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" Create the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible" – Charles Eisenstein
Its been a nice and pleasantly warm summer so far on my recent 6 week Europe journey some time after spending a week in Findhorn community in northern Scotland. There I completed a Training of Trainers with Gaia Education, my last leg on my journey to become a Gaia Education Trainer for Ecovillage Design and Design for Sustainability as well as the Sustainable Development Goals.
Hence, enjoying the pleasant train ride from Stockholm through the sunlit Swedish country side of an undulating landscape, formed by the forces of the glacial ice sheets during the last ice age more than 10,000 years ago. Now covered in a mosaic of lakes and rivers, forests, fields and pastures, intsely green and lush with small villages and towns dotted here and there, bringing me into a mood of calm anticipation for the place where this year's Global Ecovillage Network European Conference will take place over the coming 5 days.
Ängsbacka, a community and ecovillage in the heartland of Sweden, surrounded by stunning lakes, expansive pine and birch forests (and plenty of blueberries this time of the year), and lush pastures and fields dotted with cattle and silage at this time of the year is where the conference will take place. Some 2.5 hours by train west of Stockholm and 30 minutes bus ride north of the city of Karlstad lies the rural village of Molkom, where at its edge of the village you can find Ängsbacka, which states it is among the most important meeting places in Scandinavia for people who want to live a more conscious life, live from the heart and care for our planet. And this beautifully captures the spirit and vibe of this beautiful place which says in its vision to become one of Europe's leading meeting points for human sustainable development, and a source of inspiration for social, personal and global well being.
Ängsbacka's vision and mission says "it is a sacred focal point bringing people to the realization of whom and what we really are beyond all thoughts and concepts.
Ängsbacka is an internationally renowned source of inspiration; exploring how human beings together consciously can create the life they desire on earth, and demonstrating paths to sustainable development, wellbeing, and harmony."
They realize and sustain their vision through;
● openhearted communication and sharing, based on honesty and acceptance
● practices that encourage self-awareness and personal growth
● cultivating a thriving and fruitful cooperation with the local community of Molkom
● involving our members in the growth and development of Ängsbacka
● consciously creating a life of presence, creativity and respect for all life on earth
Ängsbacka community was founded in 1997 and currently around 20 people live there permanently (with around 50 members residing in the nearby village) and is open to everyone to become a member, participant and resident of the community to contribute to its development and thriving. Ängsbacka as the vision says is geared toward eduation, training, exploration and development of new futures, through hosting many festivals, seminars, workshops and so forth all year round, hence with an intense outward focus to bring to the world all the many beautiful and valuable ideas, concepts and learnings of the local and wider communities exploring sustainable pathways for regenarative living. From inner development, interpersonal relationships, community development and building, governance, practial ecological work as well as spiritual pathways are explored in many different ways with many people from around the world. Indeed a very vibrant and inviting place to be. And Angsbacka is very international and open for new members to join.
And the place is just perfectly set up for small but more so large events like the GEN conference, with ample accommodation spaces (from private rooms, dorms to camping), large and small venues, expansive space in the beautiful gardens and pastures and woodlans beyond, so that one has always space to retreat and recharge from the sometimes buzzling intensity of a new story conference.
" You have to give up your life you have planned for the life which is waiting for you" – Jospeh Campbell.
GEN Europe 2017 Conference, an event which takes place annually and moves around Europe to different ecovillages every year. Last year in Spain (I have been there as well), and next Year in Estonia, is the largest event ofn the Global ecovillage and community and sustainable living calendar each and every. This year it was going for 5 very full and rich days (day and night), attracted between 400 and 600 participants every day and was overall a hugely intense, immersive and holistic experienc. Feeling and experiencing not only the positive and overflowing energy of participants creations, ideas and practices of co-creating a more beautiful world our hearts know is possible, but also the feeling of joy, flow, being together and sharing so much with others and the world, inspite of our acute awareness of the darkness and shadows which are around us in our own personal lifes, in local communities, countries and internationally, day in day out. But also trying to understand the deep root causes of where we are now and how we got here. But this concentration of laying bare and showing everyone else that a new story of life and being in this world is not only strong and boldly present but growing and spreading, expanding and diversivying at a rapid pace, brings joy and delight, support, ongoing commitment for all to continue on our paths.
This year's GEN Europe conference was under the theme of
MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE through Solidarity, Resilience and Hope, by LIVING THE FUTURE WE WANT NOW!.
The idea of expanding and stepping up our (ecovillages, intentional communities, sustainability & regenerative initiatives, transition towns, co-housing, and any other groups and communities who identify with the spirit of GEN and what it stands for) efforts to enter and show "main stream" society and at higher levels of "power and decision making" about all the experiences, learnings, ideas, models, practices coming out of this "movement". With ecovillages as laboratories and living models to create locally grounded regenerative and thriving cultures and communities globally connected and networked (glocalism or cosmopolitan bioregionalism) outside of ecovillages and communities (from ecovillages, to ecocommunities, to ecotowns to ecocities), but everywhere, through holistic approaches to co-create and co-design with communities and development. From Visions to real solutions and pathways – lived political economcis. And deliver it did, during the conference on this theme, not only through the sheer number of events, from daily key note speakers, discussion panels, to the dozens of daily workshops, seminars, lectures, explorations many running in parallel, creating a difficulty of choosing and some FOMO. But also the weaving together of the cognitive experiences and learnings, somatic experiences with music, singing, dancing, play, group work, sharing circles and more and not to mention the absolutely stunning and delicous vegetarian and vegan food served from breakfast til dinner (spiced up inbetween for the unsatiable with beautful cakes, coffe and icecreams in the on-site cafe), creating a beautifully relaxed and postively supporting field and energy for enabling co-creation, fostered by being in community and feeling a deep sense of belonging.
Topics covered all aspects and dimensions of sustainable and regenerative design, development and living (i.e. social, economic, ecological and cultural/worldview and integration of all into a holistic way of being and acting in the world – individually and collectively from ego to eco). From the inner world explorations on how to deal with and overcome personal (but also interpersonal, collective and cultural) shadows and traumas to fully align ourselves with our mind, body, spirit and soul (or head, heart and hands), and about creating new stories and worldviews. To outer world explorations how to create holistically aligned and deeply connected relationships (of any type, intimate, friendships, professional, casual – Love without Fear! – through Trust, Thruthfulness and Transparency and being open honest and willing to gain belonging, trust and safety, ability to be open and vulnerable so we can connect and co-create). Group forming and development (like NVC, Process Work, Action Learning, Healing/Heart Circles, ZEGG Forum, Dagaon Dreaming, to go the way from I to We in safe places with self care and compassion), decision making processes (like Sociocracy) and conflict resolution, governancce to alternative business forms and opportunities, new economic systems and models (e.g. COPIOSIS, Basic Income), localism, appropriate ecological technologies (e.g. home made wind turbines, biodigesters, food systems etc). Also covered wider topics like adaptive and generative development approaches, ways to spread alternative worldviews and visions to the world and include others beyond (e.g expanding work of GEN and other emerging organisations (movements of movements), but also opportunities for individuals to connect to existing and emerging communities, and of course networking and networkin and networking and of course dance, song and party …… and some walks in the pleasant nearby forests of course !
There was definitely too much content and events in order to try to provide a concise but comprehensive account of what comes out of the conference but a few highlights for me were:
- Key note talk by Helena Norberg-Hodge and her long standing work on LOCAL FUTURES with Local Activism or Heart Activism, drawing together her decades of experience working with local communities in the global south and deeply understanding the ills of our current systems, structures and institutions and underlying worldviews, beliefs and value system of sepration, scarcy and competation as outdated models and paradigm, creating fear and spreading facism. Alternatives in localism, deep connection with ourselves, others and nature, unity and abundance as the new story relfected in the many ideas, concepts and initiatives and practices already spreading rapidly everywhere as a sign for accelerating change and transition into the new story and world, through Economics of Happiness or an Economics of Love – by and for the wellbeing of all and nature.
- Key note talk by Charles Eisenstein on "Make the Impossible Possible" by envisioning and co-creating the "Impossible" (i.e. the new story and the beautiful world our hearts know is possible), through not only changing our own stories and ways of being in the world (from linear and dualistic to circular, networked and holistic models and paradigms), but similarly with changing the way we connect with others, communiy and the wider world and by creating a clear visions and deeply rooted stories (of place and culture and of interbeing) and changed narratives of a regenerative and thriveable future is core in order to generate synchonicities and emergence of the new world we are yearning for and creating even though often not knowing what and how the future will emerge, but accepting the uncertainty as part of the NEW STORY.
- GEN INTERNATIONAL work lead by Kousho Joubert (current CEO of GEN) of expansions and growth in the sense of connecting with many more communities and initiatives worldwide to draw on their extensive knowledge and experience within GEN (i.e. intensify networking and exchange), GEN reaching out locally (through drawing in other sustainability initiatives like in schools or towns and cities), and globally (for example through working with the UN, participation in various COP meetings), work with refugees (RefuGEN) and in crisis regions (EmerGENcy), GEN Development (work with groups, organisations and governments worldwide particularly in the global south to learn from ecovillages and communities to advance and dvelop their own communities), GEN Ambassadors (individuals who represent GEN wherever they are and whatever they do (e.g. I am a GEN Australia Ambassador), GEN Consultancy (as a diverse resource for communities and organistions to be able to tap into the vast knowledge of regenerative development within GEN), GEN Education (aligned with Gaia Education to provide more products and offers to help communities and organisations learn about holistic and regenerative approaches to work and development, but also webinars, GEN playing cards etc)., doing research in and on communities and last but not least foster and nurture the next generation (NextGEN).
- The creation of a wider movement of movements known as ECOLISE the (at the moment) European network for community-led initiatives on climate change and sustainability and transition, is a coalition of organisations (~40 at the moment) engaged in promoting and supporting local communities across Europe in their efforts to build pathways to a sustainable future. Working in knowledge and learning, policy and advocacy and communication (internal and external) to show viable solutions. The upcoming European Day of Sustainable Communities (23 September 2017) is an event which should be joined through local events everywhere by all communities (and not just in Europe!).
- The creation of an online platform supporting a movement of movements to connect groups and initiatives together in a smart and innovative way to allow deep and effective global networking and sharing and collaborative learning for holistic, integrated systemic change – the SOLUTIONS REVOLUTION one can say is an example of a support system for generating Cosmpolitan Localism (or Bioregionalsim), attempting to cover all aspects of social and ecological systems change (from local to global) and a respirotory of workable and proven solutions from around the world. An attempt to unify but maintain diversity, but to make the invisible (of so many solutions out there) visible to all and accessible to all. Welcome to the World of Planetary Co-Creation – THE GEOSOCIAL NETWORK FOR CONSCIOUS CHANGEMAKERS (a Metanetwork also here ). – will be available from 21 September 2017.
The conference definitely was noticed by and reported on in the Media in Sweden (including some Green politicians attending the conference) and Scandinavia, so a good starting point to make the invisible visible.
On a personal level, it not only provided a myriad of ideas, concepts and insights into practices, many new connections and also uplifted the soul, our mind, body and spirit to make it deeply aligned with our vision of a world which is socially just, culturally rich, thriving and enriching, spiritually fulfilling, and ecologically sustainable and creates a regenerative human presence on this planet and wellbeing for all sentinel beings indefinitely. It has for me personally re-invigorated my own deep commitment to serve as part of actualizing these visions through my own work and vocation for regenerative and thriving futures, it deeply reflects who I am and what my work is, living on the Edge and working on the Edge (in Permaculture language), heading into the uncertainty with my eyes wide open and keep on walking the path – truely inspiring and greatful having been able to be part of this event. So if you ever have the chance to get to Europe for e GEN conference, go for it!
And if you are ever in Sweden I can recommend you head to Ängsbacka for a day or more (or attend a workshop of Festival, work there or live there …. ).
Some other Resources very worth checking out:
CAPE – Costum Academic Education Programs in Ecovillages
SIRCLE – Social Innovation for Resilient Communities
CLIPS – Community Led Incubator Programme for Sustainability
JOYALITY – A Program for Personal and Planetary Transformation
Bridgedale360 – Online Youth Sustainability Toolbox
COPIOSIS – A New Post-capitalist Socio-Economic System (and here)


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Metz are considering a late swoop for Stoke City defender Philipp Wollscheid.The 28-year-old spent last season on loan at Wolfsburg after falling down the pecking order at the bet365 Stadium.The arrival of Tottenham's Kevin Wimmer means Wollscheid will be even further away from the first team and Stoke are ready to ship him out.And, according to L'Equipe, Metz are considering a late move before Thursday's transfer deadline.The French club are in the market for a new centre-back and believe Wollscheid could be a viable solution.The German is also said to be attracting interest from Bundesliga clubs and several sides in Turkey, too. Philipp Wollscheid spent last season on loan at Wolfsburg 1
Why silliness is seriously important
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about how to bring joy to the types of work that I, uh…don't particularly enjoy.I'm lucky enough to often earn a living doing work that I DO enjoy. But even with a fulfilling, challenging career, there are moments I don't relish. I've written extensively on this blog about the bane of invoicing, for example, and busywork always gets me down.I'm a champion procrastinator at the best of times… and my tendency towards procrastination is directly proportional to how much I'm dreading the work. Chores that should take a few unpleasant minutes get delayed hours, or even days.I'm sure that many of you are often in similar situations. Some of you, no doubt, are able to think "let's get this over with!", buckle down, and get your most onerous work done promptly.I appreciate and envy your self-control.I am so not of your ilk.I've tried self-bribery. I've tried self-threats. I've tried whining to my significant other, who inevitably tells me just to do the darned thing, already. All of these tactics are only partially effective.Ultimately, it seems that the only way I can easily do less-enjoyable work quickly… is to turn it into enjoyable work. This is an obvious solution, if not a terribly workable one – how do I turn invoicing, for example, into a pleasant task?The answer has come to me recently, and it is: silliness.The idea came to me when watching my nephew clean up his toys: one of the small chores he's been given to increase his confidence and sense of responsibility. I watched him putter around his room, stacking Legos and pushing stuffed animals into vaguely defensible semblances of piles. As he cleaned, he sang himself a little nonsensical song."What are you singing?" I asked him."Oh, just a silly made-up song," he said, "If I don't sing, it feels like working."… from the mouths of babes!As my nephew so wisely pointed out, part of the reason I dread unpleasant tasks so much is that they feel, so finally and absolutely, like no-fun. When I deliberately try to cultivate silliness in stupid onerous work… it magically becomes more enjoyable, and thus infinitely more do-able.I've started consciously building games centered around annoying tasks. I've had my roommates time how long it takes to do my invoices – and tried to beat my own record. I've started creating "Stupid Work Playlists", full of bad pop songs, to listen to when I'm doing dull tasks. I've begun trying to work small internal jokes and puns into copywriting work – nothing noticeable, just done for my own amusement. I am, in short, being silly.Because I no longer view "suspending my sense of humor" as a requirement for getting dull chores done, I've found myself happier and bouncier while doing even the most boring work. Tasks go faster, and time drags less.Silliness, it turns out, is dreadfully, seriously important.

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Ch 54: HiSET: Europe & Asia in World War II
About This Chapter
HiSET: Europe & Asia in World War II - Chapter Summary
Use these engaging, short video lessons to brush up on European and Asian WWII history for the Social Studies HiSET. As you work through this chapter, you will cover:
- Causes of WWII
- European reconstruction after the war
- The 1948 establishment of Israel
- Independence movements across the globe after WWII
- Events leading to the Chinese Revolution
- The fall of the Soviet Union
Key terms are highlighted in the video transcripts to make it easy to locate important items. A quiz follows each lesson so you can test your understanding of the material.
Objectives of the HiSET: Europe & Asia in World War II Chapter
The HiSET Social Studies test is one of five subtests on the HiSET high school equivalency exam offered in select states. You'll have 70 minutes to answer 50 questions in four content categories: history (38%), civics and government (38%), economics (18%) and geography (6%). Questions on World War II are covered in the history section of the exam.
HiSET Social Studies questions are submitted in multiple-choice format. The lesson quizzes in this chapter use the same style so you can get accustomed to HiSET-style tasks and build up your confidence before your exam.
1. Occupations, Agreements & Appeasement: Causes of the Second World War
In this lesson, we will learn about the events leading up to the Second World War. We will focus on the occupations, agreements, and appeasements that preceded Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939.
2. The Creation of Israel in 1948: Timeline & Resulting Conflicts
In this lesson, we explore the movements and political developments that led to the creation of the state of Israel and the subsequent backlash from the Arab world.
3. Post-WWII Independence Movements Around the World: History & Examples
In this lesson, we explore the diverse and varied experience of decolonization in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa after World War II when Western Europe began to withdraw its claims to far away territory and colonies.
4. The Chinese Revolution and Creation of Taiwan: History & Timeline
In this lesson we explore the long struggle between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party before, during, and after WWII, and the subsequent creation of Taiwan after the communist victory.
5. Conflicts During the Cold War: Examples & Causes
In this lesson, we explore several of the world's conflicts in the second half of the 20th century that ended up becoming proxy wars between the United States and the Soviet Union in their Cold War standoff.
6. The Space Race: Definition, History & Timeline
In this lesson, we explore the 20th century's space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, where both superpowers competed to be the first in space and the first to reach the moon.
7. Fall of the Soviet Union and End of the Cold War: Causes & Timeline
In this lesson, we chart the reforms made by Russian premier Mikhail Gorbachev attempting to save the Soviet Union and the communist federation's eventual dissolution in 1991.
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Other Chapters
Other chapters within the HiSET Social Studies: Prep and Practice course
- HiSET: Early American History (28,000 BCE-1821 CE)
- HiSET: Early American Colonies (1497-1732)
- HiSET: The Road to Revolution (1700-1774)
- HiSET: The American Revolution (1775-1783)
- HiSET: The Making of a New Nation (1776-1800)
- HiSET: The Virginia Dynasty (1801-1825)
- HiSET: Jacksonian Democracy (1825-1850)
- HiSET: Life in Antebellum America (1807-1861)
- HiSET: Manifest Destiny (1806-1855)
- HiSET: Sectional Crisis (1850-1861)
- HiSET: American Civil War (1861-1865)
- HiSET: Reconstruction (1865-1877)
- HiSET: Westward Expansion, Industrialization & Urbanization (1870-1900)
- HiSET: The Progressive Era in America (1900-1917)
- HiSET: American Imperialism (1890-1919)
- HiSET: The Roaring 20s in the US (1920-1929)
- HiSET: The Great Depression in the US (1929-1940)
- HiSET: The US in World War ll (1941-1945)
- HiSET: The World After World War ll (1946-1959)
- HiSET: The Cold War (1950-1973)
- HiSET: Protests, Activism & Civil Disobedience in the US (1954-1973)
- HiSET: The 1970s in the US (1969-1979)
- HiSET: Rise of Political Conservatism in the US (1980-1992)
- HiSET: Contemporary America (1992-2013)
- HiSET: Prehistory
- HiSET: History of the Ancient Near East
- HiSET: History of Ancient Greece
- HiSET: Hellenism & the Athenian Achievement
- HiSET: Rise of the Roman Republic
- HiSET: Fall of the Roman Empire
- HiSET: The Dark Ages
- HiSET: The Medieval Warm Period
- HiSET: The Early Middle Ages
- HiSET: The High Middle Ages
- HiSET: The Late Middle Ages
- HiSET: The Renaissance
- HiSET: The Age of Exploration
- HiSET: The Reformation in Europe
- HiSET: The Elizabethan Era
- HiSET: Colonialism
- HiSET: Art & Science in the Colonial Era
- HiSET: Absolutism in Western Europe (1648-1715)
- HiSET: Power Shifts in Eastern Europe (1648-1740)
- HiSET: Empire and Expansion in the 18th Century (1700-1799)
- HiSET: Scientific Revolution & the Enlightenment (1500-1790)
- HiSET: French Revolution & Napoleon (1780-1815)
- HiSET: Industrialization in Europe (1700-1900)
- HiSET: Political Developments (1760-1848)
- HiSET: The Age of Nationalism (1850-1914)
- HiSET: European Life & Trends (1850-1914)
- HiSET: Imperialism in the 19th - 20th Centuries
- HiSET: World War I (1914-1919)
- HiSET: Between the World Wars (1919-1939)
- HiSET: The Study of American Government
- HiSET: Federalism in the United States
- HiSET: American Political Culture, Opinion & Behavior
- HiSET: Civic Ideals & Citizenship
- HiSET: Civil Liberties in America
- HiSET: Political Parties in American Government
- HiSET: Scarcity, Choice & The Production Possibilities Curve
- HiSET: Measuring the Economy
- HiSET: Economic & Fiscal Policy of American Government
- HiSET: Labor & Consumer Issues
- HiSET: Modern Economic Systems
- HiSET: Introduction to Geography
- HiSET: Basic Facts & Concepts of the Earth
- HiSET: Geography & Farming
- HiSET: Economics & Geography
- HiSET: Political Geography
- HiSET: Settlement Patterns
- HiSET: Spatial Processes
- HiSET: The Geography of Languages, Religions & Material Culture
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Community Involvement Activities
North America
Rise Against Hunger
Since 2018 (ongoing)
Over 400 SIE volunteers (and recently their children on Take Our Children to Work Day) have assisted in completing this hands-on international hunger relief program and have become educated, engaged advocates for the world's hungry. To date, SIE has assembled and packaged just over 100,000 highly nutritious dehydrated meals comprised of rice, soy, vegetables, and 23 essential vitamins and minerals.
Rise Against Hunger is an international hunger relief organization that distributes food and life-changing aid to the world's most vulnerable, mobilizing the necessary resources to end hunger by 2030. Since the inception of the meal packaging program in December 2005, these packaged meals have been used primarily to support school feeding programs in developing countries.
Habitat for Humanity Playhouse Builds
Since May 2017 (ongoing)
SIE colleagues work in teams of 10-12 to provide a child a playful retreat to call their own while supporting affordable housing in the Silicon Valley, San Diego, and Los Angeles areas.
During the playhouse build days, teams assemble and decorate children's playhouses. After they are carefully painted (free hand) and constructed, playhouses are donated to local families, veteran and active duty military personnel families, and local non-profits.
Each playhouse serves a greater purpose – a place to call home for children in need.
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
Since 2016 (ongoing)
During the Fall season, employees at SIE participate in an employee engagement Game Day marathon to benefit Children's Hospitals. Be it a board game, card game, online play or PlayStation® game it's time to Play Games. Heal Kids.
Individuals and teams reach out to co-workers, friends and family to support them in raising money and playing games. Funds raised help the hospitals provide treatment, comfort and hope to millions of sick children and their families.
SIE hosts children receiving treatment at local campuses so they too can be part of the action!
SIE supports many Natural Disasters
When a natural disaster strikes, SIE partners with local and international organizations to provide relief to those affected. Most recently in 2018, SIE employees donated to help several relief organizations throughout California to help wildfire victims across the state and gave to those areas affected during the East Coast Hurricane's. The funds raised were matched by the company through the PlayStation® Cares employee matching program.
Supporting our Troops
Since 2016 (ongoing)
SIE employees have participated in several operation gratitude service projects over the years.
Through Collection drives, Letter Writing Campaigns, and Care Package Assembly events, Operation Gratitude provides civilians anywhere in America a way to say "Thank You" through active, hands-on volunteerism and donations.
In the last two years, SIE employees have donated over 670 pounds of sweets during the Halloween Candy Give-Back program.
GLAAD (formerly the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
Since 2014 (ongoing)
SIE participates in the annual GLAAD Gala benefit dinner and auction in San Francisco. GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance and tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change.
SIE donates PlayStation® items to the auction. Employees join the event as guests, while others volunteer to support the gala activities.
Entertainment Software Association
Since 2009 (ongoing)
SIE participates in the annual Nite To Unite benefit dinner and auction in San Francisco once a year. This event is hosted by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and supported by members of the association and the interactive entertainment industry to raise funds for the ESA Foundation. It is an unprecedented effort by the interactive entertainment community to come together to celebrate the industry's continuing growth and success, while helping to make a difference in the lives of students. Since 2009, SIE donates electronic auction items, Executives attend SIE volunteers help the event run smoothly.
Holiday Giving
Since 2008 (ongoing)
SIE partners with a variety of charitable organizations to spread joy to children and families in need during the holiday season. Be it a donation of goods, money or an opportunity to volunteer, SIE employees and contingent workers make the season bright for those less fortunate. Benefiting organizations have included: 'Toys for Tots', 'Family Giving Tree', 'SPCA', 'Turning Wheels for Kids', Homeless Shelters, Street Youth, Senior Homes, and Veteran Homes, etc.
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Since 2007 (ongoing)
SIE has long been a supporter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Wishes have been granted to children diagnosed with a critical illness by visiting SIE studio's and PlayStation® headquarters.
Fundraising efforts done throughout the year with many employee engagement activities, fundraising efforts and corporate donations have been a game-changer in our continued efforts to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Protecting our Oceans and Shores
Weeds have been pulled, plants have been planted and pounds and pounds of litter and debris have been removed by hundreds of SIE employees to protect our oceans and shores. While enjoying iconic
views along the California coastline and bays, volunteers are improving our natural spaces for generations to enjoy.
Wounded Warrior Project
Employees from the San Diego SIE offices have participated in several volunteer programs supporting the Wounded Warrior Project. Be it manning a water station or cheering on the runners and bikers approaching the finish line, PlayStation® Cares volunteers bring exhilarating energy to wounded service members and veterans to overcome physical, mental or emotional wounds.
International Medical Corps
Each year, as a One Sony initiative, employees from SIE, Sony North America (SNA), Sony Corporation of America (SCA), Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) partner with the International Medical Corps to assemble wound kits. These wound kits make a difference in the aftermath of a disaster, a crisis and for refugees fleeing their countries. Each kit has essential first aid items that can help provide medical aid and support to refugees.


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Undertaking) India
Advt. No. HRM/MK/2011/1
Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) a Public Sector Undertaking under the administrative control of the Department of Atomic Energy is the industry leader in the area of Beach Sand Minerals like Ilmenite, Rutile (Titanium ores), Zircon, Monazite, Sillimanite etc. and producer of rare earth (Lanthanides) chemicals, Thorium Nitrate etc.
Applications are invited for the following posts on regular basis in the Industrial Dearness Allowance (IDA) pay scale, for its Manavalakurichi Unit located in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu.
b) No. of vacancies : 1(Unreserved)
c) Qualification & Experience : Diploma in Pharmacy from a Govt.recognized Institute. Should have registered with Pharmacy Council. Two years relevant experience in a hospital after registration with the Council.
d) Scale of Pay : Rs. 8550-3%-24060
(Total salary at the minimum of the scale: Rs.15,455/- (approx.)
e) Upper age limit : 35 years as on 01.11.2011.
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Chennai: Etihad Airways has submitted a bid for a stake in Jet Airways, the unit of State Bank of India (SBI) overseeing the sale of the stricken airline has said.
SBI had invited binding bids for a stake in the airline, which is saddled with roughly $1.2 billion in bank debt.
Etihad, which already holds a minority stake in Jet, is interested in re-investing in the airline, subject to certain conditions, a spokesman for the Middle Eastern carrier said, reported the AFP.
However, he added that Etihad "cannot be expected to be the sole investor' and 'additional suitable investors would need to provide the majority of Jet Airways' required recapitalisation".
Etihad gave no indication whether it was working with any other investors that might take a majority stake in Jet.
Once India's largest private airline, Jet was crippled by mounting losses as it tried to compete with low-cost rivals IndiGo and SpiceJet Ltd.
Jet, which also owes vast sums to its lessors, pilots, fuel suppliers and other parties, stopped all flights from April 17 after its lenders, led by SBI, refused to extend more funds to keep the carrier flying.
Etihad was among four investors that submitted initial bids for the airline last month. The others were private equity firms TPG Capital and Indigo Partners and National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF).
SBI has also received two unsolicited, non-binding bids for Jet, the bank's chairman Rajnish Kumar told reporters, adding it had no plans at this time to drag the airline into a bankruptcy process "(We've) made disproportionate efforts to keep Jet flying," Kumar said.
At its peak, 26-year-old Jet operated over 120 planes and well over 600 daily flights, but is now reduced to a crippling 13 flights.


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I guess it is true that there is a sense of balance in the universe. The interwebs are still buzzing with the Maria Menounos bikini malfunction lip slip at Miami Beach. Hot on the heels of those pictures we get these Amy Winehouse nip slip photos.
The troubled star, who has supposedly turned over a new leaf, shocked partygoers as she debuted her new breast enlargement in a string of low-cut cocktail dresses. Arriving in a coral pink halterneck dress which flaunted her new assets, the year-old turned heads as she made her way into the star-studded bash. However not content with just one revealing outfit on the night, she was later spotted wearing a floral corset top with an even more daring neckline. The star headed out for dinner at London's Gaucho restaurant with goddaughter Dionne Bromfield - who she is mentoring - but suffered an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction when the low-cut top slipped to reveal more of her breasts that she intended.
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Alvarez Construction Earns Homebuyers' Choice Awards
Customer satisfaction has always been our priority. We're not in the business of building homes, but in contributing to futures. Jairo Alvarez was committed to doing more than customers expected—because he believed they deserved more. So, we are very pleased that customers have recognized our efforts. Alvarez Construction Company was named a finalist in the 2019 Homebuyers Choice Awards, thanks to their praise—and the only builder in the entire state of Louisiana to rank this high!
Eliant presents these honors every year, based on the results of 128,200 surveys of recent homebuyers. For more than 34 years, the customer experience management firm has sought to identify the top performers across a range of categories. This year's surveys represents customers of 156 homebuilders across the United States.
The builders are divided into groups, according to the volume of homes they build. Alvarez Construction Company has grown so much—thanks to our customers—that we are included in "Large Volume". Regardless of how many homes we build, we make sure that every single customer gets our full attention!
Our team's hard work placed us in the top 10 for three key categories:
- Design Experience Award: Large Volume. Homebuyers appreciated the ease and enjoyment of working through their design choices. As part of our design and building process, we work closely with every customer in the Alvarez Construction Company Design Center, from choosing the community, homesite, and floor plan to every detail that makes their home truly unique.
- First Year Quality Award: Large Volume. This award represents feedback from homebuyers in their first year of ownership. This is a critical time, when they move in and experience every detail and function of the home. The "First Year Quality" is also a reflection of our response to warranty issues, and the low number of those claims. Building the home is only the start of our relationship with the homeowner. We take pride in making sure their investment in us gives them a lasting return.
- Most Improved Builder Award (2017 vs 2018). There's always room for improvement, right? The Alvarez Construction Company team welcomes feedback from our customers, so we can keep growing in the right way. It's such a pleasure to know that our homeowners have noticed our desire to keep getting better!
Thank you to all of the Alvarez Construction Company customers who responded to Eliant's survey. Please keep in touch so we know how to keep maintaining your satisfaction.When you're searching for a new home in the Baton Rouge area, please be sure to look at our communities of single-family homes. Our portfolio of single-level floor plans give you a range of choices, from 1,592 square feet to more than 2,500 square feet. Whether building a new construction home or choosing one of our move-in ready homes, we invite you to experience what our homeowners continue to appreciate. Contact Matthew Petty and browse our new website to get started!


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Beat ¼ lb butter until white and add 7–8 egg yolks or 3–4 eggs, about 2 glasses yogurt, ⅓ glass or more yeast, and about 3 glasses flour. Mix and let rise. Beat the dough thoroughly and add salt, ½ glass sugar, and the remaining flour. Knead to make a rather thick dough and let it rise a second time. Continue further as indicated for Rusks.
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"Love Only Kills a Poor Boy" by Jeremy T. Karn
Love Only Kills a Poor Boy
after Idowu Odeyemi
& because boys like me are descendants of anguished men,
love for us is like that kitchen-window curtain experiencing
wind for the first time
nobody loves more truly than a boy that carried his mother's broken
heart in his mouth, her brunt voice warning,
love brings choices that aren't for the poor
the darkness that swallows her voice every night wrapped as scattered leaves
from the trees that invade our house
& yes, death comes in so many ways, sometimes as
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& I question whether other boys carry hearts like mine…..
some easy deaths are sold in pharmacies where i dream one day to buy,
some loves are being sold on a counter where our hands can't reach.
Jeremy T. Karn is a poet from Monrovia, Liberia. His poems have been published at Kalahari Review, Praxis Magazine, Odd Magazine, African Writer, Nanty Greens, Eboquill and other places. He can be reached through his email email@example.com


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Drama (1991) 145 minutes ~ Color The only daughter of the Chief of a band of gypsies, Reshma is strangely drawn to the only son of a rich and wealthy man, Kunverji. Strangely enough also, she finds out that Kunverji has drawn a portrait of her's even before they met each other. When Kunverji looks into this further, he finds that both he and Reshma are lovers from a past birth, and they were fated to meet in this birth, as they were unable to wed each other in the last birth. This fascinates both of them, however, Reshma's and Kunverji's dads are furious at this, and attempt to make sure that the two are separated. Reshma has been promised to wed Shakti Singh; and Kunverji is to wed, Neha. Will these two lovers be separated again during this birth?Director: Harmesh MalhotraWriters: Jagmohan Kapoor (written by), Santosh Vyas (written by), Ravi Kapoor (screenplay) and Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza (dialogue)Stars: Rishi Kapoor, Sridevi and Kulbhushan KharbandaTrailer: Feature:


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This year's Paris Air Show promises to be one of the most lackluster for the defense sector in at least a decade. America is sending virtually no military aircraft to fly the all-important afternoon displays: no F-22s, no F-35s, no C-17s, no C-130s. American companies have scaled back their executives' participation, not because it saves any real money (one down day on the F-35 or USS Gerald Ford would cost a lot more than all the flights and hotel days and meals for all the American defense wallahs for the week-long Paris trip, I bet) but for the message it sends to Congress, the Pentagon and to stockholders in this time of sequestration and drawdown.
While America may be in a moderately tough spot, European aerospace/defense companies face a truly compelling scenario: unemployment, deficits, cracks in the European Union facade, and defense budgets that have been on the down side since 2001. When the mad Islamists flew into the World Trade Center, America and Europe contributed roughly equal shares to the NATO alliance. Today, Europe contributes less than 25 percent and that is shrinking. Given these circumstances, I asked one of Europe's top defense analysts at the International Institute for Strategic Studies to offer readers a detailed look at the top issue of the continent's aerospace future. Doug Barrie's sobering take follows. The Editor.
With many European economies bumping along the bottom there is little to cheer their defense aerospace manufacturers on the domestic front at the 2013 Paris Air Show. Those problems, however, are not just short term. Long term structural issues trouble Europe's defense aerospace sector. At its simplest, it's a question of when the present generation of fighter aircraft cease production, and whether Europe has the will to remain long term in the combat aircraft business.
Several European nations are already purchasing the F-35, a U.S. fifth-generation fighter, although the F-35 has moved only slowly toward the in-service line. With Europe still in dire fiscal straits it might seem muddle-headed to even begin to ponder what comes next.
Given the gestation period of combat aircraft projects, occasional false starts, and actual program delays, it's never too early to begin thinking about what – if anything – is to follow.
While the Pentagon and some parts of the defense industry have the buffer of the F-35, providing, hopefully, capability and industrial workload, the European position is more tenuous.
The Dutch do wiring and composite work on the F-35, Italy is building an F-35 assembly plant and most Italian defense companies do work for the plane, and Britain's BAE Systems manufactures the F-35 rear fuselage and Rolls Royce builds the STOVL systems for the F-35B.
Beyond these industrial commitments to the F-35, the European industrial status quo is not sustainable. The internal market cannot support the present size of the sector, and even export success is unlikely to be able to take up all of the slack.
At some point over the course of the next decade or so all three of the continent's fourth-generation fighter aircraft will cease production. Conceivably, at least one could be out of production by the end of this decade. So far there is no fully-funded European project to replace any, or all, of them.
It should not be taken for granted that a European project of some ilk will simply coalesce. There is the possibility that Europe exits the crewed combat aircraft market when the last Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter Typhoon or Saab Gripen is assembled.
Within the European ambit, Turkey has recently exhibited ambitions to further develop its own defense aerospace sector, with a nascent "fifth-generation" national combat aircraft project. While its ambition is to be applauded, Turkey's industrial capacity might struggle to meet such lofty goals. Hence its decision to work with SAAB as a mentor for the project.
Does a European exit from the manned combat aircraft sector matter if either the future of combat air power is remotely piloted or if the continent can continue to buy into, or at least buy off-the-shelf, US projects?
Unmanned air vehicles will form a growing element of the air power inventory, but the extent to which unmanned systems replace or complement crewed aircraft remains contested territory.
Eminent military thinker Colin Gray suggests: "The new century plainly will be one friendly to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), but this condition does not mean that manned aircraft are facing, or will face, bloc obsolescence as yesterday's technology. The manned aircraft simply is too useful, too adaptable and flexible, to be abandoned. The future of manned aircraft is completely secure, even though some of its roles in some political and military contexts increasingly will be assumed by UAVs."
Buying from the Pentagon also has potential pitfalls, as is evident from the trials and tribulations the F-35 has faced — that now hopefully are all behind us.
There are three fundamental questions those European governments which now sport combat aircraft design and manufacturing industries face. First is the notion, however vague, of sovereignty; the second is the associated issue of sustaining key technologies within national – or at least European – boundaries, thus supporting local industry; and the third is, can it be afforded.
France, Germany and the UK all had nascent next-generation combat aircraft requirements beginning to emerge in the 1990s. London's notional Tornado GR4 successor was to be subsumed within the F-35, though the latter was originally viewed as only a replacement for the air force and navy Harrier aircraft. French and German aspirations meanwhile fell victim to funding constraints.
The full impact of the F-35 selection on the UK sector was spelled out in the 2005 Defence Industrial Strategy – a bold effort to frame the then Labour government's defense industrial policy for the long term. " Current plans do not envisage the UK needing to design and build a future generation of manned fast jet aircraft beyond these types (Typhoon and F-35)."
The document did recognise that to support adequately these aircraft throughout their service lives would still require a skilled aerospace-engineering base, even if there was no "manned fast jet" to be developed.
The route identified to sustain the needed engineering capacity was unmanned systems, and in particular the potential for "targeted investment" in an unmanned combat aircraft technology demonstrator. This lead directly to the BAE Systems Taranis project, which also drew on still-classified BAE-lead research on behalf of the British Defence Ministry.
A parallel strand in this story was the growing defense relationship between London and Paris. This culminated in the 2010 Defense and Security Cooperation Treaty, a document intended to draw the two countries closer together across the defense sphere. In defense aerospace terms it identified UAVs and, more significantly, UCAVs (unmanned combat air vehicles), as areas of potential collaboration.
In July 2012 the two respective ministries awarded BAE and Dassault the Future Combat Air System Demonstration Program Preparation Phase. Irrespective of the tortured nomenclature, this was in many ways intended to simply see if the two countries and their industries could work together.
This element of the project will likely conclude in 2014, with the key decision point – which will require a substantial funding commitment – likely around 2015. This would be the launch of a demonstration phase, including the design and manufacture of a prototype of an operational UCAV.
A European UCAV development involving Britain and France – with the possibility of drawing in further partners – while obviously welcome for their respective industries, does not however represent a panacea. While such a development would sustain and continue to develop the desired engineering skills, the likely numbers of air vehicles required would not support the present manufacturing infrastructure.
A Franco-British UCAV would offer a program around which other European industry could coalesce. The German veto of the proposed acquisition of BAE by EADS last year, however, was a set back for advocates of European consolidation.
Presently the Franco-British UCAV project looks the best bet to secure at least one future combat air vehicle program within Europe. But there remain threats to this effort, including renewed anti-European rhetoric in the Conservative element of the British Government. Whether Franco-British defense collaboration could be sustained at the same level, or survive at all, should the UK's relationship with the European Union change substantially with the most extreme option being withdrawal — is an open question.
There is also the potential for transatlantic cooperation beyond the F-35. The US Air Force and the US Navy have early work underway to consider combat aircraft needs beyond the Lightning II, though it is debatable whether the F-35 industrial model would be replicated. It is also worth considering that Boeing faces a similar challenge to European combat aircraft manufactures with the F/A-18E/F and the F-15 likely to end production during the end remainder of the course of this decade.
Douglas Barrie is senior fellow for military aerospace International Institute for Strategic Studies. He was European editor at Defense News when I was the editor in Washington.


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The wonderful thing about decorating your nursery is that you can never have enough of it! From the start of your project to your finishing touches, all you can think about is children's bedding.
At the center of the room and at the heart of all your preparations would be crib baby bedding. With this as the focal point, you accessorize the area with a variety of kids room décor.
A touch here and there, you put in your best efforts at creating the ideal mini-kingdom for your little prince or princess. Naturally, this comes as no surprise. You've allowed this little someone to touch your life and you've opened the way for love and affection to reign in it.
Initially meant to surprise babies and guests, nursery decorations eventually develop into parents' pet projects. Newbies get surprised at how much they can accomplish. Fun-loving parents amaze themselves by coming up with more creative ideas.
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In decorating your baby's nursery, remember that a dream theme starts with a color scheme. First, you'll have to decide on your most basic colors. Will you be going for a girly pastel pink, a boyish baby blue, or a gender-neutral shade of green or yellow?
The next thing to figure out would be how to mix and match your basic colors. It is important to strike a balance between what colors you want and how well they will incorporate into the room. As a devoted parent, remember that you will be spending almost as much time in this room as your baby will. You may as well like it!
Decorating trends
To derive the most pleasure from decorating, keep up-to-date with the most current trends. Although you may not apply all of these fashionable ideas, you could learn a lot from them. They could help spark your imagination during those times when you need inspiration.
Never out-of-fashion, crib baby bedding will always be a part of your kids room décor. Because they usually come in sets, learn to be more discriminating in your purchase. To receive value for money, do consider factors such as quality, size, comfort, and durability.
Safety issues
Beauty and aesthetics aren't everything when you're designing and decorating a baby nursery. Hand in hand with the art of creating comes the necessity for child-proofing. Certain precautions have to be made in favor of safety and security!
To child-proof your nursery, steer clear of toxic paints and allergens. Eliminate and remove anything in your crib baby bedding which poses a risk of hurting or choking. If there's anything you can never have enough of, it's those individual safety measures you put in place even before you and your baby occupy this space.


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The internet in principle is no different than any typical town main street. There are plenty of different small, medium and large stores to choose from, some are well known names and some not so well known. There are also plenty of information centres, recreation and food and beverage facilities all designed to improve the shopping experience. For the majority of proactive retailers however, the internet is now established as being by far the biggest profit centre of all, contributing the lion's share of corporate gross revenues and yet the online main street store costs far less to develop, far less to maintain and far less to stock than even the smallest traditional main street store. However this unprecedented success has still been achieved largely by accident. At the beginning of the internet revolution most companies viewed the internet as being a source of new enquiries achieved in much the same way as a main street bill board or advertising on TV. The idea of using their corporate web sites as an online store has very much evolved over time. Now consumers can purchase anything that they can usually purchase within their local town main street online via the internet as well. This can invariably be done quicker, cheaper and more efficiently too. So what is the difference between good and bad online retailers? Any good marketing expert will always advise you to feature your product as prominently as possible within any advertising or public relations campaign that you undertake. The internet is no different. Visitors to Harrods in London tend to go there for the Harrods experience. Customers expect in many cases to pay slightly more for products which they could purchase elsewhere for less, but the difference is considered worthwhile because you are purchasing the product from Harrods. The same is true of Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdales. Creating the Harrods experience online has proven to be virtually impossible however and the company are still struggling to achieve this goal. Visitors to Harrods online expect to visit recognizable departments in the same way that they would if they visited the store. Providing the same products online is not sufficient in this instance because the same customers would not be prepared to pay inflated prices for products online via the company's web site if they are not also being provided with the Harrods Experience. Conversely Amazon has done very well indeed online, although the success has not been achieved without problems along the way, but these problems were caused by too much success and consequential delays with supply chain management and distribution. The main reason why Amazon has succeeded ultimately is because it is actually very easy for them to provide customers with a better experience than they would normally have in a main street bookshop or DVD store and they can also provide the products at a more competitive price. Book shop and DVD customers do not tend to be browsers like Harrods customers. They tend to walk into the store with a product in mind and the frustration of searching for it through endless stocks of other books and DVDs has been unceremoniously stripped away by Amazon. Not only that but they have been able to ensure that almost all of your favourite author's books are already in stock, which tends to increase sales revenue and subsequently purchasing power considerably. It is a good example of where impulse buying can actually be more powerful over the internet than in a typical main street store. Another example of this is Tesco. Always leading the market by determining their customers needs and buying patterns in advance, Tesco has developed their online store in such a way that it more-or-less replicates the shopping experience of a typical main street store. All of the products are still decentralized into clearly recognizable departments. You can still virtually pick up the product and read the ingredients, compare health information, browse through alternative products, put items into your basket and then change your mind and take them out again. You can review the total cost of your daily shopping as you go along and adjust this without the embarrassment of having to face a check out assistant. Supermarket shopping tends to be laborious and hard work, particularly for elderly customers, pregnant customers, or customers who work long hours or who have small children. So it has been easy to strip out all of these frustrations and add in numerous benefits when shopping online. Their web site database remembers your last orders which saves you time can you can still take advantage of special offers. You can have your goods delivered to your home and customers will invariably have the time and the patience to browse around for other products which may be of use. In an industry where profit margins are small and competition is fierce the internet has effectively provided the industry with the supermarket store of the future and it is not impossible to envisage a time when their typical main street or out-of-town counterparts will no longer be necessary. The Academy of Business Strategy has succeeded in developing and facilitating education online, where many mainstream business schools and universities have not. The reason for this is quite simple. ABS provides programmes require the practical integration of academic theory as an integral part of the qualification process and as such students tend to be in full-time employment while training. Many students also travel internationally with work while training as well and as such it is much more convenient for students to be able to study online without having to carry their study material and project studies around with them. You can then make the study experience more interactive, more enjoyable, less daunting and more fun. Individual students can also plan and manage their own study time. Contrary to Harrods for example, ABS can therefore provide its customers with a better experience online than it would otherwise be able to in a classroom on campus. The general message here is quite clear. Those retailers who are able to replicate their typical main street store customer experience within their store online and are then able to add additional benefits from shopping online tend to be those who will succeed. It is not sufficient merely to offer the same products online at a discounted price. Innovation can also play a part. I remember as a child being impressed by a particular department store merely because they had installed escalators. Well I had never seen any before! I thought that this store was very modern and even to this day think of them as being at the forefront of innovation. The brand image has therefore been sustained merely because they have invested in innovative development to improve the consumer experience. This can also be achieved online by being at the forefront of innovative technology, which directly impacts upon user experience. This requires significant and consistent investment but it is still far less costly than developing and managing a typical main street store. The key success factors when developing online stores are therefore as follows: 1.Make sure that your products or services feature prominently. They should always be the stars of the show. 2.Remember to replicate the benefits of your traditional main street store online. 3.Be innovative with the development and management of your online user experience. 4.Your online store should offer additional benefits apart from the most obvious one of cost savings. 5.Be acutely aware of whether you would in fact be able to improve your consumer experience by having an online store, or whether you would be making it worse. Products or services that are considered to be necessities by consumers always tend to do better online, as opposed to those that are considered to be luxury items. This does not of course mean that benefit cannot be achieved online with luxury items, but the e-commerce strategy does need to be approached from a completely different perspective.
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Promote your band
Key ways are mp3 music ringtones, Mini dvd discs and postcards.
By Chris Ciabarra
This is a paper on how to promote your band, over the past 12 months I have been in contact with a hundreds of bands looking to become famous in LA. Everyone wants to a hit! Well it all comes down to being discovered! You can be the best band in the world and if you don&;t market yourself right well good luck! Lets analysis fortune 500 companies. Take a look at there budgets They dump 35% to 65 % or more of their profits back into marketing and advertisements every year. Becoming and remaining number one requires a lot of work. Advancing to more and more new customers not only requires more and more marketing but keeping the old ones happy!
Wanting to Promote your band with Live performances and marketing new ideas well you have come to the right spot.
Once people have bought a bands CD and their tee shirt, and seen the band live now what? Note, promoting a band is a lot of more then just t-shirts and cd&;s hell anyone can do that! You need to promote in many ways, just look at fortune 500 companies they email, do giveaways, mini dvd discs promo&;s, cold calling, internet marketing etc. You must do at least 3 forms of promoting to get a response out of your audience. The newsiest one for bands is music mp3 ringtones which we will get into later.
We will go over many ways of promoting your band:
1. Great item that I have seen so far are mini DVD discs called pocketreels. GOTO www.pocketreels.com for more info on how to pick them up. These mini dvds can go a far way just think what people would do if you handed them a mini dvd. They go crazy and they are super impressed! Place a nice video of your band on it and see how many new customers you receive at your next show!
2. Having a photograph or videoagrapher at your shows to help promote your band is a good thing. They can take pictures and or videos and upload the images or videos to your website which can boost mailing lists and a fan club! And then they may be compelled to come to your next show and bring more friends or soak in the opportunities for fame and the live music experience itself. For video or photographer outlets call PR Productions at 310-694-8350 for CALIFORNIA only. They have the best crews around but they are not cheap. Shoots start at $400 + editing.
3. That brings us to a mailing list, each visitor to your website you should be collecting their email address so you can send them useful information like when your next show is going to be.
4. Promoting your band is not easy so do your self a favor and get a good publicist to promote your band. A good one can get you in 3 to 4 magazines and newspapers in one month for free, of course you have to pay the publicist but it will be well worth it. It can range from $400 to $2000. Note you can do this part yourself if you know how to negotiate with editors.
5. Promote your band by creating a really cool website! Check out www.royacom.com to make yourself a website with a CMS system. CMS stands for Content Management system A good website will cost: starting at $1000 but it will have video, email list generators, photo section and best of all easy management. They are a little bit more then a regular website but the ROI
Or return on investment is greater then a plain website. You can change show times just like myspace and it makes it really easy for owners to manage so in the long run you save big!
6. Make a professional music video for your band or gig. This will help with promoting your band. High quality Video can be found at many locations for a crew with experience one west coast call 310-694-8350 for east coast goto the best http://suitespotnyc.com a New york production company
7. Saving the best for last Another great way to promote your band is by making a music ringtone at www.a-free-ringtone.com for example you can download a nickelback ringtone and wow free advertising everytime someone calls that person and bam there is a song on your phone. You need help making your own mp3 or polyphonic ringtone please goto www.a-free-ringtone.com By making a ringtone like nickelback you can have your song ringing all over the world!
Your goal is to continue to reach more and more locals. Develop more ways to attract people's attention. Always have something on you to promote yourself with.
Just for example. In an area with one million people, if you are getting less than 100 people to every show, perhaps you could be doing much more to reach more of the people in the community?
Its tough out there, and you must be relentless every day to meet new people, shake hands and hand out your mini DVD discs or if you can&;t afford mini DVD discs get free business cards by click here and smile at people who are passing by you on the street and in stores when you are out shopping alone or with friends, in bars carousing. Go out and meet new people. Walk up to people, introduce yourself, Hi, my name is Scott I play at ___ ___ place on blank night. What do you do? Here is my promo disc (mini DVD) with my video or here is my business card with my website on it. You can download my mp3 ringtone (or my polyphonic ringtone) for free at this address. Hand them a card with the information on it. Note always test all information you hand out before hitting the road. Nothing is worse then a fan going home and something you handing them not working!
Have a stack of Mini DVD discs or business cards or flyers in your pocket at all times ready to hand out. Make sure on your Mini DVD, Business card or flyer you have your contact information, website, and the next local performance. You do this 20+ times per hour for 2-3 hours and then youre distributing at least 50 mini DVD discs or business cards or flyers in those 3 hours.
You then go back to your car and re-stock. Grab something refreshing to drink, munch on a a sandwich, or whatever, and move on to the next part of town, or the next gathering of people. Or go to the next live gig, the next bar, the next scene etc. and you keep it going.
Once or twice a week, you hit Kinko's, or the copier next to your office desk and you photocopy flyers and any designs you have created for promotion of your demos, etc. Better yet think ahead and goto gotprint.com much better deals then Kinko's. (EXAMPLE 5000 post cards for $99 full color first side!)
Sell yourself. Meet with people and sell yourself. They dont know what youre doing. And unless you sell yourself, they wont care about what youre doing. They want to care, but they depend upon YOU to make that happen. People want so badly to care about something besides there problems. They want something to believe in. Entertainment helps take them there. You can be that entertainer, that leader of willing people of all ages that helps them to believe that there just might be something in this world worth caring about. They want to listen to you, and they want you to tell them about something that really matters to you. So, stay informed and develop interests in topics that may be discussed, even debated. Maybe you are trying to make a difference in the world – one person and one performance at a time. People want to believe in this and they want to believe in you. so, get out there and make it happen.
Remember go armed for battle you would not go into a war forgetting your gun would you? Look at it this way you rather have a tank and machine gun with you when you goto war so do the same with life. Make sure you have mini dvd discs, your own ringtone songs, postcards with info, website and publicist! Good luck and most of all have fun with what you do! BLOG your experience at http://promote-band.blogspot.com Hope all this helps


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Mental Omega APYR is a mod for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge which aims to reimagine and revamp the game by adding new units and features in the original game, de facto being an unofficial expansion pack. The mod also comes with a brand new storyline and a campaign for all the three sides - the Allies, the Soviets and Epsilon (Yuri's faction).
As of version 3.0, Mental Omega uses a separate executable file, same as Yuri's Revenge does, so both games can be run without mutually interfering with each other. Multiplayer is played through CnCNet 4.0 and is also compatible withTunngle and XWIS. GameRanger is not supported yet.
Mental Omega aims to make the game almost perfectly balanced (hence why APYR = Almost Perfect Yuri's Revenge) by adding a lot of new units and rebalancing the already existing ones. Some notable additions include more naval units for Yuri, new country-specific units, the Centurion Siege Crawler for the Soviets, Irkalla for Epsilon and more. Mental Omega also adds new game modes to the game, other than the three standard ones.
The mod also comes with many new multiplayer and skirmish maps, as well as a new single player campaign for all the three factions. Co-op maps are included in the latest release.
Story line
1982. Hungering for revenge, the Soviets launch a full-scale invasion against the United States of America. The Allied primary defense network is shut down under mysterious circumstances and the only thing between the Soviets and America is a tiny little ocean. The third Great World War begins, where the strings are pulled by a single man - a remnant of Stalin's psychic legacy.
The Allied
"After the Soviets' defeat at our hands during the Second Great War, we have occupied Russia and appointed a puppet premier, Alexander Romanov, in order to preserve stability and gain popularity within the country. Several years ago, with the appointment of Romanov's new chief advisor, a man known only as Yuri, our relationships with the Russian deteriorated. Shortly afterwards, the public opinion began to change and we were pressured to slowly retract forces from Russia. Our intelligence network in Asia has been compromised as contact with our spies was lost.
Today, our worst fears have been confirmed: our attempts to control the Russian bear have failed miserably. The Soviets have risen against us and their forces are approaching the United States from all sides. Our Peacekeeper missile network has failed due to causes unknown. The Russians are attempting to cross over the Potomac and strike at the Pentagon in order to cripple our military leadership. We cannot allow this to happen. Marshal your forces, defend the capital, and prepare for war."
The Soviet
"Greetings Comrade, the war we have waited for so long is finally happening! The World Revolution is upon us, and by the end, we will all be comrades and proletariats, united in worldwide brotherhood! We have taken a gamble and sent most of our forces to sea for America - they will strike from both East and West. Our Comrades in Latin America will come in from the south, as well as facilitate our grip when we land and take control. Your recent successes in Academy have landed you an honor and a test - you are to be among the commanders of the first strike on America, the landing on New York City. While the task at hand is not the highest one, it is of extreme importance. Your first task is to obliterate American morale, and to decapitate their hypocritical Statue of Liberty - we will eventually build a true monument there.
With that done, due to the fact that the Statue is near the next objectives, it has fallen onto you to lay the groundwork for much of our offensive forces a ways behind, so that they can pass unimpeded into the City and fan out. American outposts guard the bridges into the city, and they need to be taken out. If the Americans blow the bridges, it is on you to repair them, and secure the other side. When our forces start streaming in, join the battle at hand and take out the American forces. This is admittedly a difficult task, but there is little doubt among the Politburo that you can do it. As a sign of this, you will have command of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Boris, when he lands in the city."
The PsiCorps
"Proselyte, welcome to the future. Yuri has plans for you and all his followers in PsiCorps, and we shall help make the world into something grand. An operation of utmost urgency must be conducted - Russian Premier Romanov has decided to start the war, and when he makes this known to President Dugan, the Americans will no doubt launch Peacekeeper ICBMs at Soviet Russia. We promised the Premier a path to victory, and we shall follow through.
The rockets are being fuelled at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. We activated a few of our agents there, and they are all you have to work with at the moment. Time is everything, as once those missiles launch, its over. But you have a secret power that Yuri has gifted us - the power to shape thoughts, and thus shape the currents of the future. Use them to make your way to the Base, and hit a few key points. With this, they will be defenseless."
- Mental Omega website
- Mental Omega at ModDB
- Official stream channel on Twitch.tv (airs on Wednesdays)
- Hecthor Doomhammer's unofficial stream channel on Twitch.tv (airs irregularly)
- Mental Omega 3.0 Allied Campaign Video Walkthrough
- Mental Omega 3.0 Soviet Campaign Video Walkthrough
- Mental Omega 3.0 Epsilon Campaign Video Walkthrough
- Mental Omega Story line
Unofficial Mental Omega Facebook Fanpage


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One Amazing Thing Summary
One Amazing Thing is a story by Chitra Divakaruni. The story is about nine people that are trapped together in the rubble of an Indian Consulate that crumbled following an earthquake in San Francisco. While trapped under that rubble, the nine people decide to illustrate to one other an amazing thing that each had experienced, hence the name of the story. Uma, one of the nine people trapped in the debris, is a student who had visited the consulate to collect her visa with the intention of visiting her parents in India. When she hears the first tremor, she thinks it was a cable car. As she waits for her turn to be served, Uma can't help but notice the diversity of the people waiting to be served at the consulate. Among them including a Chinese woman and her granddaughter, an Indian woman serving as a receptionist, Tariq who is a Muslim-American, as well as a Caucasian couple. When the earthquake hit the city, they were all trapped in the debris of the building forcing them to gather whatever food that was available to them. Further, they use bowls to fetch water from the sink in the bathroom. The floor starts to flood and they have to ensure that they keep their feet above the ground. Further, due to the scarcity of food, they have to share the little that is available to them. Eventually as resources grow scarce, tensions build up and desperation sets in. Conflicts ensue among the men and Uma challenges every one of them to illustrate "one amazing thing" they have experienced in their lives as a way to ease the tensions.