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Who doesn't love pets. We love them so much, that the average millennial is opting for pets over parenthood. Therefore giving their dogs all they would give their children goes without saying. The pet industry is a huge, multi billion dollar industry. So opting for a pet career, you probably won't make a mistake, not to mention you'll be able to spend all your time with pups. Isn't it thrilling? So if you are planning a career working with dogs, read on.
Doggie daycare
Doggie daycare is a high demand service. Let's face it, the humans have to work and not everyone has the luxury of working at home. When people leave for their normal workday, pups can get lonely, bored, and restless, causing him to become destructive or even a chronic barker. That's where doggie daycare comes in. Just like kiddie daycare, it's a safe place where pet parents can drop their furkids off for the day while they're at work. They'll be fed and mentally and physically stimulated, which is exactly what they need. At the end of the day – they go home.
For a doggie daycare you need the right environment, that is dog proof. By this I mean an indoor and outdoor area, preferably a pet proof yard. Be prepared with first aid kits, phone numbers to the closest vet and lots of treats. Also make sure you know dogs, and only take on as many as you can handle. After a while you will get to know your boarders and their habits and 'pet peeves'. This can definitely help you make sure the day runs smoothly. Make sure you ask the parents about all the must have info that might come handy, and consider taking an insurance.
Pet photographer
Probably one of the most difficult ways of working with dogs is pet photography. It requires a lot of patience and getting yourself into some very uncomfortable positions to get down to eye level. If you're an animal lover and have a passion for taking pictures you may want to try your hand at becoming a pet photographer. Pet photography is booming. I mean, just think about how many dogs have their own Instagrams! Shelters are often in need of photographers to shoot photos. Good pictures help rescue animals become family members. The three main requirements for success in this job are:
- Lots of patience. Without patience, it won't matter how good your skills or equipment are. When shooting canine subjects you need to stay calm and positive to make the session fun.
- A professional camera with all the right lenses, and the right photo editing program, like Adobe Photosho and Lightroom.
- The ability to be flexible and take creative shots. With fur kids, some of the best shots can be obtained when you get right down to eye level with the pooch you're shooting. So prepare to get muddy and dirty.
Pet transportation
Think of it as an uber for your dog. Dog transportation companies provide transit locally and long distance. Local transports can be to the vet's office or groomer. More long-distance transport could include things like transporting litters of puppies to their new homes or assisting a family that's moving to a new home by giving pups a ride.
If you are considering dog transport, check into the insurance requirements and be sure to carry insurance. Accidents can happen. You don't want to be without dog transportation coverage. Make sure your vehicle is equipped with the necessary safety equipment for traveling with dogs. It's always better not to be alone, especially if you have more than one dog with you and it's a long distance run.
Dog walker
Dog walkers are in high demand. You can set your own schedule and be your own boss. The job description seems pretty self-explanatory, but there's more to it than just simply taking a walk. Most people today consider their dogs to be members of the family, so if they are letting someone leave the house with their pooch you can bet they really trust that person.
Dogs come in all shapes and sizes, so be sure you don't take on more than you can handle. Even the most well-trained dog can be tempted to chase something in a split second. If you feel you can only walk safely with a smaller dog, then only offer your services to smaller dogs. Larger dogs need someone who can control them in case a sticky situation should arise. Make sure you have an insurance and a list of nearby vets or useful phone numbers in case of an emergency.
If you're passionate about dogs, in good physical condition, love the outdoors, and enjoy walking, then becoming a dog walker may be something to consider. Usually, a dog is picked up at his home. After his walk (and maybe a play session) then he's returned to his home. Once you get a couple of clients and establish yourself as being reliable and responsible — you'll be well on your way! Not the easiest option when working with dogs, but definitely high in demand.
Pet portrait artist
My absolute favorite, if I weren't a designer I would definitely venture into pet portraits. It is one of the easiest ways of working with dogs. If you have a great hand with drawings and water color, then this might just the best nice opportunity for you. Pet parents go crazy about having their pooches portrait done. It is the second most popular service after dog photography.
Dog groomer
As a dog groomer you can work from home, pet stores or veterinarians offices. Education for a groomer also varies. There is no formal requirement saying that you must go to school to learn this art. But, it is an art. To really excel at grooming, you should have formal training. You can go to professional dog grooming schools in classrooms or online. You could go to some of the larger pet store chains where they may provide you with training. Usually you'll have to stay on and work with them for a while after your training. This is a good thing though because it will enable you to get lots of experience.
Dog clothing designer
I can tell you being a dog clothing and accessories designer is a hell of a ride. Working with pups is one of the best things, it is soothing, interesting and the creative aspect boosts my energies. Nonetheless, starting up your own dog business is far from being easy. I see small brands popping up like mushrooms after the rain, and disappearing equally quickly. So when you opt for this career choice, make sure you add value to your products and you solve a problem with them. Otherwise you just keep creating the same old over and over again, and the chances of your brand vanishing in the competition are much higher.
Start off with a problem you keep running into, read up on it, blog and network to find what it is pet parents need. And when you have the perfect problem, find the perfect solution to it. Discard your first 12 ideas, and keep pushing until you create something unique and irresistable. And you're not done yet. Now comes your website, product photography, shipping, packaging, social accounts, proper marketing, sales, wholesale and the list is long. So be warned, only choose this path if you are truly loving to do every aspect. This will help you pull through even in the tough times.
Dog trainer
Some people are naturally good at training dogs and some just can't seem to grasp it. Are you someone who always wanted to be a dog trainer? It takes patience, stamina and an alfa personality. You need to make sure you know the different dog breeds very well, as they all have different personalities and needs. Be patient, firm, kind an encouraging. And don't forget, take a course to pick up all the relevant knowledge and skills to do this well. I believe being a dog trainer can be incredibly rewarding, so go ahed and do your research.
Sources: Proud Dog Mom


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July 21st, 2018
Street artist Goons' colorful world of characters take over the gallery. His selection of new works will be a mix of rock and roll inspired art with past and contemporary memories. Each piece is like a song telling a story. From the funky and gritty to ballads and masterpieces. With big happy pieces the paintings will be sure to delight and surprise all who see them.
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CHISINAU, April 04, 2013. The U.S. Embassy and the American Chamber of Commerce in Moldova organized in Chisinau, a seminar entitled "Doing business with the United States." The event was attended by the U.S. Ambassador to Moldova, William H. Moser, Acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Vlad Filat, representatives of the U.S. Embassies in Chisinau and Bucharest, members of the business community and foreign investors in Moldova.
Speakers highlighted the importance of a strategic approach to sustainable and competitive business, the role of business association in promoting reforms through advocacy and held presentations about various opportunities with the United States available to local and foreign investors in the Republic of Moldova.
"The seminar "Doing Business with the United States" offered Moldovan entrepreneurs the opportunity to be informed about business opportunities, and to learn from the experiences of successful businessman from U.S.A. Moldovan entrepreneurs need as much communication as possible with representatives of the business environment from countries like the U.S.A. in order to establish contacts, to use the know-how and best practices, and to expand into other markets. We live in times when valuable ideas have no borders and today\'s seminar is one of the ways to ensure their continuous flow", said the President of AmCham Moldova, Cristina Harea.
Participants received information about existing U.S. government resources and agencies that support the development of trade and business. At the event were presented U.S. government financing programs, including U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and Export-Import Bank (EXIM).
The seminar explained the structure of current bilateral trade, including major U.S. exports to Moldova. It suggested potential areas for business development and discussed the benefits of applying the Generalized System of Preferences for Moldovan exports to the USA. The seminar highlighted the role of business associations in promoting reforms through advocacy.
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Mr. Gregory Winstead - Doing Business with the USA
Mr. Gabriel Popescu - International Buyers Programs and U.S. Financing Options
Mr. Hayward Alto - The SABIT and Cohran Exchange Program
Mr. Thomas Riordan - Doing Business in Moldova
Mr. John Maxemchuk - Attracting foreign investment into a moldovan enterprise
Mr. Hayward Alto - International Advocacy
Mr. Douglas Griffith - Associations for a Sustainable and Competitive Business
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St Francis Class
Class Teacher: Mr Sutherland
Teaching Assistant: Miss Taylor
Art with Mrs Hill
Year Three have been very luck to have worked with Mrs Hill all through this year and have been producing some fantastic and creative pieces of art and design including; making fossils, erupting volcanoes, 3D rivers and landscape drawings. Here are a few images below to showcase the amazing work that Year Three have been producing. Thank you so much Mrs Hill!
Science this term
This term in Science we have been looking at Forces and Magnets! We have been investigating how objects move on different surfaces, how magnets work, what materials are magnetic and the different poles. Here are a few pictures from our Science lessons including our paper clip 'Grand Prix' and our friction investigation.
The Summer copy of our Topic booklet can be viewed here
This week's spellings, to be tested on Wednesday 19/6/19
(words in words)
There are also some writing activities to be completed in our English homework books. These are based on some of the grammar and spelling work we have been working on throughout the year. Thank you!
In science we have recently been investigating plants! We have looked at the structure of plants, what plants need to survive and grow, how plants transport water and also the life cycle of flowering plants.
We have carried out investigations on tomato plants to see which conditions they need in order to grow successfully.
We have also place celery stalks into coloured water in order to clearly identify the xylem that carries water up the stem!
This week's spellings, to be tested on Wednesday 12/6/19
('ous' making the 'us' sound at the end of the word)
Half Term Homework
We are at the end of another fantastic Half Term in Year 3 which has included our brilliant class trip to the River Cuckmere!
For homework over this Half Term I have given out a maths homework as usual, this week it is all about time which we have been learning about in class for the last couple of weeks. Please try and choose a suitable challenge as you have a longer time to complete it. As always a high standard of presentation and effort is an expectation as well as being handed in on the first day aback after Half Term.
I have also set up a maths competition on Sumdog (www.sumdog.com) for Year 3 to take part in. I will be looking to give out some rewards when we return for those actively taking part in this competition. The children should all find their Sumdog usernames and passwords stuck into the inside cover of their maths homework books.
I hope you have a lovely break and the sunshine stays out for us all!
Mr Sutherland
This week's spellings, to be tested on Wednesday 8/5/19
('ff' words spelt as ph)
A little reminder...
This half term in PE we will be learning and refining our golf skills on a Tuesday afternoon and practicing our tennis skills with Miss Pippa on a Thursday morning. Please can we make an effort to ensure that we all have our correct PE kit for these lessons, that includes a green school PE top, black shorts and appropriate footwear. We will hopefully be outside as much as we can this term so good footwear will be key!
Thank you very much for all your support!
This week's spellings, to be tested on Wednesday 03/04/19
(silent 'w' words)
For our literacy homework this week, please complete the sheet that has been inserted into your English homework books. Please attempt all the questions on both sides of the sheet.
For any help required with the Maths homework this week, a good website can be found here: https://www.theschoolrun.com/what-are-equivalent-fractions-and-simplifying-fractions. We have been looking at equivalent fractions this week and hopefully the class will all have a good understanding, even if just to attempt section A.
Thank you, Mr Sutherland.
Welcome Back!
A warm welcome back to everyone in Year Three after our Easter break! We hope that you all had a nice, relaxing and peaceful break and you are ready now for our final term as a Year Three class!
Thank you to everyone who managed to complete their Easter project, we are starting to compile a fantastic collection of rocks, soils, glass and shells. This will form a great basis for our topic work based all around Rocks, Soils and Fossils, which we have already started looking at this week!
Let's keep up the hard work and push on all the way to the end of the year!
Easter Holiday Project
As an introduction to next half term's topic in class, Rock Stars!, I have asked the class to try and complete a small project over the Easter holidays. We will be looking closely at rocks, soils and fossils in our humanities lessons next term and we will be creating our own display of different rocks.
Over the holiday please can you try to collect in a small box or tub a few samples of different soils you may come across, as well as any interesting rocks, pebbles and stones you may find. We will use these as the basis for our hands on learning next term. Please find the instructions given to the class below:
When we return from Easter we will be starting to look at Rocks, soils and fossils. I would like you to help me to start creating our class rockery!
- First, Find a suitable tub or box that you can store your collection in. (Plastic might be best as some of what you find might be damp e.g. ice cream tub/butter tub).
- Next, fill the bottom of your tub with different layers of soil, you could find these in your garden, in a park or even by the sea!
- Then, start your rock collection. See if you can find a range of different rocks, pebbles and stones to place on top of your soil. (Try not to use huge rocks as this will make it hard to bring into school!)
- Finally, when we get back to school we can create our class rockery and learn all about the different rocks and soils you have found!
Challenge for 2 steps up on cloud 9: Can you do your own research to try and work out what kinds of rocks you have found? How are they different and the same?
I have also included some spellings to practice as well, which will be tested after the Easter break:
This week's spellings, to be tested on Wednesday 03/04/19
(wh- words)
For this week's homework I would just like you to focus on your spellings. Take time to work out the best way that you can learn these words. I have included in your book a couple of fun activities to have a go at and see if they help you! If not, then see if you can come up with another exciting way!
Maths in Spring Term
This Half Term, Year 3 have started to look at fractions. We have looked at unit and non-unit fractions, counting in tenths, decimals and solving problems. Here are a few pictures of the class in action using lots of resources!
This week's spellings, to be tested on Wednesday 23/01/19
(suffix ly added on to root words ending y – change y to i then ly)
This week's homework involves selecting the correct homophone for a given sentence. A homophone is a word that sounds exactly like another word but has a different meaning and spelling e.g. night and knight or to, too and two! Please practice our neatest joined writing and using all the correct punctuation.
St Joseph's Day in St Francis Class
At St. Joseph's we celebrated St. Joseph's day on 19th March. We gathered together in the morning for Mass with Father Keiron and lots of parents, carers and members of the parish. Year Three were chosen to share a selection readings, help during Mass and sing in the choir. Well done to everyone in Year 3 for setting such a great example for the rest of the school.
During the day, we challenged ourselves to create a St. Joseph acrostic poem based on the qualities of St Joseph as well as planting daffodils with Mrs Muschamp, which can be seen along the front of the school.
Red Nose Day 2019
This year to support Red Nose Day, the class were invited to come to school dressed up in their own red clothes! We all made an effort to make a small donation to the cause which helps so many people in the UK and abroad. In class we took time to design and create our own red noses, based on the characters that can be found on this year's red nose design!
Well done everyone in Year 3 for making such a fantastic effort!
Half Term Homework
Over half term I have set the class a project to complete linked to our topic work from the last few weeks, as well as a small set of spellings to work on.
There is a choice of 2 projects to choose from and the details have been sent home this week.
Option 1: Choose a river from around the world, find out as much information as you can about it and create a poster or leaflet to let us all know what you have found!
Option 2: An investigation into rainfall over Half Term. You will set up an investigation to gather rainfall each day and work towards creating a bar chart to show your results! (More details are on the sheets sent home).
I can't wait to see how you all get on and share these with the rest of the class!
ei words
they (exception - uses y instead of ei)
A Visit from an author
Year 3 and 4 were very fortunate to have been visited by the author of several books including the 'Dog Diaries' series, Stephen Butler. Some of the class had their copies of 'Happy Howlidays' on hand for our visitor to sign for them as well!
We had an amazing time with Stephen who gave us all an insight into the world of being an author, told us all about his books and characters and read an extract from his latest book. After this, Stephen showed us all how to draw Junior the Dog, and we all had a chance to give it a try!
To finish off, Stephen arranged a quiz to find out which dog we were and answered a few of our many questions!!
This week's spellings, to be tested on Wednesday 23/01/19
wa words making to or sound and qu words.
This week's spellings, to be tested on Wednesday 23/01/19
'wa' words making the 'o' sound.
This is just a little reminder of some of the school's expectations for completing homework.
- Please can each piece of work have a date and a title in both books.
- Please can work be completed in pencil, rather than coloured pencils or felt tip pen.
- If possible, please try to read as much as you are able to and record any reading managed in your child's reading diary.
If there are any difficulties or worries regarding homework I will always try to make myself available at lunchtimes to help with anything that I can.
Thank you so much for your continued support and for everything you do to engage the children in their education!
Visit from A-Life
On Tuesday this week the whole school had an opportunity to have two sessions with Peter from A-Life, a company that provide healthy living workshops and fitness sessions for schools. We spent an hour with Peter in the morning to learn about healthy eating, looking after our bodies and making good choices. We completed lots of games, puzzles and activities such as putting together a human body jigsaw and balancing meals on a see-saw.
In the afternoon we took part in a circuit of fitness activities including boxing, trampolining, step ups, sit ups and hula hooping!
Basketball Coach
This half term Year Three are being joined on a Friday afternoon by a basketball coach from South Coast Elite Basketball. Rufus, joined us for our first session last week and everyone had a fantastic time. Some of us were a bit nervous because we had never tried basketball but ended up having such a great time. Let's look forward to the rest of our sessions with Rufus and how much more we can learn!
Welcome Back Year Three!
Welcome back to school everyone in Year Three, I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas break and feel ready and raring to go this new term!
Please see below the spring copy of the class topic booklet, which includes an overview of this term's learning.
This week I have only sent home English homework to be brought in on Tuesday as normal. It is a sentence writing exercise using this week's spellings which will be tested on Wednesday as below:
The Spring copy of our Topic booklet can be viewed here
Christmas Fair
For our stall at this year's St. Joseph's Christmas fair, Year 3 have been working hard with Miss Taylor to bake lots of batches of delicious gingerbread! They came in all shapes and sizes and were available to buy, ice and decorate on our stall! There were some fantastic creations and all looked very tasty. A huge thank you as well to Mrs Arnold for her time and help with all things gingerbread!
We also organised a 'Lucky Stocking' competition, where everyone in the class decorated a few Christmas stockings on our 'Lucky' grid. Family and friends were invited to choose a stocking for 50p and put their names in with a chance to win our grand prize, a HUGE Lindor Chocolate ball!
Thank you to everyone that entered our draw, but in the end the winner with square D2 was our very own Nolly. Congratulations Nolly!
Alongside these activities, Mrs Hill has been working hard to create personalised baubles for your Christmas tree featuring an image of each member of the class!
Year 3 have managed to raise around £30 which will be put towards buying something for all the pupils in our class.
Thanks again to everyone who came along to support our stall!
This week's spellings, to be tested on Wednesday 5/12/18
For homework this week I would like you to use each of these words in a sentence. See if you can write 8 super sentences!
Don't forget your capital letters, punctuation and handwriting! If you fancy a challenge, why not try thinking about using lots of different tenses!
This week's spellings, to be tested on Wednesday 28/11/18
In our SPAG lessons we have been looking at the 'present perfect' tense and how we can change this from the past tense. This week's writing homework is to write some sentences in the present perfect tense and to try and think of your own.
Remember that if it is present perfect then it normally has 'have' or 'has' before a verb in the past tense. For example:
'I ate a sandwich' (past tense) becomes 'I have eaten a sandwich' (present perfect).
This week's spellings, to be tested on Wednesday 21/11/18
As well as spellings this week, I have given each member of the class a copy of our school's mission statement. I have asked the class to read through the statement and try to think of, and write down, three ways in which they could show that they follow the ethos of the mission statement.
As I was unable to hand out the homework on Thursday this week I have let the class know they can bring this in on Wednesday instead of Tuesday, to make up for this!
Thank you very much!
Bad Hair Day for Children in Need
Well done to everyone in Year 3 that came in with their bad hair for Children in Need. There were some fantastic creations, including lots of hairspray, hair gel, colours, googly eyes, bows and pipe cleaners! The class had such a good time taking part and hopefully won't be too difficult to undo over the weekend!
Bollywood Dancing
On Thursday we were joined at St Joseph's by Kalpesh Zalavadiya a.k.a Mr. Bollywood, a dance instructor who showed the whole school the amazing art of Indian dancing. He took our class for a 45 minute workshop where he taught us two dance routines, as well as talking to us about the Hindu festival of light, Diwali.
At the end of the day the whole school took part in a performance of the two dances, including most members of staff.
Thank you to all parents and carers that were able to make it along to watch the performance, and for joining in as well!!
This half term we have started a new topic in PE. As the weather has turned a little more autumnal we have moved inside for one of our PE sessions each week to improve our gymnastics. In this topic we are focusing on our balance and control.
This week's spellings, to be tested on Wednesday 07/11/18
As well as these spellings, there will now be a weekly literacy homework as well, as we have practiced over Half Term. This week I would like you to have a look at the picture stuck in your book and use your history knowledge!
When do you think the item was made? What do you think it could be made of? What could it have been used for?
There are no wrong answers, I want you to use your imagination to think what this could have been...
Challenge 21 Fundraising
As part of St. Joseph's Challenge 21 charity fundraising dor the Down's Syndrome Association, St Francis class decided that we would hold a 'Lucky Dip' in order to raise at least £21 that we could then donate to the charity.
We held the Lucky Dip after school and charged 50p per go! If you found a number 21 in our pot of numbers you could bag yourself a big prize!
Thank you to all children, parents and carers that came along to support and donated so generously!
In total we managed to raise a fantastic £30!
Chance to Shine
We were joined by Alan, our cricket coach, from Sussex Cricket and Chance to Shine for one of our maths lessons!
Chance to Shine is a charity that aims to increase the number of children and young adults playing cricket and "to ignite new passions, teach vital skills, unite diverse groups, and educate young people".
Alan joined us for an active maths lessons where we were challenging ourselves with multiplication questions that took us to all the planets in our solar system! Well done Year 3!
Bike It!
Some members of Year 3 were joined by Bike It Lucy, for an afternoon of scooter and bike training and development. This is a great opportunity to try cycling for the first time, build your confidence or just to improve your cycling skills!
Well done to all those who took part, hopefully we will have more sessions in the future and improve even more!
This week's spellings to be tested after Half Term on Wednesday 31/10/18
English Homework
After Half Term I will be starting to set an English homework each week as well as a Maths homework.
As a warm up for this, over Half Term, I would like you to use each of these words in a sentence. See if you can write 8 amazing sentences!
I will be looking out for the most exciting sentences and might even have some prizes for the most inventive!
Don't forget your capital letters, punctuation and handwriting!
If you fancy a challenge, why not try using some speech marks like we worked on last week?
This week's spellings to be tested on Wednesday 17/10/18
In our maths lesson, we have just started our new unit which focuses on Addition and Subtraction. Using our new knowledge of Place Value we have started off by adding and subtracting from the ones column and learning how this can affect our tens column as well! The class all seem to be picking this up really well!
As part of our topic work this term on 'Stone Age to the Iron Age' we have been learning lots of interesting facts and information about different periods of time, starting with the Stone Age. Here is a picture of the class having completed a challenge!
We were working out if the facts given belonged in the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic or Neolithic time!
Grandparent's Week
It was lovely to be able to welcome some of our Grandparent's along this week to watch and join in with some of our lessons. On Tuesday, we read an extract from our class novel 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes and recreated the main character using cardboard boxes and aluminium foil!
On Wednesday we all took part in one of our weekly cricket sessions lead by Alan from Sussex Cricket. It was a great session where we all learnt about how to strike a ball, how to work as a team and a few clever tactics to try and remember!
Here are a few photos from the two lessons!
This week's spellings to be tested on Wednesday 10/10/18
Grandparent's Week
As part of our Grandparent's week activities, Year 3 would like to invite all grandparents to join us for some exciting lessons next week (1st October)!
On Tuesday 2nd October at 1pm we will be looking at our class novel 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes and using our Design and Technology skills to recreate him in the classroom!
On Wednesday 3rd October at 1pm, you are invited to join our PE lesson with our cricket coach Alan. These sessions are brilliant fun and the children have been having such a good time while also improving their throwing, catching and striking skills.
We look forward to welcoming you to our class next week!
Welcome Picnic
It was lovely to be able to spend time as a class and enjoy a picnic altogether. It was also a nice opportunity to meet some parents and carers who were able to attend.
Cricket with Alan, our brilliant coach
This half term we are lucky enough to have a brilliant cricket coach join us for one of our PE lessons each week. The children have been learning about the best techniques to throw, catch and run with a cricket bat. Alan has lots of fun and exciting games that the whole class have been really enjoying!
Academic Year 2018-2019
Welcome back to the children and their families in Year 3. We have had a lovely first few days together and I am looking forward to us all working together over the next academic year!
Homework will be given out on a Thursday, to be returned the following Tuesday. Those children who do not return the homework by Tuesday will have to complete it during their lunchtime and will lose some of their golden time.
Each week children will have maths and literacy homework. Both maths and literacy homework will support what we have been learning in class that week and therefore children should be able to complete their homework independently.
Maths homework will compromise of three 'challenges', A, B and C. Challenges get progressively harder and children should choose the one that best suits them, making sure they are challenging themselves!
Please encourage your child to look through their homework on a Thursday when it comes home. If your child has any questions/worries or is unsure about something, Mr Sutherland will then be able to help on a Friday lunchtime so that they are then able to complete their homework over the weekend.
This half term, our PE days will be on Wednesdays and Thursdays. On Wednesdays we will be working with a Alan, a coach from Sussex Cricket, on our catching, throwing and batting skills and on Thursdays we will be working with Miss Pippa on a variety of skills based around football.
Please make sure your child has a full PE kit in school at all times - black shorts, a green St Joseph's t-shirt and trainers or plimsolls.
Our class will also be doing the "daily mile" on the other three days.
Please encourage your child to read every night. This can be to themselves, to a family member or to a sibling and children please remember to record it in your reading record books. Reading records and a first book have been handed out in the first week.
Children will be tested every Wednesday and the spelling lists will be updated on this site each week.
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A case out of the 7th Circuit Court of appeals shows just how far a member of law enforcement will go to mess with someone on the registry and just how impossible it is sometimes to comply with all the rules and restrictions that accompany registration as a sex offender.
The case, Frederickson v. Landeros, is an equal protection case. Frederickson, was a homeless registrant living in Joliet, Illinois. As a homeless registrant, he was required to report WEEKLY, IN PERSON. One of the registration officers developed a dislike of Frederickson because he questioned the constitutionality of the registry. He went out of his way to make the registration process difficult for Frederickson and when Frederickson decided to move to a neighboring county, Landeros went out of his way to make it impossible. He went as far as refusing to transfer his file so that he could not register!
Frederickson sued Landeros, arguing he was not being treated equally. He won. But the reason we are sharing it is: for those who have dealt with law enforcement officers or registration personnel who feel their jobs are to punish you, let this case remind you that right often prevails!
You can read the 7th Circuit's decision here; http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2019/D11-26/C:18-1605:J:Easterbrook:dis:T:fnOp:N:2436411:S:0 or listen to oral arguments here: https://www.courtlistener.com/audio/59532/rex-frederickson-v-tizoc-landeros/
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A while back we took an assignment to shoot a road trip around Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, fishing for steelhead in the waters flowing into West Cook Inlet. We recruited our friend Greg, a dedicated trout bum and head guide at the Aniak River Lodge, loaded up the truck and hit the road for a week in early October. We were greeted by crisp autumn days, brilliant colors and beautiful clear running waters chock full of steelhead. What we didn't find were the hordes of fishermen that usually crowd road-accessible hot spots in AK. We would have several bends all to ourselves and share the entire drainage with only a couple others. The fish also surprised us in their eagerness to take, but only after getting the right drift through the right waters. As out PNW brethren can attest to, steelheading is a notoriously fickle pursuit. Just when you think the water is too shallow, and your drift is way too slow, you'll feel a tug on the end of your line (that must be the river bottom). The next second you're in the fight of your life with 20-pounds of supercharged bright silver for the best 10 minutes of your life.
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Challenges in Analytical QC
11 November 2020
Become part of the PharmaLab Congress 2020 – as a Speaker
Please complete our online form. The deadline for submissions is 15 April 2020.
It is the aim of this course to address all those GMP Compliance issues that are currently discussed as hot topics in analytical quality control laboratories and during GMP-/FDA-Inspections. This course will give an update about the actual regulatory requirements (EU, US, WHO, etc.) and will show how these requirements can be put into practice. In addition this course will look at scientific and regulatory trends to be expected in the future.
Due to changing regulatory requirements pharmaceutical quality control units are continuously facing new challenges. There are many regulatory requirements relevant for the pharmaceutical quality control, both in EU and in the US, for instance EU GMP Guide, 21 CFR Part 210/211 (USA), EMA and FDA Guidances, WHO Recommendations and Pharmacopoeias (Ph.Eur., USP, JP).
Laboratory Managers and Analytical Scientists must be familiar with all these GMP-related topics and must be aware of the latest updates and the current interpretation of all these guidance documents.
In addition, analytical QC laboratories are increasingly in the focus of GMP inspections, both in Europe and in the US. Many laboratory-specific citations can be found after inspections of European GMP supervisory authorities in EU Non GMP Compliance Reports or after FDA inspections in 483s and Warning Letters. Currently the status of FDA inspections and the impact for analytical labs is of great importance. Discuss with us the future of FDA-inspections in the light of the MRA and get some understanding what this means for your QC-labs.
Furthermore the uncertainty about the consequences of the Brexit for the pharmaceutical industry is a huge challenge for all QC Mangers and QPs. Get some insights what this means for manufacture, testing and release as of 30. March 2019 and how to get prepared for this changes.
Possible topics that will be addressed are:
- Guidelines developed by the ECA QC Group
- Data Governance (with the DI & IT Compliance Group)
- Analytical Procedures Lifecycle Management (QbD for Analytical Methods)
- Hot topics in GMP Compliance Inspections in Analytical Labs from an European GMP Inspector
- Cleaning Validation for Analytical Equipment – what are the regulatory expectations today and how to implement in your lab?
- cGMP Compliance Trends
- Defining and Managing Raw Data
- Current Trends and Future of FDA Inspections (MRA)
- Training in QC
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This conference will be of significant value to
- Laboratory managers
- Quality control managers
- Qualified Persons (QPs)
- Analytical scientists
- Senior laboratory staff
from quality control units in the pharmaceutical industry (routine QC and in research and development) who are responsible for GMP Compliance in the analytical laboratory. This course is also intended for employees working in contract labs being involved in development of methods, control testing and Quality Assurance.


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As a fitness professional, you know that moving efficiently in activities is key to performance and longevity for you and your participants.
In this first release of AFAA® 's Sustaining Mobility & Movement series, group fitness instructors and personal trainers gain the knowledge needed to make simple adjustments to counteract the negative effects of muscular imbalances that result from activities of daily living and a sedentary lifestyle—imbalances that can lead to potential injuries.
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Today, Responsible Investment is undergoing a fascinating development with more asset owners wanting to make a positive societal and environmental impact with their investments, alongside financial returns.
By Keith Black
Long-term investors know the measurable impact ESG issues have on the sustainability and profitability of companies/ asset owners. Responsible investment is an approach to investing that aims to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decisions, to better manage risk and generate sustainable, long-term returns.
Today, Responsible Investment is undergoing a fascinating development with more asset owners wanting to make a positive societal and/or environmental impact with their investments, alongside financial returns. It's not just about monetary gains anymore, but terms such as, kilowatt hours, crop yields or the 'number of people affected' are garnering greater attention and importance.
Although relatively new, Responsible Investing is still the term that has been to describe investing with the explicit purpose of achieving positive non-financial impacts in addition to financial gain. The 2017 Annual Impact Investor Survey from the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), puts the size of the market at $113.7bn.
The global momentum around responsible Investment is driven by:
# Active beneficiaries demanding transparency about their investment details;
# Increased recognition of the various ESG factors that play a vital role in determining risk and return in the financial community;
# Understanding that incorporating ESG factors is part of investors' fiduciary duty to their beneficiaries and clients;
# In a world of globalisation and social media, reputational risk from rising issues including pollution, climate change, employee diversity, working conditions, corruption and aggressive tax strategies;
# Concerns over short-term impact on investment returns, company performance, and market behaviour;
# Legal requirements looking out to protect long-term interests of beneficiaries and also the wider financial system;
# Increased pressure from competitors who seek to stand apart by offering Responsible Investment services as a competitive advantage.
Difficulties in Implementation
The primary difficulties in implementing Responsible Investing policies include the absence of standardized, comparable data; managing varied constituent requirements; finding suitable investments; and the lack of dedicated resources.
Although Responsible Investing is garnering increased interest and momentum, however, there's still a lack of clarity over standards, definitive data sources, and even what ESG or Responsible Investment means. To support this demand, a more institutional infrastructure is needed, including common standards, increased information and education.
More than three quarters (77%) of respondents to a recent CAIA-Adveq survey stated that Responsible Investing is more important than it was three years ago, while 78 percent believe that it will be even more important by 2020. The vast majority of survey respondents (84%) say Responsible Investing lacks clear industry standards, and 89 percent state that better-defined standards would encourage the development of Responsible Investment strategies and funds. Nearly three-quarters (74%) of the CAIA members responding to the survey noted a need for increasing education on Responsible Investment topics.
Undeniably, ESG is already part of the investing fabric and is becoming a mainstream aspect of investing today. The industry needs to see investment results and more pressure from asset owners and government, to develop. In an attempt to identify opportunities, and managing programs and policies more effectively, industry stakeholders including asset owners, consultants, asset managers as well as data, education and standards providers need to coordinate efforts and derive maximum benefits from ESG investing.
(The author is Managing Director, Curriculum & Exams, CAIA Association)
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On sight it makes an awful lot of sense. We are treating an illness that impacts a person's mind, body and spirit. Even the six dimensions of a person's life that are proposed by the American Society of Addiction Medicine seem to examine every aspect of a patient's life. Their mental health, their drug use, their residence, etc. We look under every rock as we assess our patients.
Once this is done, we find that there are typically identified problems in many if not all of these areas. Doesn't it make sense that we should put services in place for all of these issues under one roof?
On first glance it really does make a lot of sense. During various periods of a person's treatment it really may be necessary. We need to house them in residential to get them out of unsafe situations. We have to provide medical services and psychotherapy as well or they will not be able to change. As businesses, treatment centers stand to make healthy profits if they can treat a patient from detoxification, through residential, to outpatient, and even to provide non professional services during outpatient such as sober living.
When this system works out well, it looks untouchable; like we should all be doing this, but what about the patient who has difficulty completing a treatment program? He or she has frequently been kicked out of treatment for a range of potential issues. They may have continued using in several programs once they reached the outpatient levels of care. They may be fraternizing due to impulse control and abandonment issues during residential or even detoxification levels of care. It could that trauma has made them highly resistant to treatment and their defensive guardedness is so activated that front line staff are unable to contain them with enough consistency for them to make it through the therapy. Of course this patient doesn't meet criteria for hospitalization usually, so the program eventually does what every other program has done; they kick them out.
No we have the dilemma of the "discharged patient." We often feel we have to do this to protect the milieu. I mean, our other patients, the easier cases, they have rights too don't they? They need to be protected from this person's toxicity, and we sure don't want to run off our well paying simpler cases do we?
It seems the only answer we have for these cases is to either blame the patient, or to say "they need long term treatment. A year at least." This all sounds nice and makes us feel a little better as clinicians doesn't it? That poor chap just doesn't have the resources so we couldn't do anything for them. Maybe they will "get it" someday we say to our colleagues.
So what happens to this patient when they are discharged from treatment? Typically, they immediately lose access to all of the healthcare services they are receiving in one stroke of a pen. They have lost their residence, and we have educated their families in enabling and instructed them to not take them back. They may have been bonded to a group in therapy, but that is now gone as well. Their individual therapist, or couple's therapist was an employee of "the center" and is therefore no longer accessible. Their psychiatrist and possibly their internal medicine doctor are both independent contractors of the facility and they are unable to continue treating the patient. So what does the patient do in this situation? They have nowhere to turn that they can see. They can shop around potentially for another program if they still have any money left. Of course, that is the exact same situation they were just unsuccessful in, and didn't we ourselves tell them that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result? The logical course of action to our patients under these circumstances is to escape, to complete the relapse cycle, and to hope they are intervened upon once again, you know, after they have become willing.
Perhaps another option for this patient is to look at constructing a myriad of services from varied providers that are not contracted or otherwise committed to one another. In my experience, patients who have several paths back into recovery are more likely to have shorter, less intense relapses, and more likely to engage with their healthcare providers. I had a patient once for example who was kicked out of three sober living homes while he was in intensive outpatient treatment with me. This particular patient did not use in any of the four sober living homes he was in and even once slept on a park bench in an attempt to show his commitment to recovery to his parents, whom he had repeatedly gone to in the past to rescue him from consequences. The patient was a professional, had completed law school and had another impressive undergraduate degree from a prestigious university. One of his parents was a physician who was very adept at working with addiction and was even considered a specialist. Because this patient's sober living was not connected to his intensive outpatient program, we were able to work with him on referrals to other clean and sober residences on multiple occasions, and to continue to provide him with support and psychotherapy while he struggled to individuate from his parents. This same patient is approaching a year of sobriety at this time. His life isn't perfect, but he has made it through the beginning and he remains stable. He continues to see an individual therapist in private practice, and he has an outpatient psychiatrist that is also part of his treatment team.
The same patient described above, if discharged for his behavior from all treatment services in one fatal swoop, may have been lost in the wind for years. The question I pose to anyone reading this article, is one of professional responsibility: Is this good treatment, or is it patient abandonment, or worse yet, systemic patient rejection?
About the Author
Kansas Cafferty, LMFT, CATC, MCA, is the founder and director of True North Recovery Services, an intensive outpatient program in Encinitas, CA. He has been in the field of addiction treatment since 1997. Kansas also services as a Commissioner to the NAADAC National Certification Commission for Addiction Professionals in Washington, D.C.
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Super easy Hunan Style Pork stir fry.
This is another rice killer I love very much—Hunan style pork stir fried with chili peppers. Judging from the ingredients, you might find they are so common and what makes this dish: Hunan style? The secret lies in the chili peppers. That long green or red pepper is named as Xian Jiao literally mean line pepper is a featured chili pepper from Hunan cuisine. This dish is known as Small farm fried pork due to its common ingredients.
This superior line peppers (as shown in the following picture) have a fresh and spicy taste, which can reduce the greasy taste of pork belly. On the other hand, after absorbing the fat oil coming from the pork, the peppers will become quite savory. If you ever visited China, you may have tried this dish in many restaurants offering stir fry dishes. I guess the impression might be how hot this dish is! So in order to keep the spiciness within an accepting degree, I sprinkle some salt on them and marinated for around 15 minutes.
- 1 lb. pork belly
- 10 long chili peppers
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 inch root ginger
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon dark soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon cooking wine
- 2 green onions , cut into 5 cm sections
- 1/2 tablespoon cooking oil
Cut the long chili peppers into 5 cm sections. Sprinkle around 1 teaspoon salt evenly and set aside for around 15 minutes. Then filter the water out and drain.
Cut the pork belly into thin slices. Set aside.
Heat up a wok or pan firstly, add chili peppers in to fry for around 1 to 2 minutes until they are slightly soft. Transfer out.
Heat up around 1/2 tablespoon cooking oil in pan or wok; add pork belly slices to fry until they become curly and slightly browned.Move them to one side of your wok, fry ginger and garlic until aroma. Return fried chili peppers. Add soy sauce and cooking wine. Sprinkle green onion sections and mix well.
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While the price of a barrel of oil has risen from $50 in recent years to $75 in recent months, it is now down to about $60. At that price, it is difficult to rationalize the pipeline's $8 billion cost. The line, which would go through Montana, Nebraska and South Dakota, has languished since 2008.
Enbridge Inc. and Kinder Morgan Inc. also want to send Canadian oil into the United States using their existing pipeline routes. Oil traffic is now backed up in Canada, preventing some of it from getting to market. That has caused a $15 billion hit to the oil economy there, says Scotiabank. For its part, TransCanada says that it "remains committed" to the project.
"Canada's oil patch once again finds itself with too much crude and too few pipelines, depressing the value of Canadian crude relative to U.S. and global benchmarks," the multinational bank says.
The District Court for the District of Montana ruled against President Trump's January 2017 permit to allow TransCanda to finish the nearly 1,200 mile pipeline prong. The entire line would stretch 2,600 miles and go from Alberta, Canada to the refineries in Texas. The court said that the president failed to consider the effects that the pipeline would have on climate change — the very thing that caused President Obama to reject the line in 2015 and just as he was ready to sign the Paris climate agreement.
The court went on to say that Trump's decision to permit the line didn't properly consider oil prices, the environmental impact it would have on cultural resources or the consequence of oil spills. In fact, a sister project of the Keystone pipeline suffered a spill of 5,000 barrels, or 210,000 gallons, a year ago.
The U.S. Department of State, which has say over the pipeline because it crosses national boundaries, must reasonably explain why it is reversing the Obama administration's policy. While it may reconsider its earlier decision, the agency can't do so on a whim.
"The major spills that occurred between 2014 and 2017 qualify as significant," the federal court said. … Moreover, the Trump administration "simply discarded prior factual findings related to climate change to support its course reversal."
Canada at a Crossroad
The U.S. State Department said it is reviewing the court ruling and that it could appeal the decision to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Trump called last week's ruling a "disgrace," saying that the project would reduce oil prices and create jobs at home. But over the last decade, the United States has been able to access both unconventional shale oil and gas. That means this country is able to supply more of its own needs and that it has less need to import oil.
The Keystone XL Pipeline would transport up to 800,000 barrels a day of Canadian tar sands, which is considered one of the dirtiest fossil fuels there is. Tar sands are thicker than standard crude oil and thus, it is both tougher to clean up and 17% dirtier. That is why the Obama administration chose to reject the pipeline, adding that the project would only create 50 permanent jobs while leading to greater CO2 emissions.
"As the court has made clear yet again, the Trump administration's flawed and dangerous proposal should be shelved forever," said Jackie Prange, senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Economically speaking, experts say that Canadian production is expected to hit 850,000 barrels a day in a couple years. Keystone can carry 800,000 barrels a day — and it would bulldoze its way through now unplowed, sensitive areas. The two separate lines proposed by Enbridge and Kinder would traverse through existing routes and have a combined capacity of 960,000 barrels a day. Any oversupply would thus drive down oil prices, adding substantial economic risk to the Keystone undertaking — all on top of the surrounding environmental controversies.
But the Canadian government is thinking much longer-term — that eventually the market will support the oil flows coming out of Canada and into Texas refineries. Moreover, in this case, the liberal Trudeau government, sees the Trump administration as its ally and its immediate hope of getting permission to complete the Keystone XL pipeline.
"Pipeline approval delays have imposed clear, demonstrable and substantial economic costs on the Canadian economy," says Scotiabank.
Nevertheless, TransCanada may decide to ship the oil via the rail lines. Scotiabank said that this strategy would mitigate harm to the Canadian economy by about $5 billion, or from $15 billion to $10 billion. Oil moves by pipeline 70% of the time but also accesses trucks, barges and rails for the balance of the time, although the cost to do so is more expensive, say experts.
The Keystone XL Pipeline has become the literal and figurative line in the sand for climate activists. While the Trump administration favors construction, the math does not, at least for now. The pipeline company is thus ensnared in a Catch 22: does it pursue a permit while the politics favor it or does it wait until the markets expand. It can afford to sit tight. But if the oil is eventually needed, it will find a way to cross the border.


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Saturday Snark …
This is from the just released Infected; Freefall . Dylan, Roan's artist boyfriend, has just called him to tell him he wants him to come see a painting he did of him before he goes public with it. This makes Roan understandably suspicious and nervous.
Roan really didn't like Dylan's sudden squeamishness—this was making him nervous. Did he paint him killing a bus full of nuns or something? Fucking Robert Mapplethorpe? Dylan should have known better than to be so vague, because now he was getting paranoid. "What did you do to me?"
"It's nothing bad… or at least, I don't think it's bad. You still might not like it."
Oh, this didn't sound good. "Am I naked?"
"Shooting Dick Cheney in the face?"
"Why not?"
"Every time I try and draw Dick Cheney, he ends up looking like the Penguin from the old Batman TV series. I have nothing against Burgess Meredith."
"Yeah, well, I guess I don't either." He sighed, wondering exactly what Dylan had done to him on canvas. "I'm in the area, so I'll be over in a few minutes. Is a quickie off the table?"
"Yes, mainly because the table's too flimsy to take it. We'll have to move it to the couch."
"Fine by me. See you soon."
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WREXHAM defender Shaun Pejic, who won his first Wales under-21 cap in Finland last Friday, took the 2-1 defeat on the chin and said it had made him more determined to gain further international recognition.
The 20-year old son of Racecourse physiotherapist Mel and nephew of former England and Stoke City full back, Mike, was one of six youngsters given a Wales debut by coach Jimmy Shoulder in Valkaeokoski and it was desperately cruel luck that they conceded a last-minute winner after having dominated the match for long spells.
The defeat was the 25th game without a win for Wales' second string and Pejic said everyone had been sickened by the late strike from Liverpool's highly-rated Danny Sjorlund.
"It's been like that for years with Wales but we'll take a lot of confidence from our performance and feel we've got a great chance of beating them when they come over to play us in the return," he claimed.
"It's a very new squad so I felt we did well considering how many of us were making our debuts. We know what to expect in future and we can build on the performance. It's been a great experience and it's very different from club football because you have to be a lot more switched-on and everything is played at a quicker pace but I enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to winning a few more caps."
Shoulder, whose record has come under fire in some quarters, even though he retains the confidence of national team boss Mark Hughes, admitted feeling a sense of d?ja-vu. "It's the same old story I'm afraid," he said. "I feel very sorry for the boys because this is a very inexperienced squad.
"They carried out their instructions to the letter and they played as well as you could expect.
"We probably made only two mistakes in the game and we got punished. We hit the post; we had several other decent chances we couldn't put away and we looked comfortable.
"I think we probably contained them to about four or five chances and considering they have more than 100 caps between them and they were playing at home, we did a cracking job. To lose the game in the very last minute was really hard on the boys."
Shoulder said there had been some outstanding performances, even though the dismal run of results continued. "There wasn't anybody in the team you could say was disappointing and I thought all the boys contributed really well," he added.
"Statistics don't lie in the sense of the run and we talked about it with the boys before the game. We felt they had the chance to break it and until the last 10 minutes it was there for the taking. Even after they equalised, we had the chances to have won the match and I felt confident we would do that.
"We can take heart from the fact that we don't have to fear the likes of Italy and Yugoslavia. If we had come here and got well turned over, I would be worried but I think we will be competitive for the next few matches."


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Annal: 1986 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction
Results of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the year 1986.
The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel
In the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies?
Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are only valued if their ovaries are viable.
Offred can remember the days before, when she lived and made love with her husband Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now.
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.
The Accidental Tourist: A Novel
Macon Leary is a travel writer who hates both travel and anything out of the ordinary. He is grounded by loneliness and an unwillingness to compromise his creature comforts when he meets Muriel, a deliciously peculiar dog-obedience trainer who up-ends Macon's insular world–and thrusts him headlong into a remarkable engagement with life.
The Golden Gate
This novel in verse about a group of California yuppies was one of the most highly praised books of 1986 and a bestseller on both coasts.
Lake Wobegon Days
Garrison Keillor's fictional Midwestern town, Lake Wobegon, has long since passed into literary legend. Lake Wobegon Days, his first unforgettable portrait of life in the American small-town named after an Indian word meaning "Here we are!" or "We sat all day in the rain waiting for you", is a modern classic of warmth, humor and tenderness which introduces the reader to "a cast of characters to rival Mark Twain" (Daily Mail)
"Wryly affectionate and irresistibly funny, it's a delight read and very good company." —Miranda Seymour, Evening Standard
The Old Gringo
The celebrated American writer and journalist Ambrose Bierce mysteriously disapeared in Mexico during its civil war. In this brilliant novel, Carlos Fuentes imagines the fate of Bierce among Pancho Villa's troops and dramatizes the conflict of North America's two cultures locked in deadly embrace.
A Perfect Spy
John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him unprecedented worldwide acclaim.
Immersing readers in two parallel dramas—one about the making of a spy, the other chronicling his seemingly imminent demise—le Carré offers one of his richest and most morally resonant novels.
Magnus Pym—son of Rick, father of Tom, and a successful career officer of British Intelligence—has vanished, to the dismay of his friends, enemies, and wife. Who is he? Who was he? Who owns him? Who trained him? Secrets of state are at risk. As the truth about Pym gradually emerges, the reader joins Pym's pursuers to explore the unsettling life and motives of a man who fought the wars he inherited with the only weapons he knew, and so became a perfect spy.


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Realistic Supply Chain Transparency
Supply chain risk mitigation
cannot now be achieved without transparency through Tier 2 overall and Tiers 3
to 5 on both core competency components and essential manufacturing
Critical, core competency components
and essential manufacturing commodities must be identified more deeply as
either criminal interdiction, M&A buyout or natural calamity can put a
critical supplier offline.
The Golden Rule: Know Who makes
What Where How at Tier.
chain transparency
ICG implemented this level of supply chain analysis in 2011 as its
standard for chain transparency and risk mitigation after evaluating eight
event series:
(1) 2004-to-date Mexican Drug
Trafficking Organization (DTO) incursions against companies and personnel in
(2) 2004-to-date Global Intellectual
Property (IP) harvesting by Chinese, Russian and other state-related assets.
(3) 2011 Japanese
earthquake/tsunami. Multiple tier impacts.
(4) 2010 Chrysler US east coast
supplier flooding.
(5) 2011 Thailand OEM/multiple
tier flooding.
(6) Impact to a segment by the
entry of an Apple-like firm with similar mastery, manipulation and price
suppression of key industries.
(7) Corruption risks, notably
BRIC and emerging markets.
(8) Lanthanide (rare earth
elements) monopoly and hostile export restriction by China.
Consequence convergence
Supply chain risk mitigation
cannot now be achieved without transparency through Tier 2 overall and Tiers 3
to 5 on both core competency components and essential manufacturing
commodities. (The ultimate buyer is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
or Tier 0.)
Critical, core competency
components and essential manufacturing commodities must be identified more
deeply as either criminal interdiction, M&A buyout or natural calamity can
put a critical supplier offline.
ICG sees consequence convergence between (1) criminal supply chain
predations, (2) natural disaster impacts (e.g., earthquake, tsunami and flood),
(3) repositioning and localization shifts in global supply chains, (4) supply
embargos with political intent and (5) commercial supply chain risks.
Highly critical, core competency
components and essential manufacturing commodities must be identified more
deeply as either Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) interdiction, M&A
buyout or natural calamity can put a critical supplier offline, perhaps
permanently. The Chinese are examining US and EU supply chains for such
OEM/top tier manufacturers err
in thinking that they have acceptable transparency with Tier 1 identification.
That is a false positive as Tier 1 is often (even very often) as much assembler
as manufacturer. Many strategic components or processes are at the Tier 2 to
Tier 5. Any and all are subject to penetration or interruption.
In terms of compliance response,
ICG has seen entities affect supply
chain realignments to move potential trouble points below the mandated Tier 1
review level, e.g., to Tier 2 and below. Risk remains for the incautious upper
tier or Tier 0.
Today the ultimate buyer, the
OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) or Tier 0, knows relatively little of
their supply chains below their Tier 1 suppliers (those suppliers selling
directly to the Tier 0.)
That superficial view is grossly
insufficient. Without greater transparency, Top tier firms cannot protect
themselves and their customers from strategic surprise and disruption.
The ICG supply chain Golden Rule: Know Who makes What Where, How at
In the aftermath of the Asian
tsunami/earthquake, Toyota realized that it was vulnerable not knowing who made
what where at tier. The firm publicly stated that it would gain that chain
transparency. Two sources subsequently confirmed to ICG that Toyota had
achieved its goal. We must suspect that Nissan is not far behind.
Tier 2 is a minimum. Witness the
single Tier 2 bearing manufacturing that halted both Toyota and Nissan engine
production. 'Where' is not enough; you need what will likely happen at 'where'
and what happens along the transit path (which can be as simple as the 4X price
rise of limes in Mexico due to criminal cartel regional road taxes).
The shift to local sourcing over
Low cost country (LCC) sourcing will bring a surge of new OEM/Tier 1 orders to
a supply base that can potentially overwhelm and consume existing suppliers'
current capacity, leaving upper tiers scrambling in a state of strategic
All an industry needs for
disruption is for an entity to decide to become its sector Apple, a DTO
understands the effortless blackmail and extortion at hand for the taking, the
unanticipated impacts of a global sourcing realignment, or the next earth
sciences calamity.
More than one disruption can occur
simultaneously. There are frequent Ladder Effects where one failure compromising
or weakening an adjacent process or entity.
Specific concerns
If Mexican Drug Trafficking
Organizations (DTOs) fully engage the US/EU Tier 0/Tier 1 automotive industry
in Mexico in the manner which they have penetrated the Mexican automotive and mining
industries, there will be a spike in corporate and personal extortion and
kidnapping, as well as penetration and takeover of entire supply chains just a
Mexico is poised to expand its manufacturing footprint under a Backshoring
Backshoring has the potential to
create supply chain capacity chokepoints as appropriate productions are
CONUS (Continental US) and Mexican
suppliers will benefit whereas Canadian suppliers will see negative impacts.
Backshoring's manufacturing
repatriation may begin to reduce one of the most massive involuntary
Intellectual Property (IP) transfers caused by Tier 0/OEM firms driving suppliers
to move design and manufacturing to the PRC.
OEMs and Tier 0 assembly plants
surrender 100% of their IP in a joint venture regardless of the actual partner
The scope of IP theft often
escapes attention as it is outside the normal purchasing mindshare, yet its
impacts are severe in both Direct and Indirect supply chains.
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