, possibly triggering an audit for that year.
I agree w/ Lazy Man here. Most things I sell on eBay are used items I’ve had around for awhile and no longer use. I don’t buy things to resell for profit. The IRS would have a very difficult time determining the difference between what I paid for something and what I sold it for.
So I can have sales and earn money for items I don’t need, but it isn’t profit if I sold them for less than their original purchase price (depreciation of business owned items notwithstanding).
For business owners who use eBay to make a profit, not just clear items from the house should definitely keep very good records of profits for tax purposes.
Do most people (who are not businesses) make income on eBay? I have revenue on a couple of items, but I think I take a loss on everything that I sell there when you look at the price I paid for the item.
I think for most people you’re right, but one of the most interesting thoughts I heard recently is that if you’re trying to start a business and your choice is between going under and paying your taxes, just skip your taxes. If you make it, paying the taxes later won’t be a big deal, and if you don’t, the corporation won’t exist anymore anyway. | 2019-04-20T03:03:02Z | http://moneysmartlife.com/forgot-to-pay-taxes-on-ebay-income/ |
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For Day 3 of Blogging Marathon, i invite you all for a Festive Lunch. The Thali Featured is made for Tamil New Year's Day. I Love Cooking for festivals for the Variety we have. Never mind slogging in the kitchen for the whole day, but ultimately when we sit together and relish each and every dish all the tiredness evaporates!!!!! My Friends used to ask me, why do you want to make so much when there is only 2 +1 of you to eat. I simply say, staying outside my country and i dont want my kiddo to grow up without knowing our traditions, i want him experience each and every festival and the way it will be celebrated back home,i dont want him to blink and say i never knew that they do so much on such a day. Though there is lot of variety, i cook the minimum of all,most of it will get over after lunch and rest is packed for dinner.
Mango Pachadi. Avaraikkai/Broad Beans Curry, Sweet Potato Fry, Mint-Coriander Lentil Vada, Vendaikai Thayir Pachadi/Okra Raita, Applam, Capsicum Sambhar, Carrot Kootu, Paruppu Rasam, Yellow Pumpkin Kheer.
Manga Pachadi/Mango Sweet Pachadi, the heroine of the day. This is a must on a Tamil New Year's Day menu. It Symbolizes the essence of life.The recipe contains Sweet - Jaggery, Sour - Raw Mango, Bitter- Neem Flower/Veppan poo and Spicy - Red chili. Life is a mixture of everything sweet, sour, bitter and spicy so be ready to face another year with all these mixed together by tasting this All-in-one pachadi.
Yellow Pumpkin is used in most of the festivals as it is considered auspicious. Normally we make sambhar using this, but this time i tried making kheer and it was a instant hit, Hubby dear asked me whether it is Badam Kheer!!! Recipe Coming next week.
Capsicum Sambhar, Carrot Kootu and Paruppu Rasam. Staple Dishes in everyday south-indian cooking.
Coriander-Mint Flavored Lentil Vada. It is a tradition to make Paruppu/Lentil vada on Festive days. Since the Lentils resemble auspiciousness. Instead of trying the same old paruppu vada, i added a handful of coriander and mint leaves to give an extra zing to the vada. Perfect Combo for a Vadai is Thayir Pachadi/Raita. Here this Flavorful vada is served with Okra Raita/Vendaikkai Thayir pachadi.
Saute till chana dal turns brown.
Add Sliced Avaraikkai/Broad beans and saute.Add 1/4 Cup of water, cover and cook in a low flame till done.
When the beans are 3/4th done, add grated coconut and moong dal and mix well and Cook unitl done.
Serve warm as a Rice accompaniment.
wonderful display..pumpkin kheer I want to try!
It is commendable that you take so much trouble to ensure that your child keeps in touch with his roots.
Delicious meal.. I like the green and yellow colour of the banana leaf..looks very decorative.
Very nice Priya...love the color of yellow pumpkin payasam. Nice spread.
Priya... eating meals in the elai is so perfect.
Nice spread Priya. I totally agree that our kids must not miss out on the traditions just bcos we are out of India. Lovely dishes!
what a festive spread, looks really authentic.
Super delicious spread, definitely our kids dont miss our traditions and foods eventhough we rnt in India, just love eating in banana leaf..
Super spread priya.. I really miss home.. We made all of these but to eat in plate.. :( very nice. Pumpkin Kheer waiting for recipe!
Even we make make mango sweet chutney for ugadi but the texture is little different.
Priya - amazing festive spread.. appadiye puthandukku vandhra maadri aachu... lovely combo of vegetables !
What a lovely spread!..everything looks so good..
The best meal ,i luv to have during festivals..
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Amid exciting new plans for its thriving transport operation, global certification expert Bureau Veritas has appointed Hannah Davis as the new sector lead of its aerospace, automotive and transport division.
Already active in her new role, Hannah is tasked with driving the strategic development of this crucial division, where she will be responsible for honing client relations and creating new business opportunities - in line with the company’s ambitious growth plans in this sector. She will report into John Lester, UK Marketing and Sales Director.
Bringing with her more than a decade of invaluable industry experience, Hannah also comes with an extraordinary track record of securing systems certification contracts with leading FTSE 100 companies after spending seven years at the British Standards Institution, in a number of roles including key account manager and business development manager.
Here she sold multiple services that included not only audit/certification services, but also pre-assessment audits, an extensive training portfolio as well as specialist leading GRC software, counting prominent pharmaceutical firms among her largest software clients.
Most recently as a key account manager for a fee protection insurance services firm Croner Taxwise, she, together with her large accountancy practice clients, led successful marketing campaigns to deliver healthy financial returns, whilst maintaining comprehensive cover in the event of an HMRC investigation as well as delivering numerous value-add business services.
Commenting on her new position, Hannah said: “Achieving compliance in the aerospace, automotive and transport sectors, which by their very nature are tightly regulated, has become increasingly complex in recent years.
As a result, many companies are finding that using an expert consultancy is the best way to stay ahead of the changing pace of regulatory standards, in order to meet their best practice objectives. | 2019-04-22T00:41:03Z | https://pronounce.media/press-release/bureau-veritas-races-ahead-with-new-transport-sector-appointment/pronounce-admin/2018-07-17/277 |
Let's get Owam to LA!
WE ARE ALMOST THERE... PLEASE KEEP THE LOVE AND DONATIONS COMING!!!! SO CLOSE NOW!
As Parents we couldn’t be more proud of our Daughter. Owam has always been drawn to music and dancing, even as a toddler she would sway to music and started dancing almost as soon as she could walk. Hey sheer joy of music and dancing inspired us to send her for lessons when she was 4 and have not looked back. Owam flourished and couldn’t wait to go to class, and danced whether there was music or not, often making up her own songs and dancing as she did.
Owam entered her first Eisteddfod at just 5 in 2011 achieving an Honours (80-89%) award in the 6 and under Modern section. Since then she has achieved over 25 Diplomas (90 - 100%) at the Cape Town and TDA Eisteddfods along with a number of special awards.
We believe an opportunity like the World Class Dance Tour to Los Angeles would be invaluable in her growth as a Dancer and give her the tools to achieve her dream to be a Professional Dancer. It is our duty as parents to give her every opportunity possible to be the best that she can be and nurture her talents as best we can.
Traveling to the U.S. for a child and parent as chaperone at the current exchange rate is costly to say the least. It is to this end that we humbly ask for your assistance to help us achieve a dream.
“Owam Amey is a talented young dancer with a very bright future. Dance is her passion and she is a dedicated, hard working student with a natural ability to stand out in every performance.
Owam joined my studio, Dance Incorporated at the age of 8 and had gone on to win the award for BEST JUNIOR ENTRANT at the TDA Eisteddfod of the Performing Arts, 2 years in a row.
She has received numerous first place awards and medals for her outstanding performances and has won Diplomas for all that she has entered since a young age. She continues to catch the eye of the Cape Town dance community with the way she presents herself, both on stage and off.
Owam has humility, and has a great sense of humour. She is loved by her fellow dancers. Owam has a fabulous ear for music which shines through in her performance, and her ability to improvise is excellent at her young age.
Given the opportunity to travel overseas will see this little star grow to new heights. "
ALL SUPPORT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED! EVERY CENT MEANS OWAM IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALIZING A DREAM AND DANCING IN LA! | 2019-04-26T12:05:08Z | https://www.backabuddy.co.za/champion/project/lets-get-owam-to-la |
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Cyber criminals, also known as fraudsters or hackers depending on the crime, are constantly developing new ways to steal data or money via the internet a computer. A Government report on Cyber Security Breaches released this year showed that 43% of UK businesses and 19% of charities reported a cyber breach or attack in the last 12 months. Worryingly the report also showed that just 59% of businesses and 42% of charities sought information, advice or guidance on cyber security threats to their organisation.
Identity theft is a crime whereby criminals impersonate individuals usually for financial gain. In today's society, the fraudsters often steal personal information about yourself, such as your National Insurance number, signature, name, address, phone number, mobile number or even banking and credit card information.
Cyberstalking, simply put, is online stalking. It has been defined as the use of technology, particularly the Internet, to harass someone. Common characteristics include false accusations, monitoring, threats, identity theft, and data destruction or manipulation.
Online abuse is any type of abuse that happens on the web, whether through social networks, playing online games or using mobile phones. Children and young people may experience cyberbullying, grooming, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or emotional abuse.
Children can be at risk of online abuse from people they know, as well as from strangers. Online abuse may be part of abuse that is taking place in the real world, for example, bullying or grooming.
Read more about cyber bullying here.
The Web Jacking Attack Vector is another phishing technique that can be used in social engineering engagements. Attackers create a fake website and when the victim opens the link a page appears with the message that the website has moved, and they need to click another link. If the victim clicks the link he will be redirected to a fake page.
Is a term used to describe when information is illegally copied or taken from a business or other individual. Commonly this information is user information such as passwords, social security numbers, credit card information, other personal information, or other confidential corporate information.
In computing, a denial-of- service attack (DOS attack) is an-attack where the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to the Internet.
Malware, short for malicious software, is an umbrella term used to refer to a variety of forms of harmful or intrusive software, including computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, scareware, and other malicious programs. It can take the form of executable code, scripts, active content, and other software. Malware is defined by its malicious intent, acting against the requirements of the computer user. | 2019-04-25T02:04:00Z | https://www.cybercr1me.co.uk/what-is-cyber-crime/ |
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Pure elegance, first-class craftsmanship and proven technology: the Essenciais a side-by-side shotgun which falls into the same category as the highly coveted “best” English or Italian guns.
Krieghoff is leading manufacturer of hunting and sporting guns. All guns are designed to meet the highest standards of safety, reliability and accuracy that are required for each hunt. All solutions are affected by expert knowledge, experience and outstanding craftsmanship. The modern technical concept of all Krieghoff hunting guns with Combi-Cocking Device, as Krieghoff Optima, Ultra, Classic and Hubertus is consequently oriented towards best hunting performance. For connoisseurs of the traditional hunting gun, Krieghoff still create priceless one-of-a-kind entities by meticulously handcraft – the traditional self-cocking firearms Krieghoff Trumpf and Essencia. | 2019-04-23T06:03:08Z | https://www.krieghoff.de/en/hunting-arms/weapon/essencia/ |
More and more women owned businesses are opening up in Nevada -- particularly in Las Vegas. A new report shows Nevada is the No. 1 state where women-owned businesses have grown most in the last decade.
More and more women owned businesses are opening up in Nevada -- particularly in Las Vegas.
A new report shows Nevada is the No. 1 state where women-owned businesses have grown most in the last decade. Las Vegas ranks 8th in cities that experienced this trend.
Experts say we have also have a diverse community that means different markets to cater to. Part of the reason why we have a lot of women entrepreneurs here is because they see a blend of necessity and opportunity.
Kyou Beauty Salon and Spa along Spring Mountain Road opened just over a year ago. The salon provides Japanese skin care and treatments. Its co-owner, Rachel Rigall, says, "We realized there was really a need for it in Las Vegas. There's a lot of dry skin."
Rigall is one of the growing number of women entrepreneurs in Las Vegas. What makes Las Vegas so ideal for business?
"I'm from Texas because they have tax breaks that are very similar. The price of property is much higher so over here it's much more affordable to get a business started which is wonderful," says Rigall.
Kathleen Taylor of Nevada Women's Business Center says Nevada's tax incentives are one thing. Some women become entrepreneurs after experiencing a setback in employment while some are more willing to step out of their comfort zone.
"I am tired of making money for other people. I have the skill set to do this myself. I'm going to try this out on my own," says Taylor.
Plus, there are many resources available for new business owners.
The Nevada Women's Business center together with the Small Business Administration offers help to starting and already established businesses through counseling or exploring funding options.
"We also have SCORE which is a volunteer based mentorship program for entrepreneurs. We also have the small business development centers as well," says Taylor.
If you're thinking about becoming your own boss, Rigall says, "You can't be afraid to fail. If you're afraid to fail you will never be successful." | 2019-04-25T17:51:18Z | https://www.ktnv.com/news/report-number-of-women-owned-businesses-in-las-vegas-increasing |
This kiosk usability project will be awarded to a student in a computer science, psychology, marketing research, website design, or user interface research program. The funds support basic research in the benefits and drawbacks of kiosk usage, best practices in kiosk deployment, or research on the effectiveness of kiosks with regard to engagement, retention, usage, and more. Funds can be used at the discretion of the recipient. There is no preference for methodology, research location, or subfield. The organization particularly welcomes proposals that compare kiosk features, hardware, or software options or can generate actionable recommendations for increasing effectiveness or usability.
The Kiosk Usability Project Funding amount is set at $2000.00 USD. KioWare will also grant a number of KioWare licenses (not to exceed 10 without KioWare input/approval) for use in the study of kiosks for the duration of one year. The project is non-renewable. Students must be enrolled in a part or full time graduate program at an accredited university at the time of application. Students of all nationalities are eligible to apply.
The research project must be concluded within 6 months of the award being granted. The application deadline is June 15, 2014. Final decisions will be made no earlier than July 1 and no later than July 20, 2014. This can be completed for credit with school approval.
Applicants must submit application materials via email to lmiller@kioware.com.
• The application must be made jointly with a supervisor or other scholar who will undertake responsibility for supervising the project or in conjunction with a particular course.
• KioWare licenses will be distributed as needed and grant funds will be distributed for particular project related expenses with any non-project related expense funds being distributed upon submission of the research paper for grading purposes. (Example, funds will be distributed for the purchase of hardware devices). KioWare reserves the right to limit pre project submission distribution of funds to 50% of the total fund amount, if so desired.
• Final report must include: Review of relevant literature, methodology, results, discussion, and conclusion.
The main criteria of evaluation for project will be quality of the research and potential contribution to the kiosk industry knowledge base.
No preference for particular vertical topics (healthcare, education, financial, hospitality, retail, etc).
• Description of the evidence that will answer the question.
• Plan for gathering and analyzing evidence.
Of particular value would be a research proposal that identifies kiosk usability best practices, standard differences of kiosk vs. web usability best practices, optimal kiosk deployments standards and descriptions, comparison of kiosk statistics vs non kiosk or traditional statistics (examples: retention, engagement, wait time, time on task, etc).
h. List of relevant courses.
b. Full name and link to advisor institutional profile webpage (if applicable).
c. Email address of advisor.
The application can be submitted as an attachment in Word or as a PDF and should be no more than three pages in length. KioWare is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on gender, race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.
Contact Laura Miller at 717.843.4790 ext. 220 or via email at lmiller@Kioware.com with any questions.
KioWare reserves the right to suspend selection for this project if the candidate selection pool is limited and/or not appropriately qualified. | 2019-04-23T02:51:38Z | https://www.kioware.com/news.aspx?nid=207 |
The first consideration is for quality and not always price since a high quality commercial window tinting film will last for years. Purchasing a low grade window tinting film that will only last a couple of years will cost you more money in the long run since you will have to replace it. There are many companies that offer high quality window tinting films in the marketplace today. Starco Distributing is one of the best companies of window tint for commercial buildings. They offer high quality products and have excellent service. | 2019-04-22T22:25:22Z | https://tintindustry.com/Commercial-Window-Tinting/Benefits-Of-Window-Tinting-For-Commercial-Buildings.html |
If you are gay and you want to practise cruising in public places in La Cala in an anonymous way, here you can find spots such as beaches, parks, forests and other spaces next to urban areas, as well as every kind of public toilets and rest areas of highways where you can practise cruising in La Cala, Alicante.
Below we show a La Cala cruising map with all cruising areas and spots that shared our gay community. Click on the map markers for details of each spot. | 2019-04-25T08:10:47Z | https://www.gays-cruising.com/en/la_cala/alicante/spain |
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Animal Rescue Force places healthy unwanted dogs and cats into responsible homes.
To find responsible homes for unwanted dogs and cats through the operation of their adoption center.
To conduct long range shelter planning by a committee established for that purpose.
To encourage the spaying and neutering of dogs and cats through ARF’s low cost spay/neuter program and the dissemination of information and related literature.
To educate the public regarding the responsibilities of pet ownership through their Pet Ownership Symposium and the dissemination of information and related literature.
To support legislation for a better environment for dogs and cats through membership for Animals(NJCA) and displaying legislative information at their adoption center. | 2019-04-21T19:12:32Z | https://www.donatecarusa.com/states/new-jersey-car-donations/newark/ |
The Far-Right Afd Wants To 'protect' Germany From Islam. Now, One Of Its Politicians Has Become A Muslim.
"The restoration of ambulance service brings us one step closer to our goal of restoring all services in the facility and re-establishing ourselves as the primary health care source in southern Brooklyn," Arthur Wagner, the hospital's Executive Director, said in a news release.
Ein Video von Arthur Wagner und Fabian Schulze auf ihrer Quadcrossbahn. | 2019-04-19T22:47:57Z | https://people-background-check.com/Arthur-Wagner-3e3t4h2 |
Hyundai introduced its cutting-edge Hyundai Veloster three-door coupe in a world debut at the 2011 North American International Auto Show. The 2012 Hyundai Veloster delivers innovation to the compact coupe segment with a unique third door for easy rear-seat access, Hyundai’s Blue Link telematics system, Pandora internet radio with seven-inch touch-screen display, and a new 1.6-liter direct-injected four-cylinder engine mated to Hyundai’s first dual-clutch transmission.
Veloster’s unique design takes inspiration from a high-performance sport bike. Hyundai Veloster has distinctive black A-pillars that give the glass a motorcycle helmet visor appearance. In the front is an aggressive form of Hyundai’s signature hexagonal front grille, hood scoop detailing, and unique Hyundai-signature LED position lights. Optional packages add a chrome grille surround, piano black highlights, fog lights, and a massive panoramic sunroof.
In profile the Hyundai Veloster features “Fluidic Sculpture” character lines, muscular wheel arches, bodycolor door handles and mirrors, and wraparound headlights and taillights. Hyundai Veloster comes standard with 17-inch alloy wheels and offers two types of 18-inch wheels. The top-of-the-line 18-inch wheel comes with painted inserts, a segment first.
Hyundai Veloster's dynamic rear design has a distinctive glass hatch, dual centered chrome exhaust tips and black lower fascia that complements the assertive front fascia.
Hyundai Veloster combines the style of a coupe and the functionality of a hatchback, while also incorporating an additional passenger-side door. In the past, some coupes have used smaller rear-hinged access doors. These coupes have always been compromised by having to open the driver-side door before the rear door could be opened, proving to be inconvenient for both the driver and passenger, and extremely difficult to operate in tight parking lot situations. Hyundai’s fresh take here implements a conventionally hinged door on the passenger side of the Hyundai Veloster, providing safe and ready access to the surprisingly spacious rear seats. The passenger-side rear door handle is hidden to maintain the coupe design. | 2019-04-24T08:37:49Z | http://toxious.blogspot.com/2011/10/hyundai-veloster-pictures.html |
This diet completely eliminates all forms and sources of lactose from the diet. The diet is indicated only in cases of severe lactose deficiency or extreme sensitivity to lactose in any amount. Labels on commercial products must be read for sources of lactose, for example, whey, dry milk, solids, etc. which must be avoided.
Processed cold cuts and wieners; commercially breaded meats; all cheeses; casseroles made with milk or cream. Check labels of canned legumes and peanut butter for added lactose. Eggs in cream sauce or cooked with milk.
Some commercial bread made without label. Kosher breads; hot water cornbread without milk; corn or flour tortillas; homemade bread made without milk; butter; whey; or curds.
Cereals: cooked cereals made without milk; farina; grits; oats; cream of wheat; cream of rice. Ready to eat cereals: (Check labels carefully) generally lactose free: cornflakes; puffed wheat; shredded wheat; rice krispies; (a non dairy creamer or fruit juice may be used on cereals). Potatoes; rice; noodle; flour (if no milk or milk products added).
Clear broth soups; creamed soups made with non-dairy creamer.
Regular cream soups; chowders made with milk or cream.
Sugar substitutes containing lactose; MSG; some caramel colorings. Carefully check labels on all commercial products. | 2019-04-20T07:02:59Z | http://specialistsgastro.com/diet-lactose-free.php |
Our time is more valuable than money. Our time is the one thing money can’t buy. If only we would protect and cherish our time like we would a winning lottery ticket. One of my mentors is a very successful CEO who has gone through vigorous, top-notch, elite training programs. When I asked him for advice, he shared that the single most important thing a person can do is recognize their core competencies. He explained that there are things in this world that ONLY Brook can do. He stressed that I needed to spend 90% of my time “in that zone.” He also explained that there are many things Brook can do, but can also be done by others. He shared that one of the biggest mistakes we make is not being true to our core competencies and spending too much time doing things that other people can also do.
Sometimes we do this because we think “our way is the best way” or we are scared to let go. But each time we veer from our core competencies, we also veer from our core mission. | 2019-04-22T04:29:26Z | http://brooknoel.com/reading-room/challenges/good-morning-stop-wasting-time/ |
BERLIN -- Alaa Ammar fled Syria to escape not just civil war but also the threat of persecution as a gay man. Yet when he arrived in The Netherlands last spring, he did not find the safe haven he craved.
The cases suggest a possible cultural clash: Many migrants are coming from conservative Muslim countries where homosexuality is taboo into European societies that are more open to it. In Syria, for example, homosexuality is illegal, and the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has killed more than 30 gays in those two countries over the past two years, activists say.
"Who wouldn't like Amsterdam?' Ammar said as he looked carefully left and right before crossing roads -- already seasoned at watching out for speeding bicycles in the Dutch capital. "People don't care if I'm gay or not. I can scream 'I'm gay!' and they will say, 'Welcome.'" | 2019-04-23T10:46:08Z | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/refugees-europe-migrants-shelters-gay-asylum-seekers-attack-abuse-lgbt/ |
Every year, more and more American residents succumb to substance abuse. This is a dangerous epidemic that is affecting so much of our country. In 2015, over 50,000 people in America were killed by drug overdoses. Drug and alcohol addiction can wreak a lot of havoc in the lives of families and individuals.
The state of Arizona is not an exception to this problem. The problem is not just with illicit drugs, but also legal substances like alcohol and prescription medicines can do a lot of damage. Stimulants, opiates and benzodiazepines are all prescription medications that can become addictive and deadly.
In 2014, 1052 people in Arizona needed emergency room treatment for overdoses of prescription medication.
The residents of Gilbert have also been affected by this epidemic. The good news is that you can make a choice to seek treatment now. Once you begin your recovery, the past no longer matters. Every day is a new day.
If you are seeking drug and alcohol addiction treatment in Gilbert, Arizona, there are a number of choices.
If you are battling an alcohol or drug addiction, you might be discouraged thinking that it’s impossible to stop drinking or using drugs. You should keep in mind, however, that 10 percent of the entire population of America claims to be in recovery from substance misuse. If they can do it, you can do it.
You have multiple options when you research rehabilitation facilities in the area. Determining which treatment program is going to be the most effective for you is the first step you need to take. It’s absolutely crucial for you to select a treatment program that will be effective. Your current living situation, your financial situation, the substance you are addicted to and your history with addiction will all come into play when you are deciding which treatment program you want to enroll in. Typically, there will be three options.
Patients have 24/7 monitoring from medical staff in an inpatient or residential treatment program. They will receive intensive rehab treatment throughout the day, and they will live on campus at the facility.
Patients have access to medical care while they are in the facility in a partial hospitalization program (PHP). They will receive intensive rehab treatment throughout the day, and they will be permitted to go home in the evenings.
Patients have access to medical supervision while they are in the facility in an outpatient treatment program. They will receive less intensive rehab treatment throughout the week, and they will only spend 10 to 15 hours per week in the facility.
You may need to pursue one, two or all three of these treatment programs. Some patients progress from inpatient treatment to a partial hospitalization to outpatient treatment and then out into the real world. One of the advantages of national treatment centers is that there are addiction specialists on staff that will spend time assessing your situation and formulating an individualized plan of treatment for you.
If you are in need of a detox center, there are several options in Gilbert, Arizona. You might require a medically supervised detoxification if you’re dependent on benzodiazepines like Valium or opiates like OxyContin. Many treatment programs will want you to complete the detox process before you start the treatment program.
It’s important to keep in mind that detox is only the initial stage of rehabilitation. The physical aspects of your substance use disorder are certainly treated at a detox center. However, the real mental and emotional work of recovery will begin in a treatment program. Treatment centers are a great choice for patients that want the convenience of being able to detox in the same facility they will also receive treatment in.
Finding a recovery meeting that works for you is one of the best things you can do after you receive treatment. Millions of people find groups like Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and SMART Recovery to be effective. Here are the options for recovery meetings in Gilbert.
While Alcoholics Anonymous started small in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, it eventually grew to be the largest and most trusted recovery group around the world with regular meetings occurring in over 170 countries. In AA, a fellowship of women and men with an addiction to alcohol support each other in their desire to stay sober one day at a time. AA meetings involve an open discussion, typically about the 12 steps that are at the foundation of the program. Here are AA meetings in Gilbert.
Narcotics Anonymous also uses a version of the 12 steps that are used in Alcoholics Anonymous. NA was founded in 1953 almost two decades after AA started. It focuses on those who are addicted to other substances like cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. The environment of an NA meeting is open and supportive like the environment of an AA meeting. Here are a couple of options for NA meetings in Gilbert.
A different approach is offered in SMART Recovery, which stand for Self-Management for Addiction Recovery Training. Self-empowerment and self-reliance are the main values in the 4-point system of SMART Recovery. The largest alternative to 12-step groups, SMART Recovery has many meetings online as well as in person, and they are an international nonprofit organization. Here are two meetings that are close to Gilbert.
2500 E. Van Buren St.
Supporting someone who struggles with substance use disorder can be emotionally draining. It can definitely be a challenge to be the parent, child, spouse, sibling, relative, friend or even co-worker of someone who had drug and/or alcohol addiction. Al-Anon and Nar-Anon are 12-step support groups that are designed specifically for the loved ones of those who struggle with addiction. Here are the meetings in the Gilbert area.
Although there are a ton of choices for those who are looking for drug or alcohol addiction treatment in Gilbert, Arizona, it may also be worth it to explore the options that are available in nearby cities. | 2019-04-22T04:21:01Z | https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/local-rehab-resources/arizona/gilbert/ |
Oscar-winning Big Little Lies actor Nicole Kidman doesn’t have much tolerance for the stress of cooking. And she certainly doesn’t have time for the dirty jokes and evidently unsatisfactory pizza-like concoction of Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis. The two women joined host Ellen DeGeneres on her show for a cooking lesson — although Kidman had a less-than-savory critique of De Laurentiis’s special spring flatbread.
Earlier in the lesson, De Laurentiis tried to get DeGeneres and Kidman to mold arancini, the fried balls of risotto.
“Nicole, have you made meatballs or anything?” De Laurentiis joked about Kidman’s unknown level of culinary expertise. Kidman’s response: some Oscar-worthy side-eye.
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Seattle Art Museum named Kimerly Rorschach as its new director on Monday. Rorschach is currently director of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University in North Carolina.
Kimerly Rorschach, founding director of the Nasher Museum at Duke University, will become the Seattle Art Museum’s new director this fall. But she won’t come in as a stranger to the Pacific Northwest.
Rorschach, whose appointment was announced Monday, revealed she has a more local connection than one might guess.
True, she grew up in Texas, holds a master’s and Ph.D. from Yale, was director of the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, and held positions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia.
But her husband, she says, is from Eugene, Ore., and they visit the Pacific Northwest every summer. That’s given her a chance to follow events at SAM over the years — from the opening of the downtown museum and its later expansion to the transformation of SAM’s longtime Volunteer Park quarters into the Seattle Asian Art Museum and the building of Olympic Sculpture Park.
Rorschach, 56, fills the vacancy left by Derrick Cartwright, who resigned in May 2011. She made her name building the Nasher literally from scratch. The museum, formerly known as Duke University Museum of Art, was housed in a science building on the Duke campus and served primarily as a teaching facility; it now resides in a 66,000-square-foot building and houses a collection of contemporary art as well as traveling exhibitions.
Under her purview, Nasher attendance grew from 10,000 to more than 130,000 visitors per year and the museum gained national corporate sponsorship. The search for a new director for SAM has been protracted, leaving the museum leaderless for more than a year. SAM’s board, one imagines, must be relieved to have finally found its director.
Rorschach’s collaborations at the Nasher were key to the appeal she held for SAM’s board. One recent Nasher exhibit was “The Vorticists: Rebel Artists in London and New York, 1914-1918,” developed in tandem with London’s Tate Britain (the former Tate Gallery) and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. Another, developed with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, was “El Greco to Velázquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III,” which was named in 2008 by The Wall Street Journal as one of the top 10 art exhibits of the year.
Rorschach was elected president of the Association of Art Museum Directors in May — surely another coup for SAM. But it’s her connection to our part of the country through her husband and his family that’s most heartening.
Weekend Plus editor Melissa Davis contributed to this story. | 2019-04-25T22:07:57Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/kimerly-rorschach-new-sam-director-is-a-museum-builder/ |
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Fighting between armed groups and Government soldiers and an apparent breakdown in law and order in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state, with hundreds of houses burned down or looted, has uprooted 15,000 people over the past five weeks, and 500 a day are now pouring into Uganda, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
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“Overall, these are alarming developments for a region of South Sudan that has until now been relatively stable,” he added.
The country, which only gained independence in 2009 after breaking away from Sudan, its northern neighbour, was thrown into turmoil when conflict erupted between President Salva Kiir and his former Vice-President Riek Machar two years ago, killing thousands, displacing over 2.4 million people, 650,000 of whom fled abroad, and impacting the food security of 4.6 million.
Just last month the Security Council increased the strength of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) by over 1,000 to a ceiling of 15,000 troops and police, citing protection of civilians “by all necessary means” as its top priority after repeated ceasefire violations by both the Government and opposition undermined UN and regional efforts to restore peace and stability.
Mr. Edwards reported that a recent UN mission to Yambio, 300 kilometres west of Juba, the capital, found nearly 200 houses burnt down and several hundred others looted. People have taken refuge in the town centre or moved to nearby villages. UN estimates put those displaced in Western Equatoria’s Yambio and Tambura counties at 15,000 since the start of December.
The violence is also driving people to flee hundreds of kilometres to the southeast to neighbouring Uganda where 500 refugees have been registered every day since the beginning of this week – a quadrupling in recent numbers. As well as the violence, refugees cite food insecurity due to failed crops as a reason for their flight.
Last month, UNHCR reported that fighting in Western Equatoria, which until then had been spared much of the violence that has hit other parts of the country, had displaced over 4,000 people into a remote region of north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
As of 6 January, registered new arrivals, most in the Dungu area, had risen to 6,181, some 4,164 of them South Sudan nationals and 2,017 Congolese, who had been living as refugees in South Sudan. The influx there has continued into 2016 but at a much reduced rate, with the Government refugee agency recording 268 in the past week.
The implications for humanitarian access to an estimated 7,400 refugees living in Western Equatoria are very worrying, Mr. Edwards said. UNHCR is in contact with Government authorities regarding the security of those refugees and has agreed on additional UNMISS force protection through increased patrols as well as support to relocate refugees to safer areas.
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Sadie in 2013. Look at that adorable grin!
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Sadie is on the left, with Helen Mirren and Elizabeth Teeter.
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Shares of newspaper publishers slipped Tuesday, after a Citigroup analyst said newspapers will probably continue to see declining operating profits for about five years, until online platforms overcome print-related losses.
Late Monday, Citigroup issued a research report showing newspapers are facing a reduction in information flow control because of the Internet. In addition, Web options are grabbing classified advertising market share.
Analyst William Bird said the industry is also dealing with an aging readership base, as older readers who are most likely to subscribe are replaced by younger consumers accustomed to online access to news.
“We believe industry operating profits could decline for about five years, until newspapers’ online scale offsets the degradation in print,” Bird wrote.
Right now, EW Scripps Co. is best positioned online, and the most likely to be able to adapt to change, he said. But New York Times Co., which Bird separately downgraded to “Sell” from “Hold,” is most likely to be hurt by online pressures. That’s mainly due to increased Web and other competition in the company’s main metro markets.
“In the U.S., the newspaper companies we see most at risk based on broadband penetration in urban versus rural areas are New York Times and Dow Jones, while the least impacted would be E.W. Scripps and McClatchy,” wrote Bird.
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Shares of Gannett Co., whose properties include USA Today and 89 other daily papers in the U.S., shed 8 cents to $58.99, while shares of Dow Jones & Co., which owns The Wall Street Journal, were flat at $34.44 in midday trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Shares of Tribune Co., which owns the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, slumped 13 cents to $31.65. New York Times Co., which also owns The Boston Globe, dropped 26 cents to $23.64. News Corp. fell 31 cents to $21.11, all on the Big Board, while Media General Inc., which publishes newspapers in the South, added 11 cents to $36.46.
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Evan Alford leads all aspects of Arch-Con’s Healthcare Division with more than a decade of experience in healthcare construction. Alford has been involved in more than $325 million of healthcare projects for some of the most respected and sophisticated owners, program managers, facilities management firms, architects and engineers in Houston and throughout the state of Texas. Alford graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in environmental design where he learned and practiced architectural design with an emphasis on construction systems. | 2019-04-24T16:00:59Z | https://www.arch-con.com/leadership/evan-alford/ |
You know when you first wake up from a deep sleep and you’re kind of groggy and not yet fully conscious? Well, Full Speed used this to his advantage. He comes waltzing in our bedroom at around two in the morning and directs me to move over. I comply. I do so because I am tired and completely out of it and he is so sure of himself and his direction, I assume he must know what he is talking about. We proceed to doze for the next forty-five minutes or so. Full Speed taps me on the shoulder and insists that he needs to be placed in between me and Mad Dog. Now, I’m fully awake and a dawn of understanding creeps over me. Why on earth is Full Speed in my bed? Why is he telling me where he can and can’t sleep in relation to me and Mad Dog?
It seems he sensed an opening and took it. He would have gotten away with it until he upped the ante and wanted to be in between Mad Dog and myself. He should have quit while he was ahead.
Mad Dog and I still don’t understand why he came in our room anyway. Was he scared? Was he lonely? Who knows why. Next time I hope I snap to my senses a mite bit sooner. Even in the dark of night, I swear my kids are out to get me. | 2019-04-22T20:28:52Z | https://writesforallmommies.com/2010/03/24/sleep-disturbance/ |
Has your dragon’s fire gone out?
Don’t worry, there’s no need to panic.
There are lots of things you can try!
A child tries all manner of things to relight his dragon – shaking him, tickling him, goading him, sticking false flames on the side of his face – but it’s no good: no matter what he tries, the dragon remains unlit. Finally, they sit down together and the child tells the dragon that he’ll always love him, no matter what, even if he never breathes fire again, and plants a big kiss on his nose. Can you guess what happens next?
Didier Lévy has published many children’s books in his native France, all of which introduce children to the big questions in life.
Fred Benaglia is artistic director at Bayard Presse, and has also illustrated many children's books. | 2019-04-19T23:19:56Z | https://thamesandhudson.com/how-to-light-your-dragon-9780500651971 |
Exploring the qualities which Allah loves, has been the focus of many of our early foundation lessons. From becoming a Muhsin and doing good deeds, to singing about keeping clean and being a Mutahireen, we've got it covered! We've followed in the footsteps of the Prophet (SAW), learnt about saying saying sorry like Yunus (as), strived to do our best like the busy bees, practiced our patience to be like the Sabireen, understood what being fair really means, and try to wear our taqwa everyday to protect our soul and be of the Mutaqeen. | 2019-04-26T08:47:11Z | http://www.islamfromthestart.com/2016/02/allah-loves.html |
An in-person, dynamic training with One Voice Student Mission’s Leadership, as well as the MCMM Team. We believe in partnering with the local church to support student led clubs to reach campuses. Here you will not only gain the tools to reach a campus but glean from the experience of what it is like to see a campus reached. Through the sharing of wild stories, music, and practical tools this training will truly join inspiration with application.
*Live Trainings will take place in various places and dates and locations can be checked on the MCMM.com site.
An engaging prerecorded training with One Voice Student Mission’s Leadership, as well as the MCMM Team that takes place on the MCMM website. We believe in partnering with the local church to support student led clubs to reach campuses. You will be given the tools to reach a campus + Worship and live streamed Q&A, all from your computer or tablet. You will also glean from the real life experience that is shared of what it is like to see a campus reached.
*Online Trainings will take place on various dates. These dates can be checked on the MCMM.com site. | 2019-04-21T10:08:29Z | https://mycampusmymission.com/training/ |
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The Nursing Program is approved by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing and has an overall high NCLEX-RN pass rate. View those pass rates here.
Rankings were formulated by analyzing past and present NCLEX-RN pass rates and other methodology used here. | 2019-04-26T04:19:07Z | https://www.nwacc.edu/academicdivisions/healthprofessions/cnapca/accreditationcnapca.aspx |
Looking for a fun and easy DIY project for the whole family to get your mind of the chilly winter weather? Chances are you have all the supplies available to you already; newspaper, cardboard, and a few other craft supplies! Learn how to make a basket out of newspaper on the LifeStorage blog! Check out our video below for a sneak look at the process!
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Renée Zellweger has begun production on Bridget Jones’s Baby, according to a Tweet from Universal on Friday, which also included the first image of the actress in character.
“Bridget Jones’s Baby has started filming,” the studio captioned.
The announcement comes right on schedule, with Universal confirming to PEOPLE last month that production would begin in the U.K. on Oct. 2.
Zellweger has been in town for at least a couple weeks, and was spotted running errands around London on Sept. 15.
While the plot of the film is a closely guarded secret, we do know that McDreamy (AKA Patrick Dempsy) has joined the cast and Colin Firth is back on board to reprise his role as Darcy.
PEOPLE has also learned that the new movie will once again draw from Helen Fielding’s writings, and will take place between Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason and her 2013 book Mad About the Boy.
Bridget Jones’s Baby is set to hit theaters Sept. 16, 2016. | 2019-04-24T01:49:29Z | https://people.com/movies/rene-zellweger-in-bridget-joness-baby-first-look/ |
Interview with founder of Addicted 2 Success, Joel Brown.
With a website that has received more than 50-million unique visitors, a popular podcast show, and an upcoming role in a movie, Joel Brown is by most standards, a successful man – some might even say he is addicted to success.
Indeed, Addicted2Success is the name of Joel’s thriving self-development brand. It is a name which he admits might cause a little eye-rolling in some people. But this is not the self-serving tale you might expect.
Joel Brown’s mission is to pass on the tools, habits, and mindset that make people successful. The rewards he gets are just a pleasant side effect of his always-giving mentality. He loves nothing more than sharing practical and proven steps so that others can achieve their desires.
Lesson number one: The more you give, the more you get.
It’s Okay to Change Your Passion.
Some people find their “one” passion early and spend their whole lives dedicated to fulfilling it. Joel Brown was not one of those people. He had stints in the music industry, sales, and even spent time saving wild animals in the desert in North West Australia. Except for the music industry, nothing else stirred his passion.
Passion, it seems, is a curious thing. One day you might have it, and the next day it could be gone. At age 13, Joel knew he had a passion for music. He loved beat-making, producing, and DJ’ing. He even started producing shows for local radio stations after exercising his instinctive persuasion skills.
Throughout his tender teen years, Joel showed the kind of persistence and determination that was sure to lead to a long and thriving career in the music industry. However, he gave it all up. Somewhere along the way he lost his passion for music.
Giving up on music was the first time Joel had given up on anything, and it felt strange. He knew, however, that it was the right thing to do. New life experiences and changes in the way we look at life can cause a shift in the things that once made us passionate.
That is what happened to Joel, and so he left his music career behind. But, not long after, he developed an even stronger passion.
Lesson number two: We don’t just have one passion in life: values change, experiences come, new passions surface.
Joel Brown is not the only person to have lost a passion in life. He also wasn’t the only twenty-four-year-old to find himself in a slump. That can often happen when you suddenly find yourself without a cause in life. One of the primary cures for this, it seems, is to find a new passion.
Joel found his new cause after a chance meeting with Jordan Belfort. The sales company that Joel was working for organized a workshop, and he was able to meet the Wolf of Wall Street face-to-face. That meeting changed Joel’s life. He learned the importance of having clarity, of thinking big, and of having a long-term vision.
These are key ingredients in the recipe for success. Clarity of mind allows you to stay focused on primary goals, thinking big prepares you to exceed those goals, and with the long-term vision, you can envisage and plan for potential obstacles.
After meeting Jordan, Joel became a man on a mission. He began devouring self-help books, listening to motivational speakers such as Anthony Robbins, and carefully mapping out his life plan.
It is, as Joel teaches, important to document your goals and visions. But, more importantly, you need to “write down how you’re going to get to where you want to be.” Not many people have a fair idea of where they want to be in 5, 10, or 15 years, but when pressed can usually give a broad description of how they intend to achieve their goals.
Writing it down on paper, however, forces you to get things out of your head in some detail and acts as your roadmap. Seeing is believing, as they say, and once it is written down you will have a clearer picture.
Lesson number three: Spend time on Clarity. Write down your goals and chart your roadmap to achieving those goals.
One of the most important things that happened when Joel met Jordan was his shift in mindset. He becamehungry for self-improvement and gained a desire to make a meaningful impact on the world. He found another passion outside of music and became energized once again. The whole experience revealed another interesting thing; when you are passionate about something you become massively energetic.
Even though Joel was still working 12-hour days at his sales job, he still found the time to work on his media platform, addicted2success. Instead of asking. Like most people do, “how do I find time,” Joel asked, “how can I make time.” He was so passionate about his new project that he would complete his days at the sales job and head straight home to work on developing his new business. It wasn’t long until he was able to leave his sales job and commit full-time to the new business.
Lesson number four: Do things that light you up; energize you; make you feel alive. Having lots of energy is more fulfilling than having too much time.
They say you are the average of the five people you spend time with. That is because your network of friends has a powerful effect on your behavior, mindset, and unconscious mind. The books you read, the things you watch, and the websites you frequent all have a similar effect as your network of friends. They create habits.
Lesson number five: Success often requires a change of mindset; a change of mindset often requires different external influences.
Passion and motivation differ for everyone, but they can normally be identified by the energy they bring to your life. Joel gets energetic by giving and helping others succeed. He loves creating things and giving it to the world, knowing that someone, somewhere will benefit from his work.
Joel is not the first or only self-help professional out there. But he is by most standards a huge success. The reason is that he stands out from the crowd. He stands out because he knows what he is talking about, he has a genuine willingness to help people, and he is exceptional at what he does.
Uniqueness, Joel says, is the best way to win in business. You need to bring something different to the table. You need to be outstanding. And with the lessons he gives, you will have all the tools needed to become an outstanding success.
Lesson number six: You don’t have to be the first or the only, but you must be unique. | 2019-04-23T06:01:45Z | https://changecreator.com/6-lessons-transform-habits-find-clarity-joel-brown/ |
I have actually been obsessed with landing page contractors lately as you distinguish my newest messages over the last few months.
With its capability to produce full sales funnels and its very easy to use as well as powerful editor, ClickFunnels gives a clear challenge to LeadPages’ place as the finest touchdown web page builder.
That’s not to state that it’s best, and also in this Clickfunnels promo online coupons 30 off evaluation I’m mosting likely to reveal you exactly how I have actually been utilizing it as well as how it as compares to Leadpages and SamCart.
By showing you the staminas as well as weaknesses of each, I wish it will certainly assist you make the most effective decision for which one to adopt in your personal business.
ClickFunnels is currently a fairly mature service established by Russell Brunson as well as his team. It’s now been operating for greater than 3 years at the time of this evaluation.
As a fast aside, I learnt more about ClickFunnels via Russell’s brand-new book DotCom Keys: The Below Ground Playbook for Expanding Your Company Online. If you want to find out the best ways to sell items, after that I very suggest it.
Unlike competitor products which enable you develop solitary standalone web pages, ClickFunnels is all about constructing various sorts of marketing funnels.
A funnel is primarily a collection of pages your site visitors undergo to reach a particular goal and also it could look like this.
A basic Lead Capture Funnel may include 2 pages which accumulates a visitor’s e-mail address and after that sends them to a Thanks page when authorizing up.
Or you might have much more sophisticated sales funnels which are comprised of several pages which sell to a visitor via each step of the funnel.
Optin/Lead Capture Funnels– Used to record email addresses of your site visitors as well as grow your subscriber list.
Sales Web Page Funnels– Create this to market product or services, with the ability to include any type of upsells/downsells to your sales process.
Subscription Websites– Produce a recurring income by producing a complete blown membership website.
ClickFunnels features its very own unique set of themes for each and every of the different channel types it enables you to produce.
It enables you to conveniently put with each other different web pages in your funnel via a simple factor and click interface.
ClickFunnels offers you fairly a little bit of flexibility in producing your pages. For instance, you could quickly relocate aspects around as well as place them where you want, which is something the Leadpages editor does not permit.
I was right away thrilled by the ClickFunnels on-boarding procedure. They do a truly wise point where they use you a complimentary ClickFunnels tee just for seeing the introduction training videos.
It takes around 10 minutes, and the the training video clips do provide you a great summary of exactly how ClickFunnels works.
Producing your very first funnel is very easy. Click the Add Funnels switch and also you are taken to a screen revealing all the channel types offered.
If you are uncertain with what each funnel does, there’s an embedded video clip you could watch which clarifies how it works.
Choose the Funnel you desire and also click the Produce Funnel switch. You will be asked to give your funnel a name.
For every page in your channel, you could select from the readily available templates. Each layout is expertly created and also there is an excellent choice to pick from. Plus, even more are being included at all times.
If you do not see a theme that matches your existing vision, I have actually found that it’s equally as simple to begin from scrape. This can be done by selecting any kind of template then rapidly erasing each of the sections on the web page.
The standard structure block of a ClickFunnels web page is an area. A normal channel might have a header area, an above the fold content section and a footer section.
A long form sales page could additionally have an area for highlighting particular functions or an area for reviews.
Sections are after that further split right into column rows. You can choose from a single column to up to 6 columns and any kind of number between.
Ultimately, inside each column is where you insert different ClickFunnels components.
Basic widgets consist of Headline, Image, Text, Button, Input kinds as well as Video clip components.
As you mouseover any kind of section, row or element, it will obtain highlighted as well as clicking slide in the contextual editor from the right-hand man side where you can change its residential properties.
History shades, margins, fonts, placement could all be transformed along with element details homes like a details image link for the Photo aspect.
It’s all fairly instinctive to make use of as soon as you’ve played about with things a bit.
I’ve been rather impressed by the editor as it strikes a great balance in between adaptability and also simplicity of use.
if you do not utilize any of those solutions, then I advise making use of the Red stripe assimilation considering that it is free to signup for and also make use of.
I really did not have any experience with Stripe until I checked it with ClickFunnels, however I found that it’s an exceptionally simple means to take credit report card repayments.
Once you have created your Red stripe account, simply comply with the easy instructions to connect it to your ClickFunnels account and you’re ready.
Whenever anybody goes through the Order Page type of your funnel, it will instantly be made use of to gather payment from your consumer.
In enhancement to helping you develop each of the pages in your sales funnel, ClickFunnels additionally assists you track just how each web page in your funnel does.
On top of each web page, you can see in real-time the complete number of visitors for each and every web page in the channel, how several site visitors clicked on the next button of the page, as well as the conversion rate.
If you click in the Split Test tab, you could see the statistics of all your existing split tests. Plus you will certainly see the button to develop a New Split Test.
Establishing a new split examinations is quite very easy. The most effective means is to duplicate an existing page and after that fine-tune it from there.
Unfortunately, ClickFunnels does not have a great deal of innovative split screening includes that I’ve seen implemented in other products like Thrive Leads.
As an example, there doesn’t seem to be a way to instantly revolve your split tests. As well as I would enjoy to see ClickFunnels select a “winning” divided examination after a statistically substantial amount of information has actually been accumulated.
When it was initial released, ClickFunnels was everything about producing … well funnels. Yet Russell had also larger passions for the product and that’s exactly how Actionetics and Knapsack happened.
Actionetics aims to be a substitute for your favored email solution supplier.
With Actionetics, you could see everybody that has opted right into your checklists through your ClickFunnels in the Contact Profiles web page.
Just what’s cool is that each of your leads is given an Activity Rating, which is based on recency, regularity, financial worth and social scores. It essentially offers you a concept which leads are more probable to get from you.
You can use Actionetics to send out email programs and also the e-mail builder enables you to design wonderful looking e-mails. And Activity Funnels are Actionetics means of producing autoresponders with some limited advertising automation attributes.
While a few of its features are intriguing, Actionetics still can’t take on a complete fledged e-mail service carrier like ActiveCampaign, Drip or ConvertKit. Directly, I just prefer a standalone solution where I’m not linked right into an all-in-one service.
One of the best methods to boost the sales of your product is to have a wonderful affiliate program that brings in some leading associates.
That’s just what Backpack can do for you. It’s essentialy a full associate platform for ClickFunnels that you could affix to any one of your developed funnels.
Inside Knapsack, you can add everything you require for associates to promote your item including associate links, email swipe copy, and banner ads. You can additionally configuration your associate payments and also see how well each of your associates is executing.
There’s even sustain for 2nd rate commissions which is an exceptionally effective motivation.
Over time, ClickFunnels has actually advanced their pricing strategies. At first, they had 3 different pricing rates, but its currently been consolidated right into 2.
The most inexpensive ClickFunnels plan is $97 a month. On this strategy you obtain accessibility to all the channel development devices, yet you are restricted to producing 20 funnels, 100 pages and 20,000 site visitors. Unfortunately, you don’t obtain accessibility to Actionetics and Backpack with this plan.
For that, you’ll need to select the Etison Suite plan. It consists of everything, consisting of Actionetics and Knapsack. You also obtain endless funnels, pages and also site visitors. Nevertheless, this will certainly run you $297 a month which is fairly steep.
Both strategies additionally have a 14 day cost-free test so you could check points out before you purchase.
If you are reviewing this testimonial, you are probably wondering how ClickFunnels compares to LeadPages.
At this present time, LeadPages is the dominant leader in this touchdown web page contractor room.
You could quickly see who is using LeadPages due to the fact that their themes are so well-known. Given that it is so well understood, a number of the leading marketers are utilizing the solution.
Russell is gearing ClickFunnels to become his flagship item, so exactly what you see currently is simply a preference of exactly what the item is going to resemble in the future.
The toughness of ClickFunnels is it’s very easy to utilize editor. It is much more flexible compared to the LeadPages editor although Leadpages has actually captured up with their new drag as well as drop editor.
Restricting versatility is not always a bad point. Due to the fact that it makes building web pages fast! Which’s where LeadPages truly shines.
One of the most reliable technique for growing your e-mail list now is making use of content upgrades. By creating targeted lead magnets to your most popular blog posts you can obtain optin conversion prices that much surpass your standard popup.
Nonetheless, some people desire even more control to produce web pages to their precise specs. That’s the power that ClickFunnels provides you. The price of the power is added complexity. ClickFunnels certainly has a greater understanding curve than LeadPages.
The other major advantage is that ClickFunnels produces total sales funnels for you. And also all your stats through each phase of your funnel are tracked.
With LeadPages, you could only produce single pages. So developing that first sales web page is easy.
Yet what concerning adding on an order type? Upsells and also downsells? LeadPages can’t do that, while ClickFunnels can.
If you don’t mind the knowing contour as well as desire an all-in-one solution to sell your very own product and be able to tailor every step of your funnels then ClickFunnels is definitely worth a look.
In the end, I would just suggest trying ClickFunnels to see how you like it. They provide a 2 Week totally free test, so you can examine out all the features as well as see exactly how it benefits you.
I have been stressed with touchdown page builders recently as you inform from my newest articles over the last number of months.
I have actually been using it for even more compared to a month on a customer task of mine, and also I am beginning to think of it as LeadPages on steroids.
With its ability to produce total sales funnels and also its easy to utilize and powerful editor, ClickFunnels supplies a clear difficulty to LeadPages’ area as the finest landing web page builder.
That’s not to state that it’s best, and in this Clickfunnels promo online coupons 30 off testimonial I’m going to show you how I have actually been utilizing it and just how it as compares to Leadpages and SamCart.
By showing you the staminas and also weaknesses of each, I hope it will certainly aid you make the most effective decision for which one to adopt in your very own business.
ClickFunnels is now a relatively fully grown solution developed by Russell Brunson and his group. It’s now been up and also running for greater than 3 years at the time of this review.
As a fast aside, I found out about ClickFunnels through Russell’s new book DotCom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online. If you wish to learn ways to market products, after that I highly suggest it.
Unlike competitor products which permit you create solitary standalone web pages, ClickFunnels is all regarding developing different types of advertising funnels.
A funnel is basically a collection of pages your site visitors experience to reach a particular goal and also it could appear like this.
An easy Lead Capture Funnel could consist of 2 web pages which accumulates a site visitor’s e-mail address and after that sends them to a Thank you page when registering.
Or you could have more sophisticated sales funnels which are comprised of several web pages which sell to a visitor through each step of the channel.
Optin/Lead Capture Funnels– Used to capture email addresses of your site visitors as well as grow your newsletter.
Sales Page Funnels– Create this to sell product or services, with the capacity to add any type of upsells/downsells to your sales procedure.
ClickFunnels comes with its own distinctive set of layouts for each and every of the various funnel types it enables you to develop.
Or you could go back to square one and also build web pages directly making use of the ClickFunnels editor.
It enables you to easily put with each other various pages in your channel with a very easy factor and click user interface.
ClickFunnels offers you fairly a little bit of adaptability in creating your pages. For instance, you can easily move elements around and also put them where you desire, which is something the Leadpages editor does not allow.
I was right away excited by the ClickFunnels on-boarding procedure. They do a really smart thing where they use you a cost-free ClickFunnels tee shirt simply for viewing the introduction training videos.
It takes around 10 minutes, as well as the the training video clips do provide you a great introduction of exactly how ClickFunnels works.
Developing your first funnel is very easy. Click the Add Funnels switch and you are taken to a screen showing all the funnel kinds offered.
If you are vague with exactly what each channel does, there’s an embedded video you can see which explains just how it works.
Pages can be gotten rid of from the funnel by hovering as well as clicking the gigantic ‘X’ beside the page.
For each and every page in your channel, you can select from the available templates. Each theme is skillfully created as well as there is a great selection to select from. And also, more are being included regularly.
If you do not see a design template that matches your current vision, I have actually located that it’s just as very easy to begin from scrape. This can be done by choosing any kind of design template and after that swiftly removing each of the areas on the web page.
The fundamental building block of a ClickFunnels page is an area. A normal funnel might have a header section, an above the fold material area as well as a footer section.
A lengthy kind sales page might likewise have a section for highlighting details features or an area for reviews.
Sections are after that further split into column rows. You could choose from a solitary column to as much as 6 columns as well as any type of number in between.
Basic widgets consist of Headline, Photo, Text, Switch, Input types and also Video clip elements.
As you mouseover any type of section, row or component, it will get highlighted and clicking slide in the contextual editor from the best hand side where you could alter its properties.
Background shades, margins, font styles, placement could all be changed as well as element particular buildings like a specific picture url for the Image element.
It’s all quite user-friendly to utilize as soon as you’ve experimented with things a little bit.
I’ve been rather amazed by the editor as it strikes a great balance in between adaptability and also ease of usage.
If you are marketing a product, after that you wish to incorporate with a repayment cpu.
if you don’t use any one of those solutions, after that I advise making use of the Red stripe integration given that it is free to signup for and utilize.
I didn’t have any kind of experience with Red stripe up until I tested it with ClickFunnels, yet I discovered that it’s an extremely easy means to take charge card settlements.
When you have developed your Red stripe account, just comply with the simple instructions to link it to your ClickFunnels account and you’re all set.
Whenever any individual experiences the Order Page type of your channel, it will immediately be used to accumulate payment from your client.
In enhancement to helping you develop each of the web pages in your sales funnel, ClickFunnels additionally assists you track exactly how each web page in your channel carries out.
At the top of each web page, you can see in real-time the total number of visitors for every page in the funnel, the amount of site visitors clicked on the following switch of the page, and also the conversion rate.
Split screening is additionally baked right into ClickFunnels which is necessary for helping you optimize the conversion rate of your funnels.
If you click in the Split Examination tab, you can see the statistics of all your existing split tests. Plus you will certainly see the switch to develop a New Split Test.
Setting up a new split tests is fairly simple. The most effective means is to duplicate an existing web page and after that fine-tune it from there.
Unfortunately, ClickFunnels does not have a great deal of advanced split screening showcases that I’ve seen carried out in various other products like Thrive Leads.
As an example, there doesn’t appear to be a method to instantly revolve your split examinations. As well as I would like to see ClickFunnels pick a “winning” divided examination after a statistically considerable quantity of data has been gathered.
When it was initial released, ClickFunnels was everything about producing … well funnels. But Russell had also bigger passions for the product and that’s how Actionetics as well as Backpack happened.
With Actionetics, you can see everybody that has opted right into your checklists with your ClickFunnels in the Call Accounts page.
What’s cool is that each of your leads is offered an Action Rating, which is based on recency, regularity, financial value and also social ratings. It primarily offers you a concept of which leads are much more likely to purchase from you.
You could use Actionetics to send out e-mail broadcasts and also the e-mail contractor allows you to create nice looking emails. And Action Funnels are Actionetics method of creating autoresponders with some minimal advertising automation features.
While a few of its attributes are fascinating, Actionetics still cannot take on a complete fledged e-mail company like ActiveCampaign, Drip or ConvertKit. Directly, I just like a standalone service where I’m not connected into an all-in-one remedy.
Among the most effective means to enhance the sales of your item is to have a terrific associate program that attracts some leading associates.
That’s exactly what Backpack could do for you. It’s essentialy a total associate platform for ClickFunnels that you could connect to any one of your developed funnels.
Inside Backpack, you can include every little thing you need for affiliates to advertise your product including affiliate links, email swipe duplicate, and also banner ads. You could additionally arrangement your affiliate payments as well as see exactly how well each of your associates is performing.
There’s even sustain for 2nd tier compensations which is a very powerful reward.
Gradually, ClickFunnels has developed their pricing plans. Initially, they had 3 different prices tiers, however its now been consolidated into 2.
The most inexpensive ClickFunnels strategy is $97 a month. On this plan you get access to all the channel production devices, yet you are restricted to developing 20 funnels, 100 pages and also 20,000 visitors. Unfortunately, you don’t obtain accessibility to Actionetics as well as Knapsack with this plan.
For that, you’ll have to choose the Etison Suite strategy. It consists of every little thing, consisting of Actionetics as well as Backpack. You also get unlimited funnels, pages and also site visitors. Nevertheless, this will run you $297 a month which is quite high.
Both plans additionally have a 2 Week free test so you can examine points out before you get.
Russell is tailoring ClickFunnels to become his flagship product, so exactly what you see currently is simply a taste of just what the product is going to look like in the future.
The strength of ClickFunnels is it’s easy to make use of editor. It is much more flexible compared to the LeadPages editor although Leadpages has actually caught up with their brand-new drag and decline editor.
Restricting adaptability is not necessarily a poor point. Due to the fact that it makes constructing pages quickly! As well as that’s where LeadPages truly radiates.
One of the most efficient approach for growing your email listing right currently is using material upgrades. By producing targeted lead magnets to your most prominent articles you can obtain optin conversion prices that far surpass your basic popup.
Nonetheless, some individuals desire even more control to create web pages to their precise specs. That’s the power that ClickFunnels gives you. The expense of the power is added intricacy. ClickFunnels certainly has a higher learning curve than LeadPages.
The various other main advantage is that ClickFunnels develops complete sales funnels for you. As well as all your stats through each phase of your channel are tracked.
With LeadPages, you could only create solitary web pages. So creating that initial sales web page is basic.
Yet what about adding on an order kind? Upsells and also downsells? LeadPages cannot do that, while ClickFunnels can.
Which method you go need to rely on the requirements of your organisation.
If you do not mind the learning curve as well as want an all-in-one service to market your very own product as well as be able to tailor every step of your funnels after that ClickFunnels is certainly worth an appearance.
In the long run, I would simply advise experimenting with ClickFunnels to see exactly how you like it. They use a 14 day cost-free trial, so you can test out all the features as well as see just how it works for you.
I have been stressed with landing page contractors lately as you tell from my most current articles over the last number of months.
I have actually been utilizing it for even more compared to a month on a customer task of mine, and I am beginning to consider it as LeadPages on steroids.
With its capacity to produce full sales funnels and its easy to utilize and effective editor, ClickFunnels gives a clear challenge to LeadPages’ place as the very best landing web page builder.
That’s not to state that it’s best, as well as in this Clickfunnels promo online coupons 30 off evaluation I’m going to reveal you just how I’ve been using it and also exactly how it compares to Leadpages as well as SamCart.
By revealing you the toughness and weak points of each, I hope it will assist you make the most effective decision for which one to adopt in your very own organisation.
ClickFunnels is currently a rather mature solution developed by Russell Brunson and his group. It’s now been operating for greater than 3 years at the time of this testimonial.
As a quick apart, I discovered regarding ClickFunnels through Russell’s new publication DotCom Keys: The Underground Playbook for Expanding Your Business Online. If you intend to discover ways to offer products, after that I highly recommend it.
Unlike rival products which enable you create single standalone pages, ClickFunnels is all concerning building various kinds of marketing funnels.
A channel is primarily a collection of pages your visitors undergo to reach a specific objective and it might appear like this.
A basic Lead Capture Funnel could include 2 pages which accumulates a site visitor’s e-mail address and after that sends them to a Thank you web page when signing up.
Or you might have extra innovative sales funnels which are composed of multiple web pages which offer to a visitor through each action of the funnel.
Optin/Lead Capture Funnels– Made use of to record e-mail addresses of your visitors as well as expand your mailing listing.
Sales Web Page Funnels– Develop this to market services and products, with the capability to add any type of upsells/downsells to your sales process.
Subscription Websites– Create a repeating income by developing a complete blown membership website.
ClickFunnels comes with its own distinct set of themes for each of the different funnel kinds it allows you to produce.
Or you could start from scrape and also construct web pages straight utilizing the ClickFunnels editor.
It allows you to easily assemble different web pages in your funnel with a simple point and also click interface.
ClickFunnels gives you a fair bit of flexibility in creating your web pages. For instance, you can easily move elements around as well as put them where you want, which is something the Leadpages editor does not enable.
I was instantly impressed by the ClickFunnels on-boarding process. They do a really clever thing where they offer you a complimentary ClickFunnels tee shirt just for seeing the introduction training videos.
It takes around 10 minutes, as well as the the training videos do provide you a great review of just how ClickFunnels functions.
Producing your first funnel is simple. Click the Include Funnels button and also you are required to a screen revealing all the channel types available.
If you are unclear with just what each channel does, there’s an ingrained video clip you could watch which discusses exactly how it works.
Select the Funnel you desire and click the Develop Funnel switch. You will certainly be asked to give your funnel a name.
Pages could be gotten rid of from the channel by floating and clicking the large ‘X’ beside the page.
For each page in your channel, you could choose from the available design templates. Each theme is properly developed as well as there is an excellent choice to select from. And also, even more are being added constantly.
If you do not see a layout that matches your existing vision, I have actually discovered that it’s just as simple to go back to square one. This can be done by picking any type of design template and then rapidly removing each of the sections on the page.
The standard foundation of a ClickFunnels web page is a section. A typical funnel could have a header section, an above the fold content section and also a footer area.
A lengthy kind sales web page might likewise have an area for highlighting details functions or an area for testimonials.
Areas are after that additional split into column rows. You could select from a single column to up to 6 columns and also any type of number in between.
Fundamental widgets consist of Heading, Image, Text, Button, Input forms as well as Video clip aspects.
As you mouseover any kind of area, row or element, it will certainly obtain highlighted and also clicking slide in the contextual editor from the ideal hand side where you could alter its residential properties.
Background colors, margins, font styles, positioning could all be changed along with component particular residential properties like a certain photo url for the Picture aspect.
It’s all fairly intuitive to make use of when you’ve experimented with points a bit.
I have actually been quite impressed by the editor as it strikes a great balance in between flexibility and also simplicity of usage.
if you don’t utilize any of those services, after that I recommend making use of the Stripe assimilation because it is cost-free to signup for as well as make use of.
I really did not have any experience with Stripe till I evaluated it with ClickFunnels, however I found that it’s an extremely straightforward method to take bank card payments.
Once you have produced your Red stripe account, simply adhere to the straightforward instructions to connect it to your ClickFunnels account as well as you’re ready.
Whenever anybody experiences the Order Page type of your channel, it will automatically be utilized to accumulate settlement from your customer.
Along with assisting you produce each of the web pages in your sales funnel, ClickFunnels additionally assists you track just how each page in your funnel performs.
On top of each web page, you could see in real-time the overall number of site visitors for each web page in the funnel, exactly how several site visitors clicked the next switch of the web page, as well as the conversion price.
Split screening is additionally baked into ClickFunnels which is vital for assisting you enhance the conversion price of your funnels.
If you click in the Split Test tab, you can see the statistics of all your existing split tests. Plus you will certainly see the button to produce a New Split Examination.
Establishing a new split tests is quite easy. The most effective means is to clone an existing page and afterwards modify it from there.
However, ClickFunnels does not have a great deal of innovative split testing features that I’ve seen carried out in other products like Thrive Leads.
As an example, there doesn’t seem to be a method to automatically turn your split examinations. And also I would enjoy to see ClickFunnels choose a “winning” divided examination after a statistically substantial quantity of information has been collected.
When it wased initially released, ClickFunnels was all regarding producing … well funnels. But Russell had even larger passions for the product which’s how Actionetics and also Backpack came around.
Exactly what’s cool is that each of your leads is offered an Action Rating, which is based on recency, frequency, financial value as well as social scores. It essentially offers you an idea of which leads are most likely to buy from you.
You could use Actionetics to send out e-mail programs and also the e-mail contractor permits you to make nice looking e-mails. And Action Funnels are Actionetics way of producing autoresponders with some restricted advertising automation attributes.
While some of its features are intriguing, Actionetics still cannot compete with a complete fledged email company like ActiveCampaign, Drip or ConvertKit. Directly, I simply like a standalone service where I’m not tied right into an all-in-one service.
Among the very best means to increase the sales of your item is to have a wonderful associate program that draws in some top associates.
Inside Knapsack, you can include every little thing you require for associates to advertise your item including associate links, email swipe copy, and banner advertisements. You could additionally arrangement your affiliate payments as well as see how well each of your associates is doing.
There’s even sustain for Second rate commissions which is an incredibly effective motivation.
Over time, ClickFunnels has evolved their rates strategies. In the start, they had 3 different rates tiers, but its now been settled right into 2.
The most inexpensive ClickFunnels strategy is $97 a month. On this plan you obtain access to all the channel production tools, yet you are restricted to producing 20 funnels, 100 web pages and also 20,000 visitors. Sadly, you don’t obtain access to Actionetics as well as Knapsack with this strategy.
For that, you’ll should select the Etison Suite strategy. It includes everything, consisting of Actionetics as well as Knapsack. You likewise obtain endless funnels, pages as well as site visitors. However, this will run you $297 a month which is quite high.
Both strategies likewise have a 2 Week cost-free trial so you could examine points out prior to you get.
At this existing moment, LeadPages is the leading leader in this touchdown page building contractor space.
You could easily see who is making use of LeadPages since their design templates are so well-known. Considering that it is so well known, numerous of the leading marketing professionals are making use of the service.
Russell is gearing ClickFunnels to become his flagship product, so what you see currently is simply a taste of just what the product is going to look like in the future.
The strength of ClickFunnels is it’s easy to make use of editor. It is much more flexible than the LeadPages editor although Leadpages has caught up with their brand-new drag and decline editor.
Restricting versatility is not always a bad point. Because it makes creating pages quick! As well as that’s where LeadPages really shines.
One of the most reliable technique for growing your e-mail listing right now is using material upgrades. By developing targeted lead magnets to your most preferred posts you can obtain optin conversion prices that far surpass your conventional popup.
However, some individuals want more control to produce pages to their specific specs. That’s the power that ClickFunnels gives you. The cost of the power is added complexity. ClickFunnels certainly has a greater discovering contour than LeadPages.
The other major advantage is that ClickFunnels develops total sales funnels for you. And all your statistics through each stage of your funnel are tracked.
With LeadPages, you could just create solitary web pages. So developing that preliminary sales page is straightforward.
However just what regarding additionaling an order type? Upsells as well as downsells? LeadPages can’t do that, while ClickFunnels can.
If you don’t mind the understanding curve as well as want an all-in-one remedy to sell your very own item and also have the ability to tailor every action of your funnels then ClickFunnels is certainly worth an appearance.
Ultimately, I would certainly just suggest experimenting with ClickFunnels to see just how you like it. They provide a 2 Week totally free trial, so you could check out all the attributes as well as see exactly how it helps you. | 2019-04-18T12:29:14Z | http://maruwa-f.com/clickfunnels-promo-online-coupons-30-off/ |
Pakistan legspinner Yasir Shah stepped out at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium with an expectation of picking up 10 wickets in the second Test against New Zealand but little did he know that he will end up achieving the feat in just one day.
Yasir picked up 8 for 41 in the first innings as New Zealand lost 10 wickets in the space of 40 runs on Day 3. The Kane Willamson-led side were bundled out for mere 90 in reply to Pakistan's 418 for 5 (decl). The 32-year-old then also took two wickets to fall in the second innings to become the first Pakistan bowler to scalp 10 wickets in a day.
"When I came (here) in the morning, I was thinking that I had to take 10 wickets in the match," Yasir said. "I didn't know that I would end up taking 10 wickets in a day. Now, I will try to help the team get those eight [second-innings] wickets as quickly as we can."
Asked to follow on, New Zealand are still 197 runs behind Pakistan's first innings total. Yasir said he has been working very hard on his fitness ever since returning from injury, and had plans for all New Zealand batsman.
"Of course I had a plan for each batsman, because every batsman has got their own weakness and strengths," he said. "Against Australia, I was getting my rhythm back slowly because I was just coming back from injury. You need time to get your rhythm after an injury. Today, I bowled really well. I had worked hard in training. I think that's one of the reasons. I bowled well in the last Test as well."
He conceded that there was a bit of pressure on him considering he is expected to take wickets in these conditions.
"Sometimes you do feel the pressure here. because spinners get more wickets. So everyone expects you to take wickets. So you need to work even harder." | 2019-04-21T02:40:59Z | https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/wanted-to-take-10-wickets-in-the-match-ended-up-getting-it-in-a-day-yasir-shah-1951657.html |
The only grade II listed model village in the country.
A model of the actual village built of Cotswold stone to one-ninth scale opened in 1937. The River Windrush flows under Bourton's famous bridges. The beeches, cherries and chestnuts are all in miniature. Music in the churches and of course, the model of the model.
Due to narrow paths and steps there is limited access for wheelchairs. Pushchairs, walking frames, rollators and mobility scooters cannot access The Model Village - parking for these is available.
On-Site café/restaurant - Bar meals in bar and beer garden.
Nearest major road is M5. Follow signs for A40 Cheltenham from jct 11 and from jct 11a take the A417, then the A436 to Bourton. Located in the centre of Bourton-on-the-Water.
Nearest train station is Moreton-in-Marsh. Local bus service or taxi. | 2019-04-24T14:02:43Z | https://www.cotswolds.com/things-to-do/the-model-village-p142083 |
Lucy Ward is an impressive, original songwriter whose unique delivery and breath-taking voice has enchanted audiences the world over. Her music never fails to get to the heart of the human condition with her expressive, unflinching writing style and warm personality that radiates from the stage.
Having come up through the folk tradition, Ward’s music has a sense of rooted belonging. She is BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner and is the youngest person ever to be nominated for the prestigious BBC Folk Singer of the Year.
Named ‘Brit-folks most forthright new young talent’ by MOJO and ‘inspiring’ by Billy Bragg, it’s easy to see why this young singer songwriter is in such demand. | 2019-04-24T10:13:52Z | http://www.greennote.co.uk/production/lucy-ward/ |
Dave Sikula free forms his way into controversy.
I’d been struggling to come up with a topic for this week’s entry, and, frankly, I kept coming up blank.
Some of this was due to having been out of town this last week; some of it was due to dealing with some weird Eustachian tube thing I’ve got (it alternates between plugged-up ears and vertigo; it’s much better now, thank you, but still a nuisance); some of it was due to being in rehearsal.
The result is, this will probably be more free-form and scattered than usual.
So, what’s bugging me? What’s my beef? What’s sticking in my craw?
The first thing that comes to mind is an episode from my recent trip. While driving through the wilds of southern Illinois, I was listening to a podcast featuring an interview with Michael Chiklis. While I’m not particularly a fan of his, I was interested enough to listen to the program. I didn’t watch either “The Commish” or “The Shield” (though I always heard good things about the latter), and my only real exposure to him was through his portrayals of Curly Howard (in a TV biopic of The Three Stooges) and Ben Grimm (in the dismal “Fantastic Four” movies). He’s one of those actors whom I’ve found likeable enough, but who never really made an impression on me.
From the interview (and Wikipedia), I learned he has (surprisingly to me) classical training, having gone to Boston University, but overall, he came off as something of a blowhard and goofball, but in an innocuous way – sort of a “Hey, I’m an LA actor who had a notable TV series” vibe.
Let me state here my firm status as a Stratfordian. It’s not even a belief. I’ve studied the Shakespeare “authorship” question to a great degree, and there’s not a shred, not a smidgen, not an atom of evidence that anyone but William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote those plays. Not to name call – oh, hell, let me go ahead and name-call: anyone who believes that Oxford, or Bacon, or Marlowe, or Queen Elizabeth – or anyone else – wrote the plays is an ill-informed idiot (though, mind you, I’m not eliminating Shakespeare collaborating with other writers; there’s plenty of evidence for that).
I have no idea why these people so piss me off. It’s not an anti-elitist thing; I’m certainly an elitist in a lot of things. But there’s something about this topic that just pushes my buttons. In a way, it’s kind of how I feel about the Kennedy assassination, although in that case, I’d be willing to listen to conspiracy theories, even if they all fall apart of their own weight. On matters such as these, I side with Occam’s Razor and believe the simplest theory is the right one.
The takeaway from all of this is, if you really want to get my goat, try to bait me on Oxford vs. Shakespeare; I’ll bite every time.
In trying to come up with a topic for today, I asked my long-suffering wife if she had any ideas. She mentioned she’d seen a Facebook post that took a Minneapolis reviewer to task for alleged racism. Personally, I found the review poorly reasoned and written, but far from racist.
My feelings about reviews and reviewers have been expressed here before; basically, I don’t have a lot of use for them. But this case proved interesting to me. The review is of a production of Moliere’s “The Imaginary Invalid.” While the reviewer (I refuse to call him a critic) seems not to understand Moliere’s dramaturgy and style, he begins by criticizing the director’s “highly questionable choices, one being the use of colorblind casting.” A phrase like that can easily act as a red flag to some readers, but beyond objecting to Asian, Latino, and African American actors playing French characters, he doesn’t go into a lot of detail. It seems he’s mostly puzzled why the director would cast actors of color while the Theatre avoids producing plays by writers of color. (though, admittedly, there is a tone of “people should only do shows wherein they’re cast ethnically appropriately”).
I have to admit that I’m torn on some cross-cultural casting. When I direct, I try to do it and have indeed done so more than once. I do have trouble wrapping my brain around casting family units of different ethnicities – and let me speedily add that it’s not a matter of having a problem with interracial relationships; I’m thinking of, say, a “Glass Menagerie” with an Asian American Amanda and a white Tom and Laura, or a “Long Day’s Journey” with a white James, a Latina Mary, and African Americans as Jamie and Edmond. I fully admit that the “problem” is my own; if I can accept that any actor is pretending to be someone up on that stage in the first place, I should be able to blind myself to differences in race. I mean, I’m able to see beyond something like an Irish American actor playing a Swede or a Canadian, so why not stretch my own limitations?
And let me hasten to add again, that this prejudice really only applies itself mostly to “realistic” plays or productions. If I see a farce or a deconstruction or something epic (such as Peter Brook’s “Mahabharata”) with an interracial family (whose ethnic differences are incidental to the plot), I have no problem with it – nor do I have a “problem” with cross-casting in general. One of the best things I’ve ever seen at ACT was their production of “Tartuffe” with an almost-exclusively African American cast, and I’ve seen a few productions of Chekhov that used multi-racial casts.
I realize that, in bringing this issue up – let alone admitting to my own limitations – I may be opening a can of worms and opening myself to criticism, but I don’t think I’m alone, and I think it’s a topic worth discussing (or I wouldn’t have spent a few hundred words on it) – though I’d hope it would be an open discussion, without either side shutting down the other for misunderstanding.
Maybe it’s my age, maybe it’s my background, maybe it’s my cultural “training.” Whatever it is, though, I’m ready to be educated and enlightened. | 2019-04-22T18:57:54Z | https://sftheaterpub.wordpress.com/tag/moliere/ |
We are excited to announce that our headlining act for the Asian Festival Day will be the Filharmonic!
The Filharmonic, an LA-based a cappella group of Filipino-American youngsters who were featured in NBC’S hit musical competition, The Sing-Off, has much to sing about. The 5-piece vocal group made the semi-finals, joined The Sing-Off national tour, and were featured in the Universal Pictures hit movie, Pitch Perfect 2, setting off a viral sensation after their Late Late Show appearance.
In 2016, The Filharmonic brings their unique blend of hip hop, pop and 90’S nostalgia to more than 150 college stages nationwide and was named the #1 college booked entertainment group of the year. They consist of vocalists Vj Rosales, Joe Caigoy, Trace Gaynor, Vocal Bass Jules Cruz, And Beat Boxer Niko Del Rey.
Follow them on Instagram at www.instagram.com/thefilharmonic and Youtube at www.youtube.com/thefilharmonic.
Our special guest hosts will include Channel 10 News’ Melissa Mecija and from Sunny 98.1fm, Hula!
Home to children, teens and adults aspiring to be professionals and to those who simply wants to gain knowledge of the performing arts and benefit from the social, moral, mental and physical aspects of dance and exercise. Celebrating its 29 years , Dance Arts Center continue to attract people of all ages taking classes in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, Ballroom, Philippine Folk, Polynesian, Voice and Piano lessons instructed by experience teacher with the direction of Tony Salamat. Tony is an internationally trained and acclaimed dancer who for over 29 years taught, choreographed and performed with world class entertainers all over Europe.
Under the Direction of Aunty Kahea, we are a hula school located in the Mira Mesa area. At our school, students learn ancient and modern hula, traditions and protocols, and arts and crafts unique to the Hawaiian islands. Our performances feature songs from 50 years ago to popular modern songs. Traditional Hawaiian instruments are used during our dances, in which some were made by the own dancer’s hands. Hula dancing is a “Family Affair” and during any given performance you maybe witnessing two generations or even three generations of hula dancers from the same family on the stage together at one time! We hope you enjoy our stories re-told through our hands, eyes, hips, and feet.
With their lineage stemming from Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti and Tokelau, both Noa and Jeannie Napoleon were born into families who entertained, taught and preserved the Polynesian culture. With the love, support and blessings, of their teachers, mentors, and family, the talented couple created their very own dance group in San Diego, HIVA KATOA which has reached up to 300 students since their establishment in 2017. Their mission is to perpetuate their Polynesian heritage through the art of song, dance and storytelling.
The JING Institute of Chinese Martial Arts & Culture delights in sharing the joys of Wushu (武术） / Kung Fu and Tai Chi （太极）. Relax with the calm, fluid movements of Tai Chi, and enjoy the high energy and crisp power of Chinese Wushu! The JING Institute invites all good people to enjoy, experience, and benefit from the treasure that is Chinese Martial Arts.
Mochi Cafe is an event based maid cafe in San Diego, California, founded by Andrea Cash on August 16th, 2009. Inspired by the maid cafes in Akihabara, Japan, Mochi Cafe entertains guests through games, dance, song, and occasionally cuisine. Unlike the traditional black and white attire, maids and butlers of Mochi Cafe bring a colorful and unique brand of cultural entertainment for all ages. Mochi Cafe is an eclectic blend of Japanese pop culture and the celebration of friendship and fun. Mochi Cafe strives to bring a unique experience of Japanese Maid Cafes to the United States so all fans of Japanese Culture could enjoy.
This year the Samahan Filipino American Performing Arts & Education Center embarks on its fourth decade of continually providing Filipino cultural arts through dance, music and living traditions and enriching cultural diversity to the San Diego community. Samahan continues to offer Filipino folk dance and music classes, workshops, holding annually the Concert of Philippine Dance and Music and the Philippine Cultural Arts Festival in Balboa Park. They also perform in community and school events as well as private gatherings. The Samahan Filipino American Performing Arts has evolved to be recognized amongst the top San Diego ethnic performing group. It’s 5 components are: Samahan Philippine Dance Company, Pakaragian Kulintang Ensemble, Samahan Rondalla, Angklung Group and the Junior Dance Group. Each group may be booked to perform at events.
The San Diego Kimono Club introduces Japanese culture and traditions through beautiful Kimonos. The audience enjoys authentic Kimonos, varieties of special occasion kimonos, heirloom pieces, and everyday summer casual ones, while learning significance of this traditional garment. The club consists of 100 plus kimono loving members, and has been a popular attraction at cultural events in San Diego and Tijuana. Enjoy a Fashion Show of Japanese traditional Kimonos, an Obi sash dressing demonstration, and a fun dance show!
The San Diego Korean Pungmul Institute (SDKPI) is a non-profit organization. It is composed of grades K-12 from various schools in San Diego. The purpose of the organization is to promote volunteerism, encourage positive relationships with local communities, and prepare the Korean-American youth to become leaders of society. Also, the organization supports and preserves the identities of Korean-Americans by having them experience a variety of traditional Korean musical culture and voluntarily perform in various events to share Korean culture with other communities. The organization has participated in the Rose Bowl Parade, Hollywood Parade, Disneyland Parade, and local and out of the U.S. cultural events. The organization will continue to support our students and work with other communities to have them play a vital role in communities.
The San Diego Lucky Lion Dancers are part of the non-profit Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and are the oldest lion dance group in San Diego. They practice traditional Southern-style lion dance as well as dragon dance. The group’s busy season is during the Lunar New Year, and they perform throughout the year for weddings, grand openings, and private events. The lion dance is performed throughout the world to scare away evil spirits and bad luck to bring good luck and prosperity.
The Swaggers bollywood and western dance group is run by Preeti Sharma.They perform different dance forms like Indian Bollywood, Freestyle,Punjabi, Folk,Western and Fusion styles for private,public corporate and wedding events.
The Vietnamese Community of San Diego is a non-profit community based organization. It was founded in 2006 as a means for Vietnamese Americans to maintain the heritage culture. Its mission is to promote cultural awareness, social activism, and community development.
Established in 1985, White Dragon is one of the oldest and largest martial arts schools in Southern California. The school teaches traditional kung fu and tai chi for health and self-defense to students of all ages. In addition, White Dragon has one of the most active Lion Dance Teams in San Diego.
Xingjian Dance Studio was founded in 2002 under the direction of Mrs. Rose Liu. It is committed to promoting the art of Chinese traditional dance in addition to classical ballet and contemporary. The students actively participate in both regional and national competitions, and have won top awards in several categories for both solos and group dances. | 2019-04-24T06:37:30Z | http://silkroadproductions.us/silk/2018/05/21/asian-festival-day-entertainment/ |
Marshall Islanders invented this fine sun hood from a t-shirt. They call it "ninja style".
Here seen on the skipper of the chase boat of the 2000 national sailing canoe race at Majuro, Marshall Islands.
Just look out through the neck hole and tie the sleeves behind your head.
You're all set for a day on the water.
Works equally well covering mouth and nose or exposing them.
2nd picture is me with my own sailing canoe on an outer islet of Majuro Atoll.
A small or child's t-shirt is all you need, but any t-shirt will do.
This works well for biking in the winter too if you use a spandexy-base layer-workout kind of shirt; cotton gets wet and than makes you colder.
hahaha i saw that on a shirt at hot topic. i do it sometimes on my cross country runs at school. Actually, they think its funny. I was expecting less-friendly results.
IN THE DESSERT URINATE ON IT TO MAKE YOU COOLER! (TEMP)COOLER!
Turns out this is good for an area with lots of smoke too! I use this occasionally because it is sunny where I live. Kudos.
We don't ge that much sun in Finland but the same technique works well against mosquitos too. | 2019-04-19T10:01:18Z | https://www.instructables.com/id/Island-Ninja-T-shirt-Sun-Hood/ |
Smallholder farming is widely seen as a potential engine for economic growth and for poverty alleviation in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Farmers have, for centuries, demonstrated their innovativeness in taking advantage of new market opportunities and adapting new technology to their local physical and social environments. Yet the arrangements put in place by governments and others to encourage the uptake of new technology, and to improve the management of resources by smallholders, have not been particularly effective. The region's agricultural production still lags behind population growth - in contrast to all other regions of the world.
This project will explore how different institutional arrangements, within and between countries, affect the innovation activity of female and male farmers. It will then assess the impact of their innovation activity on their incomes and livelihoods, and on the local economy.
The project has four objectives.
First, it will build up a detailed picture of the institutions that support and constrain farmer innovation in Kenya, Sudan and Uganda. Each of these countries has a different history of government and non-government efforts to promote technological change and innovation among farmers; there are also differences in institutional support between regions of each country.
Second, research teams in each country will use participatory research tools to explore what this institutional landscape looks like from male and female farmers' points of view, by detailed investigation of recent innovation activity in four sites in each country and of the factors that have constrained and those that have supported innovation. From this analysis, hypotheses will be specified which link institutional arrangements, innovation activity, and changes in farm output, livelihoods, and incomes.
The third objective is to test these hypotheses using data from participatory research and a sample survey in each of the research sites. This analysis will inform the fourth objective, which is to develop evidence-based conclusions on the potential and limitations for enhancing support for smallholder farmers' innovation through new institutional arrangements and different ways of implementing support programmes at local level..
The research will have a positive impact, both through the process of conducting the research and the outputs, on six sets of beneficiaries. This will be through an improved understanding of how smallholder farmer (SHF) innovation works, the impact this has on livelihoods and the local economy, and how it can be supported; and through the consequent design of policies and interventions that are likely to stimulate SHF innovation.
Government: central government in Kenya, Uganda and Sudan will have an evidence base for their ongoing efforts to improve policy support for smallholder farmers; in particular, they will have evidence of (a) how innovation processes work and what can be done, at the point of farmers' access to services, to enhance and accelerate those processes; and (b) the impact of innovation on the local economy and on livelihoods which will enable them to build a case for financial support from Treasury and donors. Local / sub-national governments in all three countries now have devolved responsibilities for provision of support services and so will also benefit from an improved evidence base to design interventions.
International and bilateral development partners will benefit from robust quantitative and qualitative evidence to inform their programmes of support to national innovation support systems (including advisory services, SME promotion, regulatory frameworks). USAID and several European countries, plus World Bank, IFAD, BMGF and others are active in this area.
Civil Society organisations (CSOs), including community based organisations and national / sub-national farmer organisations, in the three countries will benefit from evidence to support their lobbying for improved services for smallholder farmers. Some farmer organisations also provide innovation support services of their own (e.g. Uganda National Farmers Federation - UNFFE) and will be able to use the project findings to enhance their service provision. They will also benefit, along with academic stakeholders, from exposure to research and analytical methods that will inform their future investigation and commissioning of research in this area.
Non-government organisations NGOs) active in supporting smallholder farmers will have an improved evidence base to inform their own interventions and modes of working with farmer groups.
National and international research institutes in the region will have access to a richer understanding of how innovation works in practice in the smallholder sector, which will inform their future interactions with other actors in the innovation system.
Private sector: smallholder farmers will indirectly benefit from improved innovation support policies and interventions (from government, development partners, CSOs, NGOs) that are evidence based and more attuned to the ways in which they seek support in their innovation and farm / livelihood decision making.
Description The research revealed multiple pathways through which innovation happens on smallholder farms. Understanding the notion of 'uptake' is important to be able to elucidate the actual processes that are involved in establishing productivity enhancing change at farm level, so that effective policies and interventions can be designed to support smallholders. This research found that the understanding of how farmers 'uptake' technology and innovation from an institutional ('top-down') perspective is very different from the reality of how farmer's experience and perceive innovation on their farms and in their communities. Whilst key informants and literature continually refer to 'uptake' as a linear transferal of technology, the experience of farmers is very different and much more nuanced. Farmers are actively looking to improve their livelihoods and their individual farm enterprises and, rather than being passive acceptors of technology, they seek, adapt and improve technologies to fit their own individual context. Men and women smallholder farmers innovate through different processes of innovation and using different technologies (some by choice and some due to the influence of policies / intervention, or changes in operating environment), influenced by factors of social differentiation such as age, marital status and community standing. The main constraints to innovation are input and output markets, lack of reliable information and lack of support systems.
Another key finding from the research is that smallholder farmers' propensity to innovate leads to measurable differences in income and expenditure at household and local economy level. In addition, smallholder farmer innovations drive important improvements in individual and household welfare and quality of life. These outcomes can sometimes benefit women more than men. The combination of monetary and non-monetary essential benefits in different contexts and with different patterns of social differentiation warrants further research as does understanding the way that farmer innovations are linked in often complementary and supporting ways in the household.
The methodology used during this research is novel and was successful. The research process started with inductive methods that developed hypotheses and led to deductive investigation. This was done using both participatory qualitative and quantitative methods alongside survey-based quantitative methods that covered multiple research paradigms. The approach included the generation of new and adaptation of existing participatory methods that have been specifically developed to support this research process. The combination of participatory methods has allowed for critical and analytical farmer perspectives that are different from the institutional perspectives that are frequently heard and that came across from formal key informant interviews.
The research team built capacity by providing specific training and research experience to staff and students (research and taught) at Makerere University, University of Nairobi and Afhad University for Women. This training and field experience has led to the use of the participatory tools in other proposed and funded research involving project partners in Kenya, Uganda and Sudan (both with and without the University of Reading). The tools used in both inductive and deductive research have also been integrated into curricula of partner universities.
Exploitation Route Findings from this project have already informed policy discussions led by the FAO and will continue to input into an ongoing plan of action by FAO considering the role of communications in smallholder agriculture. This is led by the FAO office for partnerships, advocacy and capacity development.
Makerere University partners are providing leadership to the Uganda Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services, which has been assigned the task of drafting the national Agricultural Extension Ethics and Standards for the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries. This policy document will be used to regulate extension services in the country. The findings of this study have informed development of ethics for supporting farmer innovation.
University of Nairobi partners will draw on and share findings form this project in their involvement in ReSAKSS (Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System) to improve agricultural policy processes in Kenya, i.e. structuring the involvement of various stakeholders (including farmers) under the bigger umbrella of CAADP (Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme). We actively engaged with policy makers in each country at the outset of the project and will continue to share key findings with them. Specific organisations and projects have expressed interest in the project findings e.g. the German Development Cooperation funded project called Innovation Transfer into Agriculture - Adaptation to Climate Change (ITAACC) implemented by ICIPE, and the Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture/ AIRCA in Kenya. Findings have and will continue to be shared at international conferences and meetings and through other mechanisms.
In relation to the agricultural sector, the findings contribute to the policy debate on 'big agriculture' vs 'small agriculture'. Given the appropriate institutions and environment smallholder farmers have shown themselves ready to use a range of innovations, including 'high-tech' bioscience derived innovations. Together with findings on the effects of innovation, this indicates that smallholder farmers have a role to play in developing more food secure, agriculture-based, economic growth in rural areas and to contributing to household welfare in ways that 'big agriculture' cannot. Importantly the findings can be used to design better institutional support structures for smallholders and smallholder innovation. These findings are of value to and can be taken forward by international development partners and governments as well as NGOs and research organisations.
Description Project recommendations, developed from the project findings, formed part of final recommendations from the FAO Forum on Communication for Community Media for Family Farming in Rome October 2014 http://www.cccomdev.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=312:fccm-recommendations-presented-at-global-dialogue-on-family-farming&catid=70:fccm-blog&Itemid=416 . In addition recommendations were included in FAO International Year of Family Farming event in October 2014. Project recommendations also fed into the FAO Forum on Communication for Community Media for Family Farming regional meeting in Accra, Ghana in August 2015. FAO continue to consult (in 2016) re communication approaches and drawing on the findings from this project. Makerere University in Uganda who were partners in the project, have been providing leadership to the Uganda Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services, which has been assigned the task of drafting the national Agricultural Extension Ethics and Standards for the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries and have drawn on findings and experience from this project.
Description Project recommendations formed part of final recommendations from FAO Forum on Communication for Development & Community Media for Family Farming in Rome October 2014. Recommendations included in FAO International Year of Family Farming event.
Results and Impact Following participation in a workshop, continued engagement and dialogue has occurred with key policy makers on the outputs of this project. This has led to us jointly working with FAO on a policy document. The document is to be launched later in 2016. | 2019-04-19T12:46:30Z | https://gtr.ukri.org/project/E853F57D-AB01-40C7-B027-2565AAAA697D |
New Delhi: With elections around the corner, SKOCH Group, India’s topmost independent think-tank for socio-economic issues with a focus on inclusive growth, today organized 54th SKOCH Summit on the state of Power, Oil and Gas to take stock of the power sector and discuss the reforms carried out in the last four years of the current government.
The Summit witnessed a large gathering of eminent industry leaders and dignitaries from state and central government organizations including, Mr. Anand Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Mr. Saurabh Chandra, Former Secretary-Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India and Chairman, MCX, Mr. N. K. Verma, Managing Director of ONGC Videsh, and B.P. Yadav, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energyto name a few.
The country’s power sector has been going through a massive transformation. 54th SKOCH Summit on State of Power Sector addressed some of the key areas of the sector such as State of the Power Sector: Emerging Policies, Regulations & Reforms in Indian Utilities; Challenges faced by the Indian utilities: People, Processes & Technology Adoption and Innovation, New Technologies and Cyber Security.
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Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is one amongst the most popular and widely accepted entrance examinations in India. This standardised test is conducted to screen candidates for an admission to management courses offered in colleges in India. MAT has been recognised as the national-level test in 2003 and over 600 business schools accept the MAT scores.
The registrations for MAT was extended up to May 15 and the computer-based examination will take place on May 20, 2018. With a few days left for the computer-based examination, let's explore the last-minute preparation tips for the MAT sections individually.
MAT is an objective-type test conducted both online and offline. The individual time limit has been suggested by the organiser of the test, All India Management Association (AIMA). The percentile of MAT will be calculated based on four sections, such as language comprehension, mathematical skills, data analysis & sufficiency, intelligence & critical reading. And the score of the Indian & global environment section will not be reflected in the MAT scorecard.
AIMA's suggested time is 30 minutes for the language comprehension section. Try to complete this section well within the time frame, which will give you more time for the other sections.
Majority of the questions will be based on grammar and spotting errors.
Increase your command over the language, specifically to tackle the questions related to para jumble.
Memorise all the synonyms and antonyms during the last days.
Focus on the reading comprehension, which will help you fetch a good score in this section.
This is one of the scoring sections and test-takers have to be more cautions about accuracy along with speed.
Elementary mathematics is very useful to tackle questions in this section.
While practising the mathematical questions, restrict yourself to the time allotted. This will help you during the examination.
Make a note of all the formulae and revise them on the last day.
Some of the important topics to read during the last days are: ratio and proportion, time and distance, profit and loss, time and work, averages, mensuration, algebra, permutation and combinations, trigonometry, linear programming, coordinate geometry and probability.
Most of the questions will be based on data interpretation. Some questions will be tricky, however, most of them will be moderate.
If you have not solved a question in two minutes, leave the question.
The questions are usually asked on topics such as pie charts, bar diagrams, charts & graphs, line graph, data comparison, table and Venn diagram.
The elimination process is the best way to tackle the data sufficiency questions.
The questions in this section are a little time consuming. We suggest you work on this area during the last days of your preparations.
The questions based on fact inference judgement and passage conclusion are very important.
Focus on logic while reading the question. This will help you find the answer before you start to solve the question.
During the last days of your preparation, focus on the topics such as family tree, direction, assertions reasons, statement argument and analogy.
This is a general section kept to test the candidate's general awareness. Though this section is not considered for the scorecard, study the important topics at least.
There is a huge weightage for the economics and economy-related questions. Hence, start with the topics related to them.
The current affairs is another important section. Pick a good year book of your choice and start reading the events that are in news for a while.
Read about the people in news, who's who, currencies, etc. during the last days.
Never take more than 15 minutes to solve this section on the test day. | 2019-04-21T06:30:26Z | https://www.careerindia.com/tips/last-minute-preparation-tips-for-mat-022659.html |
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