The goal of event branding is quite simple: to put your brand in the spotlight while creating a more personal relationship with your prospective customers and even potential partners. In a nutshell, this is an event that is dedicated to creating an identity for your brand and putting your name on everybody's lips.
Searching through the Internet, you can find hundreds of event marketing strategies that can help you get started. However, before you can decide which strategies to use, there is one lesser known decision that needs to be made first that shouldn't be taken for granted—deciding on the perfect event idea that fits well with your brand.
Luckily for you, I've had my fair share of event branding invites, and I'm going to share with you the ten event ideas that will help raise brand awareness.
People will more than likely remember the events or things that keep them engaged. You can do this through hands-on stations and exhibits where they can see and experience things firsthand. This event idea is suitable for gaming and gadget companies aiming to introduce new products to the market.
I always had this prejudice about exhibits being not worth the cost, but after attending my very first technology and gadget expo, I realized that there are actually a lot of people willing to attend just to see how these new creations benefit them. In fact, an exhibition lead is much more successful and less costly than a lead coming from the conventional "finding and meeting" strategy.
Raising money for the benefit of a charity that is related to your brand is an excellent way to raise awareness. These events usually require you to have a particular target audience, specifically an audience that may be made up of your potential customers. Such events make people happy about spending money for a good cause.
How about establishing your brand as an authority in your niche? This event idea is a great way to teach new knowledge or skills that your brand represents. You can reach out to your top employees or partner with a professional for the event. For instance, if you are a cosmetics brand, you can reach out to top influencers in the beauty industry and hire them for a workshop session that teaches attendees how to use your products to create different looks.
I know some friends who would be happy to attend an event like this, especially if it's a brand they love.
This is a unique and exciting event to bring awareness to your brand. How does having your product demonstration in a unique setting sound? Let's say you want to bring more awareness to your camera brand; you can take a few customers on a trip where they can test out your company's cameras by taking beautiful shots. Add a few more activities to make customers feel engaged with each other, and it will be a successful event.
Lecture events are great for tackling issues related to your brand. Hire professional speakers who can talk about the said issues and who can offer the best solutions. Lecture events are educational, so it is highly recommended that you choose a great speaker whom your target audience can easily relate to.
Green brands love to have these events so that they can bring in speakers (or a person from the brand itself) to talk about environmental issues and how their products can help contribute to solving these issues.
Do all event branding ideas have to be directly related to your brand? Not really. This is what fun events are for. You can still raise brand awareness even without having to push your brand to your customers. If your brand targets families, then organize an event where the whole family can enjoy spending some bonding time together.
These are basically events with branding during the holidays. For example, you can organize a Christmas party for a few selected customers and share some goodies from your brand. People love receiving freebies, not to mention that Christmas is the perfect season to establish that personal connection with them.
This is a personal favorite and has been one of the most entertaining event branding ideas over the past few years. Beer companies are famous for throwing music festivals, which bring existing and potential customers together in one place to enjoy some good music and beer.
People will remember your brand along with the great memories they have during the festival. Lotte Music Festival in South Korea and Quilmes Rock Music Festival in Argentina are two great examples of this type of event.
You can also reach out to other brands in your industry and plan this event together.
How about bringing in popular personalities as ambassadors of your brand? Popular celebrities have a strong fan base that would love to meet them in person. Fan meeting events are becoming popular and can help your brand big time, especially if you partner with the right people.
The media often takes notice of grand events and celebrations. You can use this to your advantage and make your brand anniversary the talk of the town. Why not create a memorable celebration while raising brand awareness at the same time?
You can integrate the other event branding ideas in this list to make your brand anniversary even more successful. As for some different tips on how to pull off this type of event, here's a short guide from Adweek.com. Event marketing is quite a challenge to pull off, but with a great event idea coupled with some proven event marketing strategies, this can easily be done right.
Remember, your brand matters, so presenting your brand and shaping how you want your target customers to see you as an authority brand can bring significant growth to your business.
Which of the event ideas do you like best? Perhaps you have other event branding ideas in mind. Share them below to help others!


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body comes to be
state of becoming(s)
On Rave
who are they now?
Inhale, at the gateway...
In memory of the broken wine glass
Performing Dictionary 2
bordering tartan
Body comes to be 1, 2022
charcoal, ink, acyclic, pencil on Plywood.
Body comes to be is a painting series that referenced the AI generated images from Chaney's on-going working title 'state of becomings' as the starting point to further explore non-binary embodiment through body and its materiality in relation to ink making and painting. In making those paintings, body remains always active and present within gestures and can be traced through the ink marks that's been left behind on those panels which forms the final images. Those captured traces as a reflection of the materiality of body searches for a state of exceeding of its own limitation - a form of energy - and a re/formability into abstraction or fluidity.
close up to Body comes to be 1, 2022
Instead of making images, this series engages with varied techniques of removing - including scratching out inks on top layers, brushing off inks and sanding for instance. To embrace the ambiguity and to let the image to emerge, Body comes to be works precisely to find the right balance between the ink applied and the wood grain underneath to allow the two elements to inform each other.
from left to right, Body comes to be 2,3 & 4, 2022

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Last edited by LTC Z06; 09-04-2006 at 11:22 PM.
I'll attempt to keep this short & sweet.
My Z next to a VY vert.
Front shot. She looks ready to hit the road home, doesn't she?
The road I'm on in the last pic is Rt 40, which is the alternate east/west route to the expressway. A nice drive and a great break-in road. I highly recommend it if anyone else is picking up from Kerbeck.
The car is simply amazing. The torque is unbelievable, and I've only unleashed a small percentage of the power in this car.
As one would expect, the ride is a bit rough at times, but honestly, not as rough as I had thought it would be. You feel the ruts and bumps more, as well as hear them more.
This car, for all of it's power, feels extremely comfortable and solid. The clutch is easy to get used to. Steering is precise. Acceleration is smooth. Braking is out of this world.
The exhaust note is fine for me, although I know some will want more of a grumble at idle. As I was taking it easy for the ride home, I didn't get on it too much. However, the couple of times I gave it enough punch to open those butterfly valves, WOW! It was like , followed by a .
I think it's safe to say, even after only one day, that driving this car ranks as the best driving experience to date.
Lastly, kudos to Kerbeck for running a fab dealership. Met Mr. Kerbeck himself and he seems like a great guy. The cars in his collection are amazing. Many Vettes, as well as a nice variety of muscle cars, Bel Airs, and Impalas.
Thanks especially to Dave Salvatore for making this experience as enjoyable as a car buying experience should be.
When I arrived at Kerbeck Mon morn, I was shocked (but delighted)to hear that I was the first C6Z delivery from them. They only had 4 so far, my silver and three yellow. One of the yellows was being picked up later in the day by one of the Zaino guys.
Anyway, so much for short, but hopefully I kept it sweet.
Proud to be "In the Club"!!!!!!
J/K Had my picture taken with a VY ZO6 Today!!!!!!
Sorry, Could Not Swallow the 10K Market Adj.!!!!
Last edited by LTC Z06; 10-09-2005 at 12:49 PM.
Get Quicktime to play it if you don't already have it. Right-click and save-as please.
This is with the "spare" fuse removed... (Refer to this thread). Basically the valves are open all the time. The car is LOUD. At idle, I'm actually starting to think it's too loud. I'm putting the fuse back in.
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continued and Dave Hill in his Z06!
Over the past 2 weeks we have had 2 customers bring us their brand new 2006 Z06's for a baseline dyno and to discuss their plans for upgrades.
MajorSpray was in the shop today with his Yellow 06 Z06. He brought his car right from the dealer and could not wait to dyno the thing and start mapping out a plan for more power!!
We did a baseline dyno which delivered 453RWHP and 424 RWTQ. We then pulled the very restrictive factory air cleaner and re-dynoed the car. We then put down 474RWHP and 448 RWTQ!! +20RWHP from the air cleaner removal alone!
Paul's Z06 will be receiving our custom Z06 air box, a new custom Vette Doctors LS7 Cam, and a custom set of our prototype LS7 headers.
Here is a Silver Z06 that I was lucky enough to drive with only 50 miles on it. The customer will be braking the car in for a few weeks and then it will be back at our shop for some improvements.
I have some videos of the Z06 on the dyno and of the exhaust cut outs in operation that I will post later this week when I get a chance to edit them.
Here are a line of z's at Toll-Reedman. I picked up my car today but didnt have a chance to take pictures because it was raining. Here are some pictures from 2 weeks ago.
Some other forum members cars!


Welcome to the website of Dating Options Ltd. The UK's leading Personal Matchmaking Group. We provide a range of dating options usually for the top 10% of British society. We have brands and membership packages to suit all age ranges and budgets.The Dating Business has been a good one to be in, in recent times, particularly the Personal matchmaking sector of the market, where clients have flooded to as they have become more cautious about meeting partners online. So as online dating has declined in popularity, personal matchmaking has boomed and we now seek further Professional matchmakers around the UK.
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The demand for our services has never been greater and we have witnessed a 600% uplift in client numbers since 2012 and a 10 fold increase in revenue, as more and more people turn their backs on the risks of online dating and the inherent bad publicity that has gone hand in hand with that form of dating in recent years.
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Saint Egwin, Bishop
January 1, 2021 December 30, 2016 by Editor Staff
Today is the feast day of Saint Egwin. Ora pro nobis.
Saint Egwin's date of birth unknown. He died (according to Mabillon) 20 December, 720, though his death may have occurred three years earlier. His fame as founder of the great Abbey of Evesham no doubt tended to the growth of legends which, though mainly founded on facts, render it difficult to reconcile all the details with those of the ascertained history of the period.
It appears that either in 692, or a little later, upon the death of Oftfor, second Bishop of Worcester, Egwin, a prince of the Mercian blood royal, who had retired from the world and sought only the seclusion of religious life, was forced by popular acclaim to assume the vacant see. His biographers say that king, clergy, and commonalty all united in demanding his elevation; but the popularity which forced on him this reluctant assumption of the episcopal functions was soon wrecked by his apostolic zeal in their discharge.
The Anglo-Saxon population of the then young diocese had had less than a century in which to become habituated to the restraints of Christian morality. They as yet hardly appreciated the sanctity of Christian marriage, and the struggle of the English Benedictines for the chastity of the priesthood had already fairly begun. At the same time large sections of England were more or less permanently occupied by pagans closely allied in blood to the Anglo-Saxon Christians. Egwin displayed undaunted zeal in his efforts to evangelize the heathen and no less in the enforcement of ecclesiastical discipline. His rigorous policy towards his own flock created a bitter resentment which, as King Ethelred was his friend, could only find vent in accusations addressed to his ecclesiastical superiors.
Egwin undertook a pilgrimage to seek vindication from the Roman Pontiff himself. According to a legend, he prepared for his journey by locking shackles on his feet, and throwing the key into the River Avon. While he prayed before the tomb of the Apostles, at Rome, one of his servants brought him this very key — found in the maw of a fish that had just been caught in the Tiber. Egwin then released himself from his self-imposed bonds and straightway obtained from the pope an authoritative release from the load of obloquy which his enemies had striven to fasten upon him.
After his return, with the assistance of Coenred King of Mercia, St. Egwin founded the famous Abbey of Evesham. After this, he undertook a second journey to Rome, in company with both Coenred and King Offa of Essex. St. Egwin was buried in his Abbey at Evesham, to which his shrine brought many a medieval pilgrim. His relics were so popular that, when the abbey church required a major rebuilding in 1077, they were taken on a highly successful fund-raising tour of southern England, initiating miraculous cures at Dover, Oxford, Winchester and elsewhere. He is represented in art as a Bishop holding a fish with a key in its mouth. (2)
Image: stained glass of Saint Egwin (2)
http://www.nobility.org/2013/12/30/st-egwin/
http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/adversaries/bios/egwin.html
http://www.bartleby.com/210/1/113.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05329a.htm
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-egwin/
Saint Sabinus and his Companions, Bishop and Martyrs
From Saigon to Surfing and Beyond


"The Prince Albert Fund exceeded my expectations in terms of development, both on a personal and professional level."
Kristel Van den Bergh was asked to define the entry strategy for 3D printed clinical applications in China, and subsequently launched a new product line, which represented a large part of her assignment.
As the Chinese market was new to Materialise's clinical unit, the first step of the project was to gather market intelligence via extensive desk and field research, and explore partnership opportunities with leading domestic companies. Kristel then focused on launching a new application in the region. Her mission required extensive travel across the country to meet the company's target customers/partners and to participate in industry events.
The Prince Albert Fund helped Kristel to progress much faster compared to a traditional career path. "The strategic business development role, the Medical 3D Printing industry and the Chinese business context were all new to me", she says, "It was the triple challenge I had hoped for". She also gained experience in how to operate more efficiently at C-level and learned about making sound decisions under uncertainty. But she took it all in her stride and laughs: "It was a fulfilling journey during which I learned about the do's and don'ts along the way".
Through its work with Additive Manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D Printing, Materialise helps to bring great products aimed at niche markets directly to the marketplace as well as making the prototypes of products that will later be manufactured by the millions. The company offers services for Engineering professionals.


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Segmentation: Are You My Type?
No company has the resources to successfully satisfy every potential target market. Careful and considered customer segmentation is crucial to success. Around one half of all business-to-business companies make a serious attempt to segment their customers.
Each of us is unique. We love to be treated as individuals and rightly so. Nothing annoys us more than when our individuality is not recognized by a supplier. On the other side of the equation, companies find it extremely difficult to manage their resources if they were to give the same individual treatment to every customer. Segmentation is the process by which we recognize different groups of customers with important similarities so they can be addressed in a way that acknowledges their central needs. Segmentation is therefore at the heart of successful marketing strategies.
Customers can be grouped together in different ways. As private individuals we can be clustered demographically according to our gender, age, income, where we live, our attitudes and possibly even our psychographic profiles. Business customers can similarly be categorized, though not necessarily in the same way. Their demographic characteristics (we refer to them as firmographics) can be classified according to the size of the company, industry vertical, the number of years the company has been established, its geographical location, whether it is a private or public enterprise and so on. These firmographic considerations are critically important as they are easily recognized characteristics and they are very often a good indication of needs.
Behavior can also be a good indicator of needs. Customers that switch suppliers regularly, or use multiple suppliers, or buy at infrequent intervals, may all have needs reflected by these patterns of behavior. Above all, we are trying to identify segments of customers with different needs so we can tailor our products and services to better satisfy what they want. Furthermore, if we can group customers according to their needs, we can communicate with them in ways that will resonate and encourage them to buy more from us.
Researchers have a variety of questions that they use to segment customers and potential customers. Some of these questions are geared to segment customers at the time they are choosing a supplier in the first instance and other questions are used to show how they can be segmented in terms of their satisfaction and loyalty once they have become customers.
Segmentation doesn't have to be based on market research. Some companies arrive at a segmentation based on a priori knowledge – that is classifying customers on in-house views as to customers' needs. Often, segmentation strategies are based on a combination of market research and judgment.
Each segment should be sizeable: segments should be big enough to matter and be worth addressing. Segments that are too small may be too expensive to address. It is sensible to keep the number of segments below five or six. Each segment requires its own marketing budget and marketing plan and this will be expensive.
Segments should be distinctive and recognizable: if it is hard to separate one segment from another, the likelihood is that the segmentation won't work. Segments should be easily recognizable, either from firmographic information or a small number of "killer questions" which are asked of key decision makers at the customer to determine which bucket they go into.
Segments should be durable: segmentation strategies take a few years to have effect. It would be a flimsy segmentation strategy if customers constantly have to be reclassified between the segments.
Segments must be actionable: arguably the most important requirement of any segmentation is that it must be easy to use and implement. Most business-to-business segmentations have to be used by salespeople and they must be able to work with it and recognize its benefits.
Building segmentation into a marketing strategy will ensure that customers are not squeezed into a "one size fits all" approach which would be sure to miss the mark with many customers. A needs-based segmentation will get closer to satisfying requirements of most customers and will give a competitive edge.
Furthermore, a good segmentation strategy will show groups of customers where a company has a weak competitive advantage and so indicate that these are not important audiences to target. Segmentation allows a supplier to select and deselect groups of customers that are of interest and so leads to greater customer satisfaction and an improvement in profitability.


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Q: Using Charindex with in Substring is resulting in error I have CHARINDEX function with in SUBSTRING which has to identify delimiter (|) value and return the value as parameter to a substring
When delimiter is present it works fine
select SUBSTRING('SH1684|32I5', 1, CHARINDEX('|', 'SH1684|32I5') -1) AS ID

where the ID is SH1684
When it is not present
This results in error as

Msg 536, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Invalid length parameter passed to
  the substring function.

But my intention is to get value in ID as SH168432I5.
How can I circumvent this problem.

A: Try this instead, by adding the delimiter, you can make sure it is in the correct logical position in cases where it is missing:
SELECT LEFT('SH1684|32I5', CHARINDEX('|', 'SH1684|32I5' + '|') - 1)

A: Just use a CASE statement to determine if the | is present. CHARINDEX will return 0 if it's not present:
DECLARE @val VARCHAR(15) = 'SH1684|32I5'

-- show the value
SELECT @val

-- returns the section before the pipe
SELECT  CASE WHEN CHARINDEX('|', @val) > 0
             THEN SUBSTRING('SH1684|32I5', 1,
                            CHARINDEX('|', 'SH1684|32I5') - 1)
             ELSE @val
        END AS ID

-- set value without pipe
SET @val = 'SH168432I5'
-- same query returns entire value as there is no pipe
SELECT  CASE WHEN CHARINDEX('|', @val) > 0
             THEN SUBSTRING('SH1684|32I5', 1,
                            CHARINDEX('|', 'SH1684|32I5') - 1)
             ELSE @val
        END AS ID

So it will return the portion before the | if it's present, otherwise it will return the entire value.

A: please use select REPLACE('SH1684|32I5', '|', '') . This must work.
Replace Function Example

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While it can be enticing to initiate your entrepreneurial venture without the need for a business account, this might not be the shrewdest of decisions. With time, your business will grow and it will become critical to differentiate your business and personal day-to-day finances.
Start-ups and part-time business holders often mix up their finances and while it looks like an easy, expedient, and cheap way to operate, it certainly won't be the same further down the road. Any business operator must treat their business with due diligence, regardless of its scale. While setting up a separate bank account means additional bank fees and expenses, you are going to save yourself from inconvenience in the future.
Many people who own businesses will attest that, to manage your spending and money from your business activities, it is indispensable to have a business account. Business accounts may appear to charge a lot more than regular, personal accounts. However, some banks only charge minimal fees if you deposit a certain amount of money regularly. This is a really good deal because, if your business is doing well, the money will keep flowing, resulting in minimal fees. At minimal cost, you are able to proficiently handle all of the financial matters of your start-up.
In case things take a downward spiral and you are stuck in a bad situation, it will be hard for you to explain to any government institution or your partners about the legitimacy of your business if your finances don't reflect that. Also, there are some other government fees that you will need to pay for running a business and your business account is often checked for verification. You can only get away with it if you can prove that you are running your business as a hobby. Still, it is better to be safe than sorry.
Filing your tax return can be a nuisance in itself, let alone also suffering the exhaustion of going through your personal account statements and deciphering through your business-related transactions. For a start-up, filing seamless returns in the first few years can provide your business with a solid credit history. When your credit report in unblemished, you can apply for loans, business credit cards, and many other financial perks that can eventually lead your business to success.
A business account will also facilitate in auditing as you will be able to provide a clear picture of all of your transactions, making the job of an auditor a lot easier. And, you certainly don't want to irate an auditor!
When you are working with clients or looking to gain new partners, a business account will reflect your professionalism. No one will take you seriously if you get into a business deal with them through your personal account. You need to treat your start-up like a real business before expecting others to do the same. Business environments, these days, are hugely competitive and you will most likely not get a second chance with the same client twice. Therefore, it is always beneficial to learn from the mistakes of others and do it right the first time.
Having a separate account is a must if your registered company is either an LLC, Partnership, or a Corporation. Because there is more than one person involved in owning such a business, there can't be an exclusive account for it due to legalities. An account in the business name gives all of the partners' equal authority over managing the account, therefore ensuring that everything runs smoothly.
Many experts call for the need of a business account for a start-up from the beginning as this protects you and your business. An account in your business name provides you with asset protection and corporate veil protection. There will be a lesser chance of having an issue with the IRS and you will sail smoothly through any financial troubles.
With all of the arguments overwhelmingly in support of having a business account, it must be the first thing you do when starting an entrepreneurial venture. Your personal success and your business success highly depends on the professionalism and ability to stay out of trouble when times are tough.


Santa Barbara is a beachy town 130 kilometres north of Los Angeles that's often referred to as the "American Riviera" because of its warm climate.
It has white sandy beaches perfect for sun-worshipping, and the beauty of this Spanish mission-style town is that you can choose from busy cosmopolitan beaches like East Beach near the famous Santa Barbara pier, through to Hendry's Beach where you have privacy and deserted stretches of white sand yet plenty of facilities.
Or for a long stretch of gorgeous white sand, try the easily-accessible City Beach which rolls into State Beach. This is the locals' favourite stretch of beach, and the beauty of State beach is that you can still set up camp on the beach without being told to move.
If you're after beach sunsets, try Butterfly beach which faces true west. This is almost like the Malibu of Santa Barbara, a private beach with plenty of expensive houses near the beach and plenty of interesting characters on Butterfly beach.
Americans love their piers, and the pier at Santa Barbara Beach is up there with the best of them. You'll find a cluster of restaurants, shops and stalls all with great ocean views.
Strict planning in Santa Barbara has made this laid-back beach town an attractive spectacle. On arrival, you're greeted with the alluring sight of mostly whitewashed Spanish mission buildings and terracotta tile roofs. This and some of the best beaches in America have made Santa Barbara one of the most refreshing destinations on the US west coast.
The open air restaurants are wonderful in Santa Barbara's balmy weather. Try Carlito's Cafe on State Street, the main street filled with restaurants.
Carlito's is Mexican-American food with a delightful alfresco area surrounded by those ubiquitous whitewashed walls with a lively Mexican band playing on Friday nights.
As you may have guessed Carlito's is a local institution, so make sure you book or be prepared to line up and wait.
The strict planning in Santa Barbara has made the drive through town an attractive one because billboards are banned, so much so that you won't even see them on the freeway 30 kilometres near Santa Barbara.
Santa Barbara is a must-see beach town on any trip between LA and San Francisco.
If you're headed north, stop at Big Sur (sit on the chairs in the stream behind the cafe), Carmel (where Clint Eastwood was the real-life mayor) and Monterey (try the Seven Gables Inn).


The University of Sheffield has been awarded a share of £100 million funding to train the next generation of environmental scientists.
Bringing together the academic strengths of the Universities of Liverpool, Sheffield and York, the programme also benefits from the unique scientific expertise and resources of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the Natural History Museum.
Dr Dylan Childs, Postgraduate Research Director from the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield, said: "An Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released this week made clear that we have to deal with the imminent threat of climate change, and to limit global temperature increases to a maximum of 1.5 C before 2030. This funding will allow us to continue to train young scientists who will enable us to tackle the challenges of living in this changing world."
Sam Gyimah, Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, added: "The UK is alive with ambitious young minds that have the potential to shape the science and research landscape, stretching existing boundaries of knowledge and conquering the challenges of tomorrow.
The new DTP succeeds the original ACCE DTP, which funded PhD studentships starting in 2014-2018.


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new in 2019:
The world-premiere recording of
the complete piano works of Morton Subotnick (b. 1933)
With electronics by the composer
"magical and beguiling" — The Wire Magazine
Gustav Holst
Quintet in a minor for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, Op. 3, H.11 (1896)
"SooJin Anjou and the Ensemble Arabesques deliver first-class performances. The ensemble cannot be faulted, and they bring to this music intelligence and profound musicianship. They certainly make persuasive advocates of these alluring scores." -Stephen Greenbank, MusicWeb International
"The fine control demonstrated by pianist SooJin Anjou is wholly attuned to the spirit of the score." -Michael Cookson, MusicWeb International
Gletschermusik ("Glacier music")
The piano in dialogue with the sounds of Central Asia's melting glaciers
"Subtly, and intelligently, the project reminds us that water, and the planet, is mutable. Gletschermusik (literally, 'glacier music') takes the sounds and images of the melting glaciers as its inspiration, but ventures out in various different directions. Gletschermusik is remarkable for its delicacy, its easy musicality. It's rare and also extremely welcome to find a work which is conceptually heavy but handled with such lightness."
( The full review: https://auralaggravation.com/2016/09/30/soojin-anjou-askat-jetigen-robert-lippok-gletschermusik/)
Playlist of the week: https://www.focusedsilence.com/podcast/fifteenth-edition/


Anesthesia refers to painlessness brought about by means of general or local anesthesia or some other medication, which enables an operation to be performed while the patient's vital functions remain stable. An anesthesiologist customizes safe anesthesia for each patient case by case, and teaming with an anesthetic nurse, keeps the patient's condition stable during the operation and follow-up treatment.
Intensive care for severely ill patients is also included in the anesthesiologist's job description. Intensive and intermediate care units treat patients suffering from injuries or severe organ system disorders, and they provide follow-up treatment for patients who have undergone extensive surgery. An anesthesiologist is also specialized in short-term and chronic pain management.
Medical services provided by HYKSin Oy entail procedures to be performed chiefly under anesthesia. A significant number of our anesthesiologists have acquired further specialization in fields such as neuroanesthesiology (cerebral patients), cardiac anesthesiology or pediatric anesthesiology. Our anesthesiologists are accustomed to treating patients of various ages and conditions.
The anesthesiologist meets the patient before the operation, usually at a preoperative outpatient clinic, where the patient's condition is comprehensively evaluated. This involves planning appropriate anesthesia for the procedure and follow-up treatment along with pain medication, taking the patient's wishes into consideration. The potential risks of surgery and anesthesia are evaluated as well. In this evaluation, we utilize the support of other specialists as needed. During the entire period of hospital treatment, the anesthesiologist will also give an opinion on any sudden changes in the patient's condition.
HYKSin Oy's anesthesiologists are experienced specialists working at HUH, accustomed to treating patients with multiple conditions. Comparing anesthesiology and intensive care internationally, Finland ranks among the tops.


region live on the N. European Plain?
• 3. What do the Ural Mountains separate?
• 17. What was Czar Peter's goal for Russia?
18. What is the significance of the port at St.
19. Why do people finally get tired of the Czars?
laborers are gathered to work together.
• 29.What is the Red Army?
depend on? Resources in the sea/lake.
violence since the fall of the USSR?
paid back when businesses make profits.


Cocuklarda TSY kullaniminin artmasi nedeniyle cocuklar acisindan bu yontemlerin yarar ve zararlarinin dikkatle incelenmesi sonderece onem tasimaktadir.
Bu nedenle, pediatri hemsirelerinin holistik bakim anlayisiyla TSY uygulamalarinin yararlari, potansiyel riskleri hakkinda bilgilerini artirmalari onem tasimaktadir.
lari (32) calismalarinda 12 olguya ikili tedavi (3 milyon U/m2 INF-[alpha] haftada 3 kez, RBV 15 mg/kg/gun,) 10 olguya ayni dozda yalniz INF 12 ay boyunca uygulamis, TSY ikili tedavi alan grupta %50, tekli tedavi alan grupta %30 saptanirken, KVY oranlari %41,7 ve %30 tespit edilmistir.
Much of the variation in TSY was associated with PSM, with a phenotypic correlation coefficient, r = 0.
As with PSM, the pooled response for TSY was significant for TE selection, but not for NTE selection (Table 2).
Neither C/D nor local selection had an effect on TSY in I79DT, MO2, and PLS4 [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 1B OMITTED].
Genetic changes in TSY closely paralleled those observed in PSW of WO11.
Interactions of selection effects x harvest year in Oregon were significant for plant height in the MO2 population and for TSY in the PLS4, WO11, and I79DT populations (Table 1).
Two cycles of local selection in each of the four populations did not increase TSY in Oregon, and three of the four populations had a negative response (Table 2).
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Cuba accuses United States of blocking participation in World Baseball Classic
Carlos Fernandez de Cossio speaks with Reuters in an interview in Havana
Dave Sherwood and Nelson Acosta
By Dave Sherwood and Nelson Acosta
HAVANA (Reuters) - The United States is blocking some of Cuba´s top players from participating in the upcoming World Baseball Classic, Cuba´s vice foreign minister said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of spats over a sport beloved by fans in both nations.
Cuba last month asked several players who in recent years had defected from the Caribbean island - long famed for its baseball talent - to represent their home country in the World Baseball Classic in March 2023. Others volunteered on their own.
Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio said that development was a "positive step," marking a change in tone in a country that has long branded defectors as traitors who abandoned their homeland.
But he said the United States, despite authorizing Cuba´s participation in the Classic, had yet to approve U.S.-based Cuban players competing in the event with their home country team.
"In the U.S. everything to do with Cuba is prohibited," de Cossio told Reuters in an interview in Havana. "Doing business, travel, having a drink in Cuba, even playing baseball if you live in the United States."
"That is the situation faced by ballplayers trained in Cuba that today play for the big leagues in the United States and who say they are willing to play with their home country team."
The U.S. State Department did not immediately provide answers to Reuters' questions.
A U.S. Cold War-era embargo and more recent sanctions prohibit or complicate business and financial transactions with Cuba. Those rules make it impossible for a Cuban ballplayer to sign with a U.S. team without defecting from their home country.
As a result, Cuba´s baseball talent has fled the country in unprecedented numbers in the past decade, emptying dugouts and denting national pride.
More than 650 Cuban ballplayers have defected to the United States and elsewhere over the past six years alone, according to state-run media reports.
Cuba´s talented ballplayers led the country to gold medals in the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, Atlanta in 1996 and Athens in 2004, but the country failed to qualify for the first time for the games in Tokyo in 2020.
Cuba is expected to play its first match in the classic in Taiwan on March 8.
(Reporting by Dave Sherwood and Nelson Acosta in Havana; Additional reporting by Matt Spetalnick in Washington; Editing by Andrea Ricci)
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— Wagner
— The Dangerous Memoir of Citizen Sade
— Up The Feeder, Down the Mouth
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Edward and Mrs Simpson | The Dark Crystal | Wagner | Lady Jane | Labyrinth
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Novelisation of British TV Series. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1978. ISBN 0-297-77516-2 (hardback), ISBN 0-7088-1313-5 (paperback)
From my forthcoming memoir:
I was commissioned to write the novelisation of Edward and Mrs Simpson , in seven weeks this time. Simon Raven was writing the television scripts for Thames TV, locked in a room in Deal, at his own request, so that he could not get at the booze. As it came off his typewriter, each of the seven episodes was rushed to me in Bristol, one a week. With tv marketing behind it the book came out in several languages, and was serialised in the ever patriotic Daily Express . Auberon Waugh, who had previously been kind enough to invite me to a Private Eye lunch after I had interviewed him on my HTV programme, publicly vented his disgust at the whole Edward and Mrs Simpson project, but I didn't mind, because at the launch of the series, at the Dorchester, I got to dance with Cherie Lunghi. When she writes her memoir, I do not think she will record having danced with me.
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Novelisation of movie, Holt, Rinehart & Winston,1982. ISBN 0-03-062436-3
I did two books for Jim Henson, The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth , and thoroughly enjoyed working for him. He was a charming man, but what mattered was that, unlike most people who commission novelisations, he cared about the book, as a legitimate child of the movie, as he cared about the film. He created perfect conditions for my work, paying for me to spend as many days as I needed at Elstree, watching the shooting, getting myself inward to the story, ensuring the detail was right in my descriptive passages. I was supplied not just with the film script but also with a stack of research materials, think-papers and production drawings. You owe it to the reader to be true to the script, but I was allowed as much scope as I wanted to expand the narrative, deepen it, comment or digress. When I delivered the first draft, Henson read the manuscript himself, and came back with twenty pages of editorial comment. Once I had taken that on board, he sat me down with him for lunch and a talk through what I had done. On points of disagreement between us his default position was to respect my argument, and only seldom to insist on his.
Delightful, enthralling fantasy based on the cinematic creativity of the late Jim Henson, this book proves much deeper than mere action-oriented adventure--of which there is plenty. Almost a psychological novel, THE DARK CRYSTAL reveals the coming-of-age of the last male Gelfling on the planet of Thra.
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— Listen to podcast of A.C.H.Smith / Sam Downie 60-minute interview about novelising for Jim Henson >
Now available in hardback from www.archaia.com, with supplementary material, including many pages of notes from Jim Henson.
Novelisation of movie, 1983. English-language edition published 2012 by Loxwood Stoneleigh. ISBN 978-1-85135-035-3
Wagner is a novelisation of Charles Wood's brilliantly imaginative screenplay, written in the early 1980s. Directed by Tony Palmer, the film starred Richard Burton, in his last major role, and Vanessa Redgrave, and uniquely brought together the three knights, Olivier, Gielgud, and Richardson. Richard Hornak, in Opera News , found it to be one of the most beautiful motion pictures in history. Read more >
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Novelisation of movie, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1985. ISBN 0-297-78723-3
The day I delivered the manuscript of Sebastian, Weidenfelds had asked me to do another novelisation in a hurry, of Lady Jane . I did not want to do it, but I was in a soft trap. The story of Lady Jane Grey happened in 1554, and my Cabot novel finished with the death of Sebastian in 1557. I was steeped in the period. How could I let the firm down by refusing them a few weeks' work? Would that I had known what they would allow to happen to Sebastian , a few months later. It was not easy to do a decent job on Lady Jane , because it was a lousy screenplay. I had to scrape off what I could of the sentimental love story that had been varnished over David Edgar's concept, probably at Paramount's behest, and do what I could to restore the poignant and far more interesting true history.
The book was a big hit in Italy, where there is an audience that adores royal soap. Just look at Berlusconi.
Novelisation of movie, Henry Holt & Co, 1986. ISBN 0-03-007322-7
Before writing Labyrinth I spent a day with Terry Jones, the scriptwriter, at his home in Peckham. He showed me a scene that had been dropped from the movie, for technical reasons. It was beautiful, and I restored it in the book. Henson did not object. When my final manuscripts had been approved, they went to the Henson office in New York for copy-editing - 'translation into American,' the editor called it. I spent many hours on transatlantic calls with her, working through The Dark Crystal . When it came to Labyrinth , a few years later, I suggested that it would save money (and be more fun for me) if they flew me to New York for the editing, and they did. I sat with the editor and a word-processor for a fortnight. We spent 90 minutes trying to translate Snakes and Ladders into a game that American kids would know about, and finally gave up. 'They'll just have to figure it out for themselves,' she sighed.
The book is just as rich and vibrant as the movie and Smith does an amazing job of recreating Jim Henson's and Brian Froud's world into words.
— Bitemybooks.com. See full review here: www.bitemybooks.com/2009/11/labyrinth-by-ach-smith.html


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Judge Rules Against Tampa School On Football Game Prayer
WUSF Public Media - WUSF 89.7 | By News Service of Florida
Published June 9, 2017 at 10:09 AM EDT
Cambridge Christian School
A federal judge has sided with the Florida High School Athletic Association in a dispute about whether a Christian school should have been allowed to offer a prayer over a stadium loudspeaker before a football championship game.
U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell on Wednesday rejected arguments by Tampa's Cambridge Christian School that the association --- which governs high-school sports in the state --- had violated free-speech and other constitutional rights by not allowing a prayer over the loudspeaker in 2015 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando.
Honeywell, upholding a recommendation from a magistrate judge, said the association has procedures that include allowing a designated public-address announcer to use the loudspeaker for approved announcements. She wrote that it is "clear that if the prayer was offered by the public-address announcer, this would be viewed as an endorsement by the state, which would be impermissible."
"Cambridge Christian argues that it never requested the public address announcer to give the prayer, but that it instead sought access to the loudspeaker so that a representative of either school could pray over the loudspeaker." Honeywell wrote. "This, however, amounts to a request that the FHSAA open its loudspeaker, which otherwise is not accessible to private parties, to allow for prayer to be broadcast during a government controlled and hosted event. This would likewise be perceived as state endorsement of Cambridge Christian's religious message."
The case stems from a December 2015 football championship game between Cambridge Christian and Jacksonville's University Christian School. Honeywell wrote that Cambridge Christian and University Christian gathered at mid-field before the game for a prayer, though it was not broadcast over the loudspeaker and was not audible to the crowd in the stands.
"As previously noted, the FHSAA did not prevent or discourage Cambridge Christian or the spectators at the stadium from praying, or from disseminating that prayer to all in attendance," the 30-page ruling said. "Moreover, even if denial of access to the loudspeaker did burden a religious belief of Cambridge Christian, such a burden did not amount to a substantial one, but simply inconvenienced the belief, because Cambridge Christian was not denied alternate means of engaging in communal prayer."
Cambridge Christian filed the lawsuit in September, alleging violations of the U.S. Constitution, the Florida Constitution and a state law known as the Florida Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
"By rejecting Cambridge Christian's request for pre-game prayer over the loudspeaker on the basis of its religious character and viewpoint, the FHSAA unlawfully prohibited Cambridge Christian's private religious speech and unreasonably burdened its right to freedom of speech and free exercise of religion," the lawsuit said. "In so doing, the FHSAA violated Cambridge Christian's civil and religious rights under the United States and Florida Constitutions and the Florida Religious Freedom Restoration Act."
Honeywell in October referred the case to Magistrate Judge Amanda Arnold Sansone, who filed a 36-page recommendation in February that said the case should be dismissed. In her ruling Wednesday, Honeywell left open the possibility that Cambridge could file a revised lawsuit, though she wrote that she "questions whether the deficiencies to its claims can be cured by amendment."
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We advise that every businessman should obtain the advice of personal financial, legal and tax advisors who are acquainted with their personal financial and tax circumstances. You alone are responsible for the fulfillment of all tax obligations.
United States persons (including U.S. citizens and residents) are subject to U.S.taxation on their worldwide income and may be subject to tax and other filing obligations with respect to their U.S. and non-U.S. accounts - including, for example, Form TD F 90-22.1 (Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts("FBAR")). U.S. persons should consult a tax adviser for more information. * The ISO 9001:2008 is provided by the service provider Privacy Management Groupltd. (as a co-operation partner / see legal details).
* The respective services, as identified on the website are certified according to ISO 9001:2008 by the TUV NORD.
These General Terms & Conditions for Office Service and other services are a legally-binding additional part of all advisory, service and user agreements between the company the Privacy Management Groupltd. ("PMG" for short) and their contractual partners (clients, mandators, users). These General Conditions and the contractual agreements based upon them between the contractual partner and PMG are founded upon the laws and codes of conduct of the Republic of Cyprus and are a part of PMG's Terms & Conditions (Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen). PMG provides all services exclusively on the foundation of the General Terms & Conditions (AGB), as well as the current specification of services (LB) and these general conditions for office service. Any of the contractual partner's General Terms & Conditions which deviate from these are not valid, even if PMG does not expressly object to them. Opposing conditions or those of the contractual partner which deviate from these AGBs are not recognized by PMG, this is unless PMG explicitly agrees to their validity in writing. These Terms & Conditions are still valid if PMG continues to unreservedly supply the client in knowledge of opposing or deviating conditions on the part of the contractual partners. PMG is entitled to change the LBs (specification of services), as well as these Terms & Conditions with a notice period of two weeks in advance. The respective changes will be made public by PMG on the appropriate website. At the same time the contractual partner will be expressly notified that the respective change will become will become a matter of the contract between the two contractual parties if the mandator does not object to this change in writing within a 1 month period from the date of publication. Should the contractual partner pose an objection, every party has the right to terminate the contract in writing with the notice period reserved for a timely termination of contract.
For these contractual relationships with PMG, the legal norms of the Republic of Cyprus under its current jurisdiction apply exclusively–PMG's General Terms & Conditions, as well as the General Conditions for Office Service.
Should individual terms in these General Terms and Conditions and the contracts based upon them be ineffectual or completely impracticable or become ineffectual or impracticable after the signing of the contract, the validity of the General Terms and Conditions and contracts based upon them will remain unchanged. In place of the ineffectual or impracticable term, those effective and practical terms should come into force, whose effects come closest to the economic purpose that the contractual partners had pursued with their ineffectual or impracticable condition. The preceding regulations are valid respectively in the case that the General Business Terms and/or contracts based upon them are proven to be incomplete.
The contract between PMG and the contractual partners comes into being when PMG takes receipt of the mandate/request/order from the mandator for provision of service with an order conformation (issuing of an invoice) by email. (alternatively payment by the contractual partner, client or mandatory). Likewise an declaration of acceptance can be considered by PMG's provision of services. PMG reserves the right to decline the mandate (order) before the signing of the contract with good cause. The respective offer by PMG is the basis for the conclusion of the contract, in which the range of services and PMG's compensation is established, whether verbally or by a written mandate from the client (see corresponding webpage).
Legal conditions apply between registered traders exclusively according to the law of the Republic of Cyprus.
The client guarantees to PMG their status as a registered trader, at the latest by the time of the contract signing, In its dealings with all users ofthe Office-Service, PMG assumes that they are all registered traders in the legal sense. As a principle PMG is not obligated to check this assumption.
In addition, every person who makes written or telephone contact with PMG declares that they are a business person (a trader in the legal sense – not a founder of a new business). Should a person not be a registered trader, or not agree with this provision, they are asked not to request any information through PMG, and in particular to not request any services through PMG.
Essential regulation of the right to withdrawal and right to revoke "Office-Service"
Fundamentally and with reference to the conditions previously named, a right towithdraw or revoke is expressly forbidden.
The contractual partner is responsible in all cases for the correct entry of their data, which is required for the execution of the contract and/or the use of services. The contractual partner must inform PMG of any changes immediately and in writing.
The mandator must avoid any impression in legal relations or business dealings that they are responsible for the content assigned to PMG. The mandator is obligated to maintain the currentness of data saved by PMG and to ensure that they are always contactable by post or digital means (email). Possible losses by the contractual partner which result directly or indirectly from PMG being unable to reach them in writing will not be assumed by PMG (e.g. fines for failure to observe time limits). The obligation to research does not liewith PMG. If the contractual partner does not inform PMG in writing of any changes to their contact information, written statements could as issued if they were sent to the last address to be recognized by PMG. This applies also and especiallyto deliveries via electronic mail. The contractual partner will supply PMG with all information and documents required for the provision of the requested or ordered service without delay. They will inform PMG of all processes which are of importance to the carrying out of the mandate, even if these circumstances only arise during the execution of the mandate. The mandator is obligated to check all information made available for the execution of the mandate (logos, domain names etc.) for possible existing copyright, trademark right or other third party rights issues. PMG expressly does not assume liability for the violation of another's rights.
The mandator is obligated to check all information made available for the execution of the mandate (company names, product descriptions, logos, domain names, etc.) for possible exiting copyright, trademark right or other third party rights issues. PMG expressly does not assume liability for the violation of another's rights.
If nothing else has been agreed in writing with PMG, there exists an entitlement by PMG to charge a fee for every service in advance. All PMG services, which are not expressly compensated by the agreed fee will be calculated especially for the mandator by PMG: All PMG expenditures are to be reimbursed by the contractual partner. PMG reserves the right to change the compensation for services rendered if costs rise or fall after the signing of the contract, in particular due to price rises by third parties. Upon the request of the mandatory, PMG will present thereasons for the prise fall/rise. The compensation for services rendered is due for payment by the contractual partner immediately and without delay within 3 working days from the date of the invoice. In the event of default, PMG is entitled to demand interest from the contractual partner at 7 per cent above the bank rate per year. If PMG should be in a position to prove greater damage has been done by default, they are entitled to claim this. In addition, PMG is entitled to cease all services immediately in the event of default and moreover to not accept or not send on forwarded post and incoming calls under the condition of post and telephone services (forwarding post from a registered address).
The contractual partner should raise any objections to invoices from PMG immediately upon receipt of the invoice. Objections do not entitle the contractual partner to demand back sums already paid. If PMG acknowledges the objection in part or in full, PMG will reimburse the overpaid amounts to the contractual partner. If the contractual partner arranges for a return debit note, the associated costs to PMG will be borne by the contractual partner and this entitles PMG to terminate the whole contract with good cause.
The contractual partner is only entitled to set-off if their counterclaim can be legally established and this is recognized by PMG. In addition, he is only authorized to exercise a right of retention is as far as his counterclaim is based upon the same (individual) contractual relationship.
PMG is entitled, at their own discretion to carry out the submitted and/or ordered services of the mandator themselves, to avail themselves of the provision of services covered by the contract by appropriate third parties and/or to substitute such services ("supply agent"). PMG will carefully select supply agents and see to it that these are in possession of the required specialist qualifications. PMG will only assume debt collection for services performed if in this case this service forms part of the offer.
The division account service (banking service / mediation of private and business accounts) is the responsibility of PMG. A vicarious agent for this is the Privacy Management Groupltd. in Cyprus. The trustee service (Nominee Director –NomineeShareholder) offered by PMG is always performed by the appropriate body( corporate body). These "trustee services" are applied in the"Director" as well as the "Shareholder" division, provided that the trustee service forms a part of the service agreement.
PMG is liable according to legal requirements only on the basis of a deliberate and imputable or gross negligence or if PMG has violated a fundamental contractual obligation at least through slight negligence. Otherwise liability is precluded. PMG's liability is also precluded if the contractual partner has not fulfilled their duty of notification. Should the contractual partner be entitled to compensatory damages in place of services, this liability is limited to the compensation of foreseeable, typically occurring damages.
In the case of justified and timely claims the contractual partner isentitled to rectification of defects or an exchange of services by PMG. With ajustified claim the shortcomings will be rectified within an appropriate amount of time, for which the contractual partner should make all necessary measures possible for PMG to investigate and correct these defects. PMG is entitled to refuse to improve a service if this is impossible or if it would involve a disproportionately high expenditure for PMG. The existence of deficiencies on the delivery date, the date of the deficiency was established and the timeliness of the receipt of the complaint must be proven by the contractual partner beyond all doubt. PMG cannot fundamentally guarantee the entry of aname (desired name) into the commercial register. PMG is not liable for damages which result for the client from not having their name or branch entered in theregister, account opening or similar circumstances. Liability for any mail deliveryis expressly precluded.
Legal and taxation issues: Privacy Management Group does not provide anytax or legal advice. You should therefore seek detailed advice from your trusted legal adviser before the foundation of a company abroad. This measure counts above all for advice on the complete content of these terms and conditions. We expressly advise you that earnings generated abroad may still beliable for taxation in your home country. The fulfilment of tax obligations isentirely your own responsibility.
PMG raises, saves and processes attained data within the framework of the contractual relationship and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations of the U.A.E, indeed on the one hand this is for the fulfilment of contractual obligation and on the other to comply with legal obligatory documentation requirements. Personal data will be raised by PMG within the context of the registration. These data will be used exclusively for the purposes of executing the contact and for mandator support, as well as for internal statistics. The mandator gives their consent for this.
PMG is, in cases of outstanding claims against the contractual partner, fundamentally entitled to retain all services, correspondence, papers and documents, also in digital form, until such time as all claims are repaid in full. Non-payment of monthly or annual fees has the consequence that PMG may make its demands towards the contractual partner's company or also against the contractual partner in person. Generally it is the case with all of these termsand conditions, that claims by PMG against the contractual partner may be madeagainst the contractual partner personally.
b.) the contractual partner and culpably breaches their obligations in theircontractual relationship with PMG.
The notice of termination must be given in writing and sent byregistered post in every case.
This contract is subject to the law of the Republic of Cyprus.Changes to these terms and conditions will be published, as already demonstrated.Changes are considered to be authorized, should the client not object withinthe stated notice period. PMG will make special reference to this in thecommunication or publication. Objections must be received by PMG within a monthof publication of the communication or publication.
(1) PMG's General Terms and Conditions for the binding basis of these separate conditions. The General Terms and Conditions can be found in the upper part ofthis document. For this promotion, as with every special promotion from PMG, PMG entitled to cease the offer at any time. There is no requirement for anannouncement or a notice period.
(2) Interestedand existing PMG mandators have the opportunity the make use of the advantagesof the "Dankeschön" promotion for offshore locations and in the specified combinations. It is left exclusively to PMG to determine which offshore locations and legal company forms are to be made available to interested parties and mandators. One can review the possible combinations of offshore company foundations which incur costs and the possible company foundations without charter fees on the order form prepared for this purpose. PMG reserves the right to make changes.
(3) Waiving of the foundation fee for a second offshore company will only take place if, at the same time and for the same client, an order for an offshore new company foundation is places which incurs a fee. Orders which come in through the previously named order form for the "Dankeschön" campaign will be exclusively accepted.
(4) If an interested party or mandator orders one of the respective offshore companies which are available for a regular fee, payment of the corresponding cost note from PMG must be paid into PMGs company account within 3 working days. Upon payment in full and on time, the interested party or mandator will receive the rights for their "free company" from PMG. "Free company" means here that PMG will assume the total foundation costs for the "second" offshore company including the costs in the respective offer (see order form) Additonal services, trustee service, banking service, individual documentation or the offered office service will be charged to the interested party or client in the normal manner, as noted in the order form.
(5) In some of the offshore states varying time periods apply for payment for the first follow-up fee and/or annual fees. It may occur that if a company foundation takes place, for example, in the month of March one year, that thenext fees or annual fees will be due "again" on the 1st September inthe year of the company foundation. In consideration of this circumstance, the following agreement applies: In every case PMG will bear the annual and follow-up fees which are to be paid in advance at the foundation of the company up until the first due date. The interested party or mandator will then assume the incidental fees (annual and follow-up) from the first due date followingthe foundation of the company.
(6) The interested party and/or mandator has the right, after payment of the cost note, to appoint third parties on their side to step in for the "first" or also for the "second" applied for company. All rights and obligations from the contractor contracts with PMG concern the recognised interested party or mandator and the incoming third party concordantly and are legally binding, also of the person(s) stepping in or taking over. Third parties entering the company as well as the person taking over hereby declare legally and irrevocably to PMG that they have noted and completely accepted the PMGs Terms and Conditions and the separate conditions as well as any written agreements with original mandators.
(7) Should any individual terms of this separate conditions and the contracts based upon them be ineffectual or completely impracticable or become ineffectual or impracticable after the signing of the contract, the validity of the General Terms and Conditions, separate conditions and contracts based upon them will remain unchanged. In place of the ineffectual or impracticable term, those effective and practical terms should come into force, whose effect scome closest to the economic purpose that the contractual partners had pursued with their ineffectual or impracticable condition. The preceding regulations are valid respectively in the case that the General Terms & Conditions, separate conditions, conditions for office service and/ or contracts based upon them are proven to be incomplete.


Original 1930s pattern re written for 21st Century quilters.
Complete pattern for the Ruby Short McKim 1930s Flower Basket Quilt including history and listing of all patterns designed by McKim. 78" X 94" with 5" border.


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Committed to Ending Slavery in the Salon
by Kimberly Pham | November 2, 2011 | Bookmark +
For the past few years I have been volunteering with VietACT, the Vietnamese Alliance to Combat Trafficking, a small grassroots organization dedicated to eradicating human trafficking of victims through advocacy and education. Human Trafficking involves the recruitment, harboring, and transportation of individuals solely for the purpose of their exploitation and is considered one of the fastest-growing crimes worldwide, with 12 to 27 million people held under slave-like conditions.
In July, our sister publication, NAILS Magazine, ran an article that brings to light human trafficking in nail salons told from the perspective of an American nail tech who has had enough.
The Vietnamese-American salon industry is predominantly made up of refugees and immigrants. Doing nails is one of the quickest ways to make a living in a new country for those with limited English. At the same time, the ease of entering the salon business has made it easy for traffickers to take advantage of workers.
Knowing the numbers and the crime's growing appearance in unassuming cities and neighborhoods, I was still shocked that human trafficking, this worldwide crime that affects nearly every country and preys on the young and innocent, has made its way to the U.S. and into the salon, a place I once considered a safe haven for both nail techs and clients. My sense of security has been shattered with news stories about how nail salons, including salons that are Vietnamese-owned, are being used as fronts to hide illegal activity in back rooms or are withholding wages from hard-working nail techs.
"Trafficked victims often feel trapped, are held against their will, and go unnoticed because victims rarely speak up for fear of being deported or harmed," says Van Le, former program manager for VietACT. This can go on for years, directly in front of their American clients who are not aware of the situation they are in. To be face-to-face with other women, hand-in-hand, and not be able to ask for help or speak up about one's imprisonment and suffering is heartbreaking.
In the human trafficking article, freelance writer Michelle Pratt cites some road blocks in the attempt to help eradicate trafficking from the salon industry, including the potential difficulty in identifying victims and how victims don't self-identify or come forward, and the tension that has built between Asian vs. non-Asian salons. Pratt calls this an internal roadblock that we have to overcome in order to make progress.
"It's been described as a tension between 'Asian' vs. 'Caucasian' salons, or 'traditional' vs. 'discount' salons, or even 'standard' and 'non-standard' salons. There's a split in the nail industry, and while signs point to improvement, there's still a long way to go. Techs on both sides can agree on the basics: unlicensed, unsafe, unsanitary salons should not exist — regardless of the race and country of origin of the owner or nail tech. Further, both sides have strengths and weaknesses; we can learn from each other — whether it's in regard to efficiency and speed or comfort and customer service. 'We've got a real problem,' says Tomilynn Rando. 'Traffickers are exploiting our industry to force women into modern-day slavery. Let's work together to be their voice and their advocates.'"
The first step is to understand that human trafficking exists, even in our part of the world, and to know the potential warning signs. Here's a list of some of the warning signs from the Polaris Project. I've decided to leave out some potential "red flag" signs that border on different cultural customs that may be mistaken for warning signs (such as "avoids eye contact" and "doesn't speak English").
Someone may be a victim of human trafficking if she:
- is not free to leave or come and go as he/she wishes
- is unpaid, paid very little, or paid only through tips
- works excessively long and/or unusual hours
- is not allowed breaks or suffers under unusual restrictions at work
- has high security measures in her work and/or living locations (like opaque windows, boarded up windows, bars on windows, barbed wire, security cameras)
- is fearful, anxious, depressed, tense, nervous, or paranoid
The second step is to come together. Despite the differences in the culture of your salon, we can't solve any of these problems if we don't come together in solidarity. Our industry is about empowering women and helping them feel beautiful, both inside and out. If we also must fight to keep our industry safe and free from exploitation, then I'll help do whatever it takes to recreate the safe haven I now dream of for all who enter a salon. I plan on working with Michelle Pratt and Tomilynn Rando on their Free My Nail Tech campaign. By year's end I hope to have some downloadable resources available in English and in Vietnamese.
If you believe you or someone you know may be a victim of human trafficking, please call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center: (888) 3737-888.


For Good Films Ltd. Directed by Brad Furman, Produced by Miriam Segal.
Set in the mid eighties, in a time of when VHS was still king and fact finding relied on sifting through countless films of microfiche, we based the title design of the film, firmly on the aesthetics of this technology. By doing this, the hope was to add texture and context to the story, a reminder of mediums of the time.
The Front titles pick up on CCTV surveillance devices and video technology for their inspiration, breaking up and 'glitching' between cuts and interference. Sweeping bars of 'video hum' add a graphic quality, used to divide and section the imagery.
The End coda and Credits sequence suppose that we're looking through a microfiche library of the facts relating to the story, complete with actual photography taken at the time, by the real characters in the film.
All sequences were created using After Effects, with a multitude of artwork assets.
Close comes closer to Post-Production!