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American Companies in India
India and U.S. have developed strong business relations with each other over the years. The United States has got great influence over Indian business. U.S. is the second largest source of FDI for India.
It is also the second largest trade partner of the nation after EU. Not only that, U.S. is the largest services export destination for India as well. In fact, American companies in India form the major part of the foreign companies operating in this country.
Why are American Companies in India?The biggest reason is the high potential of Indian market and economy. Along with China, India is the only fast-growing country that can make a difference to majority of the companies' bottom lines. One can learn from a simple statistics the reason why American companies are coming down to India. The gross domestic product of U.S. is expected to come down by 0.8% in 2009. On the other hand it is expected that India will grow at 6.6%.
Besides, established big brands have already impregnated the U.S. and European markets. But, the Indian market still offers a lot of scopes and spaces for those to grow.
India is also a large depository of skilled yet cheap labor. Hence, it becomes easy for the American companies to optimize their productions in India.
American Companies JourneyThe American companies in India started their dream runs during 1990 when they reaped huge profits. The companies have seen double digit year-on-year growth in various sectors like Technology, Colas, Agriculture, Automobiles, Equipments, Finance and Banking. According to the American Chamber of Commerce in India, their membership base has soared up from zero in 1992 to more than 300 till date. However, the major success in terms of investment and growth came in technology sector. Many of the top IT companies in India are American. In fact, out of the top 20 IT companies operating in India, 9 are from the U.S. These American companies in India account for about 37% of the turnover of the top 20 firms operating in India.
However the growth of the American companies in India is not limited to IT or manufacturing only. India has a vast market of agriculture, which employs almost 70% of the population either directly or indirectly. 'Monsanto', an agro-chemical giant, is currently working on GM modified crops and fertilizers. It has also done well in forging sector also. The American retail giant 'Wal-Mart' has gone into collaboration with Bharti enterprise in the Indian retail sector.
List of American Companies in IndiaThere are a number of American companies in India which have been doing business successfully over the years. Following are some of the popular American companies in India:
- Agilent
- Agro Tech
- American Express
- Amway
- Avaya
- Caltex
- Caterpillar
- CB Richard Ellis
- Cisco
- Citigroup
- Coca Cola
- Cognizant
- Colgate Palmolive
- Cummins
- Discovery
- Dupont
- Eli Lilly
- Emerson Electric
- Federal Express
- Ford
- Franklin Templeton
- General Motors
- Gillette
- Honeywell India I
- Intel
- Johnson & Johnson
- JPMorgan
- Kellogg India
- Kimberly Clark
- Kodak
- McDonalds
- Metlife India
- Microsoft
- Morgan Stanley
- New York Life
- Ogilvy and Mather
- Oracle
- Pepsico
- Pfizer
- Pizza Hut
- Sun Microsystems
- Texas
- Tecumseh
- Timex
- Tyco
- UPS India
- Visteon
- Whirlpool
- Xerox Modicorp
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Sunshine Foundation has so many business functions including financial aid, physical rehabilitation, short-term housing, and oral cancer prevention in their rehabilitation center. To experience their spirits and know more about how this organization operates their charity program, we decide to visit the Sunshine Car Washing Center! So, let's go with our love to care and to give our hand!


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NBN neglects those left in broadband wilderness
About 10 per cent of the population will not be covered by the planned national broadband network and it cannot be considered complete until their needs are met.
WHILE all the attention has been on the fibre component of the $43 billion national broadband network, there has been worryingly little discussion of how the 10 per cent of the population not covered by the fibre network will get their broadband.
I believe there should be three elements to this ''left over'' segment:
■ A truly national backhaul network.
■ A ''best of breed'' satellite solution.
■ The use of advanced wireless at the edges of the evolving coverage of the NBN to extend access to the core network.
The only area of progress so far has been awarding the contract to construct and operate six key optical backhaul links in competition to Telstra's previously unchallenged backhaul links. This additional backhaul infrastructure, operated by NextGen, will not be owned by the national broadband network company (NBN Co), which has stated its intent to maintain a minimal footprint. It is not yet clear how this will evolve into a truly national backhaul network.
Further, NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley said recently that some 200 points of interconnect (POIs) would be placed where there was competitive backhaul (that is, an alternative to Telstra).
This is important to the leftover 10 per cent, because it allows internet service providers (ISPs) to establish services in these regions, which provide broadband either through resale of Telstra's unbundled local loop or through broadband wireless. Previously, the high cost of backhaul from Telstra made this uneconomic.
As an example, the establishment of an alternative link to Telstra between the mainland and Tasmania means Optus has started expanding its mobile coverage and ISPs such as Internode can now operate viably in the state.
This shows that greater competitive backhaul provided through the NBN will expand both fixed broadband and mobile broadband.
However, this increased extent of competitive backhaul links is not a solution to providing sufficiently low-cost rural broadband, as it only addresses the issue at the edges.
What the Government needs to do is look at how it can establish a national backhaul network that allows service providers in Tasmania, Darwin and rural regions to access POI's at competitive prices comparable to those available in Melbourne and Sydney. This is the only way we can begin to realise a truly national broadband service.
Quigley has also announced the company's intent to procure two Ka band satellites. For remote users, advanced satellite technology is recognised as the way to provide at least 12Mbps level service.
The expert panel that recommended the NBN pointed out that third-generation satellite systems now being deployed in North America and Europe have the potential to provide a robust broadband service supporting voice over internet protocol and interactive high bandwidth web services.
However, the ''satellite brand'' for telecommunications in Australia is severely damaged. This is not because of intrinsic technological limitations, but commercial disincentives on the supply side of the industry in Australia, including lack of sufficient alternatives from satellite suppliers, the old proprietary ground-segment technologies in current use and the low ''provisioning rate'' by service providers, in part due to the distortion in the market caused by the Government's long-standing broadband guarantee program.
No one is suggesting this is an easy issue but there are solutions given sufficient Government priority.
What about broadband wireless? In my view NBN Co should stay out of providing wireless, firstly because the mobile carriers provide mobile broadband in various degrees to about 95 per cent of the population - albeit at higher tariffs and lower caps than the urban fixed broadband - and the capacities are increasing.
More capacity will be freed up by the switch to digital television and by the reallocation of other slabs of spectrum. I am concerned, however, that the Government has made numerous mentions of the relationship of the new spectrum at 700MHz to the NBN, while at the same time looking for the opportunity to auction the spectrum to the highest bidder.
There is the prospect of this development providing an opportunity for a ''fixed broadband service'' on this same infrastructure but at a more comparable price to fixed broadband!
But how does this tally with NBN Co's low-footprint position? Will the Government place a requirement on any bidder acquiring the spectrum to provide capacity for NBN
The other alternative, which is being deployed in certain locations, and will be more attractive with the addition of competitive backhaul, is fixed WiMAX, but at what frequencies? Unfortunately in Australia, the 3.5GHz and 2.3GHz bands suitable for WiMAX have been tied up by Austar and Unwired.
Given this spectrum is not being efficiently used and could be useful for the national purpose of the NBN, then should it not be considered for compulsory acquisition? I am sure Austar would be happy. But again, why would NBN Co get into this business that should be left to competitive supply?
I and many in the community are frustrated at the lack of progress in planning services for the 10 per cent who are beyond the NBN footprint. I do not understand why it has generated so little discussion, either in industry or in the community.
To my mind, there will be no credible national broadband network policy and plan unless the solution to the 10 per cent of premises is addressed.
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Since after Christmas it has felt like we have been dealing with one hurdle after another .. I get this is life! no one said it was easy!! then throw in a handful of teenagers, work, being a divorced and newly married mom/woman… you know, regular life stuff and you are bound to have some hurdles to clear!
Having a supportive husband totally helps clearing these hurdles 🙂 We have such good communication with each other that really I cannot imagine doing all this alone!
I knew this year was going to be a BIG year … there are a few milestones/hurdles coming up this year… 1) I am turning 40 2) I am in transition career wise 3) my oldest daughter is getting married
1 – turning 40 …. I had a really hard time turning 25, now that seems a little silly but at the time I was having some anxiety about it. As the youngest of 4 girls I was always on the bottom looking up at my sisters and I thought they were SO OLD 🙂 and now here I was the same age that I thought was SOOOOO old!! turning 30 was a little bit harder, I went and pierced my nose (that didn't last too long I hated it) had my hair died for a hair fashion show so I was sporting little mermaid orange with some purple highlights!! yup it was awesome, little girls would look at me in awe and say I LOVE YOUR HAIR! 35 was not so bad, just a mild panic attack or 2, and then when I was 36 and my life was unraveling and falling together at the same time I found a confidence in myself that was so refreshing. Now 40 is 129 days away!!
I remember when my mom turned 40… I was 8 years old! that was the year she became a grandma for the first time and I became an auntie…. so you can imagine 40 seemed OLD OLD OLD 🙂
So now it's my turn to turn 40 … and I have mild panic attacks 😉 I SOOO wouldn't want to be 20 again, although my 20 year old body would be nice!!! … I wouldn't even want to be in the same place I was when I was 30! I love my life now, drama and all… I have a happy life full of amazing great people and I get in my head that it's just a number and I am SO thankful to be reaching this number as my work at the funeral home for almost 3 years taught me, there are no guarantees!! I know all this and yet I see the # 40 like a count down in my head…. 129 days of still being in my 30's…. wow!
2 – transition, sometimes I embrace change and sometimes it throws me for a loop … I definitely knew this was coming, since last June I have known this was coming, and began preparing myself… then when it happened it took me back a bit, I don't know if I was anticipating it NOT happening but here we are and now I am having to trust that my steps are being ordered and guided! Trust and me we don't have the greatest relationship! I have come a LONG ways!!! and I am thankful for that but I am not where I would like to be and so I am working on it. Some days I have to just take it minute by minute and I am surprised, although I think maybe I shouldn't be, that it is getting easier. I cannot control some situations and those ones I have to choose to lay down, daily. I think a few years ago all this would have left me in a giant puddle on the floor… so thankful for the growth that I have had that I am not going fetal but walking through, holding my head up high and just believing that it will all work out in the end!
I actually am appreciating the time off that I have been having as my 13 year old is adjusting to on-line school I am able to be here for her and keep her going as it's a big transition to make. I totally see the value of certain doors being closed!! we have been praying for clarity and for God to open and close doors…. and trust me SO many doors have been closed lately that I know it's just a matter of time before the right doors are open!!
3 – my oldest daughter is getting married in Oct of this year…. yah brings me back to being 40 and my age anxiety thing.. HOW IN THE WORLD IS MY BABY GIRL GETTING MARRIED?! gah… this one still takes me back and I worry cuz I am a mom and I am really good at worrying! I should put that on my resume's! 🙂 I worry cuz they are so young and I worry that my past could be her future and that is my worry and my issue and I am walking through trust with this issue as well. I really like her fiancé… no issues with her choice at all… just that they are young, so very very young…. but I support them.. ok I mean really what else is there to do?! I love them and so I support them and since it's been a really long engagement it has always seemed so far away… and now its THE year and the dress has been bought and so plans need to continue to be made and so his mom and I are throwing a little engagement party… I think that will help to make it all feel a little more real.
I have some anxiety about the other parent involvement and as this is going to be the first BIG event since the divorce it's all unknown territory… that kind of adds an element of stress to it that no one really needs.
Kind of a big year with a few other hurdles that I am not free to yap about…. yet 🙂 and there you have a snippet into my brain! I do see growth, I do see positive change and I am able to see all the hurdles I have cleared in my life, this is all possible, I will get through and maybe this will be the absolute best year yet of my young life 🙂


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Action Day gathers hundreds of Early Childhood Education professionals, parents, advocates, and supporters at the Capitol in Harrisburg to deliver the message to our state legislators that high quality early childhood education is a priority issue. Attendants of Early Childhood Action Day visit with state legislators and raise their voice at a rally in the Capitol Rotunda.
When you arrive in Harrisburg: Report to the Forum Auditorium (500 Walnut Street, Harrisburg) between 9:00 and and 9:30 a.m. and attend the Kick Off Event with Governor Wolf and Acting Secretary of DHS, Ted Dallas. Please allow enough time to get through lines and find seats. Governor Wolf will begin at 9:30 a.m.
NO FOOD or BEVERAGES permitted in the Forum Auditorium.
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Schedule of Events for the day
9:00 to 9:30 a.m. - Arrive at Forum Auditorium, 500 Walnut Street, Harrisburg and be seated (NO FOOD or BEVERAGES permitted in the Forum Auditorium).
9:30 to 10 a.m. 2015 Action Day Kick Off Rally at Forum Auditorium with Governor Wolf and Acting Secretary of DHS, Ted Dallas
11 a.m to 12 p.m. Your choice of...
12:30 to 2 p.m - Early Childhood Action Day Rally on the Rotunda Lobby Steps in the Capitol Building
2 p.m. and following - visit legislators or depart for home and continue the work in your community
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Fox Home Entertainment Launches 'Digital HD' With 'Prometheus'
The move puts Fox's movies in the tablet, smartphone and interconnected device market.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment's digital initiative dubbed Digital HD launches today, with the notable plan to release movies three weeks earlier than on the Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD formats.
Prometheus, Fox's sci-fi tentpole directed by Ridley Scott, is the first new release under the plan, which puts the studio in the digital sphere and is geared for the tablet, smartphone, interconnected device market.
STORY: Fox Shakes Up Home Entertainment Market
Prometheus will be available for under $15, less than the cost of a Blu-ray and DVD, and is the company's first UltraViolet-enabled title.
Over 600 Fox films will be made available in HD through online retailers including CinemaNow, iTunes, VUDU, Google Play, PlayStation, and Xbox.
While the focus is to take advantage of the hundreds of millions of devices around the world millions of people accessing entertainment on those devices, we feel the medium's time has come," said Fox Home Entertainment's Mike Dunn), the initiative is also another salvo in the fight against piracy and aims to buttress the flagging home entertainment market.


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Sheridan Hi-Tech Park "Project Ready"
Just announced today: The remaining available land in the Sheridan Hi-Tech Park is the first to receive certification in the Wyoming Business Council's Site Evaluation and Certification Program. This certification tells prospective businesses and site selectors that the site really is project-ready, easing the pressure on the time allowed for making a location decision and the time required to start construction and complete the project.
Sheridan Hi-Tech Park, located on the north side of Sheridan, is owned by the Sheridan Economic and Educational Development Authority (SEEDA). Targeted industries for the Hi-Tech Park include advanced materials, data centers, and light industrial/assembly.
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one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite movies. "the last waltz" from the korean film 'old boy' performed by jung sung ha, a 13 year old korean guitar prodigy. matt, this post is almost solely for you. ;)
thanks for that dude. have an urge to go and watch the film again. and don't miss the director's new one. think it comes out this month over there. about a vampire priest or something. dude.
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Vanessa Marr notified the board in early March 2015 of her intention to resign from the board due to work commitments that made it impossible for her to continue. The Board accepted Vanessa's resignation at the May 2015 Board meeting. We appreciate Vanessa's many contributions to the Board and to the Coop. She has been a valuable presence on the board since she joined us in 2013 and will be missed.
At the June board meeting, Bruce Curtis was appointed to serve out the remainder of Vanessa's term. That term ends in the Spring of 2017, two years from now. Bruce was a candidate for the Board in the April Board election. Bruce has been a long time supporter of the Coop and served on the original Coop board. We look forward to working with him.


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Okay, so obviously I drink both. However I usually only drink coffee if I need to wake up or it's a dessert option (ie. super sweet Starbucks drinks). Tea is something that I drink all the time for any occasion, and here is why.
- There are far more variety.
- I mean think about it, not only is there black, chai, herbal, green, etc. There's also endless flavours! Specifically in Herbal teas. If you ever get bored of one tea you can just start drinking another.
- It doesn't cause stomach pains or long trips to the toilet.
- Tea has a much lower caffeine content than coffee, and therefore is more gentle on my body. I also do not drink tea with milk, and milk is something my body has never agreed with.
- No crash after the high.
- Coffee wakes you up so fast, which is really useful sometimes, but if you don't manage to get food into you right away the crash not only comes soon, but it comes on hard. With tea it's a slow gentle wake-up and a slow gentle down.
- They all have different uses.
- If I need to calm down for bed time, Chamomile. If I need to wake up, English Breakfast, Earl Grey, or Orange Pekoe. If my stomach is hurting, Peppermint tea. If I have a sore throat Lemon Tea with some honey in it. The possibilities are endless!
- It's more fun offering tea than coffee.
- Asking people if they want coffee is so boring. Asking people if they want to tea is quite an event. For me it usually ends up with pulling all my teas out of the cupboard and often people have to sift through and look at all the flavours before they decide. It's a lot of fun.
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Recently I have been so busy. Working for the restaurant and bakery. Wine tastings for the restaurant. Idea sessions with my boss for business ideas, plans and wine. WE LOVE to talk about wine.
Trying to find time for my friends isn't so hard. I work with some great people and we have so much fun in the late hours of the evening. All my boys can keep me laughing until about 3 am on a weekly basis. I couldn't be luckier. I love that they are winos also and love me to teach them.
In lieu of my recent profession and fondness of wine, a fondness that grows everyday, I will be starting to focus on wines, spirits & sometimes food for pairing on this blog. Learning about viticulture is very complex and takes a lot of time and practice. It is a wonderful life.
Every two weeks I am hosting a session of Wine Regions to further my education and everyone who wants to learn also! I will keep my blog up to date using this schedule and informing the social media world all about wine from the standpoint of a chemist, a server, and obviously a certified Wine student.
Being a server at a very upscale restaurant has helped me learn so much and begin my journey in this profession as well as keep up with classes for my Master's Degree. My boss and co-workers are wonderful and very educated. They are teaching me so much!! He says working for him is like a semester at culinary school of knowledge. It is not easy and expectations are high. I wouldn't have it any other way.
This week in wines I started Italy. So stay tuned for my post all about Italy!!
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As readers of this blog already know, we are HUGE advocates of musical theatre in schools. But we are also the first to admit that putting on a musical is hard work, especially for the teachers. It is the teacher who is usually expected to be the director, choreographer, stage manager, and producer; all while still being a teacher!
That is why we have asked Kimberly Patterson, the Theatre Arts Teacher and Performing Arts Chair at Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida, to write this series for our Spotlight On Musicals blog.
The series will outline the process of putting on a musical from start to finish, providing helpful tips and maybe even some new ideas. Topics will include:
- Applying for a license with a publisher
- Budgeting and creating calendars
- Assembling your team
- Running rehearsals with a student crew
- Working with your technical theater team
- Managing the house
…and many others. Whether you're a seasoned producer of school theatre or you're just starting out and have suddenly been put in charge of it all, this series will have something for you.
Thus far, we've posted PART 1: Selecting a Show & Securing Performance Rights, PART 2: Creating Your Documents, PART 3: Assembling Your Team, PART 4: Casting, PART 5: First Rehearsal, PART 6: Table Work, PART 7: In Rehearsal, and PART 8: Production Decisions. Now it's time for…
Throughout this series, I've talked a bit about the technical aspects of producing a show. Here's a quick recap before we start on some more specific information:
- Select your team as early as possible—if your tech staff is already on board, they can weigh in on the musical you select to catch any special tech considerations.
- Share contact information and introduce everyone to the stage manager, who will be the liaison between the artistic and production staff.
- Have the tech team at the first read-through for team building and group instruction.
- Encourage them to be involved and welcome them at rehearsals. It can be easy to think of the tech staff as late-inning players, but they can be valuable resources at any stage of the game.
Depending on your situation, you might have designers and technicians who are a regular part of your school's staff, and you all collaborate every year. That's fantastic! These relationships can be hard to build if you're starting from scratch, if you work at a small school, or if you yourself are not a regular part of the school's staff. For the purposes of this post, we'll assume that not all positions come fully manned (if yours are, maybe this post can spark a discussion at one of your production meetings!).
Who does what?
The bare minimum can be thought of as people, places, and things. "People" covers costumes and props for the actors; "places" would be the set pieces; and "things" would be technical equipment like lighting and sound. These jobs can be separated if you have more hands and can make one person responsible for each of the above categories. A robust team can include a costume designer/coordinator and a sewing assistant; and one person to design a set, another to lead construction efforts, and another to paint, dress, and decorate the locations. Sound can be divided into live (microphones) and recorded (sound cues). A skilled assembly can make for an incredibly smooth production.
What information does the technical team need from you?
Obviously, the kind of information they will need will differ from show to show, but the basics will always remain the same.
- Schedules: Not just for tech week, but also for any other major dates. Designers will need time to research, create plans, and take the next steps into putting the set together. When can construction begin in the venue? Will there be other events taking place there that they'll need to work around, and what are the typical school hours? Is the rehearsal schedule structured so there's enough time for scenic artists to paint?
- Documents: First and foremost, a script! Give everyone the dimensions of the playing area, backstage and the wings, and available storage space. If your technicians are new to your auditorium, they might need an inventory of equipment, and even if they're not new, they'll want to know what equipment is instrumental to the production, like how many performers need to wear body mics. Costumers will need a cast breakdown and appropriate sizes and measurements (they'll need to know about the backstage dimensions too, for places for quick changes or storage). Feel free to ask them what else they need.
- Ideas: If you have specific things you'd like to see on stage or happen in your show, share it with your design team. Ideally, they'll use the script as a guide, but don't assume you both envision a castle in the same way.
- Communication: Don't wait until the last minute to announce you've added three more performers to a scene on a small balcony, or want the chair stage right instead of stage left. In addition to putting it all in the rehearsal reports, contact them directly.
If you have the time and are so inclined, it never hurts to educate yourself in the areas of stagecraft or technical theater. Most theater textbooks have chapters focused on these topics, and there's a wealth of information available online.
What information do you need from the technical team?
Actually, a lot of this information is the same, and simply comes from the opposite direction. Just as they will need specs from you on the size of the space, you'll need to know the dimensions of what they're building or bringing in. The stage manager can tape out the floor plan of the set early on so you'll know where a wall might be placed, but it never hurts to compare that to actual size. If you plan to have actors move scenery, it will be especially useful—you'll know how many kids to assign to one piece for both safety and efficiency. If you've given a team member a budget to work with, ensure that you're getting receipts and that they can account for what they're spending.
Sometimes it helps to divide your ideas into categories:
- Need to do
- Can do
- Shouldn't do
- Can't do
Note that your idea of a "need" and tech person's idea of a "need" might be different. Don't butt heads! Figure out if you need something because it's essential to the script, essential for safety, or essential for your artistic vision. For example, if your school is producing THE WIZARD OF OZ, having a yellow brick road of some sort is key. Having an actual 3-dimensional flying house might not be an actual "need." Safety should always come first, but do be mindful of how hard or labor-intensive something you're asking for might be, and consider compromises or alternate solutions. This can be especially true if you're hoping to stick to a budget.
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Part 10: Troubleshooting
Kimberly Patterson is a two-time graduate of New York University, with an undergraduate degree in Dramatic Literature, Theater History and the Cinema, and a Masters Degree from the Gallatin School. Her program in Individualized Study focused on performance studies, dramatic writing, and technical theater, and her coursework included scenic design, puppetry, and "ritual-as-performance." She spent more than a decade in New York City working in Off- and Off-Off Broadway theaters in almost every capacity possible. As a playwright, her plays have appeared in the New York International Fringe Festival and the New York Musical Theater Festival; her musical, Oedipus for Kids!, is published by Samuel French and has been produced around the U.S. Kimberly has extensive experience working with educational technology, and has managed online content and curriculum development for McGraw-Hill, ProQuest Education, and Curriki.org. When not working behind the scenes in Oxbridge's auditorium, Kimberly plays Japanese taiko drums and is a performing apprentice with Fushu Daiko.


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Marketing is a hassle.
I totally agree with you. You've got your idea produced, and it sure would be a heck of a lot easier if people would automatically flock to it like a nine year old boy to videogames. (In case you don't know, videogames are complete crack to nine year old boys.)
Of course, this doesn't happen.
You've got to get the word out. To some extent, other people can help you do this, but when it comes down to it, the number one champion for your big idea is you. So, the first step is to admit your ownership. Say to yourself: I am responsible for marketing my own big idea.
There, that wasn't so bad. The rest is cake. Just follow my seven strategic approaches:
1. Tell a Story.
What It Is
Maybe you have heard the old journalism axiom to give people the "who, what, where, when and how." The assumption was that good information was sufficient to create engagement and get people involved with your thing. That's dead, my friend. Yet, many of us still unconsciously do this. We write up a few paragraphs, the equivalent of a press release, put it on through a few channels, and think we've done due diligence. Later, when we've already blown it, we discover this doesn't work.
Here's the first strategic principle:
Information is a poor substitute for a good story.
The audience will not tune in to watch information. You wouldn't, I wouldn't. No one would or will. The audience will only tune in and stay tuned in to watch drama. ~ David Mamet
The solution is to focus on the story rather than the data. Rather than provide information about an event or program, tell a story about a life changed by the event or program.
Advertise the fruit, not the seed.
Dig Deeper
Stories come from a variety of sources. I list five in a story post here.
What To Do
Find someone whose life was changed for the better as a result of your big idea. (If you can't find a story, then you've got a bigger problem than just marketing.) Ask this person to write up a short summary about his or her experience – or write one for them. Use their story in print, or if appropriate, make a simple video of their story using a phone or camera. It doesn't have to be professional – just get the story down. With it, you've acquired a powerful piece of marketing to put on social networks, blogs, and so on.
A great example of story-based marketing in action is Chick-Fil-A.
2. Ignore Somebody.
What It Is
My literary mentors talk about "ideal readers," character profiles of people with whom I am speaking. Who are the people who would benefit the most from my big idea?
Here's the catch. We want to reach everyone, but this is a mirage that will leave you starving for readers.
Ignore "people" and get specific with who you're targeting.
Who is part of your core tribe of faithful readers?
If you do this well, you'll find an interesting result. The irony about any great idea is that when it finds its target audience, it expands. In order to reach many, you must ignore many and focus on a few.
The story you tell depends on those to whom you tell it.
Dig Deeper
To better understand target audience, consider my short description of the very different targets of three famous space films.
What To Do
Write out three sentence profiles of five people that might benefit the most from your idea. How do these people think? What motivates them? In what social settings do they operate? Creating these sketches will inform your language and marketing approach.
3. Create an Experience.
What It Is
For years, marketing professionals discussed a product or service's F&B, or "features and benefits." Whatever the product did that was unique or better than the competition – its best feature – made for its best ad. The quintessential F&B campaign was Ivory Soap's mid 20th century classic, "99 44/100% pure."
Nike's Just Do It campaign, in the early 1990s, overturned the F&B approach for experience. A video of a woman running up the mountain to a stirring rock soundtrack replaced information about the shoe. Cognitively, it can be baffling (anyone remember the EDS Herding Cats Super Bowl ad?), but experientially, it creates engagement and retention based on meaning, not a singular transaction.
Instead of just shoe data that creates a sales lead, the perception of the running woman brought meaning to the Nike shoe.
Now, 20 years later, experience is almost synonymous with participation. People want to interact, take surveys, play games, post comments, make ratings, navigate interactive features, and so on. This is all part of meaning making. Good marketing now understands that there's a relationship in the exchange that goes beyond a simple transaction.
What kind of life change does your big idea create?
Marketing is the art of telling a story that moves people to act.
– Bernadette Jiwa
Dig Deeper
Expert marketer Bernd Schmidt captured the move from traditional to experiential marketing with a focus on five ways that we experience the message: Sense, Think, Act, Feel, Relate. I explore these five in more detail in this post.
What To Do
Make a list of ways to engage the five sensory modules. Use food, scents, striking images, familiar music, or hand's on activities. For example, serve free coffee with branded coffee cup sleeves. Consider applications for your message – for example, if promoting a parenting series, and talking about moderating screen use, promote a way for a mom or dad to create coupons for screens as a child's reward rather than right. Give them something to "Act" on.
4. Find an Image.
What It Is
As stated, the old focus was on information. Sticking with soap, consider the difference in these two ads for Tide detergent:
Of course the one on the left is from the 1950s. The one on the right is from today. You'd think it goes without saying, but many people still write tons of ad copy and have yet to realize that a single image captures the essence of the message in a way that tons of copy can't.
This isn't to say all text is bad. In some cases, such as the next item on my list, text can be good – but only if it's used to create engagement through experience. But use sparingly, and consider: even in social media environments such as Facebook, images generate over 90% more clicks than text alone.
Dig Deeper
Ironically, I've been talking about this subject longer than anything on my list, but I don't have a current blog post to help you dig deeper. This will come soon.
What To Do
Find a core image that expresses your big idea.
This is easier said than done. Learning to think visually can be difficult, especially for those trained in propositional and expository educational systems. Start with brainstorms about the fruit – the results of your message. A lot of people get hung up on visualizing the problem. Focus instead on your solution.
Mine your source material, such as a book or related text, for illustrations and concepts.
5. Assume People Don't Care Yet.
What It is
You love your message. You champion it, you know it intimately, you expound on its virtues. With this insight, you have likely lost perspective – you no longer have any idea what it's like to be an outsider.
Insider knowledge makes effective communication difficult.
Regardless of the focus of your message, it's safe to assume that you're at the bottom, and most of the people to whom you're communicating are at the top. We forget what's it like for the unengaged. You've got to figure out how outsiders talk about your topic, and use their language.
Dive Deeper
Cultivating disciples starts with shifting our thinking from our perspective – what our event, ministry, program or message is about – to the perspective of the storyreceiver.
Understanding your reader is strategic caring.
Learn more about strategic caring with my description of how communication and discipleship are connected on the funnel.
What To Do
To break out of your insider point of view, brainstorm popular conceptions – good and bad – about your message. What do people think about when they think of what you're saying? This means acknowledging some things that might drive you crazy – persistently popular but uninformed caricatures of your idea, like the street corner fundamentalist for someone exploring new methods for authentic preaching.
What do other people say when they talk about your topic?
6. Grab a Hook.
What It Is
Most of us are secretly insecure about the ability of our message to work. We develop solid content but it's often missing one key ingredient. It doesn't really inspire. Typically, the missing ingredient is a good hook. The hook is the central metaphor that holds up your entire idea.
The hook is the key to making any big idea extraordinary.
Sometimes I hold on to a big idea, such as my current book, for months or even years while I wait for the perfect hook. Without it, my idea is rudderless. Once I have it, I can't stop writing.
Dig Deeper
Creating compelling hooks is not a master skill. Anyone can learn to do it with practice. Here are a few tips to creating a good hook, from a guest post I wrote on Tony Morgan's blog.
What To Do
This is one of my most practiced skills. Here are six tips I've learned over the years for finding a killer hook:
- Go to the source for inspiration first. For sermon series and church-related branding and hooks, I go to the Bible first. Reading the biblical text opens up a variety of ideas and options.
- Read a thesaurus. Different synonyms have different etymological locations and histories, and can reveal stories and metaphors.
- Make a list of 20 keywords for your topic. Sometimes this will spark an association or core metaphor that embodies the concept.
- Be patient. Sometimes it takes days or even weeks for the right idea to appear. If it's brewing on low, unrelated readings can trigger a solution. For example, I looked for weeks for a good hook on the 10 Commandments, and found it one morning in a friend's Twitter feed.
- Sleep on it.
- Keep a journal or tool like Evernote very, very close, and write down everything that pops in your head.
7. Use the Content Itself
What It Is
One of the latest marketing trends is "content marketing." I love the term and the idea, but it kinda makes me laugh, because content marketing is sort of a more developed form of common sense communication. It's really nothing more than just using your content as a marketing tool. Here's how to think about content marketing (I didn't invent this pithy phrase, but I can't remember where I first read it):
Content Marketing is a move from hype to help.
Dig Deeper
I've learned a lot about content marketing from simple web research, but I'll save you the trouble. One of the best sources is CopyBlogger.
What To Do
What are the tweetable moments of your post? Find them. I've highlighted and center justified 10 in this blog post. Use these as the teasers and kickers for your promotion. (A kicker is a single, punchy sentence – a "sound bite" that people can apply.)
Publish ten one sentence kickers that explain your big idea.
Create a social media posting schedule for publishing your kickers, each with a link back to your big idea. By doing this you're providing real DIY content and help for your readers, and oh by the way, here's where to learn more. It's a common sense response to people's Internet expectation for free.
What principles do you use to market your big idea?


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Torts - Negligence - Standard of Care
118143 Ontario Inc. (Canamex Promotions) v. Mississauga (City) (Ont CA, 2016)
In this case the court discusses the 'standard of care' element of the tort of negligence:
[29] To make out a claim in negligence, a plaintiff must establish three things. First, that the defendant owed a duty of care to the plaintiff. Second, that the defendants' conduct fell below what could be expected of the ordinary, reasonable and prudent person in the circumstances. Third, that the plaintiff suffered damages as a consequence of the defendant's breach of the standard of care: see Ryan v. Victoria (City), 1999 CanLII 706 (SCC), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 201, at paras. 21-28; Hill v. Hamilton-Wentworth (Regional Municipality) Police Services Board, 2007 SCC 41 (CanLII), [2007] 3 S.C.R. 129, at para. 93.


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Mobile Phone usuage statistics
I came across these statistics that I thought were very interesting. In order to market to the mobile device marketplace, you need to know when users are using their device, what they are using it for and for how long. Complete.com found that the primary usuage of smartphones was for personal productivity and entertainment. As you can see the mobile phone is never out of reach. Whether they are commuting, working, relaxing at home or shopping the mobile phone is still being used.
If the following graph does not peak your interest in mobile marketing then nothing will. 1 in 3 mobile owners would be interested in receiving coupons on the mobile phone. A large propotion would like to receive offers and promotions whether it is via SMS or Bluetooth.


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If you are running your email through Office 365 and using Outlook you have probably noticed that spam gets delivered to your Junk Mail folder.
What should you do if you get spam in your Inbox? The best thing to do is report it to Microsoft so that the filters can be improved. To do this you will need to install the Microsoft Junk E-mail Reporting Add-in for Microsoft Office Outlook which you can download from here.
Here are the steps to install the Add-in
- Close Microsoft Outlook
- Download the installer file from the link above
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- Review the license agreement, click I accept the terms in the License Agreement if you agree to the terms of installation.
- Click Next.
- When the wizard is complete, click Close.
- Start Microsoft Office Outlook.
- To confirm that the installation was successful, look for the Report Junk option under Junk on the Outlook ribbon.
There are three ways you can report messages;
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2. Right click on the email
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The message will be sent to Microsoft for analysis and moved to the Junk Email folder. To confirm the submission, open your Sent Items folder to view the submitted message.


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American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers
Annual Meeting — March 2012
At the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers annual meeting in 2012, Rive Technology provided background on Rive's Molecular Highway™ technology and discussed, with a representative from the initial refinery trial site, the results from the first commercial refinery trial in the U.S., focusing on the applicability of the trial results to the broader U.S. refining community.
There is an opportunity to improve the economics of the FCCU and the refinery with new catalyst technologies that improve both coke selectivity and upgrade bottoms upgrading into high quality blending stocks for transportation fuels, diesel, and gasoline. But FCC catalyst innovation the last decade has largely focused on achieving these results through improved matrices, binders and additives, rather than improvements to the zeolite component of the FCC catalyst.
Rive has focused its research efforts on the zeolite component of the FCC catalyst and has developed Molecular Highway™ technology for introducing, in a controlled manner, mesoporosity into Y zeolites. The enhanced porosity leads to improved catalyst product selectivity, resulting in higher yields of desirable products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, and light olefins, and less of undesirable products like heavy cycle oil, fuel oil and coke.
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[ Newspaper throwback ] Norma Shearer's beauty secrets - Movie star detests powdered look
Those who know her intimately consider her a wonder at the art of grooming. Those who have seen her in public know how perfectly turned out she appears at all times. Simple, smart clothes and a very natural makeup are characteristic of Norma Shearer's good taste. One of her pet beauty secrets has to do with powder. She detests that powdered look and thinks that since transparent skin is the loveliest type, it ought to be simulated or encouraged.
Miss Shearer uses two shades of powder. A peach shade first which she feels simulates a blush underneath the skin. Then she blends rachel or dark tan on top. She gets quite tanned and therefor uses a dark shade in the summer. For blonds or women who like to stay lily-white, she recommends the use of the shade they prefer the year 'round.
The blending, by the way, is done with the softest camel's hair brushes and a final brushing completes the toilette. This tones down shine and leaves a lovely, groomed look that is anything but obviously "powdered".
Any number of women I know feel as Miss Shearer does about powder. In fact, some dispense with powder entirely during the summer and strive for a slightly dewy effect. This is very youthful and only the young can affect it.
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Forbes Collection of The 10 Most Rarest and Interesting Pigments
Synthetic Ultramarine
"This was discovered in 1826 as the result of a contest. In a way it is like discovering how to make gold as artists no longer had to buy natural ultramarine at great cost."
Mummy Brown
"People would harvest mummies from Egypt and then extract the brown resin material that was on the wrappings around the bodies and turn that into a pigment. It's a very bizarre kind of pigment, I've got to say, but it was very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries."
"Brazilwood is any of several tropical trees of the senna genus. Its hard, red-color wood has had limited use for violins, bows, veneer, and high-quality furniture. The wood contains the colorant brasilin, which gives a deep-red to brownish color. Brazilwood dye has been used for textile and leather dyes, inks, paints, varnish tints, and wood stains."
"A yellow vegetable dye, quercitron is extracted from the black or dark brown bark of the black oak, Quercus velutina, that is native to the Eastern and Midwestern parts of the United States."
"The lipstick plant—a small tree, Bixa orellana, native to Central and South America—produces annatto, a natural orange dye. Seeds from the plant are contained in a pod surrounded with a bright red pulp. Currently, annatto is used to color butter, cheese, and cosmetics."
Lapis Lazuli
"People would mine it in Afghanistan, ship it across Europe, and it was more expensive that gold so it would have its own budget line on a commission."
Dragon's Blood
"It has a great name, but it's not from dragons. [The bright red pigment] is from the rattan palm."
"This red dye comes from squashed beetles, and it's used in cosmetics and food.
Cadmium Yellow
"Cadmium yellow was introduced in the mid 19th century. It's a bright yellow that many impressionists used. Cadmium is a heavy metal, very toxic. In the early 20th century, cadmium red was introduced. You find these pigments used in industrial processes. Up until the 1970s, Lego bricks had cadmium pigment in them."
Emerald Green
"This is made from copper acetoarsenite. We had a Van Gogh with a bright green background that was identified as emerald green. Pigments used for artists' purposes can find their way into use in other areas as well. Emerald green was used as an insecticide, and you often see it on older wood that would be put into the ground, like railroad ties."


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Michelle has special powers, but no clue why, and no clue what to do with them. To help her along the way are other Aspects, teenagers endowed with special abilities they hardly understand.
Seven billion people in the world, and among them are the special few: Aspects. These amazing people each do something incredible. Enter Michelle, an awkward young girl who seems to have a limitless range of abilities. Struggling with her power since childhood, Michelle thinks shes finally found her place in the world when she meets other Aspects like herself. This happiness is short lived as she discovers that her powers make her strange even among Aspects. To make matters worse, theyre constantly on the run from the mysterious Breakers who will stop at nothing to capture them. Through all of this, Michelle is left to learn how to fully control her power and hopefully figure out why her uncle, the one person who may have answers for her, disappeared so many years ago. She may not know it yet, but her story has just begun.


text: Refactoring Leadership 28. October 2015 Damon Blog (0) You probably haven't heard of me. If you have, I'm not that guy anymore. I don't do those things anymore. I probably won't post my machine learning code in C# or Python. I probably won't be showing you amazing Reflection Emit metaprogramming tricks or showing you how to harness GPU computing from managed code.I won't make any claims about being the best RockstarNinjaUnicorn developer, but I was successful as a developer and even more so as a software architect. To become successful, I cultivated various habits. These habits involve how I work, how I learn, and how I improve. Most importantly, I am hard-wired for constant introspection. I am my worst critic, and I'm always on.This is the story of a life long geek who became a manager and hopes to become a leader. I manage developers, software architects, DBAs, and IT infrastructure pros. I want to be great at this.


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We are glad to welcome you on the Lamintex company website. We are a Polish producer of postforming interior windowsills and kitchen worktops, who offers the highest quality products, in accordance with up-to-date trends in the furniture, building and construction industry.
The Interzum Fair is already behind us. Thanks to all of you, who decided to visit us on the stand B028 in the hall 10.2. We hope to see you again in Cologne in 2019!2017-05-22


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Scarves and more scarves moved up on my must make list.
Before I left for DC I had gotten these much too small green sweats in a thrift bag. The fabric was between a light weight sweat pant and heavy t-shirt. Options included: Add a side stripe to add needed size for lounge pants. Use as liner in a new pair of knit pj pants. But I did not need more lounge pants or pj pants.
Scarves!!! It is cold and rainy at the RanchHouse.
I want scarves!!!
I used the rotary cutter and ruler to cut straight up the legs and tapered in width changes. The lower leg is wider than at the pants top. The narrow widths give less bulk around the back of the neck.
I left the pant hems and made overlapped joining seams. I wanted a bulky scarf so I left the long seams open. The wrong side of the fabric shows some and adds texture. I tacked the joining seams together to help the right-side of the fabric stay in place. The knit fabric does not ravel and rolls in on itself some.
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|Dan Bern
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Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock
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Authentic, wierd old-school folk music
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"I have not encountered such intense devotion to bare-naked emotional poetic lyrics ever. The music is a cross between early James Taylor, Van Morrison and Bob Dylan and the lyrics are straight out of a delusional, schizophrenic genious poet's notebook. The words are not fancy, but they comprise unexpectedly insightful ideas about how we think in such an estranged era. The music is simply Dan's voice and Dan's guitar. And his harmonica sometimes. This is plenty to take you right out of your life and look at the world with a nonsequitur bent. This music grows on you like a weed- a fragrant, muppety, strangely beautiful weed."
Dan Bern caused quite a stir in Corpus Christi
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"Dan Bern showed up in Corpus Christi split our heads open and ate the insides. When I heard Jerusalem for the first time, I knew this guy was too warped to be forgotten. I was so taken with that song, I played to a group of college students. Judging from their blank expressions, it was a bit esoteric for them. I suppose if he changed his name to Electric Frog Toast, they might have gotten it. In any case, this CD rocks!"
Its the quality, not the quanity that counts!
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"A single CD can only contain so much greatness, thats why only six tracks. "oklahoma" and "live another day" are effectively poingnant. "Kurt" is mortality satire. "Jeruselm" wanders in and out of a love song. "Talkin,Alien abduction blues" is sci-fi satire. "Hannibal" Im still working on this one, but I suppose its about narrow minded biggots. I always play the whole CD, and sometimes once isnt enough. what can I say, Dan's the Man"


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Rain glorious rain
Can they be alike
i love playing in the mudpuddles and dancing in the rain...it brings life as much as it takes...and i have lived through a few floods, so yes it can be such a destructive force...ReplyDelete
Hell hath no fury, indeed! A fun poem. Thanks for the thoughts, Helen.
Blessings and Bear hugs!
love the whole set and very specially the last one as we are sun drenched here(India)...ReplyDelete
You get that feeling of refreshing and cleansing, really makes you touch and experience rain. Excellent.ReplyDelete
Want a wonderful series of haiku, Helen. Rain can be such a lovely experience. I think that in front of puddles, we are still the children we once were.ReplyDelete
Ah! send some rain here too:) we long for it...........ReplyDelete
What? your breasts are being fumbled with in the car? Have you no shame woman? ROFL
You have made my day...still ROFL
Wonderful rain-inspired haiku, Helen! My favorite is the "Hell has no fury...." I think many people in those rivers' paths would agree. So nice to see you in PJ again.ReplyDelete
Lovely, Helen... I especially like the first two.ReplyDelete
Our clouds here have been dramatic and full of rain! Wonderful haikus Helen! Especailly fumbling fingers! Haven't we all been there?ReplyDelete
I can see the river, engorged, in your words......ReplyDelete
Playing in the rain is fun but a bother when it stifles our plans! Great haiku take Helen!
Is this one of those puzzles, like which one is different? Yes. Verse five should not be there. It deserves its own story with its own plot, otherwise we are left wondering.... :-)ReplyDelete
I enjoyed reading these haikus Helen. Glimpses of moments. Together they fit as a series of thoughts on a rainy day. Thanks for visiting my blog even though I had not posted it yet (I forgot after getting here a day early!)ReplyDelete
in your haiku string there is yin and yang; the floods - the devastation, the puddles - the innocence
very nice; and
thanks for stopping over at my blog
much love...
I have been in dangerous rain and nice rain, in floods and puddles, It is so much better to dance and hug in the rain then to have to clean up the wet and the mud and worry about what happened. But rain will do what rain will do and there is no control except the after damage controlReplyDelete
whew, that 2nd to last haiku is steaming up the windows! ~ReplyDelete
What a nice series of 'takes' on rain ... from the clinically scientific to the playful to the sensuous to the hopeful ... a fun read today!ReplyDelete
Hell hath no fury... Loved them all, but that one made me sit up and pay attention! Great write!ReplyDelete
There is nothing like a good puddle to bring your child to the fore.
I love the haiku specially the part of no inhibitions ~ I feel like skipping on those puddles ~
Happy weekend Helen ~
I've always been thinking along the lines of Haiku 2. Rain, like everything else, is a two-faced thing. To some, it brings damage, and to others, it brings growth and refreshment. I enjoyed reading your haiku(s). They are good accompaniments to this lovely afternoon. :-)ReplyDelete
Wonderful vignettes of rain and the images/feelings it arouses. Enjoyed these, Helen!ReplyDelete
Loved these. As a rain sprite I can relate :)ReplyDelete


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Land Rover – City of Inspiration
Land Rover – City of Inspiration
Land Rover UK
Matt Hopkins
We were commissioned by Redwood to produce the latest film for Land Rover's Onelife magazine.
The brief asked us to showcase the all-new Range Rover against the beauty of London at night.
The Concept
With world leading industrial designer Marc Newson as our guide, we were to follow the Range Rover through the illuminated city, as Marc discussed the inspiration and creativity that he draws from his surroundings.
The Money Shots
We managed to capture London's stunning skyline at night by working with a specialist helicopter team, who provided a perfect solution to our creative vision, getting us in all the right spots at the right time.


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The following content is intended for readers who are 21 or over. Every year, there are certain people that I struggle to find that "perfect gift" for. You know the one - they have everything and nothing you buy them will really matter, in the long run. So, you end up buying them a cheesy pre-made … [Read more...]
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Before I even begin to tell you about the delicious Candy Bar Pretzel Cheesecake that I made, you must know about this amazing coupon! When you share this coupon on Facebook, Twitter or via email, to three people, the value doubles! I got my 7 oz. bags of Milky Way and Snickers Bites at Walmart for … [Read more...]
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Fall is my favorite Season of all! It's not too hot, not too cold and the colors are just beautiful outside. It's also the start of a whole new menu. I'm one of those who doesn't prefer soup during the Summer. Fall is when I start baking and drinking warm beverages. I'm always looking for … [Read more...]
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CHOCOLATE! Okay, now that I have your attention let's talk some delicious talk. Fairytale Brownies are handcrafted. They are made using fine cake flour, rich, Callebaut Belgian chocolate, farm-fresh eggs and pure creamery butter. Fairytale Brownies are certified kosher and free from trans fats, … [Read more...]


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I've written about sleep before, but sleep is critical to good health. Just ask anyone who isn't getting any! Let's have a refresher.
Poor sleep means waking frequently throughout the night, difficulty falling asleep, or waking up and not being able to get back to sleep. This affects every area of your life: you feel foggy, irritable, unable to concentrate, and you may experience cravings or increased hunger due to imbalanced blood sugar.
While we sleep, our immune systems are most active, scavenging through the body for abnormal cells, kind of like the night cleaning crew. Organs detoxify and repair and regeneration occurs. Lack of sleep means you're robbing your body of this crucial process, and you may notice accelerated aging and higher susceptibility to illness.
Insomnia or poor sleep can be caused by a number of factors. A very common culprit is high cortisol. Cortisol is your main stress hormone, and it is high during times of stress to sharpen senses and increase chances of survival (if you were, say, outrunning a tiger). After the stress passes, cortisol should lower, but if you remain stressed out for long periods of time and cortisol stays high, it affects your overall hormonal balance.
Other than acute periods of stress, cortisol should be highest first thing in the morning to wake you, and lowest at night so you can fall asleep. If your cortisol levels do not fall naturally during the day because you are constantly under stress, you will have trouble falling asleep, or wake throughout the night. Ever have that wired feeling at night when you should be tired? Likely due to high stress hormones.
Get your cortisol levels tested. We offer a very easy take-home saliva test, and it is easy to correct imbalanced stress hormone levels. Lifestyle changes along with a treatment plan are critical to rebalance stress hormones.
For everyone that has trouble sleeping, practicing good sleep hygiene can make all the difference. Here are some tips:
*First, check your bedroom. Make it as dark as possible (think cave). Remove electric appliances, save for an alarm clock that is not directly next to your head. That means no tv, no stereo, and absolutely NO computers or cell phones. Consider a white noise machine to drown out street noise, and get blackout curtains. They work great!
*Create a sleep ritual and get your body on a schedule. Plan to go to bed at 10:30 or 11pm every night. What's important is to get to bed at the same time every night. Start an hour before you hit the sack: stop watching tv, put down the computer, and start winding down with a cup of herbal tea (chamomile, skullcap, valerian, passion flower, lemon balm). Take an epsom salt bath–the magnesium will help you sleep. Then get in bed and read for 30 minutes til you fall asleep. Do this every night.
*Take the minerals magnesium and calcium in the evening to relax your nervous system. Natural Calm works well.
*Taking 50mg of 5HTP in the evenings can also help. 5HTP is the precursor to serotonin, which regulates sleep, mood, and appetite.
*Stop drinking so much coffee! Even if you drink in the mornings, it can affect sleep at night (caffeine has a long half life). Stop drinking caffeinated herbal teas after 3pm and absolutely no coffee after noon!
*If you toss and turn and can't fall asleep after 30 minutes, pick up a book and read, or do another relaxing activity, then try again.
*If you wake up around 3 or 4am feeling wired and can't get back to sleep, the culprit might be blood sugar. Nocturnal hypoglycemia means your blood sugar drops too low at night, signaling to your brain that you need food, so your brain signals to your body to wake you. Eat a small snack about 30 minutes before bed if you're prone to hypoglycemia. Try 1/2 a sweet potato. Potatoes increase serotonin. But NO sugar or refined carbs, which will exacerbate the problem.
*Avoid alcohol, which affects blood sugar and interferes with nighttime liver detox. If you wake between 1am and 3am, especially take this under consideration.
*Stop eating three hours before bed.
*Consider kicking your snoring partner out into the guest bedroom. Better yet, figure out why he/she is snoring.
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Happy weekend everyone!!! I just got back from a field trip down at Cape Liptrap.. awesome outcrops at the sea cliffs and thankful that we got a bit of sunshine too. Here is one of the cool outcrop there.. fascinating even to a non-geologist I think! :))
Ok, back to the other fun stuff... scrapbooking! Wanna share a layout I did today, based on Let's Capture These Sketches #75. I scrapped these pictures of my kids with Zara's best mate, Aria during our last playdate picnic at the Royal Botanic Garden. They looked so cute together!! Plus, these papers from Cosmo Cricket Togetherness collection are just so cute and fun too!!
Thanks for visiting!!!! Hope I will have some scrappy hours tomorrow too :))
Saturday, March 26, 2011
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I just love your take on the sketch, fabulous colours, love it. Ness xxReplyDelete
Wow... Maz ... this is absolute gorgeous... love the whole combo... and what a cute photos... of your kiddos... loving the colors too... FAb and FUN... sweet!!!... Hugs..xoxoReplyDelete
love the colors, beautiful...and that first photo is a beautyReplyDelete
fun LO Maz, what a cheerful colours and the photo is just too precious. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Thanks you for dropping by.. Your comments are highly appreciated, they definitely make my day! Thanks a lot.
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Gilbert Random Training Rugby Ball
by Gilbert
Gilbert Random Training Rugby Ball
by Gilbert
- Size: 5 only
- 2 Ply construction
- Rubber pimpled outer surface
The Gilbert ® Random Training Rugby Ball is a fun ball ideal for beach, garden or park.
- Size: 5 only.
- Rubber pimpled outer surface.
- 2 Ply construction.
|3 - Mini Rugby
|under 9 years
|4 - Junior Rugby
|under 14 years
|4.5 - Women's Rugby
|15+ years
|5 - Full Size Rugby
|15+ years
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