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Saturday night the Los Angeles Opera threw itself a party.
Ten years ago a young artists program was formed by a group of local philanthropists to further studies for young singers within the company. The fledgling undertaking started in the late 80's and was underwritten by Flora Thornton. Her tradition carried on now by the foundation named for Richard Colburn, who's performing arts school downtown bears his name, and Eugene and Mindy Stein.
There's also a fellowship subsidized by Lenore and Richard Wayne Young that augments the program. When you think that Los Angeles, the second largest city in the country, has only had an opera company for 30 years the generosity of these people I've named can't be underestimated.
Unfortunately not everyone invited was able to attend. Baritone Nikolas Testè, still suffering under the malady that caused the cancellation of his first two performances of Hoffmann's villains, and his wife Diana Damrau decided best to hang back since they both had a matinee Sunday. They were missed but an intriguing new talent made her debut with the company in their place.
Luckily we had the grand seigneur of L.A. Opera Placido Domingo and soprano Sondra Radvanovsky to lend a little wattage to the proceedings. Though considering the level of talent and professionalism on stage at the Dorothy Chandler last night they were honestly just frosting.
Taking the stage looking like the proverbial movie star Ms. Radvanovsky got things off to a opulent start with the Bolero from Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani. Her blonde hair falling to her shoulders she wore a form fitting, midnight blue, mermaid cut gown in satin with black bugle beads at the decolletage. While her performance wouldn't have won any speed records it was notable for its meticulous observance of every note-accent and trill Verdi wrote, plus two astonishing displays of breath control where she bridged the fast and slow sections of the aria. Brava Diva!
Next we got the famous Act IV quartet from Rigoletto. Baritone Kihun Yoon as Verdi's Jester with soprano Hyesang Park as his ill-fated daughter were joined by mezzo Renée Rapier as Maddalena and tenor Joshua Guerrero as the Duke. It went like clockwork with excellent contributions from all four singers. Ms. Park was especially distinguished and did some lovely messa di voce effects in the upper part of her crystalline soprano.
Soprano Liv Redpath and baritone Theo Hoffman followed with an enthusiastic rendition of the act I duet between Norina and Dr. Malatesta from Don Pasquale. They both gave spirited performances with Ms. Redpath proving especially canny and displaying an attractive bloom on a voice that seemed sizeable for the role.
A vivacious Cenerentola Act I finale had Ms. Rapier as its centerpiece and was followed by bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee in the aria 'La lluvia ha resado' from Ruperto Chapi's zarzuela La Tempestad. Premiered in 1882 its writing and orchestration sound fully part of the verismo tradition. Mr. Brownlee, whose initial physical appearance is an unassuming one, has never impressed me more than on this occasion. His unstintingly passionate and full voiced reading of this study in anger and revenge upped the excitement level considerably. To say nothing of the volume. It's rare when you hear a baritone who can really cut through an orchestra like this and Mr. Brownlee has this gift in spades.
Local favorite and coloratura in excelsis So Young Park gave us her party piece as the Queen of the Night from Act I of The Magic Flute. The last time I saw Ms. Park sing this showstopper she was strapped to a plinth hanging off a wall three stories above the stage wearing an insect head. Naturally I had no doubt she'd triumph with her feet planted firmly on the stage. She did not disappoint. Her appropriately intense German matched her dramatic reading which was surprisingly physical. Still her voice was the glory of the performance. She's a mistress of accuracy and clarity in perhaps the most daunting of soprano entrance arias. Rapid-fire, machine gun, coloratura and high F in alt dispatched with a fierce will and a fiery temperament.
Maestro Domingo, who had been leading the concert, relinquished the baton to Grant Gershon for the Mozart so he could prepare to close out the first half. He appeared with Ms. Radvanovsky and they gave us the recognition duet from Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. I have to say that after having only seen and heard Ms. Radvanovsky in a series of very forceful female characters it was amazing to see her easy transition to the lovelorn and orphaned Amelia.
Her performance was full of touching detail and she showed full involvement in portraying the character through the music and the text. She certainly worked her magic on Domingo because he was moved to real tears at the climax of the duet. This piece is an easy fit for his current bari-tenor and he's certainly had plenty of experience in the role by now. They embraced and shared the final ascent to that piano F over those heart rending descending arpeggios on the harp. Audience hysteria followed shortly on.
Mr. Guerrero and Mr. Domingo returned after the interval and made short work of the Pearl Fishers duet. Mr. Guerrero is an alumnus of the young artists program here and has been featured in a number of roles by the company. It's a very fine voice with a strong core and an effortless way in the upper middle. If his phrasing and presence seems a tad square at times his generally ardent delivery compensates in all the best ways.
Brenton Ryan followed with the 'Song of the Worm' from Ghosts of Versailles which is composer John Corigliano's gift to all character tenors. Its wide range and effects showed Mr. Ryan's skills well as he asserted a cool malevolence.
Mr. Domingo regained the podium to accompany Ms. Radvanovsky in 'Senza mamma' from Puccini's three-hanky Suor Angelica in which she had a great success here in 2012. Her reading was supremely tender with a passionate undercurrent. She landed the tricky final note on a stunning pianissimo that she supported for an impossible length of time to general audience rapture.
We then had Summer Hassan as an impossibly bubbly Susanna in Mozart's Nozze di Figaro to the Countess of Lauren Michelle who was making her L.A. Opera debut in the concert. She is a stunningly attractive woman with high cheekbones, tall, and with a coffee cream complexion. She wore a heavy silk brocaded gown in metalic silver and blue and easily assumes the bearing of nobility. They gave a charming reading of this enchanting piece that may have lacked just the very last bit of polish.
Ms. Michelle returned later in the program for the 'mirror aria' from Massenet's Thais. At first hearing this seemed a perfect fit for her talents. Yet the voice remains too cool in the upper extension and doesn't blossom like you'd want on the big phrases. Sadly her French was something less than correct and nothing approaching idiomatic enough for this aria's rich poetry. Nonetheless a talent to keep an eye out for.
Mr. Guerrero and Hyesang Park returned for the Act I duet from Lucia di Lammermoor and the Korean soprano brought an intensity of devotion to the duet that was most welcome. Ms. Park recently had a success at the Juilliard School as Bellini's Amina and one waits eagerly to see what will come next from this young woman. From the strength of her voice and easy ornamentation I hear a Violetta in the not too distant future. She had breath control to spare and moved and acted with a real glamour that's rare.
Domingo at the pit coaxed some marvellous playing from the L.A. Opera Orchestra players here and, in a setting like this, you see how dedicated he is to his singers. The pizzicato accompaniment from the strings and their quick dynamic adjustments within the phrases were most impressive.
I wouldn't be lying if I said the highlight of the evening for many was Mr. Yoon and Mr. Brownlee, in what appeared to be a very congenial but competitive fashion, blowing a hole clean through 'Suoni la tromba' the duet for baritone and bass from Bellini's I Puritani. Anything you can sing I can sing louder….and they did. You just don't hear low male voices this big and secure everyday and they both appeared to relish the opportunity to show off: bull canto at its best. They were rewarded generously by a grateful audience as was Principal Trumpet Rob Frear for his excellent work.
The rest of the evening was sheer fun. It started with Ms. Radvanovsky storming on with Mr. Domingo in hot pursuit. She feigning anger over some slight and giving him a lot of 'talk to the hand' to hilarious effect. Domingo being deep down the true Spanish jamón he is played to the balcony shamelessly until Franz Lehar's ubiquitous theme from The Merry Widow started playing and then there was some tender singing and waltzing.
Hyesang Park then tottered on with a nearly full champagne flute for Angelita's waltz from Caballero's Chateau Margaux. Nothing from her previous appearances would have led me to believe she would be such a hilariously skilled and physically adept comedienne. As she sang of her uneasiness and fought her queeziness she consistently dipped and swayed yet never spilled a drop. She was charm itself and displayed an enormous amount of skill and confidence.
Finally all joined in at the finale for Johann Strauss II Champagne Song from the Act II FInale of Fledermaus. A piece that Ms. Radvanovsky was obviously unfamiliar with since she came on with a card with the lyrics written on it. She may not know the words but, being the conscientious professional that she is, she was certainly able to find every high note that Strauss wrote into the piece. Bravi Tutti!
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Yesterday, I got an email from Sheila with a pic of our grand daughter Ava dressed for Halloween as a monkey. Ava has been reading Baby Einstein books in English and French since she was 6 months old. We are hoping she will be able to read the Webster's Dictionary and look for mistakes at age 3. Today, I spent a lot of time thinking of home and loved ones. I miss you guys a bunch!

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TITLE: The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: Chris Van Allsburg
FORMAT: Hardback
To continue my 'read all the books' of Van Allsburg, I picked this one up for no reason other than I liked the artwork on the front (all the topiaries are animals).
In the story, a little boy is asked to dog-sit, and of course he messes it up. The dog runs straight into a garden clearly marked as "no dogs" and the magician inside takes the dog.
There is some really cool magic-y stuff that happens in the story, and I like how it ended, although I do have to say that with the ending, it might be suitable for slightly older children (like 5ish?)…
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As of now, we all knew that the Rajasthan Boards 10th examinations will start from March 2019. Most of the candidates know that they must and should carry their admit card to the exam hall. The ongoing academic year 10th students are concerned about their RBSE 10th Admit Card 2019, that's why we are here to help you with it. We are going to tell you when will board give admit cards and announce the timetable and results of the same examinations in this page so stay with us for the entire article.
RBSE Admit Card 2019 / RBSE 10th Roll No 2019 Allocation Process
The most important thing for the board is to arrange the exam centre and giving different RBSE 10th Roll No 2019 to the students. The board has also some other responsibilities one of them is preparing the RBSE 10th Timetable 2019. When the examinations are completed results will be announced one month after it. Supply examination will be conducted on June month. All of these tasks will be handled by the board itself.
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|Rajasthan Board Of Secondary Education
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RBSE 10th Admit Card Download PDF
For both 10th and 12th the board is maintaining the same website, so after opening the website you just need to select which page you want to go. The process of downloading very simple the step by step guide is given below clearly. Students also can consult their school management and get their RBSE Admit Card By Name. From February onwards everyone can log in and download their RBSE Admit Card 2019.
- Open web portal rajeduboard.rajasthan.gov.in
- On home page select 10th / 12th
- After selecting click on notifications.
- In this tab click on the link RBSE Admit Card Download
- It will take you to the online form
- Fill the form with your details and your school name click submit
- Now your RBSE Admit Card 2019 will be displayed
- You can print it and download a soft copy to your device.
Details RBSE 10th Admit Card 2019
Every detail that is printed on the Admit Card will be taken from the application which is filled by the student himself so be careful while applying. Rajasthan board would not allow the students who don't bring admit card to the examinations so check it before going to the examination. it also worth mentioning that nothing should be written on the admit card if you do so it is not considered for the examinations. If you download the admit card from online make sure that all the checklist given below is correct in it.
- Name and signature of the student who is appearing in the examination.
- Age, gender and date of birth etc.,
- A recent photograph of the student
- School name
- Exam centre name, code and location.
- Rules to follow during the examination.
- Signature of the higher officials
- Signature of the invigilator for every examination.
The examinations are nearing so prepare well and carefully attend the examination all the best for every student who is appearing in Rajasthan Board Exams.


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So, what's really cool is I actually have come from the Rodenhouse of Altenloh, Brinck, and Co., our parent company, based in Germany, that is better known for the three brands here in the states, under the TRUFAST brand of roofing fasteners. We're in their booth today. The SPAX division of fasteners, which is primarily wood-to-wood construction, and then my division, which is the Rodenhouse Inc. division, and that focuses on fasteners for side wall applications. So, the question on what's cool—we're excited to now be part of one company that can provide fasteners to the entire building envelope for commercial roofs, for side walls and for below grade. (Photo: Janelle Penny, senior staff writer for BUILDINGS, speaks with Jason Dark of TRUFAST. Credit: TRUFAST) [Related: The Best Roofing Material for Every Building] Janelle: Excellent. Speaking of the whole building envelope, I hear you have a lot of new developments this year. Can you tell me about some of those? Jason: Yeah, we do. We're always forward thinking. And we're trying to address changes that are coming in the energy codes that require the use of more continuous insulation, that's a continuous blanket of insulation that surrounds the entire structure. No longer can you insulate your buildings with fiberglass or bad insulation between the studs. Now you have to wrap the entire building in a continuous layer of insulation. And that requires some method of attachment, either adhesives or fasteners, that have been tested to be able to, No. 1, attach the insulation, but more importantly, keep air and water from getting through that layer and all the different layers of the building envelope. (Photo: TRUFAST booth at IRE 2019. Credit: TRUFAST) So, it's those types of energy code changes that we're trying to address with our fastening systems. Not only in the fasteners, but also the tools and the methods of insulation that will save our customers time and money. BUILDINGS ChecklistBuild Your Roofing File Checklist Use this checklist to help organize your roofing records so when you need them, they are all in one place. Get yours here >> Janelle: Sure. Are you seeing any other trends in the roofing industry besides preparing for those code changes? Jason: Yeah. We are seeing some changes in regard to how the insulation and membranes are put on. Historically, of course, mechanical attachment was always kind of king. We're seeing some developments with induction welding and with different adhesives, which TRUFAST, of course, is staying ahead of the curve on that. And then again addressing those demands from our customers to, 'I can think outside the box and provide a more labor and energy efficient method of attachment of both the insulation and the membranes.' (Photo: TRUFAST booth at IRE 2019. Credit: TRUFAST) [Read also: 5 Things to Consider When Turning Your Rooftop into Usable Space] Janelle: Great. 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Prayer Guide 1.2.20
Pray through Scripture
Choose one chapter to pray through.
- Psalm 2: The Reign of the Lord's Anointed
- Psalm 32: Blessed are the Forgiven
- Psalm 62: My Soul Waits for God Alone
- Psalm 92: How Great are Your Works
- Psalm 122: Let Us Go to the House of the Lord
- Proverbs 2: Make Insight Your Priority
Pray for Your Church
- That a culture of discipling would form in which making disciples is viewed as an ordinary part of the Christian life.
Church Members
- Isaia, Krista, Keoni, Kaleo, Kealani & Kamuela Aricayos
- Mandy Bailey
- Mike, Heather, Caden, Ethan, Landen, Emmery, Hadley, Brinely & Audrey Bonnell
General Church Prayers
Pray for Your Husband
Pray that your husband's relationship with God and His Word will bear fruit in his life. Pray that he will be a man of wisdom and understanding, fearing the Lord. (Prov. 3:7, 9:10; Ps. 112:1)
Pray for Your Wife
Pray that she will cultivate strong character and uncompromising integrity. Pray that her testimony will be genuine, and that she will guard her heart. (1 Tim. 1:5; 3:7; Prov. 4:23)
Pray for Your Children
Growth in Grace—"I pray that my children may grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." (2 Pet. 3:18)
Pray for Your Singleness
[May] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe. (Ephesians 1:16–19)
Show me more of yourself and shape my life to reveal your glory. As I walk back out on the raging sea of life and of singleness, still my faith in you and set my eyes on you standing strong and reliable above it all. Reveal how much bigger and more beautiful you are than marriage, or any other dream or desire I might have.
Pray for Unbelievers
Pray that God would give them a heart of flesh. The Bible contrasts a heart of flesh, a heart that is alive and responsive to God, to a heart of stone, a heart that is cold and unyielding. Pray that God would work within these unbelievers to change their hearts. "And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh…" (Ezekiel 11:19).


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$2,750,000.00 settlement for the son of a woman who committed suicide while in jail. The settlement is believed to be the highest in the history of the State of California at the time for a claim involving jail suicide.
$2,500,000 settlement for carpenter who fell from an exposed deck edge while applying wall sheeting.
$2,000,000.00 policy limits wrongful death settlement involving an intoxicated driver.
$2,000,000 settlement from a landlord on behalf of a tenant who fell over a balcony.
$2,000,000.00 policy limits settlement for pedestrian suffering a brain injury after being struck in a crosswalk by a volunteer firefighter.
$1,900,000 settlement on behalf of firefighter electrocuted while fighting a fire.
$1,800,000 settlement on behalf of child who suffered brain damage by severe dehydration when left unattended in hospital emergency room
$1,750,000 settlement for family of mentally ill minor killed by peace officers
$1,625,000 settlement on behalf of a client injured at a winery in premises liability action.
$1,600,000.00 arbitration award on behalf of a man injured in an automobile collision. Insurance company's final offer was $450,000.00 prior to arbitration.
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The Discovery of the Self Naomi Nye's Works The purpose of this paper is to analyze the self and identity in the works of Naomi Nye, and to examine the popular culture representations of Arabs as terrorist. After the September 11, 2001 attack, more and more disappointment, frustration and curiosity towards Islam and Muslims have aroused amongst Americans. Part of Naomi Nye's political statement lies in her attempts to change the American mainstream perception of Arabs by providing readers with images of Arabs whom she knows and loves, for love lies at the core of her works.
She addresses the issue of Arab identity in America and the concomitant connection with terrorism; her works are her representation of the identity crisis of Arab-Americans as an ethnic minority uniting two allegedly hegemonic cultures, Eastern and Western. Nye gives voice to her experience as an Arab-American through poems about heritage and peace that overflow with a humanitarian spirit. Her experience of both cultural difference and different cultures has influenced much of her work.
This paper explores the connection between Naomi Nye's life as a writer who lives in the relative safety of the American Southwest and her emotional and familial connection to Palestine, a land torn by war. Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet, songwriter, and novelist. She was born on March 12, 1952, in St. Louis, Missouri, to a Palestinian father and an American mother. During her high school years, she lived in Ramallah in Palestine, the Old City in Jerusalem, and San Antonio, Texas, where she later received her B. A. in English and world religions from Trinity University.
Nye is the author of numerous books of poems, including You and Yours, which received the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award, as well as 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East, a collection of new and selected poems about the Middle East, Fuel, Red Suitcase, and Hugging the Jukebox . Naomi Nye has received awards from the Texas Institute of Letters, the Carity Randall Prize, the International Poetry Forum, as well as four Pushcart Prizes. She has been a Lannan Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Witter Bynner Fellow. In 1988 she received The Academy of American Poets' Lavan Award, selected by W.
S. Merwin. She currently lives in San Antonio, Texas. She was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2010. Nye is also considered one of the leading female poets of the American Southwest. A contributor to Contemporary Poets wrote that she "brings attention to the female as a humorous, wry creature with brisk, hard intelligence and a sense of personal freedom unheard of" in the history of pioneer women. In her works, she explores the theme of similarities and differences between cultures, which would become one of her lifelong areas of focus.
For example, in her work" You and Yours," she continues to explore the Middle East and the possibilities of poetic response. Divided into two sections, the first deals with Nye's personal experiences as a mother and traveler. The second part examines the Middle East with "indignity and compassion". Another example of her works, "Blood. " She considers the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. She describes a cafe in" combat-weary" Beirut, bemoans "a world where no one saves anyone," and observes "The Gardener" for whom "everything she planted gave up under the ground".
Georgia Review contributor Philip Booth declares that Nye brings "home to readers both how variously and how similarly all people live". In another work for her, Red Suitcase, Nye continues to explore the effect of on-going violence on everyday life in the Middle East. About her work in general, the poet William Stafford has said, "Her poems combine transcendent liveliness and sparkle along with warmth and human insight. She is a champion of the literature of encouragement and heart. Reading her work enhances life" (38).
A contributor to Contemporary Southern Writers wrote that Nye's poetry "is playfully and imaginatively instructive, borrows from Eastern and Middle Eastern and Native American religions, and resembles the meditative poetry of William Stafford, Wallace Stevens, and Gary Snyder" (par. 1 of 1). Violence takes the lives of innocent people, a fact that Nye not only finds hard to accept but even harder to witness. Becoming a witness and, thereby, writing poetry as an act of resistance leads Nye to name names. All that she wants is for Arabs not to remain or stay in their silence.
She wants them to speak up and resist the negative stereotypes in any way they can. Especially for whom life suddenly becomes more difficult as people identify them with their angry countrymen and make them the subject of scorn and mistrust in America. In one of her works "Red Suitcase", Nye says that the other side of the Arab story must speak of the loss suffered by people who were unceremoniously expelled from their homeland when the Jewish State was created, people exiled from everything that gave them comfort (91) .
Edward Said describes exile as "the unhealable rift forced between a human and a native place, between the self and its true home," and he concludes that "its essential sadness can never be surmounted" (173). In this way, her poems examine contemporary American culture and values, and this examination makes her work political. When shaping verse, poet Naomi Shihab Nye reflects on her Palestinian heritage, family, and the power of humanity. Nye discusses her most recent compilation of work, Transfer, and what inspires her to continue crafting thoughtful and expressive poems
Part of Shihab Nye's political statement lies in her attempts to change the American mainstream perception of Arabs by providing readers with images of Arabs whom she knows and loves, for love lies at the core of Shihab Nye's poetry. In spite of evidence to the contrary, Shihab Nye believes that words can transform people. As a poet, she would rather see people solve their problems with words, not weapons, but the use of words to solve Middle Eastern problems has not proven effective.
In spite of evidence to the contrary, Nye believes that words can transform people. For her being civilized requires that people use words, not guns, to solve their differences, but in the real world angry men use guns, not words. Poetry provides people with the tools to recreate experience. It does not change the experience, but it makes empathy possible. It allows people to understand their feelings and those of others, which is why, in her poetry, Nye continues to write about the Arabs she knows and loves, not the ones who blow up buildings.
In "This Is Not Who We Are" It takes us inside situations, helps us imagine life from more than one perspective, honors imagery and metaphor–those great tools of thought-and deepens out confidence in a meaningful world (86). Expecting the spread of Islam in the United States to make the "Would-be Terrorist" glad seems as naive as expecting angry men to solve their problems with words. Nye believes in "Would-Be Terrorist" that he should care about poetry and its ability of words to change people lives, because she knows that words have a lasting impact on people.
In her work "Never in a Hurry," she understands that "the news couldn't see into this room of glowing coals or the ones drinking tea and fluffing pillows who are invisible" (253), so her essays and poems put a human face on an ancient tragedy that has only recently become the subject of dally news reports in the Western world. In the same letter, she writes about her "Palestinian cousins in Texas who have beautiful brown little boys," but those boys now "have this heavy word to carry in their backpacks along with the weight of their papers and books" (363).
The word that they carry is "terrorist" because they are brown and Palestinian in America. Even though they are children in a country far removed from the chaos of their ancestral land, they now surfer from the stigma of being guilty by virtue of their cultural connection to an ancient hatred regardless of how old they are or what they believe. Nye's little cousins carry the burden of negativity and distrust created by the word "terrorist" because negative words appear to have more power than comforting, loving words, those she uses to write her poems.
Gregory Orfalea claims that "poetry for Nye is powerful, but quiet supplication" because "Nye is not very good with evil; few poets are. The times she faces it, it is with questions, as if warding it off by verbal wolfsbane" (60). For Naomi Nye, the war in the Middle East is personal; the people affected are her immediate family, so her work creates a space for the forgotten, the real people who dally surfer the not-so-little indignities of attempting to live life in a world at war.
That this war involves the United States and its people makes it more difficult for the Arab-American poet who is suddenly tom between two opposing sides. For Shihab Nye, Adrienne Rich's claim in an article in "North American Time" that "Poetry never stood a chance/of standing outside history" (33) is an ever-present reality. Her poetry reflects the realities of her war-torn ancestral. Many of her poems deal with events that most Americans only see on the television news, but the Arab-American poet also writes about a world far removed from the war in Palestine.
These poems offer evidence of life in a safer environment, but an environment where the poet nevertheless feels the stigma of being an Arab in America at a time when every Arab is suspect, including a poet. Through her poetry and essays, Naomi Shihab Nye navigates the two very extreme realities of her life. For example, she writes in "Jerusalem, Red Suitcase:" I'm not interested in Who suffered the most. I'm interested in People getting over it. Prejudice and discrimination against Arab-American is often rooted in negative stereotypes about Arabs and Muslims.
Individual Arab Americans are associated with or blamed for the act of small groups of extremist who share their ethnicity or religion. Being treated as a criminal at the airport is only one example of the many indignities suffered by people whose only crime is sharing a cultural history with 'terrorists. ' For Shihab Nye, writing about being an Arab in America serves the dual purpose of disassociating herself from the men who commit acts of violence and of explaining to other Americans, Arabs and non-Arabs alike, that blaming all Arabs for the behavior of the few is unfair.
Through news reporting about hijackings, violence and terrorism over the last three decades, Arab countries have come to represent terror in the American imagination, and the image of Arab men has shifted to that of a terrorist. Arabs in popular culture are those of Arabs and Muslims as terrorist. Lebanese-American analyst Jack Shaheen has documented over 900 Hollywood films portraying Arabs in negative and offensive manners. It is no surprise that children exposed to negative portrayals of Arabs in the popular culture react to incidents of real violence by blaming the innocent and venting their feelings on their classmates.
Even seemingly innocuous films are sometimes problematic. When American children hear the word "Arab", the first thing that comes to their mind is the imagery of Disney's Arabian Nights fantasy film "Aladdin". Ethnic stereotypes are especially harmful in the absence of positive ethnic images. Shaheen observes that Arabs are "hardly ever seen as ordinary people, practicing law, driving taxis, singing lullabies or healing the sick" (10). Popular films and television imprint young children with numerous negative images of Arabs, and American educators do not do enough to correct this bias. Many do not even perceive anti-Arab racism as a problem.
Educators who have not yet been alerted to this issue and are unaware of the potential harm being done are themselves part of the problem. Arab- American young people consciously reclaim their ethnic identity. Lisa Suhair Majaj, a Palestinian observed, "Once I claimed a past, spoke my history, told my name, the walls of incomprehension and hostility rose, brick by brick: un-funny ethnic jokes; jibes about terrorists and Kalashnikovs, and about veiled women and camels; or worse, the awkward silences, the hasty shifts to other subjects. Searching for images of my Arab self in American culture I found only unrecognizable stereotypes.
In the face of such incomprehension I could say nothing" (90). Naomi Nye indirectly addresses the pain suffered by Arabs in "Arabic," where the poet reports that "the man with laughing eyes stopped smiling/to say, Until you speak Arabic/you will not understand pain. " (19) The displaced Arabs who long for home are an integral part of the Arab story, the Arab-American story. Like the poet's father, they carry home in their hearts; they do not forget. They consider themselves lucky when they encounter others who, like themselves, carry home on their backs.
They are the "homeless fig" (Words 121) whom the poet loves, the people for whom she writes the other side of the Arab story. Despite thinking "pain had no tongue," the poet feels bad that she "lives on the brink of Arabic, tugging/its rich threads without understanding/how to weave the rug…. I have no gift /The sound, but not the sense/ Still: I touched his arm, held it hard, which sometimes you don't do in the Middle East, and said; I'll work on it, feeling sad /for his good strict heart, but later in the slick street/ hailed a taxi by shouting Pain!
And it stopped/ in every language and opened its doors" (19-20). Abdel-Karim Aisawi explains in A Postcolonial Reading of Naomi Shihab Nye's Young-Adult Literature article that Central to a postcolonial reading o Nye's works is her representation of the identity crisis of Arab-Americans as an ethnic minority uniting two allegedly hegemonic cultures, Eastern and Western. Related binaries such as "self" and "other" alongside her revisionary versions of history reveal to what extent her works are representative of the theory.
Furthermore, Nye's treatment of both cultural identity formation and hybridity as experienced by second generation Arab-Americans living both in the USA and the Middle East, adds fresh perspective to this focal postcolonial issue. Naomi Nye succeeds in advocating her message of building a sense of enlarged humanity through crossing racial, political, ideological and psychological boundaries among the young generation in order to achieve global peace (83).
After the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, Nye became an active voice for Arab-Americans, speaking out against both terrorism and prejudice. The lack of understanding between Americans and Arabs led her to collect poems she had written which dealt with the Middle East and her experiences as an Arab-American into one volume. In an open letter "To Any Would-Be Terrorist," written shortly after the September 11, 2001 attack, Nye addresses the issue of Arab identity in America and the concomitant connection with terrorism.
The letter "To Any Would-Be Terrorist" speaks of her father, who "became a refugee in 1948" but "is still homesick" (362) for Palestine, and her mother who "has spent 50 years trying to convince her fellow teachers and choir mates not to believe the stereotypes about the Middle East" (363). It also speaks of "the Palestinian grocer in my Mexican-American neighborhood who paints pictures of the Palestinian flag on his empty cartons. He paints trees and rivers. He gives his paintings away.
He says, 'Don't insult me' when I try to pay him for a lemonade" (363), evidence of a generosity that Shihab Nye recognizes as intrinsically Arab, for "Arabs have always been famous for their generosity" (363). However Generosity and grace are hardly the words people think of when the latest news of car bombs exploding in Jerusalem invades their homes. They think instead of the evil that men do, and the evil men in that case almost always turn out to be Arabs, which explains why Shihab Nye feels compelled to write the other side of the Arab story.
She tells the "Would-Be Terrorist" that she is "sorry" to call him a terrorist because "I hate that word," but then she asks: "Do you know how hard some of us have worked to get rid of that word, to deny its instant connection to the Middle East? " (362) Nye also attempts to reach the terrorist with words by telling him that "Our hearts are broken, as yours may also feel broken in some ways we can't understand, unless you tell us in words. Killing people won't tell us. We can't read that message" (366). Another example, in her work" You and Yours, she continues to explore the Middle East and the possibilities of poetic response.
Divided into two sections, the first deals with Nye's personal experiences as a mother and traveler. The second part examines the Middle East with "indignity and compassion," according to Publisher's Weekly Donna Seaman . Seaman wrote that the book is "tender yet forceful, funny and commonsensical, reflective and empathic," adding, "Nye writes radiant poems of nature and piercing poems of war, always touching base with homey details and radiant portraits of family and neighbors. Nye's clarion condemnation of prejudice and injustice reminds readers that most Americans have ties to other lands and that all concerns truly are universal. (49) Writing for Booklist, Pat Monaghan explains that "some of her most powerful poems deal with her native land's continuing search for peace and the echoes of that search that resound in an individual life. Nye is a fluid poet, and her poems are also full of the urgency of spoken language. Her direct, unadorned vocabulary serves her. (22) In "For the 500th Dead Palestinian, Ibtisam Bozieh, Red Suitcase" Nye no longer lacks the words to say exactly what she thinks about the death of a child who was in the wrong place at the wrong time in history.
She writes: " Little sister Ibtisam, our sleep flounders, our sleep tugs the cord of your name. Dead at 13, for staring through the window into a gun barrel which did not know you wanted to be a doctor. " (97) But she cannot bring the child back from the dead. In fact, the poet acknowledges that she could have become a victim too if she had not lived elsewhere, in the relative safety provided by America: " Had I stayed in your land, I might have been dead too, for something simple like staring or shouting what was true and getting kicked out of school". (97)
In "Blood", an angry Palestinian drove the truck that killed American soldiers, but Arab Americans are both Arabs and Americans. They surfer a double pain. Shihab Nye's poem addresses the complicated geography of what it means to be both a Palestinian and an American who must deal with the actions of angry men–but "the headlines clot in her blood" (121). The best that she can offer is a humane vision of her gentle Arab father who can barely speak about the event. Lisa Suhair Majaj argues in "Arab American Literature and the Politics of Memory" that "Blood" "offers a nuanced meditation on the notion of cultural 'blood inheritance'" (282).
Majaj focuses on what she calls the "lightly humorous consideration of the possibilities of being a 'true Arab' offered by [the poet's] father's folk tales to a deeply troubled questioning of the implications and responsibilities of this identity" (282-83). She finds humor in the father's explanation that "A true Arab knows how to catch a fly in his hands" or the poet's statement that "True Arabs believed watermelon could heal fifty ways,/I changed these to fit the occasion" (Words 121).
However, she does not stop to examine the ways in which these humorous statements humanize the Arab father who uses folk tales to explain his heritage to his American-born daughter. Majaj's statement about Shihab Nye leads immediately into the argument that "Blood" "deconstructs the naturalization of an Arab cultural 'essence,' while simultaneously foregrounding the politicized over determination of Palestinian identity" (282-83), her main concern. "Blood" was published in 1986 in Yellow Glove, Shihab Nye's third collection of poetry.
Like Orfalea, Majaj claims that the poem was written after what she calls the "Israeli and Lebanese Phalangist massacres of Palestinians during the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon" (283), but she may be missing the "American" side of the poem. In conclusion, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the self and identity in the works of Naomi Nye, and to examine the popular culture representations of Arabs as terrorist. Naomi Shihab Nye addresses the issue of Arab identity in America and the concomitant connection with terrorism throughout her works.
Nye attempts to change the American mainstream perception of Arabs by providing readers with images of Arabs whom she knows and loves, for love lies at the core of her works. She also asks and tells the Arabs to break their silence, raise their voice and speak up in any possible way. A contemporary example given for negative stereotypes about Arabs is Russell Peters. A stand-up comedian who shows us the bad effect of the media in representing Arabs. Work cited: Aisawi S. Abdel-Karim. " Crossing Boundaries: A Postcolonial Reading of Naomi Shihab Nye's Young-Adult Literature. " Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences 37 (2010)
Said, Edward. Reflections on Exile and Other Literary and Cultural Essays. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2002 Orfalea, Gregory. "Doomed by Our Blood to Care: The Poetry of Naomi Shihab Nye. " Paintbrush 18. 35 (Spring 1991): 56-66 Shaheen, Jack G. Reel Bad Arabs. Interlink Group, 2001 Majaj, Lisa Suhair. "Arab American Literature and the Politics of Memory. " Memory and Cultural Politics. Eds. Amritjit Singh, Joseph T. Skerrett, Jr. , and Robert E. Hogan. Boston: Northeastern UP, 1996. 266-90 Mercer, Lorraine and Linda Strom. "Counter Narratives: Cooking Up Stories of Love and Loss in Naomi Shihab Nye's Poetry and Diana Abu-Jaber's Crescent. MELUS 32. 4 (Winter 2007): 33-46 Wingfield, Marvin. and Karaman, Bushra. "Social studies and the young learner article. " Arab Stereotype and American Educators. 5 May 2012 <http://www. adc. org/arab_stereo. pdf >. Nye, Naomi Shihab. Red Suitcase. NY: BOA Editions, 1994 Nye, Naomi Shihab. "To Any Would-Be Terrorist. " 75 Readings: An Anthology. Eds. Santi V. Buscemi and Charlotte Smith. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004. 362-66. Nye, Naomi Shihab. Fuel. NY: BOA Editions, 1998 Nye, Naomi Shihab. Words under the Words. Portland, Oregon: A Far Comer Book, 1995
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On 7 August 2018, at about 1120 Central Standard Time, a Cessna 210M was departing Mount Ive, South Australia, for aerial work with only the pilot on board.
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During times of high workload, simple tasks such as selecting the landing gear could be unintentionally omitted. Pilots should be mindful that during an abnormal situation that all normal pre landing checks are completed. Pilots should also be familiar with all aircraft systems and warning devices.
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The road to 1.0
Since our first public beta release last week we are receiving a lot of questions about next releases and planned features.
First we would like to say a warm "thank you" to all of you for your kind comments and feedbacks through Twitter, emails or forum. We are really happy and proud to see this amazing community growing and sharing the same excitement than us for an open source PIM. We are really committed to bring you the best support we can to start contributing to this project! And even if this beta is the result of many months of hard work, we don't want to stop here!
We are planning to open one new version every month until our 1.0 release (planned for January 2014).
Our direction is clear, so that we have already planned some features. This is certainly not a comprehensive list, but we captured some of the highlights in our first roadmap.
We would of course love to hear from you. Especially if you see some missing but important things in this list. Forum is the best place to discuss and share ideas and thoughts.
2 responses to "The road to 1.0"
Do you plan to use existing OS softwares to add some features as rules, dam, workflows ? Or make custom development ?
Congrats to the team, I hope we will have a project to work together again ….
Hello Laurent,
Thank you for your kind words!
For rules & workflows we are now planning to develop something custom as we want to have something really simple to use and deeply integrated with product management processes.
For DAM, we believe that they are already some nice tools around (open source or not) and that our connectors framework should enable the integrate them with Akeneo.
Looking forward to do a first integration with you!


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There is a tendency to focus on carbohydrates when discussing topics like diabetes and nutrition, as if they are the only nutrient of real concern. However, fat and protein are also important to diabetes. When insulin fails to perform properly due to fat metabolism, diabetic complications can develop. This is particularly pertinent in the case of type 2 diabetes (T2D). In this form of diabetes, it is common for fatty substances to obstruct and destroy the arteries leading to high rates of cardiovascular disease.
Actions of Insulin concerning Fat
Insulin works in the body by performing several tasks. Among them are the following:
- Sparing fat – Fat is the substance the body holds in reserve for energy. Glucose, on the other hand, is for immediate release to meet energy needs. Insulin, by assisting the entry of glucose into the cells of both the liver and muscles, decreases the potential demand on fat cells. It allows the fat cells to continue storing energy for later use rather than fulfilling the immediate energy requirements of the body.
- The promotion of fat synthesis and storage – The liver is capable of storing excess glucose. However, storage capability is finite. As a result, the liver needs to find an alternative means of dealing with any extra glucose that cannot be turned into glycogen. Insulin helps to convert the glut of glucose into fatty acids. It is then transported in the blood stream as lipoprotein.
- Reversing the process – Insulin performs a catalyst role by acting upon another hormone – lipoprotein lipase. The catalytic role puts into motion the actions of lipoprotein lipase as a means of reversing the liver process which resulted in the creating of the lipoprotein. It acts in the capillaries of the liver tissues to break down the lipoprotein so the fatty acids can build up in the adipocytes (fat cells) of the adipose (fat) tissues.
- Inhibiting the reversal within fatty cells – Insulin can also inhibit the changing back of lipoproteins within the fatty cells. This prevents the fatty cells from escaping into open circulation, keeping them confined to the adipose tissue.
- Glucose production – Insulin helps glucose penetrate fat cells. In doing so it helps the merger of fatty acids and glucose to form glycerol.
Fat and Insulin – When Insulin is Lacking
When insulin is lacking, very little goes according to the expected pattern. Other processes begin to make up for the lack of insulin. For instance, any triglycerides (fats) being stored are freed and begin to circulate in the blood. They become the supply of energy for the body's cells. The only exception is the neuron cells of the brain since they are unable to use triglycerides. The release of fats results in the build-up of cholesterol in the blood. This, in turn, can lead to arterial degeneration.
Another problem emerges as the cells try to satisfy their energy requirements by using fatty acids. An interruption of the normal metabolic cycle occurs. There is an excess of ketones (usually acetone) created which creates a change in the pH of the blood.[1] Diabetic ketoacidosis develops which is a medical condition in which blood and body tissue acidity rises. The acetone smelling breath of an individual who is diabetic is a symptom of the condition, as the body uses heavy breathing in an attempt to correct acidosis by blowing off carbon dioxide. If the problem is not addressed and corrected, it can lead to a coma followed by death.[2]
Fat Cell as an Endocrine Organ
Adipose tissue manufactures proteins that perform as paracrines (substances that act upon cells nearby to the one that releases them) that operate locally.[3] Yet these proteins are also comparable to an endocrine hormone. In this role, the proteins circulate all over the body and influence both feeding activities and insulin behavior. An example of this type of protein is leptin. It is produced within the adipose tissue and acting on the brain, affects the feeding behavior. The autonomic nervous system adjusts its production.[4]
Insulin and Protein Metabolism
Following a meal there is a surplus of food nutrients in circulation. Insulin acts upon them in several ways. In doing so, its actions extend to several substances.[5] These substances include:
- Amino acids
- Carbohydrates
- Fats
Amino acids are the chemical building blocks that make up proteins. Insulin plays several roles in the formation and delivery of proteins. It does this initially by working with the growth hormone to help amino acids pass through cell walls and into the cell interiors as part of an active transport mechanism. Insulin also encourages the development of protein and prevents protein destruction in metabolism. It also plays a part in the formation of new proteins that are constructed from those amino acids that insulin has helped to gain cell entry. Without the presence of insulin, these processes could not occur.5
Insulin also plays a role in other significant aspects of protein development and usage. Consider its effect on the amino acids in the liver. Once amino acids gain entry into the liver through the blood, it may convert them into glucose. Insulin inhibits this particular action. In doing so, it performs the actions of a protein sparing mechanism.
Yet, sometimes, insulin is most noted when it does not perform. When insulin does not go into action or perform any of the above tasks, the following actions occur:
- Protein is broken down
- Its amino acid constituents appear in the blood in excess
- The amino acids are used wastefully for energy
- They are then excreted in the urine
While carbohydrates often seem to be a main topic, it is a mistake to ignore the significance of fats and proteins. Their relationship to insulin is of major importance to diabetics.
[1] Marcovitch, H (2006). Black's Medical Dictionary 41st edition. Lantham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press.
[2] Guthrie, DW; and Guthrie, RA (2003). The Diabetes Source Book. New York: McGraw Hill; and Meltzer, SJ; and Belton, AB (2009). Diabetes in Adults. Toronto: Key Porter Books
[3] Walker, S and McMahon, D (2008). Biochemistry DeMYSTiFieD. New York: McGraw Hill.
[4] Murray, R.K; Bender, DA; Botham, KM; Kennelly, PJ; Rodwell, VW; and Weil, PA (2009). Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry 28th ed. New York: Lange McGraw Hill.
[5] Guyton, AC; and Hall, JE (2011). Textbook of Medical Physiology, 12th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders.
This article was originally published July 12, 2012 and last revision and update of it was 9/10/2015.


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The registration of a domain name is a simple process, even if you are doing it for the very first time. The process for the first-time domain buyer can be broken down into the following steps:
1. You decide on the name you want to buy.
2. You sign up with a domain registration service (this is free).
3. You buy the domain you want using your credit card (this takes a few minutes).
4. You leave the domain name parked with the registrar (as an investment for later, or until you decide what to do with it); or you develop a web site for the domain.
Let's look at these steps in detail.
Deciding on your name
You may know the domain name you want already, and know it is still free – if you don't, just type the name in a browser to see if it is already taken. If it isn't taken, then you can buy it.
If you are not sure about the name you want, you need to do some brainstorming. Short, generic names are the most valuable, but they are in very short supply now. If you need ideas, go to a domain name registrar like Godaddy and use their tools to suggest a free (unregistered) name based on the theme or subject you have in mind.
Signing up with a domain registration service
Go to a service like Godaddy, and register yourself. This means you will have to enter your name and contact address, so that any domain names you buy are registered to you. You also have to enter your credit card details. There is no cost to you for signing up, and you can get an overview of the process of registering a domain and read a FAQ about it before going any further.
Buy the domain you want
After you have registered, you can buy any domain name you want, as long as it is still free. Note that the .com name extension is still the most popular one, though you could buy .net, .info, .org, .tv, or .biz versions of the name if the .com is taken. Expect to pay about $10 for the registration, and then the same every year you want to keep the name registered.
Park the name, or build a site
Services like Godaddy allow you to simply 'park' the domain with them. You own the domain, and no-one else can buy it, unless they make you an acceptable offer of course. Or, you can find a host and build a website for the domain, which is the next step in making the domain a valuable asset.


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I debated whether or not to address this issue, since it's already gotten so much media attention and commentary, but I just wanted to say a few words about Lynn Shepherd's piece for The Huffington Post titled, If JK Rowling Cares About Writing, She Should Stop Doing It. Obviously, this is a sensationalist title, and the article goes on to say that — although Shepherd has not read Rowling's books — she believes that Rowling should give up writing adult books: "By all means keep writing for kids, or for your personal pleasure – I would never deny anyone that – but when it comes to the adult market you've had your turn," Shepherd says.
Pretty strong words, no? So much so that my first thought was that the post must be intended as hyperbole. She couldn't possibly mean she wanted JK Rowling to really stop writing adult books. Seriously? Then I thought it was a marketing ploy, a way to boost Shepherd's profile, get more comments, higher search results — you know, in a there's-no-such-thing-as-bad-publicity kind of way. After all, we authors need all the help we can get. But, guess what? Turns out, there might just be such as thing as bad publicity.
As you would imagine, the response to Shepherd's post was insane. Authors (including Anne Rice) began condemning the piece and Shepherd, and legions of JK Rowling fans were calling for Shepherd's head on a platter, many of them taking to Twitter and to Shepherd's Facebook page to tell her so and also posting one-star reviews of Shepherd's books on Amazon and Goodreads. It was nuts. I kept wondering to myself, Was she hoping to stir the pot? Did she intend to offend? Could she have imagined this crazy response, a response so big that the BBC News covered it?
Interestingly, Shepherd is actually an author I know — well, sort of know, as anyone knows anyone through social media circles. She and I "met" years ago when I started this blog, and she was one of the first debut authors I featured. And I can see what she is trying to say. As an indie author, I know how hard it is to sell books. I KNOW. There are just so many review sites and store shelves out there, and it can be difficult for those of us who are not household names to get a chance. But, as I said in the comments of her piece, I would hate to think that the answer is for a writer — any writer — to stop writing. Conversely, I think the answer is for all of us to KEEP WRITING. I truly believe that if the writing is good enough, it will find readers. And shelf and review space.
The publishing industry is not like, say, the refrigerator industry. When one person buys a refrigerator, she's out of the market for a good twenty years, so it's understandable that refrigerator makers are killing each other to make a sale. But in publishing, when a reader buys a book, chances are good that she will buy lots more. We really don't compete with one another in the same business sense, which is what I found so puzzling about Shepherd's post. Why target Rowling?
In the end, there's room in the adult market for all authors, and that includes Rowling and Shepherd. And, hopefully, me. :)


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Stephanie Okereke Loses Kanekalon Hair Brand Ambassador Deal
According to what we reliably gathered from two online reports, star actress, Stephanie Okereke-Linus has been dropped as the brand ambassador of Kanekalon Hair. The wife of Linus Idahosa had got the endorsement deal in 2011 and was promoting the company's products on various platforms she was involved in.
According to what we scooped from the reports, Stephanie was allegedly dropped when she stopped promoting Kanekalon and was no more adding value to the brand.
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Super Saturday Rush: 4.1% Growth for Holiday 2014 Still Expected, Says NRF
Marketers may have been a bit disappointed in Black Friday revenues, but December's may brighten their Holiday 2014 spirits. Consumer trends are still on track for a 4.1 percent growth in holiday sales, forecasts the National Retail Federation on Thursday.
"Consumer trends show that the shopping experience continues to evolve for both retailers and consumers," says NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay in the announcement. "Shoppers this holiday season are seizing opportunities to take advantage of early promotions and showing signs they may wait until the end of the season when promotions are even greater."
Super Saturday, or the last Saturday before Christmas, is what Shay says "many expect will be the biggest shopping day of the season."
With results tallied through the end of November, e-commerce and other "non-store" marketers saw a 1 percent month-over-month and a 6.3 percent year-over-year increase in sales.
"Not including automobiles, gasoline stations or restaurants, retail sales increased 0.6 percent seasonally adjusted over October and 3.2 percent unadjusted over November 2013," according to NRF.
To prepare promotions for the big push during this month, Constant Contact provides four tips:
1. Explore History. Which deal lured buyers last year? Which deal didn't work? How can the deal that worked be replicated or amended to work this year? In his post, Ryan Pinkham even suggests marketers look at promotions that worked well during other times of the year to figure out if they'll work well during the holidays.
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4. Provide Value. So discounts and free shipping are impossible? Try offering free tips and tricks for users of the product or service, writes Kennis. Recipe cards work, too.


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A description of The Hursting Stone
The Hursting Stone shown in the picture above is the base of a wayside cross which was once located on the roadside between Old Hurst and St Ives. When the runway at RAF Wyton was lengthened although the cross itself had long vanished the base was brought to the Norris Museum.
Its historical importance being that the Hursting Stone also represented the meeting place of the old Hundred Law Court in the days when these courts used to meet in the open at locations marked with crosses or boundary markers.
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