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Space pirates have always been in our hearts and minds. We have the legendary Han Solo, that blue guy in Guardians of the Galaxy and everyone else when I've spent time playing Elite Dangerous. Pirates, whether they are in the sea or in deepest space have a romantic air about them, with their swashbuckling antics, treasure plundering and exploration of the unknown. In Blacksea Odyssey the romance of the old salty sea rogue is still very much alive, but this time round you are called a space huntsman instead of a pirate. But the real big question is will you be Captain Blackbeard or Captain Pugwash?
I can honestly say that throughout my many moons of gaming, I've never played a game like this.
Blacksea Odyssey is a violent top-down space based shoot-em up RPG. But are you sitting comfortably? Because the story goes something like this. Once a decade, the greatest space huntsmen in the universe get together to compete in a huge tournament called the Blacksea Odyssey. The hunters tear apart huge space creatures with their harpoons and spears, while collecting treasure and rewards. The ultimate goal though is to find, and defeat, the behemoth known as The Titan of the Stars.
When you first start the game, you are left to choose your weapon load-out and the hunter you're going to play as. At first there aren't many characters open for you to choose from and weapons will be limited, with more unlocked the more you play. You are then basically placed into a space/sea area, where your objective is to hunt down all the space/sea beasties. You float around – much like in the old classic Asteroid – and have a boost button to spin yourself across the map or out of upcoming danger.
When you find some creatures you can either lob a spear at them with the Right Trigger, or you can harpoon a part of the creature's anatomy, like a fin or arm, and then pull back the harpoon, ripping the appendage off and doing some almighty damage. The second option is the most fun and satisfying to action, but I found it really difficult to master initially and attempting it is hugely frustrating. You see, the control scheme, for some reason, just doesn't feel right. But the harpoon attack is Blacksea Odyssey's USP – when it works, and you master the skill, it feels so good that you get to walk around like the hardest space hunter that's ever set sail on solar waves.
Each world has a big boss to fight too, and they're really tough to conquer, pitting you and your nerves of steel and some twin-stick genius skills, to complete it. That's the basic premise of the game and after each bout of space hunting and harpooning you get to upgrade, gather new weapons and start on harder battlegrounds with trickier monsters.
I'll be honest with you here though and say that I found Blacksea Odyssey really difficult – even on the lower levels – and the gameplay did start to grate on me after a while, probably because of how tricky it was for me to control. But when it all begins to click and you start to get your sea legs it can be a lot of fun. There is a lot to get involved in and the rogue twin stick shooters out there will love this game, no doubt delighting in getting high scores while clearing all the levels.
Story-wise and the tale isn't epic in its scale, it's basically a load of space hunters firing insults at each other at the beginning of each level. It doesn't matter though because the story is in the gameplay – with the real enjoyment coming about by playing the levels and destroying the creatures.
It is with these colourful creatures and brilliantly designed monsters in which Blacksea Odyssey is at its best. The way these characters move and all their special attacks are superbly drawn with an art style that I love. The rest of the game looks okay too, and is bright and cheerful even in deepest space, but there is nothing else apart from the creatures that let it stand out from the crowd. In the sound department the game's music is rousing, dramatic and really works within the gameplay. The effects are good with a mixture of trippy whale sounds and spaceship noises.
In conclusion and Blacksea Odyssey is a unique and unusual game – of a type that I've never played before. It's like a mixture of Asteroid and Euro Fishing, with a dash of Monster Hunter sprinkled on top. I enjoyed my experience but I'm afraid I'm just not very good at it. You see, as much as I tried I just couldn't get to grips with the controls or the difficulty level, but for others this will quite probably be a neat little title that will be a joy to master.
I would have liked to have seen the price drop just below the £10 mark, just in order to tempt in those gamers who want to take a punt, but if you fancy yourself as a space hunter, with a harpoon in one hand and the controls of a spaceship in another, then this is the game for you.
Space pirates have always been in our hearts and minds. We have the legendary Han Solo, that blue guy in Guardians of the Galaxy and everyone else when I've spent time playing Elite Dangerous. Pirates, whether they are in the sea or in deepest space have a romantic air about them, with their swashbuckling antics, treasure plundering and exploration of the unknown. In Blacksea Odyssey the romance of the old salty sea rogue is still very much alive, but this time round you are called a space huntsman instead of a pirate. But the real big question is will you…
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Q: tailwind css not changing the webpage I wan to to use the tailwind css framework for the first time, I tried to follow the tutorial on their page as close as possible, but it is not making any changes to my webpage and I don't know why.
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Also I have started using Visual Studio Code for my first time and I am a bit overwhelmed how everything works.
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Installed node.js, since I read somewhere I need it for tailwind css, seems to work node --version command sends result.
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Writer Andrea Ashworth on Developing Creativity
By Douglas Eby
Last updated: 4 Oct 2010
Journaling Can Enhance Creativity and Health
As a child, Andrea Ashworth and her sisters suffered emotional, physical and sexual abuse from two stepfathers.
Her memoir, Once in a House on Fire, recounts those experiences growing up in Manchester, England, in the 1970s and '80s.
She went on to become one of the youngest research Fellows at Oxford University, where she earned her doctorate.
In our interview, she talked about how writing the memoir was "a real sanity-saving exercise" and way to deal with her past, and then be able to move on to writing fiction.
"I wanted to get my memories out because I wanted to pin them down, so that all those ghosts wouldn't go streaking across the novels," she explained.
Ashworth found journal writing as a child was a kind of emotional buffer against the abuse and difficult circumstances she experienced.
"I wouldn't have known that's what it was then, but I know I found it a very sweet pleasure. And I found reading and writing a sanctuary."
She thinks the process of writing fiction, on the other hand, is "hugely different. It's a massive challenge, and a luxury, to be free to make it all up. The great thing is, I don't have to go back to all the dark and scary places that I had to troll through in 'Once in a House on Fire.'
"But of course, the hard thing is that in making it all up, I have to conjure its reality for myself, and seduce myself into the fiction."
She notes her "apprenticeship in writing was a very painful one," so it seems strange to be writing fiction: "a little bit like walking on the moon: I'm not quite sure where all the gravity went to. It's disconcerting, having to make up a story, but it is mostly incredibly liberating and fun."
Many writers and therapists commend journaling as an effective strategy for healing and personal growth, and a way to enhance creativity.
Julia Cameron ("The Artist's Way") advises writing "three pages, longhand and stream-of consciousness, first thing in the morning" as a "form of meditation" and "spiritual windshield wipers."
This form of writing may also have additional benefits: studies by psychologists and immunologists have demonstrated that subjects who wrote "thoughtfully and emotionally about traumatic experiences" showed increased T-cell production; a drop in physician visits and generally improved physical health.
[One of many books on the topic of journaling is The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative, by Vivian Gornick.]
Ashworth adds more about her drive to write: "When I was a teenager, and felt trapped and so on, there were no role models and nothing for me grab onto. So partly I wrote the book with that sort of invisible audience in mind.
"And the great thing is that in England the book is reaching lots and lots of children, and I've been doing a lot of things to stimulate the truth and creativity in children."
Writing her book, Ashworth affirms, "Exorcised the ghosts, but also exercised my creativity."
Douglas Eby
Douglas Eby, MA/Psychology, is a writer and researcher on psychology and personal development related to creativity; creator of the TalentDevelop and Creative Mind series of sites, and author of books including Developing Multiple Talents: The personal side of creative expression [link to book site with excerpts.]
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Eby, D. (2010). Writer Andrea Ashworth on Developing Creativity. Psych Central. Retrieved on July 16, 2019, from https://blogs.psychcentral.com/creative-mind/2010/10/writer-andrea-ashworth-on-developing-creativity/
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Theater Around the Bay: Marissa Skudlarek and Adam Odsess-Rubin of "Cemetery Gates"
We continue our series of interviews with the folks behind the 2016 Pint-Sized Plays by speaking to writer Marissa Skudlarek and director Adam Odsess-Rubin of "Cemetery Gates"!
Inspired by the classic Smiths song, "Cemetery Gates" is a vignette about two moody, pretentious high-school seniors who have snuck into a bar with fake IDs in order to try overpriced cocktails, quote poetry, and imagine a world in which they could be happy. Sailor Galaviz plays Theo and Amitis Rossoukh plays Flora.
Writer Marissa Skudlarek goes for a moody-rainy-day aesthetic.
How did you get involved with Pint-Sized, or, if you're returning to the festival, why did you come back?
Marissa: I have a long history with Pint-Sized. The first edition of the festival, in 2010, was also the first time any theater in San Francisco had produced my work. I had a play in the 2012 festival as well, and then last year, I came back to serve as Tsarina (producer) of the entire festival, the first time that it was at PianoFight. I can't resist the lure of an imperial title and a rhinestone tiara, so I signed on as Tsarina again for the 2016 festival. Meanwhile, I had originally written "Cemetery Gates" as a submission for The Morrissey Plays, Theater Pub's January 2016 show. The producer of The Morrissey Plays, Stuart Bousel, didn't end up picking my script, but he said "This is a good play, you should produce it in Pint-Sized this year." And, well, the Tsarina gets to make those decisions for herself. It's good to be the Queen!
Adam: I had been an actor at PianoFight in The SHIT Show and Oreo Carrot Danger with Faultline Theater, but I really wanted to break into directing. I studied directing at UC Santa Cruz, but no companies in the Bay Area seem to want to hire a 24-year-old to direct. I sent my resume to Theater Pub and I'm so grateful they are taking a chance on me.
What's the best thing about writing a short play?
Marissa: I feel like I allow myself to indulge my idiosyncrasies more because, hey, it's only 10 minutes, right? Last night I was talking to Neil Higgins (a frequent Theater Pub collaborator who directed "Beer Culture" in this year's Pint-Sized Plays), and he pointed out that both "Cemetery Gates" and my 2012 Pint-Sized Play "Beer Theory" are very "Marissa" plays. They are plays that I could show to people and say "This is what it's like to live inside my head." Writing a full-length often means seeking to understand the perspectives of people who don't think or behave like me; writing a short play lets me burrow into my own obsessions.
What's been the most exciting part of this process?
Adam: I love creating theater outside of conventional theater spaces. I've worked with Israeli and Palestinian teenagers in Yosemite and taken Shakespeare to senior-citizen centers, but never done a play in a bar. PianoFight is my favorite bar in the Bay Area, so I'm thrilled to be creating theater in their cabaret space.
What's the hardest thing about writing a short play?
Marissa: Sometimes it can be complying with the length-limit, though that wasn't a problem with "Cemetery Gates." Creating vivid and complex characters while only having a limited space to define them.
What's been most troublesome?
Adam: My script is six pages. Trying to create a full theatrical experience in under 10 minutes is a really creative challenge for a director. You want a full dramatic arc while also fleshing out your characters, which isn't easy to do in such a short period of time. And yes, scheduling too. The actors in my piece are both very busy with other projects, so our rehearsal time was limited.
Who or what are your biggest artistic influences?
Marissa: Ooh, that's a daunting question, so I'm going to re-frame it as "What are the biggest artistic influences on 'Cemetery Gates'?" Well, there's the Smiths song, obviously, and the fact that I wish I'd discovered it when I was a teenager rather than when I was about 25. There's my weird obsession with a clutch of Tumblr blogs run by teenage or early-twentysomething girls who post about what they call "The Aesthetic," which seems to mean pictures of old buildings in moody light, marble statues, Donna Tartt's The Secret History, modern witchcraft, dried flowers, the idea of being this vaguely wistful girl writing in her journal in a coffee shop, etc. And, while I didn't consciously realize it when I was writing the play, I think it's probably influenced by one of my favorite recent films, Xavier Dolan's Heartbeats. Heartbeats is the story of two very pretentious Montreal twentysomethings — a gay guy and a straight girl, like the characters in "Cemetery Gates" — who both fall in love with the same man. The movie is aesthetically lush and painfully funny. Dolan obviously loves his characters while at the same time acknowledging that they are completely ridiculous — which is exactly how I feel about the characters in "Cemetery Gates."
If you could cast a celebrity in your Pint-Sized Play, who would it be and why?
Adam: I'd love to see Harry Styles from One Direction play Theo in Cemetery Gates. What can I say? He's just so cute and pouty. It'd be great to see him play an alienated gay teen sneaking into a bar to wax poetic about Oscar Wilde. Molly Ringwald would be an excellent Flora — the ultimate angsty teenager who longs for something better in a world full of constant disappointments.
Marissa: Hmm, the trouble here is that both of my characters are 18 and I feel like I don't know enough about who the good teenage actors are these days. Maybe Kiernan Shipka as the girl? I loved her as Sally Draper on Mad Men.
Director Adam Odsess-Rubin is also looking very aesthetic here.
Who's your secret Bay Area actor crush? That is… what actor would you love a chance to work with?
Adam: I'm very jealous of anyone who has had the opportunity to be on stage with Radhika Rao. She blows me away as an actor and teacher. She's such a light in the Bay Area theater community, and such a talented artist. Her passion to create change through her art is what every theater artist in the Bay Area should strive for.
What other projects are you working on and/or what's next for you?
Adam: I'll be directing three pieces for the SF Olympians Festival this year, which I am so excited about. My parents gave me a picture book of Greek mythology when I was very little, and so I can't wait to bring some of these tales to life in a new way on stage. Anne Bogart talks about the importance of mythology in theater, and Anne Washburn touches on this in a big way in Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, which I assistant-directed at A.C.T. and the Guthrie Theater under the late, great Mark Rucker. I was so moved by Washburn's unique argument for theater as this invincible storytelling form.
Beyond that, I'd love to direct a full-length show next year at a theater company in the area. Artistic Directors, you'll be hearing from me soon.
Marissa: Revising my long one-act play You'll Not Feel the Drowning for a staged reading on September 13, part of Custom Made Theatre's Undiscovered Works program. Finishing a one-act play based on the story of Macaria, Hades and Persephone's daughter, for an Olympians Festival staged reading on October 14. Planning and hosting a celebration of the Romantic era to take place over Labor Day Weekend. Attending a friend's wedding in Oregon in mid-September. Trying to keep my sanity in the midst of all this (seriously, it's a lot right now).
What upcoming shows or events in the Bay Area theater scene are you most excited about?
Adam: I saw Eric Ting's production of We Are Proud to Present… at SoHo Rep in NYC in 2012 and it was the single greatest production I've seen, period. I can't wait to see his production of An Octoroon at Berkeley Rep next season. I love Annie Baker and am looking forward to John at A.C.T. And Hamilton – my God! I'm not original in saying this, but that show is brilliant. I'm so glad SHN is bringing it to SF. I don't know what the smaller theaters have planned for next season yet, but Campo Santo and Z Space produce great work. New Conservatory Theatre Center is an artistic home for me. I'll see anything they produce.
Marissa: The Olympians Festival, of course! The theme this year is myths of death and the underworld, and I've been writing a lot of weird death-haunted plays this year (including "Cemetery Gates") so that fits right in. Also, a bunch of my friends and I read or reread Pride and Prejudice this year, so I want to plan a field trip to see Lauren Gunderson's P&P sequel play, Miss Bennet, at Marin Theatre Co. this Christmas.
What's your favorite beer?
Adam: Moscow mule.
Marissa: The Goldrush at PianoFight — bourbon, honey, and lemon, good for what ails ya.
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Hi-Ho The Glamorous Life (On A Friday): Good Talkback, No Backtalk
Good morning! Please enjoy some displaced Marissa Skudlarek to start your weekend!
On Tuesday night, I attended a developmental reading of my play You'll Not Feel the Drowning. As one of the four plays that Custom Made Theatre Co. selected for the first year of its new-works development program, it is undergoing a process that includes public readings, talk-backs, written feedback — in short, lots of people whom I may or may not know have the chance to tell me their opinions about my still-in-process script. And considering that the last time I had a talk-back, several years ago, someone publicly accused me of slandering the memory and reputation of a good man… I was feeling a little nervous about the whole endeavor.
By their very nature, even the best-run developmental readings and talk-backs can leave you feeling incredibly vulnerable. Here are some thoughts and tips about how to offset that vulnerability. Note that this isn't about putting your fingers in your ears and saying "I don't want to hear your feedback!" Rather, it's about learning how to accept the feedback from a place of grace and strength, so that you and your script can grow and improve.
First, be sure that you're in a good head-space before the reading. This is something that I could have done better on Tuesday night. I had hoped to leave work on the dot of 5 PM, which would give me over an hour in which to drink a hot beverage, write in my journal, and examine my anxieties and try to set them aside. But, you know, life and the Day Job have a way of intervening, and I didn't leave the office till after 6. I felt a bit rushed and un-prepared. I started babbling about random stuff on Twitter, as I do when I'm anxious, and then started worrying that all my Twitter-babbling would make me lose followers. Waiting for the bus would've compounded my anxieties, so I took a cab to the reading instead. I hoped that this would make me feel like a fancy glamorous playwright, and it didn't quite do that, but it was still money well spent.
Plan your outfit carefully. This advice might be more relevant to women than to men: in our society, women have more types of clothing options than men do, and unfortunately, many female outfits that read as "pretty" or "dressed-up" do so by enhancing the wearer's vulnerability. I'm not saying you can't look pretty or be comfortable at your own talk-back, but I am saying that those qualities are not of primary importance. What should be your priority is to find an outfit that makes you feel powerful. I have a gray knit dress that I pull out whenever I need psychological armor. It's flattering and comfortable, yes, but it has become my chain-mail. I wore it to a staged reading in 2014 where I had to stand up onstage in front of the guy who'd dumped me six weeks previously; I wore it in early March, when I was on my first assignment for American Theatre magazine and met producer Carole Shorenstein Hayes; and of course, I wore it on Tuesday night. With high heels and brazen bright-red lipstick, no less. It's not a frivolous frippery; it's war paint.
Take notes during the reading: this will focus your attention and give you something to do. Note when the audience laughs; note when they seem lost or distracted. Note the moments where you yourself get lost or bored, and ask yourself honestly: is it the actors' fault, or is it a flaw in my writing? Remember that, just as your primary purpose is not to be pretty or likable, the actors' primary purpose is not to be entertaining or virtuosic. Rather, they are there to interpret the script in such a way that you gain a better understanding of its virtues and flaws. Hopefully, your actors (like mine) will be talented and committed people who ask you good questions in rehearsal, but the point is that they are there to serve your work. Listen to your actors, and maybe at the reading, something will click for you, and you'll be like, "Oh, yeah, that actor was totally right, this monologue is way too long and I need to rewrite it" (or whatever).
As for the talk-back itself, I hope you have a strong moderator who knows how to structure the session and lays out solid ground rules. (Stuart Bousel did a very good job of this on Tuesday night, structuring the talk-back in a focused and precise way that allowed for some give-and-take between me and the audience, but kept everyone's power in balance.) The moderator should emphasize that while you are interested in hearing thoughts and reactions that may spark your imagination, you are not interested in hearing suggestions along the lines of "This is how I'd rewrite your play." Continue to take notes during the talk-back, especially when audience members make comments that fire your imagination or reveal a new layer of the play to you. The paper and pen are your shield and sword here.
A word about self-deprecating humor. It's a defense mechanism, and I use it frequently when I have to speak about my work in front of an audience, but I realize it's not the strongest armor. Essentially, self-deprecation says "I am pointing out my weaknesses in a humorous way so that you don't point them out in a vicious way." Yes, self-deprecation fills awkward silences and can make people think that you are charming, but you're not there to be charming, you're there to write a fucking awesome play. I wish I were better at talking about my weaknesses honestly and humbly and without giggling. Or, perhaps, waiting for other people to mention them rather than doing it with my preemptive self-deprecation.
More dangerous than the actual talk-back is the informal discussion about your play that happens afterwards. Maybe someone comes up to you and offers unsolicited feedback, in a format that would never have flown with the talk-back's moderator. Prefacing everything with "Well, this is just my opinion, but…", this audience member decides it's time to tell you everything that's wrong with your play and how he would have done it better.
Perhaps the best strategy in this case is to say "I don't want to hear it," but it can be very hard to tell people to just shut up. An alternative strategy that I try to use is to put up a front. Mantras help: anything from "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me" to "I am become Death, destroyer of worlds" – whatever makes you feel powerful. Chant that phrase to yourself as you listen to the criticisms. Smile and nod and say "okay," like a sweet-natured robot. And let his words go in one ear and out the other, as you put up an invulnerable facade.
If that wasn't quite effective and some of the criticism got through, niggling at you and sapping your writerly self-confidence, this where esprit de l'escalier comes in handy. Walking home, replay that conversation in your head. Feel the shame and anger. And, after having to listen to that "just my opinion" litany of everything that's wrong with your play, imagine retorting: "Well, it's just my opinion, but I think you are a tremendous jerk."
After all, your words got you into this situation; your words can get you out again.
Marissa Skudlarek is a San Francisco-based playwright and arts writer. For more: marissabidilla.blogspot.com or Twitter @MarissaSkud.
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Preshil has always concerned itself with developing awareness and understanding of the key issues of the times and responding to them in concerned, imaginative and critical ways.
The Philosophy For Children (P4C), 'Community of Inquiry' approach that we have adopted aims to support children to develop their thinking skills and contribute to the shared understandings of their classmates.
• Finding new ways to apply existing ideas.
Intellectual flexibility, open-mindedness, adaptability, and readiness to try new ways of thinking about things are hallmarks of well-conducted philosophical inquiry and are the aim of the philosophy program in the primary school.
Philosophy has always held a special place at Preshil. It is our goal to build continually on this outstanding program across the whole school, Kindergarten to Year 12. From a child's earliest plaintive howl of "That's not fair!" to the most intricate ethical examination of social behaviour, we are presented with daily evidence that children are not only aware of philosophical concepts but are vitally interested in discussing them and finding their own identity through life's big questions.
Having had to put the annual Preshil Philosophy Conference on hold last year we are very keen to let everyone know that it will return this year, bigger and better, on Sunday 21 July. Save the date!
The location will be, once again, the State Library Victoria; Called Future Thinking, the conference will essentially 'consider issues of self, identity and the good life in the 21st century and, in particular, the ways in which developments in technology will shape our thinking around these things'.
Many of our families attended the conference in the past so I want to encourage everyone to consider participation this year. Every student in the School is practising philosophy and having the opportunity to engage in philosophical debate at home is a brilliant form of 'homework'. Even our 3 and 4 year old children are currently exploring the meaning of self, of individual difference and how to treat others.
The Year 11 philosophers have made a great start to their journey into the world of Philosophy through embarking on their inquiry into what it means to be human. As a class we have been intrigued by the developments in Artificial Intelligence and the questions this raises on the definition of personhood. The students are working on developing the foundations of philosophical thinking by learning about argument and logic, so that they can better interrogate the philosophical texts and ideas that we will study.
The Year 12s have hit the ground running with their significant study of Ethics. They have continued their deep discussion of the foundations of morality which is complemented by their ongoing study of Nietzsche's "On the Genealogy of Morals" – no easy task for even the most experienced philosopher! They are beginning to work on their internal assessment and have selected rich stimuli for discussion. Together we've been honing our questioning skills so that they can ask better philosophical questions when looking at texts, artworks and films.
In Year 9 Individuals and Societies Chris Dite and Anthony Cavagna's classes are delving into the 'Mind/Body Problem'. What is my mind? Where is it? Is it simply my brain, or something more? Their unit culminates in a meeting with scientists on the cutting edge of AI technology, who will help us understand the philosophical implications of the rise of the algorithms.
In Year 10 Individuals and Societies, Caterina, together with John Collins, have also been engaging in philosophical inquiry relating to the values and ideas at the basis of our charter of human rights. They have explored enlightenment ideas about human nature and the ideal society and have considered the question of whether or not humanity has become more civilised over the course of history. This discussion of their moral progress was inspired by a reading they did from philosopher Peter Singer on the same question.
As Peter Singer is a Preshil alumnus and possibly the most widely known philosopher in the world today, our students have a strong sense of the relevance and the significance of philosophical inquiry in contemporary life.
How to think, how to apply logic, how to live, how to see through nonsense – and have the courage to recognise that the emperor really does not have any clothes; these are the fundamentals of philosophy and essential life skills for all our students.
This conference aims to bring together students, teachers, academics and interested members of the public, to examine a particular topic. This one day conference is a wonderful opportunity to hear from internationally recognised thinkers and to engage in debate and discussion regarding issues that are not only relevant to the VCE Philosophy curriculum but to anyone seeking to understand.
An article published on the 2015 Philosophy conference is available here.
You can read about the 2016 Philosophy conference here.


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Just before my alarm went off: I dreamed I was standing in the middle of the street, looking down the block. It was dusk, and I saw people in costumes going door-to-door, trick-or-treating.
It was on Halloween last year that the doctor broke the news that what we'd seen on the PET scan was not Rob's lymphoma coming out of remission. It was a totally new cancer, leukemia, caused by the first chemo he'd undergone four years previously, and Rob now had perhaps two months to live. (He almost made it to three.) And then the doctor kindly left the room to give us some privacy so we could cry in each other's arms.
The dream plunged me deep into my grief all day, and it made me realize how much I'm dreading Halloween. I've already planned to take the death anniversary off work, in January. I think I need to make some cope ahead plans for Halloween, too.
Ow. As if October weren't haunted enough already.


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Because of the rise in popularity that tattoos have received in the last few years, I often get surprised very easily. Not because of how popular tattoos actually are; but because unfortunately there are still places where the whole "tattoos are mainstream now" thing hasn't really caught on. I guess the message was lost somewhere along the way and places like Florida just kept going on with life as usual.
Hey, I'm not picking on Florida. It's just that I found out that in Florida, all you need to legally get a tattoo if you are 16 or younger is a note from your parents. Seriously, a frigging note. Well, okay, it's not quite a note. It's a notarized consent form, but that's still pretty close to a note, if you ask me. It's not 16-year-olds getting tattooed in the state of Florida that bothers me, it's the fact that even today Floridian tattoo artists don't have to register with the Department of Health. What? That's crazy.
Fortunately, new legislation is currently being considered that will ban kids under the age of 16 from getting tattooed and require all tattoo artists to register with the Board of Health. Making artists register with the Board of Health is just one step closer to making tattoo artists legitimate in the eyes of the public and it's something that Florida should have done a long time ago. Come on Florida, get it done.


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When I sat down to try and figure out what to say to you all today, I knew exactly what I wanted to say, but not how to put it. So I'll struggle through, though I can't promise eloquence—I think I used up my eloquence quota writing my Plan, so you'll just have to bear with me.
I'll begin with this: Marlboro College can be a very difficult place to be. I refuse to pretend otherwise. I've been here for four years. I have never known loneliness like this: so strong and so present it becomes almost tangible, a functioning part of me.
I am not alone in my loneliness—everyone I know has experienced some sort of wall between themselves and the others here. Loneliness, and its counterpart, solitude, seem to be part of Marlboro's defining experience.
Why is this? I have come to a messy conclusion, one that has lots of stray ends, which is that we simply don't talk to each other enough. You would think that communication would be simple in a community of less than 400, but that is not the case.
Don't get me wrong. The people I've met at Marlboro love deeper and harder than anyone I've ever met, anywhere. But sometimes in the act of caring, we forget that we must love one another in ways that don't naturally occur to us. Just as each person expresses passion and concern in their own way, they must also be cared for individually. I forget this. I forget that people don't respond to the same things I do, that even my closest friends have emotional languages that are different from mine. My love does not always translate.
And at this school, we become new so quickly. With every book, every conversation, we try to absorb new perspectives and in the process become different people every day. We have to allow the community to see us as we are, in all our mutable glory.
It's funny, though. Looking back, I think I came to Marlboro specifically because I knew it would be quiet, and that I would be able to be alone. That's the difference between loneliness and solitude. Everyone here knows both intimately. Sometimes they bleed into one another.
Sometimes it feels like you've exiled yourself at the end of the earth, and the grey skies and pearly mountains of winter begin to work their way into your bones, and it seems that it will be this way forever: the quiet, the chill, the austere books and instruments. Forever, forever.
But that's silly, because here we are, and we have finished something. What have we learned? That everything comes to an end, for one thing. I thought that I would feel thankful for that, and I do, in a way. But I did not anticipate the enduring loneliness, or the grief. Already I feel the overwhelming sense of loss: of you, my friends, my mentors; of myself, the person that I am here, the person I became in your presence.
I've been more imperfect at Marlboro than ever before, but that is because I have been forced to confront my inherent flaws here. They have come to the surface—all my demons and weird, wormy bits. That's what happens in a community this small, this intense, and this intuitive: we demand so much from one another that we must expend every single part of ourselves in order to function.
My point is that frank, honest critique of ourselves is essential to our survival. For all its shortcomings, all the troubles that come along with living in a small, confined space with lots of other opinionated, imperfect people, Marlboro is a good place to talk with those we might totally disregard out in the real world. I have tried to live up to that, and I've failed most of the time. But I'm certainly more tolerant and a little braver than I ever was before.
The most important thing we can do is to go out into the world and try to have the sorts of conversations we have here, but have them more often. I'm not just talking to graduates. Underclassmen, faculty, staff, everyone: each of you has a perspective, and if you keep it to yourself, we're going down.
So what I beg of you, and of myself, is that we speak up. Ask someone about their day, and be prepared to listen. Next time someone makes you angry, figure out how to make it better: write a letter, talk to a friend, confront someone—but try not to push them further away. Keeping ourselves isolated only perpetuates the fissures that could tear us apart in the end.
But that is for later on. Right now, our more immediate concern is understanding how to say goodbye to a place that we haven't come to terms with yet. There is a proverb my best friend told me years ago, while she was living in Catalonia, where it originated. "Take hold lightly, let go lightly. This is the greatest secret of happiness in love." This has been helping me lately. If I tie my sense of self to this place, to you, or to anything outside of myself, then I will always feel lonely, and I will always feel this sense of loss. But if I acknowledge my departure, then there is no pretending, right? I tell myself this. I'd like to close with a poem by Elizabeth Bishop, a writer that consoled me when I was inconsolable, who taught me about loneliness, and loss, and imperfection.
I know I am losing you, and this place. We will never be the same again. But I know this: the echoes will resound forever. Thank you.


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What Are PNC Bank's Hours?
Find out when a PNC Bank near you will be open.
By Levi Leidy March 17, 2020 Find a Bank
PNC Bank is a financial services company based in Pittsburgh that boasts more than $400 billion in assets. It operates in 37 states throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and Southeast and serves more than 8 million consumers and small businesses.
With a variety of banking services, a history of giving back to the community and an impressive 0.01% savings APY, it's no surprise that PNC Bank made GOBankingRates' 2020 list of best national banks.
Read on to learn more about PNC's operating hours:
PNC Bank Hours for Normal Days
Is PNC Bank Open 7 Days a Week?
Is PNC Bank Open on Weekends?
PNC Bank Hours for Holidays
How To Bank With PNC Outside of Business Hours
How To Contact PNC Bank Customer Service
PNC Bank hours vary for each financial center, so if you're planning to make a trip, your best bet is to search for your nearest PNC Bank location online and verify the hours it's open.
PNC Bank is all over the board as far as hours go — it really just depends on the individual branch. Many branches are open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (with some closing at 4 p.m. instead). On Friday, branches are usually open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., depending on location. However, some branches are open each weekday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Most branches are closed on weekends, though not all are. Some are open on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Additionally, teller hours might be different from lobby hours on all days PNC Bank is open.
ATMs are open 24 hours, seven days a week.
PNC Bank Hours
Monday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., but varies
Tuesday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., but varies
Wednesday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., but varies
Thursday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., but varies
Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. or 9 a.m.-6 p.m., but varies
Saturday Most closed, some open 9 a.m.-noon
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In most cases, PNC Bank is only open five days a week, Monday through Friday. If you require banking services on the weekend, you might have to make do with ATM or online banking. Some PNC Bank locations are open on Saturday, however, so call ahead or check online to see if your branch is one of them.
Is PNC Bank Open on the Weekends?
The majority of PNC Bank branch locations are closed on both Saturday and Sunday. Some branches are open from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, but you should call or check online to see which ones are open before paying a visit.
In almost all cases PNC Bank is never open on Sunday. The exceptions are branches located inside Giant Food stores. Some of these branches — located in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia — are open on weekends, usually from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, though hours vary. Weekday hours at these locations are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Remember, PNC Bank ATMs are open 24 hours and you can perform many of the same banking tasks at an ATM as you can at a branch, such as transferring money, making deposits and withdrawing cash.
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PNC Bank holiday hours follow the same schedule as other national banks, meaning its branches are closed on all federal holidays. Use this table to find out which holidays PNC Bank will be closed on in 2020:
PNC Bank Holiday Schedule 2020
Holiday Open or Closed?
New Year's Day — Jan. 1 Closed
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — Jan. 20 Closed
Valentine's Day — Feb. 14 Open
Presidents' Day — Feb. 17 Closed
Memorial Day — May 25 Closed
Independence Day — July 4 Closed
Labor Day — Sept. 7 Closed
Columbus Day — Oct. 12 Closed
Halloween — Oct. 31 Open
Veterans Day — Nov. 11 Closed
Thanksgiving Day — Nov. 26 Closed
Christmas Eve (daytime) — Dec. 24 Open
Christmas Day — Dec. 25 Closed
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If you're in need of banking services outside of normal PNC Bank hours, you still have a couple of options. Visit any PNC Bank ATM to check your balance, deposit checks and cash, withdraw cash and make transfers between your accounts. You can also use the mobile banking app to perform all of these same services, with the added benefits of bill pay, mobile check deposit, Customer Care assistance and more.
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PNC Bank has automated customer service available 24/7. Its Customer Care consultants are available from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET on weekends. Call these numbers for assistance with personal banking:
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St Peter's is the kind of church where there is something going on every day. You are welcome to join us for any of these weekday acts of worship.
8:00 - 8:15 am Morning Prayer followed by the Breakfast Club.
5:00 - 5:15 pm Evening Prayer preceded by Food Parcels.
12:30 - 1:00 pm Healing Service - a simple reflective service, sometimes including Holy Communion, with prayers for healing with laying-on of hands.
10:30 - 11:00 am Café RefleXion – a service combining reflective readings, with coffee and cake in an informal and relaxed setting.
9:30 - 10:45 am Toddlers.
A short service for parents (or carers) and toddlers who meet in Church for a story and prayer, followed by play and refreshments in the Hall.
11:30 am - 1:30 pm Lunchtime RefleXion — a light lunch with prayers and reflections.


Hello! It's Michelle here with a mini album to share with you. My birthday is coming up, and I wanted to make a fun mini album using some of my favorite pictures from the past year. I also challenged myself to use some of my new scrapbook supplies that I wanted to hoard. The album is quite short and not really representative of a whole year, but it was so much fun creating with some of my favorite things.
This is the completed mini album from different angles. The pages range from about 4 x 6 inches to 6 x 6 inches and are held together with stitching down the center.
Some detail shots. The first photo of the whole spread showed off the effect of the stamping a little better than the close-ups. It's a really beautiful effect in the sunlight! I used an Evalicious snipsnip label for the sentiment on the left, and added a stamped image and a"love you lots" journaling card for layers.
Sorry if you don't like feet! This photo was taken back in May/June when my boyfriend came back for the summer. We were both quite busy with work (him) and school/volunteering (me), so it was nice to just relax together.
I'm not the best stamper and I usually stick to stamping on plain cardstock, but I'm glad I ventured out and tried it on patterned paper. I love how that stamp looks on the woodgrain paper! I used some gold ink to stamp directly on the photo again, and layered a journaling card and snipsnip labels from the "love you lots" line.
In July, my boyfriend and I took a weekend trip to a nearby city for our annual visit to the zoo (specifically the gorillas!). I get a little paranoid about being in the sun too long, so I was slathering on sunscreen. I swear, my boyfriend's photography makes me look much better than I do in real life!
I stamped on the vellum and added some stickers and accents. I used some of the "real life" snipsnip labels and another journaling card for layering. To finish, I picked this fun little "getaway" badge as it fit nicely with the theme.
In August, there's a festival that showcases different cultures. There's lots of food and traditional dancing, and it's quite fun except for the fact that we always seem to go on a super sunny, hot day (I don't do too well in the heat). I love this photo because we rarely have photos together that are not self-taken.
Keeping with the theme of having a simple left side of the spread, I used a little vellum envelope and filled it with gold sequins and wood veneer. The circle tag was the perfect finishing touch. On the right side, I used a light grey ink to stamp the Evalicious cloud a few times on a journaling card (like Natalie's tutorial). I like the subtle effect, and how it goes well with the hot air balloon. I also used an Evalicious cloud tag and a snipsnip label as fun accents.
More recently, I did some baking. I received a lovely mixer last year for my birthday, but when I'm busy with school, I'd rather just buy and eat cupcakes rather than deal with the clean-up. I've had a little more time lately, so I made some vanilla cupcakes with lemon-vanilla frosting, yum!
I love these "take note" badges, they are super cute and easy to add because they're neutral.
Thanks for looking through this long post! I hope you are inspired to take out some of your favorite supplies and put them to use.
There are a few days left for the Evalicious challenge! Post your tutorial-inspired Evalicious creations in our shopEvalicious.com Flickr pool and link them up in the comments here for a chance to win some Evalicious product! The deadline is Saturday, March 30th at midnight. The winner will be announced on March 31st.
wow this is fabulous and what a lovely keepsake.
OMG, the sequins in the little envelope with the wood veneer!!!!! Yes, yes, I'm buying glassine envelopes!!!
Love this I absolutely love the touches of old throughout. I think I need some gold ink. Excited I have a lot of these products to incorporate into my own mini. Thanks for the inspiration!


As the season of giving approaches, we often think about what we can do for others. While you might not consider how hearing aids can fit into the season, they most certainly can.
Bluetooth is a wireless communications system that allows a variety of electronic devices, including computers, smartphones and personal audio players, to exchange data – in essence, communicating with one another. When paired with hearing aids, Bluetooth allows the user to stream signals from those devices directly to the hearing aids.
Bluetooth enabled hearing aids come with a controller for transmitting and receiving wireless signals to and from other Bluetooth devices. By sending data through the wireless spectrum instead of over the airwaves, there is no need for the internal microphone to pick up and amplify sound. The result is clearer, more natural sound. The hearing aid can connect with many different devices including television sets, cellphones, GPS systems and even other medical devices.
And how does this fit into the season of giving? If you are looking to upgrade your current hearing aids, you can donate your old hearing aids to help those who are in need.
If you are interested in finding out more about the new technology or are looking to upgrade your current hearing aids contact one of the Doctors of Audiology at Arizona Hearing Specialists today for your comprehensive hearing evaluation at (520) 399-7652.


Interns are one of our greatest assets. Over the past eight years we have had the pleasure to work with some brilliant young talent from Hong Kong and overseas. This year we decided to create a much more structured public relations internship and graduate programme called Cred Cadets which we believe will be greatly beneficial to both students and to Cred Communications.
The Programme will provide potential interns with a mix of on-the-job training, job shadowing, individual and group training sessions and timely feedback over the course of their final year at university and grow into a full-time graduate programme during the following seven months. Launching this Autumn 2018 and starting January 2019, the 12-month programme begins with a 5-month part-time paid internship and ends, pending performance, with a full-time Account Executive role.
Established in 2010, Cred Communications delivers strategic public relations campaigns for brands that aspire to influence. We live for creativity and encourage unconventional thinking to ignite brand power and create meaningful impact. Services cover strategy, media relations, influencer engagement, digital and crisis communications.
Our culture is very much built on trust, collaboration and hard work so candidates that have a strong passion for communications, integrity and learning will excel during this new programme. We look forward to reviewing applicants soon.
If you're interested in joining our 2019 Cred Cadets please email hire@credcommunications.com for more details. We are also always looking for interns throughout the year so please send your CV, examples of work and references to the same address. You can read about some of our interns experience here.
We like to invite our interns to write a letter about their internship experiences at our PR agency – Cred Communications. Our interns provide a fantastic support to our team and we are always grateful for applicants.
"Greetings, everyone! I am currently doing my exchange study in Journalism and Reporting in Haaga Helia University in Helsinki, Finland, I major in Corporate Communication back in Hong Kong. I had to step into the field and explore the industry before graduating to test myself whether or not this will be my future career. My internship at Cred was like an intensive guide to understand what it's like to be a PR.
Prior to being in the Cred team, I had another internship experience at another local PR agency but I had less opportunities to participate in what my team were doing. On the contrary, the Cred team treated me as one of them rather than just an intern helping them with coverage reports, I got invited to take up challenging work like to research for projects and to compile analysis report in no time. Everyone at Cred were all very understanding and friendly, I got to gain more insight of the field in the process of participating in a project from start to finish.
Going to work at Cred is like going from my own home to another home, the office of Cred feels like home, and what makes such feeling is the people. All teammates were extremely friendly, not to say, our managing director, Mandy was more like a leader than a boss, I felt so welcomed and they were all there to guide and teach me the bits and pieces about the PR industry. I would not forget how they were willing to let me take up responsibilities I thought I would not be able to handle, their confidence and faith in me pushed me to achieve what I thought impossible.
All in all, I had such a blast and a memorable time at Cred, this opportunity has given me a glimpse of how diverse and exciting the Public Relation industry could be, getting my hands on the actual field of Public Relation lured me to learn more from it. The experience enabled me to gain practical skills and knowledge from books to life and from theories to actions. One of the duties that presented what Public Relation was was helping with client media gifting, wrapping gifts and writing a handwritten note is an act of engagement and sociability. This process of communication, from choosing a gift wrapping carrier, to personalising each gift and sending them out presents the essence of connecting with people in the PR industry.
I would like to do an enormous shoutout to the Cred team for being my teammates, my mentors and my friends!
We are always looking for great interns – please send your resume and cover letter to hire@credcommunications.com.
Are you passionate about public relations and helping clients reach their sales and marketing goals? Do you have a desire to make an impact? Do you enjoy inspiring others with your creativity and have the determination to excel? Then we would love to meet you! Consumer brand agency, Cred Communications is looking for an ambitious Account Executive with excellent digital, social and traditional media skills to join their collaborative and friendly team. As we're an independent up and coming agency, you will have lots of responsibility combined with the brilliant opportunity to make an impact and progress quickly through the agency.
Ability to build relationships with clients, key opinion leaders, media and other stakeholders.
Must have at least one year's experience in a communications agency with 2 x references. Consumer Brand PR experience would be ideal. If you think you fit the description, please send us your resume together with a cover letter and references to hire@credcommunications.com.
Established in 2010, Cred Communications has from day one been a confident and creative PR agency intent on creating influential and productive PR and marketing communications campaigns to be proud of. Our client servicing covers everything from FMCG to e-commerce, hotels, retail, travel, fashion and lifestyle and health and beauty. We successfully develop and deliver streamlined strategies, campaigns and communications that connect audiences with dynamic and intelligent brands in Hong Kong and Asia Pacific.
We are looking for super star native English speaking Account Manager to join our team. Professional and friendly, candidates must have a great work ethic and passion for PR. You must be someone committed to delivering excellent campaigns with very little supervision. Reliability, flexibility and a real interest in developing yourself and helping our agency become successful is paramount. Previous experience is essential within a fast-paced client-focused PR or Marketing agency.
This role is a wonderful opportunity for someone to achieve a wide range of experience across all aspects of communications covering digital, media relations and events.
Our office is centrally-based and we generously offer 18 days holiday and a competitive salary.
Please send your resume detailing campaigns you have worked on and how you have contributed to their success, along with a cover letter and expected salary to hire@credcommunications.com. Native English speaking candidates with PR experience only required for this post. Candidates will only be hired if references are satisfactory.
We recently received a letter from Agnes Chan, an intern who worked with CRED Communications during Summer 2016. She wanted to share her experience of working with us – we were thrilled to have her work with us!
Hi everyone! I am a rising junior at Brown University studying International Relations. My two-month internship at CRED Communications has been an eye-opening and dynamic experience and I'm sad that my time here has now come to an end!
I chose to work at CRED this summer because I wanted to work in a field that would give me exposure to as many industries as possible. I also knew that because PR consists of daily interactions with clients and the media, a job in PR would shape me into both a better communicator and problem solver. During my two months here, I was fortunate enough to work with clients in food and beverage, retail, technology and fashion industries, among many others.
Having worked at CNN as an intern and at the Brown Daily Herald as a news editor, I entered CRED with only journalism experience under my belt. Thus while I knew how to write for the media and discover news angles, I initially did not know much about managing clients and marketing products. Thankfully, the CRED team was supportive, accepting and always willing to help when I encountered difficulties.
I was able to play a significant role at CRED from the very beginning. Assigned on day one, my first project was to write up case studies for CRED's new website. To do so, I had to research and summarize over 30 of CRED's past projects, which helped me better understand the nuts and bolts of PR during my first week on the job. I was also fortunate enough to be able to work directly with CRED's client Pink Season, Asia's premier LGBTI festival. In addition to writing a press release, I helped arrange media interviews and secure media coverage for the event directors.
I particularly enjoyed brainstorming sessions where the entire CRED team would sit around a table for a few hours and think of potential PR campaigns. I sometimes found it challenging to think of creative and unique campaign ideas, but it was through this process of intense discussion and repeatedly scrapping ideas that I discovered the sheer amount of creativity and perseverance required in PR.
Aside from the fulfilling work I was able to undertake at CRED, I am also grateful to have spent the two months with a team of passionate, dedicated and dynamic individuals. I am constantly amazed at how despite the fast-paced and often challenging nature of PR, the CRED team always remains organized and committed to each and every client it works with. Sad as I am to leave behind a highly rewarding and productive internship at CRED Communications, I know that I have definitely made the very most of this summer!
I am currently doing a bachelor of Communications, majoring in Public Relations and Marketing at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. An internship was a great opportunity for me to determine whether I am well suited to the field I am passionate about. Hence when I finished my penultimate year I sought an internship in Hong Kong.
Being part of CRED Communications has definitely been one of the most significant steps in my life. My role was more as a full time employee at CRED. My participation wasn't confined to just admin. I was offered boundless hands-on opportunities that brought a sense of accomplishment throughout the duration of my internship. I was lucky enough to be engaged in a project from scratch. CRED allowed me to explore a variety of roles and to contribute creatively. The knowledge and skills derived and deepened from the experience were invaluable.
At CRED, I found not merely vibrancy and enthusiasm, but also a sense of belonging. I was treated as part of the team from day one. In fact, I got the chance to attend a press conference just three days after I started. The people were definitely my favorite part of the experience working at CRED. The team is absolutely sophisticated and professional. They are my colleagues, mentors and friends. Besides, they were also encouraging and supportive. Whenever I made mistakes or was confused, they were always there to guide me patiently.
Needless to say, what I have acquired from CRED is far more than what I have offered to CRED. It was totally beyond my expectations. I will definitely miss the dynamic team of CRED. It may sound cliché, but the internship has made my summer remarkable and fruitful. I can say with certainty that CRED will offer every single intern an irreplaceable PR working experience and chances of participation. I truly recommend the paid internship programme and services by CRED Communications.
Last but not least, I would like to thank everyone at CRED. It's difficult to say goodbye because you guys are too AMAZING! Thanks for having me and always being so warm. Take care.
CRED Communications is always looking for hard working happy interns who enjoy being part of a dynamic team. If you are interested in working at CRED please contact Mandy Queen on mandy@credcommunications.com.
CRED Communications is a Creative, Results-focused, Engaging and Dynamic independent public relations agency and we're looking for an ambitious senior account executive with at least three years agency experience in Hong Kong.
You will have a passion for PR, especially media relations and social media marketing, and the drive to keep on learning about your profession. We are looking for an exceptional person who wants to deliver first class campaigns for our global and local clients. Fluent in Cantonese and English with excellent traditional Chinese writing skills is a must. Mandarin is a bonus.
You will get the opportunity to progress your career quickly if you're willing to work hard!
– Visiting networking events to support clients and meet journalists.
– Confidence to deal with the media.
Interested? Then please email your resume to info@credcommunications.com. Due to the volume of emails only applicants that satisfy the above criteria will receive a reply.
Although CRED Communications is a multi-lingual public relations agency serving clients across the Asia Pacific region, we're very proud to be Hong Kong based and always strive to be a responsible corporate citizen. Corporate responsibility, or CSR, means aligning our core values and behaviour with the expectations and needs of not just our customers, investors and employees but also society as a whole. It's all about how we can make a positive impact in the local environment.
One way we do this is by helping local students from Edinburgh Napier University's BA (Hons) Marketing Management course develop real-life project skills via a "Live Project" module. This excellent course is offered through City University's School of Continuing and Professional Education (SCOPE).
Over the past three years, students from the university have worked with us on a diverse range of "Live Projects" from optimising our website design to researching and recommending an appropriate CRM system. Apart from giving Hong Kong students the opportunity to gain valuable experience working on a project with a local company, it also gives us an opportunity to talent-spot. Indeed, we are always impressed by the quality of Edinburgh Napier University students and have hired several as interns.
In addition, our most recent full-time hire, Andico Tsui, is a graduate of Napier. Andico worked with us during 2012's Live Project and stood-out as being someone very intelligent and dynamic. So when he approached us looking for a job after graduation, I quickly interviewed him for the post of Assistant Account Executive, a post he now holds. Congratulations Andico!
Please click here for more information on Edinburgh Napier University's BA (Hons) Marketing Management course.


Back in 9th grade, we used to have morning assembly meetings at my school in Kenya and I remember one of the teachers reading a quote that said, 'your life is someone else's dream'. WOW! What a powerful quote. I have to constantly remind myself to be thankful and grateful every day, not just for the big things but even the things I perceive to be small that other people are actually praying for. If we practice a lot more thanks, we find that we complain a whole lot less so I encourage you all to start practicing giving thanks for everything, even the things you perceive minute.
The pictures in this post are a little deceiving because my hair looks orange; I kid you not, it is actually a darker shade of red. The reflection of the sun combined with the effects of the orange blazer make it appear to be orange. It's not a bad look though, even though orange hair color is not exactly my cup of tea.
I don't own any pants in my closet that are wide legged so when I came across these pants at River Island, I was a little wary about getting them because I wasn't sure how they would look on me but they turned out great and I can't wait to wear them again in the summer. The material is quite light and perfect for the hot summer days; in this cold weather, they have to be worn with some thick tights underneath. What do you guys think of this look?


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"Had We Taken The Oil, There Would Be No ISIS", says President Trump.
Mike H | Jan. 26, 3:52 pm | Leave a Comment
I love this guy. He says it like it is and noone can doubt it. Doesn't every feel exactly the same as he does? Without incredible amounts of funding, there is no ISIS. Period.
CNN.com – Donald Trump said Wednesday there would be no ISIS had the US kept Iraq's oil, following the US invasion into the country.
"We should have kept the oil when we got out. And you know, it's very interesting. Had we taken the oil, you wouldn't have ISIS, because they fuel themselves with the oil. That's where they got the money," the President told ABC's David Muir.
"We should have taken the oil. You wouldn't have ISIS if we took the oil."
Critics have said that taking Iraq's oil would have been stealing from civilians and thus a war crime, a violation of international law. The President repeatedly campaigned on bombing Iraq oil fields to keep ISIS from profiting off of oil.
"Can you believe that? Who are the critics that say that? Fools. I don't call them critics. I call them fools," Trump said.
But the President said the US has spent trillions fighting ISIS, but that could have been avoided had the Americans just taken the terrorists oil.
Trump originally said that "maybe we'll have another chance," but he was noncommittal about what he specifically meant.
"We'll see what happens. I mean, we're going to see what happens. You know, I told you and I told everybody else that wants to talk, when it comes to the military, I don't want to discuss things. I want to let — I want to let the action take place before the talk takes place," he said.
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Interview: Mike Penny talks shamisen, taiko, viral videos, and the Kubo movie
September 18, 2016 by Eien Hunter-Ishikawa in interview, archive
I recently had a fun conversation with Mike Penny, a fantastic shamisen player based in Los Angeles. I was introduced to Mike by our mutual friend and colleague Kyle Abbott of Bachido, and when I started to check out his online lessons, youtube videos, and eclectic array of music, I became more and more intrigued to talk with him. One of the reasons I can relate to Mike's approach to music is his ability to incorporate a diverse mix of influences, from European classical music to odd-meter Balkan music to Frank Zappa to the traditional style of Tsugaru shamisen. In the interview, we talk about how Mike got into shamisen as well as his involvement with Bachido, playing with taiko players, creating his many viral videos, and the controversy surrounding the new movie Kubo and the Two Strings. He sent me some of his music and I have included them in the recording. The titles in the order you will hear them are: Sou Da Ne, Leavin' Fo'evah, It's a Good Day, and Gan Barou.
Mike Penny has received several awards for his innovative performances and compositions using the Tsugaru Shamisen. In 2007, he received the Japan Foundation's Uchida Fellowship which allowed him to study with one of Tokyo's most highly respected Tsugaru shamisen instructors, Toyoaki Fukushi. Mike has given hundreds of public performances and continues to perform regularly as both a solo artist and in various ensembles. He has become well known through his many viral video performances on YouTube, and has gained a following for his unprecedented style of shamisen playing which combines traditional and extended techniques in a variety of musical contexts including jazz, Balkan folk, Western classical, and popular music in a fusion of both east and west, past and future. In addition to performing and teaching private shamisen lessons in his hometown of Los Angeles, Mike is also heavily involved with Bachido.com, the online international Tsugaru shamisen community which holds semi-annual international shamisen camps around the world at which Mike participates as an instructor.
With Mike Penny in Hollywood, July 2016
Mike's Bandcamp page
Mike Penny Orchestra Facebook page
Bachido
September 18, 2016 /Eien Hunter-Ishikawa
mike penny, shamisen, taiko, video, kubo, music
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Q: In SAS, how to define table cell padding for tables with template styles using ODS tagsets.sasreport13? I'm trying to define my template styles and I cannot increase the table cells padding when output is "ODS tagsets.sasreport13".
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This code can change the table cells padding but only when output is HTML, PDF and RTF.
I have been trying with these too but they don't change anything
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Using SAS 9.3 and Enterprise Guide 7.1