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KROS College observes foundation day
By EMN Updated: Dec 11, 2017 11:01 pm
Dimapur, Dec. 11 (EMN): The KROS College has crossed one more milestone as it celebrated its 7th year of excellence on Dec. 9, with Prof. Pardeshi Lal, Vice Chancellor, Nagaland University as the chief guest.
President KROS Education Society, Kevisiezolie Suohu, welcomed the gathering. Principal Imsuinla Imti gave a brief report on the achievements of KROS College and said that in last 6 years this college has come on top of all competition despite challenges. She also expressed her gratitude to all the members of the college for bringing laurels through their hard work and talent along with the faculties who are part and parcel of every event.
The chief guest in his speech said that he was a member of inspection team during the construction of the college and congratulated the college for providing quality education.
Prof. Lal said "education gives the knowledge of the world around us, develops in us a perspective of looking at life." He also said education is one of the greatest services provided by teachers and schools are one of the first places where kid's behavior and future educational success is shaped. He further, added that the role played by teachers becomes important that they are in a way nation builders.
Colony Panchayat, HOD's of various depts., faculties, staff and students. Symphony Academy of Music enthralled the gathering with a song.
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Nuno Krus Abecasis (Faro, 24 de octubre de 1929 - Lisboa, 14 de abril de 1999), fue un político portugués.

Biografía
Era hijo de Duarte Monteverde Abecasis y María Amelia Krus. Tenía ascendencia judía por parte del padre y danesa por parte de madre.

A los nueve meses fue con sus padre a vivir a Lisboa, donde creció y se licenció en ingeniería civil, en el Instituto Superior Técnico.

Militante y dirigente destacado del Partido de Centro Democrático Social (CDS), fue parte del gobierno de coalición del PS con el CDS en 1978, como Secretario de Estado de Industrias Extractivas y Transformadoras. En 1979 fue elegido, con mayoría absoluta, alcalde de Lisboa, siendo reelegido en 1985. Sus diez años al frente de la ciudad coinciden con la entrada de Portugal en la CEE (1986) en las que la ciudad sufrió grandes transformaciones.

Fue uno de los fundadores de la Uccla (Unión de Ciudades Luso-Africo-Americo-Asiáticas) en 1985 y de la Fundación Ciudad de Lisboa, en 1989.

Fue nombrado Gran oficial de la Orden del Infante Don Enrique (1983), y también condecorado con la Gran Cruz de la Orden de Cristo (1999), esta última a título póstumo.

Se casó con Raquel Ferreira Castela y tuvo con ella seis hijos. Falleció en Lisboa en 1999.

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Caballeros grandes oficiales de la Orden del Infante Don Enrique

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Traveling Animal Acts: Shameful Shows
Animals used in traveling shows and menageries are often subjected to severe abuse in order to force them to provide "entertainment" at county and state fairs, shopping malls, theme parks, schools, flea markets, nursing homes, birthday parties, and trade shows. Typical acts include petting zoos, "performing" primates, donkey basketball games, pig racing, and pig diving. At some events, members of the public can pay to have their photographs taken with tiger and lion cubs. The variations are limited only by the imagination of the exhibitors, who are looking to make an easy dollar. Baby animals are continuously bred for these shows and then discarded.
Training, Transport, and Display Are Harmful to Animals
Rigorous training methods involving electric shocks, beatings, and food deprivation are used to force animals to perform acts that are unnatural and meaningless to them.
Pig races at fairs are all too familiar, and they've taken on a new twist at events in which potbellied pigs are forced to swim in pools. Pigs are not aquatic animals by nature, and according to one pig caretaker, "a pig in the water is almost completely helpless and extremely stressed."1 These highly intelligent, sensitive animals are also stressed by the constant travel and the large, boisterous crowds.
Every year, schools, civic clubs, and recreation departments use donkey basketball games as fundraisers. During these games, donkeys are dragged around a court and mistreated by participants who have no animal-handling experience. "Uncooperative" animals are often punched, kicked, whipped, and screamed at, and many animals are prohibited from eating or drinking before games in order to prevent "accidents."
Animals used in traveling acts are almost constantly confined to tiny transport cages or trailers. They suffer in extreme temperatures and are not provided with adequate food and water. The Zoo, a traveling animal exhibit run by Robert Engesser, has been repeatedly cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for inadequate animal care practices, including failure to provide proper diets, veterinary care, and environmental enrichment. On one visit, the inspecting veterinarian reported algae in the water buckets, a lion cub who was being fed inappropriate milk replacers, and a baboon who was being kept in solitary confinement and who was rolling her head and pacing, behaviors that indicate extreme mental distress.2
Without exercise, animals become listless and prone to illness, and as a reaction to stress and boredom, many resort to self-mutilation. Three 11-day-old tiger cubs who were being used for photo opportunities by a traveling zoo called Perry's Exotic Petting Zoo became listless, nauseated, and dehydrated while on exhibit in Thornton, Colorado. They died without receiving veterinary care. The USDA inspector investigating the deaths wrote, "Transportation and handling stresses cannot be ruled out as contributing to their failed health."3 Undercover video showed that after the Amarillo Wildlife Refuge forced a tiger cub named Ziggy to work a six-hour photo shoot in the blazing-hot parking lot of a Sam's Club store in Texas, the cub developed painful blisters on his paws from standing on the hot pavement all day.
While taking part in photo shoots with animals and watching them perform may seem like harmless fun for kids, it is anything but. Barbara Boat, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at the University of Cincinnati's Children's Hospital Medical Center cautions, "An industry based upon the use and abuse of wild animals has no place in either the education or entertainment of young children. We need to be teaching empathy, compassion, and sensitivity to the interconnectedness of all life, not abusive domination of others."4
Incidents in which animals attack spectators are common. A woman sought hospital treatment after she was bitten by an African lion cub exhibited by G.W. Exotic Animal Foundation at a Texas mall, where patrons were allowed to pet and interact with the lion.5 A 4-year-old Florida girl suffered serious injuries, including a partially severed ear, when she was attacked by a cougar at a birthday party. The cougar had been provided by Wild Animal World, which had been cited at least twice previously for similar attacks.6
Please visit PETA.org to find out more about these incidents and to see the track records of other traveling exhibits, which indicate improper care and dangerous handling of animals.
Licensed but Not Regulated
The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) requires that animal exhibitors be licensed by the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. This is supposed to ensure that exhibitors meet the AWA's minimal requirements regarding animal care. However, the USDA cannot realistically regulate or enforce the humane treatment of animals who are continuously on the road in an effective manner.
When you hear that an animal show is coming to town, you can take the following steps:
If you have advance notice, voice your concerns to the fair organizers, the shopping mall manager, or other promoters. Give them the facts about behind-the-scenes abuse and stress the risk of injury to spectators. Have your friends and neighbors do the same, and make it clear that the fair, mall, etc., will be boycotted if the show is booked. Take your concerns to the mayor or county council. Ask your local humane society to use its influence to ban the show.
If the show is booked in spite of your efforts, be on the scene when the animals arrive to look for violations of the Animal Welfare Act as well as local and state cruelty laws. Watch the animals for signs of poor health, such as listlessness, sores, missing hair, lameness, or self-mutilation. Take note of sanitation conditions, cage size (by law, cages must be large enough to allow animals to stand up, lie down, and turn around), and food, water, and shade availability. Take photographs or video footage of the animals and cages. If you see possible violations, try to get a sympathetic veterinarian to verify your findings and report your observations to your local animal warden or humane officer, the state department of agriculture, and the USDA. Insist that the animals and their living conditions be examined and that violations of the law be corrected.
Organize a demonstration. Notify the media in time for them to cover your protest. If you don't already know which reporters are sympathetic to animal issues, call local papers and TV stations and ask to speak to a reporter who is interested in animal issues. Five people distributing leaflets will go a long way toward educating the public, but media coverage of 20 people with picket signs is a huge success! (Write to PETA for a supply of leaflets.)
Find out where the show is going when it leaves your community. Contact humane societies and activists in that area, let them know what you did in your area, and ask them to do the same. You can obtain a list of animal rights groups in a specific state by calling PETA's International Grassroots Campaigns Department.
Write a letter to the editor urging people not to patronize animal shows.
Call PETA and request an "Animal Display Ban" pack for tips on getting animal acts banned in your community.
Don't allow the promoters of animal acts to pass off their exploitation of animals as entertainment. By educating others and showing that cruelty to animals is neither fun nor ethical, you can help stop animal exploitation.
1Richard D. Hoyle, letter to PETA, 18 Aug. 2003.
2John Guedron, D.V.M., USDA Inspection Report 58-C-0295, 24 May 2001.
3Daryl Burden, D.V.M., USDA Inspection Report 42-C-0101, 27 Feb. 2003.
4Barbara Boat, Ph.D., letter to PETA, 23 Apr. 2004.
5"Lion Injures Mall Patron, Placed in Quarantine," San Angelo Standard Times 23 Jan. 2007.
6David OValle, "Cougar Mauls Girl at Birthday Party," The Miami Herald 7 Dec. 2006.
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The United Kingdom is home to the second largest financial centre in the world. Its financial markets are amongst the largest and most active in the world and it has a seat at the top table of international affairs. The UK enjoys an excellent reputation, world-class regulatory infrastructure and very low corruption. It leads the way in the international fight against tax evasion despite having historically established the majority of offshore financial centres. The UK's international reputation, size and unique background mean that many services are available in the UK which would not be permissible in other countries such as the online and instant formation of companies requiring little or no paperwork, diligence documents or background checks and the widespread use of nominee directors (or puppet directors). For UK domicile residents the possibilities of legally avoiding tax are few and far between, require more sophisticated planning than was previously the case and will generally involve other the use of countries. The UK's anti-avoidance rules are amongst the most sophisticated in the world and its tax system is accordingly one of the least straightforward. The use of offshore countries for tax planning (such as the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) is coming under renewed pressure from UK authorities as well as heavy media criticism and many commentators feel that the time for this type of planning has come to an end. By comparison the use of other EU member states' financial centres (such as Malta and Luxembourg) is unlikely to be subjected to the same attacks given the altogether different nature of international relations between EU members. The UK has historically been a popular choice for non-domicile residents (for the difference between domicile and residence please see our main article on residents in the product section of the website). The main products of interest within the UK are based around having a 'shop front' presence in a high-tax reputable country whilst still taking advantage of low or no tax countries. Examples include the use of companies as nominee for zero tax companies and UK LLPs which are transparent for tax purposes (so will not pay tax in the UK unless they have a UK partner). The main products of interest to UK residents and domiciles are EU entities based around the creation of genuine substance and a robust local presence (for more information on this please see our main article on business incubation in the products section).


Kutlehar Forts are located in Una District, Himachal Pradesh. They are also known as Forts of Solasingi. These forts are situated an altitude of 4,500 m above sea level on the Solasingi Dhar Range. The forts offer panoramic views of the overlooking Gobind Sagar Lake and Pong Dam. They are said to have been built by the ruler of Kangra, Sansar Chandra. Maharaja Ranjit Singh gave the forts a facelift in 1809. Huge hewn stone slabs have been used in the construction of the ceiling of the forts. Only six forts out of the 16 stood the ravages of time. Ruins of the other 10 forts are seen around. Raipur Palace and Kutlehar Forests are the main attractions nearby. Bilaspur, Piplu, Una and Bangana are nearby tourist detinations. Kutlehar Forts are approachable from Bangana and Piplu, up to Jarola, by bus. From Jarola, one has to trek to Solasingi Dhar Range to reach here. Nearest international airport is at Amritsar. Nearest railway station is at Hoshiarpur in Punjab.


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An updated scheduled is published on: http://powerofnow.amareway.org/.
– kindly organised independently by volunteers around Vancouver Metro area. Indoor most of the year.
– organisers decide day, time, location, etc. Please contact them if you have any question, and please show them your gratitude for putting their time and energies in facilitating these gatherings in the presence moment.
– if you meet in public places, enjoy what the present moment brings. If you meet in private gatherings, please take the steps your common sense may suggest (ex.: gather in an agreed public location first, see how the group's energy feels, decide what you prefer to do when it is time to move to the private location, etc.).
– please be proactive in asking the organisers if their costs are covered. Organisers are already volunteering their time and energy to facilitate the cafes.
I just got the update on the status for my waiting list to "go" a while ago, however for tonight I had set up other plan. So would like to realease my spot.
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What exactly is a 'being in becoming' … how is it possible 'being in becoming'… becoming is the cause of suffering. The root cause. How is that advatian, my friend?
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I attended a Kits meeting at park at Maple and Ogden and was so pleased at the opportunity. But when I returned the following Thurs there was no one there. Is there a way to know if this group is meeting and if so when and where? I would so like to attend more of the meetings in Kits.
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A Retired Woman´s Views and News on a Wiltshire Life
Brown's Folly and the Stone Quarries in Bathford
The walking and geology groups on their way to the Bathford stone quarries and "The George Inn" in Bathampton.
Brown's Folly on top of the hill.
Built by Colonel Wade Brown in 1848, to provide employment during the agricultural recession, and is designated Grade ll listed building.
I gives it name to a 96 acre site of biological and geological "Site of Special Scientific Interest" near the village of Bathford in Bath, and was first notified in 1974. Also known as Farleigh Down Stone Quarry, it is operated as a nature reserve by the Avon Wildlife Trust.
The Folly is situated on the steep west facing slopes that overlook the River Avon. The site includes the remains of quarries used for the extraction of Bath Stone, and provide a rich variety of wildlife habitats. Downland flora has covered the spoilheaps where wild thyme, harebell and nine species of orchid, including the rare Fly Orchid, flourish. The damp cliff faces support a variety of ferns, fungi and spiders. Pockets of ancient woodland on the lower slopes are home to woodpeckers and unusual plants such as Bath asparagus.
Quarry entrance with stratified limestone.
The old underground quarries are used by the Greater Horseshoe Bat for roosting, and by five other species. "Boris" the oldest Greater Horseshoe Bat ever recoreded in Britain, was discovered at Brown's Folly in January 2000.
The underground workings are of great speleological and historical interest. They contain many delicate stalacites and examples of gull formation (cave features formed by land slippage.) These quarry workings provided stone for the facade of Buckingham Palace.
That's a big rockface!
"The George Inn" the haunted canalside pub in Bathampton.
Some debate exists about exactly when the Inn was built. Some sections seem to have been built as early as the 12th century, when it was part of a monastery for the Prior of Bath. According to English Heritage however, the present building of coursed rubble with a Cotswold stone slate roof, dates from the mid late 17th century.
The resident ghost of Viscount John Baptiste Du Barre, a foreign noble haunts, the Inn. He died in a duel on Claverton Down at dawn on the 18th November 1778. He was mortally wounded, and his body was bought back to the Inn for post-mortem. This fact in now way affects the taste of the cider, beer and jacket potatoes!
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Corsham Court in Wiltshire
Corsham Court, viewed through the main entrance gate.
Corsham Court, a Royal Manor in the days of the Saxon Kings, and home of the Methuen family, is based on an Elizabethan house dating from 1582. It was bought in the mid 18th century to display Sir Paul Methuen's celebrated collection of 16th and 17th century Old Master paintings. A second collection was added through inheritance in the mid 19th century. There are works by Van Dyke, Carlo Dolci, Filippo Lippi, Salvator Rosa, Reynolds and Romney, as well as a superb portrait of Queen Elizabeth 1st, painted just after her death, and presumed to be a most realistic portrait of her in later years.
The picture gallery, with its intricate plasterwork, was designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown and is 72ft in length. This room and the other 18th century State Rooms, still retain their original damask wall hangings, as well as furniture designed by Chippendale, Thomas Johnson, John Cobb and the Adam Brothers.
The parkland and lake with one of many peacocks that adorn the park.
Stunning gardens and parkland surround the Court. The 13 acre lake planned by "Capability" Brown was eventually completed by Humphry Repton.
Ornamental urn in the shady garden.
The first Lady Methuen was responsible for the basic layout of the flower gardens, which include herbaceous borders and the lily pond garden. The gardens are particularly admired for their collections of magnolias and spring bulbs.
The Georgian Bath-House.
Lancelot "Capability" Brown built the Bath-House and planted the avenues with numerous specimen trees, some of which still survive, including an enormous Oriental plane, which now has a circumference of over 240 yards,
The Court viewed from the gardens.
The House has been used as a film location for "The Remains of the Day," starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, and most recently for the BBC's adaptation of "Tess of the D'Urbervilles." Bath Spa University has teaching and studio facilities at Corsham Court.
Inside the medieval Church of St Batholomew in Corsham.
The unusual rood screen, carved from stone instead of wood.
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A Thursday visit to Kelmscott Manor, the home of the Artist William Morris.
Members of the "Lawrence Society of Art" make their way through the front entrance of Kelmscott Manor, the summer home of the writer, artist and designer William Morris and his family. Originally called Lower Farm, the house was built around 1600 for Thomas Turner, a successful yeoman farmer. Generations of the Turner family lived in the house until 1869, when the manor passed to a cousin, Charles Hobbs, who rented it out two years later.
William Morris took over a joint lease with Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1871. Morris described the manor house as "a heaven on earth," and he and his family used it as a summer retreat for the rest of his life. He died in London in 1896, and his body was returned to Kelmscott Church for burial. His wife Jane and his daughters Jenny and May are buried alongside him in the churchyard.
Angela sits in the courtyard of the former outside wash house.
The outside "loo" at the bottom of the garden, a rather nice little shed in which to sit and ponder the meaning of life!
The interior of the old wash house.
Unfortunately no photography was allowed in the house itself, so this is the only interior I could "snap." There are many photos of the interior on the internet, and a detailed history of the house on Wikipedia.
The Morris family's summer house.
Morris particularly like the basic construction of this place to sit, with rough hewn tree trunks holding up the stone tiled roof.
The old manor house to the left, with the later wing to the right.
After Morris's death in 1896, his widow Jane Morris continued to be occupy the house until she was able to purchased it in 1913. On her death, it passed to her daughter May, who, when she died in 1938, left the house to her father's university at Oxford, but on condition that it was preserved with its contents for public access. The university were unwilling to preserve the house as "a museum piece," and passed the manor house and land into the care of the Society of Antiquaries in 1962. A beautiful and peaceful place to visit.
Cirencester Roman Museum
The entrance area of the Corinium Museum. A really excellent museum, with so much information and many exhibits about life in Roman Cirencester.
A floor mosaic from a Roman house.
A Roman cavalryman on his wonderful horse. Quite how he mounted his horse dressed in heavy chain mail and helmet, I do not know. He must have needed a ladder and several helpers. The horse was so realistic, and we all stroked his seemingly soft nose.
A view down from the second floor, giving an aerial view of the floor mosaic.
Out in the Roman garden. The Romans were fond of their formal gardens, which were enclosed in a central courtyard.
A haughty looking butcher chops his hunks of meat.
This is an excellent museum, and well worth a visit if in the area.
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Christmas is Coming, the Bellringers are Practising Hard!
Wednesday's weekly practise of the Potterne Handbell Ringers.
Our group consists of nine ringers, although not everybody can make every practise. On Wednesday Celia brought along her friend from Cape Town, who joined us in playing, and very well she did too. We practise some pieces we hope to play at Christmas, not all Christmas music, but some old favourites the audiences will like to hear.
Concentrating on the music.
This is what we look like in full kit, waiting here to play at the 2012 Christmas Carol Service in Potterne Church.
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Out in the Wilds of Littleton Pannell to West Lavington
The approaching rain storm over Potterne.
We had a great walk followed by lunch in the "Churchill Arms" in West Lavington. After three years of blog writing, I'm taking some time off, as words are beginning to fail me! My new camera arrives on Monday, so the blog will reappear with even better photographs.
The Braunschweig Blog will definitely resume when I write about next year's visit to Timmerlah and Braunschweig from May to July in 2014. Bye for now! Vicki
In Littleton Pannell Woods with the lady walkers.
The cows blocked out path. How do cows always know where the stile is?
A "View the Locks" Special Boat-Trip.
The Kenavon Venture in lock 49.
The Kennet & Avon Trust trip boat occasionally runs special trips down to the top of the famous "Caen Hill" flight of locks. Last Wednesday afternoon one such special trip made its way down six locks to the top of the flight of 16 consecutive locks. During the trip a crew member gave a short history of the canal to the 35 passengers, who during the cruise, enjoyed refreshments of tea and coffee, beer, crisps and cream teas. The weather was rather overcast, but nice and cool for the passengers and those having to operate the locks.
The boat at lock 47 at Prison Bridge.
The boat entered through the top gates when the lock was full of water. The helpers wound the paddles up to let the water out, opened the lock gates for the boat to come out, and are now closing the paddles using a windlass. The huge Wiltshire county prison, now demolished, stood near this bridge, hence its name of "Prison Bridge."
The closed top gates, with the bottom ones open to let the boat out towards the next lock.
The white handrails at the side of the lock are to tops of ladders. A boater without help from a crew, will have to come into the lock at the bottom, and climb to the top to close the gates and fill the lock with water to raise its level. The entire flight of locks is basically a huge step ladder of water.
The boat approaches lock 47 on the return journey.
This bridge has two arches, one for the canal and the other to allow wagons of bricks to be hauled up to lock 50. During the building of the canal, a brickworks at Foxhangers at the bottom of the flight, produced the thousands of bricks needed the the construction of the 29 locks. A track ran along the towpath, (right,) which allowed horse drawn wagons bringing bricks up the flight, to pass underneath the road.
Lock 50, Town Lock.
The is the first lock of the flight in the centre of Devizes. There are three sections to the flight, the first six to lock keepers cottage at lock 44, then the 16 consecutive locks down to Foxhangers, the site of the old brickworks at lock 28, and then another seven locks to Lower Foxhangers at lock 21 at the bottom. A modern electric pump now pumps water to the top of the flight, so that a supply is always ready to fill each lock.
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The Singing Season has Begun.
The singing season has begun here again, and last night at Dauntsey's choir, we began practising the music for our Christmas concert and service, which takes place in St Mary's Church, Devizes on Wednesday December 11th.
We are singing songs and carols from "Advent for Choirs," which contains many well know songs, together with some I have never sung before. We started with Bach's "Sleepers Wake," a piece I have sung so many times before, followed by "Veiled in Darkness," a recent composition by Glen Rudolph, and a work I had never heard of before. It is good to sing previously unknown works from time to time, and not rest on our Christmas well know laurels!
The photo right, shows David Backhouse's statue of Euterpe, one of Apollo's nine Greek Muses, and the Muse of music, song and dance. She plays her flute in all weathers outside the music department at the school. Born of Zeus and Mnemosyne, she was one of nine sisters. Her name means "rejoicing well" or "delight." She is also the Muse of joy, pleasure and of flute playing, and was thought to have invented the double flute. I think I might be on her wave length.
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Friday in Bath.
A River Avon trip boat waits for customers at Pulteney Bridge.
There has been so little rain recently, that the River Avon is flowing gracefully underneath Pulteney Bridge and over the weir, as it makes its way towards the Bristol Channel. I was in Bath for a quiet chat and coffee with a friend, and for a meeting of the Bath/Braunschweig Twinning Association in the "Mayor's Parlour" in the Guildhall. In spite of a dodgy weather forecast, the day was lovely, with bright sunshine and pleasantly cooler than of late.
A lone guitarist plays loud music outside the Roman Baths.
The city was as busy as ever, with many tourists still thronging the usual tourist sites. We found a quiet cafe near the Theatre Royal for a cuppa, and then walked back and sat outside the Roman Baths, had a bite to eat, and watched the tourists walking past. A guitarist provided us with some music, that was much too loud for our tastes, but we stayed put and watched the Americans, Chinese, French, Japanese and other members of the human race walk past, eating ice cream and often lead by a flag waving tour guide. The photo above seems to have missed the sunshine and the crowds.
An elegant 18th century staircase in the Guildhall.
It was good to see all my friends again on the BBTA committee, and to catch up on all the news. We talked at length about the Bath Childrens' Choir visit to Braunschweig last June, an event that helped forge an even closer link between the two cities. I will be giving a talk about my stay in Braunschweig, complete with a slide show, at our next meeting on October 4th.
All the former mayors of Bath have their photographs hanging on a wall near the Mayor's Parlour.
The Carnival is Over.
Some bird's eye views of the carnival procession, as it goes through Devizes.
This year's carnival was the best ever, and "well done" to all the town council and voluntary organisations that made it possible.
Devizes Town Band march past Chantry Court.
Bottom right can be seen a tiny boy on held on reins by his mother, who danced to the music as the band went by.
The procession emerges from Sidmouth Street.
Magnificent birds in the middle of Devizes.
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Potterne to "The Lamb" in Urchfont.
Out in the thick of Potterne woods.
We got off the bus at the Porch House in Potterne, and made our way through thick and thin towards the Great Western railway line, where trains pass on their way to to Bristol and the West Country at one end, and Paddington in London at the other. I wanted an express train to add glamour to the photo, but only a slow goods train chugged past at the appropriate moment, see below.
Twelve of us enjoyed the 4 mile walk, which finished in "The Lamb" in Urchfont, where we enjoyed baguettes with assorted fillings, and a good drop of English beer and cider.
Goods train spotting near Urchfont.
Up the hill along the tree rooted track.
An Urchfont English country garden, complete with hollyhocks.
Urchfont's village map with the notable historic houses.
Vicki M
Devizes, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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Study: Ferry Service Could Provide Opportunity for MBTA Expansion without Huge Upfront Costs
September 26, 2017 /in Better Government, Featured, News, News: Transportation, Press Releases, Press Releases: Government, Press Releases: MBTA, Press Releases: Transportation /by Editorial Staff
Read press coverage of this report in the Boston Herald: Study suggests MBTA float ferry service expansion and Editorial: "Ferrying off to work"; The Boston Globe: "Look to the harbor to ease Boston's transportation woes," "Steady stream of studies fuel transportation debates," and here; The Boston Business Journal: "Seaport ferry, funded by business, would be open to public"; and State House News Service: "SENATE REPORT ASSERTS PUBLIC DISSATISFIED WITH MASS. TRANSPORTATION"; The Lynn Daily Item: "LYNN FERRY'S FUTURE BUOYED BY REPORT"; and The Salem News: "Our view: Ferry expansion can help ease traffic woes"
Service has low capital costs, is cost effective by a number of measures, and could be an inexpensive channel to address critical transit needs in the region
BOSTON – A comprehensive study of the MBTA ferry service's performance as a transit mode and how it compares to other ferry operators nationwide offers useful insights for policy discussion on future water transportation in Massachusetts Bay, according to a new study published by Pioneer Institute. The findings suggest additional ferry service could provide an opportunity for the cash-strapped MBTA to expand service without the enormous upfront investment required to extend capital-intensive heavy, light, and/or commuter rail lines.
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"Despite relatively high operating expenses by some measures, ferry service is overall quite cost effective compared to other MBTA service modes," said Pioneer Institute Research Director Greg Sullivan, who co-authored "Is it time to expand water transportation in Greater Boston?" with Pioneer Research and Policy Associate Matthew Blackbourn.
MBTA ferry service makes stops in Hingham, Hull, Charlestown, downtown Boston, and at Logan Airport. The report also explores recent water transportation initiatives in a number of coastal communities on the north and south shores. With over 1.3 million trips per year, the MBTA ferry makes up a small percentage of T ridership—but the service is critical to coastal communities that lack other transit options.
In 2015, the T ferry recovered more of its costs through fares (68 percent) than any other MBTA service mode. It also had the highest fare revenue per passenger mile and per unlinked trip, and was one of the most popular modes among its users. A big reason for its popularity is that the ferry boasts the best on-time performance of any T transit option.
Between 2002 and 2015, ferry service required the least capital investment of any MBTA transit mode. It also required the lowest subsidy per passenger mile—$0.41—second to the commuter rail ($0.38) over the same timeframe, according to analysis that factors in debt service on capital expenses and builds on previous MBTA analysis.
This impressive efficiency comes in spite of having high operating costs by some measures, including several commonly used transit performance metrics. In 2015, ferry service had the highest operating expenses per vehicle mile, revenue hour, and unlinked passenger trip of any MBTA mode. It also had higher operating expenses per passenger mile than the average of all T service modes analyzed.
Blackbourn and Sullivan compared MBTA ferry service to five other ferry operators – the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District and San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority in the Bay Area; Greater New York City's Port Imperial Ferry Corporation and BillyBey Ferry Company LLC; and the King County Ferry District in Seattle – that were deemed suitable peers through use of the Integrated National Transit Database Analysis System's peer selection tool.
MBTA water transportation was relatively cost effective compared to its peers, scoring in the top three out of the six operators on four of six measures, although it ranked last in terms of trips per revenue hour and per revenue mile.
Two of the five peer operators (Port Imperial and BillyBey) are for-profit companies. Among the public operators, the MBTA had the highest fare recovery ratio.
The MBTA has signaled its recognition of water transportation's potential to reduce congestion and deliver environmental benefits. Despite comprising a tiny percentage of its overall operations, the T's FY2015-2019 Capital Investment Program dedicates $42 million to ferry service, or about 1 percent of overall capital expenditures.
Gregory W. Sullivan is Pioneer's Research Director. Prior to joining Pioneer, Sullivan served two five-year terms as Inspector General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and was a 17-year member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Greg is a Certified Fraud Investigator, and holds degrees from Harvard College, The Kennedy School of Public Administration, and the Sloan School at MIT.
Matthew Blackbourn is Pioneer's Research & Policy Associate. He has led projects for PioneerPublic, PioneerOpportunity, and PioneerHealth, and assists with managing the organization's crowdsourcing initiative, the Better Government Competition. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University.
Pioneer Institute is an independent, non-partisan, privately funded research organization that seeks to improve the quality of life in Massachusetts through civic discourse and intellectually rigorous, data-driven public policy solutions based on free market principles, individual liberty and responsibility, and the ideal of effective, limited and accountable government.
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Study Raises Concern That Annual T Fare Evasion Costs Could Rise By More Than $30 Million Under AFC 2.0
According to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the MBTA's $935.4 million fare collection system (AFC 2.0) that is scheduled to be implemented in 2023 will reduce fare evasion by $35 million over a decade. But the T announced in 2021 that evasion could actually increase by up to $30 million under AFC 2.0, and now a Pioneer Institute study warns that insufficient fare enforcement could drive that figure even higher under the new system.
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Pioneer Applauds MassDOT for Allston Project All At-Grade Plan
Pioneer Institute applauds the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (Mass DOT) for its decision to move forward with an all at-grade design for the "throat" area as part of the massive $1.7 billion Allston I-90 Interchange project announced yesterday by State Secretary of Transportation Jamey Tesler. Pioneer had proposed that MassDOT should revise its Scoping Report on the I-90 Allston Multimodal Project and recommend an additional option - a modified at-grade option for the throat area - to the Federal Highway Administration.
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Open Letter: Extend the Term of the MBTA's Fiscal and Management Control Board
Read Pioneer Institute's Open Letter urging policymakers to extend the term of the MBTA's Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB), which is currently scheduled to sunset at the end of June. The Letter also calls for the Control Board to continue to be made up of transit experts rather than political appointees, and recommends that an independent audit office be created that reports directly to the FMCB.
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Pioneer Institute Statement on MBTA Service Cuts
Even as MBTA ridership and revenue have been gutted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the system remains a lifeline for so many residents in the Greater Boston area, especially those working in essential services like health care or in industries most impacted by the pandemic such as the restaurant sector. Facing a crisis of this magnitude, T leadership must first do its all to rethink how it delivers services before reflexively making cuts.
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COVID-19 Silver Lining: MBTA Takes Advantage of Ridership Lull to Accelerate $8.5 Billion Modernization Program
Pioneer Institute congratulates the Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) and MBTA management for taking advantage of the precipitous ridership declines due to the COVID pandemic to dramatically accelerate ongoing construction projects.
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Survey Suggests Demand for Telecommuting After COVID-19 Crisis
Citing an avoidance of the commute and more flexible scheduling, nearly 63 percent of respondents to Pioneer Institute's survey, "Will You Commute To Work When The COVID-19 Crisis Is Over?" expressed a preference to work from home one day a week, and a plurality preferred two to three days a week, even after a COVID-19 vaccine is available. Respondents cite social isolation as the biggest drawback of remote work. The survey was conducted from April 22nd to May 15th, and received responses from over 700 individuals.
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A Control Board Equipped for the Next Phase of MBTA Reform
In a new policy brief out today, Pioneer Institute calls on the Massachusetts Legislature to extend the life of the MBTA's Fiscal and Management Control Board beyond the current fiscal year ending on June 30, and adjust it to address the agency's new challenges.
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Pioneer Urges MassDOT to Reconsider At-Grade Throat Option for I-90 Allston Multimodal Project
Pioneer's new Public Comment calls on the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to revise its Scoping Report on the I-90 Allston Multimodal Project and recommend an additional option to the Federal Highway Administration.
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Study Finds Revived Merit Rating Board Taking Steps to Carry Out Statutorily Mandated Duties
The Merit Rating Board's recent adoption of a regular meeting schedule, and related resolutions, are important steps in light of that Board's 1976 governing statute.
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Study Proposes "Marshall Plan" for Attracting and Retaining Talent Needed to Modernize the MBTA
Better hiring practices and internal organization, external resources…
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Pioneer Institute Announces Winner of 29th Annual Better Government Competition
Pioneer Institute is pleased to announce that Los Angeles Country Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro)'s program, "Operation Farm Team: Global Transportation Infrastructure Workforce Initiative" is the winner of the 29th annual Better Government Competition. The theme of the 2019 contest was, "Moving People, Moving Goods, Moving Forward," focusing on innovations that prepare America for the future of transportation.
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Study Calls for Easing MBTA Procurement Restrictions and Beefing Up Project Management Capacity
Reforms needed if T is to achieve increased capital spending…
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Pioneer Institute Public Statement: A Season for Management Reforms
The MBTA's red and green line derailments this week highlight…
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Whistleblowers Were Proven Right: MBTARF Was Underreporting Its Unfunded Pension Liabilities
In a new brief, Pioneer shows that whistleblowers' 2015 claim…
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Pioneer Institute Public Statement on the MBTA's Proposal to Increase Fares by 6.3 Percent
While Pioneer Institute opposed the 2016 MBTA fare increases,…
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Review of MBTA Twitter Alerts Finds Fewer "Delayed" Trains, Corresponding Increase in Those "Running Behind"
BOSTON - A review of four years of MBTA commuter rail Twitter…
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Public Statement on MBTA Ridership & Pension Costs
Monday's meeting of the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control…
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If you've been watching the news coming out of Safetyland, you know that OSHA last week announced a change in its rules on the reporting of workplace deaths and severe injuries, requiring that employers must report any fatalities within eight hours of the accident or incident beginning January 1.
It's not much of a surprise, and the new rule has been anticipated for some time. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health David Michaels explained that work-related hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye will now have to be reported within 24 hours under the new rule.
Previously, OSHA regulations required such reports to be filed only if three or more workers were killed or hospitalized while on the job, and reporting single hospitalizations, amputations, or loss of an eye was not required.
I'll be following up on this story in the newsletters, and I'd like to know how this will affect your facilities. Will you be doing anything different? Are you for it or against it? And will this new rule make the healthcare workplace any safer?
In our upcoming October issue of Medical Environment Update, our experts tell ghoulish tales of lessons they came a little too close to learning in their careers in safety. If you've been in the safety field for any length of time, you've heard the warnings of all the things that can go wrong in the workplace. If you're lucky, you've never had to live the consequences of a truly bad accident—something that can maim you for life or change your life or career forever.
The reality, however, is that over the course of a career that can span 20 or 30 years, chances are that you will experience a scary close call—whether it was caused by carelessness by yourself or a co-worker or circumstances beyond your control.
We almost poisoned the water system – When you're at home, it's taken for granted that you can pretty much pour anything down the drain, because chances are you aren't pouring poison away. In a lab or medical office, that might be a different story, and if you aren't careful you can pollute or even poison the water supply.
Chemicals almost burned the maintenance guy – You'll hear it over and over again: wear your PPE when you are handling hazardous materials, especially eye protection. Why? Because you never know when an accidental spill might get in your eyes.
In a hospital she worked in, Marge McFarlane, PhD, MT(ASCP), CHSP, CHFM, HEM, MEP, CHEP, principal of Superior Performance, LLC, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, says a maintenance worker was called to investigate a water leak in a ceiling. When he opened the ceiling tiles—without eye protection—it turned out to be Potassium Hydroxide, a chemical with a pH of about 13 used in radiology processing in a lab directly above him. Apparently, workers had cut plastic corners off film being developed, which allowed the chemical to overflow in the drain above and leak through the ceiling.
Someone torched the lab courier's car – Most labs and medical offices take advantage of a courier service of some sort to transport specimens and records, but no one expects them to take a joyride and end up in a fireball. That's exactly what happened in Scungio's system, when a thief took off with the courier's car.
The following is a guest commentary from Linda Gylland, MLS (ASCP), QLS, a laboratory safety officer with Sanford Health in Fargo, North Dakota.
Being a large healthcare system, many sets of eyeballs are necessary in order to have a 'culture of safety.' It is important to get feedback from as many departments/locations as possible on a routine basis.
Quarterly safety committee meetings bring these members together to discuss problems, policies, injuries, hazardous chemicals, questions and educational opportunities. Since our healthcare system has mandatory online education, safety courses which are annually being updated by our education department are consistently completed by all staff.
Labs are not always included in these meetings, and in order to get an overall picture and be connected as a whole, it is important to be a part of "the group" and to be "in the know." Something is always gained by 'being there' and voicing concerns to represent hundreds of lab staff. Being a lab safety officer is a lonely position; questions are being asked from all directions and other people oftentimes need to be included and involved. All answers are not immediately known; it is helpful to have a group to confide in and get helpful input. It's like having a pen pal!
With input from an organized safety committee, an annual safety competency is sent to all lab staff employees. This may include searching policies for answers, emergency response, waste disposal and SDS online. The last question of the competency always includes "Do you feel your safety needs are being met?" The lab safety officer compiles these questions and discusses them at our meeting, or sooner if necessary. With all departments working together- clinical lab safety and hospital safety- it is possible to have a "culture of safety" regardless of your size.


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This is so important for educators to understand – kids with Down syndrome CAN learn well and districts need to afford them all possible opportunities, as early as possible, in order for them to be able to do so!
Seventeen years ago, when my daughter Ieva was turning 5, we had the choice of two possible classrooms. One was for kids labeled MR-T, which stood for Mentally Retarded Trainable, and the other was for kids labeled MR-E, which was Mentally Retarded Educable. If she ended up in the Mentally Retarded Trainable class, she would be trained to perform "functional" skills. If she went into the Mentally Retarded Educable class, she would learn basic academic skills. Throughout preschool, I prayed to God and bargained with him. I swore I would be a selfless perfect mother in exchange for the district finding my daughter "educable" instead of "trainable." As it turned out, by the time Ieva, who has Down syndrome, was going to enroll in kindergarten, we moved abroad where she was educated with all typical kids in a Montessori school. When we returned to the United States, Ieva was fully and successfully included in typical classes at the neighborhood schools. Thanks to good instruction, she is a proficient reader.
Although much has changed since then–especially the language we use to refer to people with intellectual disabilities–low expectations still have the power to limit a child's educational opportunities.
Thank you for that great post, Anne! It is so true that low expectations are still a problem. I'm hoping this blog will spread the word so that all children with have the opportunities (and outcomes) that Ieva had.


Boutique furniture-maker, Blu Dot, was looking for a way to increase their social media presence and get the word out about their latest creation, the Hot Mesh Chair. We returned with a digital version of the classic childhood game, musical chairs, using Twitter.
During a game NYC band Doppio would play a song and then suddenly stop. When they stopped a phrase would appear on the screen and users would have to tweet that phrase with complete accuracy. The fastest tweeters advanced to the next round and the process repeated itself until only one contestant remained. The winner of each game received an actual Hot Mesh Chair.


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Launch of Bekins Web site unveils new branding efforts
April 29th, 2013 | Bekins News & Events.
In a move designed to drive more Internet-based sales leads and provide more information and educational opportunities to customers, the van line has redesigned and redeveloped its Bekins Web site. The Web site has a new look as well as a customer-first user interface.
In addition to launching the new Web site, Bekins also unveiled the new branding image for the company. "This is moving.", the theme of the entire brand, is an effort to build a more recognizable and consistent image for the van line.
"The new Bekins Web site and rebranding effort allows for a whole new customer experience" said Mark Kirschner, the van line's CEO. "With more user-friendly content and a more cohesive brand, Bekins is able to educate, assist and provide optimum service to our customers like never before."
The new Web site also has added features, such as the "in-home estimate" and the "request for estimate," which enables customers to better interact with the Web site and gain preliminary information about Bekins' services. Additionally, there are also several moving planning and resource guides to help customers prepare themselves for a move. Links to social media outlets are also present on the homepage so consumers are able to easily access other modes of communication with the company as well.


Who is The Sassy Marketer?
Since my last post was a bit dark, let's brighten things up (pun intended) with a fun topic that happens to be one of my not-so-secret passions – color psychology! It may sound fluffy but there's a lot of hard data out there that proves color use in marketing matters and when used in the right context, colors can (and should) be manipulated to achieve particular outcomes.
You would do yourself well to learn how to master the use of this color wheel. It's not hard and lucky for you other folks already did the hard work to determine how to use colors for maximum effectiveness. For example, Paul Olyslager does a nice job in this blog concisely explaining how to use complimentary (think opposite) colors to draw the eye to the desired call-to-action (CTA).
The idea here is that the contrast of the complimentary color (red) jumps out against the blue background and draws the eye to the preferred CTA, which is of course to sign up. Cool, huh? If you like this and want to learn more about how colors impact conversion check out this post from ConversionXL.
Below is a list of colors, which I would like you to read one at a time and after each one, say the first thing that pops into your mind. This works better if you do it out loud. If you're reading this on a plane or in the office, invite others to play along. Don't be shy.
What's really interesting about this game is everyone is going to have different answers depending on their current mindset, age, gender, social background and of course, geography. A 20-year-old guy might initially think of "breasts" for the color pink (yep, I said "breasts," not "breast cancer" – it seems the cancer awareness part gets dropped quite a bit). Whereas a 30-year-old woman with children probably thinks of little girls' toys and clothing. Similarly, red is a color of power and aggression in America, but in some Asian countries it symbolizes good fortune and wealth.
Colors also come into play when considering brand association. You'd probably find it pretty strange and perhaps even off-putting if you got an email from Target with a blue color scheme because we all have learned to associate Target with the color red.
When developing marketing materials and selecting colors, you need to consider your intended audience, how they perceive you and the message you're trying to convey.
Most people will choose blue. You might think I chose intentionally gender-polarizing colors, so the preferences would be split, but in fact studies show that in general, women are more averse to pink than men are (there are of course specific contextual exceptions to this, such as when making purchases for female children and donating to charity).
Now, which image do you prefer?
Most women, and probably many men, will choose image #1 in pink. I mean, the guy in blue is fetching but the guy in pink in downright distracting. You can't help but look. In all seriousness, though, both images have a quality that draws your attention.
What if I now told you the purpose of this ad is to sell custom t-shirts.
Which makes you want to buy a T-Shirt?
My point is, you need to consider not only sentiment about colors but how they're viewed in context and what they're intended to do. Oh yeah…and who they're for (that all-important audience thing again).
These principles above are good guidelines to live your marketing life by, but even equipped with these nuggets of brilliance I will encourage you to keep testing your color options. The things that do and do not work may surprise you.
A story about the color purple: Not long ago I ran a pretty extensive marketing campaign which was targeted toward an IT audience. The primary imagery and CTAs for the campaign were in purple. Generally, purple and brown are the least successful colors for CTAs, but we had recently used purple very successfully in a campaign targeted at law firms and decided to use it again. It flopped. Badly. We knew the color was the culprit because we saw an increase in click rates when we ran an A/B split test with different button colors: orange and blue were both much more effective. We continue to see good click rates with purple CTAs for the legal industry audience, which just goes to show sometimes you don't know what works for which audience unless you test.
In summary: Colors matter. Context matters. Colors in context can have a material impact on how people perceive and interact (or don't) with your marketing programs. And never stop testing.
ABM: WTF or F*** Yeah!?
You'll never believe how amazing this post about click bait is!! Also mentions Facebook, LinkedIn, Donald Trump, Salesforce Pardot and Google!
Has objectivity eclipsed creativity in marketing?


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Vitiligo in News | February 2020
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This February, Ash Soto, known as a woman who creates stunning body artwork based on vitiligo, was in news again. Natalie Morris from MetroUK retold the story of Soto which got viral within the vitiligo community and many support networks. The same time, Barcroft TV's YouTube special – Shake My Beauty featured Ash, telling her incredible story to the world. So far, her story has gathered 215K views on YouTube.
The other community story that remained the talk of the town this February was about Nancy Trevizo. Nancy found her niche for knitting during a class in high school and now crochets doll for a friend with vitiligo. Over the years Nancy spent her time perfecting her craft. It was a picture that inspired her to use her talent for a good cause. She saw a doll on Facebook that João Stanganelli Junior had made his grand kid to educate her on vitiligo. Nancy, whose friend has vitiligo, wanted to know if she could make her a doll. From there, Nancy started custom creations that could give comfort to others.
The other newsmaker of February 2020 was Winnie Harlow. In the past few years, the supermodel made to a Vogue cover, walked on the ramp for Victoria Secret fashion show and even collaborated with Kim Kardashian for a beauty line. In an interview with Fashion Week Daily, Winnie opened up about vitiligo. She responded to a question, saying "It's my skin, so it's the first thing you see. But, I'm not my skin. I happen to have vitiligo and I'm proud of it, but I'm also not a spokesperson for it. It's not about me being private about my skin condition. I love talking about it. But it's not the only thing about me."
Image: Winnie Harlow's Instagram Account
The other lesser-known face of vitiligo awareness also got his fair share of the spotlight this month. Chad Esau who is an ambassador for anti-bullying organization BraveHeart has been using the platform to reach out to people who've also experienced bullying. Bashing yet another traditional beauty norm, 21-year-old Chad Esau from Cape Town is now in the running for the 2020 Mr. South Africa title.
Now, let's shift gears to the progress we made in the field of vitiligo research in February 2020. As per a cohort study conducted by Li Zhang at Fudan University in Shanghai, the presence of clinical markers (an observable sign indicative of disorder) in cases with vitiligo may have an association with worsening prognoses and speedy disease progression. Li and his team analyzed a large cohort of patients with vitiligo from China to find a significantly higher frequency of active disease among those with at least one of the three clinical markers compared with people without a clinical marker.
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New Research Report Points Out Marketers Don't Agree on How to Achieve Growth; New Series Aims to Help
MMA Global Research Reveals Divide Within Companies, Launches New CMO Series To Aid Understanding of How Marketing Produces Growth
New York, April 28th, 2022 – MMA Global, the association devoted to architecting the future of marketing for CMOs, today released the Marketer Benchmark Study on Growth with findings on a topic at, or near, the top of the priority list for ANY company in ANY industry: Growth. The results revealed a 50/50 split among marketers when it comes to how to best achieve growth.
The report is based on a survey of more than 200 mid to senior-level marketers at medium to large companies and sought to answer two critical questions: What is the level of marketing alignment when it comes to driving growth? And how do companies approach marketing growth?
The results revealed two very distinct schools of thought:
(50%) Go Long & Broad Purists. Mostly senior marketers with a strong conviction around the traditional principles of brand building, reach and penetration as the drivers of growth.
(50%) Pragmatic Balancers. Mid-senior marketers who take advantage of modern marketing opportunities (e.g. targeting), and choose to balance different approaches without always having one unifying theory.
"The MMA believes that every marketer must understand the rapidly evolving science of competing growth frameworks and put continuous effort into validating or re-validating them for their business. This research highlights the need for marketers to increase their expertise in applying and measuring the effectiveness of growth strategies to rationalize marketing's contribution to overall company growth," said Greg Stuart, CEO, MMA Global. "It's why the MMA Boards pushed us to develop a new approach to growth in our Outcomes-Based Marketing 2.0 (OBM2), released last year, which is currently being tested in the marketplace."
For these reasons, MMA Global along with Neustar, a TransUnion Company, are launching a new discussion series called the CMO Roundtables on Growth. This series aims to challenge marketers to gain a better understanding of the science behind effective growth strategies. The first session will take place on June 8th and will focus on Marketing Attribution as a key enabler of growth. The discussion will be moderated by Joanna O'Connell, VP/Principal Analyst, Forrester and will feature a panel of leading CMOs including Frank Crowson from Best Buy and Jonnie Cahill from Heineken USA, as well as offer live audience Q&A.
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Members include: 1-800-Flowers.com, Adobe, Activision Blizzard, Ally Financial, AppsFlyer, AT&T, Bank of America, Campbell's, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Chobani, Choice Hotels, Clear Channel Outdoor, Colgate Palmolive, CVS Health, Diageo, Dunkin' Brands, eBay, E*TRADE, Ford, General Motors Company, Google, GSK, Hilton Worldwide, IBM Watson Advertising, Kargo, Kroger, L'Oreal, Major League Baseball, Marriott International, Match Group, Mastercard, McDonald's, Merkle, Meta, Molson Coors, NBCU, Neustar, a TransUnion Company, Peloton, Pinterest, Roku, Salesforce, Snap Inc., Target Inc., The Walt Disney Company, T-Mobile, Twitch, Twitter, Uber, Unilever, Universal McCann, Vibes, Visa, Walmart, Waze, Yahoo! and many more. The MMA's global headquarters is located in New York with regional operations Asia Pacific (APAC), Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) and Latin America (LATAM). For more information see www.mmaglobal.com.
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Baserange Melbourne Store invites you to contemplate the photographic works featured in anyonegirl.com's publication, WAIST, as part of a collaborative in-store exhibition.
WAIST is a print project by Yasmine Ganley and Natasha Mead. The contributing artists' pieces reflect on the female mid-section, as symbol and physicality, and collectively highlight the subtle communication of this body part.
The exhibition features works by Nastassia Brückin, Ophelia Mikkelson & Ryder Jones, Kimbra Audrey, Crista Leonard, Yasmine Ganley & Natasha Mead, alongside a screening of a Veronica Crockford-Pound's Super 8 film.
Baserange Melbourne Store will also have a limited supply of the Sherie Muijs x WAIST No.19 tee-shirts available for purchase.
The photography prints created by fine art printers, Hound & Bone, are for sale in limited numbers, and also available framed in Tasmanian oak.
Visitors will also be able to experience the newly re-designed Baserange space; an evolution in interiors to mark their third year at No Order Market.
Join us for a Moon Dog craft beer from 3 – 6PM Saturday 2 December 2017, at No Order Market Level 1, 187-193 Elizabeth Street Melbourne CBD.
The exhibition will continue until 10 January 2018.