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Thank you for another successful year at the Global Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs Summit
We would like to extend a very big thank you to everyone who attended this year's Global Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs Summit. In the heart of Berlin, industry experts gathered to discuss the latest global regulatory updates for regulatory affairs, eSubmissions and labelling. It was great seeing so many familiar faces, as well as meeting lots of new ones.
Mark your calendar - The dates for our 2017 meeting have been released and we are pleased to announce that next year we will be in Prague at the Clarion Congress Hotel on 24-26 October 2017. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Your conference streams are:
Regulatory Affairs in Emerging Markets
- Russian Federal Law 429-FZ: What are the key amendments and impacts on industry?
- Ukraine Ministry of Health's recently adopted Order No 452: What are the latest updates?
- Understanding latest practical experiences with the Eurasian Union
- Exploring latest regulatory updates in the GCC, Jordan, Iran, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa, North Africa and Turkey
- Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Caribbean markets: What are the latest requirements for industry?
- Outlining the regulatory environment in China, India, South Korea, Taiwan and ASEAN countries
- Combined plenary session focusing on health agency interactions in emerging markets and intercultural communication
See the 2016 Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in Emerging Markets agenda
Global eSubmissions
- EU eCTD Module 1 Specification v3.0: Exploring experiences encountered to date
- Understanding EMA Policy 0070: How will this impact the eCTD format and lifecycle management?
- Sharing experiences with submitting an eCTD in Australia, China and Thailand
- US Module 1 v2.3: What are the latest updates and practical implications for industry?
IDMP Preparation Focus Day
- Reviewing EMA timelines for IDMP Iteration 1 and the impact of a phased approach on industry
- Controlled vocabularies: What is the importance of updating these for IDMP implementation?
- Practically implementing a Master Data Governance approach: How can IDMP challenges be overcome?
Pharmaceutical Labelling
- How can communication be improved between pharmacovigilance, labelling, regulatory affairs, and risk management, to ensure compliant and timely labelling updates?
- Serialisation and coding requirements: Examining strategies to overcome the associated labelling challenges
- Risk minimisation: How can effective labelling reduce medication errors?
- How can industry practically meet the authority expectations regarding PRAC implementation timelines?
- Assessing the importance of translation and readability when updating labelling globally
- What are the current EU guidelines surrounding the PIL and SmPC?
- Sharing best practice for ensuring a robust CCDS from a global perspective
ISO IDMP: Latest updates and timelines
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NO, he did not suggest something different to me on the phone.
Dennis has told me in person that he believes in openness and I have great trust that he is doing just that.
In fact, what you said is exactly what he suggested to me in our discussio. I mentioned to him that I believed that an inspector should make an honest effort to contact the beekeeper beforhand, after that, go ahead with your duties.
And he thought that was a vary workable solution that would NOT hinder an inspectors duties.
So I guess I do win the dabate, as inspectors in PA must make an honest attempt at prior notice.
PS. I apologize for the less than generous use of smiley faces in my last post. It appears Barry placed a limit of 4 per post!
I'm oputraged. I dont think we can tolerate a limitation of smiley faces and what to get support to have the BAN lifted.
Im going over to tailgater and confront Barry about this.
Get your torches and pitchforks and follow me.
Joe Waggle ~ Derry, PA
Bees Gone Wild Apiaries'
While we are on this subject what role do inspectors really play? What ills have they really saved us from? They burned a lot of hives with AFB but we still have it. Is the burning of so many hives really to thank for the situation we have now or was it the natural progression of a parasite host relationship that played out? If not then why less occurrence of AFB now compared to then? What if we burned all hives with varroa? Would we have less varroa in 20 years? We have more viruses, pathogens, and pests then we have ever had. All the states have different programs with different rules and opinions on how the inspection program should be run. Some states have no program. I personally think having an inspection program that checks for viruses, pathogens, and pests is borderline useless. I do however think it wise to have someone check that pesticides and cleanliness standards are enforced. If you think the inspection programs of certain states are really important please tell me how. If what you say makes sense you might convert a believer but from what I have seen nothing really worthwhile has come of them.
\"The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful.\" - Mark Twain
what role do they play? I agree, we still have all the ills we had before the inspections...just another "i'm from the government, and I'm here to help" load of B.S. If my inspectors help as much as FEMA, then I guess I'll be ok.
well, in our county, we've had 2 cases of afb all year. everyone with hives in the vicinity has been notified (so as to keep a careful watch). the infection near my hives would have festered and been neglected without treatment if not for the inspection. with 4 honey supers on this hive, there would be plenty to rob from a deadout...likely infecting a number of hives nearby (including mine).
in addition, we get good reports at meetings of what the inspector is seeing around the county in general (mite levels, stores, etc). to me this is all more than worthwhile...and largely dependant on the individual inspector more than the program or the local laws.
As inefficient as the inspection program may be, I cringe when I imagine what it would be like without it. There are many responsible beekeepers out there, but how long would it stay that way in an atmosphere with absolutely no checks or personal accountability? Especially if one is having a serious problem and faces significant financial loss.
How comfortable would you be eating at a restaurant that you knew NEVER had any inspections. Do you trust the management and staff to always do the right thing... even when no one is watching? I don't.
To everything there is a season....
The reason for the bee law was at that time epidemics of AFB infected about 50% of the bee colonies in the state. During the time after the bee law was adopted, the cases of AFB dropped to an average of about 1 to 3 percent for the past 40 years or so.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s beekeeping practices were not well in the USA. And visiting beekeepers from Europe were known to be astounded by the primitive beekeeping methods being used in the USA, keeping bees in Gums and high incidence of disease, (Source: Eva Crane, World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting)
There is a propensity to give the inspection program sole credit for this reduction in AFB cases. BUT we must remember that during the time, laws were passed that prohibited the keeping of bees in Gums, which was how bees were kept in PA other eastern states such as North Carolina where upright log hives of black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) were still being used as late as 1958 (Source: Eva Crane, World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting, PG. 305). So the laws to keep bees in movable frames likely had a much greater impact on the reduction of AFB than folks like to admit.
IMO, they can be a valuable asset.
From my experience,,,
When seeing mite levels high, inspectors will say treat them.
When seeing AFB, in most cases the suggestion again is treat them
This propagates susceptible stock.
When the advice given is get rid of the susceptible stock. Then you will begin to see great value added to the inspection program by the promotion of resistant stock, and not measures that lead us into eventual trouble with poor genetics.
Joe Waggle ~ Derry, PA
Bees Gone Wild Apiaries'
Here in PA inspection of a colony is done every 2 years. Thats 2 minutes per colony per 2 years. I dont think it will be missed if it were eliminated. IMO, beekeepers that rely on an inspection every 2 years to tell them they have AFB could use some education.
The problem is that here in the USA we do a poor job of teaching beekeepers to inspect colonies and identify disease and pests. In parts of Europe all there is are the bee groups, and they do a great job in facilitating and atmosphere of teaching self reliance in beekeepers. Here in the USA it seems most bee groups are weak in this area and we tend to rely on government to teach which frankly does a poor job in anything they do.
Joe Waggle ~ Derry, PA
Bees Gone Wild Apiaries'
Joe makes an interesting point. At work the next day, I mentioned the inspection and had a couple of people commented that I must feel "relieved" to know how my hives were doing. I found it telling that the general impression was so expectant of some authority to inform you about something. I think that there is a large class of people that rely on nutritional labels, laws, regulations, mandates, statutes, etc., to guide their opinions. One woman even thought that taking a beekeeping class should be mandatory so that I could get "registered". Mind you, this is Massachusetts and sometimes the level of support for public meddling in private affairs is stunning.
To Joe's point, it seems that many people I've talked with (non-beekeepers) discount the bee classes I've taken or even the incredible exchange of information found here and lean towards feeling warm and cozy with something more "authoritative". Hence, the artificial reliance on government.
From my point of view, all good knowledge is useful and I don't care all that much where it came from. (I do, of course, assign a premium value to the information gleaned from all of you )!
"My wife always wanted girls. Just not thousands and thousands of them......"
Back in the early 1900's when most state inspection ptograms came into being, afb was common with most estimates surpassing 50%. As the agriculture importance of pollination and migratory practices of bees were being recognized, and the bee industry itself was demanding help, the inspection programs came into being.
In the early 1900's, mail ordering bees was not common. If you needed a frame of eggs for an emergency queen or lost your colonies, you borrowed from the next farm over as almost every farm had bees. This made desease spread likely. Much of the education to isolated and individual beekeepers were from inspectors.
As the industry developed into what it is today, the inspection program also has developed with the times. State programs provide education, inspection programs, assistance with university programs, a place to call for ordinance problems, and a host of other benefits.
Today, the bees "industry" has little to do with some beekeeepr with two hives in the back yard. The industry, including state inspection programs, are there to facilitate the demand of pollination to the food industry. To protect a vital component of the national security issue of food.
But along with that, the inspection programs are involved with the future problem and public relations concerming the spread of AHB's. Don't you think the spread of AHB's or lack of mass spread through packages and hives crossing state lines were ay least diminished with state regulations and the inspection program?
Who do you think Dave Hackenburg and other commercial beekeepers turned to when CCD first reared its head? How many state inspection programs have personnel on the front lines trying to help each and every one of us? Much of the research from universities and bee labs across this country are helped tremendously by state inspection programs and the sacrifices of inspectors within the programs. I personally donated the use of 50 hives mtself when I was inspecting for the use of experiments. That same year, several other inspectors I knew did the same. Not out of guilt, not out of pressure. But becuase those others, along with myself saw the need and importance in what was going on behind the scenes. And what goes on is a whole lot more than diminsihing the inspection programs to little more than afb checks and two minute visits.
I am dissappointed that its mentioned "they should do this, or they should do that", when so few actually even recognize the benefits and true impact of the inspection programs, and what they already contribute.
Last edited by BjornBee; 08-21-2007 at 06:40 AM.
Mark Berninghausen
\"The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful.\" - Mark Twain
Read my last post on page 5, it deals a little deeper than the afb issue.
I almost hate to join in on this issue, but I have an opinion, too. Just like everybody else.
When I was an inspector, in Imperial Valley, Calif. in the 80's, AFB was the only reason for our existence. There was no hint of any purpose like educating the public or beekeepers, public relations, or any other balogna - just AFB control. We had beekeepers who did pollination there, but our main task was to make sure AFB didn't spread during the winter months when migratory beekeepers would drop hives along the roads in the desert, above the canals, on public land (BLM mostly) and leave them there to maintain their populations on the brush that bloomed during the winter and early spring. From the bees' perspective, it was a marginal living condition, but from the beekeepers' it was a great way to avoid a winter decline.
The problem was that bees would get dropped off out there and the owners would go home for a couple of months of break in the hard work of beekeeping. When AFB broke out, a colony could, and did, spread the disease far and wide before the owners came back and inspected their bees.
Under those conditions, we didn't worry in the least about appointments or property rights. We drove around the back roads looking for hives and when we found them we took a look. Most were fine and they weren't the ones we were there for. We left them as close to the condition as we'd found them as we could manage. The ones we worried about were the ones that were in decline with AFB. It was frustrating to try to contact owners living as far away as the Central states and currently on vacation. We red-tagged the hives and gave them a week to respond. We made phone calls. We mailed postcards. Seldom did any of that do a bit of good. So we had two choices. Let them sit there and continue to contaminate the good hives sharing that public land, or burn them.
Personally, I enjoyed watching the flames. It is amazing how well they burn. But I took it a step farther than the other inspectors. When we found a yard with AFB, I called as many of the local beekeepers as I had cards for and let them know the locations of the problem hives. My intention was that they would know where to avoid, but I noticed that not all the piles of ashes were started by us.
As far as I was concerned, it was those phone calls to other beekeepers that justified my salary as an inspector.
"Before I speak, I have something I'd like to say. . . . I will try to keep this short as long as I can." Yogi Berra
"I almost hate to join this issue, but I have an opinion, too. Just like everybody else". TX Ashurst.
Yup! That's me also, [Oldbee] It's good to hear from present/former "inspectors".
"While we are on this subject, what role do inspectors really play? What ills have they really saved us from?" Chief: Well,...............I don't know if that is the "ROLE" that inspectors need to play; to "save" beekeepers from "ills". If they can provide documentation and statistical information that can be used [later, at some time] by beekeepers/entomolgists/scientists. WHY NOT???
I have only three hives [and don't know nothin bout beekeep'n] but was "honored" that the "state" inspector took the time to come out and just see what was going on with the hives.
I made a comment earlier on this thread but didn't expect it to become a 6 page "document".
I'm surprised by the length of the document as well.
Oldbee, I felt kind of honored by the inspector coming out as well. There's surely lots of other hives, owned by beeks that sell nucs or honey. I do neither so the visit was different for me. Maybe it's because it was my first time but I'm glad he stopped by. Ideally, I would have known in advance but work is an hour away and I can't take a half day just for an inspection that can happen without me.
"My wife always wanted girls. Just not thousands and thousands of them......"
The Inspector has a right to go out there any time he want to! if he wanted to go out to look at the hives at 2 am he can theres nothing you can do about it he is just doing his job and im not trying to start a fight or any thing. But I Inspector was just going to say he can go out there when ever he wants to. When you Registerd your hive you just gave the Inspector the right to come out. any ways Im not trying to be a butt or any thing.
Last edited by Carson; 08-22-2007 at 11:41 PM.
I inspected apiaries for the State of New York for 20 years. I haven't heard from or seen an Apiary Inspector for the last 2 years. I haven't felt the need of inspection of my own hives. The State knows where they are if they want to check them out. With me present of course.
I would like some one to check out the hives that were described to me, by the father of the beekeeper, as acting Africanized.
Yesterdays Inspectors were charged w/ getting rid of AFB and other diseases that werew desimatting the industry. That has pretty much been brought under control w/ AFB rates of less than 4% here in NY.
Todays Inspectors need to be educators, in my opinion. Control of diseases and pests of honeybees is still the mandate. But since we've pretty much got them at levels we can live with, the Inspectors focus should be on educating beekeepers on how to get along w/ or "control" todays pests and diseases (disorders?).
Mark Berninghausen
ordinance problems,
I personally donated the use of 50 hives mtself when I was inspecting for the use of experiments. That same year, several other inspectors I knew did the same. Not out of guilt, not out of pressure. QUOTE]
Ordinance problems? Please explain. Thanks.
I would think that donating the use of 50 hives to your employer would constitute a conflict of interest. Apparently PA disagrees? It's too bad that NY isn't as enlightened as PA or I would still be working as an Inspector.
Mark Berninghausen

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I want to like SBW because, man, he can play - I sometimes do, truth be told, and he seemed to turn an attitude corner with the Super 15 Chiefs. But normal appalling service resumed this season.
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Ricki Herbert had barely been anointed as New Zealand sport's coach of the year before a member of his unbeaten All Whites World Cup squad was pivotal in delaying the celebration of another achievement.
Herbert and the New Zealand soccer team were popular winners at the Halberg Awards in Auckland last night though midfielder Jeremy Brockie put a dampener on the evening from afar as Newcastle kept their A-League finals hopes alive with a 4-0 thumping of Perth Glory.
Newcastle are the only side capable of pipping the Wellington Phoenix for the sixth and final playoff berth and must still beat second-placed Central Coast on Sunday to match the New Zealanders existing 38 competition points.
They must also rely on wooden spooners North Queensland conjuring up an upset of the season at Westpac Stadium, also on Sunday, for the Phoenix to be denied.
Wellington, who only needed to glean a point from their final two regular season matches after a precious away win in Adelaide last weekend, have had two of their pathways to a second finals series blocked by a 2-0 loss at Sydney FC midweek and then Newcastle's timely return to goal scoring form.
The competition's worst attack had managed just 25 goals in their previous 28 games but the Jets finally experienced lift off at Energy Australia Stadium thanks to man-of-the-match Brockie and super-sub Sasho Petrovski.
The All White expertly chested down a cross for Labinot Haliti to fire in the opener in the 13th minute; Brockie then added the second 10 minutes after halftime when he powered past Scott Neville and angled the ball past Tando Velaphi.
Veteran striker Petrovski then brought Newcastle level on goal difference with the Phoenix from the spot and 60 seconds later put the Jets in credit with a clinical finish after intercepting a risky Brent Griffiths pass.
Brockie, whose career has been fragmented by two broken legs and more niggles this season, was glad to repay some of the faith Newcastle fans had shown in him since his switch from North Queensland.
"I had to give something back because I've been out for so long. It was nice to get on the score sheet."
He also had no qualms about making the Phoenix work hard to make the post-season.
"I have no hard feelings. We knew we had to go out there and fix our goal difference to stay in the hunt.
"We've done that so hopefully we can win on Sunday and the Fury can do the Phoenix."
Phoenix players watched events unfold at Energy Australia Stadium and although Perth did them no favours the schedule is still favourable. North Queensland arrive in Wellington as rank outsiders - the club is at risk of collapse and that uncertainty has been reflected in the Fury's on-field performances.
They have won just once in their last 13 games - a 1-0 victory at Sydney FC on December 15 - and have conceded a massive 31 goals during that time frame including eight against Adelaide, Wellington's likely opponents providing they avoid catastrophe in the capital.
The Phoenix beat North Queensland 2-1 at Westpac Stadium in September but were held to a l-l draw in Townsville in late December.
Although the defensive performance against Sydney FC on Wednesday was concerning, Herbert will be encouraged by the fact first team regulars Ben Sigmund and Manny Muscat will be back from suspension.


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Southern Energy acquires, develops, builds, owns and operates power production and delivery facilities and provides a broad range ofenergy-related services to utilities and industrial companies in selectedcountries around the world. Southn Company has a market cap of $39.62 billion; its shares were traded at around $47.31 with a P/E ratio of 18.4 and P/S ratio of 2.2. The dividend yield of Southn Company stocks is 4.3%. Southn Company had an annual average earnings growth of 2.9% over the past 10 years.
On June 6, 2012, President & CEO, APC of Southn Company (SO,) Charles D McCrary sold 179,165 shares at an average price of $46.7. The total transaction amount is $8,367,006.
Born in 1951, McCrary joined the company as an assistant project planning engineer with Alabama Power in 1973. Previously, McCrary was chief production officer for Southern Company and president and CEO of Southern Power. He has held executive positions at Alabama Power and Southern Nuclear as well as various jobs in engineering, system planning, fuels, and environmental affairs. He assumed his current position in 2001.
On May 1, 2012, McCrary sold 328,202 shares of stock at the average price of $46.20. Other directors and officers, such as William G. Smith Jr, Anthony J. Topazi, and W. Ron Hinson have also sold shares of SO stock during February, May, and March.
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'If a fake National Insurance number is used, can you flag it up and tell an employer?', we asked.
'I'm not telling you', they said.
'Is it a secret?' we asked.
'I'm not telling you that either'.
Do we need investigative journalists on this programme or therapists?
We DO know the Immigration Department has had to suspend contracts with its cleaning company after it was discovered to have been employing illegal immigrants. Those five have been arrested. But just how many more is the government employing without any idea it's doing so?
We talk to illegal migrants and employers tell us it's totally pointless to register workers legally because the system is in absolute chaos.
Also, tonight, the UN has told the United States that any foreign jails it runs - i.e. Guantanamo Bay - are illegal and should be shut down.
Funnily enough, judges tried to shut down Guantanamo almost fifteen years ago when it was being used to hold hundreds of Haitians captive in inhumane conditions as they tried to make their way into America. Were lessons learnt then? Clearly not.
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For a moment there, Auckland Council's promotions and economic growth agency, Ateed, had me going. The full-page advertisement "AKL The Show Never Stops" suggested the penny had finally dropped.
That their big new campaign to attract visitors - both local and international - to Auckland would highlight the city's role as the cultural capital of New Zealand and the Pacific.
Rachel Carroll, Ateed's general manager of destination and marketing, announced it was the start of an extensive campaign aimed at reinvigorating Auckland as a tourist destination.
"It's not meant to be just the literal shows that we have, although that is certainly a strong substantiator," she said. "It's very much about the full Auckland offer ... "
But the campaign-related website, AucklandNZ.com, has little reference to what she refers to as the "strong substantiator" .
The thriving performing arts side of Auckland's $1.31 billion arts and culture economy is all but forgotten.
Click on "Events", and the top of the page promotes not local Auckland shows, but "Finest International Imports", which morphs into an advertisement for an Australian touring production of Broadway musical Wicked.
I'm told Wicked is a great night out, and as Ateed is subsidising it as a "Tier A (economic) Major Event" the big plug is understandable. But it seems unbalanced that a ratepayer-funded organisation should at the same time relegate Auckland Theatre Company's parallel production of another Broadway musical hit, Chicago, to a tiny spot at the foot of the same page, way down below a plug for an "AUT Rookie Fashion Show" and an amateur production by the Waiuku Theatre Group.
Playing at the Civic, Wicked can handle far bigger crowds than ATC's Q Theatre production. However, thanks, in part at least, to Lucy Lawless' starring role, Chicago is so popular its season has been extended a month to December 21 and, despite no plugging from Ateed, has fans booking online from as far away as Invercargill, Rio de Janiero, London, Istanbul, Berlin and Albuquerque.
These are just the outside visitors Ateed's new campaign is supposed to be targeting. Yet there's hardly a mention of the local performing arts groups which are making Auckland the cultural centre of excellence that none of Ateed's staff of 276 seem aware exists.
Back at the website, the "what to do in Auckland" section offers the chance to "discover our culture". Top of the page is a link to a mock 17th century Maori pa and village in Wellsford, an hour's drive north of the city.
Then come links to various museums, a walking tour with Ngati Whatua, a Matakana winery, a couple of Gulf island visits, Howick Historical Village and only then, a plug for local theatre and music.
But only a few venues - and not the main two, the Town Hall and the Aotea Centre - and not the creative companies which make the shows.
A separate "arts, culture and heritage in Auckland" page is no better. Outsiders are told the city "is bursting with culture", but top of that list is the Botanic Gardens, then Auckland Museum and then, of all things, a Waitomo and Rotorua Geothermal Deluxe Day Tour and an InterCity bus excursion to Hobbiton.
If I was one of the New Zealanders whom Ateed is trying to lure up to the Big Smoke, I'm not sure a day trip to Matamata or Rotorua, or to a mock Maori village, is going to do it. Or for that matter, a vineyard or a beach.
They're hardly Auckland's points of difference in a country generously blessed with great beaches, playful dolphins and Maori villages.
If only Ateed had stuck to the slogan "The Show Never Stops". Despite Ms Carroll admitting the "literal shows" are a strong selling point, the campaign doesn't follow through.
In the heyday of Wellington's international arts festival, Aucklanders and other out-of-towners flocked to the capital. Across the Tasman, Sydney and Melbourne have long been arts destinations for visiting Kiwis. Now Auckland, with its flourishing local music and theatre scene, is ready to join this select group. Indeed, with regular visits from the NZ Symphony Orchestra, Auckland can go one better than the Australian capitals and claim, with the aid of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, to have two full symphony orchestras.
This blossoming as a cultural capital is in part due to the far-sightedness of past and present local politicians providing a regular and guaranteed flow of funding. What a shame Ateed fails to join the team.


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Co-Constructing The Brand And The Product
How do brand and product development processes interact? How do brands and branding strategies influence product development? Moreover, does a branding strategy facilitate or impede the development process? So far, research on product development has focused on the development of new products and services, whereas research on marketing and especially branding has emphasized what types of line extensions to create rather than on how to integrate brands and product development processes.The present models of the product development process mostly distinguish between the process of innovation and that which follows, and also distinguish between the company as a sender and the user as a receiver of the communicated values. In the present study we suggest an alternative understanding of the innovation process: A network process perspective (NPP) as derived from the actor network theory (ANT), is used to explore the co-created relationship between the new product development process and branding.The network process perspective is used to analyse and understand the innovation process and represents a constructivist theory that departs from an ontological assumption that the 'world' is the relations and networks among heterogeneous human and non-human actors and that these networks are not per se stable, but are created, negotiated and dynamic. This theory is especially suitable for comprehending 'branding' where the 'ing' underscores the dynamic nature of this concept and to explore the dynamics in innovation.The empirical analysis identified four incidents as critical to the co-construction of the product and the brand in two companies. The effects are measured using the framework provided by Kapferer. The present analysis indicates that branding and innovation processes are interrelated in more subtle and complex ways than indicated in prior research on the subject. It further shows that even with well-organized marketing departments, consistent branding strategies and skilled project managers, the product development process is not easily managed. The brand and the branding strategies are non-human actors among other actors in the process, and it requires skill, persistence and energy if the 'brand' wants to become an influential 'actor'. Sometimes, the processes may even be reversed.
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New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming rates Australia a scarier opposition than the world record-breaking outfit he last met under Steve Waugh.
Fleming said the side was set to reach a new level of dominance because it prepared "much smarter" than when Waugh led it to a 0-0 trans-Tasman series draw in 2001.
Surprised by the amount of detailed planning undertaken by coach John Buchanan to conquer India, he believed Australia's homework led to a "clinical" 2-1 series win. "I was a little bit alarmed at how well they had planned for it. That's not always been one of Australia's traits," Fleming said.
"Because they have been so successful, they can usually get through any situation by their natural ability. But to see an Australian side that's thoroughly planned, and has been planning for some time, is a little bit alarming because it may take the side to a new level."
Australia adopted defensive field settings to dry up the home side's runs, used Shane Warne as a stock bowler and batted with more patience to notch a first series victory in India in 35 years.
Regarded as the most tactically astute captain in world cricket, Fleming, 31, can be seen as a modern-day pioneer of off-field preparations.
In 2001, only eight months after they had produced a record 16th consecutive Test win, he caught the Australians off guard and nearly grabbed a series win.
The Kiwi batsmen made the home side bowl at them by leaving anything outside off stump, and Fleming pressured Australian batsmen by setting unorthodox fields to plug high-scoring areas.
New Zealand's most capped player (87 Tests) and leading run-scorer (5566 at 39.75) believed it would be a far tougher proposition to repeat the tactical success in this month's two-Test series, being fought out in Brisbane and Adelaide.
"I think everybody now plans a lot more successfully to make players uncomfortable, so the opportunity to steal the march has gone somewhat," he said.
"But there are still opportunities to explore some pressure points, which is what this New Zealand team is about."
New Zealand won their third one-day international against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Sunday by 83 runs to take the series 3-0. The team flies into Sydney today.


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During last night's premiere episode of Marvel's "The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," a new 60-second TV Spot aired for their highly-anticipated sequel "Thor: The Dark World," which in case you missed it, we posted it above for your viewing pleasure. Unlike the previously released spots, this commercial has added scenes, like the opening shot where Thor (Chris Hemsworth) returns to Earth and reunites with his long-distant girlfriend Jane (Natalie Portman) who has a few words for the God of Thunder about his short stay in the Big Apple.
Marvels "Thor: The Dark World" continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvels "Thor" and "Marvels The Avengers," Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos -- but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.
Thor: The Dark World stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Eccleston, Rene Russo, Stellan Skarsgard, Jaimie Alexander, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Chris O'Dowd, Idris Elba
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According to Sergeant Luke Schwartz, on September 17, 2012 at approximately 4:37 p.m. a single vehicle crash was reported on Highway 47 about two miles north of L. L. "Stub" Stewart Start Park. Upon arrival, police and fire personnel found a seriously injured adult female and learned the female driver fled the scene on foot. LifeFlight responded to the scene and transported the injured female to Oregon Health & Science University where she is in serious condition.
OSP troopers with the assistance of officers from Washington County Sheriff's Office, Columbia County Sheriff's Office and Vernonia Police Department investigated the crash and located the female driver about two hours later after citizens called to report a suspicious person was hiding in the area. The driver was taken into custody and will be lodged in the Columbia County Jail on numerous charges including DUII and Felony Hit & Run.
Preliminary investigation indicates a vehicle occupied by the two females was southbound when it traveled onto the shoulder. The driver lost control and the vehicle rolled before coming to rest. Neither were using safety restraints.
Highway 47 was closed two hours during the crash investigation. OSP was also assisted at the scene by Vernonia Fire Department and ODOT.


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It's weird what comes out of San Francisco.
It shouldn't be a surprise, I guess. Any place that can boast Jefferson Airplane and the Dead Kennedys, Fisherman's Wharf and Alcatraz has its variations. So then what to make of Trainwreck Riders?
They were a country band, Americana-folksy, country ballads and all, and now they write '80s punk songs? It is quite a leap to be sure, but I was intrigued, especially when I learned they were headed to Athens for a visit next week.
Their new album 'The Perch' is a nice collection of rollicking tunes, splashed with some accordians and the country tinge they do enjoy. I found the single 'Safety of a Back' to be one helluva tune, all over the place yet somehow coming together in a nice cohesive package. It's in right contrast to 'Chug Along' which, well, chugs along at a languorous pace.
I've seen several label the band as cowpunk, and maybe that's apt (if you're into labels). Me, I find them refreshing and willing to take chances, swapping styles per song like switching guitars between sets.


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The SuperLooper™ Gigabit Loopback Jack and Plug quickly and easily checks the RX/TX pairs of 1000Bt network cables, helping a network technician determine if a network signal exists or if there are broken or shorted wires within the cabling (See Specifications). It can be plugged directly into an Ethernet wall port or can be attached to the end of a network patch cable. If a signal is present, the SuperLooper™ Gigabit Loopback Jack and Plug sends the signal back to the source illuminating the port light on the associated switch or router.
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Searchnu.com is a kind of website that criminals set up in order to do nothing but display advertisements. Disguised as a legitimate search engine, carrying out a search on Searchnu.com will return nothing but advertisements for malicious websites and shady products. Basically, Searchnu.com is like a malicious phone directory in which any number you call leads you to a criminal attempting to rob you of your money. Now, with real search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing at hand, why would someone in his/her right mind want to use Searchnu.com for their online searches? No one, in fact. However, Searchnu.com gets plenty of web traffic. So, how does Searchnu.com do it? Searchnu.com uses malware in order to force computer users to visit Searchnu.com repeatedly. This is why any redirects to Searchnu.com should be treated as a definite sign that your machine has become infected with spyware.
Even if your security software claims that nothing is wrong, having your web browser forcing you, against your will, to visit a particular website repeatedly (or even just once) is not a normal occurrence. Because of this, any contact with Searchnu.com should be followed with a full, thorough malware scan of your computer system. Repeated redirects to this fake search engine or to various websites similar to Searchnu.com indicate that your computer's security has become compromised.
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In fact, the Google Redirect Virus will change the results on a Google, Bing or Yahoo search so that they link to Searchnu.com when they are clicked. Unskilled computer users may not see it as an abnormal event. This is why browser hijackers carry out this kind of 'soft hijacking' instead of locking you out of all websites except Searchnu.com. In this way, inexperienced computer users that are much more likely to attempt a search on Searchnu.com, become exposed to additional malware and at the same time generate advertisement revenue for the criminals behind Searchnu.com.
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CINDY McCain, the glamorous heiress wife of likely Republican nominee John, has broken cover in the presidential race by declaring that she will not make her tax returns public, even if her husband reaches the White House.
Recent US campaign laws, ironically sponsored by her husband, have forced presidential candidates to declare their taxes. The aim was reassure the public that favours are not being bought from wealthy donors.
But Cindy, heir to a reported 150 million brewing fortune, has refused to go public, insisting that her finances are kept separate from her husbands.
"You know, my husband and I have been married 28 years and we have filed separate tax returns for 28 years."
She told the NBC channel's breakfast-time Today show: "This is a privacy issue. My husband is the candidate."
Asked if she would release her tax returns if she became First Lady, she said flatly: "No."
The announcement has plunged the woman nicknamed the "Barbie doll" into controversy, and could threaten to burst her husband's claim to be the "Mr Clean" of American politics.
The McCain family has kept out of the limelight until recently as press attention focuses on the drawn-out Democratic contest between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
But Cindy, 53, has long held a fascination with the American public because her life story makes her a perfect fit as a real-life soap opera diva.
Born with both looks and wealth, she became a high school beauty queen, and married a war hero. She is mother of their four children, including two sons in the military and a daughter adopted from Bangladesh.
But she also tottered on the edge of a life of depression and drugs, with a reported addiction to prescription painkillers. She redeemed herself by leading daring missions to fly aid to the world's disaster zones as a charity figurehead.
Her "Barbie doll" nickname is a reference both to her statuesque good looks and to gossip of much plastic surgery.
Until now she has led a quiet campaign, pointedly insisting that if her husband gets to the White House, she will stay in the background, a contrast to the "co-presidency" envisioned by the Clintons.
But in one lengthy interview this week, she spoke of being "shocked, appalled, and angry" over events in Burma.
She said her husband's campaign would not deploy the "negative stuff" often used against him in the past.
She gained respect from voters in February when standing by her husband after the New York Times hinted that he had had an affair with a Washington lobbyist, a story it later admitted was a ill-advised.
And more than one voter has noticed that John McCain, aged 71, is obviously not short of energy if he can keep an attractive wife 18 years his junior.
But on the tax issue she is on shakier ground.
Campaign finance is the red-hot issue of this election, with the Republicans regularly blasting the Clintons for being slow to declare their tax returns and refusing to say who has donated to the multimillion-dollar William J Clinton presidential library.


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From the Editor's Desk
A new school year began on Tuesday with lots of new games and lots of old problems. Have a problem? Where do you go?
As they once said in the Navy, see the chaplain and get a tough s Chit.
There are no more regions. We are back to districts. It seems to me I heard this song before!
Who is going to monitor your children's schools?
Who is going to supervise your school's principal?
That depends.
If your principal has opted to become an "Empowerment School," your principal has become the emperor of all he surveys.
The only supervision will come from a network of principals who have likewise chosen to become empowerment principals.
That would be a good idea if the majority of principals had the slightest idea of what they are doing, but, sadly, most do not.
spending 33 years in the system, I have to continue to ask how a person with no school experience and only a few months at the "Principals Academy" at Tweed Courthouse can possibly step in and understand what needs to be done.
The Department of Education doesn't keep this kind of statistic, but I would be willing to bet that the great majority of those principals who chose the empowerment route have three years or less to serve until their retirement.
That is because an empowerment principal can be fired if his or her school does not make the grade, but they have three years to improve.
Therefore, there is no downside for a principal with less than three years to go to choose becoming an empowerment school. Don't make the grade in those three years? Goodbye and amen, here's hoping we meet now and then.
The great majority of principals whimped out and chose to work with a former regional superintendent, now without a job, in one of what I call the "theme park districts." Use all the buzzwords: Balanced Literacy; Core Design Curriculum; on and on.
Most of the local schools went with Kathy Cashin, who was once the chief honcho of Region Five (what a quaint idea - regions). Now she runs the Core Learning club. Most of the principals in what was and is once again District 27.
Nothing like keeping that comfort zone, but I don't blame the principals. They were cut adrift with only a month to decide which way to go, a decision that could easily have meant their career.
A very small group of principals decided to go with a CBO - a community based organization or foundation that has smelled the money in the water. Once again, it's the money, honey, as community groups and companies that provide help to educators start to count the piles of money they are making without really knowing very much about what it's all about.
We also have the consultants, a group greatly favored by the mayor and the chancellor. You remember what happened to the busing program at the beginning of last school year. Thank a consultant. Especially one without credentials but lots of connections who gets a no-bid contract for millions of your education dollars while kids sit in overcrowded classrooms.
That's the way a businessman does business - maximize profits and feed them to your friends in the form of nobid contracts. That's the way to be successful in the widget business, but what it has to do with education, I couldn't guess.
There are two things for the chancellor and the mayor to remember and they are critical.
First, it's the money, honey, and we've already discussed that. Everybody is getting their pound of educational flesh from the mayor and the chancellor except for the parents and the kids. To paraphrase the good, ole song, "The DOE gets the goldmine, the kids get the shaft."
Secondly, they have to remember the old saying (I think that I first coined it, but I could be wrong) "It's the students, stupid."
Washington Post reporter Alec Klein spent one year writing about his high school alma mater, Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan. He wrote a book in which he tried to show why the school was one of the best in the nation.
He says that the teachers are the best and that the administration fosters a cohesive community of learners in which the tests are only one component of the curriculum.
Sure, what a waste of a year. Stuyvesant High School is one of the best schools in the nation because all of the kids entering the school are among the best and the brightest. They have already aced the tests, so the teachers don't have to spend time on teaching how to read or how to add and divide. They don't have to use valuable classroom time on test-taking skills.
The proof could be in the pudding. Take the principal, assistant principals and teachers from Stuyvesant High School and put them in Far Rockaway High School.
Would the kids in Far Rockaway then become scholars because of the successful principal and staff? Of course not.
In fact, they would be lost in Far Rockaway High School (or Beach Channel for that matter) and they would run from the building screaming that they wanted to retire immediately.
It's the students, stupid.
Does that mean we should give up and forget about teaching all but the best and the brightest? Not at all.
We should give up the fiction, however, that all children can learn or its corollary - all students want to learn.
Every teacher knows that neither of those statements is true. They are platitudes from the minds of the politically correct.
In my travels and travails over 33 years in the system, working at all levels from elementary school to adult education, I have found that there are three groups of students.
Slightly less than half of the students perform well because they want an education and their parents value that education. They do well in the system.
Another 20 percent of the students are not motivated, but can be moved by intrinsic rewards (not bribes) to move into the first group. They are the ones that teachers must work hardest with.
The third group encompasses those kids who won't work under any condition, whose parents are missing or do not value education. They are the ones who have never seen a book until they enter school, who are told that education is bologna, that the streets are the game. Nothing will work with that group, not motivation, not bribes. Forget them and move on. Give them some job training and let them get on with their lives.
Hire me as a consultant, and I'll show you how to do it.
After all, it's the money, honey and it's the students, stupid!


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Mentor Kati Curtis, Principal of Nirmada, shows how to modernize a kitchen with the latest trends. The Kitchen is by far the most important room in the house when it comes to remodelling, selling and buying. Interest in this highly specialized and technical area of the home gobbles up a huge portion of HGTV and DIY Web sites, and is a specialty among designers like me! Kitchen design is complicated, and we recommend you always use a professional when designing your Kitchen.
The National Association of Home Builders reports that Kitchen improvements also carry one of the largest rates of return when houses are sold; 78% of the remodeling costs are usually refunded, so builders, consumers, buyers and sellers carefully watch the trends in kitchen and bath design.
What are some trends in Kitchen design we're seeing, and how can you incorporate these into your new Kitchen?
1- More (and smarter) appliances: More kitchens are being fitted with two ovens, two work islands, two dishwashers or dishwasher drawers and two refrigerators – and not just in Kosher Kitchens! We're also seeing double laundry rooms, which hopefully mean more European-style washer/dryer combos which take up less space. Make sure if you need to double up, you use Energy Star rated appliances. We love the compact washers and dryers from Miele.
2- More kitchens: Some of our client's homes boast double, triple or quadruple kitchens. We see this now in Kosher homes, but it's becoming more mainstream. Thankfully, Manhattan building codes prevent us from doing this in New York City!
3- Smarter storage: For ergonomic reasons, we're seeing less upper cabinets (too hard to reach) and more drawers rather that base cabinets (easier to access). Because of this, pantry size will increase, and the use of more ergonomic storage with practical accessories, such as plate racks, accessory drawers, pivoting pantry units, and corner drawers. We love that this is a functional trend, and it's easy to retrofit your current layout with drawers instead of clunky doors. Blum is our go-to for hardware that makes this happen!
4- The cyber cafe: The computer has become an integral part of our homes, particularly in the Kitchen environment. In a recent Kitchen renovation we completed in Boston, we installed twice as many outlets as required by code, including data ports and a mounting station for viewing recipes and checking email while in the Kitchen. Installing a simple cabinet mount for your ipad, accomplishes this safely and easily.
5- Hardware: One of the most economical redos for either the kitchen or bath is to replace outdated hardware with new. The most-popular hardware finishes on the horizon are nickel and oil-rubbed bronze. SA Baxter has some gorgeous designs in both finishes.
6- Cabinetry: No buyer has ever asked for less storage, and the Kitchen is one place people always need more. Especially in New York City, we commonly include floor-to-ceiling cabinetry and more drawers than doors.
As always, we only use FSC certified woods, no-VOC finishes, and formaldehyde-free substrates for a beautiful and functional Kitchen that's also safe and healthy!
Nirmada, author of this feature, is a Interior Design firm in New York City. Kati would love to talk to you about designing a space expressly for you.
You can also find a full list of all our global mentors [ who are top professional interior designers ] on our Mentors Page.


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As someone who's been married six years, Jack Black knows a thing or two about keeping the spark alive.
When the 42-year-old actor learned his good friend and former costar Angelina Jolie is engaged to Brad Pitt, her partner of seven years, Black offered some sage advice via Entertainment Tonight.
PHOTOS: How Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie built a life together
"I think the sex actually improves once you've sealed the deal. It gets better," Black said. "Maybe not for everyone, but for me, once we sealed the deal and we shut off all the exit holes and said, 'No, this is it. We're in it for life,' then we really let loose."
Black -- who famously spilled the beans about Jolie's 2008 pregnancy with twins Knox and Vivienne -- also shared some honeymoon planning tips.
VIDEO: Angelina Jolie explains how she avoided leading a "shallow" life
"I recommend to Brad and Angie, go to Big Sur for your honeymoon," the Bernie actor said. "Leave the kids with the nannies just for a couple days.
Pitt's three-time costar Julia Roberts also weighed in on his engagement to Jolie, who next stars in Disney's Maleficent. "It's exciting news," Roberts, 44, told E! News. "It's always nice when you're ready to hitch your wagon for eternity to somebody."
The Mirror Mirror actress has already thought of a gift idea for the couple who has everything: "Babysitting!" Roberts said. "Yeah, that's good."
This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: Jack Black Tells Angelina Jolie: Sex Gets Better After Marriage


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Chilling out in Chile.....16-18 Nov
Trip Start Sep 09, 2010
46Trip End May 28, 2011
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Arrived in Valparaiso, which is about an hour from Santiago, early in the morning around 5am. Most people got off at the station a few miles from Val at the nearby beach resort, we were the only ones left on the bus. We had to get off with our backpacks in the middle of the street as the bus station was closed. We hadn't booked a hostal, so we had to take a taxi and just went down the list of Lonely Planet recommendations. The few we knocked on were all fully booked. We were tired and getting worried we would not find anywhere. Eventually we found one that had rooms – the Hostal Acuarela, 862 Templeman. The guy that lets us is in a youngish with dreads; he is pretty laid back and chilled out. He lets us stay in a double room for free to catch up on some sleep, we then have to move into a 6-bed dorm, sharing with other girls but at least it has its own bathroom, and I discover I am not the only traveller to bring along their hair straighteners
The guys who appear to run the hostal are really nice, there is a lovely vibe to the place, and even though they don't speak much English they make us feel welcome. A very relaxed atmosphere compared to the awful hostal in Mendoza.
The weather was overcast, but by the time we had walked down to the Port area the sun had come out and it was lovely and warm. We went on a short boat ride around the harbour and were surprised to see lots of Seals up close – ah they are so cute. We had a yummy meal in a restaurant just down from the hostal called Pasta & Vino. We treated ourselves to good food and wine, well after a couple of long bus rides and that shitty hostal in Mendoza, once in a while the budget has to be forgotten. But really the prices are very comparable to the UK and Europe just a bit expensive when you are travelling and trying not to spend over $10 a day...it's a challenge. Early night and joy of joys sleeping in a bunk bed!
Wednesday 17th November
Wow what a lovely breakfast
An Irish couple staying at the hostal said they were going on a walking tour of the city, we decided to join them. It cost under �10 for 5 hours. There isn't really that much to see in Valparaiso, no famous buildings or landmarks but it has an abundance of character and really interesting public art, some may call it graffiti but colourful artworks adorn many a wall, which gives the city a unique vibrancy and feel that I've not seen before. In parts it reminded me of Paris, it had steep winding streets like La Paz and Cusco, and with a distinct hippy feel to and being by the sea it is also reminiscent of Brighton too. An American guy who had lived in Val for 2 years took us on the tour, and gave us a bit of a history lesson too. It's had a chequered past. It was an important harbour at the turn of the 19th century, then there was slump, it's been the victim of earthquakes and is pretty run down. But tourism may help play a part in improving its fortunes. I really like it.
Thursday 18th November
We have booked our next journey to Bariloche, Argentina for later today


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We Make Learning Fun
Learning should be fun, so we offer developmentally appropriate programs that intersperse supervised free play along with teacher-directed activities throughout the day. We offer a diverse curriculum of creative arts, music and movement, language communication skills, large and small motor coordination activities, and number and letter recognition. All of these activities encourage your child to express themselves and at the same time have fun.
In a trusting and safe environment your child's self-concept is enhanced by learning how to get along with others, learning to express emotions and feelings, and developing a sense of responsibility and self esteem.
We utilize the Creative Curriculum Approach for assessing the children. There are four areas of development that are assessed throughout the year; Physical Development, Cognitive Development, Language Development, and Social/Emotional Development. Both indoor and outdoor activities are planned to encourage development in all four areas. A weekly lesson plan is completed by the classroom teachers and posted in the classroom. A list of objectives is posted in all the classrooms for reference for the parents and staff, as well. The infant and toddler rooms have a set of 21 objectives for their curriculum and the preschool rooms have a set of 50 objectives. Regardless of ability, experience, or special needs, every child can succeed using the Creative Curriculum Approach to assessment and learning.
Through interactions, conversations, collecting work samples, and interviews with parents, we collect data that will help us identify where your child is developmentally. This data is also used to make changes to the classroom environment according to a child's individual need and interests. The information is also used for lesson planning and activity preparation. Teachers observe the children regularly, both inside the classroom and outside on the play yard. Notes are taken to document what the children are doing, what they are saying, how they are thinking, what skills they have mastered, and how they are interacting with each other.
The purpose of collecting observation notes and facts is to get to know each child individually. The staff then complete and individual child profile using The Creative Curriculum Continuum and then progress report/family conference form. The developmental continuum is used to determine what objectives are met and what objectives may need more attention. There are four different levels on the continuum for each objective; forerunner level, step one, step two, and step three. Once the child has mastered the first level, activities and experiences will be planned to help advance him/her to the next level.
If you would like to learn more about the assessment process, learning objectives, or The Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum, please visit the Teaching Strategies website.


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Feed carrots, cabbage, and eggplants to the greedy rabbit! In this animal game, you will hop towards stars while eating fresh vegetables. You can also jump into bubbles to float higher and ride on clouds. Stay away from guillotines and spikes!
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