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April 3, 2014
Tom Crean
Noah Vonleh
TOM CREAN: I'm going to have a couple opening remarks, then give it to Noah. I'll make a couple more remarks after that and then we'll open it up to Q&A.
This day is completely centered on Noah Vonleh, and he's earned it. Noah has earned, in a period of his life, I think it became very clear to everybody that he had a chance to‑‑ maybe I'm speaking on behalf of all the other people that recruited him or have been involved in his life. I know I'm speaking on behalf of us, that it became really clear when we started recruiting, we were recruiting somebody unique, not just because of his size, not just because of his abilities, not just because of his athleticism. Those things are obvious, all right. The talent in him, the skill level, it was there. There's no question that it has grown at a pace that he's been on with here.
But more importantly than that, it didn't take long to see his personality, it didn't take long to see his character, didn't take very long at all to see his work ethic, and for someone his age, much like we've had with other guys that we've been up here with that were 20 and 21 last year when we did that, those things all really, really translate. They translate into how good you are on the court. They translate into how good you are as a teammate. They translate into how coachable you are. They translate into your upside.
And Noah, if you were taking a definition of upside, you could easily put his picture next to that definition because he has it, but it's more than that. There's a tremendous amount of substance to what Noah does, and that I think is why he was probably attracted to this program from the beginning, why we were attracted to him, because there is a lot of substance to this program. There's a lot of‑‑ it's been forever, the tradition of it. But we also have a program where people are going to continually get better, and that pace that they're developed at and the pace that they work at have to go hand in hand.
Well, we've put our time into helping him become better, but he has worked as hard or harder than anybody has worked with him. He has got an uncommon work ethic for his age. I'll give you one example. I've never coached a freshman as an assistant coach or head coach in the time that I've coached that dives into the film and studies film like he does, and not just the film that we watch as a group but the film that he watches. It took Victor basically his junior year before he really got that down and transferred that into a big part of how he learned and a big part of how he played. Noah started to do that this year.
Again, it's his day. We're extremely proud of him, and I'll turn it over to Noah.
NOAH VONLEH: I just want to thank God for having me here today to announce that I'll be going to take my talents to the NBA. I want to thank the whole Indiana staff, Coach Crean, Coach McClain, Coach Buckley, Coach Johnson, Coach Jackson for all helping me get to where I'm at, Coach Crean just pushing me hard every day on the court and off the court to be a better person, a better player, and just taking my game to a different level.
I want to thank Coach Jackson for pushing me in the weight room, helping me put on a lot of weight so I was able to go out there this year and play against top big guys in the country and showcase my skills.
I want to thank Marni Mooney for staying on top of me, pushing me to be determined and finish my work, finish my work and be on top of every school‑‑
TOM CREAN:Â Tell them how close you'll be to graduation at the end of the semester.
NOAH VONLEH:Â At the end of the semester I'll be 43 percent done with my degree and be ready to graduate, so I want to thank her a lot for pushing me to get to that point.
Starting last May when I came up here, I just came in with the right mindset and wanted to complete all my work, and she helped me out a lot and motivated me to get to this point.
I want to thank my mom, my AAU coach Ben, my high school coach Pete Hutchins, my other high school coach Mike Trovato for pushing me and helping me get to this point.
TOM CREAN:Â And some of these guys that you had even back before then in Massachusetts, good to throw their names out there.
NOAH VONLEH: I want to thank some of my AAU coaches like Barry Spears, who helped me start AAU basketball in like the fifth grade and helped me get a passion for basketball. That's about it. Guys like Scott Hazelton, who mentored me and helped me build a love for the game of basketball and just keep getting better.
TOM CREAN: See, that's important because, first off, when you talk about his mother, we knew‑‑ we've always tried to do this. We try to recruit certain characteristics. You try to recruit year‑round winners, but when you can recruit a family more than just a player, you know you have a real opportunity to have some great things, and that's exactly what you get with Noah and his mom Renell. They are as close as you can be, and the respect level is so high, and even though she didn't get to see him every night in person, knowing that we had somebody that was raised by her has been phenomenal.
And again, you don't get this passion and drive without a lot of people in your life along the way on the coaching side of it, which he's had, going all the way back, like I said, to the fifth grade. His AAU coach Vin Pastore did a tremendous job with him and had an interest in him long before it was really clear that he was going to be a great player.
Certainly his coach at New Ham, Pete Hutchins, did a phenomenal job with him in our estimation, and that's what you get because you want that, and as happy as we are for him and as much as you'd like to spend more time with him because he's such a good person and he's got such a good work ethic and he's grown so much here, the bottom line is he's had a dream, and Indiana is in a place‑‑ he chose Indiana to be the place to help him get to that dream. I think the pace that he worked at and the pace that he played at and the pace that he developed at speaks a lot about everybody here at Indiana but it speaks a lot about what he's capable of and it's speaks a lot about his teammates.
He's been a phenomenal teammate here. I think he's built some lasting‑‑ I'd say some lasting lifelong relationships here potentially with these guys, especially with the guys in his class.
But you can get your dreams accomplished here, and that's a big thing. I mean, he's going to stay in this line of lottery picks that we've had now over the last‑‑ based on the projections, which ‑‑
But bottom line is this program was able to help get that process sped up. We're proud of him. He's got an unlimited future because of his potential, because of his character, because of his work ethic, the talent is there, the weight and the strength that he's put on in a short period of time. Think about it: Five weeks or go, give or take, he was the leading three‑point shooter in the league. The way he's developed his shooting, the way he's developed his defensive abilities, to be able to guard numerous people, to get in switch situations, to be able to guard guards. His rebounding speaks for itself; freshman of the year in the league, leading rebounder in the league, third leading offensive rebounder, first leading defensive rebounder, his shooting percentages, his free‑throw percentages. We mentioned the three‑point percentage. All those things are really, really strong.
Proud that he chose us to come in here and help realize his potential, and now it's going to be fun to watch him continue to grow, develop and let the next coach at the next level and that coaching staff take the next step with his potential, all remembering that he's basically 18 and a half years of age and could easily be a senior in high school.
We're proud of him, and he has cemented himself in here in the Hoosier tradition because he's come in here and he's done a fantastic job. He's touched a lot of lives in a short period of time, and he is always going to have a home here, there's no doubt about that.
Q. Noah, how difficult a decision was this? Who did you talk to or what factored into it?
NOAH VONLEH: It was a pretty difficult decision, but ever since I was a little kid I always had a dream of playing in the NBA, so I said, why not. Why not go for it? I went home, I talked to my mom. She's like, if that's what you want to do‑‑ we sat down and talked for a while, and she's like, if that's what you want to do, it's always been a dream of yours, why not go for it. So I just stuck with my heart and went with it. I talked to a few other people. I talked to my AAU coach, Vin Pastore. I talked to Coach Crean. I talked to Scott Hazelton and a few other people, and I thought that was the best decision.
TOM CREAN: And what we did during spring break time was we did research like we've done for others and went straight to the decision makers, not the opinion givers, which is so easily sometimes to get caught up in that and get caught up in what you read or what somebody is projecting him to be. The projections were never the question and the projections have come back from the NBA at an extremely high level. They just came back today. It was never about his projections or where he might be drafted. It was about what do they see, what could his contributions be, and there's no question that from the decision makers they see all that we see. They see the development. They see a young man, and when they get to know his work ethic and his desire to be great and what kind of person he is, he's going to have the same attachment to his coach he had here and the same thing with his teammates. He's got a chance because of his abilities and his skill levels and his desire to get better at the things he's got to get better at. He'll flourish, and I think the next level sees that. I don't think there'll be any doubt that'll happen.
Q. What did you hear? What did you find out that told you now this year was the time to go?
NOAH VONLEH: Like Coach Crean said, we got the information from the teams and we got the feedback from what they said, and I just felt like I'd be ready to go, and it's always been a dream of mine to play in the NBA. The chance was there, and I just went with it.
Q. Is that based upon some confidence on where you might be drafted? Is that a pretty decent consideration?
NOAH VONLEH: I heard I'll be somewhere in the lottery, but that's unknown. I've got to go into workouts and showcase my skills and hopefully end up where I want to be.
Q. Â Do you become a facilitator in terms of you give your suggestion do you stay or go, or do you just provide information?
TOM CREAN: No, no, you can't have a truth‑based relationship if you don't tell him the truth and you don't tell him what you see, but again, you work very hard to not have people get caught up in the opinion giving because everybody has got one. I mean, it's the way that it is, and all you have to do is pick up a dot‑com or see some scouting analyst, and what I try to get across to these guys is the people that are making the decisions aren't talking to those people because they're not going to be quoted, and they're not talking‑‑ the unnamed sources are usually not going to be the GMs or the directors of scouting and things like that, and you have to have an ability to get to those people, and I think we do and we have, and I think there's a respect level for this program that‑‑ the way they get better so they can project them.
I think that was certainly the case with Victor last year and with Cody. But the bottom line is the projections are high no matter who's looking at them. It was really based on what will he go and contribute, because he needs to play. He absolutely needs to play.
The bottom line is this: I mean, you've got every country represented here. You've got the third largest alumni base. People come here to realize their dreams. They come here to build on their goals, and where everybody has something in common, nobody comes here‑‑ nobody goes to a university like Indiana just to get by, and you know what, I really don't want to do anything. I guess occasionally somebody might, but they figure it out a couple years later when their parents can't pay for them any longer. Noah is realizing his dreams one year in.
Think about what he said now. Last year we had Victor graduating on his 21st birthday, graduating in three years. Cody left, he would have graduated in December this year, so he would have graduated in two and a half years, and this young guy who was in college a year earlier than most everybody else that he's gone to school with during his life is going to be 43 percent of the way there, okay, and the summer it would have been even that much higher, and I know that's important to his mother and to him, and we've got to keep it important to him to get that someday.
But here's the point: He did a phenomenal job. Grade point, class choices, the way he's handled his tutoring, the mentoring, everything that goes on there, what he's done in his classes. It's phenomenal. He's on a great track.
Facilitating is pretty simple, and they don't ever stop being‑‑ you don't ever stop telling them the truth. It doesn't matter who it is. Dwyane Wade was here almost two years ago; you don't ever stop telling them the truth. Maybe they didn't even play here. You always tell them the truth, but you always support them in every way, and I think that's exactly what we have, and the truth is that he's got tremendous potential to go and do what he wants to do, no question about it.
Q. Coach Crean talked about obviously the things he saw this season. What do you feel like you have proved and what do you feel like you need to improve on as you go through this process?
NOAH VONLEH: I think I proved that I've got a pretty good skill set. I can step out, shoot threes. My post game has gotten a lot better, still a work in progress. I can still improve on it. I can still improve on a lot of things in my shot, getting my release quicker, being able to push the dribble out and do different things like that, just to make myself an overall better player.
Q. What's the biggest memory you'll take away from here?
NOAH VONLEH: I'm going to miss being in the gym with the team, guys like Troy, Stan, Yogi, Hanner, always being in the gym with those guys, just getting better working on different things to help our team be better. I'm going to miss that a lot. I'm going to miss playing in Assembly Hall in front of all those fans, just being coached by Coach Crean.  He pushed me hard every day, and I'm going to miss being in the weight room with Coach Jackson and things like that.
Q. At what point do you feel like you realized this was something that could happen this fast?
NOAH VONLEH: I really started to realize it towards the end of the season. A lot of people were like, he could possibly leave after this year, but I tried not to pay too much attention to that, and then when the season was over, I talked to a few people and saw where they could see me going, and I thought it was the right time to go.
Q. What's next? Obviously finishing up the semester, but from the draft side, what's next for you and how much is Indiana involved?
NOAH VONLEH:Â I've been working out a lot this week‑‑
TOM CREAN:Â He's trying to let his foot heal up a little bit and get thatrecovery in.Â
NOAH VONLEH: Yeah, I've been getting treatment trying to get my foot right. It's feeling a lot better. I've been resting it. So I'm back on the court, doing some stationary shooting, some ball handling drills and things like that and keeping my conditioning up with riding the bike and doing the StairMaster and things like that, and I'm going to start doing individuals with the team and just doing some conditioning and stuff when my foot feels 100 percent. I'm going to probably sign an agent in the next couple weeks. That's about it. One of the managers, he's real good, I like working with him, and work out with some of the guys here like Troy, Stan, Devin, Yogi, Hanner, just keep getting better.
TOM CREAN: The process will be we'll continue to work hard so he continues to finish what he started academically, leaves nothing on the table there, and he's got all the benefits of whatever he needs in the sense of continuing to get his foot where it's 100 percent, and there's really not much he can do right now in the line of the next level as far as doing things with that process because it's much too early for that process to totally start with the teams. But he'll be well prepared for it, and all he's got to do is keep doing what he's done since he got here: Keep getting better every day.
He literally came in the first day that he was here and started in the gym, came back to the gym that night and has never stopped. It's amazing how that works. Victor Oladipo did the same thing. It's amazing how it works. The guys that come in, Cody grew to absolutely love doing extra things, was such a talented player and realized that he could get so much better because of that talent, and now he's on the way to being in the Playoffs.
Our team is working at a great rate right now. We've had six individuals, we'll have our seventh tomorrow. I think we've had eight weight workouts, and we're well underway in our off‑season program. The spirits are excellent. The work ethic is excellent. And now Noah gets to participate in that as we go and get ready for his next step, too, just like the team is.
Q. Tom, obviously with Noah's departure, how concerned are you about the gap that you have in your team?
TOM CREAN: Not concerned at all, not concerned one bit. You're always going to miss Noah because he's such a‑‑ just like you work at your job to be the best you can be, that's exactly what we're doing here. There's a lot of things that go on that you're building towards and that you're working at in recruiting. It's not always public, and that's the way that it is. But we have great confidence in what‑‑ we have great confidence in the guys that are here. We'll miss our seniors. We'll miss him. I mean, come on.
But you know what, this is a place where dreams can be fulfilled, and I know that sounds kind of trite, but it's true, and that's exactly what we're doing, and anybody that would look at it any differently is selfish, and certainly from a selfish standpoint, we'd love to have him back. But selfish is not how you get to this point. Being truthful, helping him get better and being there every step of the way with him is how you get to this point, and that's what we're going to continue to do in recruiting. We're excited about the guys that are coming in, and we're excited about the prospects of what could potentially happen for us in recruiting and absolutely love the way the guys are working here. There's no long faces anywhere, and that's no offense to anybody. There's no long faces. We're good. We're working at a very good rate.
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This paper provides a brief summary of the existing literature on sentencing, intervention strategies and recidivism in Canadian offenders, and challenges the reasoning behind the Safe Streets and Communities Act. There is a wealth of research suggesting that harsher sentences are associated with an increased risk of recidivism, and that community-based sentences may play a role in the reduction of re-offending, especially in young offenders. Despite this, the recently introduced Safe Streets and Communities Act introduced policy that will lead to increased sentences for many offenders. This could result in a reversal of the declining Canadian crime rate.
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The German Pinscher-Schnauzer Club was founded in 1895. It marked the real beginning of the development of the breed. These dogs were first introduced at a dog exhibition in Stuttgart in 1900; at that time they were almost unknown outside Germany and Scandinavia. The Miniature Pinscher steadily improved its appearance and popularity after the First World War. It was recognized by the American Kennel Club in 1925 as a "he-Pinscher. The name was officially changed to Miniature Pinscher in 1972.
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The Miniature Pinscher is a small, muscular, elegant dog with glowing oval eyes and energetic behavior. The muzzle is strong, the nose is black and the teeth must properly meet in a scissor bite. The ears can be cropped, and the tail is always trimmed in the US. In Europe, trimming and cropping are prohibited in some places. The coat is short and occurs in different colors such as red, black with yellow-brown or chocolate.
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The Miniature Pinscher has a very long life - 15 years or more. The Health problems may include disease of the epilepsy, intervertebral disc, progressive retinal atrophy, glaucoma, cataracts and dislocation of the knee cap. Some representatives are prone to obesity and are very sensitive to low temperatures.
Grooming and care
The grooming of the Miniature Pinscher is easy. They need brushing every few days to remove the fallen hair and keep the coat shiny. Bathing can be completely be avoided if you rub your pet with warm, moist towel several times a week.
Check the ears regularly for signs of accumulation of earwax, infection or inflammation. Clean them with a cotton swab and detergent; never use a cotton swab into the ear canal of the dog. Teeth should be brushed once a week to prevent the accumulation of tartar. Trim the nails regularly.
Children and other pets
This breed is not particularly suitable for families with small children. The Miniature Pinscher will not respond well if a little kid steal its toys. As already mentioned, your dog will certainly chase rats, guinea pigs and cats.
Interesting facts
One of the frequently asked questions about the Miniature Pinscher is its relationship with the Doberman. The Mini Pinscher may has been used to create the Doberman, although it is unlikely. Canines specialists think that the two species are related through their common ancestor – the German Shorthaired Pinscher.


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matt good photosby
I really don't want to blog anymore tonight, but I have to inform everyone that pics are up on my flickr. [flickr: miss604]
And if I don't feel like blogging tomorrow? Too Bad!! We were already down at BarCamp earlier this evening getting all registered. Tomorrow I'll be surrounded by 119 other Vancouver bloggers, geeks, podcasters sitting in on workshops and sessions from the Workspace office downtown.
John's going to have his 'Matt Good experience' post up soon [audihertz] and I see ZonaBoy's got his pics up on flickr now too [flickr:zonaboy]
I better get to bed, we're leaving for BarCamp in about 6 hours.
Sleep time now.
EDIT: If you are going to use any of the pics on a blog post, be sure to link back to their source on Flickr (as with any pics you scoop from anyone else, eg. ZonaBoy cause his pics are rad 🙂 Thank you!


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Vivek Sharma has been banned officially from AE due to his recent post in the following thread:
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SEOUL, South Korea -- (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Following on from the first Catholic Art Competition held in 2009, the Archdiocese of Seoul is now preparing for its fifth competition.
This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170321006648/en/For the fifth Competition, we sought to set a theme with no inherent religious connotation, which allows artists to contemplate aspects of significance that the Catholic Church has been trying to seek and preserve. After serious consideration, we have decided upon "Connect" as the theme for the event.
There are many definitions in the Korean dictionary for the word "connect," such as "to join together two ends," "to carry on," "to make [many people or things] line up," or "to follow on." The word "connect" is "full" of so many connotations, whereas it is also an "empty" term that must be used in reference to an object. This allows us to use the word with any term like "love," "faith," "hope," and "the spirit of martyrdom." The word encourages us, and our church, to think about the things that we want to connect. It is our hope that this competition can offer a forum for both its entrants and viewers to discuss their own object of connection, along with unchanging truths and other truly valuable things, through the medium of visual language.
Conditions for application
• Eligibility: Anyone aged 19 or older, regardless of nationality/gender/religion
• The official languages shall be Korean and English
Category and Restrictions
• Flat surface: Within 259.1×193.9cm
• Three-dimensional: When installed, the work shall not exceed 200×200×200cm
* In the case of media art, the running time shall not exceed five minutes.
Application Procedures
• Submission of artwork images for preliminary screening
: Sep. 19 (Tue) to 26 (Tue), 2017 / online and postal mail
• Submission of actual works for final selection (limited to entrants that pass the preliminary screening)
: Oct. 24 (Tue) to 31 (Tue), 2017
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• Grand Prize (to be purchased) : KRW 50million (1 person)
• Gold Prize (to be purchased) : KRW 20million (1 per category)
• Silver Prize (to be purchased) : KRW 10million (2 per category)
• Bronze Prize (to be purchased) : KRW 5million (3 per category)
• Honorable Mention : KRW 2million (5 per category)
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"Awake! arise! the hour is late! Angels are knocking at thy door! They are in haste and cannot wait! And once departed come no more. Awake! arise! the athlete's arm Loses its strength by too much rest; The fallow land, the untilled farm Produces only weeds at best." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I most often take an image and find a meaningful poem, passage, quotation to pass along that enhances the image's appeal. The plow in the field, overgrown and neglected, brought to my mind the passage of time, the changes within a family, the death of a farmer, the loss of will, the economics of farming, the history of what was.
So, I researched "untilled fields" for a meaningful passage. What I found was a stark, historical reference to tyranny, pagan/religious conflicts, death, spirits and fairies and beliefs melded into farmers in Scotland and Ireland that left land untilled for reasons in conflict with the monarchy, the church, the prevailing beliefs. Well, that was all too grim for my original inspiration…which to me is grim enough…the loss of local farms and family history. Still, as I do almost everyday, I learned something new.


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Next week, a few thousand spa/wellness experts will convene at the Mandalay Bay for the annual ISPA conference. An expo floor of product suppliers will host a marketplace catering to spa directors, owners, and consultants. This begs the question: Do the buyers know what they want and how to go about looking for it? Do they understand the significance of their choices?
The Wellness Industry is a 2 Trillion dollar business. There are 289 million 'wellness' consumers in the world's 30 most industrialized wealthiest countries. 76 million of that reside in the US and comprise 25% of the adult population. The $250 billion global beauty market is forecasted to grow by 12% by 2014. Baby care, skincare, sun care and men's grooming are expected to drive future growth globally.*
At this fall's Green Spa Network Congress, one afternoon was dedicated to helping eliminate confusion in evaluating and selecting personal care products. With all the 'greenwashing' claims, even the most seasoned spa director can be led astray. And unlike drugs, the FDA doesn't review cosmetic/personal care ingredients for safety before they hit the market. In fact, personal care products and make-up often contain toxic chemicals linked to cancer, infertility, hormone imbalances, birth defects, neurological issues and other health problems.
Beth Greer, author of Super Natural Home, shared her personal health crisis that prompted her to re-evaluate her lifestyle and environment, identifying and eliminating toxins that she never suspected she was being exposed to. She shared some hard facts: 98% of more than 23K skincare and cosmetic products on the market contain ONE or MORE ingredients never evaluated for safety by FDA. The average consumer uses 15-25 products/day. WHAT WE PUT ON OUR SKIN MATTERS… OUR SKIN IS NOT A BARRIER.
Universal Companies Sustainability Specialist Lisa Sykes charges us, the spa industry, with the responsibility of being models for conscious living. "Personal care products are part of the detox process," per Sykes. "In addition to nourishing the skin, they should enhance the spa atmosphere for relaxation, balance, and clarity. Personal care companies have the responsibility to support wellness centers/spas in their endeavor to provide cleansing and conscious living." Her advice to us: Ask Questions; Analyze Marketing Messages; Check for Consistency; Do your Research.
But how do you do that if you don't know what to look for?
Beauty expert & author Rona Berg shared some HOT & NOT SO HOT examples:
Hot General Categories with Green Examples:
• Skin brighteners/dark spots: licorice extract (glycyrrhizinate), Indian gooseberry, soy proteins, white algae, kojic acid
• Skin tighteners: rice bran oil-beauty secret inJapan, rich in antioxidants (and squalene), shown to promote collagen production
• Skin boosters + serums: with rosehip, jojoba, argan oils penetrate deeply
• Acids: still hot: glycolics, lactics, salicylics, AHAs (downside: thinning skin)
• Antibacterials: honey
• Antioxidants: vitamins A, C, D, E; pomegranate, resveratrol, acai and trans-resveratrol
• Anti-inflammatories: licorice extract, chamomile, green tea, borage oil, shea butter, vitamin K, pineapple (active: bromelain), pomegranate, probiotics: emerging data indicates that these protective bacteria may be beneficial for common skin problems such as redness, flaking, and inflammation
Not So Hot Ingredients
• Phthalates: Landmark Korean study last year linked phthalates to ADHD in 8-11 year olds. Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine recently found babies born to mothers exposed while pregnant 2.5 times more likely to develop attention and behavior problems. Many products with "fragrance" or "perfume" contain phthalates—but not all.
• Hydroquinone: A skin-lightening agent now banned in many countries. Can cause serious skin irritation, swelling, and thick skin; may be carcinogenic.
• Talc: Related to asbestos. in powder formulations, particles are easily inhaled and may lead to tumors in lungs and ovaries.
Ingredients aren't the only ones we need to look out for. The personal care and beauty products industry accounts for approximately a third of all landfill waste. 40% of women surveyed indicated that eco-packing was part of their decision when buying make up. As a result, P&G and Estee Lauder, two companies that own 28 brands between then, are switching to 100% renewable energy, eliminating the use of nonrenewable resource + petro-derived plastic as well as reducing the packaging size. We can consider more earth-friendly options like recyclable packaging, screen printing and soy inks, bamboo, and FSC certification (verifies products from the forest of origin thru the supply chain).
Finally, take the time to study the claims. Supernatural Home author Beth Greer shares her Top 10 Greenwashing Watchwords:
1. Made with… – could mean made with as little as 1% or 1 drop
2. Organic – many brands say 'organic' but contain few or no organic ingredients
3. Natural – can give give the illusion the product is "of nature" when it's not
4. Certified Green – by whom?
5. Free of… – it may claim to have no parabens but substitutes Phenoxethanol
6. Derived from – some byproducts require use of carcinogenic synthetic chemical for extraction
7. Nontoxic – by whose standards? Toxicity threshold for The Consumer Product Safety Commission is lower than that of CA
8. Allergy-Friendly Fragrance, Fragrance-Free – may still contain artificial coloring or fragrances used to cover up the chemical smell of other ingredients
9. Dermatologist Tested, Sensitivity Tested, Hypoallergenic – Look for the organization behind these claims other than the company making the product
10. Environmentally Friendly, Eco-safe – The US Federal Trade Commission considers these phrases to be too vague to be meaningful to consumers.
*Spas & Global Wellness Market Survey, GSS/SRI International
*Euromonitor, a global marketing research firm


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The army on the move
The next few short paragraphs condense almost nine months of relentless marching, skirmishes, a siege, battles and the eventual retreat of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and his army.
For six months, from October 1745, to April 1746, the Prince rode or marched with his supporters from Scotland through England, taking Carlisle, Manchester and other English towns.
You can download a map at the end of this article, to help you follow the route taken by the prince and his Jacobite supporters.
The Jacobite forces numbered just under 6,000 men and included French and Irish troops. Four French ships had been despatched with weapons and supplies.
On 4 December they reached Derby, a town only 100 or so miles from London.
Could the Jacobites take the capital city? Was a decisive military victory within their grasp?
The Duke of Cumberland, the youngest son of King George II, had been recalled from the war in Flanders to take command of the Hanoverian forces. A successful military leader, Cumberland was four months younger than Prince Charles – both men were just 24.
Charles received news that Cumberland's troops were at Lichfield, just south of Derby. General Wade, a British army officer who had served in the 1715, was leading a regiment approaching from the north; and an army was reputedly gathering on Finchley Common to defend London.
The Prince was determined to head further south, although the expected support from English Jacobites and promised French reinforcements had failed to materialise. His commanders advised a retreat north.
On Friday, 6 December – a day known to Jacobites as Black Friday – the retreat to Scotland began.
There has been much debate about the decision to retreat north from Derby. With the benefit of hindsight, it may appear that the Jacobites would have had a good chance of capturing London.
But for a small force of men that had covered a substantial geographical distance in a short period of time and with the prospect of being surrounded on three sides and outnumbered by professional troops, retreat seemed the only sensible option.
At the top of this page, we have reproduced an engraving entitled "A representation of the march of the Guards towards Scotland in the 1745", from a painting by William Hogarth. It shows the chaotic scene at the Tottenham Court Road Turnpike, at the intersection of the Euston and Hampstead Roads, as the British Army assembles to march north to Scotland to put down the Jacobite Rebellion. The central figure is a bemused soldier, accosted on one hand by a young pregnant ballad singer and on the other by a screaming hag waving a copy of the (Jacobite) journal.
At the battle of Falkirk on 17 January 1746, the Hanoverian force commanded by General Henry Hawley were subjected to the Highland charge which had previously proved so successful at the battle of Prestonpans.
This was to be the last Jacobite victory.
The Prince and his council of war, led by Lord George Murray continued to disagree over strategy. The commanders won and the army continued north.
The reluctant prince was now heading ultimately for Inverness and the final bloody battle at Culloden.
Download maps – March South, Retreat North – to help you follow this route.
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For the past 21 months, an unusual swap bee has been quietly unfolding.
It hasn't been well known or publicised at all, but it has produced some extraordinary creativity, exciting use of colour, and inspiration to try our hands at something a bit different. Foot²Freestyle, or F²F as it has been familiarly known, required its members to produce three foot² (12×12 inch) blocks each month, in the recipient's designated colours, but in any design, hence the Freestyle. Each member took it in turn to receive the month's blocks, and while the rest of us could see and enjoy the blocks we were making in the F²F and then the F²F² galleries, the recipient stayed away, to enjoy the surprise when opening her envelopes. After the first 12 months, there was sufficient interest in the process to go again, with some new and some existing members from the first round.
The result is a pair of block galleries of great beauty and variety, a source of inspiration and ideas for future quilts for all of us. If you haven't been following F²F up to this point, I encourage you to go and take a look, using the links in the previous paragraph and scrolling down month by month to see what everyone made. The galleries also show some finished quilts, demonstrating the amazing results a collaboration of creativity can produce. I also hope that members who complete their quilts at some future stage will let me have photos so that they can be added to the roll of honour.
To all those who have participated in either or both sessions, Sue and I as the originators of this block swap would like to extend our thanks and very best wishes for the future. We have greatly enjoyed working with you all, and hope that we will have an opportunity to renew that pleasure at some future stage.
Until we meet again around the F²F campfire, happy sewing, may your creative juices never run low, and see you on the other side of several fun new projects!
Please note that I am on the road most of 2 and 3 March, and may not be able to respond promptly to your comments or messages. I will do my best to catch up quickly!


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I'll blame it on the holiday season. I'm feeling a little silly today. I laughed out loud when I saw Karen Thornhill's picture submission. Thank you Karen!
It's not the subject matter of the photo that made be chuckle, it's how she started the e-mail. First, though…who do you think the woman on the left looks like? Karen wrote me with the following opening line "Glenn Close, Abraham Lincoln and a baby."
It started me thinking: Do you have any celebrity lookalikes in your family album? Go ahead. Send them in to me in an email.
Just for comparison purposes, here's a picture of a young Abraham Lincoln from the Library of Congress. It was taken Oct. 1, 1858.
And here's a Wikipedia link to images of Glenn Close.
The actual subjects depicted in this family photo are Karen's grandparents and her aunt—Rosetta (Seeley) Eldred and Emmet Ernest Eldred with baby Emma (Eldred) Johnson.
Share your family photo stories with future generations in the book Family Tree Legacies: Preserving Memories Throughout Time.


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I've spent the better part of the last decade walking out my back door to do majority of my swim training. I'm lucky enough to have a lake over my fence in the backyard on the Gold Coast, Australia – watch this.
But this year in my return bid to qualify for a third Olympic Games early competition taught me I would need to make some specific adjustments. Main objective was to increase pure start speed to improve my position towards the first turning buoy. Imagine 70 of the world's best male triathletes jumping in together trying to get around a single buoy within 2-3mins of swimming. It often makes water polo look clean under water.
Coincidence or not? The coach and squad of arguably the current fastest swimmer on the planet moved their training mid year to Bond University's Pool a few minutes away. That's now where you find me most mornings at 5am. First step was to acquire the right gear to complete the sessions. Here's what's currently being used in my swim gear bag.
Swim Paddles
A.K.A 'Dinner Plates' these were one of the smaller sizes used in Denis Cotterell's distance squad on the the Gold Coast back in the late 90's with some pretty decent swimmers like Grant Hackett. This off coloured pair are one of the original. Home made cut and drilled out of large sheets of plastic from a simple template. Nothing fancy here but great value as these are close to 20 years old!!!
Swans Goggles
Nothing beats Japanese quality. My good friend Yasu Hirai, Japan's ichiban 10km open water Olympian introduced me to Swans goggles. I race in the asian mould which are super slim, but train in these european style model above.
DMC Warrior Swim Fins
I hadn't used swim fins in over 15 years. But since recently joining Richard Scarce's squad at Bond University have reaped the benefits of variation in my swim workouts. Why the gold DMC? nearly ever swimmer in the squad wears them & was told the GOLD version would be softest on my runners feet. So I went and bought the them. SOLD.
Bond Uni Swimming Kick Board
Same goes for kicking. I didn't have a kick board until mid year. But have seen how regular kick throughout sessions has helped not only balance my stroke up, but also improved my core stability which transfers over to running. I technically don't own this kick board. Property of Bond Swimming! But I'm told if you want to buy 50. On alibaba.com they cost you around 2 bucks a piece.
Pull Buoy & Band
Unlike the kickboard and fins, the pull buoy and band have been my go to equipment to maintain my triathlon swimming at a level where I could come out of the water close to the lead of the front pack in any race around the globe. Basically I relied on strength and didn't log that many kms. But just like all swim aids, each have their place to help but are no substitute for quality stroke and smart consistent work. Not even sure where this pool buoy came from? But again you don't need the latest to get the job done. This shape was comfortable so I've never needed to change even though my dog has reduced the amount of buoyancy over time taking some chunks off it.


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Payment Scores Mislead Credit Departments on Public Company Bankruptcy Risk
Dun & Bradstreet's whitepaper "Bankruptcy: Why the Surprise?" stated that credit professionals were shocked by how many of their public company customers were going bankrupt during the Great Recession. Payment scores were not signaling any risk of bankruptcy; the danger was there all along, hidden by what Dun & Bradstreet coined the "cloaking effect." Dissecting this issue, they explained: "Some companies pay their credit obligations in a discount or prompt manner right up to the actual filing/closing date."
Payment history is not merely an inadequate gauge for financial risk in public companies, but rather it conceals their poor financial condition. By consequence of bankruptcy, creditors were unable to collect their accounts receivables and took huge write-downs. CreditRiskMonitor has continually warned its subscribers about the risks posed by the cloaking effect – an important issue for public companies.
CreditRiskMonitor subscribers use the FRISK® score because it cuts right through the "Cloaking Effect." The credit model, which doesn't rely on payment history, predicts public company bankruptcy with 96% accuracy. The FRISK® score is optimized for credit professionals, updated on a daily basis and formulated to assess bankruptcy risk within a 12-month window. Furthermore, it will provide at least three months of warning prior to the filing date.
Don't Rely On Payment Data
Dun & Bradstreet indicated the two top reasons as to why credit professionals will evaluate a company: "…credit departments are primarily reviewing only those existing customers that have past due balances or have exceeded their credit limits." This may seem like standard operating procedure, but it is a fundamental error when performing routine checks. They then explained the problem in greater detail: "…payment data sources is neither singularly or collectively sufficient to perform the credit analysis needed."
CreditRiskMonitor's research over the course of 20 years of operation has overwhelmingly confirmed this problem: that payment scores fail to identify financial risk and it's a problem for credit professionals. Public companies, specifically, have a variety of options to maneuver and hide financial stress in the time leading up to a bankruptcy filing. They can access special equity or debt financing, sell assets or quickly cut costs to prop up operating performance. These are often only short-term solutions, but they allow companies to keep paying their bills up until the bankruptcy filing. Therefore, CreditRiskMonitor advises that credit departments should not rely on payment scores at all.
Professionals in credit departments must accurately identify which businesses are high-risk in order to mitigate dollar exposure beforehand. By the end of the bankruptcy process, unsecured trade creditors will only receive a fraction of their original claim – sometimes as little as 10%. In other words, trade creditors are almost always left holding the bag; even one big miss on a large corporation can cripple this type of creditor due to the amount of dollars at risk in public companies. CreditRiskMonitor recommends using the FRISK® score as a first line of defense. Focusing on those companies experiencing a high degree of financial stress will significantly benefit your credit analysis process going forward.
Simply Check the FRISK® Score
The FRISK® score doesn't use payment data in any way, shape or form. Rather, this sophisticated model integrates a variety of data components including financial statements ratios, stock market metrics, bond agency ratings and CreditRiskMonitor's own proprietary subscriber crowdsourcing. These four components represent a comprehensive set of information and each factor is appropriately weighted.
So how do credit professionals use this model? The FRISK® score is based on a "1" (worst)-to-"10" (best) scale with each score representing a different level of financial risk. When the score falls into the bottom half of the range ("1" to "5"), known as the FRISK® "red zone," the company is financially stressed and has elevated risk of bankruptcy. See the FRISK® score chart below:
CreditRiskMonitor subscribers are proactively made aware when red zone companies are in their portfolio via alerts. These alerts include warnings when a company newly falls into this high-risk zone. Subscribers are advised to review, research and analyze these companies. The FRISK® score is also provided within the Risk Ratings section of our commercial credit reports.
Again, a payment model will not provide any meaningful indication of bankruptcy risk, whereas our FRISK® score will reveal this danger with precision. The FRISK® score provides a first warning sign so you can identify if a company is trending towards bankruptcy. From there you can then perform your step-by-step review process to see if that company has other red flags. If necessary, you can take the appropriate steps to mitigate risk exposure.
Comparison by Example
Our Bankruptcy Case Studies illustrate the cloaking effect problem through numerous company examples. Within each postmortem examination, a bankrupt company will show prompt payment of invoices, as indicated by a strong DBT Index. CreditRiskMonitor's DBT Index shows if a business is paying its invoices on time, acting as a proxy for a traditional payment score, such as the PAYDEX® score. As these Bankruptcy Case Studies clearly show, however, the FRISK® score will have highlighted severe financial stress developing at these companies well in advance of their bankruptcy filings.
More than 60% of companies that file for bankruptcy trend in the riskiest FRISK® score categories of "1" or "2" prior to filing. The remainder of bankruptcies trend in the other high-risk buckets. Therefore, subscribers should be more vigilant on businesses that incrementally trend into the lower scores.
Regardless of the sector or industry, public companies that end up filing for bankruptcy show excellent payment performance and an extremely weak FRISK® score. See some examples below and their corresponding data at the time of filing:
|DBT Index
|FRISK® score
|Tintri Incorporated
|Adeptus Health Incorporated
|Sears Holdings Corporation
|Westmoreland Coal Company
|Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.
In each of these five cases, the DBT Index indicated prompt payment performance ("8" or higher is healthy), yet the FRISK® score indicated the highest risk of bankruptcy. Conversely, payment scores would have actually misled credit professionals; only after bankruptcy is declared do companies show poor payment behavior.
For long-form example reports, access CreditRiskMonitor's Bankruptcy Case Study archive.
Bottom Line
Timely payment performance creates what is known as a "Cloaking Effect," causing payment models to fail to warn of public company bankruptcy. Therefore, credit professionals should not rely on credit scoring models that use payment history as an input. The FRISK® score cuts through the "cloaking effect" by identifying financially stressed companies with a differentiated and proprietary method that doesn't rely on payment history. This is why thousands of risk professionals around the world use the FRISK® score, including those employed by more than 35% of the Fortune 1000. How are you going to address this hidden risk?
If you would like to discuss the cloaking effect in greater depth, please contact our Vice President of Client Services, Chris Chach, by email at email@example.com or by phone at 845-230-3022.
About CreditRiskMonitor
CreditRiskMonitor is a financial news and analysis service designed to help professionals stay ahead of public company risk quickly, accurately and cost-effectively. More than 35% of the Fortune 1000, plus thousands more worldwide, rely on our commercial credit reporting and predictive risk analytics for assessing the financial stability of more than 57,000 global public companies.
At the core of CreditRiskMonitor's service is its 96%-accurate FRISK® score, which is formulated to predict public company bankruptcy risk. One of four key components calculated in the FRISK® score is crowdsourced subscriber activity. This unique system tracks subscribers' patterns of research activity, capturing and aggregating the real-time concerns of what are essentially the key gatekeepers of corporate credit. Other features of CreditRiskMonitor's service include timely news alerts, the Altman Z"-Score, agency ratings, financial ratios and trends. CreditRiskMonitor's network of trade contributors provides more than $2 trillion on their counterparties every year, giving them visibility into their biggest dollar risks.


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A Lisburn-based aerospace business has become the first company to receive funding from the £30m Growth Finance Fund. Causeway Aero Group has received £500,000 to support working capital and plans to create 17 new jobs.
Finance for the £30m Growth Finance Fund has been provided by the British Business Bank, Invest Northern Ireland and private investors, Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC). The fund is managed by WhiteRock Capital Partners.
Established in 2016, Causeway Aero Group is a turnkey cabin interiors and airframe structures solutions provider of technical solutions with quality management, procurement, sub contract and assembly capabilities. The company currently employs 14 staff and recently secured work with Pitch Aircraft Seating Systems Ltd as well as in the mass transit sector.
Michael Rice, Managing Director of Causeway Aero Group, said: "The Causeway Aero Group was set up as a Tier 2 Aero Integrator, providing end to end engineering services along with end to end production management and final assembly to give our customers a single product, with a single point of contact and a single point of contract. This has significant working capital requirements. We have continued to invest in the business moving to a new 20,000 sq ft facility in Lisburn earlier this year.
"We have further diversified the business by creating an aircraft galley and Interiors' Division that will design, manufacture and deliver galley refurbishments. We see a real opportunity in this market and it will further enhance our R&D capabilities."
He added: "The loan will assist us to fund working capital requirements to fulfil recent production contract wins with Pitch Aircraft Seating Systems and a major train manufacturer. We're aiming to create 17 jobs in a range of roles from office to shop floor staff."
Patrick Magee, CCO, British Business Bank, said: "The Growth Finance Fund is the first fund invested into by the British Business Bank that's aimed exclusively at supporting smaller businesses in Northern Ireland. I'm delighted that WhiteRock has completed its first funding deal to provide finance to help Causeway Aero Group to continue its growth."
William McCulla, Director of Corporate Finance, Invest Northern Ireland, said: "The Growth Finance Fund only became operational in December last year. For it to have made its first loan already just goes to show how important funds such as this, and Invest NI's suite of debt and equity funds, are to providing businesses with access to much needed finance. Supporting businesses to grow through investment in capital and people is crucial to their success, and the health of our economy."
Rhona Barbour, Investment Director at WhiteRock Capital Partners, said: "Causeway Aero Group has demonstrated an innovative approach to streamlining the service delivery system in the aerospace industry. The business has a clear strategy for future growth and we're delighted to have been able to provide the necessary funding to support that.
"We will continue to work alongside banks, equity partners and asset-based funders to support businesses using the Growth Finance Fund, which will add to the extensive range of finance options on offer."


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SALEM (AP) — The Oregon Legislature on Monday opened debate about several proposals to boost the minimum wage as high as $15 an hour.
The idea is hugely popular with voters and interest groups on the left, but it's far from clear whether it has sufficient support in the Legislature.
House and Senate committees held three hearings on the minimum wage, including a rare evening session to allow people to weigh in after business hours. But the committees took no formal action.
Oregon currently has the nation's second-highest wage floor at $9.25 an hour, $2 higher than the federal minimum.
The proponents say raising the minimum wage would help low-wage workers escape poverty. They say people who work shouldn't have to rely on government assistance.
"No one who works should live in poverty," Justin Norton-Kertzen, who works with an interest group seeking to raise the minimum wage, told the House Committee on Business and Labor.
Business interests are mounting aggressive opposition, calling the idea a job-killer and warning it would raise prices for consumers and make Oregon less competitive to employers. They say raising the minimum wage would significantly increase their labor costs, in part because workers higher on the wage scale also would expect an increase.
Oregon businesses have competitors around the globe, including in countries with significantly lower labor costs, said John Zielinksi, a farmer who grows pears, apples, peaches and hazelnuts near Salem.
"To retain our employees, we will need to pay wages well above the minimum wage, making pears and apples from Oregon less competitive than fruit from other states and countries," Zielinksi, who is president of the Marion County Farm Bureau, told the Senate Workforce Committee.
Several restaurant owners asked lawmakers to create a tip credit, allowing them to pay tipped workers less than the minimum wage if tips take their total pay above the threshold.
"This would put me out of business and put these people on the unemployment line," said Mike Gardner, owner of a Roseburg company with 80 full- and part-time employees that provides in-home care for seniors and people with disabilities in Douglas County. The payments for in-home care are capped by state and federal regulations, Gardner said.
At least 10 bills have been introduced dealing with the minimum wage. Proposals range from setting the floor at $10.75 to $15 per hour, with effective dates ranging from 2016 through 2018.
Some of the bills would merely lift the statewide pre-emption that prevents local jurisdictions from adopting their own minimum pay laws. The option is a potential compromise if lawmakers can't reach a consensus on where to set the floor or how quickly to phase it in.
In addition to raising the minimum wage, the Legislature also is considering requiring businesses to offer paid sick leave. Business groups said it would be difficult for them to absorb both a paid-leave mandate and a higher minimum wage.
Not all business owners were opposed.
"When people are making more money, they spend more money," said Marci Pelletier, "which means they will be spending more money in our small businesses, which is exactly what we need — more customers."
Pelletier owns Shwop, a membership-based clothing store in Portland.


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Well, another Halloween has come and gone and we here at Water Heaters Only, Inc. celebrated it with a ghoulish Halloween party that featured a costume contest as well as spooky treats and even eyeball punch. It was a lot of fun and that's how we do things here: We work hard but we make sure to have some fun as well. It's nice once in a while to just sit and relax with your co-workers and have a little Halloween fun.
Here are a couple of pictures of our awesome lunch and goodies:
And here is our staff all decked out and dressed up for Halloween:
All in all, it was a great day, but now it's November and time to start thinking about the winter, which is typically our busy season. Why is it our busy season? It's because when the weather starts turning cold, the ground water starts getting colder as well which makes your water heater work harder to heat your water. Not only that, but depending on where your water heater is located, the air surrounding the water heater itself is colder which also can make your water heater work a little harder to provide you with hot water.
Before winter arrives, we encourage you to consider having us come out and inspect your water heater. A few of the things we will look for include the age of the water heater, any leaks that might be occurring and whether the hot and cold water lines are insulated. While we are there, let us know if there are any issues you may be aware of including a lack of hot water or water that doesn't get hot enough and if your water heater is making any rumbling type noises. A noisy water heater could have sediment that has hardened in the bottom of the water heater and this will also make it work harder to produce hot water for the home. If we find that the water heater is old and is very noisy, it may time to consider replacing it before the weather really turns cold.
So give us a call now and we will be happy to come out take a look at your water heater. Just give us a call 24 hours a day, 7 days week at 1-866-WHO-QUICK (1-866-946-7842) and one of our water heater experts will set up a time at your convenience and we can help you have peace of mind about your water heater heading into winter.


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Once a job interview ends, the waiting game begins. But before candidates consider the hiring decision out of their hands, they should complete one final task: sending a follow-up message. You want to thank the interviewer for her time, while also offering a final snapshot of yourself as a potential employee. Though seemingly straightforward, candidates shouldn't underestimate the power of a properly written follow-up note. A convincing message can reinforce a strong interview; the lack of one can cause employers to reconsider.
NerdScholar asked experts to weigh in on when and how to follow up after an interview. In order to cinch a job (or a second interview), job seekers should consider the following advice.
[Want more career advice? Check out our Job Search Guide for Gen Y.]
1. Thank your interviewer within 24 hours of the interview.
More than anything, a follow-up message should express gratitude. "You should always thank anyone who has taken time from their schedule to speak with you about the position or provide you with a service," says Alane De Luca, executive director of the Center for Experiential Learning at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. And the sooner the better, experts agree. "If the interviewer had a lot of people to interview, they are likely to forget who exactly you are if you wait too long, says Dr. Luz Claudio, a professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. For the most part, our panel discouraged sending notes through the mail. "A handwritten note is great, but if mailed may take three to four days, which contradicts the first rule of freshness," says Rich Lewis, a marketing professor at New York University.
2. Send more than one message.
Candidates should thank each interviewer with whom they made a strong impression, says Bob Makarowski, a technology programs instructor at Baruch College in New York. "Hiring decisions are sometimes made in committees and you want to have as many allies as possible within that convocation," he adds. But candidates shouldn't simply copy and paste their message into different e-mails, advises Lou Lamorte, director of career and employment services at La Salle University in Philadelphia. "I recommend that the content be essentially the same, but with minor changes based on what each interviewer was focused on," says Lamorte. Taking the time to send an e-mail to each interviewer sends a positive message, says Judy Samuels, the associate director of career development at McDaniel College in Westminster, Md. "When you reach out to everyone it shows your attention to detail and reaffirms your interest in the job opportunity."
3. Keep it short and sweet.
The interviewer already has your resume and cover letter and her notes from the interview—there's no need for a lengthy follow-up message. "The note should contain about three or four sentences," says Makarowski. At its most basic level, the message should simply get across three main points: "You will want to thank the interviewer for the opportunity, reiterate your interest in the position and end with your hope to hear from them soon," says Samuels. A long message runs the risk of repetition, or appearing too desperate. It's best to keep it short and sweet.
4. Consider tone as much as content.
As important as what you say is how you say it, and follow-up messages are no exception to this rule. "Candidates should articulate professionalism and confidence, while not appearing boastful—a little humility can go a long way," says De Luca. Professional doesn't have to mean dull, however, especially after you've met the interviewer face-to-face. "Follow up communications should be less formal," says Makarowski. "Realize you met the interviewer and got a feel for who they were." Of course, this doesn't give candidates permission to write too casually, Makarowski adds, advising that candidates not "get chatty" or "use slang."
5. Personalize your message.
Since the follow-up message is often the last chance for candidates to make an impression, it should include personalized details. "Rather than just writing the usual, 'It was great to meet you. I know I'll fit in at ABC Corp.,' you want to reference something that was said in the meeting and then take it to the next level," says Lewis. "For example, 'I was thinking about what you said about marketing snake repellent and I believe there's an untapped market in National Parks.'" The follow-up message is also an opportune time to reiterate a key strength that the candidate offers. For example, Claudio suggests writing a short sentence along the lines of "As I mentioned, I am a good candidate for the research assistant position because I am proficient in data analysis." In order to keep the message short, candidates should only choose one key asset, which can remind an interviewer of the candidate's complete application.
6. Emphasize your enthusiasm.
In addition to a quick recap of their qualifications for the position, candidates should say why they want it, too. "At this point in the search process, expressing your genuine enthusiasm for the job is paramount," says De Luca. This can come across through a short personal detail or the use of an exclamation point—though, De Luca adds, candidates should be careful not to come across as too "pushy and eager." In general, authenticity and simplicity wins. Candidates should truly consider why they want a given position and then convey that notion concisely.
7. If rejected, ask for feedback.
If ultimately you're not selected for the position, there is still opportunity for growth. Candidates should thanks employers for their consideration, and then ask for advice for future interviews. "Some employers prefer not to offer suggestions for improvement, but I have found that many are willing to share some pointers," says De Luca. "Many [students and recent grads] are not experienced at interviewing and may be making the same errors consistently." Upon learning their mistakes, candidates should schedule a mock interview to practice, De Luca advises, so that they can be prepared next time.
Louis Lamorte is the director of career services at La Salle University in Philadelphia. He has over 35 years experience with career services, experiential education and higher education.
Alane De Luca is the executive director of the Center for Experiential Learning at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. She is passionate about cultivating and expanding experiential learning opportunities beyond the classroom
Richard Lewis is a professor at New York University and a marketing strategist. He has just written his latest book, Why Hire Jennifer? How to Use Branding and Uncommon Sense to Get your First Job, Last Job and Every Job in Between.
Dr. Luz Claudio is a professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She has mentored about 280 graduates of doctoral programs for over 20 years and has interviewed hundreds of applicants for fellowship and employment positions.
Bob Makarowski is a technology programs instructor at Baruch College's School of Continuing and Professional Studies in New York City. He is a certified netware engineer and a Microsoft certified professional and has also written procedure manuals, quick reference guides and produced educational videos.
Judy Samuels is the associate director of career development for McDaniel College's Center for Experience and Opportunity in Westminster, Maryland.
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Ice Haven by Daniel Clowes and "Rocky : 100,000 B.C."
Rocky appears near the middle of the novel. He's a simple character, with bright (but seemingly emotionless) eyes, black hair, stubble, and an orange animal skin garment. Visually, he recalls a lobotomized Fred Flintstone. This resemblance is important. Rocky and Fred couldn't me more dissimilar. Fred, a 1960s pop culture icon, inhabits a world that is nominally removed from the present but which is (comically) quite modern. In Fred's world, the nuclear family, technology, and society are converted into caveman analogues. In Rocky's world, by contrast, the comforts and constraints of modern society are utterly stripped away. As we see it, Rocky's world is comically dissimilar to the present.
The Rocky comic strip stands apart stylistically from other episodes in Ice Haven. Throughout much (but not all) of the novel, Clowes makes use of a more realistic drawing style than appears in Rocky. In Rocky, Blue Bunny, and the second Leopold and Loeb strips, however, the drawing style shifts to feature stout, bright-eyed characters with childlike features, reminiscent of "funnies page" stock characters, as well as the Schultz-inflected children who populate the rest of Ice Haven. It's also important that in the Rocky strip, the panels are small and regimented. This organization aids us in our transport: out of the lofty world of malaise to the primitive and primordial. A version of this shift appears elsewhere in the story; for instance, contrast the scenes of Random Wilder's grandiose self-oration (8-9), his descent into distraction and self-doubt (54-55), and his clumsy, dejected suicide attempt (72-73).
In Rocky's case, the simplistic drawing style transports us into a primeval world where human institutions have melted away, where humans are bound neither by society's rules nor by concepts of "Good and Evil."
Hence Rocky, nearing the (rather early) end of his life and inching towards an existential void, feels both compelled and free to transgress against (not yet established) moral conventions. He commits murder and rape in a matter of a few panels. Rocky attempts to satisfy a personal longing that leaves him feeling empty. When violence fails to fill the void, he sets out to explore instead, but soon becomes frustrated at his underwhelming surroundings (note how the only emotions besides blankness that Rocky demonstrates are anger at the inanimate things he encounters on his journey and finally exhaustion). Exhausted, Rocky decides to monumentalize himself. His hope is that the monument will survive and grow. Before he gets too far, though, his human limits force him to surrender and die in the small pit he's prepared for himself.
In a sort of distilled microcosm, Rocky explores themes that weave throughout the book. Importantly, Rocky, like Leopold and Loeb, Random Wilder, etc. feels drawn to express himself through both violence and art—the difference being that the other "modern" characters are constrained by society's rules in their exercise of the former.
In a Nietzschean sense, Rocky is something of an ubermensch, in that he is free to write his own values onto the world rather than vice versa. Later characters aspire to the same status, but the results are hardly edifying and equally pointless. Rocky, Leo and Loeb, Blue Bunny, and Random Wilder inhabit very private, reflective worlds and perform acts with significance only to themselves, the result being that the "point" of their "art" or "work" is lost to outsiders.
The relationship between Rocky's violent acts and his "monument" are important." In the story, they're shown to be expressions of the same soul-searching impulse. In Freudian terms, we might call this an allegory of desublimation, which refers to the conversion of a repressed, negative impulse into a more socially acceptable one. There is no such barrier between "acceptable" and "unacceptable" behavior in Rocky's world, but it does exist in the subsequent realities and in the outer narratives–perhaps hilariously so.
Hence we find it ironic that Random Wilder kidnaps David Goldberg—a pointless act of violence—which ironically gives occasion to an unlikely proof of communication happening between Clowes's comically isolated sufferers. Goldberg proves to have received Wilder's poem by repeating it.
Rocky demonstrates, however, that absent human constructions, there is no real difference between the two impulses of self-monumentalization and community and no real way to satisfy either.
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Thanks for helping me make sense of some of the comic. There really is a nihilistic undercurrent throughout and you can also see Clowe adopting archetypes for his own use like the hardboiled detective. Personally I didn't find it cohesive enough to be a comment on society, but rather it was looking on humanity in general. Great analysis.


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Tanzanian Young Reporters
On the Saturday 23d of November, I visited the Tanzanian Young Reporters to help Unicef to document by taking pictures and interviewing young people.
The aim of this network is to teach teenagers new skills in radio (handling, using the equipment, reporting and producing programmes) by developing their capacity to fight for children rights.
Approximately 60 children have been trained in Tanzania which has the advantage of its unified language, Kiswahili, spoken throughout the country.
In those 30 minutes programmes, the teens share their concerns, hopes and aspirations, challenges and obstacles in a country where the voices of young people still remain most of the time silent and where children rights rarely feature in the mainstream media from a young's perspective.
Using the radio is an effective way of spreading young people's messages among the public, key decision-makers and the government. It is also an opportunity for youngs to offer key insights and perspectives on the issues that concern and affect them. The programs are broadcasted on the collaborating community radio stations and uploaded on http://soundcloud.com/groups/young-reporters-network-wanahabari-watoto/tracks to be listened for free.