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A ''comprehensive approach'' to crises
Last updated: 26 Jun. 2018 13:11
Lessons learned from NATO operations show that addressing crisis situations calls for a comprehensive approach combining political, civilian and military instruments. Building on its unique capabilities and operational experience, including expertise in civilian-military interaction, NATO can contribute to the efforts of the international community for maintaining peace, security and stability, in full coordination with other actors. Military means, although essential, are not enough on their own to meet the many complex challenges to our security. The effective implementation of a comprehensive approach to crisis situations requires nations, international organisations and non-governmental organisations to contribute in a concerted effort.
Different actors contribute to a comprehensive approach based on a shared sense of responsibility, openness and determination, taking into account their respective strengths, mandates and roles, as well as their decision-making autonomy.
In December 2017, NATO reviewed the tasks of its 2011 Comprehensive Approach Action Plan, validating the importance of civilian-military interaction and cooperation with other actors.
These tasks are being implemented by a dedicated civilian-military task force that involves all relevant NATO bodies and commands.
The Action Plan covers four key areas: planning and conduct of operations; lessons learned, training, education and exercises; cooperation with external actors; and strategic communications.
Implementation of the comprehensive approach is integral to many recent and ongoing NATO activities, such as its contributions to the international community's fight against terrorism and efforts to project stability, and its role in responding to hybrid threats.
Planning and conduct of operations
NATO takes full account of all military and non-military aspects of crisis management, and is working to improve practical cooperation at all levels with all relevant organisations and actors in the planning and conduct of operations. The Alliance promotes the clear definition of strategies and objectives among all relevant actors before launching an operation, as well as enhanced cooperative planning.
The Allies agree that, as a general rule, elements of stabilisation and reconstruction are best undertaken by those actors and organisations that have the relevant expertise, mandate and competence. However, there can be circumstances which may hamper other actors from undertaking these tasks, or undertaking them without support from NATO.
To improve NATO's contribution to a comprehensive approach of the international community when addressing crises, NATO bodies as well as individual Allies follow the Comprehensive Approach Action Plan to promote integrated civil-military planning across NATO's three core tasks (i.e. collective defence, crisis management and cooperative security). The principles of the comprehensive approach – coherence of actions, civil-military interaction and reaching out to external partners – are integral to the activities of the NATO Headquarters' Crisis Management Task Force as well as the NATO Command and Force Structures.
The planning and conduct of NATO operations and missions now integrate perspectives from different priority areas including: gender; the Women, Peace and Security agenda; children and armed conflict; building integrity; cultural property protection; combating trafficking in human beings; and environmental protection.
Lessons learned, training, education and exercises
Applying a comprehensive approach means a change of mindset. The Alliance therefore emphasises joint training of civilian and military personnel to promote the sharing of lessons learned and to build trust and confidence between NATO, its partners and other international and local actors.
In some cases, lessons learned are being developed at staff level, for example, with the United Nations, related to Libya. Another example is the NATO Defence Education Enhancement Programme, which, as a matter of principle, reaches out to external providers and enablers including international organisations and non-governmental organisations, addressing both civilian and military experts. And Sweden, a key NATO partner, designed its 2018 Viking exercise (involving 2,500 participants from 50 countries and 35 organisations) on comprehensive approach principles.
Enhancing cooperation with external actors
Cooperation has become well established with the United Nations and its agencies, the European Union and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, in particular, as well as with the World Bank, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Organization for Migration, the African Union, INTERPOL and the League of Arab States. Closer links are developed with non-governmental organisations as well.
The scope of cooperation ranges from political dialogue, including through regular staff talks, "NATO education days" and the yearly Comprehensive Approach Awareness Course, to practical cooperation during operations and missions. High-level officials from these organisations are regularly invited to meetings of the North Atlantic Council, including at the level of heads of states and governments, to discuss closer cooperation and issues of common interest.
The implementation of the comprehensive approach has helped to build mutual awareness with these organisations. This has allowed the Alliance to broaden the range of its external interlocutors, who are becoming more accustomed to work with NATO and better informed about the role of military in complex environments.
To be effective, a comprehensive approach to crisis management must be complemented by sustained and coherent public messages. NATO's information campaigns are substantiated by systematic and updated information, documenting progress in relevant areas. Efforts are also being made to share communication strategies with international actors and to coordinate communications in theatre.
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Secretary General welcomes stronger NATO-EU cooperation 25 Jun. 2018
NATO and EU Senior Military Officials deepen military EU-NATO cooperation22 Jun. 2018
NATO Defence Ministers build momentum toward stronger NATO-EU cooperation 08 Jun. 2018
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross visits NATO Headquarters21 Mar. 2018
NATO pledge to strengthen training on international humanitarian law10 Dec. 2015
Brussels Summit Declaration issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels, 11-12 July 201811 Jul. 2018
Chicago Summit Declaration issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Chicago on 20 May 201220 May. 2012
Lisbon Summit Declaration issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Lisbon20 Nov. 2010
March 2008 - NATO Review
From Comprehensive Approach to Comprehensive Capability
"Assisting Afghanistan: The importance of a comprehensive approach" - Speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, at the GLOBSEC Conference, Bratislava, Slovakia 17 Jan. 2008
4 Mar 2010 - Military is no longer the complete answer : blog by the NATO Secretary General
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Tigers in India– this is something the most roaring achievement that the country has in its distinct locations including the most popular Jim Corbett National Park. The park which is specifically being called as the first tiger reserve in India is also being honored as the oldest national park to come under the project tiger mission. Located in Ramnagar in Uttarakhand, Corbett is the perfect home to most of the endangered Bengal tiger species.
The objective, purpose and the outcomes of Project Tiger has gone a long way to bring a surprising rise in tiger counts in India. There was a time when all the present sanctuaries and reserves of India were once the hunting ground for the royal kings and the rulers (like Bandhavgarh and Ranthambore National Park); and hunting or poaching was the common phenomenon during ancient days. In mid 50s and 60s poaching activity increased to tremendous extent with the interference of human beings in the jungles with tiger-killings for their own benefits. As a result, tiger sightings became so rare in India that also affected the wildlife.
But time changed then and so do the scenarios. With the deteriorating counts of the tiger population, different wildlife conservation projects were launched; and in 1972, the Project Tiger Mission came into existence with an appreciating effort by the Government of India.
-To ensure a feasible population of Bengal tigers in their natural habitats in India.
-Preserving areas of biological importance as a natural heritage for the people.
To achieve this objective many initiations have taken place in India in different forms to create awareness among the people at every level. This objective encouraged many groups all around the nation to create different programs. Funds and commitment were mustered to support the intensive program of habitat protection and rehabilitation under the project. The government sets Tiger Protection Force to combat poachers, and funded the relocation of up to 200,000 villagers to minimize human-tiger conflicts.
To bring more wakefulness, a tiger census was launched in 2008 to find the specific densities of tiger and their co-predators and prey in the extrapolating sites. Based on such surveys, the total tiger population is being estimated as 1411 individuals ranging from 1,165 to 1,657 adult and sub-adult tigers of more than 1.5 years of age.
To increase the tiger counts, wildlife conservation societies took this responsibility as a noble act and inspired people to catch these majestic predators in different wildlife sanctuaries and made them aware of the presence of explicit varieties of tigers.
The Project Tiger was also meant to identify the limiting factors and to lessen them with suitable management and for that many recoveries were done to the damages of the habitats and various tiger reserves were created in different parts of the country on a core-buffer strategy.
The main achievements of this project are excellent recovery of the habitat and consequent increase in the tiger population in the reserve areas, from a mere 268 in 9 reserves in 1972 to 1576 in 27 reserves in 2003.
The most impressive part of the improvement in the Tiger Project is the latest roles of social networking sites in wildlife conservation. This step actually created awareness at the mass level (or at international level) and also encouraged international tourists to throng at the major wilderness reserves in India.
Thus, with effective conservation measures and intangible programs considerable salubrious achievements are witnessed under Project Tiger Mission in India. And today we can find tremendous special species of tigers can be found at different reserves of India.


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Samsung has announced that its mobile payments service Samsung Pay, which is currently only available in the US and South Korea, will soon be expanded to several other countries, including Australia, Singapore, and Brazil. The announcement was made at the company's CES conference.
While three other countries - the UK, Spain, and China - were also mentioned, expansion to these markets has already been announced by the South Korean company. In China, the service will be launched in cooperation with the country's bank card organization China UnionPay, Samsung recently revealed.
While China, Spain, and the UK could see Samsung Pay launching in Q1 this year, there's no information on exactly when it will be available in Australia, Singapore, and Brazil.
Singapore and UK uses the N920I and G920I version. Does this mean that all the I versions will have Samsung Pay support for people using in the US?
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Meet Philippe Coutinho's Wife Aine Coutinho
Aine Coutinho is married to a dazzling footballer Philippe Coutinho. They are an astoundingly blissful couple, and they are impossibly baffling other. The best thing about them is that they love each other and respect each other, which is an incredible framework. Anyway, different people don't know lit of things about Aine Coutinho. Fittingly, we ought to check out her life here.
The continuous second, Philippe Coutinho, is an impossibly famous footballer. He is a verifiably gifted player who helped his parties with completing various things and titles. Notwithstanding, ought to look at her ideal trimming life now and look at her own life, fit life, bio, business, getting ready, and different other fragile guaranteed factors.
Who Is Philippe Coutinho's Wife?
Who Is Aine Coutinho?
Aine Coutinho's Bio
Aine Coutinho's Family
Aine Coutinho's Education
Aine Coutinho's Professional Career
Aine Coutinho's Net Worth
Aine Coutinho's Social Media Handles
Aine Coutinho's Body Measurements
Aine Coutinho's Kids
Philippe Coutinho is hitched to Aine Coutinho. They were in a truly staggering extra for quite a while. Several have dated each other for quite a while. Finally, after various immense stretches of dating, they decided to get hitched, and they got the party. They held an amassed wedding cut-off, and all their benefit ones went to the wedding.
Aine Coutinho is the mate of the football legend ever, Philippe Coutinho. Basically, she is striking a consequence of her optimal assistant. There aren't various things known about her since she is an astoundingly secret person who scorns thought and the spotlight. In any case, it's attempting to avoid thought when your life colleague is a football legend.
Aine Coutinho was brought into the world on 31st March 1993, and that finds her helping through the age is 29. In any case, her careful date of birth is dull, and that is the explanation we can't see you the zodiac sign of her. In any case, Aine Coutinho was brought into the world in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and her character is Brazilian.
Aine Coutinho hasn't revealed any information about her friends and family. That is because she could arrange without sharing individual nuances like these with individuals everywhere. Additionally, she could work without examining the things that ought to be private. She hasn't shared the names of her family, and we don't correspondingly have a lot of data on her family or does she even have family or not.
Aine Coutinho completed her ornamentation school in Brazil. She was an astoundingly sharp student of her party and used to get top scores in the class. Additionally, that is the explanation her instructors regarded her obviously. Regardless, it's dull whether she chooses any school.
There is nothing known about Aine Coutinho's ruler calling. That is because she is the kind of person who loves to keep things stowed away, whether it's her own life or her master's. In any case, our party is correct right now, managing that to set up her follower strong regions for serious expression.
Since we have close to no information on Aine Coutinho's occupation or whether she works. It is truly coordinated, everything considered to make any speculations about her absolute resources or pay. In like manner, we will affect you later when you have strong districts for serious the about that.
Anyway, see about her ideal insignificance, Philippe Coutinho's entire wealth, which is more than $60 million. Fundamentally, he made prevalently by far most of his flood as a football player. Meanwhile, he, other than getting a completely suspected out plan as a football quick.
Aine Coutinho is an astoundingly amassed person who had some control without sharing her life so everyone could see. Meanwhile, she avoids various media, the spotlight, and thoughts. That is the explanation she levels uses no electronic redirection handles since she loves to contribute her energy to her family instead of researching Instagram.
Aine Coutinho is 5 ft 1 inch tall, and her weight is around 50 kg. She takes care of brown eyes and blonde hair other than. She has tattoos on her body. In addition, she loves to work out perpetually so she can stay in shape.
Aine Coutinho and her ideal accomplice Philippe have three kids together. They have two daughters, Maria Coutinho and Esmeralda Coutinho, and a son Jose Coutinho.
Full Name Aine Coutinho
Date of Birth 31st March 1993
Zodiac Sign Aries
Birth Place Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Job N/A
Net Worth N/A
Husband/Boyfriend Philippe Coutinho (Husband)
Children Two daughters Maria Coutinho and Esmeralda Coutinho and a son Jose Coutinho
Height 5 ft 1 inches
Tattoos Yes
Instagram N/A
Twitter N/A
Facebook N/A
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Article and photos by Joe Gschwendtner
An exquisite hike to a special place: Cathedral Cove on the Coromandel Peninsula.Our family has visited this magic land in the South Pacific frequently. We've tramped hundreds of miles on her world-famous tracks, lived through the Christchurch Earthquake and treated her two islands as our adventure land, writ large. Temperate and identical in area to Colorado, complete with mountains and wildlife; New Zealand is benign, beckoning and environmentally sensitive. Plus, no snakes. If you haven't been, consider making it number one on your bucket list.
The North Island is the gateway. You'll touch down in Auckland, the City of Sails, on an isthmus. It is New Zealand's commercial hub. Don't immediately rush off; there is much to enjoy. Walk Queen Street and the wharves to shop and dine on fresh seafood. Stroll the Auckland Domain, a 200-acre garden reserve located on the flanks of an extinct volcano. Bungy jump over the harbor.
Let's assume you have two weeks here. North of Auckland city dwellers is sub-tropical vacation country for the Auckland Kiwis, a native flightless bird with hair-like feathers and a down curved bill. Key attractions are cruises in the Bay of Islands, routine dolphin sightings, Kauri forests that are up to 2000 years old, Ninety Mile Beach, Waitangi and more. One could spend weeks here, but don't; it gets better yet down south.
Return through Auckland and head southeast to the Coromandel Peninsula. Loop into it from the north. Once a hippy outpost, each small town is eclectic, easily explorable on foot. For hiking, the Kauaeranga Valley offers numerous walks. At the peninsula's tip is the famed 11km Coromandel Walk. Climb 1,700 feet to the summit of Castle Rock. Two more attractions are compellingly spectacular: Cathedral Cove via a 45-minute hike and Hot Water Beach, where hot springs bubble up from the sands.
Rothmans Building, Napier, New Zealand. The grand and ornate entrance to the Rothmans Building, Napier, New Zealand.
Vector south to national park country. Rotorua is New Zealand's Yellowstone without mountains. This dense geothermal area offers rainbow muds, mineral pools and world-renowned spouting geysers. Close by is the enchanting resort town and skydiving capital, Lake Taupo. This 600-foot deep lake was formed by a crater remaining from a 186 AD eruption. There's not much you can't do there.
Head east to Hawke's and Gisborne Bays. A vast coastal expanse, it brims with magnetic appeal to architects, wine aficionados, and those with fun-in-the-sun tendencies. Extensive sunshine and ocean breezes are ideal for chardonnay and gewürztraminer grape cultivation. Napier is an outdoor art deco museum. Utterly destroyed in 1931 by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake, the town became a historic do-over. Townsfolk chose the Saarinen art-deco style of the day and so Napier's buildings, nicely maintained, are a treat for the architectural romantic in you.
On the way south to Wellington, there are two national parks vying for attention, Mt. Egmont and Tongariro which is a United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage site. Hikes there are impossibly spectacular. When short on time, see Tongariro. A potpourri of colors awaits in rainforests, streams, lakes and steaming fumaroles.
Finally, meander south to Wellington, the government seat. It compares nicely to San Francisco. Windy "Welly" calls your name. Dine on Cuba Street. See the beehive, the common name used for the executive wing of the New Zealand Parliament buildings. Ride the cable car. The gem is Te Papa, the definitive museum addressing New Zealand's bi-cultural history and emphasizing the Maoris, whose land it once was.
Part II, The South Island coming in February…
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The daily news so often brings us such doom and gloom about the fate of people and the planet that it can become overwhelming. We may think to ourselves, "How can little ole me contribute anything of worth to improving this morass?" This was the question Ryan Hreljac asked, when informed of the plight of African families struggling without access to clean water. Ryan, undaunted by the challenge before him as a 6 year old school kid, set out to right this wrong. He persuaded his parents to pay him to do extra chores and finally came up with the $75 he thought was needed to drill a well. Turns out that was for a hand pump, a well was more like $2,000. He redoubled his efforts and some months later presented this money to WaterCan. They dug a well on his behalf next to a school in Uganda. Impressive, huh? Not for Ryan it wasn't."When I learned that there were people dying in the world because they didn't have clean water, I couldn't believe it! I take nine steps and there, I have it. Clean water right in my tap. Some people in Africa have to walk for five miles to get clean water. My new brother Jimmy Akana used to live in Uganda. He told me that he would get up at 12 midnight and walk for five miles to get water for his aunt. Then he walked five miles back. He did this three times before he went to school!" Ryan now had a new goal. "I want everyone in Africa to have clean water," he declared.
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Although Williams has struggled to make ends meet over the years, Frank Williams has always managed to get money from somewhere to keep the team afloat. Even after the Brit ended up in a wheelchair after a massive accident in 1986, in which he became largely paralyzed. Frank remained in charge of his own team for years to come before Claire would eventually take over.
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One of America's leading reptile wildlife educators, Michael Shwedick, brings The Reptile World program back to Locust Shade! You and your family will enjoy discovering what reptiles are, what makes them different from birds and mammals, and how important they are in our environment. The event gives audiences the opportunity to meet an interesting selection of live, large, colorful, and gentle reptiles from all over the world.
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Skin Tests of Pollen Grains of Taxodiaceae and Cupressaceae in Children with Bronchial Asthma
Terumi Midoro‐Horiuti, Shin Nouno, Yoshiki Seino
Atmospheric cedar pollen in the southern region of Okayama Prefecture (situated in south‐western Japan) has been counted since 1988. Pollen of different species of the Taxodiaceae family (Cryptomeria japonica, Sequoia sempervirens and Metasequoia glyptostroboides) and Japanese juniper (Juniperus rigida) in the Cupressaceae family, which are propagated mainly in the southern region of Okayama Prefecture, were found among the atmospheric pollen. Scratch tests using the pollen extract from Taxodiaceae and Cupressaceae were performed on children with bronchial asthma. Forty (25%) and 30 (18.8%) of the 160 patients reacted positively to an allergen extract from the pollen grains of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) and Japanese juniper, respectively.
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Bronchial asthma.
Pollinosis
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Dive into the research topics of 'Skin Tests of Pollen Grains of Taxodiaceae and Cupressaceae in Children with Bronchial Asthma'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Cupressaceae Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Pollen Medicine & Life Sciences 64%
Skin Tests Medicine & Life Sciences 55%
Cryptomeria Medicine & Life Sciences 50%
Juniperus Medicine & Life Sciences 35%
Sequoia Medicine & Life Sciences 18%
Midoro‐Horiuti, T., Nouno, S., & Seino, Y. (1992). Skin Tests of Pollen Grains of Taxodiaceae and Cupressaceae in Children with Bronchial Asthma. Pediatrics International, 34(5), 501-504. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-200X.1992.tb00996.x
Skin Tests of Pollen Grains of Taxodiaceae and Cupressaceae in Children with Bronchial Asthma. / Midoro‐Horiuti, Terumi; Nouno, Shin; Seino, Yoshiki.
In: Pediatrics International, Vol. 34, No. 5, 10.1992, p. 501-504.
Midoro‐Horiuti, T, Nouno, S & Seino, Y 1992, 'Skin Tests of Pollen Grains of Taxodiaceae and Cupressaceae in Children with Bronchial Asthma', Pediatrics International, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 501-504. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-200X.1992.tb00996.x
Midoro‐Horiuti T, Nouno S, Seino Y. Skin Tests of Pollen Grains of Taxodiaceae and Cupressaceae in Children with Bronchial Asthma. Pediatrics International. 1992 Oct;34(5):501-504. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-200X.1992.tb00996.x
Midoro‐Horiuti, Terumi ; Nouno, Shin ; Seino, Yoshiki. / Skin Tests of Pollen Grains of Taxodiaceae and Cupressaceae in Children with Bronchial Asthma. In: Pediatrics International. 1992 ; Vol. 34, No. 5. pp. 501-504.
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Business Over Breakfast Had a Great Turnout
May 31, 2019 /in Frontpage Article, Images, News /by Bailey Avent
The Greater Florence Chamber held a Business Over Breakfast networking event sponsored and hosted by Bethea Retirement Community.
More than 30 professionals were able to enjoy a delicious breakfast, discuss their business, and network with other Chamber members and business professionals.
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Young Professionals of Florence Hold First Lunch & Learn
The Young Professionals Of Florence had a great turn out for our FIRST Lunch and Learn that was held Thursday May 23. There were a little over 26 in attendance and that is a GREAT turnout for a new event!
Big thanks to Raines Hospitality and Hyatt Place for hosting us and Notch8 for catering! Caroline Jones Toniolo from Edward Jones was the keynote speaker and gave an insight to 401k and financial planning for retirement. Her overview was eye opening and very thoroughly executed to break down the pertinent information associated with financial planning. To those who attended, we thank you for your support and we're glad you enjoyed it.
Another thanks to the Board of YPF who put this together. Our new board members have been putting together great ideas to get everyone involved and really get YPF going again!
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Business After Hours with Chamber and Agape Hospice
The Florence Chamber of Commerce held a Business After Hours with Agape Hospice at their new location in Florence on 1516 W Palmetto St on Thursday, May 23.
The guests were able to enjoy food, drinks, music, and fresh air as they networked with other professionals in their area.
Agape decorated their building with a multitude of flower umbrellas in correspondence with their theme "Life Blooms Eternally."
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Florence Chamber Offers 'Business over Breakfast'
Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce members and others are invited to a breakfast from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Bethea Retirement Community.
"Business Over Breakfast" offers a chance to discuss your business and network with other members and business professionals. Door prizes will be awarded.
To RSVP, call the chamber at 843-665-0515 or visit flochamber.com.
Bethea Retirement Community is located at 157 Home Avenue in Darlington.
To see the full article on SC Now, click here.
To register online, click here.
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Class of 2019 Graduates After Completing Nine-Month Leadership Florence Program
by Ardie Arvidson
The Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Florence Class of 2019 held its graduation on Wednesday night at Honda of South Carolina Manufacturing Inc. in Timmonsville.
Kristin Nesmith of the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce was presented the Outstanding Participant Award. All graduates received plaques.
The nine-month course began with a trip to Myrtle Beach on Sept. 10 for one of two retreats. The two-day beach retreat was cut short because of the approach of Hurricane Florence. On Nov. 15, the group participated in a team-building attraction called Locked-Inn.
During Wednesday night's program, four Leadership graduates gave an overview of the "year at a glance." They talked about the retreat days, the "Ride-a-Mile in My Shoes" Day, Media Day, Legislative Day, Law Enforcement Day and other sessions of the Leadership Class. Each one told how he or she had been affected by the class. They were Deanna Hayne, Jessica Morris, Anita Taylor and Tavorous Collins.
Four members of the class, Brian Davison, Kristin Nesmith, Stephanie Bosch and Ania Dixon talked about the class project and the class plans for the proceeds.
The 36-member graduating class held a " Poppin' Shells for A Good Cause" oyster roast in April to raise money for local charities, and on Wednesday night, they presented three nonprofits with $5,873.60 each. Empowered to Heal, Harvest Hope Food Bank and Mercy Medicine were the chosen charities.
About $28,000 was raised through sponsorships, ticket sales to the event and a silent auction.
The keynote speaker was Aaron Robinson of Honda.
The class also heard remarks from Chamber board Chairwoman Mindy Taylor of Duke Energy.
Members of the 2019 Leadership Florence were Allen Abernethy-, MUSC Health Florence Medical Center; Sheri Ard, McLeod Health; Tony Berry, Honda of South Carolina Mfg., Inc.; Stephanie Bosch, Francis Marion University; Ashley W. Bunn, Wilcox Office Mart; Jordan Burns, Pee Dee Nephrology; Michelle Byers, Florence Morning News/SC Now; William Calcutt, Jr., Florence Morning News; Tavorous Collins, Pee Dee Regional Transportation Authority; Brian Davison, Florence Center; Ania Dixon, First Bank; Joette Dukes, Pee Dee Regional Council of Governments; Matthew Ethridge, Hodge Ethridge Agency; Deanna Hayne, Honda of South Carolina Mfg., Inc.; Alger Holloman, Sharonview Federal Credit Union; Rufus Jackson, HopeHealth, Inc.; Brenda Kennedy, Keystone healthcare and Wellness; Thomas Kennedy, Signature Wealth Strategies; Jennifer Massey, Pepsi Cola of Florence; Clint Moore, City of Florence; Jessica Morris, ADP Tax Credits; David Mullins, First Reliance Bank; Steve Mumford, Florence County Sheriff's Office; Kristin Nesmith, Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce; Cameron Packett, Florence County Economic Development Partnership; Kelley Prevatte, HopeHealth; Sara Ashley Richardson; Jennifer Robinson, Empowered to Heal; Chris Rogers, Florence One Schools; Kyle Srimoungchanh, Duke Energy Progress; Daniel St. Pierre, GE Healthcare; Lauren Stafford, Carolina Bank & Trust; Anita Taylor, Florence County; Caroline Toniolo, Edward Jones; Sarah Travis, The Manor and Maria West, GE Healthcare.
To read the full article on SC Now, click here.
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Last Leadership Session for the 2018-2019 Class
Tuesday, May 14th, the Chambers Leadership Florence class had their last session of the year, Business and Industry Day.
The class visited and toured Honda, McCall Farms and GE, and had a great breakfast and lunch, courtesy of Honda and GE respectively.
The Leadership Florence class of 2019 is set to graduate May 22nd at Honda.
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2018-2019 Fellows In Education Graduate & Reflect
Thirty community and area business leaders received certificates for completing the Fellows in Education Program at the Review and Graduation luncheon hosted by Duke Energy on Wednesday May 15, 2019.
The program was designed to give leaders a behind-the-scenes look into Florence One Schools. It's a partnership program between Florence One Schools, The School Foundation and the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce.
Participants of the Fellows program met eight times throughout the year to tour different Florence 1 Schools and learn about student needs and the state and federal requirements placed on schools, teachers and administrators in district. The goal is for current and past participants can share firsthand knowledge in the community about the education system and help collaborate with policymakers and the business community on educational concerns.
To commemorate the completion of the program, participants received a framed certificate as they were congratulated by Florence 1 Schools Superintendent Dr. Richard O'Malley, Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce President Michael Miller and The School Foundation Executive Director Debbie Hyler.
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Food Truck Rodeo Draws Vendors to Florence Center
by Lauren Owens
More than a score of food trucks lined the Florence Center parking lot for the first Carolina Food Truck Rodeo.
Festival attendees could purchase a wide variety of foods from Filipino to wood-fired pizzas. Food trucks from all over South Carolina and even some trucks from other Southeastern states came to the festival, including The Donut Hut from Rose Hill, N.C., and Blackjack Grill from Lake Park, Ga.
Some food trucks from the Pee Dee area came to the festival, including Mullins-based food truck Freckles and Giggles Homemade Ice Cream.
"I love it," said Ricky Ford, the owner of Freckles and Giggles. "Just the interaction with the people and stuff like that I like it a lot."
Ford said he normally serves at the farmers market on Saturdays.
Donavon Smith, the owner of Sweet Spice Food Truck, said serving food in Florence has been an awesome opportunity.
"They're open to the culture so it's been a pleasant experience," Smith said.
The recipes Smith serves are from ones he learned from his mother.
Chris Count, his wife and two children came to the food truck festival and tried the Fish and Chips and Fried Shrimp.
"My wife saw it online, and we thought we'd sample some of the food. It's been great," Count said.
This is the first time the Florence Center has hosted a food truck festival, according to Nick Hooker, director of marketing at the Florence Center.
"We know that food truck festivals are really popular right now and have been for a little while, and we wanted to try and capitalize on that," Hooker said. "We wanted to see if it was something Florence would support and look forward to, and we have been thrilled… It was better than expected."
Hooker said this is something the Center wants to continue to host.
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Business After Hours held at The Citizens Bank
The Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce hosted a Business After Hours last Thursday, May 9 at The Citizens Bank, 1600 W. Palmetto St. in Florence.
Guests enjoyed fellowship, food and prizes. Almost 100 area business representatives were in attendance as The Citizens Bank shared their new office space.
Tommy Bouchette, President of the bank, pulled winning business cards for prizes at the event.
To see all of the pictures on SC Now, click here.
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Swamp Fox Security Holds Ribbon Cutting in Florence
May 10, 2019 /in Frontpage Article, Images, News, Ribbon Cuttings /by Bailey Avent
Swamp Fox Security LLC held a ribbon cutting on Thursday with the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce ambassadors participating.
Swamp Fox Security is in the Charles Gould Manufacturing and Business Incubator, 1951 Pisgah Road in Florence.
The business is owned by Annette Davis-Cantey. She has been in operation for about two years.
"I was in the incubator on Dargan Street," she said.
She said there was an opening at the Gould incubator, and she took it.
Davis-Cantey said there are lots of advantages to being at this location. She said the business has seminars, networking and other opportunities.
Ashley Deaza, director of the Gould Incubator, said 21 companies are working out of the incubator.
She said the goal is to provide the space and tools needed to help a business get started on a path to success.
She said some of the benefits include being located next to the technologies of the SiMT center such as virtual reality, 3-D printing, events facility, manufacturing center, social media services.
Davis-Cantey said Swamp Fox Security is a private armed security company with five employees.
"I have been doing security since 2002," Davis-Cantey said. She is also a private investigator.
"I am the first African-American-female-owned security company in the state," she said.
She said her company provides security for businesses, industry, events such as graduations, reunions and parties and sporting events.
Davis-Cantey, who lives in Mullins, said she was unemployed and went seeking a job. She was hired to do security and loved it. She sought training in the field.
"I went to school and will soon complete my master's degree in criminal justice," she said.
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Marta teaches a mixture of personalised, corporate, members and general public classes in North West and Central London. Her general classes are dynamic, at times challenging with a strong emphasis on breath awareness and on mindful, safe postural alignment: playful, relaxed and informal at the same time.
Aiming to inspire the students to learn and discover themselves through yoga, to plug in to wellness, to motivate them to achieve optimum alignment, action and attitude.
NEW: RESTORATIVE WORKSHOPS: RELAX. HOW?
Relaxation is a skill and like any other skill, it can be learned.
Gain knowledge of how to set up many restorative postures, amongst which some are likely to be your favourite ones that can either restore sense of calm by quietening the nervous system, or balancing ones that have a capacity to make you feel composed, refreshed and focused. Learn how to use props or make the most out of what you have already got: chairs, cushions, folded blankets, rolled up mats, stacked up books or suitcases. Be creative and learn how to adjust and modify each posture in order to make them work for you as an individual.
In collaboration with the Happynesshub we are offering retreats in the South of France, in 2017.
We also deliver exclusive workshops at Sweaty Betty Marylebone and Soho, London as well as SoHo, New York.
Marta teaches yoga in Sardinia, Croatia and Mallorca. For information about upcoming holidays in Sardinia, click here, for holidays in Croatia, right here.


First edition, first printing. Soft cover. Photographically illustrated French-fold wrappers; no dust jacket as issued. Paintings by Adam Adach. Text (in French and English) by Jean-Michel Foray, Patricia Falguières, Alexander Pühringer, Yann Chateigné and conversation with the artist by Julia Garimorth. Includes a biography, list of plates and list of exhibited works. 120 pp., with 100 four-color illustrations. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Musée national Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice.
Not unlike Luc Tuymans, Adam Adach creates neo-history paintings from existing photographs. From Open Democracy: "Adam Adach is a Polish painter who currently lives and works in Paris. Much of his work is derived from objects such as anonymous portraits, discarded photographs (both of his own family and of unknown people and places), books, and old magazines. He is interested in the way in which ideologies, such as communism and fascism, have affected the individual within the different nations of Europe, and how the 'little people' fit within or fall out of a grand historical narrative. Although his paintings are far removed from their source imagery, Adach maintains that the documentary aspect of the found photograph allows him to explore 'a different dimension' of the image 'without losing its link to history.'"


As schoolchildren in Duncanville head back to school following their spring break, drivers in school zones are forewarned to hang up those handheld cell phone devices.
Beginning March 24, the new "Use of Hand-held Mobile Telephones Prohibited in School Zones" ordinance takes effect. Drivers may not operate a non-hands-free mobile (cell or sat) phone or communications device in an active school zone.
According to the city of Duncanville website, this ordinance only applies to hand-held mobile phones and texting devices, not two-way radios (CB, ham or business) or laptops.
• Avoid unnecessary driving. Plan trips wisely with efficient routes and stops.
• Keep your car well maintained. Follow your vehicle's service manual and get regular oil changes.
• Tighten the gas cap after every fill-up. A loose, cracked or missing gas cap can emit harmful emissions and reduce gas mileage.
• Avoid stop-and-go traffic. Try to drive at off-peak times.
• Limit idling. Idling for more than 10 seconds uses more gas and causes more pollution than simply restarting your engine.
• Select the most efficient vehicle for your lifestyle.
• Get regular emissions tests. Most places require you to get your car "smogged" before you can sell or register it.
• Consider getting a green vehicle, such as a hybrid.
• Never drive for a long time with an illuminated "Check Engine" light. It can mean a problem that's harmful to the environment and your car, yet more than 8 percent of all vehicles on the road today do so. Adopted as a government mandate to lower emissions, the "Check Engine" light illuminates when a vehicle's computer detects a problem that affects emissions output. All 1996 and newer cars, light trucks, SUVs and minivans manufactured for use in the U.S. have this technology.
• Make sure your car or truck is in optimal running condition. One way is to periodically test for emissions-related problems.
A recently introduced diagnostic tool provides drivers with a fast, convenient solution for monitoring their vehicles' health, particularly with regard to "Check Engine" light issues. Called CarMD, it combines an easy-to-use, handheld tester with an unprecedented online database to give consumers information that, until now, only mechanics could access. The consumer-friendly information describes potential problems, estimated repair costs and more. It even tells you if your vehicle will pass an emissions (smog) test.
CarMD helps keep your vehicle running cleaner and more efficiently by detecting problems with your emissions system. By identifying misfires, catalytic converter problems or even a loose gas cap, drivers can pinpoint the problem, improve gas mileage and reduce emissions output.
For more information, visit http://www.CarMD. com or call 1-888-MyCarMD.
Keep your car well maintained and get regular emissions tests.
CarMax, the nation's largest retailer of used cars, reports the color black has topped the list as the most popular color for vehicle searches conducted on carmax.com in February.
Other colors of interest to online shoppers included gray (6 percent), green (4 percent) and yellow (2 percent).


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Exhibition | Canada
General Idea at the National Gallery of Canada
June 3 – November 20, 2022
Challenging both the art world and the world at large, General Idea (1969–1994) remains one of the most influential artist groups to have emerged from Canada. Together, Felix Partz (1945–1994), Jorge Zontal (1944–1994) and AA Bronson (b. 1946) invented a ground-breaking practice that spanned more than twenty-five years.
Presentation | World Wide
General Idea: CIRCA presents VideoVirus on World AIDS Day
VideoVirus
Launching World AIDS Day, 1 Dec 2021, CIRCA presents VideoVirus, a powerful new film by AA Bronson and General Idea. Reimagining their historic Imagevirus for a global audience, the artwork comes to life in a hypnotic video animation that virally transmits their activist message across billboards in London, Milan, New York, Seoul & Tokyo.
Throughout December, CIRCA is proud to partner with UNAIDS and Terrence Higgins Trust to mark 40 years since the disease was first recorded in 1981. A new work by AA Bronson, the sole surviving member of the General Idea art group, draws inspiration from the viral intentions of Imagevirus, which in the mid-1980s spread consciousness of the epidemic by reappropriating Robert Indiana's famous LOVE logo, virally transmitting the AIDS symbol through cities in the form of paintings, sculptures, videos, posters, and exhibitions.
Book Launch | Toronto
Toronto book launch and signing with AA Bronson of The Estate of General Idea
Art Metropole
Please join Art Metropole for a book launch and signing with AA Bronson of The Estate of General Idea on Wednesday, March 28 from 7 to 9 pm at the Gladstone Hotel, Toronto.
Gladstone Hotel, 2nd Floor Gallery, 1214 Queen Street W, Toronto
Artist Talk | New York
Talk and Book Signing with AA Bronson of The Estate of General Idea
Please join us for a special talk and book signing with AA Bronson of The Estate of General Idea on Saturday, March 10 at 4 pm. Kindly RSVP to rsvp@miandn.com as space is limited.
Printed Matter | 231 Eleventh Avenue, New York
Mitchell-Innes & Nash represents The Estate of General Idea
Mitchell-Innes & Nash is pleased to announce representation of Canadian artist collective General Idea.


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Q: How do I modify YII core message when no translation file exists? Yii does not provide a translation message file for the en_us language.  Instead, we are expected to rely on the core messages to be correct.
If I was successful in finding where the core messages are held, I still wouldn't want to mess with the core file because, A. it is ill-advised and B. future version revisions would overwrite my changes.
Is my only alternative to copy any other language message file and hand edit every single message so that the translated message is the same as the english message (with my correction(s) in place?  It seems like a lot of work for the sake of one word that needs correcting.
The reason I bring this up is this...
If you navigate to a non-existent page, their error message is:
    'The requested view "{name}" is not found.'
I think it should say:
    'The requested view "{name}" was not found.'
I argue that they are mixing tenses in this statement ('requested' = past tense and 'is' = present tense).
Rightly or wrongly, I am 'uncomfortable' with their grammar.

A: Yii is open source. Why not submit your patch?
The messages can be found in yii-read-only/framework/messages/, you may want to have a look at yii-read-only/framework/messages/config.php too.
Also, you could use the message command for yiic.
As for the actual problem, you can find any message with fgrep:

fgrep -rn "The requested view" *

And the result:
framework/web/actions/CViewAction.php:110:              throw new CHttpException(404,Yii::t('yii','The requested view "{name}" is not found.',

So go out there, check out the SVN trunk, modify, then "svn diff", and submit your patch on google code.

A: No need to patch the core files to get this to work.
Take a look at
http://www.yiiframework.com/wiki/18/how-to-customize-yii-core-messages/
If you try to set your language to en_us in main.php, hoping to use the local yii.php in protected/messages/en_us it won't work.
It won't translate because the language setting of 'en_us' in main.php is the same as the core language; so you need to force a translation.
The solution is to create a new language, that only overrides the messages you want to change/fix.
So, following the example shown at the link above, use en instead of de as the language in main.php.
Create an en folder rather than a de folder under protected/messages.
Then create your customized yii.php file in the local en folder, which in your case would only contain
return array (
  'The requested view "{name}" is not found.' => 'The requested view "{name}" was not found.',
);

THIS way, no need to adjust core files; and,
your changes will remain across framework version upgrades.
As an FYI, IF the Yii::t('yii',...) call you find using GREP is actually to Yii::t(' zii ',...)
then you need a zii.php file rather than a yii.php file in the protected/messages/en folder.
It would use exactly the same format as the yii.php code shown above.
This useful for messages like the one returned when there are no search results.

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Clayton Brice is Claytown. He likes to play covers of older American artists, including Neil Young and Roger Miller. He came to The Cabin Saturday night and performed covers as well as originals.
Music can be anything. For Claytown, music transmits stories and life experience to audiences.
Clayton Brice or "Claytown" performed at 8 p.m. Saturday night at The Cabin to an intimate audience.
An Eau Claire native, Brice has performed music for about 15 years and also plays in a rock band called Whale House.
He started Claytown in 2012 with friends but now plays solo because the other members have moved away. He wants to develop himself as a solo artist and follow his own beat, he said.
Brice was the last Cabin performer of the semester and reminisced of his time as a UW-Eau Claire student performing in the former Cabin. He mentioned there used to be photos on the wall of all the people who performed there.
He played two different sets of songs during the night. The first consisted of covers from different periods of time, ranging from the 1930s to the 1990s.
"It's about serving the songs, carrying on the great tradition of songwriting and to tell stories," Brice said.
Brice's sound combines folk with acoustic and blues. He also gets into a wide range of musical styles, Claytown being his way of expressing the other styles of music Whale House does not express.
The artist is inspired by American songwriters and seeks to put his own style to their music, he said. He played "House of the Rising Sun" from Lead Belly and other songs such as "Copper Kettle." Woody Guthrie's hit "I Ain't Got No Home" was also showcased in his first set.
In his own music, the lyrics are the most important and it is through them that he shares his own story. Brice's parents were also musically-inclined and he said he grew up with music always around, as his dad was a professional pianist and his mom a singer.
Kayla Cooper, a freshman nursing student, said she liked the concert. Cooper often goes to The Cabin and said she does not normally listen to this style of music but appreciated the difference.
Brice said he would like to take Claytown farther in the years to come. He hopes to play in smaller settings such as coffee shops, houses and restaurants.
With new ideas, he wants to refresh his collection of songs. As more artists are putting their energy in videos, he will try to jump on that bandwagon and see what comes.


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India's Condom Alliance urges youth to not be 'dumb' by believing myths and misconceptions around use of condom
The three-month-long campaign 'Kaun Dumb Hai', will include a series of digital content that will focus on reiterating the issue and will be used by condom marketers to help reach a larger audience
BuzzInContent Bureau Delhi, February 12, 2021
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A group of India's most prominent condom manufacturers and marketers who represent India's Condom Alliance announced the launch of 'Kaun Dumb Hai', a new age campaign directed toward youth. Through a witty video, the campaign urges the youth to not be 'dumb' by believing the myths and misconceptions that surround the use of condom and instead to identify themselves as smart and use a condom.
The agency behind the campaign is Tonic Worldwide.
The campaign video:
According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) – 4, around 78% of Indian men between ages 20 and 29 do not use any method of contraception. From misconceptions such as reduced pleasure and a negative impact on performance to the fear of being judged at the pharmacy when buying the condom or fumbling while using the condom during a sexual encounter are some of the reasons for not using a condom. These reasons seem to act as the obvious deterrent to the use of the condom, especially amongst the youth who are indulging in their first sexual act or for the more sexually active youth who are most concerned about their image in front of the partner.
The campaign 'Kaun Dumb Hai', which translates into the term – who is dumb, uses a slogan that sounds like 'Do you have a condom?'. It describes typical times when a condom should be used and lists the myths that often deter couples from using one. The lyrics of the song simultaneously associate the use of condoms with positive attributes such as being smart, trendy and responsible, to encourage the youth to dispel negative notions about condoms and make the effort to use a condom for the sake of their partner as well as their own reproductive health.
The campaign will also be rolled out on '50 Shades of Ishq' Facebook and Instagram handles and shared with key influencers to help reach the masses. The three-month-long campaign will include a series of digital content that will focus on reiterating the issue and will be used by condom marketers to help reach a larger audience. Engaging digital formats such as a dance challenge are being planned.
Commenting on the launch of the campaign Vivek Malhotra, Founding Member, Condom Alliance and CEO, Population Health Services India, said, "The low contraceptive use among Indian men is a matter of grave concern and will lead to an increase in the number of teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the country. The idea of this campaign is to highlight the importance of using condoms to encourage the youth to accept condoms as an important method of contraception expanding their basket of choice".
Sudish Balan, Chief Business Officer, Tonic Worldwide, said, "The purpose of this campaign is to present the usage of condoms as an inviting proposition to the youth. The film was designed, from the locations to the art, in a way that it resonates with the Instagram generation. The storyline weaves in the usage of condoms as a smart choice and the insistence of condom usage in every encounter. We consciously steered clear of the traditional approach of preachy or fear-inducing communication that puts off this audience. The Mime in the video, apart from adding to the entertainment factor, is a representation of the stoic silence that is maintained in our society on topics of sexual health and safety."
Ajay Rawal, Founding Member, Condom Alliance and General Manager - Marketing, Raymond Consumer Care, said, "The overall usage of condoms has increased from 7.1% to 10.2% in the last four years in 17 out of 22 states alone for which NFHS-5 data is available. To capitalize on this increased acceptance, the Kaun Dumb Hai campaign is looking to connect with the youth and align with their inherent desire to appear trendy while staying safe and healthy. Carrying, asking for, insisting on or using condoms portrays one to be intelligent and responsible; and most importantly, the women who ask for or carry condoms are not promiscuous, but smart and savvy. The aim is to ensure long-term behavioural change among the youth in the country."
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