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Those wanting effective, long-lasting fat loss are, in today's more enlightened age, becoming increasingly aware that strict dieting and endless aerobic workouts will not cut it (that is, fat from their bodies). It is now more than ever accepted that weight training is imperative if fat is to be carved from flesh in rapid fashion.
In days past a quick fat loss fix necessitated crash diets consisting of a negligible number of calories and marathon cardio sessions, both widely purported to directly remove excess weight. What such nutritionally deficient eating and excessive cardio did, however, was to burn equal parts fat and muscle while only temporarily boosting the metabolism.
Impossible to maintain, once such a schedule was in any way compromised though the addition of "bad" calories (food that contained, heaven forbid, fat or high carbohydrates) in larger amounts than thought necessary, any fat weight lost would inevitably be piled right back on, with interest. And valuable muscle would be the biggest casualty.
Today it is known that to successfully lose weight and keep it off it is, as a fundamental pre-requisite to long-lasting results, important to build as much muscle as one possibly can, a process often dictated as much by genetics as it is facilitated through good eating and hard training.
One weight training method that has received positive results for many weight loss candidates is giant sets, which are generally thought to involve incorporating four, or more, bodybuilding exercises into one arduous set that, if done correctly, will stimulate one muscle group—or two opposing groupings (back and chest, for example)—more effectively than will an exclusive emphasis on straight sets training.
While any form of weight training—from three to four straight sets per body part to supersets (two sets performed back to back), drop sets (one set broken into three parts, each subsequent set after the first comprised of a 30 percent weight reduction) and rest pause training (upon a set's completion, rest for around two seconds before completing several more reps) - will assist fat loss, giant sets incorporate a greater amount of work into a smaller timeframe.
This allows one to do more while seriously elevating their metabolic-rate (the rate at which we burn calories both during activity and at rest) to more effectively burn fat. Sound good? How might you best include giant sets in your training regime? Read on to find out.
Giant Gains In Fat Loss?
Performed in rotation with as little rest as possible between them, the four or more exercises that comprise each giant set are to be done with as much intensity as one can muster. Though this statement might appear self contradictory, it is worth noting that intensity, in bodybuilding terms, is defined by failure attained at the completion of a set.
The major goal of giant sets training, then, is to complete each set of each exercise (a good rep range for both fat loss and muscle building being around eight to 12) with nothing left in the tank before moving onto the next set (exercise).
Resting between each exercise is to be kept to a minimum (around 10 seconds is sufficient, with 1-to-2 minutes between each giant set) to ensure the compounding effect each movement has upon the one following it is maximized. The giant sets themselves are to be limited to three per body part. Three giant sets comprised of four exercises will therefore provide 12 sets per body part, each muscle grouping targeted from all angles over what is technically the same set.
In fact, one of the benefits of doing giant sets is their brevity; depending on the body part trained an entire workout can be completed in around 35 to 45 minutes. Condensing three maximal bouts of sustained aggression into such a short period does wonders for both muscle building and fat loss.
A giant sets workout can significantly enhance fat loss, provided enough intensity is applied to building muscle. One mistake many people who employ giant sets make is to relax workout intensity to achieve the completion of four exercises in succession. Doing this will not only negate the purpose of each set, which is to build muscle, but to lessen the fat burning effect brought about through a resulting elevated metabolic rate.
Used as an adjunct to one's regular weight training program, giant sets training often provides the intensity boost needed to encourage new gains in muscle mass. The combination of exercises coupled with a sustained period of exertion serves to target a muscle group from all angles hitting deep muscle fibers and stimulating growth.
The metabolic processes governing such growth—as with any form of weight training, but to a greater degree with giant sets—will result in an elevated metabolism, which will, in turn, burn body fat at a faster rate, even while we rest. Once new muscle has been established—provided proper nutrition and rest have been structured in—such metabolic activation will continue.
In fact, the less muscle one has the harder fat loss efforts are to sustain as muscle, being a metabolically active tissue, is constantly working to maintain its structure. Fat, on the other hand, is comparably inert and, if anything, slows the metabolism down.
To shock a muscle into growing, giants sets are thought to be unequalled: by forcing more blood into a specific muscle group (which helps to deliver amino acids to enhance the healing process resulting from the micro tearing of the muscle fibers) compared with any other training protocol, they exponentially create a compounding effect that encourages extreme gains.
Be sure, however, not to turn each movement into a high rep, pumping exercise that is likely to be more aerobic by nature; your sets must be hard and heavy, as with any other style of weight training. If you are not lying on the ground exhausted after the five or so minutes it takes to complete one giant set then you may not have worked hard enough. Each set should be achievable, but only just.
Another advantage including giant sets within your regular training program will confer is the impact they can have on muscles not normally targeted during more convention workouts. Again provided enough intensity is applied and a focus on form is maintained at all times, the added difficulty completing four exercises back to back creates can also force assisting muscle groups to work to their fullest.
In transitioning from one movement to the next, such is the degree of difficulty—both in a technical sense and in terms of sheer effort—required to complete the second set, and the two to follow, that special neuromuscular pathways must be activated to properly coordinate each rep of each set. Like learning any new skill, adjusting to giant sets training requires the firing of new nerves and specific neuromuscular responses to the unique challenge using giant sets presents.
And like conventional straight sets training, exercises and rep ranges can be changed around with the giant sets approach to continually shock the muscles into new growth. Such nervous system activity along with the adjustment needed to adapt to this new training stimulus/system will also amp up the metabolism to encourage greater fat loss.
Our bodies will quickly adapt to new training approaches if these are used in the same manner for an extended period: the key to stimulating further gains is to change one's routine often and giant sets are a valuable tool that can incorporated whenever such change is required.
Given the giant sets approach is an advanced training method it is best that it not be used by beginners as the compound stress associated with it and the greater potential for injury among those unaccustomed to such stress might offset any benefits to be gained. It is probably best to begin using giant sets after at least one year of solid bodybuilding-style training.
What Exercises Are Best?
The best movements to include when designing any giant set are those that work the target muscles from all angles. A giant set for chest, for example, would not include four exercises that target the upper region. Instead, you would pick separate movements to work the upper, lower, inner and outer chest, perhaps rounding the set out with one that functions solely as a mass builder.
I would also recommend those that work best for your individual body type and/or are needed to balance a certain body part. There are certain movements that work well for some, but are not as effective for others. Due to genetic limitations (arm length, height etc) and the overall degree of muscle growth we get from specific exercises, it is best to select those that you feel are most productive for your unique physiological requirements.
Personally, I get a great pump using chins, bent dumbbell rows, deadlifts and close grip pulldowns combined into one giant set for back. This combination just feels right for me and, as a result, I experience great gains.
However, using bent barbell rows and wide grip pulldowns in place of the dumbbell rows and chins, respectively, provide a much weaker response. It is also good practice to select those movements that target weaker areas of a particular muscle grouping.
If your side deltoids are strong but those to the rear are weak then it might be smart to include two movements that place greater emphasis on the weaker area while one can be used to maintain the current degree of size the stronger region possesses.
In the program outlined in this article you will find recommended exercises. If one or more of these are not suitable for you, then simply substitute in its place those that are.
How To Use Giant Sets
The best way to use giant sets as a method for building certain areas to their fullest is to pick four movements related to that area. For back, you might choose deadlifts, T bar rows, chin ups and bent barbells rows. Each of these movements works a specific part of the back to target overall growth.
What I have found to be best for maximizing each movement's effectiveness is to complete the hardest movements first (in the above example it would be deadlifts) and run down the list to the least taxing (probably chin ups, though this would be a subjective matter).
This way, you will be better able to generate the utmost intensity for each movement when relatively fresh while offsetting the risk of potential injury (trying to complete a heavy set of deadlifts while you are physically exhausted is not a good idea, trust me). It is also important that the most effective movements—the compound exercises such as deadlifts and squats which work more related muscle groups while targeting the largest of these from all angles—be completed first while energy levels are at their highest.
But this is not to say that one should not reduce the intensity on the so-called easier movements as a set reaches its conclusion: actually, it is best to try to increase the force placed upon the muscles as the weight will probably be slightly lighter than they would be training with straight sets. Therefore, take the time to refine your focus to where you can feel each fiber working through a full range of motion.
Giant sets can also be used to target opposing muscle groups. For example, to work the biceps and their agonist grouping, triceps, one might pick alternate dumbbell curls, triceps pushdowns, bicep preacher curls and lying triceps extensions, executing them in this order. Probably best done with smaller body parts such antagonistic training can cause major swelling of all related muscle tissues (a great thing for bodybuilders, a possible medical condition for normal people).
The key thing to remember here is that if you wish to bring up a lagging body part then it is best to hit it, in giant set fashion, with four related movements, otherwise the blood flow that is diverted to any antagonistic muscles might lessen its healing, and eventual growth.
Typically, giant sets are used to support and enhance the effectiveness of an established program. They are included for perhaps one body part per workout with 1-to-2 sets being the maximum number used. Because of their intensiveness, giant sets are usually limited to occasional use to provoke further gains. In the following program they will exclusively form a training schedule designed for rapid fat loss to encourage the development of a lean, shredded and muscular physique.
A Giant Sets Workout Schedule For Maximum Fat Loss
While the following 6-week program—designed to carve the final layer of fat from one's physique while further increasing muscle gains—incorporates giant sets as a major part of the outlined training schedule, it is recommended that this method, following this program's conclusion, be included for at least one (of four exercises) set every other workout.
Giant sets can also be used periodically—every second or third week, and incorporated into one's routine as outlined in the following program—to help overcome a training plateau to further encourage fresh gains in muscle size while reducing body fat. Be aware, however, that given their intense nature excessive use of giant sets might result in overtraining, so they are best used in the following manner:
- To attain a specific goal (such as fat loss prior to a show) and
- Occasionally incorporated into one's regular training program to vary the pace of their workouts and to stimulate further gains.
Weeks 1-3
Sunday: Rest
Weeks 4-6
Sunday: Rest
Note: For both 3-week phases specific cardio sessions are limited to three per week. As mentioned, giant sets training will ensure rapid fat loss, but if you feel additional cardio is needed (depending on the stage you are at in your training) then add one more 45 minute/moderate intensity session per week on a non weight training day


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Gala Tribute to Father Jack Gavin, O.S.A./
On April 25, 2014, the Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel honored the late Father Jack Gavin, O.S.A., as one of three Augustinian Gala Honorees. In this video, Father Gavin recalls his story of what called him to be a priest, as well as his views on the charisms of the Augustinian Order. The video also includes congratulatory remarks by the other two Augustinian Gala honorees Fathers David L. Brecht, O.S.A., and Bill Sullivan, O.S.A. We congratulate Father Gavin and thank him for his life of devotion and friendship! Music by Father Brian Barker, O.S.A.

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B.A., Evangel College (now Evangel University)
M.Div., ORU School of Theology & Missions
MLIS, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Education
Prior to joining the faculty of Global University, Mr. Langford served in various pastoral ministry roles at Assemblies of God churches in New Jersey and New York for twenty-eight years, with an extensive background in preaching, teaching, pastoral counseling and church administration. He has been a youth pastor, minister of pastoral care and counseling, and a senior pastor. His experiences also include short-term ministry to Nicaragua and Italy as well as directing a student ministry tour group from Oral Roberts University. He has written one article, Ministering to Single Parent Families, for an Assemblies of God youth publication. Since July of 2005 he has been involved in Internet research and the development of Global University's online resources. He has been the Director of Library Services at Global University since July of 2009.


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NOLA Brewing Opens Tap Room
Matthew Noel
Kicking off with a bang, the New Orleans Lager & Ale Brewing Company pop the top on their new Tap Room. This isn't just a tasting room for their current line-up of delicious libations, but the beginning of one-off brews like the "Girl Stout Cookie". That is their Irish Channel Stout rum barrel aged with cacao nibs and peppermint. They are also bringing in food trucks every night of the week from 6 pm - till. Pair that with great bands on the weekends and this will surely be a destination not to miss. Find out more at www.nolabrewing.com or www.facebook.com/nolabrewing


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Apparently this week is starting out as wedding week on the blog. I have no idea why. But let's talk about invitations for a moment. Specifically, invitations from the American Wedding.
If you've planned a wedding or are in the process, you probably share the love hate relationship that I have with invitations. I love looking for invitations because it was so much fun looking at all of the pretty things. But I hated it because there's just too much out there. Too many fonts. Too many styles. Too many things. All of the things. I swear I almost thought Mr. T and I were going to break up over invitations.
And I firmly believe that one of the main reasons I had such a hard time is because invitations just seemed a little too formal or traditional bride or something to me.I almost wanted to just make a Facebook invite and call it a day. I would like pieces of one invitation and pieces of another. The invitations just seemed to be too fancy and traditional or too out there (or just cheap looking). I'm totally happy with what we ultimately chose, but like I said - it was overwhelming.
Anyway, I was approached by a little place called The American Wedding on Twitter and I am pretty impressed with what they have going on over there. I'm a little sad I didn't find them when I was actually getting married (maybe I should add that to the do over list).
They sent me some samples and in the samples alone I found eight invitations that I would have loved to have if I was planning my wedding. And that's just in the samples. There's plenty more on the website. There are so many fun designs, colors, and fonts. And I found they have a pretty good variety. If you're an off beat bride or more traditional, you'll likely find something.
And, if you're not looking for invites, they also have a lot of other things as well. They have save the dates, wedding related party invites, all kinds of wedding accessories, and a ton more. Plus, and not that I'm trying to sound like a cheapskate, but I feel like all of their items are decently priced (without sacrificing on quality). So, if you're planning a wedding, you should definitely give them a look.
And, if my glowing review of all of the awesome things doesn't convince ya, how about a little special offer? Like, say 40% Off Wedding Invitations and Save the Dates. Because the're totally offering all of my readers just that. Just use promo Code CV7340.
So there you have it. Frustrated with wedding invites or just looking for some wedding stationery stuff. Go check out the American Wedding.
Disclaimer: I was approached by The American Wedding on Twitter. I was not paid or compensated in anyway for this endorsement. All opinions are solely my own.


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We've looked at how setting can be an anchor, a place we return to time and again.
Setting also gives your character opportunity for escape, or the fantasy of it. We can learn more about them by knowing what they want to escape from, or where they want to escape to.
Setting can help us deepen or establish character by revealing how your protagonist fits in or clashes with the place he inhabits.
And through the careful selection of details on which to focus, setting can help the writer convey emotion without relying on the description of a feeling.
So, now that you have identified and visualized the primary setting of your novel, it's time to write a scene where your main character is existing in that place. I want you to consider all of the many possibilities setting offers you.
Will your character be in harmony or disharmony with her surroundings?
Will the way he interacts with his setting reveal something important about him?
If others enter this place, how will they occupy it in their own distinct ways?
How will her perception of it shift when she is no longer alone?


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Those are two very small words. So small it's easy to forget them – to overlook their significance. However, despite how small those words are on the outside, they are truly epic words. Small starts, small changes, add up to something epic.
Somewhere along the lines I forgot the importance of starting small. Of making little changes and building on those changes. Maybe it was because I had built a momentum. I had a solid base of small starts. All those small starts created something larger and got lost. It's like pointillism – A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte – all those dots create something beautiful while getting lost in the bigger picture.
In my rambling and meandering epiphany regarding my weight loss (or lack thereof), I made the decision to go back to basics. I made the decision to start small though I didn't really realize it. And guess what, so far I've had a lot of success.
Today I realized the mistake I've been making all along in my efforts to get back on track. A mistake I wasn't truly aware of until I stopped making it. All of my previous attempts to get back on track were me diving right back in. Yes, that can be an effective method…after a bad weekend. The more time that passes, the harder it is to pick right back up where you left off.
Sometimes you just have to start over, although I don't look at it as starting over really. Starting over implies I'm back at square one that all the progress I made is lost. That's not true at all. I'm looking at it as picking back up at a slower speed.
When I made the decision to get back to basics I was starting small and it has led to bigger things. I decided to take the small step of eating more veggies, and in paying attention to my veggie intake, I started paying closer attention to everything I was eating. I decided to start a food journal – an old school, pen and paper journal. And I decided not to write down just the foods I was eating but the details as well – was I hungry, eating out of boredom, did I eat too much, what factors might be effecting my appetite. Keeping this detailed log has led me to paying more attention to my calorie intake – I've been using SparkPeople to keep track of calories (generally after the fact) on almost a daily basis. And since I always already writing all this other stuff down, I went ahead and started keeping track of my workouts in there too – what I did, how I felt.
I've had more success in getting back on track this time than I ever have before. I feel really good about it. I know I can make more small starts – like setting a single goal for myself each morning. I'm writing it in the top margin of my journal. It could be anything. Today's goal: 50 wall push-ups. Tomorrow's goal might be to buy ink for my printer. (Seriously, it probably will be.) I've talked about how I'm terrible at seeing things through when I set goals. Setting a single daily goal seems like a good way to start small.
It seems that it all boils down to one thing: Start Small, Finish Big.


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Winners of the Developer.com Product of the Year 2009 have been announced and you won't be surprised to know..
NetBeans is certainly back with a bang ! We won FIVE awards out of TWELVE..
Here's an excerpt from the announcement,
In the past due to close races, runner ups were also recognized. This year there were no close calls. Each winner won its category with a respectable margin.
In the case of Java Tools the winner had almost three times the votes of the others finalists in the category combined.
It is no surprise that the Development Tool category received the most votes. The second most popular category continues to be Open Source. Looking back over the last two years this shouldn't be surprising at all.
The top two categories last year were Development Tool and Open Source. Two years ago the top categories were Wireless/Mobile and Open Source.
Last year, we won under the categories: Developer Tool, Java Tool and Wireless/Mobile Development Tool.. You can also take a look at the hall of fame , where we have won more awards over the past several years.. You haven't yet started using NetBeans? What are you waiting for?


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Winners of the "Steampunk Explorer" Challenge/
Congratulations to Cécile Carre, Nicola Sammarco, Lëila Courtillon and to Zhi-huang Dong, the Special Guest Juror's Choice this month! Thank you so much to ALL the artists of our community who have submitted their work for this challenge, to Rad Sechrist for accepting to be our juror this month, and to Character Design Quarterly, the official partner of the CDChallenge, which makes this project possible.
Character Design Quarterly
This challenge is presented by Character Design Quarterly, the Official Partner of CDChallenge.
Character Design Quarterly (CDQ) is an exciting new print magazine for illustrators, artists, animators and character art enthusiasts. Releasing four times a year, the magazine will offer inspirational and educational articles, tutorials and interviews from top industry professionals specifically geared to helping artists hone their character design skills. This unique, engaging magazine will provide a regular stream of insider knowledge and illuminating advice from experienced professionals and freelancers to help artists of all skill levels improve their workflow and designs. New issues will be released at regular three-month intervals in September, December, March and June. Subscriptions are available now!


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I've had a very nice weekend. Yesterday was just lots of fun and today was somewhat productive. And then I have a two day work week and then 5-day weekend. So yay me! (And if you're wondering what possessed me to use my "Spring!" icon, it's cuz I had one of my windows & back door open today. Lovely weather!)
I wound up heading to mom & dad's on Friday evening in order to help dad with a computer issue (trying to copy a DVD we'd made before). He offered me free supper in the form of Hothead Burritos, so of course I said "yes!" :-)
After dinner, mom and I made plans for the next morning. I'd wanted to see the new Harry Potter movie during opening weekend, and the folks were willing to come along as well. (We're all fans of the movies and dad and I enjoyed the books as well.) We decided on the first showing of the flick, which would cost us only $4.50 each at the theater in Piqua (which is nicer, or at least has nice seats, than the one in Troy).
So Saturday morning, I didn't sleep in as much as I usually do and was at the folks' by 10am. We got to the theater an hour or so before it began (it was an 11:15am showing), but the theater itself wasn't open yet. So we stood in line with the other folks who were there. It was foggy and chilly, but not really unpleasant.
After half an hour or so outside, employees finally opened the door. Dad paid for our tickets (yay!) and mom bought popcorn & drinks (yay!) and we got seats about 4 rows from the screen. The place was full, but the audience was respectful. I, apparently, was the loudest laugher in the theater. At least mom claims the people in the front row looked back whenever I laughed... (OK, so I'm used to going to movies which no one else attends...)
We all enjoyed the movie. It apparently works well without having read the book before since mom found it comprehensible. I thought it did a great job of including as much as it did as well as gearing us up for the final part. I may catch it in the theater one more time before it moves to the small screen.
Lunch was at the pizza place formerly known as Cassano's. Piqua's Cassano's was one of our family favorites, (the only Cassano's we liked) but it is now Beppo Uno. We ordered the deluxe (now classico) with half no onions. It was yummy, but not quite the same as the pizza from Cassano's. Their breadsticks were wonderful. So we'll keep in on our list of restaurants to visit. (Oh, and for you folks keeping score, I contributed moolah to the purchase of lunch - I'm not a complete moocher! Well, actually I am a moocher, but I'm a generous one.)
Next was our trip to JoAnn's where I was looking for a number of things, some of which I found. I got curtain rods for my bedroom (even though I haven't finished putting up the ones for my living/dining room), some craft supplies for Christmas gifts, and something to use in my Advanced Science class (Styrofoam cones, if you're curious). We popped home so mom could check e-mail in case Amy sent her a list of books she wanted for Christmas. No e-mail, but that didn't stop us from heading off to the Bookstore.
Each late autumn, Jay and Mary's Book Center has a 20% off sale weekend. And this weekend was the one. I found my children's Christmas Book for the season (I've been buying one each year), a gift for my cousin Braden, and something for another relative which I won't mention more details about. I've also figured out what I'm getting my little cousins (who aren't so little any more) on the other side of the family.
I eventually made my way home with my purchases and vegged for the rest of the night. Then this morning, I slept in a bit to make up for yesterday. I got laundry done, including my bedroom curtains, swapped out the sheets on my bed (from winter flannels to Xmas flannels), listened to the latest Big Finish audio (mmmm, Sylv!), put up the new bedroom curtain rods, ironed the curtains, then hung those too. I also edited together the chemistry videos from my students into one DVD for showing this week. Phew - that's a lot of work for lazy ol' me!
So that was my weekend before Thanksgiving. I hope you folks have been having a nice time as well. :-)


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Grant Clelland, editor of Financial News, has accepted a role as director in Edelman's newly combined corporate and financial business.
He was responsible for all editorial products at the Dow Jones-owned brand, leading a 35-strong editorial team in London and the US.
Clelland had been at Financial News for five years and was previously associate editor at The Business and business editor at the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. He has also worked on Newsnight, Business Breakfast and Working Lunch at the BBC.
News of Clelland emerges days after Jenny Davey, deputy City editor at the Sunday Times, was named as an associate partner at Finsbury. She left her role at News International in the first week of July, but will not take up her new post until March 2011 after a period of maternity leave.
The moves follow Nick Hasell, previously The Times' Tempus column editor, joining FD as an MD in its financial comms practice last month and Sunday Times business editor John Waples moving as an MD to the same agency earlier this year. Also this week, Simon Evans, former deputy business editor at The Independent on Sunday, started at Weber Shandwick as head of business media.
Speaking to PRWeek in an exclusive interview on 2 July, Waples noted: 'You get a sense in newspapers that you're working for an industry in decline. PR is a growth industry, so why spend the last ten to 15 years of your career managing decline when you could be managing growth?'
He also pointed out the 'fundamentally wrong' gulf in pay driving senior journalists into comms consultancies.
It is a trend of which some City bosses are wary, with one pointing to the 'hugely different' skills-set between journalism and comms and doubting many journalists would embrace the commercial
elements of the role.
Another agency boss said: 'Journalism is a helpful, but insufficient condition for being good at PR. Both have low barriers to entry, but it is not easy to be good at either.'
But Geoffrey Pelham Lane, FD's UK CEO, argued that hiring senior journalists could bring important skills to an agency. He said: 'A strategic comms consultancy needs a wide variety of experience and expertise, so recruitment policy needs to look across the whole breadth of sectors – from banking, corporate or consultancy backgrounds to those working in journalism.
How I see it
Geoffrey Pelham Lane
We are not seeing a blanket move of print journalists to comms consultancies. There has always been the opportunity for people to cross over where they have the expertise that might fit with what clients are looking for. Whether a journalist is a good fit comes down to the areas of expertise a consultancy needs and what clients may need going forward.
Alex Bigg
MD corporate & financial, Edelman
We have found that hiring the right journalists can really bring added value to our clients and our business. They give insights and advice about how issues, whether they be financial or corporate, play out in the media and, as Edelman is focusing increasingly on the development of compelling client content, the skills that ex-journalists bring are critical.


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What sinks? What floats? What is salt water and where do we find it? What effect does salt water have on objects? What happens when Fresh and Salt water meet?
On a very rainy March morning, we decided to tackle these good questions! On Day 9 of the Mother Goose Time unit, "Down at the Pond", we were learning all about Floating Pond Plants. We set up a simple Sink/Float station, and then took it a step further for our older friends. Would the introduction of Salt to the water change the results? In both measuring cups we had 1 2/3 cup fresh water. We added 1/3 cup of salt to one of the measuring cups and stirred until it was dissolved. Then we tested each item, first in the fresh water and then the salty to see if the results were the same or different. Then we moved on to the egg test. First we made a hypothesis, based on the Sink/Float station, about what we thought would happen to the egg placed in the fresh water versus the egg in the salt water. The measurements of water and salt were the same as before. The egg placed in the fresh water sunk, and the eggs placed in the salt water floated!
Now, what happens when Fresh water and Salt water meet? Our Preschool and Pre-K friends have been learning all about the Water cycle and different bodies of water during our Pond unit. Rivers and Streams flow to the ocean as part of the water cycle. We started out with the same measurements, but this time we added some food coloring and used an eye-dropper to slowly add salt water to the fresh. The Salt water sunk to the bottom, or maybe it made the fresh water float. (The separation was very slow, which is hard for preschool, so we left it sitting on the counter and we will revisit later, but this photo is mid-process.)
Most kids enjoy science, but a number of our students learn best through these types of activities. They really need to test their theories and see what happens, in order to make the connection. These experiments were a fun way to demonstrate the differences between salt and fresh water properties and it was a great expansion to the Sink or Float activity from Day 9.
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Right from its foundation in 2004, this gallery focuses on exhibiting and promoting contemporary art in all its manifestations such as painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, video and performance. In recent years it has clearly leaned towards giving support to young emergent artists and slowly becoming one of the galleries that acts as an outstanding "trampoline" within the contemporary art scene.
Alejandra Atarés, Albert Gusi, Diego Pujal, Víctor Jaenada, Aldo Urbano, Dominica Sánchez.


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The "Capture the Spirit in William B. Umstead State Park" Exhibit features the winning photos from our 4th photo contest.
All winning entries, including Honorable Mentions, will be exhibited at the William B. Umstead Visitor Center. All the winning photos and illustrations are featured in a 2018Park calendar.
The exhibit reception is open to the public. The reception will take place on Saturday, August 26, 2017 from 2-4 p.m. in the William B. Umstead State Park Visitor's Center, 8801 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27617.
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To kick off his spotlight panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego, "The Tick" creator and "Supernatural" executive producer/writer, Ben Edlund, was granted a 2012 Ink Pot Award -- Comic-Con's achievement award given for excellence overall since 1974.
Nerdist Writer's Panel host and "The Thrilling Adventure Hour" co-creator Ben Blacker served as moderator for Edlund's spotlight panel, also joined by actor Shadoe Stevens -- who often interjected oddball questions with his deep, booming voice. Surprising the crowd halfway through the discussion with his witty bass was musician and voice actor Doc Hammer, and "The Venture Bros." creator, Jackson Publick. The group had the appearance of easy going surfers with their long, wavy hair, cool sunglasses and hip hats.
The dialogue began as a chaotic back and forth riddled with humorous interaction between the panelists. "I was told I could talk about me for 40 minutes, so let's do that," Edlund said.
Blacker added, "If anyone wants to leave -- now is the time."
Edlund seemed very gracious to have this panel in front of a filled room to briefly graze over his body of work from the last 20 years in comics and television. Bringing things into focus, Blacker asked Edlund about his early influences. "What dented your mind or wrinkled your brain as a youth?"
"One of my earliest cinematic memories is my parents taking me to see 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail,'" Edlund said. "The four way amputation of the Black Knight -- you're not sure if it's funny or not. It's in that taboo area known as black comedy. That started it for me."
Known as a "genre guy," Edlund spoke on the works that influenced him. "There's a lot. First I saw 'Kolchak: The Night Stalker.' 'Star Wars' blew my doors off. I started to compose my own Oscar-winning speeches as a kid: 'Thank you, George Lucas, for showing me the world!'"
When asked if he's read many comics, Edlund said, "Sort of. I got Marvel's 'Epic Illustrated' at a yard sale. It's like 'Heavy Metal.' But most of the comics I read were 'Richie Rich,' 'Swamp Thing,' that kind of thing.
"By the time I created 'The Tick' there was a question in my mind about what a superhero was and what it would mean to be one," Edlund said of his inspiration for his offbeat superhero. "The Tick is based on the idea that insane optimism will actually provide an end result. It's kind of heroic just to get through whatever this day and age is now. It's an incredibly complicated period."
On the construction of the male superhero, and The Tick specifically, Edlund said, "The Tick is masculine. I'm more like a walking bike. The Tick is a little boy choking on a thesaurus." He pointed out it's a question of balance in constructing his most iconic character. "The Tick was supposed to be a much more dangerous lunatic than what he became. As he flies closer to the center of pop culture, he becomes a different thing. There's always this quality in him that's, I guess, Don Quixote -- He's got this spark which is beautiful. He's full of love."
At this point Edlund attempted to play a live-action clip from "The Tick" TV show starring Patrick Warburton as The Tick and David Burke as his sidekick, Arthur. Edlund had some trouble getting the video cued correctly and when it finally started playing, the clip was muted. "I told you I would mess it up! This is perfect -- it's how any complicated plan I have goes," he joked. Once things were rolling, the scene met vivacious applause from the crowd.
At the clip's conclusion, the room suddenly went black as the strumming of a bass beat through murmured confusion. This lasted a few moments and when the lights came back on, Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer were in the house.
"We have a long history together -- the three of us worked together on various things," Edlund said of Hammer and Publick. The most recognizable of these "things" would be "The Venture Bros." animated series on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.
Hammer continued to strum and pluck his bass for the remainder of the panel, improv-ing his groove to what the panelists were talking about, playing off their enthusiasm. "Wow, I find your bass distracting," Edlund said with a laugh, not being able to field a question from Shadoe Stevens.
"I'm coming up with themes for everybody. That was the theme of propelling your words to the bass," Hammer replied.
Edlund switched gears to his writing/producing job on The CW's "Supernatural." Actor Misha Collins, who plays "Castiel" on the show, made a surprise appearance, jogging up to the panel and giving Edlund a brief hug to the delight of the audience. "Misha gets us into places with his charm," Edlund said.
"Only recently I delivered a script of 'Supernatural' on time," he continued. "It's the first [script I ever] delivered on time. Punctuality should be observed if you want to do anything in the professional spirit.
"I spent two years pitching a wishing fish in 'Supernatural,' where they catch a fish and get wishes. Or they could use ghost bees. They're ghost bees!" Edlund smiled. "[Production] doesn't have to pay for anything!"
Prior to showing a clip from an episode of "Supernatural," Edlund touched on writing characters unlike himself. "'Supernatural' felt like a place where I actually had to learn to be manly. I felt like I had to change the way I speak a little bit to be more manly, which was, you know, kind of weird."
The clip, which contained two very manly men kissing to seal a business deal of some kind, was received positively by the audience. One of these men was the character Crowley, played by actor Mark Sheppard, who in the show leads Hell after Lucifer's imprisonment.
"The through line with 'The Tick,' 'Supernatural' and 'The Venture Bros.' is they're the study of hero fiction, and I think it really comes down to some weird thing with men and women -- that there's some kind of tension between the genders," Edlund said of the scene. "A dis-equilibrium that needs to be tackled. I'm happy to help. That's why I'm here. This kind of subversion of things -- I think it's a powerful thing, still, to have two gaudy men kiss and not two hot men. All these sort of hero pieces show frameworks of maleness."
The last clip shown was from "Venture Bros." starring the character Brock drinking an elixir which purges his ego. He goes on to ride a pink dolphin, naked in a sea of blood amongst a variety of other weird things.
One of the panelists commented to Edlund, "That clip specifically is like a look inside the recesses of your brain."
"I actually wanted to call this panel 'What is wrong with Ben Edlund?'" Edlund replied.
A fan asked when they could expect the release of "The Tick's" next issue, to which Edlund said, "I don't know. I have a gathering well of material, but I believe it will be a number of years in the future. The Tick will probably come to the conclusion he's buried himself alive, kind of thing." He added, "Thank you for that question. It was very awkward."
Things continued to get wacky to close the panel, as Stevens began blasting off a list of random questions and statements, one of which Edlund confirmed to be true -- when he was nine years old, he had the habit of lying in front of the bathroom sink pretending to be dead. When someone tried to move him, he screamed at the top of his lungs "Why me! Why me!"
Edlund said in response, "Have you been talking to my dad?"
Stevens then posed one final question: "What is your problem?"
"I'm just happy I found a space like this people enjoy. If i didn't have this in my life I'd be like the kind of beach comber who goes to an ATM to the dismay of other people," Edlund said.
To cap off the good natured ribbing which propagated the panel, Edlund admitted he wrote every question Stevens asked him.


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Speech at S.Siput among Indian leaders dinner talk on 26thNov2010
The success by Pakatan Rakyaat in denying BN its traditional two thirds parliamentary majority in the 2008 elections was one of the greatest feats in Malaysian elections.
This victory coupled with PR's triumphs in winning 5 state governments has made the 2008 elections all the more sweater.
The unprecedented success by the Opposition was a result of Malays, Chinese and Indians having decided that it was time for a political change.
The Indian voters though did not constitute majority in many constituencies, had played the kingmaker role and helped PR victories.
For over 52 years, the Indians have steadfastly supported the Barisan Nasional coalition come what may.
But in 2008 elections, the Indians decided to vote for change and supported the Opposition. Why did this happen?
First and foremost, it was the political awakening which had finally taken place as a result of the Hindraf movement.
In the Hindraf rally of 27November, 2007. many Indians in the thousands got down to the streets to support the Hindraf cause. They advocated the 26 point plan.
Secondly, the BN has not been effective in helping the Indian community.
The Indian community has always faced high rate of unemployment, single mothers, alcoholism, school drop outs and gangsterism.
Although the BN Government has promised in the 9thMalaysia Plan to increase the Indian community's equity participation from 1.5 % to 3% by 2010, the target has not been achieved and the time to achieve it has been post postponed to 2020
The above issues are fundamental to the Indian community.
BN lost significant Indian support because MIC and BN had failed to deliver their promises.
It is therefore imperative that PR must live up to the expectations of the Indian voters.


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The pupil is a short, emotional story of a precocious young boy growing up in a mendacious and dishonorable family. He befriends his tutor, who is the only adult in his life that he can trust. James presents their relationship with sympathy and insight, and the story reaches what some would consider the status of classical tragedy.
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First digital edition 2017 by Gianluca Ruffini
The poor young man hesitated and procrastinated: it cost him such an effort to broach the subject of terms, to speak of money to a person who spoke only of feelings and, as it were, of the aristocracy. Yet he was unwilling to take leave, treating his engagement as settled, without some more conventional glance in that direction than he could find an opening for in the manner of the large affable lady who sat there drawing a pair of soiled gants de Suede through a fat jewelled hand and, at once pressing and gliding, repeated over and over everything but the thing he would have liked to hear. He would have liked to hear the figure of his salary; but just as he was nervously about to sound that note the little boy came back, the little boy Mrs. Moreen had sent out of the room to fetch her fan. He came back without the fan, only with the casual observation that he couldn't find it. As he dropped this cynical confession he looked straight and hard at the candidate for the honour of taking his education in hand. This personage reflected somewhat grimly that the thing he should have to teach his little charge would be to appear to address himself to his mother when he spoke to her, especially not to make her such an improper answer as that.
When Mrs. Moreen bethought herself of this pretext for getting rid of their companion Pemberton supposed it was precisely to approach the delicate subject of his remuneration. But it had been only to say some things about her son that it was better a boy of eleven shouldn't catch. They were extravagantly to his advantage save when she lowered her voice to sigh, tapping her left side familiarly, "And all overclouded by this, you know; all at the mercy of a weakness!" Pemberton gathered that the weakness was in the region of the heart. He had known the poor child was not robust: this was the basis on which he had been invited to treat, through an English lady, an Oxford acquaintance, then at Nice, who happened to know both his needs and those of the amiable American family looking out for something really superior in the way of a resident tutor.
The young man's impression of his prospective pupil, who had come into the room as if to see for himself the moment Pemberton was admitted, was not quite the soft solicitation the visitor had taken for granted. Morgan Moreen was somehow sickly without being "delicate," and that he looked intelligent - it is true Pemberton wouldn't have enjoyed his being stupid - only added to the suggestion that, as with his big mouth and big ears he really couldn't be called pretty, he might too utterly fail to please. Pemberton was modest, was even timid; and the chance that his small scholar might prove cleverer than himself had quite figured, to his anxiety, among the dangers of an untried experiment. He reflected, however, that these were risks one had to run when one accepted a position, as it was called, in a private family; when as yet one's university honours had, pecuniarily speaking, remained barren. At any rate when Mrs. Moreen got up as to intimate that, since it was understood he would enter upon his duties within the week she would let him off now, he succeeded, in spite of the presence of the child, in squeezing out a phrase about the rate of payment. It was not the fault of the conscious smile which seemed a reference to the lady's expensive identity, it was not the fault of this demonstration, which had, in a sort, both vagueness and point, if the allusion didn't sound rather vulgar. This was exactly because she became still more gracious to reply: "Oh I can assure you that all that will be quite regular."
Pemberton only wondered, while he took up his hat, what "all that" was to amount to, people had such different ideas. Mrs. Moreen's words, however, seemed to commit the family to a pledge definite enough to elicit from the child a strange little comment in the shape of the mocking foreign ejaculation "Oh la-la!"
Pemberton, in some confusion, glanced at him as he walked slowly to the window with his back turned, his hands in his pockets and the air in his elderly shoulders of a boy who didn't play. The young man wondered if he should be able to teach him to play, though his mother had said it would never do and that this was why school was impossible. Mrs. Moreen exhibited no discomfiture; she only continued blandly: "Mr. Moreen will be delighted to meet your wishes. As I told you, he has been called to London for a week. As soon as he comes back you shall have it out with him."
This was so frank and friendly that the young man could only reply, laughing as his hostess laughed: "Oh I don't imagine we shall have much of a battle."
"They'll give you anything you like," the boy remarked unexpectedly, returning from the window. "We don't mind what anything costs, we live awfully well."
"My darling, you're too quaint!" his mother exclaimed, putting out to caress him a practised but ineffectual hand. He slipped out of it, but looked with intelligent innocent eyes at Pemberton, who had already had time to notice that from one moment to the other his small satiric face seemed to change its time of life. At this moment it was infantine, yet it appeared also to be under the influence of curious intuitions and knowledges. Pemberton rather disliked precocity and was disappointed to find gleams of it in a disciple not yet in his teens. Nevertheless he divined on the spot that Morgan wouldn't prove a bore. He would prove on the contrary a source of agitation. This idea held the young man, in spite of a certain repulsion.
"You pompous little person! We're not extravagant!" Mrs. Moreen gaily protested, making another unsuccessful attempt to draw the boy to her side. "You must know what to expect," she went on to Pemberton.
"The less you expect the better!" her companion interposed. "But weare people of fashion."
"Only so far as you make us so!" Mrs. Moreen tenderly mocked. "Well then, on Friday, don't tell me you're superstitious and mind you don't fail us. Then you'll see us all. I'm so sorry the girls are out. I guess you'll like the girls. And, you know, I've another son, quite different from this one."
"He tries to imitate me," Morgan said to their friend.
"He tries? Why he's twenty years old!" cried Mrs. Moreen.
"You're very witty," Pemberton remarked to the child, a proposition his mother echoed with enthusiasm, declaring Morgan's sallies to be the delight of the house.
The boy paid no heed to this; he only enquired abruptly of the visitor, who was surprised afterwards that he hadn't struck him as offensively forward: "Do you want very much to come?"
"Can you doubt it after such a description of what I shall hear?" Pemberton replied. Yet he didn't want to come at all; he was coming because he had to go somewhere, thanks to the collapse of his fortune at the end of a year abroad spent on the system of putting his scant patrimony into a single full wave of experience. He had had his full wave but couldn't pay the score at his inn. Moreover he had caught in the boy's eyes the glimpse of a far-off appeal.
"Well, I'll do the best I can for you," said Morgan; with which he turned away again. He passed out of one of the long windows; Pemberton saw him go and lean on the parapet of the terrace. He remained there while the young man took leave of his mother, who, on Pemberton's looking as if he expected a farewell from him, interposed with: "Leave him, leave him; he's so strange!" Pemberton supposed her to fear something he might say. "He's a genius, you'll love him," she added. "He's much the most interesting person in the family." And before he could invent some civility to oppose to this she wound up with: "But we're all good, you know!"
"He's a genius, you'll love him!" were words that recurred to our aspirant before the Friday, suggesting among many things that geniuses were not invariably loveable. However, it was all the better if there was an element that would make tutorship absorbing: he had perhaps taken too much for granted it would only disgust him. As he left the villa after his interview he looked up at the balcony and saw the child leaning over it. "We shall have great larks!" he called up.
Morgan hung fire a moment and then gaily returned: "By the time you come back I shall have thought of something witty!"
This made Pemberton say to himself "After all he's rather nice."
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Gav-Yam is one of Israel's largest and best-established real estate companies. It is a subsidiary of the Property & Building Corp., part of the IDB Group.
Gav-Yam's main areas of activity are initiating, planning, constructing, and managing hi-tech parks, industrial parks, commercial properties, and office buildings, logistics centers, and residential neighborhoods. Gav-Yam was founded in 1928 by the Israel Economic Corporation (PEC) as a public company for the purpose of developing industrial infrastructure.
Since its establishment more than 80 years ago, Gav-Yam has played a key role in the economic development of both pre-State Israel and the modern State of Israel, while being involved with a wide variety of projects and income-producing properties throughout the country. The company has been traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange since 1978.
Gav-Yam aspires to lead the upper echelon of the income-producing property sector, while maintaining its high standards of professionalism, quality, and integrity. Gav-Yam's goal is to diversify its business activities while reinforcing its position as a developer in the field of income-producing real estate, and as a professional authority on building innovative, efficient, profitable projects.
Looking Toward the Future
Gav-Yam is always looking to the future and setting itself new goals in order to continue standing at the forefront of Israel's business sector and real estate market. The company constantly undertakes strategic initiatives, examines new opportunities, and rapidly responds to changes and trends within in the real estate market. Gav-Yam will continue to cement its position as an Israeli leader in the field of constructing sophisticated, tailor-made buildings with long-term leases that put the client's needs first. In addition, Gav-Yam will regularly examine options to develop new areas in Israel and improve existing sites in prime locations, while also broadening its business horizons.
Areas of Activity
Gav-Yam ensures the creation of the ideal work environment for hi-tech and industrial parks it owns in prime locations distinguished by their vicinity to main traffic routes and strategic industrial centers, among other advantages. The company provides park maintenance and management services in accordance with client needs, from air conditioning, security, and landscaping, to daycare centers, mail services, and clinics.
The same comprehensive approach that aims to create this ideal environment is also reflected in the design and construction of the company's residential parks: developing the overall infrastructure of the neighborhood, sprawling green parks, kindergartens, schools, and commercial centers, while also ensuring the highest building standards and uncompromising adherence to schedule, including delivering the apartments on time and assisting residents even after the handover.


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Waiheke Social Media will be a source of information and a service to help Waihekians undersand, utilize, and make the best out of the new social media.
There is a lot of hype around the term social media at the moment, but the idea is here to stay and is highly relevant to our communities, the way we work, and the way we play. The impact of the internet is expansive and its potential in all aspects of life can not be ignored.
The idea for helping islanders understand the landscape and use of social media came out of a course I taught at the Waiheke Community Education Centre on using Wordpress to create websites. In that course many people were becoming very curious about how blogging, RSS, and things like Twitter and Flickr could be used together to form online identities, establish community, or market a business enterprise. These people were not geeks or techies by any stretch of the imagination. They were ordinary people from a wide variety of backgrounds who all lived on Waiheke.
Our aim WSM is to help the people we currently know best: Waihekians. We believe that online media doesn't mean the end of conversations on the beach, in the supermarket, or with friends over a bottle of our fantastic local wine. So in the coming months we'll be blogging (here), working on a Facebook page, and Tweeting about social media and Waiheke Island - listen in.
If you require more personal hands-on assistance on setting up and learning about how social media can help your community business or organisation, please take a look at our Services page.


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In today's world, people are always after quality when it comes to binders, boxes, folders, scrapbooks and related accessories. Long gone is the time when such items were viewed as basic. Individuals and firms walked into a store or ordered a product without giving it much thought. However, nowadays, they are giving the products lots of attention. This is expected considering that the modern customer wants something elegant, attractive and most importantly, has the personal appeal. This is why they are opting for custom products from firms such as ThePaperWorker.com.
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-User-friendly:- The site comes with a user-friendly platform. Looking through the existing designs and altering them to suit your desires is quite simple and straightforward.
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Since its establishment, a lot of reviews and comments have been made about the service. The comments are always increasing by the day due to growing popularity. Some of the notable remarks are as follows:
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The above review has shed more light on ThePaperWorker.com. Users are able to design and customize various products online. In addition, they are turning to the site because it offers variety, flexibility, assortment, Eco-friendly product, and is easy to use. Anyone looking for reliable custom box service and related services will find ThePaperWorker.com quite resourceful.


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Can the World Get a Good CRM for Real Estate… Please?
There are quite a few things that I find curious in Real Estate. Independent contractors, substandard training, and why buyers are liars and sellers are worse… just to name a few. One of the most curious and incomprehensible things to me is why there isn't a super amazing CRM (that's Customer Relationship Management) tool for real estate. So I ask you… collectively, "Can the World Get a Good CRM for Real Estate… Please?
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We're in the People Business for God's Sake…
It seems everyone thinks that Realtors are in the home selling business. I think it's rather obvious we're in the people business. 99% of the time, you can't sell a home without intimately dealing with people. So how do we keep track of them? Here's a few typical Realtor responses:
- I have an address book.
- I keep everyone in Outlook.
- I keep an Excel database.
- I use Top Producer.
- I use my MLS's integrated tools.
- Why would I keep up with them?
See what sorry shape we're in? We can't even keep up with the most valuable resource we possess… information. Now, after you've those responses above, how many people do you think do any of those things (save the last one)? The quick answer is not too many. I'll tell you why:
- Realtors are reactionary by nature… doing things that are important but not urgent (like keeping a database) get pushed down the list.
- Realtors, as a group, are not tech savvy. I've met at least a dozen within my own MLS board that don't even have an EMAIL ADDRESS! figuring out some fancy, feature rich, less-than-urgent database management software just ain't happening. Yeah, I said ain't. I have to remind you I'm from Arkansas occasionally.
- The last one is a doosy. There isn't a program out there that covers all the bases. Argue with me if you want. I know what I'm talking about. I've used A LOT of them. A truly comprehensive CRM does not exist for real estate.
Imagine with me…
Imagine, if you would, a web app so devilishly clever, so demonstrably useful, so diabolically mobile, Realtors signed up for the service in droves. This would have…
- Smart capture technology fully integrated within your website and social media outlets whereby, if you get a lead from ANYWHERE, it automatically gets filed, categorized, and followed up with by the system.
- Comprehensive usability on your desktop, laptop, and mobile phone… online or offline.
- Reminders and task management send to agents through their preferred media. Want your CRM to text message you about your next appointment? Done. Want it to sync with Gmail or Outlook? Want an all-in-one system where you can go to one place and do all of your business, paperwork, prospecting, and marketing? Done.
- Complete brokerage solutions by managing showings and feedback, accounting and payables, and keeping close tabs on your Realtors' ability to convert leads into sales.
- Cool tools. I want to be able to embed videos in my email marketing campaigns. I want my clients to be able to login to my system and see all of our upcoming appointments, favorite listings, and be able to use it, on their phone. I want a complete tracking system that tells me when my prospects read my email, what links they clicked on, and keep notes on when they responded. I want to know intimate details of my clients' lives and be able to recall them with one touch on my phone.
In my humble opinion, this is what real estate needs. A Killer CRM for a relationship business. It would go a long way towards professionalizing our industry and kicking us up in the pecking order.
I know a lot of you are investors. Wouldn't your Realtor be more valuable to you if they knew exactly what you needed all the time?
Realtors… how much more money could you make in how much less time with an application like this?
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text: Evolving dads: Fathers are bringing more emotions to parenting - Trib Live Brandon Coney was playing football with son Christian, 7, when the young boy fell and hurt himself. Coney immediately could tell his son didn't want to show how shaken he was. "I told him it was OK to be upset and show emotion," says Coney of Regent Square. "I told him he's not any less of a boy because he cried if he hurt himself. It's OK to show that." The moment was just one of many Coney has used to teach his kids about understanding their feelings. His approach to fatherhood is not unique. A report from the Pew Research Center shows gender stereotyping in parents is undergoing a shift.


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March 6, 2009
Keywords: Climate Change Eco-business / Social Venture Local government Non-manufacturing industry
The Japanese city of Settsu in Osaka Prefecture and Hankyu Corporation announced on October 28, 2008, that they have started work on a plan to build the nation's first carbon-neutral railway station, as part of the city's scheme to develop its Minami-senrioka area. The new station is scheduled to open in spring 2010, aiming to realize zero emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) arising from station buildings.
On November 1, 2007, Settsu City, Hankyu Corporation and a housing developer, J.S.B. Co., signed an agreement for coordination and cooperation in developing an ecological model town equipped with measures against global warming. Since then, the three organizations have been examining environmental measures applicable in this town planning.
The new station is estimated to emit approximately 65 tons of CO2 emissions per year when operated using conventional means. However, the figure is to be cut down by about 35 tons with the help of environmental measures and the remaining 30 tons is to be offset by emissions trading. Thus, the CO2 emissions from the station can be reduced to zero.
The station features a variety of designs to curb CO2 emissions related to electricity and water consumption, including the use of power produced by the regenerative braking systems in elevators, solar power generation, LED lighting, rainwater storage tanks, as well as waterless urinals which don't require flushing water.
- Railway Company Introduces Waterless Urinals (Related JFS article)
- INAX Releases New Water Saving Toilet Fixtures for Public Use (Related JFS article)
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text: I always try to climb Camelback Mountain at least once when I'm home in Arizona. But on my most recent trip, staying at the Four Seasons in Scottsdale, a few of us climbed nearby Pinnacle Peak in the early morning, which I had never done in 20 years of living/visiting family in Arizona. For a first-time visitor to Scottsdale, I'd say this is the hike to do. You have panoramic views of the valley, of Camelback Mountain and you're surrounded by hundreds of saguaro cacti. Plus, it's a simple hike for the most part. No hanging onto poles to help you get up straight vertical climbs like on Camelback. It was the best way to start an Arizona day.


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Previous Events
- Bonza Bash Halloween 2009
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- 7th Annual Black Tie Bonza Bash
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- Bonza Bash New Years Eve 2013
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- Bonza Bash Halloween 2014
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Every year we get many people asking us where they can get clothes, transport, hotels, etc… In response, we organize some of the best deals we can get on these items – as we're invited to present these to our guests by the vendors listed. We're always adding more information here – so keep checking back for the latest!
Dinner at Wild Ginger
Due to popular demand, we've setup a deal with one of Seattle's top restaurants, Wild Ginger, exclusively for Bonza Bash attendees. This is an optional add-on for those who are looking to grab a phenomenal bite to eat before attending the Bonza Bash. Tickets are $85/head and include tax, gratuity and wine parings. These are separate from Bonza Bash event tickets and must be purchased separately. You'll be dining from a menu specially prepared for Bonza Bash attendees by Wild Ginger's Executive Chef.
Menu details coming soon.
Space is strictly limited, so grab your tickets here while you still can!
Hotel Package
No designated drivers needed… no waiting for cabs! We have secured a block of rooms at the Four Seasons Hotel, located just blocks from the Seattle Aquarium! Stay at this luxury five-star hotel at the special Bonza Bash rate of just $225/night (standard rates normally start at $395). Rooms are limited, and this premiere property will fill up fast, so book your room today. Be sure to make your reservations before December 17th to guarantee your spot by calling (206) 749-7000. Remember to ask for the "Bonza Bash New Year's Eve special rate" to get this awesome deal.
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The Tuxedo Club
Need a tux? We've managed to get an exclusive deal for Bonza Bash NYE 2010 attendees from our good mate Bob @ The Tuxedo Club in Kirkland. Bob has taken fantastic care of many of our guests for the last 5 years and this year will be no exception. You can grab a tux for $69.90 + $5 cleaning fee + tax for the whole kit (jacket, shirt, trousers, vest, tie and shoes). Although Bob can usually accommodate you last minute, New Year's Eve is an extremely busy night, so for the best selection, be sure to order at least one week in advance.
You can reach Bob @ (425) 822-2384.
Dresses for the Ladies
Due to popular demand we're excited to announce a partnership with La Belle Rêve! Ladies, for evening gowns, flawless dresses and accessories head into La Belle Rêve, mention Bonza Bash and receive 15% off!
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Professor Deike Peters
Narrative Biography
My work seeks to meaningfully contribute to the creation of more socially just and environmentally sustainable human settlements. My experience combines over 20 years of policy advocacy and consulting for major international institutions such as UN Habitat and the World Bank with an only slightly shorter transatlantic career in academia.
As an avid urbanist and urban planner, I believe in the crucial importance of "getting cities right." Most recently, my research has focused on controversial urban megaprojects, especially the successful (re-)development and (re-)design of major rail stations. I am also an enthusiastic advocate for making cities more bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly for people of all ages, genders, cultural backgrounds and income levels.
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If you're an Alaskan, you know what XTRA-TUF boots are. You also know that that hallowed symbol of Alaska localism is now a cheaply made foreign product rife with manufacturing problems now that the company moved its manufacturing to China. My last pair of XTRA-TUFs was purchased in 2004 and they are technically still wearable, though their outer skin is mostly just a collection of patches and wader-repair-goo keeping the water out of the cracks. I wanted a new pair but when I put my beat up old pair next to my friend's brand new Chinese pair, and saw that my nasty old boots looked better than his three month old ones, which were sporting wear patches and scuffs through to the neoprene already, I despaired of ever having another pair of good rubber boots. There's no way I was paying $100 for cheap rubber boots that were going to fall apart in a matter of months. What would we do? The great thing about XTRA-TUFs is that they were walkable; you could wear them all day and not get blisters or discomfort other than swamp foot from the lack of air. They are rubber, after all. Most other substitutes I tried (Bogs, for instance) were not comfortable enough to walk in for extended periods.
One of my mountain rescue group compatriots suggested I check out LaCrosse, since she uses them in the field and liked them, so I asked for a few sample pairs. It was perfect timing for the muddy, cold conditions of fall in Alaska. I like to hike in rubber boots when it's muddy (why mess around trying to get leather to stay waterproof – just accept the need for rubber if you're going to walk straight through shin-deep mud), and I cover a lot of ground so I need a comfortable boot. I took the LaCrosse boots straight out into service and was very happy to find out that they were great. They're comfortable to walk in, and nimble enough to move in uneven terrain.
You gotta appreciate the name of these boots, or at least the "Break-Up" part of the name. That's what Alaskans call "spring" – when the ice breaks up. For real, we hardly ever refer to that season as "spring", it's always "breakup". I wonder if LaCrosse knew this and was angling to hit the Alaska market, bereft as we are over the demise of our hallowed XTRA-TUFs.
There are a lot of features to like on the LaCrosse boots. They go high up (18″) on the leg, and have an adjustable strap to keep them tight to your leg, which I find a little unnecessary, but maybe there are body types who would find it useful. I find the strap a little annoying and might end up cutting it off, but if you need to adjust the calf tighter, you might like that feature. I also found the boots a little more difficult to fold down than XTRA-TUFs are; which is something I am prone to do to keep my legs from getting too sweaty (though I admit contributed greatly to the life of my old boots, which developed cracks along the fold points) but that's a minor issue and I'm very pleased with these boots.
Since I use them often for mountain rescue in the shoulder seasons, I kind of wish they came in a color other than camouflage (I'm not trying to hide, after all). I do use them for hunting but I never wear camo for hunting because I think it's utterly pointless. So the camo is a bit overkill but I can live with it. They come in an insulated and an uninsulated version, which is great news for those of us in cold climates.
So I admit I haven't thrown out my XTRA-TUFs yet. They're next to useless; leaky, sprung, and uncomfortable, but it makes me sad to give them the old heave-ho. It truly is the end of an era. However, I'm really pleased with the LaCrosse boots and they're the ones I wear when I need to grub around in the mud and water or hike out in varied terrain (read: swamps and bogs). Seeing them on the feet of other mountain rescuers is a good solid endorsement as well. So there's no need to comb the stores for the last few pairs of Made In USA XTRA-TUFS (and they're really mostly gone anyway, I've looked) because LaCrosse is a solid alternative.


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Businesses and consumers are once again bearing the brunt of poor foreign exchange (FX) practices, as banks and major FX brokers are cautioned against misleading customers into thinking they can achieve a more favourable rate through the use of inadequate currency converter tools.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently warned banks and other currency transfer services that they will face penalties if they continue to use the interbank rate in their online currency converter tools, which deceives consumers into believing this more favourable rate is available to them, when it is in fact likely to be a more inferior rate.
According to a statement by the FCA, "…consumers may not become fully aware of the inferior rate they are likely to achieve until an advanced stage in the customer journey, commonly after a customer registration process has been undertaken." It suggests that consumers may then be unlikely to look elsewhere for a better rate once this stage has been reached.
Godi Financial has been calling for more stringent and clear standards within the FX industry since the company was formed in 2012. Godi's managing director, Paul Langley, claims that although steps are being made to make FX practices more robust, greater force must be implemented to make the sector more transparent and subsequently increase consumer confidence.
The launch of the global FX code of conduct earlier this year by The Foreign Exchange Working Group (FXWG) under the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), has been one such move to safeguard businesses and consumers against deceptive FX practices.
The guidelines were introduced after numerous scandals in the FX market. Companies being mis-sold complex currency derivatives, which became dramatically more expensive due to the fall in the value of sterling following the UK's vote to leave the European Union (EU), was a key area of misconduct that showed a clear need for more stringent regulations in the sector.
Langley suggests the traditional lack of transparency in the FX industry has helped high street banks and large currency providers take advantage of those that are unaware of the pitfalls of unethical practices. He said this latest instance of discreditable practice by currency transfer service providers is dangerous for the industry, as it negatively impacts the FX sector and firms that manage their services with professionalism, integrity and transparency.
Langley commented:
"Too many organisations and consumers are continuing to be taken advantage of as a result of poor FX practices. Untrustworthy FX providers use this often poorly understood area of finance to their advantage in this way and it has to stop. Rather than educating current or potential customers on FX and the best rates that are actually available to them, they are leaving them unaware and out of pocket.
"Godi is a brand that has developed a reputation for outstanding service quality, and trusted, transparent market insights. We are proud to consistently hold transparency as central to our operations and we hope other FX companies will follow suit in light of this FSA warning. Adherence to good practice guidelines will enable a reputation of professionalism and trustworthiness for the global FX sector to be established, which we all want to see."


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We welcome you to this member-only breakfast briefing with Sir Ciarán Devane, Chief Executive of the British Council.
Sir Ciarán Devane took up the role of Chief Executive in January 2015. Ciarán has focused on ensuring that all stakeholders understand and value the contribution that soft power, cultural relations and the British Council makes to security, prosperity and influence, and that the organisation and staff are aligned behind that vision.
Prior to this, Ciarán was Chief Executive of Macmillan Cancer Support from 2007 to 2014. He transformed the scale and impact of the charity, both on its own and in collaboration with other organisations and raised its profile as an authoritative voice on cancer and on health matters, leading to Macmillan being the UK's 'Brand of the Year' in 2014.
Ciarán was awarded a knighthood in 2015 for his services to cancer patients.
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In my previous post, I talked about Jesus focusing on His ministry & the work His Father wanted Him to do. Jesus didn't get caught up in government issues. I would think He cared about the things going on around Him. He just didn't waste His time or energy on it. Instead, He took care of the people & developed leaders that would carry on when He was gone. And carry on they did!
As the verse above shows, the early, very early church did many good works in the community. They took care of the people that needed their help & they didn't care if they were followers of Jesus or not. In fact, when the church leaders decided to install deacons to minister to the needs of the people, one requirement they had was that some of them needed to speak Greek. This enabled deacons to minister to Gentiles. They ministered to ANYONE THAT NEEDED HELP!
The Apostles got busy right away providing services to those in need. They didn't sit around talking it to death. When they saw a need, they found a way to take care of it. AND THEIR NUMBERS GREW! The actions of the early church led to tremendous church growth. Yes, the teachings were powerful too. However, those teaching weren't just empty words. They backed the words up with action, with good works.
As Jesus ascended, He instructed His followers to "Teach them all I have SHOWN you!" He wanted them to know that His teachings, His words were important but His ACTIONS were the most important thing for them to remember & share. The way He healed the sick. The way He fed the hungry. The way He treated people of other nations & beliefs. The respect He showed to women. Love God. Love your neighbor. Very simple.
And remember, charity was not an accepted practice in the days of the early church. Providing for those in need was unheard of. The Roman government provided no services yet they collected a lot of tax dollars from the people. People in need just suffered until Jesus changed all that. And then He told His disciples to continue His work.
So, perhaps these days we need a little less conversation & a little more action. Time to quit bickering. Time to quit discussing things. Time to quit complaining. Let's get busy doing the very thing Jesus asked of us & let God take care of the rest.