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This less-known fairy tale provides younger elementary students with an emotionally-charged, humorous story with an important moral. Because one animal believes that the moon has fallen in the water, all the others follow suit in panic, that is until the king shows them that they are simply looking at a reflection. This play provides both familiarity and plenty of opportunity for the pleasant repetition of key vocabulary and structures.
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This story takes place in Québec in the early 18th century. A family of pioneers are settling into rural life. One day the family goes off into the woods to pick berries. Seven-year-old Andrew gets separated from his older sister and his parents. A young Huron boy finds him and returns him to his thankful family. Suitable for all elementary students with a basic fluency.!
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Albert is a 12-year-old boy who lives in Belize, in the city of Belmopan. This talented young fellow uses his acrobatic skills to earn money with which he buys his mother a birthday present. This story can used as a point de départ for a whole range of activities, including ones that focus on Caribbean Francophone culture, and on poverty and social justice issues.
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- Green tissue paper- 3 sheets (ideally in three different shades of green)
- Pink tissue paper- 3 sheets (again ideally in three different shades of pink, or whatever three colors you want)
- 3 inch styrofoam ball
- Small cylinder or cube of floral foam to stick into the clay pot (You could also use play dough)- (I cut a triangle of styrofoam from some appliance packaging we had around the house)
- 3 inch (or so) mini clay plant pot
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- 4 straight pins with pretty pearlescent ball on top for the main flowers
- 6″-7″ inch stick from your yard
Note- I think the reason this turned out so well was because I was able to use different shades of green and pink tissue paper. Normal tissue paper packages don't come so nicely shaded for paper flower crafts, but I swear by a huge package of tissue paper I am able to get at Hobby Lobby for $5 (inconveniently they don't sell online, but CreateforLess has shades of green at $.89 a package).
- First cut up the green tissue paper into approximately 2 inch squares. They are going to get crumpled up, so don't worry about being precise or anything.
- Start scrunching up the squares into loose little balls. I found it worked best if I rolled them between my hands as if it were clay I was trying to roll into a ball. Even on a tiny ball you will need a surprisingly large number of these, because you want them to be relatively close together.
- Next just start pinning them to the styrofoam ball. Don't put them too close together, because you will want to have room to put in the flowers. You can see in the second photo how close I put them together.
- Now cut up your pink tissue paper into squares. For the largest flowers I used about 3 inch squares, the medium about two inch squares and the small about one inch squares. Again, this is approximate, because they are just going to get crumpled up again.
- Add the largest flowers first, because they will be the most prominent and need to be placed somewhat evenly around the ball. I thought I was going to add a lot, but found that four was plenty. If you can find straight pins with the pretty pearl tops, use those to attach the largest flowers. If you have a lot of those, you can also use them for your smaller flowers too. I didn't, so I just used regular straight pins everywhere else.
- Then add the smaller flowers in between the green 'leaves' where you can still see the styrofoam.
- Next, decide what part of the ball you want to be the top, and stuff the stick from your yard into the bottom. I didn't take a picture of this part, because it's pretty dang easy to do. Then shove the cylinder or dough into the flower post, and stuff the stick into the midde so that it is standing straight up.
- Cover the foam base with green tissue like you did the top ball, but this time, don't let the styrofoam peek through.
- And ta - da, you are done!
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Mar 02, 2017
Sometimes it is hard to find a project that kids can do and still look a bit more classy, and this one is it. Imcan also see this project as one that would be easier for a child or even and adult with limited hand motion or arthritis to do as using the tissue paper could be almost therapeutic with gentle motion and assistance for the other steps. This is quite pretty and you could even place the ball itself on a pretty plate without it being a topiary for a variation, possibly as a dining table center piece that kids can be proud of too! Lovely!
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This is GREAT! I'm going to let my 5 year old granddaughter help me make one for her mother. She just had another baby girl and I know she will just love it. Stephanie from Indiana
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I love your idea. I's easy, cheap, and cute. Kudos!
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I have started doing the update of the license headers. Done now for 2.1 branch. It was a huge diff so the svn-mailer truncated it thankfully. http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=433543&view=rev Before committing i tried to check the diffs by grepping known lines and see what is left. Seems okay, but doing such mass semi-automated changes is worrying. Doing the trunk is lots harder. I will be doing it gradually over the next weeks. Trying to follow the new policy document http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html there are some other issues that we need to attend to: The NOTICE.txt file has a special purpose and we are not doing it properly, i.e. we have its content tangled up with another file called CREDITS.txt At Forrest i added a banner at the top to explain its purpose. Not sure what Cocoon want to do. http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/forrest/trunk/NOTICE.txt Another issue is the LICENSE.txt file. Evidently we also need to "add pointers" in that file to each third-party license file. I gather some people are experimenting with a Maven plugin. Not sure how that correlates with the new policy. So i will leave that to others. Anyway i am concentrating on the source headers. -David David Crossley wrote: > Reinhard Poetz wrote: > > > > Here some more files that need to be moved: > > > > # CREDITS.txt - Where do we need them? For the distribution? > > For now I'd put them into the trunk/commons directory > > Thinking more about this, I propose to configure > > the assembly plugin for commons so that we can > > build distribution packages from there. > > # DESKTOP.INI - remains where it is > > # INSTALL.txt - move to trunk/commons > > # KEYS - move to trunk/commons > > # LICENSE.txt - move to trunk/commons > > # NOTICE.txt - move to trunk/commons > > According to http://www.apache.org/dev/apply-license.html > the LICENSE.txt and NOTICE.txt must located at the top-level > of the "distribution". What does that mean in our new setup? > > Any attributions required by third-party products are > supposed to be in NOTICE.txt but we have them at the > bottom of CREDITS.txt > > -David
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Bahamian professional baseball player Antoan Richardson hosted his "Career paths to athletic success" athletic/educational forum on Friday at the British Colonial Hilton Hotel. The motive behind the forum was to help local athletes discover what it takes to make it as both collegiate and professional athletes. The session was free of charge and open to all athletes looking to transition into the next phase of their respective careers.
The panel featured Richardson, fellow Bahamian pro baseball player Albert Cartwright, Major League Baseball (MLB) player Mike Baxter, Head Baseball Coach at the University of Michigan Erik Bakich, and Manager of International Baseball Operations for the Office of the Commissioner Rebecca Seesel.
During the forum, Richardson and the panel broke down how to find success as a collegiate player, the importance of finding a balance between education and athletics and the risks involved in entering the professional ranks.
"At some point, you have to realize, that although you are on a path to MLB, you have to also think of another path. Although the athlete may want to play in the major league, it's important to have another path in case that doesn't happen," said Richardson. "There are too many stories of good athletes not getting to their full potential."
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How to fix left lower lip that cannot pull down (diagonally to left), and crooked mouth when talking/smiling? (photos)
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Crooked mouth
Thank you for sharing your pictures and your photos.
Without more information it is hard to say why your lips appear as they do? Have they always been like this, since you were little?
There is a condition called "congenital lower lip palsy" and it is thought to be a weakness of the depressor labii inferiorus (the muscle that pulls your lower lip down) for a reason no one knows. There is no cure, but you can get botox to the muscle on the other side to make it look the same.
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Fillers and botox can be used to improve this area. I suggest seeing a facial sculpting expert. Best, Dr. Emer.
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DLI muscle is weak, how do I fix
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I appreciate your concern but appear there may be some nerve dysfunction causing your asymmetry. While local muscles exercises will not help, Botox treatment may. Be sure to consult with a board certified plastic surgeon. Good luck!
How to fix left lower lip that cannot pull down (diagonally to left), and crooked mouth when talking/smiling?
Thank you for sharing your question and photographs. Unfortunately without knowing your full history it is difficult to offer definite recommendations, but if the muscles responsible for lowering your left lower lip are not strong enough exercise alone will be unable to improve their current function and a better choice is to use botox to weaken the right lower lip muscles to achieve better symmetry. It would be important to know any history of jaw surgery or possible nerve injury to offer the best advice. Best wishes.
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Crooked smile due to nerve dysfuction
Unfortunately there is no way to fix a damaged nerve. Balancing the lip activity by using Botox on the UNAFFECTED side can help restore symmetry. This is a technique used often to improve appearance in facial paralysis patients.
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If you're interested in figuring out the entire video creation process, from start to finish, there are lots of things you need to learn. From the initial previsualization phase, to the final concept, to the technical challenges of creating a perfect, finished DVD...there are many elements involved...each of them play an important role in the success of your project.
To begin the right way, you must use previsualization to flesh out your ideas and give them richness and dimension. This brainstorming phase, when done properly, can save you time and money. By mapping out the action and exchanging ideas with your crew, you can come up with a template that leads to the creation of a movie storyboard.
Once you've brainstormed (if you're working alone, just jot down ideas about characters, casting locations, etc.), you're ready for storyboarding. In the past, paper storyboards were used to depict the action, frame by frame. This time-consuming process could be expensive - hiring a live artist to do each sketch could be costly. As well, the results could be less than polished. Today, this problem has been eliminated through the newest, cutting-edge digital storyboard software.
By offering budding directors access to pre-loaded artwork, including characters, props and backgrounds, programmers have taken the live artist out of the equations. Adding sound, dialogue, and effects are simple processes - often, a click of the mouse is all that's needed. As well, these film storyboard software programs act as a wonderful creative tool - they are designed to work with the creative mindset.
If you want to get organized and set up the perfect video creation process, look for online demos of storyboard software - you'll be amazed to see how it's possible to create a professional, appealing storyboard in mere minutes. This cost-effective software can be a great investment in your career - you can use it again and again, and you can share your finished storyboard on the Internet or via iPhone.
Once you're finished your previz phase (brainstorming and storyboards), you can move on to planning out your casting, lighting set ups, locations, budgets, call sheets, and whatever else you'll need to get the results you want. Search for the right elements, from soundtrack music to talent to camera angles.
Once you've filmed, you need to consider the production of a DVD, CD, or other "hard copy". You'll also need to consider another very important facet of the video creation process - getting your work into the public eye through proper PR and promotional gambits should be a big priority. After all, you've put so much of yourself into your video - sharing your efforts is important. If you do opt for digital storyboard software, it will be easy to promote with it. You can use your storyboards as a "teaser" before your hard copy goes on sale or gets displayed in public. You can also use your storyboards to interest investors, potential crew members, and actors and actresses. This multipurpose tool can be a great way to get organized at the beginning and the end of your production process. It can be the keystone of a perfect video - one that captures your artistic vision.
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It's rainstorm season again in Pakistan, and fortunately it has not created as much obliteration as it did a year ago. The mangoes are so much juicier and sweeter since it has sprinkled, and they are tremendous and succulent. Recently I ran over a couple that looked just as they weren't ready, yet I was guaranteed they were prepared to eat, they were an alternate assortment of mango. They had originated from a neighbor's tree and he was correct, they were tasty.
Back in the winter I had found another vegetable and it has taken me seven months to find what it really is. It is a kind of desert plant which is intense, as karela or severe melon, and it is really Caralluma fimbriata which individuals in the West are utilizing to get more fit. It is absolutely a diuretic, and I'm informed that on the off chance that you eat it for 30 days you will shed pounds.
Nonetheless I think you need to eat it crude, and that wouldn't be extremely lovely. Online individuals say that it is a 'starvation nourishment', however in the vegetable shops here it is costly as it is hand-picked and searched for, it isn't exactly in an indistinguishable class from a truffle, yet it is similar to that. Individuals are quick to eat it at any rate once in the season.
This year I have found the cooling properties of sattu which is made with the juice of crisp lemons and ground hulled grain, and a little sugar weakened in water. It is exceptionally reviving but at the same time is a diuretic, as I found when I was giving a workshop and needed to have a can break regularly. Members in the workshop were stressed over me as they thought I may have looseness of the bowels (once more).


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Peculiar People Mormons and Same-Sex Orientation
Schow, Ron; Wayne Schow; Marybeth Raynes
Place Published: Salt Lake City, UT
Publisher: Signature Books
Date Published: 1991
Edition: Later printing
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Book Id: 3122
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Like a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis, Singapore has gone through a dramatic metamorphosis to become the vibrant metropolis of today. This year, the "Orchid Extravaganza" floral display tells the story of Singapore through the motif of a butterfly's life cycle. Stunning orchids in myriad shapes and colours will fill a landscape depicting the stages of a butterfly's growth, including a 'Chrysalis' structure in the main Flower Field.
Visitors can look forward to seeing orchid varieties such as Phalaenopsis, Vanda, Dendrobium, Grammatophyllum and many others. There will also be a sculpture of 52 butterflies - in celebration of Singapore's 52nd National Day - in the shape of Singapore. This floral display is put together by award-winning garden designer Peter Cheok, who has received numerous accolades for his works including at the Singapore Garden Festival and Ellerslie International Flower Show in New Zealand.


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Reading, United Kingdom (PressExposure) February 18, 2013 -- Workbooks.com, a UK based vendor of cloud-based CRM solutions has launched an offer of free data migration* to Sage ACT! and Sage SalesLogix customers just days after Sage announced that it will be selling the two businesses to SwiftPage.
Workbooks already has numerous customers who have moved to them from industry giants such as Salesforce.com and Microsoft Dynamics; offering them greater functionality, flexibility and ease of use. Since the Sage announcement, Workbooks is offering Sages customers an added incentive by offering free data migration from ACT! and SalesLogix to Workbooks.
John Cheney, CEO at Workbooks said, "With Sage abandoning their Act! and SalesLogix customer base we are offering a quick and easy migration process to a more modern, next-generation platform. We feel that we can not only offer these ACT! and SalesLogix customers a system that provides them with broader functionality from a solution that is continuing to evolve and grow, but that we can also offer them a stable vendor relationship and on-going support."
Marcelo Bustamante, Director at Amstore, a Workbooks customer who moved to Workbooks having previously used Sage SalesLogix said, "Sage served us well for the time that we used the system. The pain areas were linked to the fact that it couldn't be adjusted to meet our needs in a cost effective or time efficient way... We were instantly attracted to Workbooks for a number of reasons. Not only did it offer easy implementation, but the pricing was also very reasonable and the amount of support and training, both online and human, was very appealing.
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Cheney continued, "Customers using the hosted version of SalesLogix may also be concerned about the data sovereignty issues this may raise. Like Workbooks, Sage was a British vendor meaning that client data in their cloud was clearly under UK sovereignty. Swiftpage, is a USA firm which will mean that USA data laws apply even to data held within the UK under the Saleslogix systems, a concern recently validated publicly by many other USA cloud providers."
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Haldia Development Authority has released a recruitment notification for the pots of Executive Engineers, Assistant Engineer in Halidia, West Bengal. Candidates who full fill the eligibility criteria can apply before the last date.
Vacancy Information:
Name of the organization: Haldia Development Authority
Name of the post: Executive Engineer
1. Civil: 01 One
2. Electrical: 01 One
3. Mechanical: 01 One
Salary: Rs. 25000/- per month consolidated
Name of the Position: Assistant Engineer (Civil)
Number of the Post: 01 One
Salary Package: Rs. 20000/- per month consolidated
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Candidate age should not be greater than 37 years.
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For Executive Engineer
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1. Applicants should have BE or AMIE or related degree from any Govt. authorized University
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Well this guy I've known my whole life is now my dance partner and well we were sitting in k-mart parking lot waiting for his mom to get some stuff. and well he was playing on his the whole time. and he was getting into it. but he had his feet propped up on the front seat and I was slouched down and he leaned on me while he played his game. and his grandma was in the car the whole time but she could care less but still.you know? well we just kept on switching positions and kept getting closer. and well his mom finally got back and while she was on our way to get dropped off I noticed that he was hard. I mean it wasn't sticking up but you know it was semi hard. and well he wouldn't move and I slouched down and rubbed my leg on his and he just didn't move.he just was frozen but his eyes were all over the place. but he looked at my leg and then he looked back at his iPhone and well he just didn't move. but I could tell. and well once we got dropped off he like went behind the car and I don't know what but I looked at him and we just locked eyes for the longest time but I only saw his face. (he wasn't doing anything) and well he told me to get in the truck cause he wanted to take me home. and we just talked and flirted and I did everything I knew to do and well..he even went like 10 miles per hour on our road so I didn't have to leave. and well we talked the whole way home and sang along with the radio but then. when it was time for me to go. he kept asking me questions but then when there was nothing to say I felt that if I didn't say anything that he would think I would never leave and that I won't leave him alone. but I ended up telling him bye and well I have no idea why he didn't kiss me. I so wanted him to.
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but if I do it will be our whole friendship going out the widnow if something bad happens. I got another question for you. okay. I was sitting on the other side of the truck and he kept on turning up the air because he wanted me to freeze to death cause I said I was cold. and after a while he turned it down a little bit and he said. I think it only gets cold on that side of the truck. now what was that sopose to mean? did he want me to scootch over in the middle of the truck to be near him?
yes I think he might have. he was probably trying to say oh its not cold over here by me come get closer. he's flirting but your right wait for him to make a move


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This week on Flickr Faves Sunday, I bring you some gorgeous hoop wall art with these gorgeous pics. Check back soon for some more of the most inspirational photographers on Flickr.
Some beautiful shots from my Flickr favourites (clockwise from top left):
- The great mix of prints in crazy patchwork mash ups in hoops by danstina
- The wonderful fabric hoop bulletin board by kelee81
- The fun embroidery in Untitled by Three Red Apples
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Ever the optimist, Ed set up Catalyst in 2010 after deciding that the recession couldn't last forever, but sees himself primarily as a recruitment consultant rather than a managing director. Ed has specialised in property recruitment since he started out in 2005, and leads our consultancy division. Ed spreads his time between London and Yorkshire, where he lives with his wife Heidi, sons Rufus and Theo and cocker spaniel Nell. He describes himself as "mostly retired" from rugby as he can no longer take the severe punishment just for being a Southerner.
English born but brought up in South Africa, Chris spends a lot of time moaning about the weather. However, we turn a blind eye to this especially as his experience of working in the Civil Engineering and Construction industries in both the UK and South Africa makes him an invaluable member of our team. He decided to apply this knowledge to recruitment in 2007 and hasn't looked back since; he now dedicates his time to delivering executive search assignments at mid to senior management and board level rather than bridges and roads! He joined us in 2012 and works both nationally and internationally whilst leading the "contractor" side of the business across Engineering, Infrastructure and Oil & Gas.When he's not taking chunks out of the local fairway, Chris can be found using his trade skills to renovate his home.
Senior Consultant
Nicole has had a drastic change in career from her previous life as a criminal defence lawyer, defending some of Glasgow's meanest gangsters! She certainly has some interesting tales should you ask… she will also tell you she doesn't miss midnight trips to the Police Station!
Her skills of interviewing, analysing and cross examination come in very handy as a recruitment consultant and Nicole has progressed very quickly to lead our PQS offering.
Out of work Nicole is a qualified dance instructor, tennis player (she played junior tennis with Andy and Jamie Murray) and enjoys the odd glass of wine! She lives with her soon to be husband Ally!
Head of Research
On top of her endlessly sunny disposition, Corrina brings almost 10 years research experience in the recruitment industry with her. She is our Head of Research, specialising in senior level search assignments across construction, property, engineering and facilities management.
Corrina is a woman of many talents; outside work she is a qualified and trained Reiki practitioner, practices meditation and enjoys a good book. Her two children Callum and Molly keep her and husband Craig busy!
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As Office Manager Amanda is here to bring some well needed order to proceedings! Having worked in Executive Level recruitment for over 8 years, Amanda has extensive experience in managing senior level search assignments to successful conclusion working on various high level and sometimes complex recruitment projects. Away from the office life, is no less hectic with a two young children. Amanda spends any free time enjoying the gym, good food and a glass or two of wine!
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Lucy has been with us since 2014 and brings a wealth of sales, account management and recruitment experience, having previously worked in the advertising department for the Telegraph Group in London. Lucy's friendly approach and professional manner make her an ideal fit with our consultative, relationship focused approach to recruitment, and she works closely with Ed Hoad on project management as well as supporting other teams.
She lives with husband Andy (not the footballer), daughter Kitty and rescued greyhound Toby Bones. She tells that her passions are fine wine and travelling, but from what we've seen the wine doesn't need to be that fine!
Non Executive Director
Liz's vast experience across a range of companies and charities makes her an ideal candidate to help steer us in the right direction as a non-executive director.
She is a Board member and Managing Director of the Bayford Group, a Trustee of the Leeds Children's Charity, and Managing Director of numerous other businesses.
During her time with Bayfords, she has overseen many start-ups and acquisitions within the group, experience we're trying to make the most of!
Finance Director
Tim's grey hair, MBA and background in corporate banking and finance brings some much needed process to Catalyst, where he is responsible for all financial matters. He was enjoying partial retirement before being dragged back into business by Ed, but remains Director of IntangAbility Ltd and a Fellow of the Strategic Planning Society and the Chartered Institute of Bankers.
In his spare time Tim can be found doting on his burgeoning number of grandchildren or travelling the world.
We take great pride in the relationships we create with candidates. Here's what people are saying about us:
Ed was a pleasure to deal with; he was always discreet and knowledgeable about the sector as a whole and also about specific happenings. He looks for genuine opportunities that will suit the individual long-term and not a quick placement...
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Catalyst assisted with my relocation back to the UK from Australia. They were extremely helpful with advice and provided a service which was far superior to any other Recruitment Company I have dealt with in the past. I highly recommend...
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Working with Catalyst Executive Search to find a new role has been a refreshing change to what can easily become a stressful undertaking. Their care in suggesting suitable positions that would offer 'the right fit' within their network...
Senior Consultant at Jackson Coles
Catalyst work closely with a small number of clients to ensure that we understand their company, strategy and ethos. We can therefore provide candidates that not only fit technically, but perhaps more importantly, on a cultural and personal level.
Ed truly takes time to understand the business. He worked with us to articulate our message to ensure we attracted the right people for our business, that would help drive our longer term goals. He takes time to listen...
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We've hired Ed a number of times to assist in our recruitment and each time we have been impressed with his attitude and ability to make great judgement calls. Ed has an integrity that, frankly, is not often seen with recruiters...
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Catalyst Executive Search is a trusted business partner to Jackson Coles. The consultants consistently provide quality candidates over many years which match our requirements both technically and culturally.
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Our client are independent project managers operating across the higher education, commercial and residential sectors in London and the South East.
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Wesley William Hall is suing Westpac for unfair dismissal and is seeking $600,000 in compensation.
Louise Hall is a Court Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald
Wesley William Hall is suing Westpac for unfair dismissal and is seeking $600,000 in compensation.
More than half of the $165m stolen by the tax fraud syndicate may never be seen again.
Bianca Rinehart has been given the green light to sue her estranged mother Gina for alleged misconduct in managing the multibillion-dollar family trust, including allegations she "improperly spent company money on personal expenses".
The Seven Network has confirmed it has taken urgent legal action against a senior employee who has admitted to defrauding the company by falsifying invoices.
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Gina Rinehart's estranged children are seeking to take fresh legal action against their mother for the alleged underpayment of mining royalties while she was trustee of the family's $5 billion trust.
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Budofights 8: Local-Motion features our largest pool of local MMA talent ever. On deck are the main local fight clubs in Bend, OR which include Smith Martial Arts, Team REACT and The Desert Dogs. Three pro fights cards of special interest: Tomi Massey(Oregon Kickboxing Academy) vs. Brent Alvarez (Art of War); Phil Gebauer (Desert Dogs) vs. Levi Weikel (Midtown MMA); and Derek Jones (Team REACT) vs. Dario Mobley (No Pain Just Glory). Also, a women's MMA fight feature: Crystal Jewell (Team REACT, Bend) vs. Brandee Brown (Crossfit Central, Bend)!
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Prison Labor Schemes Are Getting Out Of Hand, Critics Say.
By Tim Vanderpool
THE IMAGES ARE dramatic, even righteously romantic: Strings of criminal hard-cores, all chained like dogs, a thousand Cool Hand Lukes decked in orange and repenting sins to the rasp of shovels striking asphalt.
Or convicts-for-hire in privately run jailhouse sweatshops, indentured grunts paying both their dues and upkeep pounding out bookcases and bi-focals bound for retail shelves.
And at first blush it appears as justice served, like an angry society finally exacting its due on the backs of vicious rule-breakers. But peek behind the symbolism, say critics of current punishment philosophy, and you'll find enough political demagoguery and corporate profiteering to make eye-for-an-eye rhetoric blink, and a growing army of embittered felons gazing towards eventual repatriation on our streets.
Quaker-affiliated American Friends Service Committee exposes the theoretical snake pit underlying these correctional trends on Saturday, November 16, when it hosts Factories With Fences: A Forum on Prison Labor and Privatization.
Speakers range from keynoter Patricia Clark, coordinator of the AFSC's National Criminal Justice Project, to Donna Hamm of Middle Ground Prison Reform, and Paul Gattone of the Southern Arizona People's Law Center.
Catalina Spencer, a Tucson human rights organizer, founder of the Southwest Film Institute and host of KXCI's Radioactive and Broad Perspectives Radio programs, recently asked Clark, Hamm, Gattone and AFSC coordinator Caroline Isaacs for their perspectives on these sticky issues.
According to Isaacs, the conference "grew out of concern with trends towards increased use of prison labor and privatization of correctional facilities through for-profit organizations."
She pulls out a fistful of unsettling statistics to augment those worries. "Due to excessive coverage of crime and election-year rhetoric, most people are under the impression crime rates have skyrocketed in recent years," she says. "But according to the U.S. Department of Justice, crime rates--including violent crime--have been remarkably steady since 1970."
The murder rate actually dropped nine percent from 1980 to 1992, she says, and is now equivalent to the '70s. "Yet the number of people in prisons has tripled since 1980, from 500,000 to 1.5 million. And of these the majority are non-violent offenders."
Housing each inmate costs taxpayers an average of $22,000 annually, she says, noting that $9.7 billion was also allocated for new prisons in the 1994 federal crime bill.
"And now various departments of correction are using for-profit organizations to run prisons and pay for the additional costs," she says.
Patricia Clark, who cut her reformist teeth as executive director of Death Penalty Focus in California, and as the director of the Klanwatch Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Atlanta, says she's not necessarily against taking prisoners to task. "On one hand, we criminal justice practitioners feel very strongly that prisoners should be able to work and make some kind of income, both for things that are needed within the prison, to help family members on the outside, and for potential restitution for victims' family members."
The rub, she says, comes in the lure of cheap labor, drawing companies into the jails and taking jobs away from poor people beyond prison walls. "The reason is obviously that you can pay prisoners basically anything you want," she says.
She compares it to jobs being shipped to Mexico or overseas.
"And you have to look at the overall motivation for that--profit, profit, profit," she says.
Add privatized prisons to the mix, and you come up with a rancid correctional stew, Clark says, "that take facilities away from the public domain, where you have a whole correctional department that's basically appointed by the state, and that the state is responsible for overseeing."
The result is growing neglect of prisoners' needs, she says. "By and large prisons don't have a great reputation even now for the way services and treatment are conveyed and delivered. That's a major concern for us."
Then come chain gangs, meant solely to "degrade and humiliate people. A lot of things like that done in prisons make folks even more bitter, more hardened, and they become potentially much more difficult to live with on the outside, by virtue of how they've been treated on the inside," she says.
Donna Hamm, the wife of a former inmate, has become a sharp critic of Arizona corrections policies, and a large thorn in the side of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who's garnered plenty of press with his high-profile chain gangs.
"On one hand, he complains that these are dangerous people, escape risks and disciplinary problems, and that's why they have to be chained together," Hamm says. "But at every opportunity--when it's expedient to the state prison system--the media is allowed to go right up to prisoners and stick microphones in their faces. Clearly, the prisoners would not be getting the same attention doing their work if they weren't in chains."
She recalls when Arpaio recently instituted female chain gangs, and European photographers handed the women lipstick and combs before shooting. "That's not the kind of operation used by prison officials who feel they are dealing with dangerous people," she says.
And the gangs illustrate our current abandonment of teaching the inmates skills they can later use on the outside, she says. "After all, there is no correlation between rehabilitation and rocks and chains."
Such approaches also place constitutional guarantees against cruel and unusual punishment at stake, says Paul Gattone. "We're allegedly a civilized and advanced country here, but all we can come up with when faced with crime problems is more and more punishment," he says. "And right now it appears we're ready to throw the Eighth Amendment out the window.
"You don't fight crime in our society by just going through all these politically expedient publicity stunts, by having people chained together."
Clark says the critical time for reform is now, both in how and why America puts its citizens behind bars. "We have to make a choice. There are predictions that by the middle of the next century, we'll have as many people in prisons as there are on the outside. Do we want a society that's caged? And do we want a society that's built on fear?"
Meanwhile, "We've demonized folks who are involved in criminal activity," she says. "If you look at the rhetoric around criminal justice issues these days, it is that we need to be harsher, tougher, more punitive.
"So it doesn't matter if someone has gone astray but has potential and things to contribute. They did something wrong, so we're going to punish them to the maximum extent allowed. That's an attitudinal thing that really needs to change. But that's not the kind of thing that makes a good 30-second soundbite."
Factories With Fences runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, November 16, at the Northwest Neighborhood Center, 2160 N. Sixth Ave. Admission is free. Call 623-9141. Catalina Spencer's interview with Patricia Clark will air on KXCI's Radioactive this Friday, November 15, at 6:30 p.m.
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I'm pretty sure most of you have heard about the new Silent Hill: Downpour. Now, I get great ideas from time to time which I tend to share with people and see their reaction.
Basically, I'm suggesting a new game after Downpour to be made of Silent Hill that will change a lot of staggered gameplay while keeping what we love most about the SH games (1-3 especially).
Imagine your able to make your own SH character, for a choice of 3 epic stories throughout SH, and are able to craft their past (or randomnize it even so you won't know what their past was like), and have monsters/worlds that reflect on what choices they made.
For instance, you might make a character who was an ex-murderer, and the monsters in the game would reflect on that character's choices. I want a SH game where you can craft your own character from the ground up and discover their fate (multiple endings will exist for different characters and their traits).
On top of all that, I'm looking forward to a monster creator to allow people to make their own nightmarish creations and share them with other people. These monsters won't be like Spore creatures, however, they will be gritty and slimy depending on how you want them to look. You can alter their behavior and how tough you make your creature will determine on it's placement in numbers or by itself. Now people might attack me for these ideas, but I can assure this would only greatly increase the experience SH already gives. This could be a great game once finished and done right (good personalization for each character in a story).
There are many benefits to be had for the SH series with this release:
1. More people will become familar with the SH series (this will attract new crowds)
2. This will expand gameplay past the usual straightaway story games
3. Monster designs can be reforged from previous games (or can become pre-sets for characters to use in their stories/levels)
4. SH isn't just a story series, they're full of survival horror, and this could offer a lot more approaches to the esteemed horror genre in new ways
5. The gameplay can be engaging and fun; also it will be more compelling for people (they will like their characters they get to create)
Now I'd like to see what the SH fans have to say about this idea. I'm compelled to hear criticism and other ideas for this new game, so let me have whatever you got.
Ideas may include a survival mode (alongside campaign) called "Lost" which randomnizes your characters in a huge level, and you gotta find weapons/ammo. This would be a highly dangerous mode because you must search the entire level to find whatever you can get as monsters will appear a lot more and will come for you (especially during random Otherworld transitions).
Now I know for some extreme these ideas may seem baffling because they involve the SH series to follow games like RE and Dead Space; but I can assure you they will only improve the game series. They will not take away as long as the stories are left untouched. These enhancements in gameplay will keep the replay factor up and create more eager fans of the series.


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Don, Don, Don. You smoke, you drink. You drink and drive. Could you at least wear your seat belt?
The Daily Beast is so concerned about the possibility that the "Mad Men" character is going to die soon that it posted this week on all the signs of his possible demise. Possible methods include an airplane crash or suicide. Even better was a 2012 Vulture effort that asked an actuary to forecast when the hard-living ad man would pass away, given his many vices (promiscuity, occasional visits to prostitutes, five drinks per day, two packs of cigarettes a day, phenobarbital use for anxiety), not to mention high blood pressure and only occasional exercise.
The answer: 1985, at the age of 59, according to actuary Jack Luff.
I'm going with a car crash, for a number of reasons. Don drives around in high-powered status symbols like Cadillacs and Buick Electras, and he's already driven into a ditch at least once. But mostly it's that he and everyone else in the show--including the children--don't wear seat belts.
"Mad Men" is famous for getting the details of its period right, so I won't quibble with its accuracy. I'm old enough to remember the days when all we had were lap belts, though I feel certain we used them, at least most of the time. The government says they're 16 percent less effective than the lap-shoulder versions that seem to be standard now, so I'm not saying Draper would get the full benefit of restraints.
But in case you've forgotten just how big a difference seat belts can make, here are a few important reminders:
• Even with all the car safety advances since Draper drunk-drove a Jaguar, seat belts are the "single most effective means of reducing the risk of death in a crash," according to the American Automobile Association. The devices have saved nearly 300,000 lives in the U.S. since 1975, according to estimates.
• Car accidents killed 21,667 people in 2012, down from more than 32,000 in 2003, and use of seat belts continues to climb, reaching 86 percent in 2012, according to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report in March. The percentage of people killed in accidents who weren't wearing seat belts remains more than half. It was 56 percent in 2003, and 52 percent in 2012, according to the NHTSA report.
• But among 16- to 44-year-olds, (Don, are you paying attention?) more than 60 percent of those killed weren't wearing seat belts, the NHTSA data shows. The worst group was 21- to 24-year-olds: 63 percent weren't wearing belts when they died in car accidents. The low is for the 75-and-over group, only 26 percent of whom were "unrestrained" when killed.
• Men are 10 percent less likely to wear seat belts than women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On the other hand, urban and suburban residents like Draper are more likely to use them than people who live in rural areas. And let's remember that survival isn't your only goal when it comes to car accidents. The CDC says 2.3 million people were treated in emergency rooms for car crash injuries in 2009.
Read more: Here's how NHTSA calculates the effectiveness of seat belts and estimates the number of lives saved.


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I am making the grooms cake for my niece's wedding. I would liike to know if anyone has a really good chocolate buttecream recipe....that holds up reallu well.
The venue will be air conditioned, but there is going to be a long party for the reception, and it has to hold up well
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I just add melted chocolate or cocoa powder to my regular buttercream recipe.
I love the icing recipe on the back of the Hershey's cocoa can.
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This is a very good chocolate icing. I've had several people ask me for the receipe. The thing I like about it is that it crust so very well and holds up to 100 degree weather w/o any problems.
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Thank you everyone!! I printed out the recipes that you recomended.