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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
If the company offering the goods and services were in Canada, we could make a complaint to an appropriate agency and the company could be fined $100 if they called again, according to a friend of ours. I'm not sure about that.
But this telephone company I'm writing about is not Canada-based. Its agents call us from different parts of the US--at least that's what they say--and they are all Filipinos.
By now, I am already quite familiar with their oft repeated lines--
"Hello, is this Mrs. Blossoms?" an agent opens with a strange Americanized accent. That is the first giveaway. I respond with some hesitation.
"Are you Filipino, Ma'am?" he or she is sure to ask. The second giveaway. When I say yes, the person on the other line starts speaking in Tagalog and asking questions like where I came from in the Philippines, etc. etc.
If I'm not busy, I entertain the call and answer the questions as patiently as I can until I have the chance to decline the offer. Very often, the agent will keep on talking. Won't let me off that easily.
"Mom, why do you keep on talking?" my son asks. My sons have become exasperated by these calls and sometimes they get exasperated with me when I talk too long with telemarketers on the phone. I will just say no to their offers anyway.
"They are just doing their job," I respond. I don't blame them for trying to make some sales. I even feel sorry for them sometimes. Good luck na lang sa yo ha?
"You'll never know if you'll work in a call centre someday," I tell my children. What comes around goes around. Don't be rude. Who knows if you will be on the other end of the call?
One day I got a call from someone raising funds for some expensive equipment for our city hospital. At that time, Gino was working as a fundraiser at UBC and getting very little results. I decided to donate a small amount to the hospital as an investment for Gino. You know, the principle of sowing and reaping. I did not have much to donate, but I sowed that Gino might reap the result. I remember him coming home from work a few days later very happy about raising more than a hundred dollars, more than the little I invested. I can't say for sure that my gift had anything to do with it, but I'd like to believe so.
It's for this reason that I try to be nice to telemarketers. It's for my family or myself who might do this kind of job some day. Remember the Golden Rule?
It must be difficult to work at a call centre. I had same experience at work when we had a yearend call campaign. That stretched me even if we were not selling anything and those we were calling were already friends of our non-profit organization. How much harder it must be to make cold calls and sell goods and services!
"Sorry, I'm already satisfied with my long distance provider," I always tell agents of this telephone company I was referring to earlier. "Besides, we hardly make long distance calls to the Philppines."
I have been sucked by a phone sales agent into getting two cellphones that were about to be phased out. I have changed long distance providers a few times in this way too. I almost got a vacation offer to Cancun. But now I am very cautious and suspicious of anything offered by phone. I have pat answers to telemarketers and they always start with "Sorry..." If I don't give them any sales, at least I could give them some courtesy. Telemarketers are people too, not automated answering machines.
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- Anonymous said...
Hi Mrs. Blossoms,
You too? I had myself listed on a Do-Not_Contact list at
and it helped a bit. Companies you deal with regularly can still call you. I usually have my landline calls forwarded to my cell when I'm away from home and I was so mad when my bank's telemarketers called me to push their mortgage packages while I was driving. I pulled over to the roadside to answer my cell. I was on my way home from signing my mortgage renewal at the local branch!!!
Don't be too hard on the long distance guys from the Philippines. :) I was mad too because they kept calling while I was putting my apo to sleep and the baby kept waking up. However, when I relented I was pleasntly surprised at the low rate they were offering - 3 cents/minute to anywhere in North America, 14 cents/minute to Pinas landline, 18 cents/minute to a cell phone there. Wala pang monthly fees. This was the best deal I've been offered so far and I agreed.
- lerryblossoms said...
3 cents/min? and i thought i got the best deal already! maybe i should listen to the telemarketer's offer next time.
- Anonymous said...
Tita, good thing my previous company is not doing calls for a long distance provider hehe...
Anyway, get yourself listed in the DNC list. It may take about 30-45 days to get that in place since the leads are usually bought way ahead and need some scrubbing before totally getting of the list.
You're correct...these telemarketers are people too. You can't imagine how many times in a day they would be shouted at and even cursed. There's just no way to get used to it but its the job :(
I'm out of the telemarketing call center. I'm focused on customer service now.


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Published In Fairhope [Baldwin County] [Map]
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Years of publication: 1974 to current
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Catalog Card for the Eastern Shore Courier
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Published In Robertsdale [Baldwin County] [Map]
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Years of publication: 192? to 193?
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Catalog Card for the Robertsdale American
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Years of publication: 197? to current
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Catalog Card for The Independent
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Christian Fittipaldi is fastest Chevrolet Tuesday, January 14. CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI, NO. 33 APR CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO - Fastest in afternoon test session - 49.040, 183.561mph. ARE YOU FEELING PRETTY COMFORTABLE IN THE CAR? "Yes, definitely.
Christian Fittipaldi is fastest Chevrolet Tuesday, January 14.
CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI, NO. 33 APR CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO - Fastest in afternoon test session - 49.040, 183.561mph.
ARE YOU FEELING PRETTY COMFORTABLE IN THE CAR? "Yes, definitely. Actually, believe it or not, although people say it's pretty easy for you to go flat around this place and indeed it is - especially when you're running by yourself. But I had zero experience around this place and the more I run, the more I'm learning. So I'm learning a little bit about the bumps. I'm learning how close to the wall you can run - especially on your first lap. I'm learning how to bring the car up to speed as quick as possible. We can't forget that I'm competing against people who have done this for an average of 10 - 15 years. In a way, I'm 10 to 15 years behind them and I have to try and play catch-up the best way possible."
ON GIVING FEEDBACK TO THE TEAM: "As far as the problems in the car, that is pretty straight-forward. The more I run these cars, the more I understand them. What was very difficult for me last year was running these cars one day and running my type of cars for two months and then coming back over here and running these cars. It was hard - especially when you needed to get up to speed as quick as possible and you're competing against guys that are very competitive."
ON THE PRECISION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CART AND NASCAR RACE CARS: "Every motor racing vehicle out there has a soft spot to them. No matter what you're driving, there's always an optimum that you want to run that machine in and that is what we try to do with these cars. They're big and they're heavy. You can't really compare them to a single-seater, you just try to optimize exactly what you have."
ON THE EASE OF WORKING WITH ENGINEERS IN NASCAR: "I haven't heard anyone say anything about that, but that makes my transition a lot simpler or a lot more normal in a way to what I'm used to. In that aspect, it's a bonus to me. On the other hand, I'm running against people who have been doing this for a long time. Up to a certain point, nothing beats experience. I wish that one day, when I'm 45 or 50 years old I had my body of a 20 year old kid and the experience of a 50 year old guy."
ON THE CAR HE WAS DRIVING TODAY: "This is definitely not the one I was driving here last week (in the test session). We came in last week and we knew the car didn't have a lot of speed. Actually I went out to eat with Andy (Petree) before the testing started on Monday evening and he told me not to get frustrated if we didn't go fast and that this was the first car they built for this year, which was built in October.
"And he said we were here for me to learn about the track and for them to do some other tests. When we come back for the race, you'll see that everything is going to fall into place. I guess I just trusted Andy because I'm in no-man's-land. This is all completely new to me. I guess I just have to sit in the car and strap myself in and drive the car."
IS THIS THE CAR YOU'LL BE USING IN SPEEDWEEKS? "It's definitely one of them. I have to admit, on the other hand, that there was maybe a little bit of a small draft when I did my quickest lap because someone came out in front of me and he was about a half a straightaway ahead. But that really doesn't matter for me because even if it wasn't for that, we have a solid top-four car. So when I did my quickest lap, maybe I had a little bit of help. But the most important is that you're consistent out there and that you do it outing after outing. I think it's going to be really good for the race."
DO THE BRAZILIAN MEDIA PAY ATTENTION TO YOU AND NASCAR? "They know that last week we were testing and this week we were testing. But at the same time, everything is completely new to the Brazilian motor racing culture. Everyone down in Brazil is used to Formula I - especially when you go back to when my uncle was racing in the early '70's. In a way, it translated to Indy when Emerson and all the other drivers came over here. And now, basically, maybe we could be starting something new in NASCAR. But it's going to be a learning curve because the people don't understand 100 percent yet how NASCAR racing is. NASCAR racing is very particular compared to all the other racing in the world."
HOW DOES NASCAR COMPARE TO OTHER FORMS OF RACING: "What amazes me is how close it is. On any given weekend you see a half a second between them. That's really close for 43 cars. Second, is that the races are very long. It almost seems like all the stars have to align themselves for you to win a race. You have to stay out of trouble and you have to be quick. No matter where you start in the race, there's always that attitude that maybe you can win it today. In other types of motor racing - because of the car difference and because of the nature of the race and the tracks - if you don't start in the first three or four rows, forget it. You're only going to do the race and you're going to hope that you can collect a couple of points. It's different over here because on race day it's absolutely wide open and anyone can win it. Some guys have a bigger chance to win but anyone can go to bed on Saturday night and dream about winning on Sunday."
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3 bedroom detached bungalow for saleWest View Avenue, Castleford
Sold STC £205,000
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Key features
- Large Lounge Area
- Spacious Kitchen Diner
- Three/Four Bedrooms
- Family Bathroom
- Gas Central Heating and Double Glazing
- Quiet Cul De Sac Area
- Superb Gardens
- EPC Grade E
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Perfect for growing families is this superb semi detached three to four bedroom bungalow. Located in a quiet cul de sac area of Castleford local to all local amenities and schools. It is finished to a very high standard with an array of finer details, spacious living and superb garden areas. Arrange a viewing now to fully appreciate the sizing of this bungalow and to avoid any disappointment.
Lounge 23' 0'' x 11' 9'' (7.0m x 3.57m)
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Sitting Room/Bedroom Four 12' 0'' x 8' 4'' (3.66m
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Master Bedroom 14' 8'' x 12' 10'' (4.46m x
Fitted wardrobes to the wall, a front facing bay
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Bedroom Two 14' 10'' x 10' 10'' (4.52m x 3.31m)
With wood flooring, front facing window and gas
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Bedroom Three 8' 5'' x 4' 6'' (2.57m x 1.37m)
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PART 2 of 5: Last Interview of the late Dan Lee (1930-2015)
September 2 2016 at 10:38 AM
Response to
Last Interview of the late Dan Lee (1930-2015)
Q9: When did you meet Bruce?
DL: In 1964, Ed Parker organized the Long Beach International Karate Tournament. I heard from Ed that he had invited a young but highly-skilled Chinese martial artist from Washington as the guest-of-honor. His name was Bruce Lee and he would be performing in the tournament. So, out of curiosity, I went there with some other Ed's students to watch Bruce's performance. We looked down from the upper floor in the hall and saw Bruce, in his cool black Kung Fu suit. He was explaining to the audience about Wing Chun and Gung Fu theories with full confidence. Upon his explanation, I only realized that there were scientific reasons behind these skills. Bruce also demonstrated Blind Chi Sau with his assistant, Taky Kimura. Bruce was exceptionally agile and I have never seen someone practice Blind Chi Sau before. It was truly amazing. A thought struck my mind at that moment, i.e. I hoped to learn from him. But Bruce was living in Seattle, Washington. It was impossible at that time for me to go there as my career and home was in LA. That time, the team leader in our Karate group was Danny Inosanto who had already learnt many kinds of martial arts but he too, was interested in Bruce's skills.
In 1966, I heard there was a Chinese Tai Chi master who came from HK. His name was Tung Hu-Ling. Previously, my teacher, Chow in Shanghai had advised me to pick up Tai Chi when I grew older. I was already in my mid 30s then, so, I thought it's time for me to start learning Tai Chi. Hence, I joined Sifu Tung's Tai Chi demonstration event. When Sifu Tung asked, "Who can help me to translate?" I volunteered to help him. So, during the first day of his demonstration, I became his English translator. Sifu Tung liked me very much and I followed him to learn Tai Chi from that day onwards.
Actually, by that time, I'd already obtained my Karate Black Belt. In fact, Ed Parker had trained about 7-8 of them to become black belt Karatekas so that they could become his assistant coaches in the future. But I told him, "Ed, I'm Chinese, I want to learn some Chinese martial arts. I'd like to apply leave for half a year to learn Tai Chi Chuan." Ed Parker was very disgruntled and said to me, "Alright, go ahead! See you half a year later!" After I picked up Tai Chi for 6 months, I became very fond in it. So, I phoned Ed and told him, "Ed, I want to carry on learning Tai Chi, so, I need to extend my leave a bit longer." Ed Parker then became very angry and told me, "Ok then, I don't want to see you anymore!" That's why I stopped doing Karate and continued to learn the Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan.
Q10: When did you learn JKD from Bruce Lee?
DL: In 1967, Danny Inosanto phoned me and said, "Dan, Bruce Lee will be coming to LA from Oakland and he would be opening a school here. Are you interested to join the school? I immediately replied, "Of course!" I didn't know what were reported on the newspapers but when Bruce opened his school in LA on the first day, it was fully packed with crowd. Bruce said, "Gosh! Too many people, but since all are here, then, all are welcome to enroll." I was one of the earliest to enroll into Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute. At that time, about 5 of us (all Karate Black Belt) left Ed Parker's Kenpo Karate School and crossed over to join Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute. There's a photo of us taken with Bruce that was published in many magazines over the years. That was a shot to commemorate the day we joined Bruce Lee's school. From then onwards, we had never resumed learning Kenpo Karate.
Q11: Jun Fan's salute/ greeting stance is very similar to Kenpo Karate. Are they related in terms of origins?
DL: No, definitely not. They look alike but are not related to each other. Kenpo's greeting stance includes slapping the knee caps with both hands, shaking legs and other movement etc. Bruce's greeting movements were developed gradually as the school operated along the way. When class commences and after class ends, there'll be JKD rites, ready commands follow by greeting stance.
Q12: Can you tell us about how the teaching was conducted in LA Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute? Were the students taught JKD directly or Jun Fan Kung Fu?
DL: In the beginning it wasn't JKD, it was called Bruce Lee's Martial Arts. I need to elaborate more about why I stopped learning Kenpo Karate. I actually found problems after learning Ed Parker's skill. What we learnt in the practical applications and demonstrations were actually one strike after another, a sequence of strikes/ blocks. For instance, when the opponent hits you with a right punch, you have to block this way then that way... So, when all various strikes/ blocks are demonstrated, they indeed look really fanciful. Altogether, there are about 6-7 sets. However, the requirement is that the opponent shouldn't move while you strike. In the end, when it come to real fighting, it didn't work at all because the opponent would be moving all over the place and he's a mobile not static target. This kind of Karate learning is actually a form of handicapped in actual combat.
When Bruce taught, he emphasized on 3 things. Firstly, fitness; secondly, practice and fine tune straight lead punch; thirdly, practical experience. Why? Later, I realized that in 1964, he had a fight with SF martial artist, Wong Jack Man. Not many people witnessed this fight. After the fight, Bruce self-reflected that though his fitness was ok but it still wasn't good enough. Thus, he worked extremely hard on his physical fitness conditioning. Secondly, it's a "MUST" to develop effective straight lead so that when the opponent run, you'd be able to catch up, stop and "hunt down" the target effectively. Bruce learnt this lesson because when he fought with Wong Jack Man, Wong turned and ran. Bruce chased him from behind and put forth effort to punch him but exerted himself. The punches landed on Wong's back but didn't cause much damage to him. Thus, it is a "MUST" to develop straight lead punch extensively in order to go for a kill; Thirdly, must possess practical experience in fighting otherwise it would be like swimming in dry pool. These were the reasons why Bruce enhanced his fitness, techniques and ways of imparting his skills later on.
We didn't learn much Wing Chun stuff and not even Siu Nam Tau. However, practical Wing Chun center line, straight punch etc. are originated from Wing Chun. Also,our hand techniques are mainly Wing Chun terms such as Chung Chuie, Bong Sau, Chi Sau, Jik Tek, Juk Tek etc. The technical terms in JKD basically are Cantonese pronunciation. In the beginning, there were a lot of students. Bruce saw that and said fitness is number one. During the 2-3 hours of training, the first hour was spent on doing all sorts of physical conditioning exercises like rope-skipping, expanding exercise, leg stretching and kicking etc. After that, we began to practice the basic drills followed by sparring. 1-2 months later, some students were disappointed. They came here to learn Bruce's skills but couldn't understand why they kept doing these physical fitness exercises. Many students gave up and never returned after then. Bruce used this method to eliminate a group of students who had no perseverance in learning martial arts.
We had not even heard about Jun Fan Kung Fu back then. Only in 1967, when we were training in the school, we then heard the term, "Jeet Kune Do." The name JKD is influenced by Western Fencing. In fencing, there is a term called "Stop-hit," i.e. once intercepted, stab immediately. Bruce said, "When we throw a punch out, it must intercept the opponent's punch and at the same time hit the opponent." Also, right lead is placed at the front. Boxing is opposite, left lead is placed at the front instead. Thus, I was a bit unused to it in the beginning. Why this way? Bruce said, "The distance is closer to the opponent if the right hand is in front. Also, our right hand is more agile, so, it will be more advantageous to place it in front. Using right hand to train also feels better because right punch is more powerful than left punch. We followed Bruce's instructions and trained diligently. It was very tough then. We even wore leather glove to train.
Q13: What is the general training procedure in Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute? What are its training requirements?
DL: Every lesson began with a 30-40 minutes physical warm-up session before we entered into actual training. When Bruce taught, he would sometimes interweave with theories on Chinese Yin-Yang, Taoism and philosophy etc. He liked to talk on these. Then, it's practical experience. We followed his methods and trained accordingly.
In practical training, sometimes we would fight from one end of the wall to the other end. One guy would retreat while the other guy would chase from behind and then resumed his previous position. If the opponent escaped, one would gain experience as to whether there wasn't any chase-hit skill, or training wasn't enough, or the methods were incorrect. During training, everyone was required to fully concentrate as well as paid attention to the lectures because Sifu was very authoritative and particularly strict. After lesson, everyone could laugh and joke around. But during lessons, everyone must be serious. Once, we were training with full concentration. Suddenly, Sifu Bruce said, "Stop for a while!" But everyone didn't hear him and continued training, "pop, pop, pop..." "Stop for a while~" Bruce repeated. Yet none heard it. The third time, Bruce shouted, "Stop!" Everyone jeered and only then we all heard Bruce's shouting and finally paused our training. It showed how focus and serious we were. At that time, the demand for training was very stringent, the students must listened to Bruce's teaching methods and commands.
Q14: During the practical lessons that time, besides 1 to 1, was there 1 to 2 or 1 against even more opponents?
DL: We all wore glove in 1 to 1 sparring. Of course there was 1 against 2 as well. At one point of time, we fully concentrated on practicing 1 to 2. The method was to pay attention to the footwork of the opponents. You shouldn't stand at one side and fight against 2 guys. It must be like a dog's fighting, i.e. bite 1 dog and then run away. When the rest of the dogs chase from behind, see which dog is the nearest, then, turn back and bite it. Thus, for 1 to 2, ought to maintain the agility of the footwork. Most of my memory was that everyone was sparring with the boxing gloves. After the sparring, we would summarize and from there keep on improving.
Q15: Were there many students in Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute? Generally, what time did the training take place?
DL: In the beginning, there were about 50-60 people. Later, many of them were being eliminated and eventually only 20-30 students remained. Generally, the training began in the afternoon at 2pm. The little glass door was painted in red with no name. Once the clock reached 2pm, the door would be closed. If you were late, you had to use special way to knock on the door and only then, the door would be opened for you. Generally, nobody from outside knew there were people doing martial arts training inside.
Q16: How did Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute enroll students and how were the tuition fees being charged and collected?
DL: For enrollment at that time, it was purely through words of mouth. Those who were interested in martial arts heard that Bruce wanted to teach martial arts in LA Chinese Community, they would pass the words around. News travelled very quickly. Many who heard the news came to register. I've forgotten about how the tuition fees were being charged and collected. It was Inosanto who collected the payment. He was liked a small team leader who was in-charged of the opening and closing of the school's door, collecting the tuition fees etc. If Bruce was not able to make it for the lessons, he would write down his teaching plans on what stuff the students needed to train for that day. Inosanto would then follow Bruce's instructions and led us to proceed with the training. Sometimes, if Inosanto was away from trips, then Bruce would get me to act as his representative.
Q17: Was the training conducted based on various levels' requirements? Were there special tests for ranking and certification?
DL: There were no fixed methods. Every time Bruce came in, there would always be new training methods. He was constantly thinking and evolving. Hence, there was no clear ranking on the rate of student's progress. In other words, there's no specific ranking system. Bruce said ranking would affect our training mindset. However, for convenience sake, Bruce himself still designed and classified JKD into 8 ranks. He also awarded certificates to us. Moreover, there were no tests liked other schools. But he would observe, studied and verified to see what rank we have reached and then awarded the certificate. I did not participate in any test. I got a 3rd rank as verified and awarded by Bruce. Actually, our class was not fully aware of this ranking system. We wore the same T-shirt and there was no obvious difference or whatsoever.
Why? He said for instance, if people looked at the ranking sign on your T-shirt, they would immediately knew that you belonged to the intermediate level and thus, would be wary of you; or say, if you were in the advanced level, you might think too highly of yourself and then refused or dare not sparred with the elementary level. Therefore, there's no clear ranking system or classification but in your mind, you knew very well who was stronger and who was weaker. When Bruce awarded me the membership certificate, only then I realized that I had become the number one permanent member and my serial number was 0101. I was surprised because I wasn't the first to enroll into the school. Probably when Bruce was writing the certificate and serial number, he thought of me and thus, put me on the first page and thus, I became the first member of the school.
Q18: This may reflect your special relationship with Bruce?
DL: I do find that there was a special bond between Bruce and me. I was his first student who possessed a complex background, i.e. mainland China, Taiwan and the U.S. I'm bilingual in Mandarin and English and had martial arts experience in Karate, Judo and boxing etc. However, I did not mention to Bruce about the feats of my Boxing Champ as that was already a "past-tense" and there's no need to bring it up again. Bruce might be thinking that Dan Lee's martial art wasn't too bad. Furthermore, he's an electrical engineer and his spirit was commendable. He might have appreciated me in that way. Bruce spoke English and of course he was very fluent in his Cantonese. He was brought up in HK and wasn't too good in his Mandarin. Sometimes, he would ask me how to say or pronounce certain words in Mandarin. Like Bruce, most of the overseas Chinese who grow up in the U.S. can speak English, maybe some Cantonese but not Mandarin. I feel proud when I knew I'm the one and only mainland Chinese who had an opportunity to learn martial arts from the legendary master.
Q19: Do you still keep the certificate that Bruce awarded you?
DL: I do. But I don't really pay too much attention to it normally. It may be in my old album. I've no idea about its whereabouts for the time being and have to look for it before sharing it with you guys. I remembered besides the 3rd rank certificate, there's also an enrollment certificate. That time, there was a system in the member's certificate which consisted of 8 ranks. There's a box in front of every rank. Bruce would put his signature and stamp-chop inside the box. But Kung Fu does not solely rely on certificate or whatsoever. After all, if you've the Kung Fu skill, you have it. If you don't, it's no use to even brag about it the whole day.
Q20: We do agree with your point of view. Only possess real Kung Fu then will make the certificate more meaningful. Your preservation of your certificate witnessed the JKD's history and it can be considered a valuable historical relic. Don't you think so?
DL: Talking about preservation and witnessing of history. I've some deep feelings and short stories to share. Back then, I was only conscientious in learning martial arts and never thought I have a chance to really take photos to preserve history. Coincidentally, at that time I bought a new Japanese brand camera and was so happy that I would put it in my car and carried it along whenever I went. One day, Bruce's mother – Grace Lee, Linda, Brandon and Peter Lee visited our school and watched us trained. We paused our training and welcome them. Then, I said, "It's a rare occasion, why not let us take a photo together?" Everyone agreed and then we took a shot. There was another time when the big Jabbar came, the one who played NBA. He was also Bruce's student. I said, "Wow, he was as tall as a giant!" My camera was with me so it captured another precious moment of our group. However, when I look back now, it's a shame that there're only few photos of Bruce being taken together with his LA students.
Q21: So, those few valuable photos were taken by your camera?
DL: Yes, they were taken by my camera. After Bruce's death, I was so sad. When Black Belt magazine intended to publish a commemorative article about Bruce, the editor looked for me and wanted these photos. I said, "OK, take the photo negatives and develop them." But after they printed the article and photos, they didn't return the negatives to me (Haha...). I think, these photos got a chance to be shown over the magazine have their meanings in history and there's no need to say who took these photos but at least I have helped the JKD world to preserve a few meaningful historical moments.
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This unit is 'strategic' because it will inform business decisions about sustainability. The unit looks at an organisation's interactions with its environment and applies a risk management approach to determine how it should respond to the identified risks.
This needs to be based on a solid understanding of the business – its goals, processes, procedures and value chain. It also requires application of knowledge about the range of sustainability issues that might affect the business and the options for managing or eliminating risks and reducing or mitigating impacts.
The unit specifies that the 'three pillars' of sustainability must be addressed – economic, social and environmental sustainability.
The unit includes negotiating with stakeholders and communicating to gain support for the recommendations but it does not progress to implementing the responses.
As part of a Graduate Certificate (AQF 8 ) it is expected that the person can work independently and exercise judgement based on advanced knowledge and skills. Read more about AQF qualification levels…
For this unit they should be able to initiate, plan, implement and evaluate their own activities within the context of enterprise goals, policies and procedures.
The unit should be applied to a significant portion of the value chain or several small sections of the value chain. These may be internal or external to the organisation. While the unit chooses part/s of the organisation's value chain to focus on, the elements are based on process mapping rather than value stream mapping.
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This starts with a process map of a portion of the value chain. Making the choice as to which portion of the value chain is to be analysed is not covered in the unit.
The process map is about identifying steps so that specific sustainability interactions can be identified and analysed. Interactions may be two-way and they may be positive or negative. Social, economic and environmental interactions need to be considered.
The interactions are then analysed looking at the overall picture. This may simply reflect the sum of the parts – a list of a certain number of interactions. Or there could be something in the sum which results in greater or less significance than the sum of the parts. For example, the release of particulates and gas emissions may already be managed, but if combined with major construction work on the facilities might result in increased risk of community complaints.
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The impact of these interactions is then determined.
Every process step does have interactions on all three parts, but the impacts may be large or small. Here the significance of these impacts is analysed.
There could also be interactions between individual impacts. Something that affects the local ecology may also result in local social issues. One example might be a coal seam gas company that treats the water it recovers during its gas extraction and makes this water available for local use. This could reduce the ecological impact and potentially provide a reliable water source, leading to a more viable local community.
Conversely, the release of particulates and gas emissions from combustion of diesel fuel might have a significant environmental impact. But it will also have a community impact to the extent the emissions are released directly to the air. There could also be economic (and further environmental and social) impact if there is a high risk of fuel leaks.
There can be different ways to determine the significance of these impacts; but it does require some system of criteria and rankings. The Range Statement lists a hierarchy of loss and degradation, but there may be other factors. And it will depend on the types of impact identified and the context. A rapid low level change may be rated worse than a slow but significant change; the consumption of water might rate highly in a drought affected area; or cement manufacturers might regard permanent loss of resources (shale/stone) differently from furniture makers who can choose between plantation timber and old growth forest.
So the system for ranking can be defined by the enterprise. It might be done formally (e.g. at a meeting) or informally by talking to various stakeholders. But it should be based on a consistent definition of 'significance' which is relevant and supported within their organisation.
3 Develop an appropriate response for each interaction
In this element the appropriate response will also 'depend'. This time it depends in part on the significance ranking given to impacts (Element 2). For some of them the appropriate response might be to 'wait and see' while focusing on the more significant impacts.
This element takes a root cause analysis (RCA) approach but it is applied to 'impacts' rather than 'problems'. Instead of cutting down the causal tree to prevent recurrence of a problem the focus is on mitigation; and the tree helps to identify where to focus. Keep in mind that any action has a reaction, and an impact might be negative or positive. So there will always be some sort of impact; the aim is to minimise the bad side and maximise any good side.
In order to develop responses the learner will need to apply their process knowledge and analyse a range of options. They will need to review how different options might generate different sustainability impacts, how to do current things better and whether there are alternative ways of achieving the desired outcomes.
It is important to look at the sum of the parts. In some cases a non-significant impact on its own might be minor, but in combination with other minor things could become significant, or proposed responses might interact with each other. So, different responses might be identified based on the holistic view.
4 Communicate with relevant stakeholders
Communications are important in order to let people know what is happening, get meaningful information and input and generally engage people with the process. To achieve this communications need to be targeted to different stakeholders, so they need to be identified first – both internal and external stakeholders. Then the decisions are about what information they need, when and how to convey it.
Sometimes it will be appropriate to provide information to 'sell' the process; but this is not just 'spin'. It is about explaining why something is happening and why it is of value to the various stakeholders, sometimes in the face of barriers and scepticism. Other times it might be seeking data about the impacts or negotiating in order to develop the responses.
5 Communicate required responses as appropriate
Communications again, but now they are about generating engagement with the 'responses' i.e. what is going to happen. 'Pitch' is used in the sales sense of 'making the pitch' – actions need to be sold. But they also need to be pitched to the particular audience and in a suitable format; and this can vary between stakeholders.
The 'reports' and 'recommendations' do not have to be traditional paper reports although that might be typical in many businesses (and convenient for assessment purposes). They may be in any form used by the enterprise and this could be briefings, team meetings, local community information sessions or perhaps online articles or blogs. Covering the different stakeholders might mean a combination of these.
'Recording' is generally about accountability and transparency; this will be defined by the organisation to its meet compliance, governance and procedural commitments.
As an RTO your assessment must cover all of the requirements of the unit of competency, including Elements, Performance Criteria, Range Conditions and the new Assessment Requirements. While the Assessment Requirements can be downloaded (training.gov.au) as a separate document they are part of the complete unit of competency.
The Assessment Requirements comprise Performance Evidence, Knowledge Evidence and Assessment Conditions. The Performance Evidence and Knowledge Evidence sections are self-explanatory and go some way to defining the evidence that you need collect.
For example, the unit does not specify any processes for analysing or ranking the sustainability impacts. It does not specify a process for identifying the cause/s of the impacts or for identifying stakeholders. These are some of the areas where you need to understand how a particular business operates or how these activities would typically be done in an industry or sector.
To some extent this might depend on the size of the business. For example a large business may have a standard method for RCA and clear procedures for communicating with the local community. They may have a risk analysis system or even an environmental management system in place. These can be incorporated in the contextualisation, keeping in mind that the 'three pillars' of social, economic and environmental sustainability need to be covered within this unit.
In a smaller business the owner/manager might be doing this unit of competency and there might be no relevant procedures in place. In this context informal processes might be used that still meet the requirements of the unit.
The Assessment Conditions define the conditions that must apply to the assessment process, for example:
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- a single project which provides sufficient evidence of the requirements of all the elements and performance criteria
- multiple smaller projects which together provide sufficient evidence of the requirements of all the elements and performance criteria.
- A third party report, or similar, may be needed to testify to the work done by the individual, particularly when the project has been done as part of a project team.
- Assessment should use a real project where the determination of the carbon footprint along a value chain or portion of a value chain occurs for an operational workplace.
They also provide outline how the assessor can meet the requirements for vocational competency and currency:
- Technical competence can be demonstrated through:
- relevant VET or other qualification/Statement of Attainment AND/OR
- relevant workplace experience
- Currency can be demonstrated through:
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- having consulted with an organisation providing relevant environmental monitoring, management or technology services about performing the competency being assessed within the last twelve months.
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Most units of competency require some skills that are 'embedded' or assumed. These are required within the unit but are not spelled out in the elements or performance criteria or range statement.
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- risk management
- root cause analysis.
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Blue Lily,Lily Blue is the third novel of The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater. The adventure continues with Blue and her Raven Boys, yet the adventure in this novel is extremely different from the previous events from The Dream Thieves. In Blue Lily, Lily Blue mothers have suddenly disappear without notice and visions can be mislead for those who witness them. Centuries of secrets, missing kings and hidden marvels are right at Richard Gansey III fingertips. Or they would be if he knew where to put his hand in order to grasp what he's always wanted, Owain Glyndwr.
Within the first page of reading the book we are meet by my favorite psychic Persephone standing not he hilltop training Adam on how to focus into the power within the ley lines.Meanwhile an extremely worried Blue is trying to find clues on where her mother has suddenly disappeared to. At Maura wasn't to horrible when she left since she left a note stating she was going to find Artemus, Blue's father. Calla is just as worried as Blue about the disappears of Marua as they both try to find clues to help them find their missing love one.
While the panic is at high 30 Fox Way, Maura is busy underground, continuing her own adventure trying to find her old love.
Adam made the promise to Cabeswater. Cabeswater is now strengthen. The ley lines has strengthen, and the search is has never been truer.
Once again Maggie Stiefvater has added another character to the cast of characters within The Raven Cycles series. Meet Malory, an older gentleman Gansey meet during his hike cross Europe trip discovering the ley lines. Malory brings news to Gansey that is going to add more information for the quest of Glendower.
There are a lot of plot points in this novel that really strengthen the relationship between Blue and her Raven Boys. I felt that this book wasn't as amazing as it's previous novel The Dream Thieves, there is a lot to take in.
I said it before and I say it again Maggie Steifvater has an credible way of writing. Her writing style is so invigorating because she lives so many clues for readers to puzzle over. What I love about her writing, especially in The Raven Cycle series is that there are small moments that change the dynamic of the character relationship that changes the entire way the book feels.
How the character feels. How the story feels The best moment of this is how the small moment Ronan calling Blue by her lastnae Sargent, thus giving her a verbal recognition of respect. To anyone else it could have been seen as Ronan just finding ways to annoy Blue, but Blue knew what the gesture was. It was Ronan telling Blue that she's one of them, she regardless if she liked it or not was apart of the group. Blue Sargent is apart of these boys lives, they were destined for an adventure regardless how dangerous it is, they would face it together.
With each book of The Raven Cycle readers are given a deeper look at the characters, in particular is Adam. Oh dear lord Adam. Adam Parish is an amazing character even if he's not the type of fictional character I would ever want to be my boyfriend. Although he is the type of fictional boyfriend I could relate. My own father wasn't much different from Adam's, expect Cabeswater was there to help save Adam from the worse.
I love this series so much. Even as I am writing this review I am listening to Will Patton's read the epilogue for the final installment The Raven King. Honestly I need to re-listen to this audiobook for two reasons:
1.Will Patton's voice is rich honey. Will Patton could stand in the center of a mosquito bitten swamp and I'll probably buy what ever he's selling by the pound.
2.Maggie Stiefvater has left so many clues about what was going to happen to the group that every book has a pattern of events that are being pulled together. What I'm trying to say is the way that Stiefvater writes is hypnotic. She gives you all the clues about what's going to happen. She doesn't hide the clues, the symbolism, the meaning, instead she leaves them for you all in plain obvious sight. When it's time for her to pull each and ever pieces out of it's obvious resting places to make the final image, it leaves the readers breathless. We knew the clues. We read the clues. We heard the clues. We should have known what was going to happen or at least how it was going to happen yet we trusted in a different ending. We were lead to believe a different plot is going to occur. Yet the truth is that was never the case.
Obviously I have a Stiefvater fan. She's an amazing person. I admire her so very much. Her characters are amazing. Honestly give yourself treat and get to know these Raven Boys.
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Between the new Octavia, the Octavia RS, the development of the Rapid Spaceback and the much awaited Rapid Sport, the Czech based automaker Skoda has found some time to work on a refreshed version of the Yeti. The model in question was spied in the company's homeland while it was being tested on a public road and, despite looking like the current vehicle, we assure you that this is the actual facelift.
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Why Hua Hin So Appealing to Foreign Real estate investors?
There are many factors that attract real estate investors to Hua Hin.
The climate, long sandy beaches, good shopping options, the area & international restaurants along with visiting the night markets and its particular relatively huge discounts on houses and condos in comparison with Bangkok, Phuket, Koh Samui or Pattaya.
Distance wise, it is also only two to 2.5 hours drive from Bangkok around the mostly multi lane highways.
The town's atmosphere - being royal and type of "low key" so those who don't like active nightlife for example in Phuket and Pattaya will find Hua Hin a refreshing alternative. Its closeness to national parks, for example Sam Roy Yod and Kaeng Krachang is another major plus.
Hua Hin is also becoming more "international" with English speaking hospitals, and supermarkets which sell various local/foreign foods and goods. To help absorb new housing developments around town, there is also a desire for improvements in areas like water supplies, sewage system, flood prevention system etc. Fortunately that these projects are all section of the election platform in the newly elected mayor of Hua Hin. Therefore, we can expect some improvements in the near future to the rapidly growning beach town.
Hua Hin has long been very popular amongst Scandinavian property buyers. Other nationalities include Germans, English, Dutch who're looking to acquire retirement and holiday homes.
Gleam large niche for Thai purchasers who see Hua Hin being a close weekend getaway from Bangkok and an excellent potential for the purchase of another home.
One of many current trends could be the emergence of luxury villas here. Hua Hin used to concentrate on low to middle range properties between 2 -7 million baht, however, we have now see additional new launches of luxurious villas and condominiums selling more than 15 million recently.
We have been also witnessing newer and more effective varieties of properties for example serviced apartments, condos with full rental management, resort ownership with rental income guarantee, fractional ownership, etc. Many of the industry is inside their 40s and 50s whilst still being working, thus they could only spend 2-3 weeks of this year staying in their properties, but require some kind of rental income to absorb the continuing maintenance costs and hopefully create a amount of extra revenue to cover the airfare and out of pocket expenses. Thus, the very idea of renting out their holiday home is a very attractive selection for them and one that is certainly as an increasing motivation for foreign buyers to appear to Hua Hin when investing in Thailand property.
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booths are super small for our group of four. Food...average. Ambiance is neat with the old tin ceilings and other fun antiques to look at . Desserts looked amazing but I wouldn't race back to eat. It was just OK. Prices Decent.
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booths are super small for our group of four. Food...average. Ambiance is neat with the old tin ceilings and other fun antiques to look at . Desserts looked amazing but I wouldn't race back to eat. It was just OK. Prices Decent.
Great sandwiches. tons of different soda pop flavors. service is exceptional. ice cream is great. recommend the root beer float.
Soda pops is like an old fashioned ice cream shop! There is a variety of old fashioned bottled soda ! If you love rootbear...there are 30 different types of rootbeers! If you want any flavored soda ...Soda Pops has it! The decor is so fun!...More
Soda Pops is an authentic 1950s restaurant in Eagle River!!! Fun old time sodas in bottles! The decor is totally out of the 1950s! The food is great and the service is excellent!!!! Must do in Eagle River!!!!
Soda pops is great for sandwiches, chili, ice cream treats. It's been there for a long time. While they don't have as many brands and flavors of soda on their menu, they do still have a great variety.
Stopped in to get ice cream after a visit to some local museums. It was a cute place but very busy and expensive. We spent about $27 for ice cream for our family of 5. Nothing wrong in particular, but nothing fantastic either. I did...More
This is a super cute place. The old time booths for two are fun. There is every flavor of soda pop that you can think of and then a bunch more. They also offer a food menu that is good too. It is not a...More
Love entire experience from retro decor to endless choice of soda flavors - sasparilla anyone? to the amazing variety of burger fixins: this place is a gem you'll love returning to. It's worth the wait: tons of things to look at makes it fun. Great...More
This restaurant is very cute with a great retro vibe. The burgers are delicious and it was fun to choose all of my own toppings. There were also great allergen friendly options including GF chicken tenders.
Food isn't the greatest for the price and the service is pretty bad since the waitresses are rude high school girls with absolutely no costumer service experience. The atmosphere isn't good either, the only nice thing about that place is it's retro-ish decor.


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