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Pfizer South Africa's vision of "living our full potential in striving for a healthier Southern Africa" forms part of Pfizer's ethos whereby every Southern African should have access to quality healthcare.
At Pfizer South Africa we are dedicated to the improvement of human life and the battle against disease & disability. We have a leading portfolio of products and medicines that support wellness and prevention, as well as treatment and cures for diseases across a broad range of therapeutic areas.
Pfizer is considered one of the largest research-based pharmaceutical companies. Through our people; our research; our knowledge; our products and our community partnerships, we seek to save, prolong and enhance the lives of South Africans. In addition, setting the standard for quality, safety and value in terms of research, development and manufacture of medicines for humans is key.
Pfizer South Africa's biopharmaceutical division is part of a globally-renowned Pfizer Inc., the world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company whose history dates back to the 1880s.
Pfizer's vast product range covers a variety of sectors, including oncology, vaccines, cardiovascular, biological medicine, neuroscience, urology, anti-inflammatory, anticoagulation, anti-infectives, pain medication and ophthalmology. Stakeholders include healthcare professionals, patient groups, pharmacy groups, hospital groups, media and government.
The company currently boasts a total workforce of just over 310 employees, and is rated among the Top Five American employers in the country and continues to achieve accolades in its quest to lead the field in the improvement of human life and the battle against disease and disability.
Pfizer Consumer Healthcare is one of South Africa's leading providers of consumer healthcare products. Our dedication to improving health worldwide has made Pfizer Consumer Healthcare a top competitor in a number of important over-the-counter (OTC) categories.
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Pfizer South Africa is dedicated to the improvement of human life and the battle against disease and disability. Through our people, our research, our knowledge, our products, our disease management programs and our community partnerships, we seek to save, prolong and enhance the lives of South Africans.
Living our full potential in striving for a healthier Southern Africa.
We demand of ourselves and others the highest ethical standards and our products and processes will be of the highest quality. Our conduct as a company and as individuals within it, will always reflect the highest standards of integrity. We will demonstrate open, honest and ethical behaviour in all our dealings with customers, clients, colleagues, suppliers, partners, the public and Governments.
Innovation is the key to improving health and sustaining Pfizer's growth and profitability. The quest for innovative solutions should invigorate all of our core businesses and pervade the Pfizer community worldwide.
We recognise that people are the cornerstone of Pfizer's success. We come from many different countries and cultures and we speak many languages. We value our diversity as a source of strength. We are proud of Pfizer's history of treating people with respect and dignity and are committed to building upon this tradition.
We are deeply committed to meeting the needs of our customers and constantly focus on customer satisfaction. We take genuine interest in the welfare of our customers, whether internal or external. We recognise that we can prosper only if we anticipate and meet customer needs, respond quickly to changing conditions and fulfill customer expectations better than our competitors.
We know that to be a successful company we must work together, frequently transcending organisational and geographical boundaries to meet the changing needs of our customers.
We are leaders and we are determined to enhance leadership at every level. We believe that leaders lead by imparting clarity of purpose, establishing a shared sense of goals, shaping an environment of openness and inclusiveness, focusing intensely on colleague development and by creating a joint commitment to excellence.
We strive for continuous improvement in our performance. When we commit to doing something, we will do it in the best, most complete, most efficient and most timely way possible. Then we will try to think of ways to do it better the next time. We will measure our performance carefully, ensuring that integrity and respect for people are never compromised. We will compete aggressively, establishing challenging but achievable targets and rewarding performance measured against those targets. We wish to attract the highest-calibre employees, providing them with opportunities to develop to their full potential and to share in the success that comes from winning in the marketplace.
We play an active role in making every country and community in which we operate a better place to live and work. We know that the ongoing vitality of our host nations and local communities has a direct impact on the long-term health of our business.
Since 1849, the Pfizer name has been synonymous with the trust and reliability inherent in the word Quality. It is ingrained in the work of our colleagues and in all our values. We are dedicated to the delivery of quality healthcare globally. Our business practices and processes are designed to achieve quality results that exceed the expectations of patients, customers, colleagues, investors, business partners and regulators. We have a relentless passion for quality in all that we do.
We sustain focus on performance by setting the right priorities, seizing opportunities, adhering to high standards and always focusing on our customers.
We anticipate and adapt to change both in the external environment and within the company to respond to business challenges and sustain success.
We create an environment where new colleagues are welcomed, included and encouraged to contribute ideas to improve results and enhance performance.
We focus on our own development as a never-ending way of life at Pfizer and managers bear a special responsibility to develop their people by offering feedback, collaborating with colleagues on development plans and providing coaching and mentoring assistance.
We encourage open discussion and debate and listen actively to each other to develop differing points of view and uncover the best ideas to meet business challenges.
We commit ourselves to the success of Pfizer as a whole. We communicate and collaborate effectively with other departments and across divisions and recognise that success is mutual and cannot come at the expense of other parts of the organisation.
Pfizer's culture is characterised by the notion of "ownership". It's how we conduct our business and how we deal and interact with people. The combination of our people and our OWNIT! culture differentiates us and gives Pfizer a competitive advantage. It's what prompts us to engage in candid conversations that we call Straight Talk. Our culture also encourages us to value diversity and treat each other with respect. It is how we deliver on our promise to patients and achieve our mission: to be the premier, innovative biopharmaceutical company. It's important for all of us to share a common culture and common language when talking about culture.
OWNIT! encourages all colleagues to take ownership for their careers and make a positive impact on the business. This means that innovation and new ideas are met with openness and careful consideration, not skepticism and dismissal. It means everyone, no matter what their role, strives for excellence. Pfizer colleagues take accountability for their work and deliver on their commitments with speed, decisiveness and integrity.
Pfizer South Africa's Biopharmaceutical Division is part of globally-renowned Pfizer Inc., the world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company, whose history dates back to the 1880s.
Pfizer and the Biovac institute launch partnership to manufacture pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in South Africa.
Pfizer acquires Wyeth, creating a company with a broad range of products and therapies that touch the lives of patients and consumers every day and at every stage of life.
Pfizer partnered with the SA Department of Health by donating treatments for two opportunistic fungal infections associated with HIV and AIDS (cryptococcal meningitis and esophageal candidiasis).
February 2000 saw Pfizer Inc., including the South African operations, merge with Warner-Lambert Company, making the South African operation one of the top 5 pharmaceutical companies in South Africa.
Pfizer celebrates its 150th anniversary as one of the world's premier pharmaceutical companies. Recognized for its success in discovering and developing innovative drugs for human discovery, Forbes® magazine names Pfizer Inc. "Company of the Year."
Veterinary pharmaceuticals, including injectable products for animals, were manufactured in the same facility and in 1969 an additional unit was added to manufacture other agricultural products, including sheep dips. The facility was also expanded to accommodate the manufacture of consumer products like Choats and TCP.
In 1967, the Johannesburg office became the regional headquarters for Southern Africa, controlling operations in South Africa, Rhodesia, Angola, Mozambique and South-West Africa. A manufacturing plant in Pietermaritzburg, commissioned in January 1968, marked the completion of the first phase of a long-term investment programme in South Africa.
The plant, set up at a cost of R1.8 million included a manufacturing unit to produce sterile, topical and oral dosage forms and a highly sophisticated quality control laboratory.
In 1953 Pfizer set up its own promotional activity in South Africa, starting with pharmaceutical products. It soon entered the agricultural sector, with a limited range of Terramycin dosage forms. The company employed two representatives, which was increased to six in 1954, including one in the then-Rhodesia. In 1957 Pfizer launched its Agriculture Division in Newtown, Johannesburg, with seven employees.
Pfizer actually entered the South African market in 1951, when Petersen Limited, a Cape Town based firm of manufacturing chemists was awarded the agency for the distribution of Pfizer's pharmaceutical products. Terramycin, the first broad-spectrum antibiotic which had been discovered in 1949 was the key product distributed by Petersen.
In 1849, cousins Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhart founded Charles Pfizer & Company in a red brick building in Brooklyn, NY.
Throughout our rich history, Pfizer has received numerous awards in areas including business, corporate governance, employee relations and workplace environment. At Pfizer we are proud of the accomplishments we have made and we appreciate the recognition bestowed upon us.
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Throughout our rich history, Pfizer has received numerous awards in areas including business and financial operations, corporate governance, employee relations and workplace environment, and philanthropy. We have also received honors for the innovative prescription medicines and pharmaceutical products we develop to help people live longer, healthier lives. In addition, many of our Pfizer colleagues have received recognition for their individual efforts and achievements. At Pfizer, we are proud of the accomplishments we have made as a company, and as individuals, and we appreciate the recognition bestowed upon us by our peers.
J.D. Power and Associates has honored the MS LifeLines call center with certification for an outstanding customer service experience. This is the first time J.D. Power has recognized a pharmaceutical call center.
Prevnar 13 Named "Best Pharmaceutical Agent" at 2011 Prix Galien USA Awards: The Prix Galien Award is considered among the industry's highest accolades and is determined by a distinguished committee that includes seven Nobel Laureates in medicine.
Pfizer ranked first in the medicine and health care industry in an annual ranking conducted by Antal International, a global executive search firm.
'Autism Speaks' honored Chief Financial Officer Frank D'Amelio for his support of both Autism Speaks and the New York-based Gillen Brewer School for children with a wide range of disabilities.
Pfizer Ecuador awarded the first-place "General Rumiñahui" prize for its corporate responsibility programs by the Pichincha provincial government.
Diario Médico, a daily trade publication targeted to Spanish health care professionals, has named Pfizer's Torisel as one of the "Best Ideas of the Year."
Pfizer has been honored by China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), Executive Committee of Foreign Investment Companies for its support of a Chinese foundation that provides free cataract operations to patients in China.
Pfizer Animal Health Australia has been recognized by the National Australia Bank as Agribusiness Employer of Choice.
Pfizer Global Manufacturing's site in Freiburg, Germany, has received the state of Baden-Württemberg's Environmental Award, acknowledging the company's achievements in industrial environmental protection and corporate governance.
Pfizer France Wins Oncology Medical Affairs Best Practice Award.
Pfizer is ranked highest among S&P 500 Health Care Companies on the Carbon Disclosure Leadership index.
Pfizer ranked 21st of Top 500 US and 20th of Top 100 Global Green Companies by Newsweek.
Pfizer named most admired pharmaceutical company in Brazil by CartaCapital , a leading economic, political and cultural magazine in the country.
Pfizer Turkey received three honors for initiatives that were identified as best practices in training, talent management and "projects that make a difference" at the "People Management Awards 2010" in Istanbul.
Company Takes Top Honors in India Pharma Awards: Pfizer has been recognized for the second time as the most admired pharmaceutical company in India, and Kewal Handa, Pfizer India Country Manager, was selected as the Pharma Professional of the Year at the 2010 Annual Pharmaceutical Leadership Awards in Mumbai recently.
Pharmaceutical Honors for Company in South Africa Pharmaceutical Honors for Company in South Africa: Pfizer was recently honored as the top pharmaceutical company for health care excellence at the eighth annual African Access National Business Awards (AANBA) in Johannesburg.
Pfizer has been recognized as a Best Diversity Company by the readers of Diversity/Careers in the 2010 Readers Choice Survey.
Pfizer Animal Health Honored for Diversity Efforts: Pfizer Animal Health (PAH) was recently cited for excellence in diversity and inclusion by the Association of Diversity Councils, an organization that helps to increase the impact and effectiveness of diversity councils and council members.
Pfizer Named Employer of Choice in Thailand: Recent MBA graduates in Thailand have picked Pfizer as the "Employer of Choices" in the pharmaceutical sector.
Pfizer Recieves Top Public Relations Honors: Pfizer's MAINTAIN program — which made headlines last summer for providing free medicines to newly unemployed Americans — has received top campaign honors from PRWeek, a leading communications trade publication.
Pfizer Taiwan Receives National Award for Lyrica: Pfizer Taiwan was recently honored by the Institute for Biotechnology and Medicine Industry (IBMI) for Lyrica's clinical advantages, such as efficacy and ease of use.
Pfizer's Pipeline Ranked Among Industry's Top 10 For Second Year: For the second consecutive year, Pfizer was designated as having the "Best Mid-stage and Late-stage Pipeline" by the editors of MedAdNews and R&D Directions in their 14th annual report of the pharmaceutical industry's "Top 10 Pipelines." The report is featured in the pharmaceutical business news magazines' January issues and on their Web site, pharmalive.com.
Company Wins Key Corporate Social Responsibility Award: The Costa Rican Exporters Chamber (CADEXCO), the leading organization representing Costa Rica's exporting sector, has honored Pfizer Central America and the Caribbean with its highest distinction in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) for 2009.
Company Pipeline Ranked Among Industry's Top Ten: Pfizer was recently names as having the "Best Infectious Disease Pipeline" and the "Best Mid-Stage and Late-stage Pipeline" by MedAdNews in its 13th annual report of the pharmaceutical industry's "Top Ten Pipelines"
2009 Working Mother 100 Best Companies to Work for Women
2009 NAFE — Top Companies for Executive Women
2009 Best Places to Work GLBT — Human Rights Campaign (HRC) (100 percent in the 2009 Corporate Equality Index (CEI))
2009 Readers Choice: Best Diversity Companies — Diversity / Careers in Engineering & Information Technology
2009 A Best Diversity Company — Diversity / Careers
Bronze Award Disability Standard Benchmark 2009 (Pfizer UK)
2009 Top 15 Women in Pharmaceuticals list included Dr. Freda Lewis-Hall and Amy Schulman
2009 Deloitte's Best Company (one of the measures is around fairness) (Pfizer South Africa)
2009 The World's Top 50 Most Attractive Employers — Universum
2008 Diversity Leader Award — Profiles of Diversity Magazine
Latino advocacy group honors Pfizer for diversity commitment: A leading advocacy group for Latinos in the U.S., has honored Pfizer for the company's commitment to diversity and business excellence with its Corporate Leadership award.
Pfizer Named No. 4 among South Africa's Best Employers: The corporate research foundation named Pfizer South Africa No.4 among its Top Ten Employers in the country. Pfizer was the only pharmaceutical company in the top ten.
Pfizer Earns Highest Mark in 2009 Human Rights Campaign Foundation Ranking: For the fifth consecutive year Pfizer earned top rating of 100 percent in the 2009 Corporate Equality Index, an annual ranking published by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, which evaluates businesses on their treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees, investors and customers.
Saudi physicians rank Pfizer reps #1 for 5th consecutive year: Physicians have ranked Pfizer Saudi Arabia's medical representatives tops for the overall quality of service provided among major pharmaceutical companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Pfizer foundation recognized for pentagon 9/11 memorial support: The Pfizer Foundation was recognized for its support of a memorial to the 184 who died at the suburban Washington complex. A pfizer group led by Senior Vice President of Government Relations, Anthony Principi, attended the unveiling of the Pentagon Memorial the following day.
Company awarded 'CEO Cancer Gold Standard' Accreditation: Pfizer's prevention-focused health benefits, onsite services and Healthy Pfizer program have earned the company "gold standard" accreditation from the CEO Roundtable on Cancer. The recognition is part of the group's initiative to encourage companies to combat cancer among their employee's through risk reduction, early detection and quality care.
Two prizes for corporate social responsibility: Pfizer Ecuador won two of the eight prizes in the country's recent Corporate Social Responsibility Competition. Pfizer was the only pharmaceutical company among the finalists across all of the world categories and was also the only U.S.-based company that was recognized.
Pfizer UK — "Best Green Companies": The only pharmaceutical company making the list. "The 50 best companies in this survey are all pioneers-enterprising, enlightened and fizzing with new ideas. All have a common sense of purpose about their corporate responsibility".
Connecticut — "Top Employer": The state of Conn. Has named Pfizer one of the state's top employers for its leadership and accomplishments in identifying and removing barriers to hiring people with disabilities.
U.S. Customers Rank Pfizer Reps Number One: For the 13th year in a row, Pfizer topped the list of pharmaceutical sales forces held in the highest esteem by U.S. physicians surveyed by Verispan.
Training magazine's "Hall of Fame": After 5 consecutive years in the top 10, Pfizer has been inducted into the newly created 'Hall of Fame'. Recognizing those that successfully invest the most time, commitment and resources into learning and development.
For the fifth consecutive year, Pfizer has been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) for its policies and programs that support the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities. 2007 also marks the fourth consecutive year in which Pfizer scored a perfect 100 on the HRC Corporate Equality Index, an evaluation of how corporations treat their LGBT employees, consumers, and investors.
Pfizer's smoking cessation medicine wins the prestigious Prix Galien medal for Best Pharmaceutical Agent in 2007.
For the ninth time Pfizer is Named One of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers — Working Mother® Magazine
Connecticut Honors Pfizer for Leading in "Connect-Ability" Program for People with Disabilities — Pfizer is one of twelve employers honored in 2007 by the State of Connecticut for leadership and accomplishment in hiring and promoting people with disabilities.
The National Business Group on Health honors Pfizer with the Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles 2007 Award, which recognizes companies' creative solutions to improving the health of employees. Cited in Pfizer's award is Healthy Pfizer, a personalized, easy-to-use health improvement program, provides employees and their covered dependents with tools, services and information designed to support healthy living.
Royal National Institute for Deaf People awarded Pfizer in Sandwich (UK) the RNID "Louder Than Words" charter for putting into place open access communication support, including staff trained in British Sign Language.
Pfizer is awarded by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council on its annual listing of America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises, the only national award honoring corporations for world-class supplier diversity programs.
Pfizer has been named to the 2006 "Fortune 100 Top Employers for Women MBAs" list.
Pfizer Animal Health is the first company to be named Animal Health Company of the Year by Animal Pharm, a global publication serving the international animal health industry.
For the eighth time Pfizer is Named One of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers — Working Mother® Magazine
Pfizer receives a perfect score of 100 percent in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2006 Corporate Equality Index recognizing fair and equitable workplace policies.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy ranks Pfizer as Top Corporate Giver. The report notes that over the past three years, Pfizer has donated more in products and cash to those in need than any of the other top 150 U.S. companies.
PR News awards Pfizer's HIV/AIDS initiative, Women Like You! The Power of Partnership (WLY), the Corporate Social Responsibility Award in the Community Affairs category, which recognizes leadership in developing innovative corporate social-outreach programs.
Fortune magazine ranks Pfizer on its list of the "Best of the Best 2005." In an annual list of Blue-Ribbon Companies, Pfizer appeared on six different lists in 2005: Fortune 500, Global 500, Best Companies to Work For, Americas Most Admired Companies, Global Most Admired Companies and MBAs' Top 50 Employers.
Black Professional magazine named Robert Mallett, Pfizer Senior VP for Corporate Affairs, to a list of the "Top 100 Blacks in Corporate America."
Pfizer Most Admired Pharmaceutical Company — MedAdNews
Pfizer Named One of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers — Working Mother®
Pfizer offices in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Mexico are recognized as top employers of choice in ratings by major business publications in 2005.
The Scientist news journal ranks Pfizer #5 on the list of top ten large companies in the Best Places to Work in Industry survey.
Pfizer received an award for "Long Term Excellence in Corporate Governance" from the Vail Leadership Institute. The Excellence in Corporate Governance Award is given to companies whose boards provide examples of ethical leadership. Pfizer was recognized as a "pioneering company in corporate governance practices, continuously working closely with their institutional investors to make sure Pfizer is responsive to their needs and concerns."
Fortune® magazine ranks Pfizer #24 on the list of top revenue-earning companies in the U.S. and at the top of the pharmaceutical industry. Pfizer was also ranked #76 on the list of Fortune 500 "Best Employers."
Pfizer is ranked on the list of Forbes® Global 2000 companies finishing at #23 on the list of top 100 companies.
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation honors Pfizer with its annual Corporate Citizenship Award in recognition of Pfizer's internal and external efforts affecting the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.
Pfizer Inc ranked #3 in training and developing its employees on Training magazine's Top 100 — Training
Fortune® magazine ranks Pfizer on the list of "America's Most Admired Companies," and ranked Pfizer #2 in the pharmaceutical industry for Social Responsibility.
Fortune® magazine ranks Pfizer on the list of Global Most Admired Companies.
Pfizer Inc Named One of the "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" — Fortune®
Pfizer Turkey is honored with the prestigious "Crystal Obelisk" award from the Foundation of Women Executives in Public Relations for the creation of a program that supports Turkish children and young people with limited educational opportunities.
Pfizer is honored by Training magazine as a Training Top 100 award recipient. The Training Top 100 is a ranking of organizations that excel at human capital development.
Pfizer Philippines was recently named Employer of the Year by the Personnel Management Association of the Philippines, the country's premier group of human resources management practitioners.
Karen Katen, President of the Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group and Executive Vice President of Pfizer Inc, is ranked 10th in Fortune® magazine's list of "The 50 Most Powerful Women In Business."
www.pfizer.com receives a WebAward from the Web Marketing Association for Outstanding Web site Award.
Pfizer Named One of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers — Working Mother®
Pfizer receives a perfect score of 100 percent in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2004 Corporate Equality Index recognizing fair and equitable workplace policies.
Hank McKinnell, Pfizer Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, named to list of "Most Powerful People in Business" — Fortune®
Pfizer wins Merger and Acquisition of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Annual Pharmaceutical Awards.
Pfizer named to list of Top 50 Diversity Employers — Universum Communications
The American Women's Economic Development Corporation recognized Karen Katen, President, Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals and Executive Vice President, Pfizer Inc, the Business Leadership Award, honoring her success in the business world. Ms. Katen was also recognized by the Catholic Health Care
Foundation of the Archdiocese of New York with the John A. Coleman Panis Vitae Award, in acknowledgment of her continuing commitment to the health care community.
Diversion Magazine presented the "Spirit of Volunteerism" award to Pfizer in the category of Support of Employee Volunteer Efforts for the company's Global Health Fellows program. The award calls attention to humanitarian programs sponsored by pharmaceutical companies. Read more about the Pfizer Global Health Fellow program.
The American Heart Association awarded Karen Katen, President, Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals and Executive Vice President, Pfizer Inc the "Woman With Heart" Award. She received this award for her leadership at Pfizer in sponsoring the "Go Red for Women" campaign.
Pfizer Inc, the world's largest company devoted to health care, is selected for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the best-known stock market index in the world.
The Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) presented the Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award to Pfizer in recognition of its commitment to corporate giving, highlighting both strategic and humanitarian considerations.
Pfizer is recognized as having the top-rated Investor Relations program both within the pharmaceutical industry and the overall health care sector. In the recently completed 2003 survey, the magazine asked institutional analysts and fund managers to evaluate the investor relations activities of major U.S. corporations, focusing particularly on: transparency and quality of financial reporting/disclosure; and responsiveness and knowledge of the Investor Relations team. — Institutional Investor Magazine
In its third consecutive evaluation of Pfizer corporate governance, Governance Metrics International (GMI), a corporate governance research and ratings agency, issued its highest overall rating of 10 to Pfizer — Governance Metrics International. GMI gave special recognition to this achievement, noting that Pfizer's governance practices are "a clear recognition of the company's commitment to shareholder rights and progressive governance."
Institutional Investor magazine published a list of the country's best chief executive and chief financial officers. Hank McKinnell, Chairman and CEO of Pfizer Inc, and David Shedlarz, CFO, ranked 1st in the Major Pharmaceutical category. — Institutional Investor magazine
For the ninth consecutive year, the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Sales Force was voted as first overall in Verispan's "Pharmaceutical Sales Force Structures & Strategies for 2003-2004" by a survey of U.S. Physicians — Verispan
Pfizer Scientist Chris Hitchcock named one of the 'Scientific American 50' recognizing outstanding acts of leadership in technology — Scientific American
www.pfizer.com receives Standard of Excellence WebAward from the Web Marketing Association
United Nations Association of America (UNA-USA) awards Hank McKinnell the 2003 Global Leadership Award
Pfizer Most Admired Pharmaceutical Company — MedAdNews
Karen Katen, President of the Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group and Executive Vice President of Pfizer Inc, is ranked 6th in Fortune® magazine's list of "The 50 Most Powerful Women In Business."
B2B Magazine names www.pfizer.com one of the NetMarketing Top 100 Business-to-Business Web Sites
Hank McKinnell, Pfizer Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, named to list of "Most Powerful People in Business" — Fortune®
Governance Metrics International (GMI), a corporate governance ratings agency, issued its highest overall score of 10 to Pfizer Inc for the second time. This updated review of Pfizer corporate governance practices is significant because GMI expanded its initial coverage of S&P 500 companies to over 1,000 U.S. and 600 non-U.S. companies. Pfizer received the top ranking in a comparison study of each company's governance policies and practices.
Pfizer selected as one of the top 25 vendors for Latino entrepreneurs — Hispanic Magazine
Pfizer named one of New York City's Top 100 Companies — Newsday
Pfizer Ranks First in Governance Transparency: In a study specifically focused only on governance practices that are above and beyond those that are required to be disclosed by regulatory agencies such as the SEC and NYSE, Pfizer received the highest score for governance transparency across 52 non-mandated governance disclosures. Conducted by Sibson Consulting and Spencer Stuart, the study examined the 2001 annual reports and proxy statements of 385 large and mid-cap companies. — Sibson Consulting and Spencer Stuart
Pfizer named "One of the Best 50 Performers"— Business Week®
Best Corporate Governance award given to Pfizer by Investor Relations magazine
Fortune® magazine ranks Pfizer #14 on list of "World's Most Admired Companies."
Hank McKinnell, Pfizer Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, named as one of America's best CEOs — Institutional Investor magazine
Governance Metrics International, a corporate governance ratings agency, issued its highest overall score of 10 to Pfizer Inc., noting that the rating is a reflection of the company's longstanding leadership in corporate governance.
Pfizer Named One of the World's Best Companies for Leaders — Chief Executive
Karen Katen, President of the Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group and Executive Vice President of Pfizer Inc, is ranked 7th in Fortune® magazine's list of "The 50 Most Powerful Women In Business."
Business Week Magazine names Pfizer as one of the best corporate boards.
September / October
Pfizer is named one of the "Five Champion Boards" by Corporate Board Member Magazine.
In a survey conducted by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Pfizer is ranked as the world's most generous company
Pfizer named one of the Top 500 Companies in America — Forbes®
Pfizer employees Marta Andino and Sylvia Montero named to list of 80 Elite Hispanic Women — Hispanic Business Magazine
Pfizer named one of Best Global Firms in the survey on the Competitive Fitness of Global Firms — INSEAD
Spencer Stuart / Wharton Board Excellence Award given to Pfizer Board of Directors in recognition of high governance standards.
Fortune®magazine ranks Pfizer #12 on list of Global Most Admired Companies.
Pfizer Inc named the "Most Admired Pharmaceutical Company in America" — Fortune®
Pfizer Inc ranked #1 in training and developing its employees on Training magazine's Top 100 — Training
Pfizer is #3 on list of best advertisers who support family friendly programming — Parents Television Council
January / February
Hispanic Magazine names Pfizer to its 2002 list of "The Top 100 Companies Providing the Most Opportunities to Hispanics."
Pfizer Inc is awarded the Gold Well Workplace Award and recognized as one of "America's Healthiest Companies" by the Wellness Councils of America.
Pfizer Chairman and CEO, Dr. Hank McKinnell, is named one of the "25 Most Influencial Global Executives" by journalists at TIME and CNN.
Pfizer is honored by The Compassionate Friends, the nation's largest self-help bereavement support organization, as a recipient of the Compassionate Employer Recognition Award.
Pfizer Selected as Most Admired Pharmaceutical Company in First Annual MedAdNews Poll — MedAdNews
Pfizer Named One of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers — Working Mother® (PDF)
August 6
Pfizer is Ranked the Largest Corporate Donor in the United States
June 25
Pfizer Spain named "2001 Most Admired Pharmaceutical Company in Spain" — Actualidad Económica, Madrid, Spain
Pfizer's Agouron Pharmaceuticals named "2001 Company of the Year" by the California Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA).
March 20
The Metropolitan New York Better Business Bureau honors Pedro Lichtinger, president of the Pfizer Animal Health Group, with the Latino Executive of New York (LENY) award
Pfizer Inc receives "Advancement in the Cause of World-wide Health" Award — Global Pharmaceutical Awards
Pfizer Inc receives "Community Involvement and Corporate Responsibility" Award — Global Pharmaceutical Awards
Pfizer For Living program receives "Most Effective Customer Relationship Management Strategy" Award — Global Pharmaceutical Awards
Physician Survey Ranks Pfizer Sales Force First in Industry for Record Sixth Consecutive Year
For more information on Pfizer Global Accolades, please visit www.pfizer.com
Rated overall Industry Winner in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Category
"Deloitte Best Company to Work For"
Ranked in the Top 10 Medium Companies Category
"Deloitte Best Company to Work For"
Rated as the 8th Best Company to work for in SA
"The Corporate Research Foundation"
Voted No.1 Field Force in South Africa for seven years in a row
"Campbell-Belman Survey by Physicians"
Silver Arrow for Philanthropy in Healthcare for the Diflucan Partnership Programme
"American Chamber of Commerce"


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We all know this.
I was doing some writing earlier and trying to describe the way a certain woman looked, and why it affected a dude so much.
And I focused on her nose scrunch.
I LOVE nose scrunches.
They are just so friggin' cute.
It can be the scrunch a woman gives you when you say something sarcastic and she is pretending to be mad. Or it can even be the kind they make when they get too close to a bag of stinky hockey gear.
It doesn't matter. I love them all.
A woman could get out of so much trouble with me, just by scrunching.
"Peter, I smashed your car, ate the last slice of pizza, messed up your DVR, voted Republican, was born a dude, enjoy Dane Cook and accidentally, sorta gave Iran some nukes."
And then she'd nose scrunch.
"Awww. That's OK, sweetie."
"Thank you for being so understanding, Peter."
"Wait… my DVR??"
I swear that if I could go all "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids," I would live in a nose scrunch. Raise my kids there. Send them to good ivy league nose scrunch schools.
I'm sure you have strange things that you like too.


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I'm back! I was in NYC for the past four days/three nights… It was fun, but I'm so happy to be home! I had been to NYC once before, for three days, to visit one of my good friends. She was the perfect tour guide and it was so much fun. This time, I went for work, with my boss/best friend and another coworker. (We went in search of new clothing lines for BB Children's Boutique, in case you're wondering!)
Anyways, it was lots of fun and I actually did better (being away from Blaire) than I thought I would. Jason sent me lots of snapchats and videos, and she looked like she was having so much fun that it didn't make me feel guilty for being way. While in NYC, we spent a day at a clothing show, and two days shopping in the garment district. We met up for dinner and lunch with my friend Jackie. I haven't seen her for over a year, since I went to visit her in October of 2013, so it was lots of fun to catch up. She's getting married this October which means there was tons to talk about! While we were there, we had sooo much good food, including some New York pizza and Shake Shack. We did a little sightseeing, including shopping in Columbus Circle and Times Square.
While I was gone, Jason transitioned Blaire from her pack and play (in our room) to her crib (in her own bedroom). SCARY. My worst fear was that she wouldn't let him get much sleep while I was away. Jason gets up early for work, and he had to get up even earlier to get Blaire to daycare. Between her cold and teething, she had been waking up for hours in the middle of the night, or would toss and turn for hours… Luckily, each morning I got a good report! She would go right to sleep and was only up for an hour, or less, each night. #success ;) She also had her third bottom tooth pop through while I was gone!
Blaire tried yogurt for the first time this weekend. We found this baby yogurt at Target. She LOVES it! We started with the apple and blueberry package and she seems to love them both equally. We are slowly transitioning her from purees to more solid foods, but it's just not the easiest with only 2 1/2 teeth. Speaking of teeth… now that she has her two bottom teeth, and a top tooth that's about half way in, she has started grinding them! It is the most terrible sound. Did your kid(s) do this? If so, was there anything you could do to get them to stop? I can't handle it!
Last week Blaire had her first piece of cat food, and now we can't keep her out of the kitchen! Any time she can, she makes a bee line to the cat bowls. So gross. Well, we're halfway through the week… here's hoping your last two days go by quickly! xo
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Cotswold Life EMI Awards 2018: Award for Educational Partnership
PUBLISHED: 09:23 10 September 2018 | UPDATED: 10:16 21 September 2018
We reveal the winner of this year's Award for Educational Partnership, sponsored by SGS College – Berkeley Green
On the evening of Thursday September 20, we celebrated the region's best innovative engineering and manufacturing companies at the fourth annual Cotswold Life Engineering Manufacturing Innovation Awards, held at Cheltenham Racecourse.
The glittering black tie ceremony celebrated the incredible achievements made by companies who really do put the Cotswolds on the map, drive the region's economy and keep the area at the top of the tree when it comes to entrepreneurship and business success.
Thanks to both the nominations of the public and our well-respected judges, we have picked a winner worthy of the Award for Educational Partnership, sponsored by SGS College – Berkeley Green.
Our finalist:
Employees at Safran Landing Systems play a central role in various STEM activities, exhibitions and career advice activities aimed at engaging with young people from the age of 11 to 18 and beyond. The wide ranging activities are successfully delivered due to the strong relationships that Safran Landing Systems continues to develop with schools, industry, event organisers and STEM organisations.
Safran Landing systems educational engagement ambitions comprise of maintaining and expanding the actual activities portfolio, securing a continuous collaboration with existing partners and actively seeking new partnerships to broaden our activities, age range and coverage.
And the winner is...
Xylem Dewatering Solutions and Xylem Water Services is the only global manufacturer of the Godwin Dri-Prime bare shaft pump and the centre of excellence for Dewatering Solutions designing and building a range of large bespoke dewatering pumps for numerous industries adapting to continental geographies and extreme climates.
The third and fourth year apprentices partner with work experience school students to showcase their skills as well as hosting local career day events at secondary schools as part of their personal learning and thinking skills.
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When Simon & Garfunkel sang those lyrics they weren't of course singing about the 'Big Freeze' (although their song about a married Mrs Robinson having an affair with her teenage lover is topical at the moment for very different reasons).
If the past few days of snow and freezing weather proven anything, however, it is that so many of us seem to have lost the ability to help ourselves.
We were all given plenty of notice that the bad weather was on the way yet whilst the hardy few were actively making preparations to cope with the snow, there were plenty more who were already prepared to surrender.
The pavements in Worcester Park, you will no doubt have noticed, are treacherously icy - impassible in many places. Up and down the country people are moaning that the Council has not gritted every side road, or the pavements of every minor residential road - and why did the Council not deal with the patch of ice that had gathered under my front door mat etc etc?
Before the snow came, I gave you a link to Adrian Short's handy grit bin map of Sutton Borough. I made my way across the ice-rink pavements of Worcester Park this morning to check on stocks of rock salt in them - fully expecting every bin to have been completely emptied.
Instead I found several bins almost full to the brim with rock salt and so I set about gritting the pavements of my road. It took me a good hour and a half of traipsing back and forth to the salt bins, filling up containers and spreading the grit by hand but I managed to de-ice a considerable stretch of pavement.
There was no shortage of help and appreciation - from the young chap who helped shovel grit into buckets for me and the woman who me carry a particularly heavy load to the man who helped me haul some containers into the boot of may car and the neighbours who opened their front doors and thanked me for my efforts.
Meanwhile I hear some callers to radio phone-ins adamantly insisting that they will not be clearing or de-icing the pavements outside their homes as that is what they pay the Council to do.
Others insist that they will only do their bit if they get a rebate on their Council Tax. I'm not precisely sure that I understand the logic of that argument. I cut my hand last November and applied a dressing to it - can I get a rebate from the NHS because I treated myself?
I appreciate that not everyone is in a position to scrape ice from their pavement or haul buckets of grit around. I am not suggesting that the octogenarians of Worcester Park strap snow chains to their mobility scooters and carry on regardless.
What I am surprised at though is the number of perfectly fit and able people who have lost the ability or simply the will to help themselves and others.
I know we pay high Council Tax (it pains me on a monthly basis) but since when did that translate to an expectation that the Council must do absolutely everything for us?
Perhaps if we were a bit less bloody-minded and a bit more civic-minded we would all be able to cope a lot better than we are currently.


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Did you know that the credit cards you use every day will be changing completely? By October, all cards in the U.S. will go from swipe or "chip with signature" formats to a "chip with PIN," to increase security and cut down on fraud.
What are SmartCards?
Right now, U.S. customers mainly pay with swipe cards. The card's magnetic strip swipes through your machine, connecting the payer's card to a payment processor, so you get money for the transaction. Afterwards, the customer signs a printed (or on-screen) receipt.
In the new chip-and-PIN cards, the card is dipped, but instead of a signature, the deal is authenticated by a unique PIN that validates the card's user—a more secure link than a signature.
It's much harder to steal data from a chip, and nearly impossible to copy and reuse card information that is stolen. Which means less credit card fraud. Plus, chip-based cards are intended to pave the way for a mobile-based payment infrastructure in the future.
What this Means for You
The new cards bring a new rule: credit card companies are no longer responsible for fraudulent charges associated with counterfeit credit cards — rather, any business that has not upgraded will be liable. So by October 1, you want to be set up with a chip-based credit-card system—unless you want your business to assume the risk of fraudulent transactions. (Note: Under most cards' policies, the liability shift won't happen until fall 2017 for pay-at-the-pump gas station transactions.)
Though this is a big change, it's not new territory. Outside of the U.S., nearly half of all cards are EMV-enabled, as are there-quarters of all terminals, according to Visa.
Still not convinced? You can read about the technology, the timeline, and the consequences of not adopting the cards in this helpful document the SmartCard Alliance put together.
What Your Business Needs to Do
Long story short, you're going to have to change your credit card system to use new PIN-enabled processors and updated software.
How to Upgrade
- You'll need a card-reader terminal that accepts chip-based cards and new software that sends the charge through to your payment processor. This can start at $100 for the terminal and head into the thousands of dollars for the software.
- You'll have to learn your way around the system, then train your employees. During the transition period, customers may want to pay with the old swipe cards, newer chip-and-signature cards, or the newest chip-and-pin cards, and you'll have to know how to deal with each. Set aside time for testing as soon as you can, and create a budget for the process.
If you're purchasing new equipment, do your research before you upgrade. You may be able to invest in forward-looking terminals that will adapt to changes in the near future, like accepting mobile payments or plugging into new loyalty or gift card software.
Accept Free Help
The change has been in the works for nearly four years. During that time, credit card brands, payment processors, and terminal makers have gained experience in implementation and support (global brands also have know-how from processing payments abroad).
Call the support lines of the credit cards you accept, and don't be shy about asking for set-up help when you purchase the terminals.
Or, Seek out a Tech Consultant
Choosing the right set-up is important for your company, since you're investing in equipment that you'll use for years. If you don't have time to learn it all on your own, it's worth looking for someone who can outfit your business exactly right. An experienced consultant should be able to get you set up in less than 10 hours.
What to Look Out For
Will the new cards eliminate all fraud from your business? Unfortunately, not entirely. Though the chip-and-pin cards reduce information theft, they don't eliminate it. Over the years, thieves have managed to hack into the cards by harvesting PINs or manipulating currency conversion calculations.
Still, in the UK, credit card fraud decreased by 80 percent from 2007 to 2014, according to McGladrey, a business consulting firm. In Canada, the implementation of chip-and-PIN reduced debit card fraud by 50 percent from 2009 to 2011, according to Interac, a debit card system company.
The move to chip cards will save your small business money in the long run by securing your transactions. While you may not have had to pay for fraud in the past, your business may still have suffered because of lost customer trust.
Remember, the reason your business accepts cards to begin with is to help you sell more products, a good thing to remember as you navigate the implementation.
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May 23rd, 2018
NDP: Refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court
On Wednesday, the NDP will present a motion in the House of Commons calling on the government to support a referral of the situation in Myanmar by the UN Security Council to the International Criminal Court, among other actions to seek justice and accountability for the atrocities that the Burmese military has committed against the Rohingya people.
"The campaign of ethnic cleansing waged by the Burmese military against the Rohingya people in Myanmar is nothing short of horrific, and it should shock the conscience of all of us into action," said Helene Laverdière, NDP Foreign Affairs Critic. "It is my sincere hope that all Members of the House of Commons will be on the right side of history and support this motion for justice and accountability."
Over 750,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar since October 2016, escaping a deliberate, large-scale military campaign of killings, rape, arson and other atrocities that may well amount to crimes against humanity. The Government of Myanmar has been unwilling to credibly investigate these crimes and ensure that those responsible are held accountable.
"At a time when international justice efforts are facing serious obstacles, Canada has an obligation – as a founding member of the International Criminal Court – to support the Court's operations and fight the culture of impunity that fuels the commission of these mass atrocity crimes," said Cheryl Hardcastle, NDP Critic for International Human Rights. "Canada should heed the calls of the Report of Special Envoy to Myanmar Bob Rae, take an important step in advancing international justice and support this motion."
The motion also calls on the government to support the work of the UN Human Rights Council and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, increase diplomatic efforts to call on all States to support an ICC referral, and impose new sanctions on those responsible for the crimes committed against the Rohingya people acts.
The motion reads as follows:
That the House : (a) acknowledge that (i) over 750,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar since October 2016 to escape the Burmese military's large-scale campaign of ethnic cleansing, (ii) the atrocities committed by the Burmese military include sexual violence, mass killings and widespread arson and may well amount to crimes against humanity, (iii) Burmese authorities have been unwilling to credibly investigate these horrific crimes and bring those responsible to account; and (b) therefore call on the Government of Canada to (i) implement the recommendations in the Report of Special Envoy to Myanmar Bob Rae, (ii) support the work of the United Nations Human Rights Council and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, who has described the campaign against the Rohingya as a "textbook case of ethnic cleansing," and has said that he "has strong suspicions that acts of genocide may have taken place in Rakhine State since August," (iii) redouble efforts in accountability and evidence-gathering; (iv) publicly support a referral of the situation in Myanmar by the United Nations Security Council to the International Criminal Court, and (v) increase diplomatic efforts to call on all Member States of the United Nations, particularly members of the United Nations Security Council, to support and advocate for such a referral; (vi) impose tough new sanctions on those responsible for these acts, including the Commander-in-Chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.


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Pull on a Christmas cracker this year and you'll likely receive a set of mini screwdrivers, a paper-thin party hat and a cheesy joke suggesting that the Father Christmas of the cat world is in fact named 'Santa Paws'.
According to a University of Leicester Professor, if we were to step back in time Christmas crackers would have held a different purpose than to titillate audiences with a few minutes of entertainment while waiting for the yule log to be brought out of the kitchen after polishing off the turkey.
Invented by the Victorians in the 1840s, Christmas crackers were once full to the brim with colourful sweets that would erupt like a modern-day piñata when pulled. This novel approach was a new marketing campaign by a London sweet maker called Tom Smith whose earlier attempts to sell candy attractively wrapped, as in France, had met with limited success.
By placing sweets into tubes that could be pulled to create an exciting 'bang', Smith made Christmas crackers a surprise hit and they found their way onto dinner tables across the country – and later throughout the world.
In the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), Christmas crackers have been recorded in our current sense since this time, and many other modern festive words and paraphernalia can be dated back to the Victorian period and beyond, in some cases developing very different meanings over time.
Christmas carols, for example, were originally ring-dances. Carol didn't refer to songs sung at Christmas time until the early sixteenth century. Mince pies, made with minced meat have been recorded since the 1570s, but by the start of the seventeenth century, mince pie referred to small sweet pies eaten at Christmas.
The most surprising Christmas word, perhaps, is bauble – 'a trinket' or 'an ornament', which dates from around 1320 in the OED, always with negative connotations of showiness and worthlessness. Other senses of the word are all associated with children and jesters: the kind of people who might be impressed by shiny tat. More recently, bauble has lost its negative connotations, and is now usually used for the colourful ornaments hung on Christmas trees by entirely sensible adults.
Professor Julie Coleman Head of the University of Leicester's School of English said: "Today's Christmas comes wrapped in layers of words and customs from Christmas past."
That these words are still familiar to us today shows how traditions have slowly changed over the centuries to form our current understanding of what makes the December period feel 'Christmassy'. While Christmas was celebrated as early as the Anglo-Saxon period, the food and traditions associated with the holiday were very different.
Other Christmas words are recorded in the OED as follows:
- Yule, the oldest word for Christmas, originally referred to the months of December or January, but by the tenth century clearly referred to the celebration of Christ's birth. The corresponding word in Old Norse, jól, refers to a pre-Christian winter celebration lasting twelve days. Anglo-Saxons also referred to Christmas as yule-day, midwinter and midwinter day or tide.
- Nativity was borrowed from French shortly after the Norman Conquest as a new name for Christmas. The OED's earliest citation refers to a festivity held by King Henry at Windsor, which suggests that, like many French loans from this period, it was a bit posh.
- Christmas appears in the form Christ's mass in the twelfth century, and appears to have a single word by the beginning of the fifteenth century. The abbreviated Xmas, with the cross representing Christ, is first recorded in the middle of the eighteenth century. Other familiar forms include Crimbo (from 1928) and Crimble (from 1963).
- Noel is also derived from a word relating to birth, ultimately from Latin natalis 'relating to a birth or birthday'. From Latin it was used in French as a cry of celebration in response to a birth, and this use is found in English slightly before the meaning 'Christmas', but both date around 1400.
- Boxing day is first recorded in 1833. It used to be the first weekday after Christmas, on which servants received their Christmas box (originally a clay box containing money, and later the money itself). The original OED editors appear to have disapproved of tipping at Christmas, defining Christmas box as "usually confined to gratuities given to those who are supposed to have a vague claim upon the donor for services rendered to him as one of the general public by whom they are employed and paid, or as a customer of their legal employer; the undefined theory being that as they have done offices for this person, for which he has not directly paid them, some direct acknowledgement is becoming at Christmas".
- The toast wassail 'be hail (healthy)' became associated with Christmas from the fourteenth century, referring to spiced wine and customs associated with it.
- The red-coated present-bearer has been known by a variety of names in English: Father Christmas (1658), Santa Claus (1773), Kriss Kringle (1830), and Santa (1913).
- Baby-cake is a cake shaped like a baby that was eaten at Christmas from the seventeenth century.
- Christmas tree is first recorded from 1835: although English people were following the German tradition in decorating trees at Christmas before this (since at least 1789), it was several decades before they were given an English name.
- What would a Christmas tree be without fairy lights? When it was first used, in the early eighteenth century, fairy light referred to will-o-the-wisps: phosphorescent lights produced by marshy ground. In the early nineteenth century, candles stood in for fairy lights in a garden, and by the middle of the nineteenth century candle fairy lights were a familiar sight in Christmas trees. There is nothing so Christmassy as a blazing fir tree! In the First World Warvery lights were flares named after their inventor, Edward Very. Many slang terms from the trenches downplay the fear and danger of the war, so it is entirely characteristic that soldiers called them fairy lights.
- Stockings have had special associations with Christmas since 1853.
- Advent calendar dates from 1867.
- The Christmas pantomime is another Victorian invention, building on other types of theatrical performance called by the same name since the early seventeenth century. The word consists of two roots, ultimately from Greek: panto- 'all' and mime 'a farcical drama'.
- Tinsel originally referred to a cloth interwoven with metallic thread to create a sparkling effect. This sense is recorded in the OED from 1527, but our current sense either wasn't known to OED-editors in 1912 – when the entry was last updated – or wasn't considered frequent enough to merit recording.


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I again visited Palestine in mid October to see the situation, and unfortunately, it has deteriorated. There is acute need for support for this NGO. They are running out of funds, and the wonderful work they are doing will cease without additional support.
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Children are the future of our world, and those born in Palestine suffer for no reason other than to have been born there. We can help to alleviate this suffering.
Speaking as an old hippy, "If I'm not part of the solution, I'm part of the problem".
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The next day, right after our ROM, É and I embarked on a 2-week trip taking his parents around to seek the beauty that is Malaysia. While I've been to the 3 states namely Langkawi, Penang and Sarawak countless times, I was thrilled by the different experiences gained while traveling with my in-laws; who were extremely curious, full of passion and adventurous. Here are 15 of my favorite moments from our very well-balanced excursion; encapsulating glamorous sunsets around heritage towns, surrounded by buzzing wildlife and (heaps of) fresh seafood.
{Our bewitching stay at The Datai, Langkawi}
{This dip in calm water when misty skies turned dusty pink}
{This sunset where the axis of sky and sea melts together and all you see is nothing but beauty}
{My colorful scarf + anklet paired with a lacy white romper – post-ROM theme on point!}
{My cute and curious new family members who made me laughed a lot}
{Our enchanting stay at The Blue Mansion}
{Two mums, hand-in-hand under one umbrella}
{This delicious charcoal steamboat that spelled reunion}
{As newly weds we got the best room of the whole lot}
{This shot because a smily aunty thought I looked too elegant (ehem!) so she insisted to take a picture of me with this backdrop, and this pose was her idea}
{This cool looking piece of charcoal}
{Our smokey tour to the charcoal factory at Kuala Sepetang}
{Me in a bun; half-candid, half not, almost camouflaged beneath violet dusk}
{Revisiting good ol' Sarawakian flavors in bowls of slurp-y noodles}
{This winning sunset we traveled into on a boat ride at Santubong}
Pictures taken by André Teixeira Gomes and myself.


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Pro Optic Budget Auto Extention Tube Set for Canon EOS SLR Cameras Review
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Months ago I sold my awesome EF 100mm F/2.8 Macro thinking that I wasn't really into macro photography, but guess what, it's been three months and I'm still shooting macro and close up photos here and there. A month after I sold my 100mm macro I bought an extension tube from Adorama, just for the sake of trying it out and see how it compares to the real macro lens I had. A Macro Lens is a Macro Lens, but I found out that with the help of an extension tube I can fully utilize the usefulness of the lenses that I have.
This is a mini review of the Pro Optic Budget Auto Extention Tube Set for Canon EOS SLR Cameras which was long overdue. First of what is an extension tube and why do we need this? An extension tube is an object, a photographic accessory that is connected between the Camera Body and the Lens. Photographers use it to move the lens farther away from the image sensor to decrease the minimum focusing distance of a lens(the farther the lens is, the closer the focus). In short with an extension tube you can basically use an ordinary lens for macro photography. This is exactly what the Pro Optic Budget Auto Extention Tube Set for Canon EOS SLR Cameras does.
What I like about the Pro Optic Budget Auto Extention Tube Set for Canon EOS SLR Cameras
- Great Value for the Money
- Easy to Use
- Lightweight
- Made of Plastic but strong enough to use all three tubes all at once on the following canon lenses: Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Canon EF 70-210mm F/4 Macro and Canon EF 70-200mm F/4 IS USM.
- TTL metering compatibility
- Autofocus functions provided there is enough light available.
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So far I can't find any, that's because I wasn't expecting name brand quality and macro quality photos when I bought it. For the price it does what it's design to do and it does it really good.
I have use it on the following lenses:
- EF 50mm F/1.8
- EF 85mm F/1.8
- EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6
- EF 70-210mm F/4 Macro
- EF 70-200mm F/4 IS USM.
The first set of sample photos were taken using the EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 at 135mm:
I did not actually measure the distance between the lens and the object, but it looks like, it's less than 2 inches. Below you can see two more photos taken with the EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 and Pro Optic Budget Auto Extension Tube.
You can buy the Pro Optic Budget Auto Extention Tube Set for Canon EOS SLR Cameras from the following reputable stores:
Things to consider before buying an extension tube:
- For true macro capability, get a macro lens. A true macro lens can give you more like better image quality, ease of use and versatility.
- A basic rule in macro photography, "Get a Tripod" or at least a "Monopod". Everything tends to get heavy especially when using long lenses like the 28-135 or 70-200mm
- You need a lot of patience in your arsenal. If you plan on taking photos of bugs or insects that are really fast, it will be really hard(not impossible but hard), I would suggest getting a true macro lens like the EF 100mm f/2.8, but for still objects, an extension tube is a great solution.
In Part II, I will post sample photos taken with the 85mm F/1.8 and the Pro Optic Budget Auto Extension Tube.
Continue to Part II here.
so, what's your verdict? Looks v clear top left with shallow dof.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidnofish] Hi David, how are you?
I like it, it does what it's design to do, it is well built, it's ttl capable, autofocus works with enough light, for still subjects it's a great solution if you don't have a macro lens. For fast moving insects, it's hard. It works great with all EF lenses, but not with EF-S lenses.


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