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Su-Yeon Kim a, Tae-Soo Jung b, Eui-Ho Suh c, Hyun-Seok Hwang d,* b a
School of Computer and Information Technology, Daegu University, 15 Naeri, Jinryang, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 712-714, South Korea
Department of Management Strategy, Samsung Economic Research Institute, 191 Hangangro 2-ga, Youngsan-gu, Seoul 140-722, South Korea c Department of Industrial Engineering, POSTECH, San 31, Hyoja-dong, Namgu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 790-784, South Korea d Department of Business Administration, Hallym University, 39 Hallymdaehak-gil, chuncheon, Gangwon-do 200-702, South Korea
The more a marketing paradigm evolves, the more long-term relationship with customers gains its importance. CRM, a recent marketing paradigm, pursues long-term relationship with profitable customers. It can be a starting point of relationship management to understand and measure the true value of customers since marketing management as a whole is to be deployed toward the targeted customers and profitable customers, to foster customers' full profit potential. Corporate success depends on an organization's ability to build and maintain loyal and valued customer relationships. Therefore, it is essential to build refined strategies for customers based on their value.
In this paper, we propose a framework for analyzing customer value and segmenting customers based on their value. After segmenting customers based on their value, strategies building according to customer segment will be illustrated through a case study on a wireless telecommunication company. q 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Customer lifetime value; Customer segmentation; Data mining
1. Introduction
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) has become a leading business strategy in highly competitive business environment. CRM can be viewed as 'Managerial efforts to manage business interactions with customers by combining business processes and technologies that seek to understand a company's customers' (Kim, Suh, & Hwang, 2003). Companies are becoming increasingly aware of the many potential benefits provided by CRM. Some potential benefits of CRM are as follows: (1) Increased customer retention and loyalty, (2)
Higher customer profitability, (3) Creation value for the customer, (4) Customization of products and services, (5)
Lower process, higher quality products and services (Jutla,
Craig, & Bodorik, 2001; Stone, Woodcock, & Wilson, 1996).
When evaluating customer profitability, marketers are often reminded of the 80/20 rule (80% of the profits are produced by
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Hallym University, 39 Hallymdaehak-gil, chuncheon, Gangwon-do 200-702,
South Korea. Tel.: C82 33 248 1835; fax: C82 33 256 3424.
E-mail address: email@example.com (H.-S. Hwang).
0957-4174/$ - see front matter q 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2005.09.004 top 20% of profitable customers and 80% of the costs are produced by top 20% of unprofitable customers) (Duboff,
1992; Gloy, Akridge, & Preckel, 1997).
The core parts of CRM activities are understanding customers' profitability and retain profitable customers
(Hawkes, 2000). To cultivate the full profit potentials of customers, many companies already try to measure and use customer value in their management activities (Gloy, Akridge,
& Preckel, 1997; Rosset, Neumann, Eick, Vatnik, & Idan,
2002; Verhoef, & Donkers, 2001). Therefore, many firms are needed to assess their customers' value and build strategies to retain profitable customers.
This paper aims at suggesting a new LifeTime Value (LTV) model and customer segmentation considering customer defection and cross-selling opportunity. We will also propose marketing strategies after segmenting


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Trupanion walks its talk! I hoped we would never need to use our pet insurance for Lovie , our 16 month old Bulldog ; but we did. And you know what? When I got the check in the mail from Trupanion , I knew right then why I chose Trupanion. There are no gimmicks in its policy . They want to live up to our expectations . It's a remarkable and much appreciated organization. Robert Fisher
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The CCGR is very well known as a training organization for various training activities for socio-economic upliftment of the people with broader interests. The National Institute for Public Co-operation and Child Development (NIPCCD) and the Women & Child Development Department of Government of Orissa found the organisation very much suitable in the fitness of things, to be a Middle Level Training Centre (MLTC). The CCGR is one out of the four MLTC training centers in the eastern zone that has conducted, organized and trained the field level supervisors of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). The ICDS supervisors appointed in various Blocks of the State joined the training, which included Job-course, refresher and orientation training programmes. The method and subjects of training is very much based on the syllabi prescribed for them. During their field visits they carry out campaigning on Environmental issues, Mother & Child health care, Literacy, Community Health & Sanitation, Population control, Mass participation in community development programme and in other fields of social interest.
The CCGR imparts orientation programmes for grass-root level workers like Anganwadi workers, Health workers & Social workers. Training has been provided to both Male & Female who are working as community organizers in Urban Slum areas.


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I was studying a sleeping lion's feet, when he woke,
His roar induced total paralysis!
But he relaxed – and then so did I,
When I told him: "Its just claws analysis."
An alpaca's coat is as soft as can be,
The jackets are really expensive,
It takes them ten years to grow it so long,
Which is why, when approached, they're defensive.
A flamingo's knees bend the other way,
For us humans we'd not get very far,
These beautiful birds seem to manage quite well,
But then they'll never need drive a car!


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Spieth, Fowler, DeChambeau and Simpson all make their first appearances since the Ryder Cup this week in Vegas
Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Preview, TV Times
Patrick Cantlay is defending champion this week on the PGA Tour as the circuit travels to Nevada and the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas.
This tournament began life in 1983 as the Panasonic Las Vegas Celebrity Classic – an event won by Fuzzy Zoeller. In various guises, including the Las Vegas Invitational and Invensys Classic, the competition has been won by Greg Norman, Tiger Woods (his first PGA Tour victory back in 1996) and Jim Furyk amongst others.
Last year, Patrick Cantlay came through a playoff against Whee Kim and Alex Cejka to take the victory. Cantlay defends at Summerlin but a number of notable players will tee it up.
Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Bryson DeChambeau and Webb Simpson all make their first appearances since the Ryder Cup whilst last week's runner-up Tony Finau also tees it up, making this one of the strongest fields at TPC Summerlin in recent years.
Opened for play in 1991, the TPC at Summerlin was designed by Bobby Weed assisted by Fuzzy Zoeller. It's an oasis in the desert at the heart of Summerlin – a 22,000-acre residential estate at the western edge of Las Vegas.
The weather looks set fair – dry, warm and with just a light breeze… Scoring should be good.
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Venue: TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada
Date: Nov 1-4
Course stats: 7,255 yards, par 71
Purse: $7,000,000
Defending champion: Patrick Cantlay
How to watch the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
TV Coverage:
Thursday 1 – Sky Sports Golf from 8.30pm and Sky Sports Main Event from 9.30pm
Friday 2 – Sky Sports Golf from 8.30pm
Saturday 3 – Sky Sports Golf from 8.30pm and Sky Sports Main Event from 10pm
Sunday 4 – Sky Sports Golf from 8.30pm
Players to watch:
Sam Burns – The 22-year-old was tied third last week and looks a strong prospect.
Roberto Castro – Showing signs of a return to form with a tie for fifth in the Sanderson Farms.
Tony Finau – Playing some great golf right now and comes into this event on the back of a playoff loss in the WGC-HSBC Champions.
Key hole: 16th. A par 5 of 560 yards it generally ranks as one of the easiest holes on the course. It's reachable in two for long hitters so birdies are common, however, because of the lake guarding the front of the green, disasters are also fairly common.
Skills required: Going low. The winning total at Summerlin tends to be around, or better than 20-under-par. The winner will make a hatful of birdies and the occasional eagle over the four days.
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I thought it was basic because it was mentioned in my probability theory book from my university, but it does mention that the proof is not trivial. So maybe basic theorem, but certainly not a basic proof. I also don't seem to find a good source to back up. When university starts again, I will ask my probability prof for a reference.So?
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Here are your new 'Destiny' challenges for the week of Oct. 27
Tuesday means only one thing if you're a Destiny fan: reset day.
It's that wonderful time when Bungie's rotating selection of high-reward activities are rebooted (along with any raid progress made in the previous week), giving everyone a fresh chance at scoring some of the game's sweetest and rarest loot.
The release of The Taken King and the launch of Destiny's "Year Two" brings some fundamental changes to the weekly reset. Weekly Heroic Strike challenges are gone, removing the steady stream of Strange Coins they provided. The rules of Nightfall Strikes have changed as well. And there's a huge pile of new bounties to sort through for faction progression.
Are you new to Destiny? Don't know what any of this means? Good news: There's a Destiny wiki that's packed with information.
Here's a rundown of what's happening this week:
Nightfall (Sunless Cell)
Epic - This is a standard Nightfall modifier. It just means there are more enemies to fight, and a greater number of Majors (the yellow health bar dudes) on the field.
Void Burn - All Void damage is increased.
Brawler - Guardian melee attack damage is increased.
Juggler - Ammo only drops for weapons you aren't actively using.
Ironclad - More enemies have shields.
We've seen this Nightfall before, but that's cool. It was fun then, it'll be fun now. Alak Hul is a punk.
Void Burn is always a funny modifier to deal with when the Hive are involved. All of a sudden, Acolyte — the cannon fodder grunts of these demon-aliens from the moon — are legitimately dangerous because of their little pew-pew shooter Void rayguns. Ironclad is a pain, too, but most of the shields you'll encounter will be Void and you should be equipped to handle them.
Approach every encounter carefully during this week's Nightfall and you shouldn't have too much trouble. Sunless Cell is filled with fallback locations that you can run to when the action gets to be too much. The first encounter is a particular pain point, since you have to jump over to a pair of floating platforms and activate a device, which in turn sends a Void-spewing Shrieker after you. Hunters with invisibility and Shade Step should take point here.
The other big jam-up occurs in the hated "Shrieker Rom." The trick that most people don't realize: you aren't required to kill anything in here. You just need to get to and through the door that opens in the back of the room, then slip past the Taken stationed there. Hunters, front and center. Bladedancers and Nightstalkers can abuse their invisibility to completely skip this room.
The final encounter with Alak Hul isn't bad at all. None of the Thralls in his prison cell have shields, which is good. Brawler also gives you an edge when the little buggers get too close. Just remember to keep switching weapons (to take advantage of Juggler) and use Void whenever possible. Were you lucky enough to roll a 310 Truth? This is the place to use it.
Weekly bounties
The Taken King introduces a new lineup of bounties that change from week to week. On the PvE side, there's Petra, a quest-giver from the House of Wolves storyline and the Queen's gear vendor at the Vestian Outpost social hub. To unlock her weekly bounties — which provide Treasure Keys for Prison of Elders and Queen's Wrath reputation bonuses — you've got to complete her Taken King questline.
There's also a new lineup of PvP bounties, available in the Tower from both Lord Shaxx and the Crucible Quartermaster. They don't unlock until you complete a very lengthy line of quests (details here), but finishing all six of Shaxx's weekly bounties grants you a reward that's on par with Nightfall drops. In other words, the Shaxx bounties are the PvP equivalent of a Nightfall.
Here's what Petra, Shaxx and the Crucible Quartermaster want you to pull off this week:
Take The Wanted: The Blighted Descendant. Found on Mars or Venus.
The Blighted Descendant is a towering Taken minotaur that spends most of its time invisible. So, you know... good luck with that and stuff. Head to The Hollows on Mars or The Citadel on Venus (Venus is preferable for this week, since that's where the "Take Them Out" bounty wants you to go) and just chill until there's a Taken incursion. Kill the three Lieutenants that spawn (they appear at specific intervals) and you'll summon the big guy and all his friends. Shoot until dead. Nice job.
Take Them Out: Kill 12 Consumed or named Fallen, Hive, Cabal or Vex on Venus.
Take Them Out: Kill 100 Taken.
Crucible Quartermaster
Unfortunately, DestinyTracker hasn't yet added the details of the Crucible Quartermaster's weekly bounties, and I'm too terrible at Crucible to have unlocked them.
Lord Shaxx
Same issue as the Crucible Quartermaster. Really, you guys. I'm awful at Crucible. Look for me in matches if you ever want to get some easy kills. I'll update this post accordingly once the bounty details are live.
Court of Oryx
Our old friend Kagoor is back, and as usual she's joined by her ever-faithful giant demon-alien space Ogre. Good times.
Kagoor is a shielded Wizard that can't be damaged until her pet Ogre is destroyed. It's a hardier Ogre than you're probably used to encountering, with boss levels of health. But you can get an edge. Throughout the fight, a group Acolyte's Eye-style sentry turrets spawn in front of Kagoor and her Ogre. Shoot one down and you get a 10-second buff to your damage against the Ogre. Even better: destroying more than one in short order stacks the damage buff.
You know what to do, right? Shoot down those turrets then focus on the Ogre. You should bring it down very quickly. Once that's down, pull out your sword, leap up onto the portal platform and chop the hell out of Kagoor until she's no more. Do it quickly enough and you won't even have to worry about the army of Ogre reinforcements that spawn in after the fight starts.
Other weekly activities
The release of The Taken King pulls the plug on Weekly Heroic Strikes, which used to award players with three to nine Strange Coins (a rare currency) once per week, depending on the difficulty played. Now you earn 10 Legendary Marks (another rare currency) for each of the first three Heroic-level Strikes completed in a given week, in addition to any rewards the Strike would have normally given you.
To get your weekly Marks, which you can use to buy new gear and upgrade your existing arsenal, simply hop into the Heroic Strike playlist with any character. The 10 Mark reward is gifted as soon as each of your first three Strikes for the week are completed.
Prison of Elders is still around, but it's really not worth doing anymore if you've hit the new level maximum of 40. Prison of Elders was introduced with House of Wolves. It's an arena challenge with difficulties at levels 28, 32, 34 and 35. Enemies don't drop loot, so you only get something when you complete the entire five-round event. And anything you get is leveled for less powerful characters.
If you want a rundown of this week's Prison bosses and modifiers, check out the weekly reset thread on Reddit. We'd recommend skipping Prison until Bungie decides to update the challenge for Destiny's new power scale. The only exception is level 28 Prison challenges, as they're the best relatively steady source of Strange Coins (other than daily bounties) at this point.


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Last Updated on 7 years by RichBohn
This CRM Review examines Acsellerate®.
In-Depth CRM Review
eCommerce Industries, Inc.
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Suite 154
Fort Worth, TX 76177-3706
Telephone: (682) 831-0827
Toll Free: (866) 374-3221
Fax: (682) 831-9915
Email: Contact ECi
Web: http://www.ecisolutions.com/
CRM Category: Field Sales Support – Cloud
Sub-Category: CRM/SFA
Vertical Solution: 4532 – Office Equipment
Seats: Small/Medium Business
About the Company:
The ECi Software Solutions family of companies provides business and e-commerce solutions, offering on-premise and cloud-based technologies. For 30+ years, ECi's companies have served the manufacturing, office equipment, office supplies, contract office furniture, lumber and building materials, hardware and jan/san sectors. Privately held, ECi is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, with offices and companies throughout the U.S., Australia, England and the Netherlands.
About the Product:
Extensive Resources
With more than a dozen divisions in five countries, ECi has one of the largest development teams of any industry-specific software provider. ECi product managers routinely share technical expertise and resources across business units. The result is software that incorporates proven best practices across multiple industries.
Industry Expertise
ECi actively recruits people with real work experience in businesses like those of our customers (eg. office products dealerships, hardware stores, office equipment dealerships, etc.). As a result, ECi employees have a collective total of 1013 years of practical, hands-on experience in the industries we serve — this, in addition to centuries-worth of technology expertise.
Guided by this fundamental understanding of both technology and the needs of our customers, ECi produces best-of-breed ERP systems uniquely suited to the industries we serve.
Continual Enhancement
Our policy of continual enhancement means that the software evolves along with your business. New features are regularly provided to all current customers through periodic version releases at no additional cost.
Customer Involvement in Development
We encourage our customers to become actively involved in the evolution of our products. In fact, many of the features in our business systems are a direct result of suggestions from our customers. E-mail, our customer web sites, and our users group meetings are all channels for submitting ideas for additional software features.
Another channel for customer involvement is our unique customer advisory councils — groups of ECi customers who give feedback on every level of ECi software and service. We prioritize software development based on their feedback, and even allow council members to help design and test new enhancements to our products.
Top-Tier Support
ECi support technicians have hands-on experience working in the various industries that we serve. That means every time our customers call, they get the benefit of in-depth experience rather than the frustration of offshore support centers working from call-scripts. Our support centers are also live. That means you will never have to send an email and then wait for someone to contact you. We realize that your time is money.
ECi's wide range of solutions covers the following markets:
- Advantage: Lumber, Building Materials, Hardware
- Britannia: Office Products
- DDMS: Office Products/Equipment/Furniture
- e-automate: Office Equipment
- FMAudit: Managed Print Services
- La Crosse: Office Equipment
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- OMD: Office Equipment
- RockSolid POS: Hardware
- TeamDesign: Contract Furniture
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-- SOURCE: 06-19-18 - "The Corporate Yield Curve Has Just Inverted" --
A very interesting observation by the Nedbank analysts is that:
The corporate sector curve (Baa-rated Corporates less the Prime rate) has now inverted. The implication of this is just as profound as a sovereign yield curve inversion as it means that "the cost of capital for corporates is now higher than the return on capital."
Incidentally, as the chart below shows, every trough in this curve has always corresponded to some market crisis, whether the Asian Crisis, the Tech bubble, the Great Financial Crisis, or the $-liquidity squeeze we are experiencing now.
Their conclusion: "Corporates are highly geared and we are concerned the next phase of a contraction in global $-Liquidity and rising real rate (term premium) will infiltrate the stock markets."
Well, the dollar just hit a fresh 2018 high, and stocks are tumbling, so once again the shape of the yield curve may very well be all we needed to know what happens next.


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30 Things I'm Grateful For
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In honor of my 30th [oh. my. GOSH!] birthday tomorrow, today I decided we would do a fun little post about 30 things I am grateful for.
For today's post, I wrote down 30 things that have either inspired me, that I am grateful for, that I am obsessed with, that I have learned, or that I am just honored to have experienced in my lifetime.
Also, because this party is just getting started, we have an exclusive giveaway for you all on Instagram at the end of this post so make sure to check it out!
Okay, here we go:
I am grateful for my family: I almost feel this one should go without saying but I need to tell you how much I love them. Growing up my parents offered me the best life I could possibly dream of. I'm not saying this to make anyone jealous or anything of the sort but they both were incredible parents to my brother and me. We had yearly family vacations, nightly family dinners, and so much more. I am forever grateful for the home I grew up in, the values and lessons I was taught, and for the loving family that I have with my parents and brother.
I am obsessed with My Fiancé: Even though Steven has
only been in my life for the last 5+ years, I could not imagine my life without him. Aside from being my very best friend, he constantly supports me and my crazy ventures. He listens to my ridiculous thought process and even tries to help me sort through it all. He watches me constantly throw internal temper tantrums when I just can't get something right and still continues to love me and support me. It is safe to say I am obsessed with him.
I am grateful for my cousins and friends: Everyone always makes fun of me because I have lots of "best friends". I am someone who deeply cherishes my relationships. I have four cousins who I am extremely close with who I consider my sisters. They have known me my whole life and still continue to choose to be my friend. I have several best friends and like to think that they each hold a place for every chapter in my life. I pour my heart into each relationship I have and when I connect with someone, I feel like I truly connect with them on all sorts of different levels. Who said you can only have one best friend?
I am thankful for my past relationships: The good and the bad. I'm not just talking about my ex's but also my ex-friends or even friends who I have lost contact with. I truly believe people come in and out of your life for a reason. Each past relationship that I have experienced, I made sure I looked at the bigger picture. I tried to learn about the things that I loved from those relationships and I also took away lessons from the things that didn't benefit me. I'm not going to say I didn't deserve the way I was treated in certain relationships because I'm human and I wasn't always wonderful but I am grateful for those experiences because I learned what I wanted and what I don't.
I have learned to set boundaries: I am someone who for years [even up until recently], was constantly being taken advantage of. I ran around from friend to friend to event to this and that like a psycho to the point where I was always exhausted and I never put myself first. I would always do things for others or commit to events so that I didn't make time for myself so I couldn't fail and so I wasn't considered 'a bad friend'. I recently learned how to put myself first and at the same time decided to learn how to set some boundaries. I still continue to give but I have learned how to control my boundaries and I am more aware when I started to put others before myself.
I have learned time management: This goes hand-in-hand with boundaries, but I have finally learned how to slow [the F] down. I literally had my own time zone with my friends and family that was referred to as "Kara Time" which normally meant being a minimum of 20-30 minutes late to everything. What my friends and family didn't realize was that it was because I was exhausted from over-committing myself or scheduling too many things back to back to back. This year I decided to make a conscious effort to not only be on time but to be early. It came at the cost of declining certain things but I am less stressed, happier, and proud to report that 'Kara Time' has improved by leaps and bounds.
I am obsessed with becoming a semi-pro: This is something I am truly proud of. Hell, I even have it on the front page of my blog bio. If you have hung around FCN for a while now, then you have heard me talk about all the things I love to learn and try. They say that blogs are supposed to have a 'niche' to be successful but that just didn't sit well with me. I love to learn and when I find something I am interested in, I go all in. When my friends talk about me they say i'm knowledgable about fitness, beauty, DIY, business, blogging, career advice, relationship advice [that came from experience unfortunately] but I love that my friends, readers and even strangers can approach me on a wide variety of topics and all of which I LOVE to talk about. I could seriously talk about them for days!
I have learned to remove the fear: This is all thanks to my new found, undiagnosed anxiety. Over the last year or so I started to experience what I believe is anxiety. Again, I was never diagnosed but whenever I feel stress coming on or like I am about to freak out, I stop and ask myself what is causing these emotions. It has helped tremendously because I realize it's usually my fear of failing and then I just breathe and work through it. I am grateful for it because I believe it makes me work harder but also it makes me stop and think about what I am caring about and if I am misplacing my energy or emotions somewhere they shouldn't be.
I learned it's okay to be selfish: For the longest time, I was selfish but for the wrong reasons. In high school it was because I wanted to go to this party or have that experience and in college it was because I was obsessed with that life. Now I have redirected 'my selfish'. I have learned it is okay to put myself first and to be selfish with things I truly love and am passionate about like my blog and business.
I am grateful for college: It took a year to convince my parents to let me go away to school [after my first year staying home], but I am so happy I was persistent. I cannot say enough amazing things about going away to school. Aside from the education, I literally grew up overnight. I was never the kind that depended on my parents [I was always pretty independent], but I really learned how to live on my own and outside of my comfort zone. I made incredible friendships, I was on the college field hockey team, and overall my friends and I just have so many amazing memories. Also, I honestly feel like if I didn't have my college experience back then, that I would still be doing the things I did when I was away at school now.
I am obsessed with puppies: If you haven't already heard, I am obsessed with puppies. I mean I'm not going to drag this one out because it is pretty self explanatory but seriously… Obsessed!
I am constantly inspired by meeting new people: Over the last year, I like to think my blog and my blogging relationships have really taken off. Aside from my little community of friends, I have found so many inspiring souls over the last few months on Instagram and Facebook. Seeing the way people grow and challenge themselves makes me want to do the same. You know what they say, game recognize game. Right? Something like that. 😉
I am obsessed with dessert: I know I have said this before but I could literally eat dessert for every meal 365 days a year. It's gross.
I am grateful for my blog: When I started this journey, it was something I never could have imagined. Blogging has changed my life in so many ways for the better. I have been able to network with companies and I have created amazing, supportive friendships that I never knew existed. It has brought me out of my comfort zone – tremendously – and it has seriously upped my skill set. I am so fascinated with what I was able to learn over these last four years but also how quickly I adapted and grew. I learned everything from photography, SEO , analytics, photo editing, email marketing, affiliate marketing, website creation, social media management and so much more.
I am learning to listen to myself: This has been a work in process over the last year but I have finally learned to listen to myself and to go with my gut. I am making better decisions for myself and my business and I could not be happier. [Side note: I will be speaking more on this topic at this event on August 27th]
I am obsessed with lists and planners: The obsession is real! I seriously love making lists and checking things off as I go along. It makes you feel so much more accomplished throughout the day [seriously]. I also love having everything organized in one place so planners help me with that.
I am grateful for my mistakes: I know that sounds cliche or silly but honestly I really try to learn from my mistakes. I feel like when you learn from your mistakes you truly grow and then you don't waste your time in the future. My friends that know me, know I'm all about efficiency so wasted time is not okay with me.
I am obsessed with trying new wines: My fiance and I since day one have been obsessed with trying new wines. We really didn't drink wine before we started dating but since we started – and since we live so close to the north fork – we have become obsessed.
I am inspired by learning new beauty tips and tricks: As you already know, I love to learn. I really wish YouTube beauty tutorials were a thing in high school or even college because then I wouldn't cringe when I see my college eyebrows. Anyways, I am constantly inspired by beauty gurus Desi Perkins and LustreLux [see giveaway below] and love learning new techniques.
I am obsessed with self-help books: Yes I am a self-help book junkie. I feel like you can never have enough information and you can really never stop learning.
I learned how to stop giving a sh*t: I used to give so many sh*ts [haha] but seriously I stopped worrying and caring about so much crap and I feel like 20lbs was lifted off of me. I now chose to focus on myself, my relationships and the positives. If there is drama, I avoid it like the plague.
I am obsessed with being alone: I love being alone! Is that weird? I just love being in the moment and having time to myself to sort my thoughts and things.
I am grateful for my health: One of the scariest things I've ever done was fitness competitions. However, those competitions taught me so much about health and fitness and they inspired me to become a personal trainer. I am happy and I am healthy.
I am obsessed with traveling and visiting new places: One of my favorite things to do is travel and experience new places, new foods, and new cultures.
I am grateful for my fitness competition experiences: One of the things I learned from my competitions is that women can be catty. I know it's sad but it's true. I learned very quickly to look out for myself. I also learned that there are amazing people in the fitness industry and some of those people have become great friends to me.
I am learning to live in the moment: This ties into my anxiety but I am learning to remove the worry and fear and live in the moment. I wasted so much time living in the past or worrying about the future but over the last year I really started to focus on living in the now and appreciating the moment.
I am inspired by wedding photos: I know it may seem like a given since I am engaged but even before I was engaged, I was constantly inspired by the beauty in weddings and in wedding photos. I love looking at decor, hairstyles, beauty looks, etc.
I am grateful for my mentors: I don't know where I would be without my mentors. They have helped me through some really tough times and have taught me incredible lessons about business and life in general.
I am obsessed with cute office supplies and home decor: I mean who isn't right? But seriously I just can't get enough. Maybe it is because I am in the middle of redoing my apartment but I am o-b-s-e-s-s-e-d!
I am obsessed with creating my next chapter: My new business has become my baby. I have put in countless hours and am constantly working on creating new, amazing things. I am also excited for this next chapter, thirty. I am terrified to leave my 20's behind because they were so absolutely incredible but I am excited to see what the 30's have in store for me.
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Yes, what happens if Birth Mark system software is not operating as required and you need an assistance? Who can we call?
I've perform the relevant search queries on the Birth Mark software, but couldn't find anything available because about it. The only way to obtain answers to your inquiry is through the developers.
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ROWLEY — The Town of Rowley announces all public buildings and town offices are closed to the public until further notice per order of the Rowley Board of Selectmen. These actions have been taken to advance social distancing measures and as a precaution against coronavirus.
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Pioneer 2-DIN 6.2 Touchscreen Car Stereo Digital Media Video Receiver. Spotify®, Works with Pandora®, SiriusXM-Ready.Screen Size/Aspect Ratio 6.2/16:9. Resolution WVGA (800 x 480). Color Customization 5 Display Colors, 112-Key Colors. Display Customization 5 backgrounds, 2 background videos. Hands-Free Profile (HFP) HFP 1.6.
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Rocketmiles has separate 5,000 bonus American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles offer for those members that have AAdvantage Aviator MasterCard and use it for the payment.
You must make your first hotel booking using the Rocketmiles by January 31, 2016, and stay by March 31 to be eligible.
You can access this offer on Rocketmiles website here.
Note that hotels booked using third party services such as Rocketmiles are not eligible for the hotel loyalty program points or stay/night credits. Some hotels may extend elite benefits for these bookings, however. This offer is only valid for those that use the service for the first time.
Rocketmiles has had 5,000 bonus miles first booking offers few times, but they are rather rare. Considering that you earn the base miles in addition to these bonus ones, the miles earned can easily "pay" for an one night stay.
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The Fresno City College Associated Student Government welcomed a new vice president and treasurer during the Jan. 23 meeting in the Senate Chambers.
Jerry Garcia, a communications major set to graduate in the fall of 2018, was voted as the new vice president by a unanimous 12-0.vote,
Garcia said his number one priority is the students.
"One of the most important reasons why I'm here today and why I'm running for this position is for the students," Garcia said. "What I've seen so far from our ASG is that they are working very diligently, and I want to be an asset to what they are doing."
Blake Evans, a first year English major, was voted treasurer by an 11-2 vote.
Evans has previous experience in a treasurer position. He was treasurer of his debate team in high school. Evans said he is "familiar with what it takes and what [he] needs to be a treasurer."
"I want to be more transparent with the ASG budget. A big problem ASG has had before is confusion with the finances," Evans said. "I want to be able to keep the senators up to date. I want everyone to know what finances are and how they work,"
The former vice-president and treasurer stepped down from their positions at the end of the fall semester due to their new class and work schedules, which conflicted with ASG meeting times, said Brandon McLaughlin, ASG president.
Anyone interested in meeting Garcia and Evans in person, could find them by the Main Fountain during their weekly sessions to help students with their issues. The two can also be found at the open meetings which are held every Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the Senate Chambers inside the Student Activities Center. Students are encouraged to attend the meetings and may share any concerns with the Senate.


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How do I set Yacapaca assessments through my VLE?
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The VLE integration feature has been removed from Yacapaca. We found that only 0.1% of teachers actually used it. It turns out that integration is one of those things people think they want, but then don't use in practice.


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From the Call Me collection, fresh and fun; this is the perfect gift for any mother. Crafted in yellow gold, the word "MAMA" is set with round brilliant cut diamonds fixed to a yellow gold necklace.
Total diamond weight: 0.31 ct
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Hope Center Memory Care
355 Brandywine Blvd Fayetteville GA 30214
for a local A Place for Mom advisor
Description of Hope Center Memory Care located in Fayetteville, Georgia
At Hope Center Memory Care, we provide a plethora of community features. Free wi-fi is offered to all our residents. Our location conveniently offers resident parking. Our purpose-built community provides the benefit of individualized care; every characteristic of the community is designed to cater to the particular needs of its residents.
Dining Amenities
We provide occupants with meals throughout the day. It's our delight to entertain visiting company, meals provided. Dining options are comprised of restaurant-style dining and private dining rooms for residents who wish to celebrate special occasions or entertain visitors.Food service is available to residents at any time, day or night. Our residents can enjoy meals prepared by a professional chef. We offer specified meal options such as low/no sodium options and low/no sugar options.
On-Site Activities
Residents can stay active with specially curated on-site activities that stimulate both mental and physical abilities. To ensure residents enjoy a diverse cycle of events and entertainment, we employ a full-time director of activities. We offer different exercise programs such as stretching classes, ForeverFit(add TM)-based exercise program, and chair yoga, a type of yoga that is modified to a seated position for those with physical limitations. We love to organize holiday parties, birthday parties, BBQ's, picnics, and outdoor parties and resident karaoke nights. Our community offers a healthy living program spanning cognitive, dietary, and physical health to ensure residents live their best and healthiest lives. We provide regular musical entertainment for the use of our residents - and in some instances, to take a trip down memory lane. We offer Dakim BrainFitness(add TM), a clinically-proven brain-training program to help their residents improve and preserve mental functioning. Our inter-generational programs offer many benefits for both children and seniors, emphasizing the joys of human connectivity and propagating longer and happier lives for our residents.For residents who are reluctant to participate in social or recreational activities, we offer pet therapy as a positive and stimulating alternative. Residents may partake in recreational activities such as art classes designed to inspire and stimulate mental well-being and instructive community cooking classes. Residents can also join our men's group, cooking club, card/pinochle club, or choir/singing club. Our community activities cycle includes dances and "Senior Proms".
Outdoor Common Areas
Outdoor common areas are designed with accessibility, flow, and movement for resident mobility. Our community grounds offers indoor and outdoor walking paths for the pleasure and convenience of our residents, an outside patio garden accessible to all residents, an enclosed-courtyard to enhance recreation hours, and raised gardening beds available to residents during their leisure hours.
Indoor Common Areas
Indoor common areas are quiet and a nice place to enjoy the company of fellow residents or to just relax. The building design comes together with its airy, bright atrium space. Residents have access to our communal spaces including a fully-stocked arts and crafts center, a TV lounge, perfect for catching the latest episode of your favorite show or enjoying sports programming with other residents, and a band formed of community members (always down to jam!). Our community is secured to ensure the safety of our residents.
Community Amenities at Hope Center Memory Care
Living Options and Amenities
We offer 1-bedroom units, wheelchair accessible units, and companion units to those residents who would like or need a roommate. Ground floor units are available. Free wi-fi is provided to all of our residents. To accommodate our residents, our community has air conditioning, and temperatures are regulated to optimize comfort and safety. Some apartments are equipped with kitchenettes so that residents can make their own food. Resident lodgings featuring roll-in and wheelchair accessible showers are available.
Premium Services at Hope Center Memory Care
Personal Services
In our lobby, a dedicated concierge is available to handle the basic and immediate needs of you and your visitors. We have a beautician conveniently located on-site - residents can easily receive beauty treatments for all occasions. Personal housekeeping services are provided as needed. Our on-site beauty salon provides hair care and beauty treatments, and our on-site barbershop can take care of all your grooming needs.
Religious Services
We offer devotional services on-site, so residents can practice or worship in the privacy of our community. Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Mormon religious services are available, provided by a visiting chaplain. There are also several churches located within the surrounding neighborhood.
Medical Care Services
Our 24-hour awake staff is at hand to assist your loved one in fulfilling time-sensitive needs, should they arise. All services are provided by licensed practitioners present on staff 24/7. There are licensed nurses on-site to administer injections when needed. Our medication-care managers organize the medication services available to our residents. Available services include on-site RN's and LPN's. We have registered nurses on our community staff. We have a registered dietician / nutritionist on site. The facility offers 2-person assisted transfers, including sitting-to-standing, standing-to-sitting, etc. Caregivers at our facility receive specialized, relevant training in a variety of areas. Our lobby has a dedicated concierge available to attend to the basic and immediate needs of you and your visitors. We recruit first-class visiting podiatrists whose job it is to ensure our residents are happy, fit, and mobile. Regular visits from specialized occupational therapists are available to residents to aid development, recovery, improvements, and maintenance of skills needed for daily living. Speech therapy services are provided by trained and certified speech-pathologists. A visiting nurse is available to all residents. We always have a doctor on call to handle adjustments in medication, continued consultation, and urgent medical needs when they arise. A dentist pays regular visits to our facility. We offer on-site massage therapy to our residents. At our community we offer adjunct therapies, such as reminiscence therapy, which stimulates sight, sound, smell, and touch faculties to encourage memory recall and the enjoyment of sensory experiences. Additionally, we offer sensory-based programming (like Snoezelen therapy) that creates relaxing and stimulating spaces for residents coping with anxiety or agitation. Our residents may schedule reminders for medication and care activities. On-site hospice care is provided. Our community offers respite care - a short-term stay at a senior living community - perfect for those recovering from a hospital visit, the interim during which a caregiver takes an extended vacation, or simply to experience a senior living trial period. This community provides ADL assistance, administered injections, insulin injections, medication administration, and licensed nurses are onsite to administer injections when needed. Services include incontinence care for bladder-related and bowel-related symptoms. Services for residents with Disorientation/Lack of Awareness issues ensure residents are well-directed (using queuing, for instance) and supported in a healthy lifestyle - nobody falls between the cracks. Alzheimer's and dementia may encourage wandering as a means of coping with anxiety. Our facility utilizes a locked and secured perimeter to ensure the safety of our residents.Our facilities are secure and the staff is specially trained in de-escalating exit-seeking behaviors. We accept residents with behavioral issues - our staff is specially trained in de-escalating behavioral episodes and our facilities are fully equipped to handle any related occurrences that may arise. Our staff is specially trained in de-escalating exit-seeking behaviors.
Community information at Hope Center Memory Care
Community Certifications
Our community is licensed for 64 residents. The building was constructed in 2013. Our community accepts residents under the age of 55.
Local Emergency Assistance
Local fire, police, and EMT services are nearby and ready to respond.
Local Area Amenities
There are shopping centers and beautiful parks located in the surrounding neighborhood. Hotels are conveniently located near the facility for residents' guests and visitors.
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Amazon is selling a giant 4.5kg bar of Toblerone for £60 in its bank holiday 2018 sale
You might be saving £14 in the bank holiday sale but you'll actually be forking out over the odds for the novelty bar
FORGET duty free because Amazon is selling a GIANT Toblerone bar that weighs a whopping 4.5 kilograms - but it will set you back £60.
To put that into perspective, that's the same as 12 and a half of the normal 360g ones or a new born baby.
- Toblerone Milk Chocolate Jumbo Bar 4.5kg, £59.99 (Was: £73.99, Save: £14) - buy now
The massive chocolate bar is in the Amazon bank holiday sale for £59.99 down from £73.99.
You'll be saving £14 in the sales but is it really as good as it sounds?
We've worked out that you'll actually be paying over the odds for the Swiss chocolate because you can buy a 360g bar for £4 from Morrisons.
That means you can buy 13 bars - which altogether weighs 4.68kg - for £52, so you'll be forking out another £8 for the novelty bar.
Not to mention you'll be getting less chocolate for your buck.
They're not the only retailer that's stocked the giant snacks either - shoppers would have spotted them in Morrisons and Tesco on the build up to Christmas last year.
And the supermarket was selling them still cheaper than Amazon at £57.
It's not the best price that Amazon has offered either. The retailer dropped the price to £43.75 in January this year.
How to make sure you get the best deals in the Amazon sales
ALTHOUGH some of the deals might look great, it's important to know whether they're actually any good before parting with your cash. Here are a few things you can do to make sure you're not going to be ripped-off
- Check CamelCamelCamel to check the product's price history to see if you really are getting a good deal, or whether you could get a better one later if you held out. You can also set up price alerts to let you know when the cost drops.
- Use FakeSpot to check whether the item is genuine or not. The site scans the reviews to see if they're "reliable" or not so you can decide whther you trust the seller.
- Sign up to the 30 day Amazon Prime trial to take advantage of the Lightning Deals and free delivery. But remember to cancel the subscription before the trial is up or you'll be charged the full £79.
- Put the items you want in your basket ahead of the sales so that when the deals drop, all you'll have to do is pay.
And even if you're hoping to get one in time for the festive season it might actually be worth holding off until the Black Friday deals come around.
We checked the price history on CamelCamelCamel and spotted that last year's price dropped to £50 in November and again to £45 in December on the lead up to Christmas.
But while you might be paying extra for the gimmick it might make quite a fun impression if you're willing to splash the cash.
The deal ends on August 29 before the price is likely to shoot back up to £73.99.
Amazon is kicking off the sale early, a week before the bank holiday, and has discounts across fashion, tech, food and booze.
Bargain hunters can get ahead of the game for Christmas with this GIANT box of Celebrations that costs £16 from Amazon.
And it's great news for choccie fans because Toblerone is reverting back to its original shape.
In 2016 there was a public outcry after product makers Mondelez International increased the gap between the peaks to reduce the weight of its 170g bars.
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A WOMAN is appealing for help in trying to trying to trace her dad.
Paula Clissold, born Smith, was born on Stockton Road, Middlesbrough, on February 21, 1968.
Her mum, Irene Fisher, worked at Binns department store in the town, but died 15 years ago. Since her mum's death, it has emerged that the man Paula had thought was her dad was not her real father.
Now Paula, who lives in Wiltshire, is appealing for anyone who may have any information that will enable her to contact her dad to get in touch.
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text: I would like to make a suggestion that I think would make the VS MAX's ZOE more usable, rather than functioning essentially as a button that says to enemies "Hey, I'm over here! Grab your weakest sidearm and get these glowy free certs!" as it stands currently. My suggestion: Reduce the 'damage taken' while ZOE is active from 20% to 15% (and keep the 10% damage increase as-is). Max AI weapons gain a toned-down lasher-type effect with miniature AOEs that deal 50 damage before 1m and 20 damage after 3m. This small addition would benefit a ZOE MAX"s room-clearing capability slightly, but still to a degree that is respectable. Max AV weapons could get a small boost in their splash radius size, allowing them to be used slightly more effectively against infantry clusters, if the need should arise. And lastly, for the AA category of weapons, they could see a moderate 20% boost to projectile speed, allowing for increased tracking capability of aerial targets at longer ranges. I'd appreciate any feedback that anyone has on this topic. Do you think ZOE needs a little push towards viability? Do you agree or disagree with my suggestion, or what would you like to see instead? p.s. I actually can't recall seeing a ZOE max in about 1k hours of gameplay. I think people may have forgotten that that MAX ability even exists.


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I've wanted to create an Alice in Wonderland cake for so long. Now we are in Lockdown and I can't bake for other people, I've had time to go back to thinking about cake designs just for me. I had so much fun creating this design on a dummy cake. I'm not that great at sketching but I always start with a sketched design so that I know which pieces need to be made. I'm also looking for a balance in the overall design and to ensure that colours go together.
I started with making all the separate pieces to put onto the cake. Alice took a while as I had to start with her legs and leave them a few days to dry before gradually adding the layers of her dress, then the upper body and head. Finally, when everything else was dry, her hair and shoes were added. She is set on a food safe skewer which then sticks into the cake so she's really secure.
I then covered the dummy tiers, added the background decoration, such as painting the bottom tier and piping dots, hearts and lace to the upper tiers. I then left it all to dry so that I could check I was happy with the colours. Then the fun part began, adding all the pieces to the cake. The design was changed a little from the original sketch as the finished cake came together. This can sometimes happen once the sketch begins to come to life. This cake took many hours to create but it was so much fun!
Cake Decorating is my happy place!


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Using Your Myer-Briggs Personality Type to Your Advantage Tips & Advice to Succeed in College Based on Your Personality Type
When people think about personality, they usually only consider how it affects their interpersonal relationships. However, personality can influence how well students do in school—as well as the majors they choose and the careers they pursue after graduation. In this guide, we discuss how understanding their Myer-Briggs personality type can help students leverage their strengths, and improve on their weaknesses, in order to be successful in college and beyond.


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The video was shot inside Pat's Cafe in the Frankford section in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning.
The video is at the center of the investigation into whether an officer stole hundreds of dollars in cash.
The case unfolded after 4:00 a.m. Tuesday morning when two officers were responding to a report of a burglar alarm at auto shop located behind the café. The alarm turned out to be unfounded.
At 4:25 a.m., surveillance video shows the two Philadelphia police officers peering through the windows of Pat's Café. Then, they go in through a cellar door which was apparently unlocked. They appear to have gotten into the bar through a trap door in the floor. A third officer can be seen joining them later.
The three officers are then seen in the video staying in the bar for about 30 to 40 minutes, drinking what Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey insists were non-alcoholic beverages.
Ramsey said the officers were inside looking for a possible prowler. FOP President John McNesby said the officers were looking for the owner's phone number to contact him about the possible prowler.
Then, while two of the officers have their backs turned, a third officer goes into a safe and pulls out what appears to be wads of cash, stuffing it on his person. About $825 were taken, investigators said.
That officer, only identified as a 25 year veteran of the force, is now the target of a robbery probe.
While all three officers remain on desk duty, Commissioner Ramsey says if the evidence remains the same, the other two will return to duty Friday.
"When you look at the tape, it's not until the other officers walk away that the going into the safe takes place," said Ramsey. "At no time does it look like there is any conspiracy going on between the three officers."
The police department's internal affairs division and District Attorney Seth Wiliams' office are continuing the investigation.
Police have asked the bar's employees and patrons not to talk to the news media.
Action News has learned, however, the person responsible for locking the doors and the safe which appeared unlocked in the surveillance video is the bartender who is new to the job. While she has a reputation for usually locking up, she tells investigators it just so happens, she forgot to do so this time.
On Wednesday night, the Action Cam was there as investigators removed the safe at the center of this investigation from the bar.
Pat's Café has a long history as a popular neighborhood bar and tragically, the place where Officer /*Gary Skerski*/ was gunned down and murdered after responding to a robbery in progress on May 8, 2006. They still have a sign outside the bar that reads: "Farewell to our hero, Officer Skerski."
Pat's Café was open for business as usual on Thursday, though employees and patrons were told, by police, not to talk to reporters.


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Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
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Academic Leadership in Ivy Tech State College: Academic Chairs' Tasks and Job Challenges
This study was conducted to establish baseline information about Ivy Tech State College academic chairs' personal/background characteristics and to determine those chairs' rating of the importance of their tasks and their perceptions of the job challenges they will face in the future. In addition, the study compared Ivy Tech chairs' personal/ background characteristics and perceptions of their tasks and job challenges with the findings of the 1992 International Community College Chair Survey. Although there were some statistically different ratings, in essence both samples of chairs highly rate the importance of their myriad tasks and they are in general agreement as to the severity of the challenges they face.
Recommended Citation
Petty, Michael
"Academic Leadership in Ivy Tech State College: Academic Chairs' Tasks and Job Challenges,"
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal: Vol. 1
, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/alj/vol1/iss4/2
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SHENYANG, BALIPOST.com – France hope a team filled with NBA players and led by the league's towering two-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert have a good shot at winning the World Cup in China.
Gobert, the 7ft 1in (2.16-metre) Utah Jazz centre, has taken over the mantle of France's leading star from the now-retired Tony Parker, the four-time NBA champion who took French basketball into a new dimension.
At guard, Evan Fournier of the Orlando Magic is capable of posting 30 points on any given night as well as feeding the ammunition to the big men.
The veteran Nicolas Batum of the Charlotte Hornets brings a decade of NBA experience, and the New York Knicks' Frank Ntilikina and the battle-hardened Europe-based guard Nando de Colo provide ample backup for Fournier at point guard.
The return of Gobert to the international side after he and Batum sat out the 2017 European championships means France, in contrast to rivals the United States, Spain, Serbia and Canada, have the strongest possible team at their disposal.
It is the presence of Gobert that really gives France a chance of going further than the 2014 worlds when they were beaten by Serbia in the semi-finals and finished third.
Gobert has NBA career averages of 10.5 rebounds and 11.1 points per game, not to mention shot-blocking ability that will intimidate many of France's opponents.
France completed their buildup with a 61-56 defeat to Serbia in Shenyang on Tuesday, but both nations left their big guns on the bench.
With so much NBA know-how, Fournier says there is no reason why France can't topple the Americans, who are shorn of their biggest stars.
"We're coming to win. Who dreams of finishing second? The USA are the most talented team and they're the strongest. But in a single match, who can say 100 percent that it's impossible to beat them?" Fournier said in an interview on the FIBA website. (AFP)


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These Foods Prevent Breast Cancer Study Shows
Never has there been a more heated debate than when it comes to people's love or hate for garlic and onions. As it turns out, those who are backing team garlic and onions are on the right team, and if you're on the opposite team, you might want to consider switching sides. Why? Well, it's not because the garlic is going to keep the vampires away. As it turns out, a new study proves that it can lower the risk of breast cancer.
If you're sighing in defeat right now, don't worry. You don't have to eat tons of garlic and onions to reap the benefits. Plus, once you know all about how science backs up this bold statement, you might even want to eat it.
Garlic and onions to the rescue!
According to MindBodyGreen, the University at Buffalo and the University of Puerto Rico conducted a thorough study over the course of six years to prove the cancer defying properties that reside in garlic and onions. The study was done on women in Puerto Rico, because they consume a lot more garlic and onions compared to Europeans and Americans. The study found that Puerto Rican women who regularly consumed garlic and onions showed a lower risk of developing breast cancer.
Anyone up for sofrito?
Medical Daily reports that a dish called sofrito, which is a staple food in Puerto Rico and includes garlic and onions, is probably the main reason the country is known for its low cancer rate. Researchers said that this study is the first population-based effort to look into the link that exists between breast cancer and onion and garlic consumption. According to the study's lead author, Gauri Desai, it was an important population to study because of their low breast cancer rate compared to mainland US.
The study's findings
The study was done from 2008 to 2014 and included 314 women with breast cancer and 346 control participants. Other bodies of research had already shown evidence that garlic and onions could prevent cancer – this study aimed to prove it.
The study, which is published in the journal Nutrition and Cancer, showed that Puerto Rican women who consumed sofrito more than once a day had a 67 percent lower risk of developing breast cancer than those who did not consume it. According to Desai, this proved what other studies hinted at: "We found that among Puerto Rican women, the combined intake of onion and garlic, as well as sofrito, was associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer."
Why garlic and onions?
The secret ingredient in garlic and onions that fight off cancer is flavanols and organosulfur compounds, according to Desai. This basically means that it's incredibly healthy foods and includes compounds like S-allylcysteine, diallyl sulfide, diallyl disulfide, and alk(en)yl cysteine sulphoxides.
Lina Mu, an associate professor of epidemiology and environmental health at the University at Buffalo, says that these compounds show anticarcinogenic properties in humans. Anticarcinogenic properties are also known as a carcinopreventive agent. This is the main ingredient that fights the development of cancer. All of this only confirms what you've probably heard before in casual conversation – that garlic has anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties, while onions lower the risk of cancer through its fiber and antioxidant content. Now you know it's not just hearsay – it's true.
Things to keep in mind
If you're ready to jump over to team garlic and onions, just be careful that you don't overdo it, especially if you suffer from some GI issues like IBS or SIBO. These conditions make it harder for your body to digest these foods, which can cause bloating, constipation, and even acid reflux. But don't throw it entirely out the window – you can definitely experiment with small amounts of garlic and onions in your food, except if you know for sure that it's going to give you a hard time. After all, a little is always better than nothing at all.
Mother nature knows best
How cool is it that mother nature actually provides us with foods that fight off cancer? We have a whole new appreciation for nature and all its wonders. It might not be a cure, but it's something that can help. So, are you ready to switch teams already?
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2019 was a very blessed and memorable year! Jim had to go through heart surgery in 2018 and he went through a lot of set backs so our 1st priority was to get the family back to good health! We all feel so blessed that Papa Jim has turned around and recovered very strongly and is close to being back to himself. With this great news, life was good, and then we got more exciting news with the engagement of Teri and I's youngest daughter Jami - getting married to a wonderful family man, Alec Reinhardt! So as you can imagine much of the year was spent on planning a beautiful wedding that took place on September 20th. It was an amazing day to say the least!
Jim and Bonnie Simon, along with their children Teri Kusilek and Ryon Simon, have been in the trailer business for over 55 years. It was 1965 when they started selling W-W trailers in Apple Valley, Minnesota. In 1977 they moved their business to Cannon Falls, which is still home. And yes, we still sell W-W trailers today. I am going on 37 years with Arena Trailer Sales and this business is very personal to us all. Being family-owned and operated, we have very strong values when it comes to honesty, making good and fair deals for our customers, and always trying to go the extra mile. Teri and I have three daughters and now three son in-laws, Katie and Luke Cooreman, Kelly and Cory Johnson, and Jami and Alec Reinhardt. We have been blessed with six beautiful grandchildren. Ryon and Rachelle, have three kids Ava, James and Sam. We are truly grateful to have such a loving and close family! Jim and Bonnie adore their grandchildren and great grandchildren and feel very blessed!
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For the past couple of years there have been many women in Hollywood talking about the incredible gender bias behind the camera. The incredible gap between female and male directors even in 2015, where only 7% of the top 250 films were directed by a woman. EPIX recently featured a 6-part series exposed the long-standing gender gap when it comes to not just directors, but also writers, producers and cinematographers.
What really struck us about this series, as well as the ongoing conversation, is that among the female voices speaking up, we are starting to see more and more men join in. It seems the spread of awareness and enabled some men to understand just how big this problem is, and how they can play a part in changing the status quo.
Probably the most outspoken male voice on this issue has been director Paul Feig, who says it is a shame there aren't more women directing movies. While there are certainly a number of men talking about the need for greater female driven films where women are the protagonist in a typically male-driven genre, the push for more female directors, writers and cinematographers specifically is a crucial aspect to breaking down gender bias in Hollywood.
Another director who has strong opinions about this because of his own experience is Ryan Coogler. The acclaimed director burst onto the mainstream with 'Fruitvale Station' in 2013, and in 2o15 breathed new life in the Rocky Balboa story in 'Creed'. But his name is about to shot into the Hollywood stratosphere as he has been named as the first black director of a Marvel film, the upcoming 'Black Panther'.
In an interview with Fast Company, Ryan spoke about his ascent up the film industry ladder, the importance of hiring more women in key roles behind the camera, as well as his thoughts on the disturbing "whitewashing" trend in major films. Something incredibly cool about Ryan is that he worked with a female cinematographer on both 'Fruitvale Station' and 'Creed'.
In his mind, this wasn't about tokenism, it was about getting the best possibly result with as diverse a perspective as possible.
"You're absolutely missing something [in a room that's all men]. Too often, you find yourself in a room like that. Sometimes dealing with studios, you go to a session and there are only a few women, or sometimes there are none. That's not really healthy for the creative process. That's how stuff slips through the cracks," he told FC's Dan Solomon.
The fact that he hasn't exactly made a huge noise about this, yet it is a part of his incredible success as a director, says a lot about the way he views the issue. Unlike the not-so-secret Hollywood Studio assumption that women can't do action films like men, Ryan has proved the opposite is true.
"Everybody's a prisoner of their own perspective. I can only see the world through my own eyes. The last few times I made a movie, I had a cinematographer who was a woman. And my editors, one of them is a woman, and the way those two view things and give notes are radically different, and when you have that balance, it's really an asset," he said.
We should also remind everyone that at the Academy Awards this year, it was a woman, Margaret Sixel, who took home the prize for Best Film Editing, and became only the 12th women in Oscar history to do so. And the film she edited? 'Mad Max: Fury Road', ya know, one of those major blockbuster action films which has such a huge "boys film" legacy behind it. Well it turns out the action film genre is now well and truly a woman's place also, and we have directors like Ryan Coogler and George Miller to thank for that.
Aside from the gender issue behind the camera, on screen Ryan has some thoughts about the current trend of how Hollywood films tend to err on the side of choosing a white actor to play, say, a Japanese, Indian or Egyptian character. He has publicly expressed an interest in directing a live version of the uber popular Broadway musical 'Hamilton', and was asked by Fast Company about the way he too has changed the ethnicity of the lead character in an iconic story ('Creed's star was Michael B Jordan playing Adonis Creed).
"I have a real specific viewpoint on that kind of stuff. With making Creed, I wasn't thinking I was gonna make a "black Rocky" movie, it was more that I wanted to make a movie about what me and my dad were going through, and my dad's favorite character was Rocky, and it was kind of an allegory for us. And Apollo Creed was always there, and black people loved Apollo Creed. He was like a god to us, so it was another interesting way to bring that character back," he said, putting to rest any dismissive arguments of him just using it as an excuse to push some sort of race agenda (trust us, this happens quite often in the media with black artists. Beyonce at the Super Bowl, anyone?).
Ryan also says what a powerful thing Lin-Manuel Miranda has done by casting only minorities in a story about the founding fathers of America, who were all white, which is different from what he did in 'Creed'.
"I think in many ways it's more powerful—so often, as a young black man, black people in history were often portrayed by people who didn't look like the real people did. You could call it whitewashing—but when I close my eyes and think of what Jesus Christ looked like, it isn't accurate to what that guy actually looked like. When I close my eyes and think of what ancient Egyptians look like, so many movies cast actors that are descendants of Vikings or something," he said, referencing the outrage over Ridley Scott's 'Exodus: Gods and Kings where the lead Egyptian and Hebrew characters were played by a Welsh actor (Christian Bale) and a white Australian one (Joel Edgerton).
Of course there have been many of these types of examples, including Cameron Crowe casting Emma Stone as a half-Asian character in 'Aloha', and more recently, Scarlett Johnasson being cast as a Japanese anime character in the live action version of 'Ghost In The Shell'.
The visual representation of characters on screen is incredibly powerful, and has the potential to shape how we see the world or view a person. Ryan says 'Hamilton' has done its own version of this and it is having a remarkable impact on audiences.
"What 'Hamilton' actually did is it reversed that, which is crazy, because I'd never seen it done so well and so effortlessly. So now when I close my eyes and think of Alexander Hamilton, I think of Lin. I think of Daveed (Diggs) when I think of Thomas Jefferson, which really shows the power of images and art," he said.
"I have been on the other side of that so many times and didn't even know it, or realize how powerful it was, the power that comes with seeing someone who looks like you doing something great. I left 'Hamilton' feeling incredibly empowered—more empowered than I ever had in making a work of art, and I realized this is the reversal of what happens so much," he continued.
He mentions that there is a long history of stories of heroism on behalf of a person of color being "whitewashed" to appeal to the white audiences.
"'Hamilton' is only one story reversed the other way, but throughout history everything good done by a person of color had been reversed like that. 'Hamilton' is so much greater than 'Creed' and so much more important, but because they're different mediums, movies can go out to more people at a greater rate. They get released all over the world at once to thousands of screens," he said, adding how many of his friends who have black sons sent him pictures of the boys boxing and punching pillows because they were inspired by seeing a man who looked like them (Adonis Creed) on screen.
As for how he is going to tie all of this knowledge and perspective into his biggest film to date, the forthcoming 'Black Panther', it seems he is going to call upon some of his own life experience as he did in writing and directing 'Creed'.
"I think…a great creative challenge to me [is] to make this movie as personal as possible. It's going to be my most personal movie to date, which is crazy to say, but it's completely the case. I'm obsessed with this character and this story right now, and I think it's going to be very unique and still fit into the overall narrative that [Marvel Studios are] establishing," he said.
We can only hope that Hollywood takes Ryan Coogler's advice and continue to mix it up behind the camera, hiring people of color, women, and LGBTQ community members as directors, writers, cinematographers, editors and executive producers. But in the meantime, we are thankful for the perspectives of a talented artist like Ryan, who are determined to use his own lived experience as a black man growing up in a white-dominated industry to change the status quo wherever he can.


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