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Laundry and Other Mysteries
By Desiree Hickson
A pod where we discuss how our guests do their laundry, what they do when the laundry is done, while offering tips for solving some common laundry mysteries to our listeners.
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Dec 18, 2019
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Learning To Shut Out The Noise with Antonio Briceno
Today's main topic is meditation and learning how to shut out the noise and relax in the present moment. My guest, Antonio Briceno, is a meditation guide at Miriam's Place but he's also in the business of providing insurance and supporting the Colorado Springs community in other ways. You can find Antonio Briceno at the following links: Antonio A. Briceno P (719) 203-6424 email@example.com www.HealthMarkets.com/abriceno https://www.facebook.com/HealthMarketsColoradoSpringsCO.AAB/photos/p.1546779025467604/1546779025467604/?type=1&theater Shut Out The Noise Meditation https://www.facebook.com/Shut-Out-The-Noise-Meditation-105799827792298/ Thank you for checking out Laundry and Other Mysteries! You can find our podcast wherever you find your favorite podcasts. Please don't forget to like and share. It's rare, but sometimes "exposure" is worth more than actual money. You can contact the host and support this podcast in the following ways: Desiree Hickson, The Laundry Diva P (719) 357-6584 firstname.lastname@example.com www.divaslaundryservice.com Become a sponsor or patron for Laundry and other Mysteries: https://www.patreon.com/divaslaundryservice
May 11, 2020
Reinventing Your Business After The Great Pause featuring Amy Cook-Porter of Terra Essentials
Listen in as I discuss how to rebuild and reinvent your business as we begin to recover as a community from the "Great Pause" when social distancing decreases and the ability to renew our engagements with current and potential clients increases. Whatever you take away from this discussion, it should be noted that what you will hear is good advice no matter what kind of upheaval you experience in your life. The Laundry Diva would love to hear your suggestions, so feel free to email or leave me a voice message. You can contact this episode's guest, Amy Cook-Porter, on Facebook on the Terra Essentials page: https://www.facebook.com/Tessentials/ Visit Miriam's Place on the web at https://miriamsplace1519.com Honorable Mention: Poor Richards https://poorrichardsdowntown.com/ Community Announcements: If you are interested in meditation, regardless of your skill, Antonio Briceno is hosting a Zoom Meditation Room (Shut Out The Noise: Beginner's Meditation) every Saturday morning at 9 AM Mountain Time. (You can RSVP and find more information on the Miriam's Place Facebook page and at miriamsplace1519.com) And, as a reminder, THIS THURSDAY, April 16th, at 11AM Mountain Time, the Holistic Networkers Association of Colorado Springs will be hosting a Zoom panel to discuss How To Reinvent Your Business. Please RSVP to firstname.lastname@example.com by Tuesday (April 14th) to get the Zoom link for the panel. Thanks for listening, and thank you to my supporters out in the the Colorado Springs community and my other favorite listeners around the country (you know who you are)! Did you know that you can support this podcast by becoming a $5 patron at Patreon.com/divaslaundryservice. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast and catch up with past episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or wherever you are listening to this podcast so you never miss a future episode. Plus, if you haven't liked our Facebook page at Laundry and Other Mysteries Podcast (@LAOMPod) or DM'd us on Twitter @DivasLaundry, what are you waiting for? Stop by our blog at divaslaundryservice.com and share your comments with us, we would really love to hear from you.
April 13, 2020
Learning About Business Cooperatives with Janerio Hardy and Fawna Charles
In this episode we learn a little about business cooperatives and in particular, we learn a little about Tree Pose Cooperative currently owned by Janerio "Jay" Hardy, a jewelry designer and his partner, Fawna Charles. You can reach Jay and Fawna on Facebook @Treepose1, on Instagram at tree_pose_cooperative and on YouTube at Tree Pose Cooperative. Janerio Hardy will be speaking about Organized Cooperation For Empowerment at the Chinook Center People's College on Tuesday, April 21. For more information about the Chinook Center and The People's College classes happening at Penrose Library throughout 2020, please visit ChinookCenter.org Colorado Springs Food Rescue will be offering Food Pop-ups starting March 8th all across the Colorado Springs area where visitors will get access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Visit http://www.coloradospringsfoodrescue.org/ for more information If you aren't sure what a cooperative is, Jay was helpful enough to send me some links that I thought that I would share with you in the spirit of education and helping you further your own research on the topic: Jessica Gordon Nembhard: Cooperative Economics and Civil Rights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TVIghQMkBg&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0Ybp_ShRYPbrrm_mGE4oR09TVbqIONuo14e6pbDlSgdWjFLA7erYTvh5w Seven Cooperative Principles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO-8iI7GW70&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3VzmhbEIQ_59XMfrKNrcWePSJt-Pf3c-v4KxXIVTGMWHE-ZDRwM-9qo6c Own The Change: Building Economic Democracy One Worker Co-op at a Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G1-SYMatNc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3T8eSSLiRHZXPlksh4oEZ3KXxaL5F8ouwWA8RS_L1HA1cz_dYJV63oLaw The Cleveland Model: How the Evergreen Cooperatives Build Community Wealth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_kLye_6VBc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3x7RyzmS3jiE61bm14W6elqoGQUBOxz9gJIgJO0QfqnepJsL5BiEV003Q How This Activist Farmer Fights Racism Through Food | TODAY Original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVZq3jITD2g&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3Thdpa4p3UK3pAIaiaPFCCkIjPdaHKxbz6ZbzX6UiUXvUDFRhCVyGendc Stay tuned for The Laundry Diva to show up on a future episode of the Tree Pose Cooperative Podcast in the very near future! The home of Laundry and Other Mysteries and every back episode or promo: Anchor.fm/desiree-hickson Our home on Facebook: @LAOMPod Support this podcast for as little as $5 by joining our Patreon: Patreon.com/divaslaundryservice Find The Laundry Diva on Twitter @DivasLaundry On Instagram at thelaundrydiva or on Facebook at DivasLaundry or TheLaundryDiva Visit me on the internet at divaslaundryservice.com We'd love to hear from you so wherever you find us, please comment and let us know what you think!
March 2, 2020
Socks, Chaos, and Disorder
In this episode, the Laundry Diva talks about the trouble with socks and how to keep them matched before and after the wash. The Laundry Diva also discusses her personal relationship with true crime, including a true-crime show. Before the end, the Laundry Diva will share some (local) community announcements. Feel free to reach out if you have any laundry pet peeves, laundry hacks, or community announcements that you would like to share. Get in touch with the Laundry Diva at firstname.lastname@example.com. Coming up in Colorado Springs, this week, we have some announcements from Miriam's Place located at 1519 East Boulder Street in Colorado Springs: Every Thursday evening from 6pm to 7pm, Miriam's Place is hosting a Gentle Yoga class. Every Saturday morning from 8AM to 9AM, Miriam's Place will also be hosting a Beginners Meditation Class. Visit miriamsplace1519.com or visit Miriam's Place on Facebook for more information on upcoming events. Project Welcome Home Troops is hosting a Power Breath Workshop at Mount Carmel Veteran's Service Center beginning from March 12th to March 16th: "The Power Breath Meditation Workshop provides breath-based tools that decrease the stress, anxiety and sleep problems that many veterans experience. Course participants notice an improvement in relationships and an enhanced sense of mental clarity and well-being. The PWHT Five-Day Power Breath Meditation Workshop is offered complimentary to veterans, active-duty military members, and their immediate family." Visit www.pwht.org for more information. Thanks for listening, and thank you to my supporters out in the Colorado Springs community and the rest of the world (Hi, Summer!) and my very special patron on Patreon.com/divaslaundryservice (Hi, Mr. Rogers!). Make sure you subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or wherever you are listening to this podcast so you never miss an episode. Plus, go like our Facebook page at Laundry and Other Mysteries Podcast or DM us on Twitter @DivasLaundry, stop by our blog at divaslaundryservice.com and share your comments with us, we would really love to hear from you.
February 24, 2020
It All Works Together with Dr. Lauren Penn
Trigger warning for some adult language. For the record, I found this second part of the conversation, "It All Works Together" extremely motivating. If you are still trying to find some come kind of motivation to get your 2020 in gear, then throw those clothes in the dryer, pull up a cuppa, sit back and tune in to episode two of Laundry and Other Mysteries with your host, Desiree HIckson, also known as The Laundry Diva You can reach Dr. Lauren Penn at PinPoint Chiropractic via email email@example.com Colorado Springs Black Chamber of Commerce https://www.peakradar.com/organization/colorado-springs-black-chamber-of-commerce/ Frank Sinclair, Dream Again LLC https://dreamagainllc.com/ Danielle McCarthy https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-mccarthy-292b2483/ Mindful Mornings https://www.facebook.com/MindfulMorningsCOSprings/ Regina English, Be You https://www.beuonpurpose.org/ Episode 2 Reading List: The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell https://www.amazon.com/Tipping-Point-Little-Things-Difference/dp/0316346624 Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Barbara Ann Reynolds and Coretta Scott King https://www.amazon.com/My-Life-Love-Legacy/dp/1627795987 David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell https://www.amazon.com/David-Goliath-Underdogs-Misfits-Battling/dp/0316204374 The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58585 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho https://www.amazon.com/Alchemist-Paulo-Coelho/dp/0061122416 Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Wash-Your-Face-Believing/dp/1400201659 The Noticer by Andy Andrews https://www.amazon.com/Noticer-Sometimes-person-little-perspective/dp/078523232X Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/080701429X The Outlier by Malcolm Gladwell https://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017930 The home of Laundry and Other Mysteries and every back episode or promo: Anchor.fm/desiree-hickson Support this podcast by joining our Patreon: Patreon.com/divaslaundryservice Find The Laundry Diva on Twitter at DivasLaundry or on Facebook at DivasLaundry or TheLaundryDiva Visit me on the internet at divaslaundryservice.com
February 3, 2020
Who's Going To Put Away All This Laundry? with Dr. Lauren Penn
On a quiet Friday morning, two days after Christmas, I sat down in the conference room, in Miriam's Place, to chat about laundry and community service with Dr. Lauren Penn of PinPoint Chiropractic in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The conversation morphed from a discussion of the biggest challenge she has to getting her laundry put away and her closets organized and how she was motivated to start a sack lunch program for the homeless in Colorado Springs to her business philosophy, entrepreneurship, and service and her amazing reading list. The entire interview is too long to share in one sitting, so I've broken it down into two episodes. The first episode will cover her challenges with laundry, her faith and inspiration for her community service. The second episode will cover her business, her philosophy on entrepreneurship, and the books she recommends to every entrepreneur. Please click the follow button, wherever you are listening to this podcast, so that you will get access to the second episode as soon as it's available This podcast is primarily for entertainment purposes. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers who express them and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Ms. Hickson, Diva's Laundry Service, or any other organization affiliated with this podcast. Assumptions made in the podcast are not reflective of the position of any entity other than the speaker(s). Professional advice heard on this podcast should not be seen to replace the opinions and advice of your personal medical professional (where applicable). As always, your personal mileage may vary. Organizations mentioned in this podcast: 1 Million Cups (link: https://www.1millioncups.com/) Springs Rescue Mission (link: https://www.springsrescuemission.org/) Inside/Out Youth Services (link: https://www.insideoutys.org/youth/) Dr. Lauren Penn/PinPoint Chiropractice (email: firstname.lastname@example.com) Support this podcast via our Patreon (link: patreon.com/divaslaundryservice) Diva's Laundry Service (divaslaundryservice.com) Thank you for listening!
January 20, 2020
Introducing The Laundry Diva
Introducing, Desiree Hickson, The Laundry Diva and owner of Diva's Laundry Service in Colorado Springs, CO. Load up this podcast and listen as Desiree spins a tale of how she got into the laundry business and her Big Hairy Dream of taking compassionate laundry services out to those who need it the most. Follow and subscribe on Spotify, Google Podcast, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
December 18, 2019
Introducing The Laundry Diva and the Laundry and Other Mysteries Podcast
A short trailer to tickle your ears and get listeners excited for the premiere of a new podcast, Laundry and Other Mysteries.
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Looking ahead to a very busy (but slightly less intense!!!) week with a standout highlight being the annual MacRobert Cross Country Champs at Bught Park on Wednesday. Hot on the heels of the North of Scotland Champs where MOL did the 'double' in boys and girls, we have high hopes for more excellent performances and more super sportsmanship. Good luck to all the runbers from P2 upwards!
Watch this space for results being posted as they happen…go Team MOL!!!!

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Fast food chain McDonalds has announced it will switch to paper straws in the UK and Ireland starting September and trial replacing plastic straws in the US.
McDonald's says it will switch to paper straws at all its locations in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and test an alternative to plastic ones in some of its US restaurants later this year.
The burger chain and other fast-food companies have been facing increasing pressure from customers and environmental activists to stop using plastic straws because they can end up in the ocean and harm sea turtles, birds and other marine life.
Paper straws, unlike plastic ones, disintegrate in the environment.
In April, the British government proposed a ban on plastic straws and cotton buds in England.
McDonald's declined to say what type of straw it would test in the US, only saying that it would be a "sustainable solution."
It has more than 14,000 US restaurants, compared to about 1,360 in the UK and Ireland.
The company will begin to phase out plastic straws at its restaurants in the UK and Ireland in September and complete the change next year.
It also plans to test alternatives to plastic straws in its restaurants in France, Sweden and Norway.


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Safe(r) WordPress Installation – How to Avoid Being Hacked From a Web Hosting Point of View
WordPress is certainly one of the most popular Content Manager Systems (CMS) which, according to estimates, is a base for every sixth website. That is exactly what makes WP an exceptionally appealing target for interested parties: hackers, authors of various invasive scripts, or frivolous kids who try to hack a neighbor's website out of boredom. Through security flaws of the application alone or plugins that are used in it, they attempt (and sometimes even succeed) to put malicious content on servers. That content allows them to initiate DDOS attacks, send copious amounts of spam, or cause minor issues that affect the efficiency of a server that hosts the compromised website or any other server targeted by their attack.
Nevertheless, almost every security flaw is caused by so-called "bad practice" even during the initial installation of WP, or by the lack of further application maintenance. In fact, we sometimes receive inquiries such as "Why doesn't it (application) work now, yet it has worked for the last XY years?", which contains the answer within itself – using the same, outdated application for several years (a period arbitrarily used for the sake of example, as sometimes even a couple of months is enough) is an equivalent of posting a large sign in front of your open entrance doors, saying "Free entry, no one is home!" – Sooner or later, something bad is bound to happen. That can vary from leaving a message "Hey, you forgot to close the door!" (or leaving a textual message with the hacker's signature in the folder of the application) to complete destruction of everything in the house (deleting important documents, installing malicious scripts that allow the initiation of various attacks, generally jeopardizing server stability and so on).
In this text, we will go through some of the useful steps you should undergo during a fresh WP installation on Linux servers.
1. Using Admin user
During the installation of WP, a user is given a choice of naming the admin user who can access each segment of the application they will be using. Many scripts automatically attempt to attack the domainname/wp-admin access interface by using the standard admin, Admin, administrator, Administrator, root or Root usernames, thus making it smarter and advisable to use an alternative username for the main login.
2. Using complex passwords
A standard security tip is using a combination of lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers and special characters, with 10 or more characters, in order to make it harder for automated invasive scripts. The five most used automated attempts to break through passwords in mass attacks earlier this year were: admin, 123456, 111111, 666666, and 12345678. Even though their simplicity makes these passwords (and similar ones) tempting, their use leaves a delicate vulnerability exposed, one that can become way more problematic than simply trying to memorize (or write down somewhere safe) and use a password such as 4vAl0n3!2$.
3. Changing the WP nickname
Automated scripts will frequently check for all the posts on your website while searching for all the tags or author names, and attempt to use them to access the site´s administration. In order to avoid this problem, in the WP admin panel, under Profile or Users add Nickname and, in the "Display name publicly as" field, choose a different value than the one you want to use for access.
4. Backup organization
In any case, you should periodically back up your entire root folder of the application and database locally, in a safe spot, in order to have a new restore point in case of a security breach. If the breach is present on the state of the application you have in your backup, restoring the backup back online will not remove the problem itself, but will significantly shorten the time you would have spent on posting content from scratch.
5. Changing the installation prefix in the base
During a new installation of WP, the application will offer you the "wp_" prefix in the database. It is advisable to change this prefix in order to make it harder for any possible scripts that attempt to attack the database.
6. Limiting the use of various plugins, add-ons and themes
Besides lowering the security bar of your system, using a plethora of various add-ons and themes in your application can slow your website down. Limit the use of plugins to the ones you really do use, and delete all the excess add-ons and themes in order to lower the risk of a breach. It is also of essential value to update all the aforementioned parts of the application in order to maintain the level of security. If a plugin is outdated or becomes incompatible with newer versions of WP, be sure to delete it and find a replacement, as it is only a matter of time until a security flaw is found and abused, thus increasing the risk of a breach. In case of an actual breach, maintaining a "clean" system (by deleting all unused components) will provide easier and painless diagnostics and troubleshooting.
7. Removing application version information
Removing the information regarding your application's version is a small yet very useful step when it comes to making it harder for automated scripts used for attacking WP. In order to do this, add this in the functions.php file of the theme you are using:
// complete version removal
function complete_version_removal() {
return '';
add_filter('the_generator', 'complete_version_removal');
8. Not allowing new users to register
If you are managing a blog or a website that is not supposed to have any other users besides the administrator, then disable the option for registering new users in the General settings of the administration panel ("Membership" – turn off "Anyone can register"). Also, in order to avoid further possible automated attacks, delete the wp-register.php file. You can also rename it just in case a need to use it in the future arises.
9. Wp-config.php file protection
In order to deny unauthorized users access to the wp-config.php file, add this code to the .htaccess file:
<Files "wp-config.php">
order allow,deny
deny from all
That way, your file will be inaccessible in any way except via ftp or cPanel administration. The other way to protect your file is to transfer it to the parent folder (if you installed WP under the /public_html/ folder, then transfer the wp-config.php to the home folder). Also, change the read/write permissions of the file to 0600 in order to prevent any changes.
10. Not allowing access to "include-only" files
As an added security measure, in the .htaccess file, disallow the access via a web browser to the part of the application which is supposed to be accessed only by you through the admin panel. Add these lines:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^wp-admin/includes/ - [F,L]
RewriteRule !^wp-includes/ - [S=3]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/[^/]+\.php$ - [F,L]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/js/tinymce/langs/.+\.php - [F,L]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/theme-compat/ - [F,L]
This way, every attempt to access standard folders in each WP installation will be denied to external parties.
11. Allowing SSL login
If your website uses an SSL certificate, by adding these lines to the wp-config.php file, you will allow the sending of information and access data via a protected link:
//SSL for common user login
define('FORCE_SSL_LOGIN', true);
//SSL for admin login
define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);
12. Deleting readme and other unnecessary files
WP and many plugins use readme.html files which contain information about versions and other data that does not need to be publicly available. Therefore, it is a good idea to remove them from the server. It is also advisable to delete all the files you are sure you personally did not post on the server.
Other pieces of advice are the basics of secure WP use.
1. Keep your WP and plugins updated
Making sure your WP and plugins are updated is one of the essential steps for maintaining a secure application, and, in most cases, the only thing you need to do is click "Update". However, as WP is a free CMS, it is publicly accessible to all interested parties, which means that people with ill intentions have more time to find and abuse security flaws for as long as a certain version of CMS is outdated. If a plugin stops being developed, try to find a replacement for it. Considering the fact that the number of plugins for WP is constantly growing, it is almost certain that you will find some with the same (or better implemented) functionality, with the addition of security.
2. Take care of local security
Use antivirus protection on the computer you use to access the admin panel of the website and avoid using unsecure computers while doing so. Keyloggers (programs used to record typed data on a computer) are some of the most frequent causes of password breaches.
3. Download plugins and themes from secure locations
Browse plugins and themes via the search option in the WP admin panel, or by official websites. Most of the websites you encounter while looking for free add-ons for WP via various search engines are infected with some sort of malware, and it is only a matter of time and luck until you encounter some issues.
These steps are certainly not the only ones you can use to ensure safety. Which actions do you take to make sure your application is safe?


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Let's say you're given an extra ten thousand dollars to spend on your brand this month. What do you put the money into? A mammoth billboard on a highly frequented, traffic-heavy road? Increased advertisements on radio or television stations, broadcasting to your brand's geographical target areas? A new digital marketing campaign? More importantly: how do you decide?
That's where your brand strategy comes in; like business strategy, brand strategy is anchored in economic metrics and is informed by analytics, not just by creative marketing processes.
It has become routine for companies to spend vast sums on marketing their brands. But the shifting economics of brand strategy are making it worth challenging the routine. Should you spend your next dollar on making your brand disseminate its promise through advertising or other marketing tactics, or on keeping your brand's promise by ensuring that your products and company deliver what customers want?
Here's a quick look at some low-budget, high-impact brand strategies that can help you better answer this question.
Invest in research
Far too often, companies skip or discount the importance of the research step entirely; they figure they already know who their target audience is and what it wants, and that's about all research is good for. But research is a critical component of success: it provides businesses with hard data to base their strategies on.
Here's a look at a few key areas brands should focus their research on:
•Market – study the trends that currently dominate the market, the dynamics that make the market in question tick, and the capacity of the market segment you're looking to integrate your brand into.
•Competitors – how can you make sure your brand is positioned correctly against competitors if you don't know how they're doing business? You can't. And that's why being familiar with your competitors is just as important as being familiar with the market.
•Consumer behaviour – when it comes to buying decisions, consumer behaviour is the single hardest factor to predict. That's why insight into the consumer's mind – the values that control his or her choices – is important.
•Company and product – how are you looking to position your brand in the market? What benefits do you want consumers to associate with the brand? What values would you like to incorporate? These are some of the questions a company answers about itself through research.
On a side note, brand research isn't a one-time thing. Brand research must be ongoing for your brand to continually build equity and gain value in the consumer's mind. Remember, the world is changing faster than ever and that means your brand needs to keep up with consumer needs, market evolutions, and so on.
Create a memorable brand identity
First and foremost, let's clear up the biggest misconception about brand identity: your brand is not just your product. You brand is the sum total of its name, its logo, its slogan, its website, its packaging, and its reputation, to name a few aspects that really count.
For instance, when asked to envision a brand, quite often, consumers will call the packaging to mind. Not only that, they will recall specific visual aspects of the packaging. That's why packaging plays such an important role in the marketing mix. Even though advertising helps to build brand recognition, purchase decisions are ultimately made at the retail shelf.
And after a new brand identity has been launched, it's important to monitor and care for it, as it interacts with your customers on a daily basis. Over time, if your target audience shifts, the market evolves, or the brand's products and services change, it may be time for a rebrand.
Communication is key
Your brand's communication strategy is quite important: it tells consumers what they can expect from your products and services, and it differentiates your offering from your competitors.
For a new product – or one that's not yet distinctive in the minds of consumers – advertising to promote awareness can have substantial value. For mature brands, however, awareness advertising often devolves into an expensive competition. In contrast, call-to-action advertising, such as limited promotions, can help generate traffic for a short period.
A holistic communication strategy is something of a rarity. It necessitates greater effectiveness of communication, within limited budgets. There needs to be a consistency between the communication budget and the objective for communications. The best way to design an effective communication strategy is an effective brand strategy, based on thorough research.
Authored by Kim Serge, CEO, Coruna Branding


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Minster FM News
Spooktacular Places to visit with the family this Halloween
Published at 2:40pm 16th October 2018. (Updated at 2:55pm 18th October 2018)
Halloween is fast approaching and there are so many spooky family events happening across North Yorkshire!
Check out our guide of 10 great places to visit across North Yorkshire this Halloween...
Piglets Adventure Farm
Come along to the Pumpkin Festival at Piglets Adventure Farm happening daily from the 27th October - 4th November. You and the family will love exploring the mysterious maze, taking part in the boogies bones laser disco and collecting your free pumpkin! Plus, there will be all the usual farmyard fun too!
Monks Cross Halloween Spooktacular
On Saturday 27th October Monks Cross Shopping Park will be full of Halloween fun. Come and visit the Reptile Roadshow where you'll get the chance to hold a spider or a snake, have your face painted, get involved with the Halloween crafts plus much more - all for free!
Castle Howard
From the 27th October, Castle Howard will be taken over by pirates and zombies for a Halloween experience like no other. You and the kids will get to explore trails, solve clues, take part in fun crafts and join fun workshops!
York Maze Halloween By Day
York Maze's Halloween By Day will be open from the 27th October - 4th November and is great spooky fun for all the family. The kids will love the haunted maze treasure hunt, riding ghostmania 2, visiting the witch's grotto and much more. Plus, every child gets a free pumpkin!
Energi Trampoline Park
Energi Trampoline Park will be full of spooky fun this Halloween. Come along to the first ever Fortnite Fright Fest from the 29th - 31st October. You'll get to take part in the hourly Fortnite dance off, dress up as your favourite characters and be in with the chance to win exclusive Fortnite vouchers every hour!
Flamingo Land
Flamingo Land will be hosting a range of spooktacular events, attractions and activities for the whole family to enjoy until the 4th November. There will be a spooky indoor train ride, Halloween zoo trail, face painting, rides open at twilight and much more. Plus, if you dress up you can get 2-4-1 entry!
Stockeld Park
Stockeld Park will be full of spooky adventures for the whole family from the 25th - 31st October! You'll get to explore the maze full of hidden spiders, get involved in the Halloween Catwalk and much more. Plus, take part in the spooky mystery where you'll explore the forest to find the mystery gang. You'll get to take a selfie with the mystery machine too!
North Yorkshire Moors Railway Halloween Trains
Join aboard the Halloween Train at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway from the 27th - 31st October. On your journey you'll get to hear tales from a spooky cast of storytellers, join in with the sing-a-long and much more. Plus, each child will receive a Halloween Activity Bag full of goodies too!
York Dungeon Trick or Treat Tour
Come along to the Trick or Treat Tour at York Dungeon from the 27th - 31st October. This walking tour will be full of spooky fun for the whole family. You'll hear about spooky Halloween horrors, see ghostly encounters and get to play games!
Beningbrough Hall
Beningbrough Hall will be full of spooktacular fun this Halloween. There will be a whole range of activities that the whole family will enjoy. There will be Artrageous creepy crafting workshops, the chance to make your own broomstick plus the chance to hold a scary beast at Sam's Safari!
These are just some of the events happening across North Yorkshire this Halloween. You can check out our What's On Guide to find out what other spooky events are happening near you!
Don't forget to share with us what you're doing this Halloween. We would love to hear what you're up to!


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Ford Motor Co. has added nearly a million vehicles to its Takata airbag recall over concerns the devices could rupture with lethal force.
The latest Takata airbag recall expansion, announced by Ford on Friday, Jan. 4, covers more than 953,000 Ford and Lincoln vehicles worldwide, including 782,384 vehicles in the U.S, and an additional 149,652 in Canada.
According to Ford's announcement, the recall affects the following Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicles:
- Ford Edge, 2010, built at Oakville Assembly Plant
- Lincoln MKX, 2010 built at Oakville Assembly Plant
- Ford Ranger, 2010 and 2011 built at the Twin Cities Assembly Plant
- Ford Fusion, 2010 to 2012 built at the Hermosillo Assembly Plant
- Lincoln MKZ, 2010 to 2012 built at the Hermosillo Assembly Plant
- Mercury Milan, 2010 and 2011 built at the Hermosillo Assembly Plant
- Ford Mustang, 2010 to 2014 built at Flat Rock Assembly Plant
Ford says owners of these vehicles should schedule a repair at their Ford dealership. Mechanics will replace the passenger-side front airbag inflator or module free of charge.
The automaker says it is not aware of any injuries associated with the Takata airbags in this group of recalled vehicles. However, the potential for malfunction exists in every airbag made by Takata, and the problem worsens the longer the vehicle is exposed to humidity, high heat, and heat fluctuations – all of which causes the ammonium nitrate propellant in the airbag to degrade.
Takata airbags have been blamed for 23 deaths worldwide and about 300 injuries, mostly in the U.S. and Malaysia. All of the known Takata airbag fatalities have occurred in Honda and Acura vehicles with the exception of two deadly malfunctions in Ford Ranger pickup trucks.
On Dec. 22, 2015, Joel Knight, 52, of Kershaw, South Carolina, was killed by an exploding Takata airbag in his 2006 Ford Ranger.
On July 1, 2017, West Virginia resident Steve Mollohan, 56, was killed by a Takata airbag explosion in his Ford pickup, also a 2006 Ford Ranger.


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Clearing a cloudy pool isn't a simple task if you don't understand why the pool water gets cloudy and the clearing techniques to alleviate this issue. Most cloudy pools are cloudy due to poor pool maintenance. The water in your pool will often get cloudy if the pool filters are clogged or in bad shape. Algae, high calcium hardness, high chlorine levels, high alkalinity, high pH and increased levels of other sanitisers could also cause cloudy pool water.…Read More »


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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A top Democratic National Committee official has raised $1.5 million in his challenge to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
Campaign officials tell The Associated Press that Jaime Harrison raised the money in the second quarter, which ended Sunday.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is backing Harrison in the associate DNC chairman's effort to block Graham from a fourth term in 2020.
Flipping a Senate seat from red to blue in South Carolina would be difficult and likely would require millions of dollars in fundraising, an area in which national-level groups like the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee would be crucial.
Harrison has said he thinks it could take $10 million to win.
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New Beer Friday 12/8/17
Talisman Gingerbread Imperial Stout: This sounds amazing! An Imperial Stout with gingerbread? It's described as having a subtle gingerbread cookie taste with malt sweetness and a boozy finish. 10.5% ABV. Available at Talisman Brewing
Squatters London Fog: Squatters take on the famed tea latte is an English Golden with Earl Grayer tea infused at flame out and a dry addition post fermentation. Served on Nitro.
Kiitos Citra PaleAle: Nobody has had this. It supposed to debut today.... race ya! 4.0% ABV. Only avaible at Kiitos.
Ommegang Winter is Here: This is a witbier with subtle clove, wheat crackers and a good dose of herbal hops. At 8.3% it's way heavy on alcohol and is guaranteed to turn the heartiest soul into a white walker. "My watch has ended". Available at DABC Stores.
pFriem Pilsner: Bloody Hell! what a nice pilsner. This one doesn't often hit markets outside of Oregon. Subtly sweet malts, dry crackers, toast and a healthy dose of grass and herbal hops make this pilsner sing! A must try. ABV is slightly high for style. Available at Beer Bar.
pFriem Oud Bruin: This sour brown ale is lightly tart with nice malty character and ample sourness to give it a great fruity profile without the addition of fruit. Not the best Oud Bruin I've had, but it's really enjoyable. 8.7% ABV. Available at Beer Bar.
pFriem Pumpkin Bier: Missed out on this one. It's described as fluffy pumpkin pie. 6.9% ABV.
pFriem Flanders Red: As sours go, Flemish Reds usually fall on the opposite sides of Oud Bruins. They are far more tart and less balanced. This is not that ; it actually has balance, which leads me to think that this beer is too young or slightly out of style. That being said, it drinks incredibly well. Try it now and try it again in a year to see if it changes. 7.0% ABV. Available at Beer Bar. Available at Beer Bar.
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Although DHS has made much progress, it needs to continue toward a strong central authority and uniform policies and procedures. Most of DHS's major acquisition programs continue to cost more than expected, take longer to deploy than planned, or deliver less capability than promised.Read the full report


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Usually when I bake things I get them pretty close to right on the first try. If it's not perfect, it's at least pretty good and I make a mental note of what to add or take away for the next time I make it. Before I was eating vegan, I made banana bread with … Continue reading
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Today was a great day!! It started out with me getting 100 more bonus points by again being the first one to show up at the track. It opens at 7:00… and I promise I didn't get there right at 7:00, but for some reason no one else seems to get there before 7:15. It's … Continue reading
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After a futile black bean hunt, which resulted in cooking real lamb/beef sausages (I admit, I tasted one and they were actually really good) with a heaping side of broccoli for dinner one night, I decided to continue my quest for an alternative veggie burger recipe. What I found was this: Quinoa Red Bean and … Continue reading


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I feel like I've spent the past six weeks glued to the computer—and way too much of the time just waiting for the stupid work to show up. But no more! I should be free again tomorrow, and I'm turning over a new leaf. I'm getting out of the house more. I'm doing more yoga. I'm going on more walks. I'm going to run, bike, OR swim every week.
This fits well with the primal philosophy toward exercise, which is to not do just a bunch of mindless cardio (hello, Ironman training). Instead, you're supposed to do resistance work (I'm counting yoga in that category), a lot of very light exercise (the walks), and the occasional bit of sprinting (the weekly run/bike/swim). And also to do stuff that's fun.
My new plan should qualify there. I know it's going to be more fun than five-hour trainer rides, although those were sort of fun in a twisted kind of let's-see-how-much-misery-I-can-stand sort of way.


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Prairie Spirit School Division (PSSD) is offering an opportunity for parents to take part in a presentation where they can learn more about social media awareness and parenting in the digital world. This educational presentation will consist of several parts, first kicking off with a staff presentation in the afternoon on October 2nd, followed by a parent presentation that evening at 7pm to 8:30pm in the Martensville High School Theatre. The education will be provided by Safer Schools Together, a group based out of British Columbia that will come in and provide information and tools for parents, teachers and students to use on their own. "They are absolutely fantastic and we are looking forward to how each of the presentations will benefit the various groups. Each presentation will focus on the different areas that are most beneficial for each group to be aware of," Peggy Mattila-Bains, PSSD Coordinator, explained.
The staff presentation will focus on supporting student safety online, evolving trends, how to include digital citizenship pieces when teaching, among other items. Although many schools either limit or remove device use throughout the school day, it is quite apparent that the use of social media outside of the classroom follows students into class, so the goal is to better prepare school staff on how to encourage online safety and educate them on maintaining periodic and relevant education of evolving youth trends online. The parents presentation will look at all things digital; video games, social media, internet, YouTube, etc.
"They will offer suggestions such as setting up rules in the house for electronic use, having device free times and encouraging parents to be digital role models which is extremely important," Mattila-Bains added. Information about cyber-bullying, digital footprints, the dangers of anonymity, online reputations, worrisome behaviors to watch for, and more will also be provided. "I think the difficult thing for parents is that they don't know enough about some of the social media options, so it can be hard for them. If you don't know, how can you help? This presentation is designed to provide some helpful and practical assistance for parents."
In addition to the presentations, on October 3rd there will be a student led peer mentoring program that will include approximately 40 students from around the division, with a focus on grade 9 students. These students will be trained so they are then able to deliver a presentation to their own school and at elementary schools to teach their peers. "We know as teachers and adults and parents that we can tell our kids what to do and what not to do, but they are going to hear it from a peer more so than from us. They can relate to someone near their age, and there is research that tells us that when kids have something bothering them, are having issues or feelings of harm, doubt or anxiety, they do not go to an adult or parent first, they go to their friends. With support, we can help kids recognize worrisome behavior and then find an adult to talk to," explained Mattila-Bains.
The goal is to have grade 9 students participate so they can not only teach the older students, but teach the younger students as they proceed through high school and build a culture within the school. "It will be a great leadership opportunity for the students involved. Often, these opportunities include grade 11 and 12 students, so it is exciting to be able to target some of the younger kids and give them a chance to shine and build their leadership skills."
On Saturday, October 20th, the Division will be hosting a conference called "Growing Together: Building Partnerships Within Prairie Spirit Learning Communities", with the purpose of supporting teachers, School Community Councils (SCC) and parents to work together towards the same goals for students. This conference is open to parents of any aged student and will include presentations by keynote speakers such as Dr. Debbie Pushor, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan in the Department of Curriculum Studies and Cory O'Soup, Saskatchewan's Advocate for Children and Youth. Other informative topics will include mental health/emotional wellness/trauma, supporting your teenager, navigating social media with children and teens, supporting your child with math and reading at home, SCC/communities/schools engaging and working together and more. The cost to attend is $10 and SCC members, parents, administrators and teachers are invited to attend.
For more information, contact Peggy Mattila-Bains at email@example.com and to register contact Erin Olexyn at firstname.lastname@example.com. "As parents and teachers, we want to share and learn from each other as we support student learning. We all have the same goal of student success and working together can help everyone achieve that goal," Mattila-Bains said.


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By Sue Chang and Barbara Kollmeyer, MarketWatch
Bloomberg News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday notched its 21st record of 2017 led by a late-stage rise in energy shares, as Amazon announced plans to buy Whole Foods— one of the buzziest mergers of 2017.
However, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ended lower and booked a second-straight weekly loss, extending what has proven a painful weekly stretch for tech';s highfliers.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.05% gained 24.38 points, or 0.1%, to 21,384.28—a new all-time high. The blue-chip index's climb was on the back of a jump in shares of Chevron Corp. /zigman2/quotes/205871374/composite CVX +1.23% and Exxon Mobil Corp. /zigman2/quotes/204455864/composite XOM -0.02% , gaining 1.9% and 1.5% respectively. For the week, the index climbed 0.5%.
The S&P 500 /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +1.40% ended less than a point higher at 2,433.14, as the surge in energy, up 1.7%, more than offset a drop in consumer staples, down 1%, as Whole Foods's rivals, notably Kroger Co. /zigman2/quotes/206215053/composite KR +1.02% and Costco Wholesale Corp. /zigman2/quotes/201191698/composite COST +1.30% , retreated sharply on the news of its $13.7 billion deal.
Shares of Amazon.com Inc. /zigman2/quotes/210331248/composite AMZN +2.65% rose 2.3% after the announcement, while shares of Whole Foods Market Inc. soared 29%.
The broad-market index ended the week roughly where it started.
The weakest performer among the main equity benchmarks, the Nasdaq Composite Index /zigman2/quotes/210598365/realtime COMP +2.13% dipped 13.74 points, or 0.2%, to 6,151.76 and lost 1% over the week, as technology stocks continued to come under pressure, amid concerns that that group is overvalued.
Softer-than-expected data on U.S. housing starts didn't help the tone in early trade, with investor sentiment less than optimistic. Housing starts fell 5.5% to an annual rate of 1.09 million in May, the lowest level in eight months. Economists polled by MarketWatch had forecast starts at a 1.23 million pace.
And the University of Michigan consumer-sentiment index fell to 94.5 in early June reading, the weakest since November.
"Aside from the weekly jobless claims, the majority of the economic data released this week—inflation, retail, housing—was below expectations," said Randy Frederick, managing director of trading and derivatives at Schwab Center for Financial Research.
"In short, much weaker than expected, although the data can be quite volatile and averages for 2017 to date are still up a little from last year's averages…That said, we will need to see a rebound in starts and permits in a month's time to remain confident that the weakness today is not much more than volatility," said Jim O'Sullivan, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics, in a note.
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The Federal Reserve: Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said in an essay published on Friday that he voted against an interest-rate hike at the monetary-policy meeting this week because he wasn't convinced the recent spate of soft inflation readings wasn't a continuing trend.
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"Investors had already been digesting the fact that, despite recent weak U.S. data, the U.S. Federal Reserve appeared unconcerned about a slowdown in the U.S. economy," said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK, in a note.
"These two factors combined, along with further weakness in the U.S. tech sector, played into the risk averse mood among equity investors as they began to mull the possibility of tighter policy, not only from the U.S. Federal Reserve, but also the Bank of England, not to mention the prospect of a discussion on tapering from the European Central Bank before the end of the year," he said.
Opinion: The smart money is refusing to buy big tech stocks now
Stocks to watch: Shares of big retailers were down sharply in the wake of Amazon's acquisition, with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. /zigman2/quotes/207374728/composite WMT +1.30% down 4.6% and Costco Wholesale off 7.2%.
Kroger shares tumbled 9.2% on Friday, bringing weekly losses to 28%, on the back of the Amazon deal and its own disappointing quarterly results.
Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corp. /zigman2/quotes/205166351/composite ADMP -15.39% reversed gains, closing 0.6% lower after rising on news the company's rival to Mylan N.V .'s EpiPen /zigman2/quotes/209413137/composite MYL -2.76% has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Other markets: Gains for the dollar faded, with the ICE U.S. Dollar Index /zigman2/quotes/210598269/delayed DXY -0.09% , which tracks the buck against a basket of six rivals, down 0.3%.
Asian stocks /zigman2/quotes/211618636/realtime XX:ADOW +0.31% had a mixed session while European stocks /zigman2/quotes/210599654/delayed XX:SXXP +1.11% ended higher.
U.S. oil prices rose 0.5%, but booked a 2% weekly loss. Concerns over a global supply glut has been cutting into oil prices. Gold prices , meanwhile, settled slightly higher on Friday but booked a weekly decline as the Fed affirmed its plan to stay the course on lifting interest rates.


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Impressive Retail Growth Makes Chattanooga More Than Just a Place to Visit
If you have visited Chattanooga in the past year, it should come as no surprise that you are in fine company. Mayors and Economic Development executives from across the nation have been flocking to the Scenic City. Envious of the Chattanooga success story, they have come to witness firsthand the ongoing transformation that has made Chattanooga one of the most livable, sensational and progressive mid-sized cities in America.
The Chattanooga retail market is strong, chiefly due to the overall health and culture of the entire city.
River City Co., a longtime successful, private nonprofit led by CEO Kim White, touts itself as the economic development engine for downtown. It reports the cost of living in vibrant downtown Chattanooga is 15.9 percent less than the national average. This has drawn everyone from millennials to retirees to the vibrancy and livability of the city.
Tourism in a non-coastal Southern city with fewer than 180,000 residents may seem not even worth pursuing, but Chattanooga hosts more than 3 million annual visitors. Travelers are lured by destinations such as the Tennessee Aquarium, Children's Discovery Museum and the IMAX. There are also events such as the Ironman; the Head of the Hooch, which is one of the world's largest rowing regattas; the 3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival, which rivals any similar event in the country; and River Rocks, a 10-day, family-friendly outdoor event featuring rock climbing, hang gliding, hiking and kayaking.
Unlike most cities which feel divided by bodies of water, Chattanooga is a market that is truly connected by its greatest natural resource that one can see curling throughout the city — the Tennessee River. Development continues to flow in all directions from the river.
Soccer has taken ahold of Chattanooga. There are not one but now two professional teams in the city. Chattanooga FC started it all in 2009 after being founded by a local group of Chattanoogans looking to build community. Just prior to offering professional contracts to its players, Chattanooga FC set a modern U.S. amateur record when 18,228 fans recently packed Chattanooga's Finley stadium to watch the hometown team play for the NPSL championship. That group was led by the most loyal of fans, a rabid group known as the Chattahouligans. Chattanooga FC's success caught the eye of a Utah business man who recently entered the market with his own team this year: the Chattanooga Red Wolves.
In 2010, Chattanooga became the first American city with a citywide gigabit network but it didn't stop there. The fast and inexpensive internet allowed the Southern city to become an attractive alternative to Silicon Valley and New York City for talent and tech companies. Venture capitalists have taken note and both investment and entrepreneurs have flooded into America's first "gig city." Chattanooga is business-friendly and these would-be Silicon Valley residents and investors are finding it's better to spend not only their dollars in Chattanooga, but their lives as well.
The city recently doubled down with the public private partnership in creating the Innovation District. It's a work play environment one might envision in Silicon Valley with bike sharing, open community spaces, co-living space and inexpensive public transit. Its creation has landed tech companies and helped start ups to thrive.
Outside magazine has twice named Chattanooga "Best Town Ever," National Geographic Adventure followed suit calling the city "one of the best adventure towns in the U.S. to live and play," CNN Travel called Chattanooga "a regional gem" and The New York Times went a step further naming Chattanooga "One of 45 cities worldwide to visit."
Local developer Wolford Development has been building in this market since 1998 and has delivered more than 4 million square feet of retail in that time nationwide, all while maintaining a focus on Chattanooga.
"There is a lot of money coming into our market from investors all over the Southeast. It is bringing in new ideas and some classy new developments," says Clint Wolford of Wolford Development. "The projects we are working on have changed over the last several years. They have become more mixed-use with more service-oriented tenants. The retail climate in Chattanooga is healthy as landlords are doing a good job backfilling with entertainment and other types of tenants that are recreating those developments or complimenting them. We have new retailers coming into the market and that will continue in 2019."
Chattanooga's retail market is strong and the reason for that is the health and conscientious growth of one of the best mid-sized city in America. If you haven't seen Chattanooga in the past year, you should stop by for a visit. It would put you in fine company.
— By Jeff Jennings, CCIM, broker associate, NAI Charter Real Estate. This article first appeared in the May 2019 issue of Southeast Real Estate Business magazine.


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This is an audio clip from an interview with P. C., where he talks about Passover food.
In his interview, P. C. talks about how music has been a major part of his life and mention, in particular, his time spent in jazz bands during his youth, and his more recent musical activities in the synagogue in Leeds. He also reminisces about his Jewish upbringing in Newport, and the role that he helped to play in the Queen's Hill Crescent's burial committee, Chevra Kadisha, preparing dead members of the Hebrew community for burial. Finally, P. C. discusses the changes that the Newport Hebrew community has gone through over the last fifty years and offers possible reasons why this may have happened.
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One of the best things about teaching is having a fresh start every morning. Greeting your students plays an important part in setting the tone of your classroom. I like to think that, as teachers, we get a chance to make a good first impression each day. Let's take a moment to consider the impact greetings can have with students, not only at the beginning of the school day but throughout the day as well.
Teacher-student interactions are at the heart of every classroom. Greetings let your students know that you care about them not only as students but as people too. They're also a great way to check in with your students as they enter the classroom. Are they smiling? Do they seem distracted? Taking the time to greet your students gives you a chance to notice things like this and the ability to adjust to their emotional needs.
Not to mention, leaving behind the events of the morning, or yesterday, and allowing the students to have a fresh start each day lets you to cultivate hope and optimism in your classroom. This allows your students to have open minds, and a willingness to try new and challenging tasks. When you build a relationship with your students, they won't let a bad moment they had yesterday (or in an earlier class) affect how they're learning in the here and now.
Now that we've discussed why greeting students matters, here are 5 easy ways you can greet your students in the morning and throughout the day!
Have things ready for the students to do without your assistance so you can greet them and give them individual attention as they arrive. Set up engaging activities on tables and in centers with materials you know they will enjoy, especially if you work in a setting with younger students and they are having difficulty separating. For older students, be ready before the bell rings so that you can greet them as they arrive, instead of putting the finishing touches on your preparations for the day.
These kinds of routines establish trust and a feeling of safety in the classroom. When students know there are specific jobs to do when they arrive (taking care of personal belongings, washing hands, checking in, making lunch choices) they quickly get into the flow of the day. Special things they do with you—a secret handshake, greeting song or poem, an interesting quote or thought-provoking question/image on the board to spark discussion—allow them to re-establish connections with you and set the tone for the day. These types of activities are especially important for students who have connection deficits in their lives and relationships outside of school.
Even older students who change classes throughout the day can benefit from time to pause and connect about how their day is going when they arrive in your classroom. They may need time to decompress from a stressful morning at home or a challenging test in an earlier class. They may want to take a few moments to talk about things happening in the world and they may not have another adult willing to take the time to hear their perspectives on things. These few moments don't need to take away from the other content you need to cover that day. In fact, a few moments to pause and connect will likely help them to shift gears and be ready to take on the new material you have prepared.
With younger students you can be seated in a chair at their level, and with older students you can be standing, ready, and welcoming them in. Greeting them with a big smile and an, "I'm so glad you're here today!" at their level communicates warmth and respect. This is especially important for students who had a rough day the day before. They may need a fresh start!
Greeting students doesn't have to mean greeting just them. In many settings, parents drop off and pick up their children directly from our care. In these situations, communicate to parents at the beginning of the year (and each morning) that you have a moment to chat and check-in. However, if they need to have a more involved conversation you'll want to give them your full attention. Make sure parents have other ways to communicate with you—a personal communication log, email, sticky notes requesting a phone call later with a good time to call—and encourage them to use them! That way you can focus on greeting your students.
Each day is a new chance to greet your students and let you know that you're here for them. Whether it's the first day of school or the 101st day of school, greeting students with that message in mind will firmly establish for everyone the importance of both the relationship and of learning in the classroom together.
Editor's Note: This post was originally published in September 2018, but has since been updated to keep the content accurate and engaging.
Teachers everywhere have yet another new challenge—supporting students and their families from home. We know that high-quality interactions, including interesting, hands-on experiences that are facilitated and supported with feedback, scaffolding, and higher-order thinking questions, best support young students' learning. So how do you help your students' caregivers offer the same high-quality interactions while at home? Well, Rachel Giannini has some super fun ideas to share! The following are ideas she shared during her session at our recent InterAct CLASS Summit.
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It's Dual Language Learner Celebration Week! Every year in the U.S., the amount of young children who live in a household where a language other than English is spoken has been steadily increasing. As of 2016, about one-third of children under age 8 – over 11 million children – are dual language learners (DLLs).
As an infant classroom teacher, you know that talking to babies is important. For instance, you tell the infants in your care what they are looking at ("You see the new block basket on the shelf!"). You label objects ("You have the red ball!"). And you describe events that take place in the classroom ("The tray just fell off the table! That scared you."). These are all examples of talking with babies. Why, then, can it be so challenging to do this consistently in the classroom?


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SID: Hello Sid Roth here. Welcome to my world where it is naturally supernatural. And I gravitate to people who speak what God tells them to say and they are called prophets in the Jewish scripture they call these people seers hearing God speaking what he says is better than the best thing you've ever seen on television the best football baseball basketball game all put together hearing God but what is better than listening to some one who can hear God is for you to hear God and that's what so excites me about Ben and Brenda Peters because; you not only hear God but you activate people other people to hear from God also something happen to you Ben I'm going to take you back you where in Bible school you where a nice student you love studying you love Bible school and you went to a prayer meeting and it was the day of reckoning could you tell the truth or could you tell what we call a white lie? What where you asked and what did you respond?
BEN: We were asked by a leader and this is a dorm prayer meeting and 8 of us in the room and one of the upper classman I was a freshmen and one of the upper classman asked who has any burdens tonight. So they could have something to pray for it was an assigned prayer meeting and immediately the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart you don't have any burdens and I was enjoying Bible school as you said.
SID: But I have to be kind with you an I might of said I might of come up with one and said Africa, you know you know just out of the blue China why didn't you just do that?
BEN: Well the Holy Spirit was dealing with me and I knew better and I had a option as you say and when it came my turn I said my burden is that I don't have any and that was the greatest single turning point in my life that I can remember because I expected to get a burden for lost because my family was all save I came from a godly heritage an I was enjoying Bible school and a social life and everything but I didn't have a burden for other people that much and I knew I should and I knew that God did and so….
SID: But you can't make this up!
BEN: No, the Holy Spirit had a plan for my life and he couldn't fulfill it with the present condition of my heart and so he began to wake me up early in the morning and instead of just getting a burden for individual people God gave me a passion for the church and for revival and I began to look through the book of acts over and over again I read about half of it every morning weeping over this book of miracle that I knew was for today I had seen a few miracles.
SID: But why are you weeping right now there are tears in your eyes.
BEN: Um this is the most precious thing that has ever happen in my life is to have God burden to come upon me and realize that he was using me to um for the birth of revival.
SID: Now when you would get up at five did it start out being a effort forcing yourself to or how did it start out.
BEN: No it was just like a call I knew I was being attracted to that place of prayer I couldn't wait to get there I wanted to be alone I wanted to be able to pray out loud so I went to a little piano practice from where I use to practice voice lessons and their was just room for me and that piano bench and I would get on my knees where with that piano bench with my Bible in front of me and I just cry over the book of acts and just pray God do it again and I saw the church as being a sleeping giant with incredible potential but not aware that we had this power available to us.
SID: You told me you did a research study of the scripture and how many times was the supernatural use when people came to the Lord.
BEN: There is almost 100 cases of conversion in the scripture and 90 of them its very clear there was a result of something supernatural taking place
SID: But it's the opposite today in fact its even worse its not 90 percent cerebral I think its 99 percent cerebral and maybe that's why you have such a burden for people to call themselves Christian.
BEN: Yeah that's why present we see more revival in third world nation where they haven't had the higher education and learn to trust in there mind.
SID: Now is it true that you where so hunger for God that God put such a desire for you to pray that you didn't even care about food classes or I mean what was that like?
BEN: I really have never practice fastening before and I wasn't intentionally fastening but there was morning that I had been there for maybe and hours to and hour in a half and the present of God was still so strong in the room that I couldn't leave the presence of God for breakfast although I could hear it happening In the room uh close by where I was praying but I would just stay and miss breakfast and I would make in time for my first class but that would probably be two hours in the prayer room and that would happen morning after morning.
SID: You are going to find out how Ben and Brenda broke into the prophetic and they have found that the prophetic just demands the attention of those that don't know God and they have a special presence of God on them that it can be transferred to you because the scripture says that we might all prophesied don't go away you are about ready to receive some gifts.© Copyright 2010 sidroth, All rights Reserved. Written For: Sid Roth "It's Supernatural"


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it starts with the change of weather
and the feeling in the wind...
I think of all the possibilities
I have baby calves bounding around in the pasture right now and the new little baby lamancha buckling who has adopted me for his Mommy..
I like to keep options open and have been thinking about adding a couple more dairy cattle to my group. At present, I have 5 full Jersey cattle that range in age from 3yrs to 8 yrs old. I've kept 4 half Jerseys that range 4yrs to 6yrs. I also kept back 4 yrlg heifers from last spring and I now have 5 heifer calves born this spring...
Add to that 7 yearling steers and I can just about call it a herd. Don't forget Rudy, the Jersey/Guernsey Bull I've hand raised either. Along with 1 odd walking 2yr old stunted calf the Rancher down the road dropped off a couple years ago and the Total count is at 27 head. With 5 more cattle to calf yet....I could be up to 32...if all goes right!
This last summer one of my oldest Jersey cows died and I need a little character that only a Jersey girl can give, plus bottle raising a nice little heifer might give me that "better than ever" milker that I like.
I have a couple girls who let me milk them proper without a fuss, but any of the other girls are pretty tough for me to handle without a proper stall setup to milk. I KNOW I can raise a heifer calf that allows me to milk her, pet her, brush her and most of all control her.
I called the dairy that I buy a few bull calves from. She is willing to sell me 2 heifer calves. They only have Holstein/Jersey crosses and she's checking the barn today. They have calves born most every day there and as she knows me pretty well now, I trust she'll treat me right.
Course I called my Dad to let him know he gets to do a road trip and he was ready to hop in a car right now.
I won't let him put them in the backseat of the car this time, and I'll be picking up dear ole Father to give him a little adventure. He likes those...and I have to say, this time of year you just never know what I'm going to do.
I've been studying up on Holstein/Jersey crosses and it seems they are becoming pretty trendy and are hardy girls. I'm hoping I can choose which ones I like. I want to have some color and character and as always...I like the neighbors to always wonder "WHAT is she doing now?"


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I was wrong to say "outlawed". However they were zoned out of certain areas. Here is a blurb from "The City Review" about one of the worst (this is on Madison) :
"One of the avenue's most notorious buildings is the sliver apartment tower shown at the right that is known as Morgan's Court, because it is half a block south of the Morgan Library on the avenue. ...............The building, erected by the Perlbinders, was slow to sell its units and its very narrow form was one of several sliver buildings that aroused considerable public ire in the 1980's that resulted in the city rezoning several areas to prevent more such ungainly, awkward projects."
And I think "ungainly, awkward" is a good way to describe the cantilevered buildings we are now hearing about.


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Lewis Dot Structures
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Lewis Dot Structures
As shown in class, certain compounds like C2 can be represented with a combination of single, double, or triple bonds. Does it matter which way we represent it as long as we show the correct total number of electrons?
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Unless it specifies which atom (usually carbon atom) the double or triple bond is on it shouldn't matter.
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It depends on what element is given and the number of bonds they can make. If the element can make double or triple bonds and it doesn't exceed the number of bonds they can make then you should be able to use it.
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The bonds are usually dependent on the amount of electrons two atoms share. Thus, bonds will be a double bond when four electrons are shared between two atoms and a bond will be a single bond when two electrons are shared between atoms.
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text: No More Extensions For Claims On Sugar Workers Fund LK Hewlett The extension of the deadline for applications to the Sugar Workers Restoration Funds (SWRF) Secretariat ends today, Friday, July 17 and there will be no more extensions. July 4 was the initial deadline for former sugar workers or their beneficiaries to apply to determine if they qualify to receive any of the $16 million earmarked for their owed back pay. Chairman of the SWRF Committee Osbert Desuza informed Wednesday (July 15) that they had decided to give a second chance to persons who missed the first deadline, however they could extend the time no further as the Committee had to begin the selection process. "We are not in a position to extend the deadline any further because we have to process the applications," he said. The Secretariat, which opened in May, has collected in excess of 2000 applications, Desuza said. These applications have been constantly entered into a data base to ease the processing of information and to "give a more efficient calculation of the persons who qualify under the selection criteria". The selection criteria, to determine who is entitled to monies, are still being worked on, the SWRF chairman disclosed. "We are trying to refine the selection criteria. It's a lot of information to process and review, and as such I am not in a position this afternoon, to report on those," he informed. "I know that people will be very interested in knowing under what conditions they will receive money but I will give that [information] at an appropriate time." The Observer has spoken with relatives of deceased sugar workers, some who would have received monies from the initial severance payment, and some who never claimed. It appears the issue of who will get deceased workers' monies is already causing tension in some families. Some persons say if their relative is entitled to money, the matter may end up in court since some persons did not leave a will or in other instances, whose names are on the will are not the ones who paid for their living, medical and burial expenses.


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Dec 6, 2018
How do you throw an amazing party? We have one of the world's foremost experts on today, in Bronson Van Wyck! Having his first real event written up in Vogue magazine, helped launch his incredible career. Bronson will talk about some of the best tips and tricks that he has learned and dispenses some wonderful advice that you can take advantage of for your next big event.


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To Auction ~ Or Not ?
As will be perfectly clear to those who take the trouble to investigate the matter, auction salerooms, which usually capture the imagination of the public when some item of great importance or value makes the headlines, more typically act on a day-to-day basis as clearing houses for unwanted goods of every sort. Deceased Estates and Bankrupt Stock, these together with surplus items of every description routinely making up the Auctioneer's stock in trade.
So when should you choose the saleroom as being likely to prove the most effective and profitable channel for the disposal of your unwanted goods ? Broadly speaking, we suggest that there are two groups of effects that merit marketing via this route.
The First :- If the items are of low value and have cost you nothing to speak of, { always assuming of course that you can find an Auctioneer who can see a likely profit in the transaction, and who is willing to take them in }, such that, after costs, you will be left with money in hand.
The Second :- At the other end of the scale ~ If the items are judged to be perhaps rare, desirable and of high value, in which case, they should, following suitable investigation, be consigned to a specialist auction with a knowledgeable and well qualified professional Auctioneer.
Sadly, it is the case that, the vast majority of items fall "between two stools" in this scenario, and, even after making due allowance for "Lady Luck", are unlikely in general to bring great cheer to the average Seller, this despite the much vaunted claims of television personalities that "the auction room" will invariably determine "the right price". Thus is it the case that the saleroom is, in practice, an arena in which the "Lion's share" of the dividends accruing from the proceedings generally find their way into the pockets of the Buyer.


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SCHAEFER GmbH is an established international company with six branches in Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada and China, retaining proximity to national markets and their individual requirements. Our internationally oriented customer service approach is exemplified by the fact that 19 languages are spoken at SCHAEFER. A dynamic network of reliable global trading partners ensures unbeatable product availability and swift service delivery. SCHAEFER supplies products to 120 countries worldwide. As a market leader, nothing is more important to us than guaranteeing unbeatable product quality. We deploy specialized in-house development teams for individual elements to deliver products that are flawless in every way. SCHAEFER products make use of forward-looking technology and exceptional design, offering an enticing and intelligent user interface, an appealing look and feel and durability to last for many years.
We supply a diverse product portfolio, comprising all components involved in operation and visualization at modern lift installations. From a varied range of fixtures, buttons and indicating elements via bus systems through to cabin lighting – all from a single source. Whether it is a customized product or one from our standard range, you can expect top quality at all times. Continuous investment in the latest machinery is a key part of our corporate philosophy. When it comes to modern machinery, nobody offers a wider range; all of which ensures that our ideas are flawlessly put into practice.
Pioneering spirit, creativity and optimism – our story begins close to today's location of the company. As the company founder Mr. Wolfgang Schäfer, an engineer, made his first money with salary contracts. A short while later, his first own developments followed: switching devices, controlling and operating units for the lift industry. And with the LT 18 "the grandfather" of our push button families was created. This meant the beginning of a product line that would be the foundation for our company's success.
Further innovations followed with fixture systems and components, all diverse but one-of-a-kind – supplemented by sophisticated access control solutions, CANopen applications and Lift Info Systems, lift monitoring and building guidance systems.
Today, SCHAEFER is operating world-wide, established as a global player and a leader in technology. We understand global openness, consistency, innovative strength and flexibility as a vital way of thinking and acting: this is our potential for the future.
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Well a lot has gone on since my last post. Avery came to spend a weekend with us. She was real good on the trip here. When she got here though, she screamed. I dont know what the deal was but she was so unhappy. When I finally got her to take her bottle she took a nap. When she woke up she was fine. We had a great time with her. She played and squealed and smiled and was so good.
Her mommy got some needed rest that weekend. As you can tell from the photo I was pretty happy to have our little miracle with me for a bit. Well after that great visit with her, Calley had her sweet baby boy Amaus. I was so blessed to be able to be a part of that. They asked me to come along to take some photographs. I did and it was such a sweet and blessed day. Calley did a wonderful job. No medication and he was the biggest baby I have ever seen. 10 pounds 11.9 ounces! WOW! So cute! Head full of dark hair. I always wanted a baby with lots of hair. Never happened for me. She had praise music playing, I was praying for her (silently of course). Danny was too, I am sure. The whole atmosphere was peaceful. It was so different from the norm. Not sterile feeling and loud wailing and such. It was beautiful. Anyway that is an experience I will not soon forget. Congratulations to them! Then next, all the kids came in. Casey, Charlie, and Avery were here. They had a funeral to go to. Mark came in too. He had the Hathaway golf tournament to attend. Josh was here of course. So with all of them and their friends in and out, including Maw Maw and Papaw who came in town. We definately had a house full of folks. It was nice. Wish I had a bigger living room though. We were packed in there like sardines in a tin can at times. But it was still nice. Hope you have been as blessed lately as well.


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Speeches sourced from the Labour party's online archive More…
Andy Slaughter MP, Labour's Shadow Justice Minister, commenting on the report of the Public Accounts Committee into the Ministry of Justice's Language Service Contract, said:
"This must be one of the most damning reports ever on a Government contract. There is very little positive to show for the millions of pounds of taxpayer's money – instead, what we saw was a catastrophe of errors that almost brought our courts to a standstill. The real fear is that because of the Tory-led Government's incompetence, guilty people have walked free and the innocent have been locked up.
"We need to get to the bottom of who was responsible and appropriate sanctions taken. The public's confidence in our justice system will be rightly shaken by this catastrophe, and so we need the urgent inquiry to get to the bottom of any potential miscarriages of justice.
"When the crisis was at its worst, Labour were raising this every week with Ministers, who repeatedly maintained that the contract was working. This report shows very clearly that this was not the case, and they now need to provide an explanation for their misleading statements.
"This is yet another shining example of the incompetence and complacency at the heart of this Tory-led Government. With trained and dedicated interpreters continuing to refuse to work for the language service provider, the Government should suspend immediately the contract and start again from scratch."


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The head of Germany's national police association has called for the "complete decriminalization of cannabis consumers," arguing that decades of strict prohibition have been unsuccessful, The Daily Mail reports. "The prohibition of cannabis has historically been arbitrary and until today neither intelligent nor purposeful," André Schulz, head of the Association of German Detectives (BDK), wrote in the Hamburger Morgenpost newspaper, according to RT News.
Schulz wrote that 70 percent of drug-related cases in Germany focus on drug users, not dealers or smugglers, adding that cannabis prohibition occupies a massive amount of police resources, while ultimately failing to decrease drug abuse or overall crime. Schulz explained to German newspaper Bild that the current system of prohibition stigmatizes users and can introduce offenders into a life of crime. Instead of continuing the failed war on drugs, Schulz recommended that the country's government should refocus its efforts on promoting responsible drug use and treating addicts, while allowing police to focus on child safety and keeping drug-impaired motorists off the roads.
"In the history of mankind there has never been a society without the use of drugs; this is something that has to be accepted," Schulz wrote, according to The Daily Mail. "My prediction is cannabis will not be banned for long in Germany."
Full legalization of cannabis was briefly on the table for Germany last fall, when Chancellor Angela Merkel attempted to form a coalition government with other political parties. Coalition leaders were planning to propose a cannabis policy agreement that would legalize the sale of recreational cannabis via licensed pharmacies in the country, but unfortunately coalition talks failed, and the legalization proposal died with it.
In the meantime, Germany has been making progress on the medical cannabis front. Early last year, the country's parliament passed a bill that allowed chronically ill patients to use medical cannabis. The law also made it easier for researchers to conduct studies on the medical benefits and risks of marijuana.
Although a good sign of progress, the medical cannabis program is still fairly restrictive, and German patients are not allowed to grow their own plants. A German court also recently ruled that a German hunter cannot be issued a firearms license due to his medical cannabis use, which may create a precedent forcing Germans to choose between guns or medicine.


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Well hello!
I'm so sorry it's been so long! I've had an incredibly hectic few months.
Firstly I had fourth year exams, the written papers weren't too bad but the more I think about it the more questions I realise I've got wrong!
The osce's (the clinical acting out scenario things) were actually quite good, other than one station, explaining the risks of a twin pregnancy in 8minutes......impossible!
Results are on 5th June then it's back on working hard for finals in July! Eeeeeeek!
On a more sewing friendly note......I've hit a block with the next quilt. I'm not entirely sure where to go with it now. What do you think? Uncertain if I want to turn it into a a baby quilt or if I want to keep it for myself and make it a double quilt.
My old housemate, who's bubba is due in September has found out its a little girl! I'm excited to get going on gorgeous little girlie things! Any good patterns you can suggest would be much appreciated!
It's not all hard work in medical school. Myself and a few friends decided to be a little naughty and miss the lecture week between exams and our next block of placement. We booked a cheeky all inclusive hol to Mallorca! It was incredible! I can highly recommend the Club Cala Barca Iberostar Hotel. Ok it's not very cultural to just sit by the pool reading books for 5 days and eating yourself silly on the all inclusive buffet but it was just what we needed. The sangria on tap wasn't too bad either!
And now? We'll I'm on placement again! This time in a and e! Having a blast. Although I have realised a year of specialty medicine has left my ability to read an ECG seriously lacking!
While here I have also celebrated my 23 birthday. I'm feeling a lot older and the realsation that hopefully this time next year I will be preparing to start work as a Doctor has hit hard! I don't feel at all ready! Hopefully this year will help me along. On the positive side I got the most incredible birthday present, (other than seeing my family and best friend), A SEWING MACHINE!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so excited!
Ok, so I haven't actually turned it on yet, but I'm almost there! Mumma and Papa sutures also bought me some rather gorgeous fabric too! Can't wait to get going!
My charming brother seems to think it's a foot rest!
Delicious Birthday Lunch out!
Mumma Sutures dug out some pics of me when I was little. Pretending to be a Doctor! Cute eh!?
Hope you are all happy and sewing away! I'm going to do a few more hankies tonight. Unless we all head off to the pub!
Almost the weekend!
Charlotte x