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Sasquatch or mermaids? Spokane artist Charlie Palmer creates logo ideas for Seattle's expansion NHL team
By Dan Thompson For The Spokesman-Review
The NHL franchise coming to Seattle doesn't have a name yet.
But Spokane artist Charlie Palmer is a step ahead of team planners, and he's hoping they will give his work a look.
A professional painter whose work has appeared in various places for the Spokane Chiefs the last quarter century, Palmer has created a series of logos for the future Seattle professional hockey team.
"I wanted to throw my two cents in, kind of like I did with those original (program) covers for the Chiefs," Palmer said, "so I rattled off a few and wrote up my ideas and talked to some hockey friends about suggestions for names. … It's just another aspect of art as experience: You see all these things, and you want to try doing your version."
Palmer mocked up at least a dozen potential logos, taking into account team names that have been suggested in various polls and media outlets.
Some are more serious, while others – like the one with a marijuana leaf on it – are more humorous in nature, befitting an artist whose roots are in comic paintings.
"My comic history, that's a big part of it," he said. "I've always liked The Hockey News issue where they show all the logos of the (American Hockey League) teams, and a lot of them are kind of cartoony. But every now and then you get some really nice design that's really neat."
Many of Palmer's ideas feature a mascot holding a stick, be it an emerald, a sockeye or a mermaid. Others feature an erupting volcano, a skating sasquatch or a flying fish.
Palmer also has given careful thought to a color scheme. In keeping with the blue and green colors of the Mariners, Sounders and Seahawks, Palmer has settled on Copenhagen blue and a mint green seafoam in most of his drawings.
He would also add white, black and perhaps an accent of purple, he said.
"I had some fun with it, but I am serious about wishing they would just see some of my ideas," Palmer said.
The Seattle franchise, the NHL's 32nd, was officially awarded in December. It will begin play in the 2021-22 season. The Vegas Golden Knights, who joined the league in 2017-18, unveiled their name and logo in November 2016, about 10 months before they began play.
Since the mid-1990s, Palmer has painted a portrait of each of the Chiefs' three 20-year-old players and presented them at the end of each season.
Art on the edge: Charlie Palmer paints portraits for the Chiefs
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His landscape paintings are sold in various galleries across the Northwest.
Published: April 25, 2019, 3:22 p.m. Updated: April 25, 2019, 6:17 p.m.
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Built in 1934, the Wadena Memorial Auditorium is a cultural and historic landmark that's provided countless hours of community and regional enjoyment. It has been restored in the beautiful Art Deco style of the early 1930s, with its bold, vivid colors and dramatic design. A grand piano is also a part of the allure of the auditorium's elegance. As the center for the performing arts, it is one of Wadena's most appreciated assets.
Wadena-Deer Creek high school drama departments "One Act Play" performance, under the direction of High School English teacher, Jay Patterson, rehearses and performs in the auditorium. Their performances have received "superior" ratings at the state competition level.
The community theater group, "Madhatters," perform annually in the auditorium, and man area performers participate in these events. They also proved a summer camp for area youth interested in learning more about drama.
Other groups who frequently use the auditorium include the Wadena Concert Association, Community Concert Band & Choir, Miss Wadena Pageant and other musical performers.
The auditorium is part of Wadena-Deer Creek Public School's Campus. To schedule and event contact the Wadena-Deer Creek District Office at 218-632-2155, extension 102 or email dpavek@wds2155k12.mn.us.
Wadena Area Madhatters, Inc. is a community theatre group combining the talents of many people from Wadena and the surrounding area.The theatre group holds their performances in the air conditioned Wadena Memorial Auditorium and various other places in the area.
They offer everything from full The -cast musicals and drama to acting workshops and a summer youth acting camp, dinner theaters and the newly formed Mad Lab venue that offers on the edge, social issues themes, educational theatre and experimental theatre programs. Madhatters has done many big-name plays like 'Guys and Dolls',' Annie', 'Sound of Music', 'The Wizard of Oz', 'Nunsense' and Brigadoon' as well as the Minnesota favorite, 'Ole and Lena's Wedding'.
This past January they presented the powerful three-act play 'Girl.' and in March and April 'On Golden Pond'. Summer camp will be held July 25-August 6, 2010 with a showcase performance on the 6th at 7 pm at Wadena Memorial Auditorium.
Since the early 50s the Wadena Area Concert Association has been supplying fine entertainment opportunities for Wadena and the surrounding communities. Each year a series contains a variety of musical offerings, including both vocal and instrumental soloists and small groups presenting programs of jazz, popular and classical music.
All concerts are held in the renovated Memorial Auditorium. Most are held in the evening beginning at 7:30 p.m. with and occasional Sunday matinee.
Admission to the concerts is by seasonal membership which admits the purchaser to Wadena concerts and also concerts in Alexandria, Brainerd, Fergus Falls, Park Rapids and Sauk Centre.
The membership drive is held in the fall of each year. Newcomers to the community are welcome to purchase tickets mid-season. For more information, call Bonnie Kingsley.
The arts have the power to transform and strengthen communities. Recognizing this, a group of civic minded residents of the Greater Wadena area created the Arts League to support and nurture the arts in this region.
The Greater Wadena Arts League is a newly formed nonprofit organization with the mission and purpose to stimulate, encourage, sponsor, develop, promote, and coordinate cultural and educational activities in the Greater Wadena area.
Annual events coordinated and sponsored by GWAL include: Affaire des Artes, Music, Market & More, Second Sundays. The group also meets monthly for an artist workshop.


Seems like I've been getting a ton of requests for first birthday parties recently! That got me thinking about how special this milestone is for everyone… the birthday child as well as the parents! It such be celebrated and enjoyed. Your baby is growing up. His personality is developing and he's becoming more assertive. Maybe he's started to walk already and say a few words! So many changes have taken place since his birth.
Four years ago, for my daughter's first birthday, her auntie Heather sent her a book- a book of birthdays called Happy Birthday to Me Journal: A Keepsake Album of Your Celebrations! My son just celebrated his first birthday and got him a similar book. These books remind me of the baby milestone journals you can get but so much less time consuming. There's basically one page to complete per birthday… the who, what, where, etc and slots to place any keepsakes such as the birthday invitation.
Roomy pockets pages hold invitations, and there's space to fill in guest lists, party locations, gifts received, and any other moments of a child's special day. I like to put her invite, the deflated mylar balloon, a couple photographs and her personalized chocolate bar wrapper!
This is not anything like a baby book. It's a birthday book! It was born from the simple idea that birthdays provide the perfect annual opportunity to preserve a sweet moment in time as your child changes from year to year. So it's a multi-layered confection: annual touchstone, cherished ritual, and eternal keepsake. This journal provides fun, fast, and casual birthday activities for ages 1-18 as well as space to stick birthday photos and a random picture from each year, amusing and thought-provoking questions to ask your kid, and a time-capsule envelope for stashing away odds and ends (artwork, school papers, hand tracings, birthday cards, invitations, and other memorabilia).
From toddler hood to young adulthood to every hood in between, you'll return to the same four activities for each birthday. The questions prompts, and tone may shift each year, but the essence intentionally remains intact.


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Q: How to reorder an Array to avoid consecutive duplicates I have an array of numbers [1,2,2,2,3,4,5]
What I want to do is to sort the array to avoid equal numbers consecutively [1,2,3,2,4,2,5]. but I don't want to delete any number from the array, in the worse case when the duplicated numbers are more than the other numbers I would like to put those that are impossible to merge in other arrays.
const original = [1,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,4];
const merged = [];
const rest = [];

For example [1,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,4] the result expected should be [2,1,2,3,2,4,2] and another array with [2,2] in the original array I have 6 times 2 and I was able to merge 4 of the six in the rest
    const original = [1,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,4];
    const merged = [2,1,2,3,2,4,2];
    const rest = [2,2];

I was trying to play with this algorithm but there is no way to get the respected result, this algorithm deletes the duplicates
const testArr = [1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1];
const compress = (arr, len = 0, canDelete = false) => {
   if(len < arr.length){
      if(canDelete){
         arr.splice(len, 1);
         len--;
      }
      return compress(arr, len+1, arr[len] === arr[len+1])
   };
   return;
};
compress(testArr);
console.log(testArr);

Any Idea on what is the best way to face this kind of problem?

A: It was a very interesting one, here is my solution:

const original = [1,2,2,2,2,3,3,2,2,2,3,4]
console.log("Before: ", original)

let object_keys = {}

//Step 1: map all the values and how many times it duplicated
for(let val of original){
  if(object_keys[val]){
    object_keys[val]++
  }else{
    object_keys[val] = 1
  }
}

console.log(object_keys) // { '1': 1, '2': 7, '3': 3, '4': 1 }

//Step 2: Run over the object and create a new array. the method is each iterate, append new key

const get_the_most_duplicated_val = (object_keys, except) => {
  let max = 0
  let key = ''
  for(let v in object_keys){
    if(object_keys[v] > max && !except.includes(v)){
      max = object_keys[v]
      key = v
    }
  }
  return key
}

let merged = []
let rest = []

let merged_is_completed = false
while(!merged_is_completed){

  const append_val = (key) => {
    merged.push(key)
    object_keys[key]--
    if(object_keys[key] == 0){
      delete object_keys[key]
    }
  }

  const last_val = () => {
    return merged[merged.length - 1]
  }

  let most_key = get_the_most_duplicated_val(object_keys, [])
  append_val(most_key)
  let most_key2 = get_the_most_duplicated_val(object_keys, [most_key])
  append_val(most_key2)

  if(Object.keys(object_keys).length == 1){
    if(last_val() != Object.keys(object_keys)[0]){
      append_val(Object.keys(object_keys)[0])
    }
    for(let i=0;i<object_keys[Object.keys(object_keys)[0]];i++){
      rest.push(Object.keys(object_keys)[0])
    }
    merged_is_completed = true
  }
}
console.log("Merged: ", merged)
console.log("Rest: ", rest)

I put it in Codepen so you can test it by yourself :)
https://codepen.io/gofmannir/pen/vYXEmPa?editors=0011

A: Was an interesting Task, I just wrote a little code it doesn't work perfectly but you can improve it.
const insert = (el, result) => {
    if (el !== result.merged[result.merged.length - 1]) {
        result.merged.push(el);
        if (result.rest.length !== 0) {
            for (let i = 0; i < result.rest.length; i++) {
                let restItemToInsert = result.rest[i];
                if (result.merged[result.merged.length - 1] !== restItemToInsert) {
                    result.merged.push(restItemToInsert);
                    result.rest.splice(i, 1);
                }
            }
        }
    } else {
        result.rest.push(el);
    }
    return result;
}

const recursive = (arr) => {
    let el = arr.shift();
    return arr.length === 0 ? { rest: [], merged: [el]} : insert(el, recursive(arr));
}

const testArr = [1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1];
const testArr2 = [1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1];
const original = [1,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,4];
console.log(recursive(original));
console.log(recursive(testArr));
console.log(recursive(testArr2));

If you run the code, you should get something like this.
{ rest: [ 2, 2, 2, 2 ], merged: [ 4, 3, 2, 1, 2 ] }
{ rest: [], merged: [
    1, 3, 1, 3, 1,
    2, 1, 2, 1
  ] }
{ rest: [ 1, 1, 1, 1 ], merged: [ 1, 3, 1, 3, 1 ] }

You can see, for your const original = [1,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,4]; it doesn't give the right answer. But you can improve it and make it work.
UPDATE
I wrote a better insert function, this should work for any array from your example.
const insert = (el, result) => {
    result.rest.unshift(el);
    for (let i = 0; i < result.rest.length; i++) {
        let restItem = result.rest[i];
        for (let j = 0; j < result.merged.length; j++) {
            let mergedItem = result.merged[j];
            if(mergedItem !== restItem) {
                if (result.merged[result.merged.length - 1] !== restItem) {
                    result.merged.push(restItem);
                    result.rest.splice(i, 1);
                    i = -1;
                    break;
                }

                if(result.merged[0] !== restItem) {
                    result.merged.unshift(restItem);
                    result.rest.splice(i, 1);
                    i = -1;
                    break;
                }

                if (result.merged[j + 1] && result.merged[j + 1] !== restItem) {
                    result.merged.splice(j + 1, 0, restItem);
                    result.rest.splice(i, 1);
                    i = -1;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return result;
}

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The purpose of this study was to quantify the effect of coenzyme Q10 on arterial endothelial function in patients with and without established cardiovascular disease.
Endothelial dysfunction has been implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.
The search included MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and EMBASE to identify studies up to 1 July 2011. Eligible studies were randomized controlled trials on the effects of coenzyme Q10 compared with placebo on endothelial function. Two reviewers extracted data on study characteristics, methods, and outcomes. Five eligible trials enrolled a total of 194 patients. Meta-analysis using random-effects model showed treatment with coenzyme Q10 significantly improvement in endothelial function assessed peripherally by flow-mediated dilatation (SMD 1.70, 95% CI: 1.00-2.4, p<0.0001). However, the endothelial function assessed peripherally by nitrate-mediated arterial dilatation was not significantly improved by using fix-effects model (SMD -0.19, 95% CI: -1.75 to 1.38, p=0.81).
Coenzyme Q10 supplementation is associated with significant improvement in endothelial function. The current study supports a role for CoQ10 supplementation in patients with endothelial dysfunction.
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After their successful association with the Music Run that was held in Bengaluru, Fastrack has now signed up for a multiyear partnership with this iconic youth accessories brand from Titan. Organised by Baseline Venture, a leading sports marketing firm, Music Run is the fastest growing event in the mass running and entertainment space globally, and has won fans from all over the world. With the unique blend of fitness, music and a lot of energy, by being a part of this experiential events the brand hits the right chord with millennials of the country.
On this association Titan Watches chief marketing officer Suparna Mitra stated: The event is a seamless blend of music and fitness, both of which are immensely popular amongst the youth. With this partnership, we will continue to make The Music Run go from strength to strength and we urge people to join in and be a part of this unique experience with Fastrack once again."
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This global event is already live in 25 cities and has seen over a lakh music runners along with 30+ live performers. The first one in India happened in Bengaluru on September 10,2016 with more to happen across the country.


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August 16, 2017 / Rudolph Kass
By: Rudy Kass
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Some years ago I began, and abandoned, writing a "Cyclopedia of Legal Clichés." It was a catchy title, except that the word "cliché" is a word or phrase that through overuse has become banal –a bromide. What I was after was familiar, yet fresh. Call it the "still fresh cliché."
1. For example, here is O.W. Holmes, Jr. at page 3 of "The Common Law": "[e]ven a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked."
Holmes, before he got to the subject of negligence, was exploring early forms of liability. The thing that caused injury was liable, not the owner or master of the thing. By way of example, Holmes cites (at page 7 of"The Common Law") a passage from Exodus: "If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall surely be stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit." The Greeks adopted that view: "[A] dog that had bitten a man was to be delivered up bound to a log four cubits long." "The Common Law" at p. 7.
Harley, the recidivist dog (7 bites), got a better deal. His master was found negligent for harboring and inadequately restraining a vicious animal. The master's insurer had to pay for the injuries Harley had inflicted. Callahan v. Quincy Ins. Co., 50 Mass. App. Ct. 260 (2000).
So what is the utility of Holmes stumble-kick aphorism? In one case the actor means to harm; in the other the harm is the product of a mistake, which includes a failure to adhere to community standards of what a reasonable person (which includes inanimate persons like corporations) would do. Ah, that reasonable woman or man of the law – defined by what? That's for juries and judges.
In settlement discussions the utility of the stumble/kick metaphor is that it helps to defang anger and self-righteousness.
2. In law school, I sat in a class taught by Austin Wakeman Scott, the author of the then leading treatise on the law of trusts. Scott said to us, in a memorable moment, "Sometimes it is wise to rise above principle." At first blush that sounds cynical. On further thought, it is wisdom. In the context of mediation, parties sometimes state their position is a matter of principle. Prescinding from whether this is conviction or posture, it is fair to observe that there may even be a conflict of principles. Professor Scott's remark did not denigrate standing on principle. He was teaching that obdurate adherence to principle might cause the contending parties to suffer the fate of the disputants in Dickens' "Bleak House." The legal costs of their controversy consumed the property they were fighting about.
3. Consider the familiar canon of statutory construction that a statute shall be construed in accordance with its plain language. This is an example of a good cliché; still very much alive. But hold on a minute: the "plain language" of a statute, must be reasonable and supported by the purpose and history of the statute. Sterilite Corp. v. Continental Cas. Co., 397 Mass. 837, 839 (1986). Or, oops, we will not adopt a literal construction of a statute if the consequences of such construction are absurd or unreasonable. Attorney General v. School Committee of Essex, 387 Mass. 326, 336 (1982). My observation that there is no canon of statutory construction that booms the loudest is the subject of a classic article by Karl N. Llewellyn, "Remarks on the Theory of Appellate Decision and the Rules or Canons of How Statutes are to be Construed, 3 Vand. L. Rev. 395, 399 (1950). Llewellyn is a brilliant critic of "dueling canons."
We are told that, "The judge who discharges the functions of his office (how about "the office" – oh well, written In 1937) is . . .the directing and controlling mind of the trial . . . a judge need take no vow of silence." Those chestnuts are by Lummus, J. See also City of Boston v. United Gypsum Co., 37 Mass. App. Ct. 253, 256-25 (1994). Deserving of place in counterpoint is Lord Bacon: "An overspeaking judge is no well tuned cymbal." Bacon's Essays "Of Judicature."
4. It is a hardy "good cliché" of administrative law that reviewing courts owe deference to the experience, competence, specialized knowledge and discretionary authority of an administrative agency. Van Munching Co. v. Alcoholic Bevs. Control Commn., 41 Mass. App. Ct. 308, 309-310 (1996). Then again, while reviewing courts "make a deep bow" to the administrative agency, that deference is not one of supine abdication. Police Commr. of Boston v. Cecil, 431 Mass. 410, 413 (2000).
5. Among the chestnuts of the law of contract is that an agreement to agree is no agreement at all. Rosenfeld v. United States Trust Co., 290 Mass. 210, 217 (1935). Yes, but there is the reciprocal principle that a contract should be interpreted to give it life and enforceable effect. Lafayette Place Assoc., 427 Mass. 509, 517 (1998).
We do know that the meaning of a document, if placed in doubt, is construed against the party that wrote it. Affiliated FM Ins. Co. v. Constitution Reins Corp. , 416 Mass. 839,845 (1994) , Beatty v. NP Corp. 31 Mass. App. Ct. 609, 612 1991).
A familiar principle of contract law is that damages may not be inferred from entirely speculative evidence or guess. Coady v. Wellfleet Marine Corp., 62 Mass. App. Ct., 62 Mass. App. Ct. (2004)
6. Disbelief of testimony does not support a finding that the contrary is true. Commonwealth v. Michaud, 389 Mass. 491, 498 (1983). Kunkel v. Alger, 10 Mass. App. Ct. 76,86 (1980).
7. The decision whether to grant a continuence is within the sound of discretion of the trial judge. Commonwealth v. Miles. 420 Mass. 67, 85 (1995).
8. Circumstantial evidence is competent evidence to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Henry David Thoreau stated the proposition playfully: "Some circumstantial evidence is very strong evidence, as when you find a trout in the milk." Commonwealth v. Walter, 10 Mass. App. Ct.
9. "Beyond a reasonable doubt," that's the standard on which a finding of guilt in criminal cases must rest. It is a phrase familiar well beyond the boundaries of the legal profession. Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw posed and answered, in Commonwealth v. Webster , 59 Mass. 295, 320 295,320 (1850), the question: "What is reasonable doubt?" "It is," Shaw C.J. went on, "a term often used, probably pretty well understood, but not easily defined. It is not mere possible doubt; because everything relating to human affairs, and depending on moral evidence, is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. It is that state of the evidence. It is that state of the case, which, after the entire comparison and consideration of all the evidence, leaves the minds of jurors in that condition that they cannot say they feel an abiding conviction, to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge . . . For it is not sufficient to establish a probability, though a strong one arising from the doctrine of chances, that the fact charged is more likely to be true than the contrary; but the evidence must establish the truth of the fact to a reasonable and moral certainty, a certainty that convinces and directs the understanding, and satisfied the reason and judgment, of those who are bound to act conscientiously upon it."
That formulation was the instruction of choice to juries in Massachusetts and elsewhere for some 150 years and deviation from the sacred text risked tripping the reversal wire. Toward the end of the 20th century, however, the United States Supreme Court threw cold water on the use of the phrase "moral certainty." Victor v. Nebraska, 511 U.S. 1, 13-14 (1994). Current language usage, the court thought, might make the phrase "moral certainty" might suggest to jurors something less than the very high degree of probability that "beyond a reasonable doubt" connotes.
Perhaps a plain language instruction for 21st century juries ought to be, "You've got to be damn sure."
This may be enough for one session of reflections on familiar phrases of the law. To be continued.
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Siemens and Halske
Siemens, Halske and Co, telegraph engineers, contractors and cable manufacturers.
of 3 Great George Street, 12 Millbank Row, and Charlton.
1844 Werner Siemens, whilst still an army officer, saw opportunities for telegraphy [1].
1847 Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens und Halske (which later became Siemens and Halske AG), an electrical engineering company, was established by Werner Siemens and Johann George Halske in Berlin. The company later set up a branch in Britain run by William Siemens. The German company later became part of Siemens AG.
1849 William Siemens publicised the telegraphic inventions of Siemens and Halske in England; the company's work in Germany was already extensive. In 1849 he read a paper at the Society of Arts describing his brother Werner's achievements in telegraphy.
1850 An English agency for the Siemens and Halske company was established. An agreement was signed between the two brothers.
In March 1850, William Siemens introduced his brother's gutta-percha wire covering to the British Electric Telegraphic Company and, soon afterwards, arranged to manufacture it in Great Britain. He next induced Fox, Henderson and Co to take up the work and. under his direction, large contracts were executed by that firm and Siemens and Halske for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, etc.
1851 Other cables followed the success of the Submarine Telegraph Co's cross-Channel cable. Newall and Co of Gateshead established extensive works for the construction of submarine cables.
1858 Newall's engaged Siemens and Halske as their electrical and consulting engineers; William Siemens carried out the tests.
1858 The growing demand for telegraphic cables encouraged William Siemens to register Siemens and Halske in England, very much against the wishes of Halske [2]. He established a small factory at Millbank.
1861 Siemens and Halske acted as electricians for the Government in the laying down the Malta and Alexandria Cable. The cable was divided into three sections, with a total length of about 1,350 miles. At about this time Werner and William Siemens wrote a joint paper for the British Association, embodying their studies of the 'Principles and Practice involved in dealing with the Electric Conditions of Submarine Electric Telegraphs.' They recommended India-rubber as an insulator, and devised an ingenious machine for applying it to cables.
1861 R. S. Newall and Co sold the goodwill of the submarine cables part of the business to Siemens and Halske. Halske was unhappy at the risks that he anticipated in taking on the main competitors Glass, Elliot and Co and eventually withdrew from the British company[3].
1862 At the International Exhibition of 1862 Siemens and Halske exhibited a great variety of electrical apparatus of various kinds, appearing both as British and as foreign exhibitors. The collection attracted wide notice, and was awarded three separate medals. William Siemens wrote an article in the Practical Mechanic's Journal, giving a full description of the collection, as well as a history of the electric telegraph.
1863 William Siemens, with the aid of the Berlin firm, established large works at Charlton, near Woolwich, for the manufacture of all kinds of telegraph instruments, apparatus, and materials, including submarine cables, which could then be shipped via the River Thames.
1864 Siemens and Halske obtained a contract from the French government to lay a cable from Oran (Algeria) to Cartagena (Spain), this being their first cable-laying expedition. Werner and William Siemens personally superintended the laying of the cable. Three attempts were made to complete it but they all failed. The failure involved the company in legal proceedings and cost it £15,000 which represented most of its capital. The disaster affected William Siemens keenly. Pressure from Halske finally brought this venture to an end. At the close of the year Halske left the English company.
1865 William raised capital in England to set up a new company and, on 1 January 1865, formed Siemens Brothers and Co. The partners were Werner Siemens, William Siemens, and Carl Siemens. The Berlin firm retained its old name of Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens und Halske.
↑ The Times, 27 March 1890
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Affiliation Basics, the Public Health Management Corporation Story…
Richard Cohen and Tine Hansen-Turton
Few nonprofits merge or affiliate with other nonprofits. This is in stark contrast to the private sector, where often part of business growth and development is mergers and acquisitions. When nonprofit leaders are asked in annual surveys from The Nonprofit Finance Fund and others, in spite of their financial situations, only a fraction (2–3%) of leaders respond that they are in discussions with other organizations about mergers and affiliations. For every one successful nonprofit affiliation and merger, there are hundreds that did not happen but should have. Why is this? And more important, what will it take for nonprofits to begin to work together more strategically to consolidate operations and focus on their missions?
The purpose of this article is to shed light on one organization's affiliation model and its lessons learned as a pioneer in the nascent nonprofit affiliation and merger marketplace. Since 1989, Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) has strategically used its infrastructure and size to partner with mission-aligned nonprofit colleagues through its affiliation model. The focus on these affiliations has been to drive down costs and enable the affiliate organizations to better focus their operational costs to better compete.
PHMC is a nonprofit public health institute that creates and sustains healthier communities using best practices to improve community health through direct service, partnership, innovation, policy, research, technical assistance and a prepared workforce. PHMC has served the greater Philadelphia region since 1972 and has become one of the largest and most comprehensive health and human services organizations in the nation. PHMC fulfills its mission to improve the health of the community by providing outreach, health promotion, education, research, planning, technical assistance and direct services.
PHMC currently has ten affiliates, of which three are support affiliates, with a consolidated annual operating budget of over $175 million, in addition to a foundation with close to $40 million in assets. Through its 250+ direct services programs and ten affiliate partner organizations, its work in emergency preparedness across the region and its various partnerships with government, foundations, businesses and community-based organizations, the work of PHMC impacts every household in the Philadelphia region. PHMC currently serves 125,000 clients. The combined annual impact of PHMC and its affiliates on the Philadelphia community's economic vitality is estimated to be in the range of $500 million. Of every dollar received, on average 92¢, or a total of $161 million, go toward program services.
The PHMC Affiliation Model:
Affiliations are strategically different from mergers. In a merger, one of the organizations usually loses its identify and ceases to exist. Some or all staff and board leadership are absorbed into one of the organizations or the newly merged corporate entity. Affiliations are different. In this model, staff and board leadership usually remains intact following some economies of scale and back-office consolidation. In the nonprofit sector, an affiliation is similar to the relationship between a subsidiary corporation and its parent corporation. The parent corporation has some level of control; however, in general the corporations operate independently but rely on economies of scale, like common back-office services: finance, human resource, information technology and communications support.
PHMC strongly believes in the missions of the organizations with which it partners and wants them to keep their identities and leadership as they affiliate. PHMC's management style is to stay in the background and support its affiliate organizations. The PHMC affiliation model works as follows:
The partner agency retains its own 501(c)(3) status and federal tax ID number, files its own 990 and completes individual agency audit.
The partner agency has its own board of directors and keeps its own assets and liabilities. There is a firewall between PHMC and the affiliate nonprofit organization.
PHMC and the partner agency sign an affiliation agreement. The partner agency amends its articles of incorporation and by-laws to reflect the affiliation agreement and its new legal structure as a membership corporation, with PHMC as the sole member of the corporation. Within the affiliation agreement is the ability for the two organizations to part ways should the partnership not flourish. To date, PHMC has disaffiliated with two organizations, but remains connected to them in other ways like management contracts.
Existing partner agency staff are retained; HR policies and benefits are changed to better mirror those of PHMC.
Existing board members remain on the board of the partner agency. However, PHMC appoints two board members. PHMC has a seat for affiliate board representation on its own board.
Following a due diligence process, which analyzes the partner organization's need for back-office support, the partner agency enters into an annual management contract with PHMC for PHMC's provision of information systems, fiscal, human resources, communications and marketing, program and strategy development support, quality assurance and related infrastructure services with an arms length negotiated contract for service.
Why Should Nonprofit Organizations Affiliate?
What PHMC has learned over time is that affiliation is not for every nonprofit organization and its leadership. In fact, the support of both the senior leadership and board members of both parties is key to the success of these strategic partnerships. PHMC has built its model around attracting agencies that are mission-aligned and whose services can be wrapped around existing consumers within the PHMC family. Furthermore, PHMC beliefs strongly that there is strength in numbers and that through affiliation both organizations can have a broader community impact. However, there are some key strategic indicators that should be in play before considering an affiliation. Both agencies should have the same goals in mind when exploring an affiliation and should ask themselves the following key questions: Does an affiliation…
Strengthen existing compatible missions?
Increase opportunities to assist in preserving critical community assets and extend programs offered by both organizations?
Enhance financial stability and create economies of scale?
Strengthen programmatic and operations infrastructure capacity?
Grow new relationships that will support mission?
Provide new opportunities for staff career advancement and benefits, as well as access to academic programs and training to retain talent?
In PHMC's case, the affiliate organization leadership is usually looking for the following opportunities and is looking to grow and scale. Primarily, they want:
Access to network of new partners, clients and funders.
Access to new sources of philanthropic and public funding.
Ability to bid and secure larger private and public contracts by having the backing of a larger parent organization.
Administrative and infrastructure support as needed, including but not limited to human resources, IT, accounting and marketing.
Ability to accelerate growth of existing programs, services and markets and enter new markets.
Access to a line of credit.
The Affiliation Process—How it Works:
PHMC's affiliation process usually takes up to six months of organizational mutual due diligence. In months 1–2, PHMC's affiliation team, led by Tine Hansen-Turton as chief strategy officer, meet with prospective affiliate partner's board and leadership to determine interest in exploring an affiliation. Prior to the formal process, PHMC would already have done some preliminary financial analysis of the health of the nonprofit. One of the challenges in the nonprofit sector is often that when an organization's leadership begins to think about strategic partnerships, it's usually when the organization has begun to lose money. However, when that happens, it is usually too late for the process to be initiated.
Once there is overall leadership support, both parties sign a non-disclosure agreement. Over a 60-day period, both agencies complete a mutual programmatic and fiscal due diligence analysis. As a management company, PHMC specifically focuses its efforts on assessing back-office support needs and the develop management contract, based on the needs of the organization in the areas of human resource support, information systems and finance support. PHMC management services are determined by the need of the affiliate partner organization, which usually makes PHMC more competitive compared with agencies that charges a flat back-office overhead rate. Over the 60- to 120-day period of the due diligence process, program staff explore program development opportunities, including exploration of funders and contracts. PHMC also does an analysis of what impact this new potential affiliation could have on other affiliates and partners. In this period, the affiliation agreement is negotiated, quality management issues are identified and marketing and communication strategies are developed. Finally, in the 120- to 180-day period, both boards finalize the approval of the affiliation agreement and the change of by-laws and complete and sign management contract. Staff of the affiliate partner organization are introduced to transition plan. All administrative issues for on-boarding and ongoing maintenance are finalized, such as consolidating human resource policies and financial management, including accounts payable, billing and purchasing arrangements and integration of information systems.
The affiliation process can end at any given point during the six-month period. It usually happens around board and leadership's discomfort with parent-control issues and when it is obvious that the mission is not aligned and the parties have fewer prospects than initially believed. Nevertheless, while the due diligence process is key to the success of affiliations, the leadership of both organizations take a leap of faith that a strategic partnership will bear fruit for both.
Affiliation Impact:
To date, all PHMC affiliate organizations have increased their budgets and community impact up to tenfold or more within a short period. The whole is clearly greater than its sum of its parts.
Why Relationship Matters
Contrary to mergers and acquisitions in the private sector, nonprofit sector mergers and affiliations are a relationship business. The common theme behind the success of all of the affiliations is relationships, and relationships built on trust and over time. These include relationships between the leadership of PHMC and the affiliate organization leadership, as well as in the funding community, including the City of Philadelphia and other government agencies, which has a vested interest in ensuring that the organizations it supports are strong fiscally and in management.
PHMC's story is no different. In the following summaries is a background story of relationships among leadership and staff of both organizations that have been built over time and built on a foundation of trust.
Interim House: Interim House was PHMC's first venture into the affiliation model. Richard Cohen had a strong relationship with the organization and its leadership. Interim House services were known to be considered exceptional by the women served in the residential treatment facility in Mt. Airy. However, the organization was in financial distress and the program was in financial trouble. Funding agencies like the city's Offices of Substance Abuse and Drugs and Alcohol were very supportive of PHMC's helping the program, which started with PHMC entering into a management contract to turn the agency around. PHMC provided management services with the support from city government agencies, and the board ultimately turned into an affiliation in 1989 and eventually creating a program for women and their children at Interm House West in West Philadelphia. However, it was the relationships that the leadership of PHMC had with the organization and the funding community, including the city, that enabled the affiliation to happen.
The Bridge: In the early 1990s, the Bridge, a residential program for adolescents, was in serious financial trouble to the point where it was at risk of going out of business. The program was strong and well liked by funders like the city but it was losing significant amounts of money. PHMC was retained with support from the city's drug and alcohol office to do a management intervention. At the point when PHMC intervened in 1993, the program was losing over $500,000. PHMC and its lawyers did something unheard of in the nonprofit sector at that time, yet common in the private sector: It put the Bridge through bankruptcy to be able to resolve all of its debt issues. PHMC negotiated with all of its creditors and came to a common agreement on payback terms for funding earned—within a six-month period, the debt was resolved. The Bridge became an affiliate of PHMC in 1994. Since then, the Bridge has been managed well within a fee-for-service environment and with strong leadership and is about to grow in the next years.
Health Promotion Council (HPC): The former executive director of the Health Promotion Council had been a long-time colleague and friend of Richard Cohen and other senior management of PHMC. However, the affiliation idea was initiated by Philadelphia region consultant Don Kligerman, who introduced the leadership of HPC to thinking about the possibility of growing with a larger mission-aligned organization that could help it grow and scale. HPC affiliated in 1999 and has seen tremendous growth and expansion in services through the affiliation, including the ability to successfully bid on state funding, which it would not have been able to secure without a strong infrastructure such as PHMC's. Most recently, another PHMC affiliate, Resources for Children's Health, consolidated its programs with HPC and is now operating as a program of HPC.
National Nursing Centers Consortium (NNCC): PHMC manages a network of nurse-managed federally qualified health centers and was a founding member of what became the National Nursing Centers Consortium. There was total mission alignment from the beginning. In 2001, what was the Board of the Regional Nursing Centers Consortium, and Tine Hansen-Turton, who ran it, decided to go national and focus on the key policy and programmatic issues of the nurse-managed health center movement. The focus on policy and programs led the group to easily decide that affiliating with an organization with strong infrastructure and back-office support would be key to its success and its need to focus on national and state policies impacting nurse–practitioner- and nurse-managed health clinics. As with most affiliations, the rubber hits the road when organizations begin to discuss control and ownership. In an affiliate model, the parent organization is the owner legally. However, NNCC and PHMC leadership came to an agreement that there should be an exit clause in the affiliation agreement should the partnership not work out. NNCC affiliated in 2002 and has seen tremendous growth for its organization as well as been able to help transform how primary care is delivered in the U.S. and raised more than 300 million on behalf of its members nationally. The affiliation model was key to its success in focusing on its true mission.
The Joseph J. Peters Institute (JJPI): Richard Cohen and the PHMC board chair, Judge Renee Hughes, were both on the board of JJPI. As Richard Cohen often says, patience pays off, and over a five-year period discussing the possibility of becoming an affiliate. Both the Office of Mental Health and the Office of Community Behavioral Health were supportive of the affiliation, which happened in 2004.
Metropolitan Career Services/Computer Technology Institute (MCC): MCC, one of the region's most respected workforce and associate degree programs, affiliated with PHMC in 2011. The affiliation came about through a relationship between the former executive director and Richard Cohen. The executive director was very well aware that the organization would need to close its doors without the support of an organization like PHMC. At this time, PHMC is in the process of turning the organization around, adding degrees such as allied health as well as growing the workforce programs.
Take-Home Points about the PHMC Affiliation Model:
As with all partnerships, relationships built on trust are critical to success. Some of these relationships take years to build, so patience is key. The affiliation process can be taxing on the staff of both organizations, so it's important that the leadership be serious about affiliation. In PHMC's case, its affiliation focus tends to be on organizations that have annual budgets of $3 million or more. The process usually starts with the leadership of both organizations connecting and taking a joint leap of faith that a strategic alliance is the right way to go based on a substantial and thorough due diligence process. Mission alignment is critical, and so is the leadership of the partner organization. As critical as mission is, so is the belief that a partnership will increase opportunities to assist in preserving critical community assets and extend programs offered by both organizations. The enhancing of financial stability and creation of economies of scale, particularly in administration and infrastructure, are equally critical. Finally, career advancement opportunities are also relevant to keeping nonprofit organizational talent.
Outside agencies such as local government and foundations can play an important role in the affiliation process, from encouraging nonprofits to affiliate or merge to investing critical juncture funding to support the due diligence and implementation phases of the affiliation. One misconception is that an affiliation is usually cheaper operationally. However, that is not necessarily true, although PHMC can demonstrate that to date all of the affiliate organizations through a PHMC partnership have been able to drive down overhead costs over time through creating economies of scale. PHMC has been appreciative over the years of the past support of local government agencies in supporting and encouraging affiliations, as well as of funders like The Philadelphia Foundation, United Way and the Independence Foundation that provided critical juncture funding. More of this kind of leadership is needed to encourage more of these strategic partnerships.
Affiliate Program Profiles in Order of Year of Affiliation:
Interim House: Interim House is a corporation licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs. Interim House provides a continuum of comprehensive services to women addicted to drugs and alcohol that includes three levels of care: residential treatment, intensive outpatient treatment, and outpatient counseling. Incorporated in 1971, Interim House was the first such specialized program in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and one of the first in the nation. It has served as a model for innovative treatment of substance-abusing women. Interim House utilizes a holistic approach to treating drug and alcohol addiction that is trauma-sensitive, focusing on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual issues surrounding addiction. Interim House offers a wide range of therapeutic and support services to clients, with an emphasis on: preventing relapse; establishing stability and responsibility; improving life and parenting skills; developing and strengthening a support system; and establishing links to support services.
The Bridge: Since 1971, The Bridge has helped over 10,000 people challenged by addictions. The primary goal of The Bridge is to provide quality, accessible treatment while preparing clients to re-enter their communities as drug- and alcohol-free members of society. The Bridge is a subsidiary organization of PHMC. The Bridge understands that individuals who have become dependent on alcohol and/or other drugs usually experience many other problems. Our treatment philosophy stresses a holistic approach; interventions focus on treating the addiction, its underlying causes and related dysfunctions.
The Bridge offers a range of services designed to meet the needs of persons of all ages with addiction-related issues. The program serves adolescents from neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia, the suburban counties and the state of Delaware. The Bridge offers long- and short-term residential programs for up to 38 adolescents and outpatient counseling for children, adolescents and adults. Individualized treatment plans are created to meet clients' needs and clients have access to the comprehensive addiction, mental health, educational and life skills services provided at The Bridge.
The Health Promotion Council & Resources for Children's Health (RCH): HPC is a nonprofit corporation organized in 1981. HPC's mission is to promote health and prevent and manage chronic diseases, especially among vulnerable populations, through community-based outreach, education and advocacy. Its unique programs advocating positive health behaviors, together with its innovative work with minority groups. have advanced the field of health promotion in southeastern Pennsylvania and across the nation. As part of its mission to promote health and provide outreach and education, Health Promotion Council conducts family support and healthy parenting education programs. These include its Health Intervention Program and Focus on Families, formerly available through RCH. HPC has a diverse, multicultural, multilingual staff and fulfills its mission through programs in four major areas: chronic disease risk reduction; chronic disease prevention and management; community and capacity building; and professional education and consulting.
The National Nursing Centers Consortium: NNCC is the leading advocate for nurse-managed health care. NNCC is a nonprofit corporation whose mission is to strengthen the capacity, growth and development of nurse-managed health centers, provide quality care to vulnerable populations and eliminate health disparities in underserved communities. Founded in 1996, NNCC joined Public Health Management Corporation in 2002. NNCC advocates for accessible healthcare through using nurses as primary providers of healthcare. Our nurse-run member health centers provide community-based care that is sensitive to patient needs and concerns. NNCC works to improve policies for nurse practitioners as primary care providers, and also helps member health centers meet the costs of providing care to the uninsured and underinsured by taking the lead in developing and running programs in partnership with its member centers that help people lead healthier and safer lives. These programs help avert future health problems and keep healthcare costs from rising.
The Joseph J. Peters Institute: JJPI is a nonprofit mental health agency providing outpatient assessment and treatment services in the area of sexual abuse. JJPI's mission is to reduce the causes and overall results of sexually abusive behaviors through research, training, prevention and treatment. JJPI evaluates and treats survivors of sexual abuse as well as offenders. In addition, JJPI provides training to organizations throughout the region, holding a national reputation for its work in the assessment, treatment, prevention and education related to sexual abuse. Its research arm has received numerous grants from foundations such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Justice.
Metropolitan Career Center: MCC was launched in 1974 as a nonprofit workforce development organization established by the clergy and members of the First United Methodist Church of Germantown to help neighborhood youth and adults gain greater access to resources that could lead to better careers and higher education. Today, MCC and its nonprofit career school, the Computer Technology Institute (CTI), educate and train individuals who have limited access to resources, to connect them to employers and help meet the changing needs of the workforce. MCC and CTI encourage sustainable careers and economic independence by building a supportive learning environment in which students receive personalized attention. To further that mission, CTI, an approved and accredited training provider through the Department of Education and one of the few nonprofit secondary career schools in Pennsylvania, offers an associate degree in specialized technology and a diploma in health information technology.
Recognized nationally as an authority in the public health management arena, president and CEO of PHMC Richard J. Cohen has led the organization since 1980. Dr. Cohen leads close to 1,400 employees, over 250 public health programs and approximately ten subsidiary organizations. Under his watch, the organization has expanded more than seventy-fivefold and continues to grow, with a current operating budget of approximately $180 million. Dr. Cohen has devoted his professional life to the needs of Philadelphia and the surrounding region, while playing a critical role at a national level as well.
Tine Hansen-Turton is the chief strategy officer of PHMC, where she develops and supports PHMC's overall strategy and leads partnership development around new and emerging business opportunities. She works across the organization, but oversees Management Services and the Research & Evaluation Group. She also manages organizational development and learning, regional emergency preparedness services and mergers and affiliations, as well as the trade associations National Nursing Centers Consortium and Convenient Care Association. She is nationally known for her development and policy systems-change work with nurse-led care and for expanding access to care for millions through retail clinics.


Why you probably wrote poetry, even though you never knew.
Knowing and caring about how language works can make you a better writer. You don't have to be a poet, you don't have to be a nobel-prized romancier, but you should think about what you read and write. Analyzing the features of language will show you how to become a more efficient writer and improve your strategy skills.
Here's one of the safest way to weird people out: Go to any public place (let's say a bar, a club, a bus stop, the cafeteria) and announce that you like poetry. Then enjoy the reactions.
Most people think poetry is terribly obscure, even opaque, and they don't know what to do with it. Consequently, they say they hate it. But, as with many things, they hate something they don't understand. Not because they're too dumb to understand it (it's quite easy, actually), but because they haven't tried.
This is a shame, frankly. The basic elements of poetics are so frequently employed in political, social, and business rhetoric that we don't even notice it anymore. And the poetic principles can teach us many things about how language and information is structured and may be presented. I'll try to be lucid.
But why may this article be relevant to content strategists, information architects and copywriters alike? Because we essentially do very similar things and oftentimes take care of work not primarily affiliated with our field. Also, there's no harm in being firm in all disciplines concerning communication. That does not mean you should write Petrarchan sonnets or include a limerick in every paragraph you write. It just means you should know a little more about how language and communication works in order to use this knowledge to your advantage.
No matter if it's your G+ or Facebook profile or a CV, an app you want to present, information on a website you're designing, or email contact with a customer: All of these writing activities (and a lot more) contain some elements of copywriting. And, as I will argue, poetry.
The first important thing is that the form should always, to a certain extent, refer to content – in regard to theme, style, and representation. So, when organizing content, you should (and maybe you do intuitively) match your content to your form. This refers to aspects like the length of your lines as well as the "genre" of the text: is it an abstract, an introduction, a comment, a description, a reference? Then make it so.
Even more clear or relevant may be the point of conciseness. We should try, as any good verse will, to be as brief as possible without omitting information relevant to the reader. That premise should be held dear, not only in reference to the actual text we create, but also concerning the information we want to display. Leaving out any kind of information that is not absolutely necessary is crucial for communication. This, however, should not neglect important issues of style (maxims such as politeness and coolness included).
I will focus on meter primarily because of its attention to detail. Obviously, especially copywriters should be well acquainted with meter, since it is one of the ways to create a successful claim, slogan, tagline or catchy description. Research in cognitive studies and brain development has shown that, as infants, we learn the rhythms and meter structure of language first, even before having an understanding of what words may actually mean. This is a universalism, no matter which of the approximately 3.500 languages you learn as your mother tongue. Meter therefore is, and this is my point, the aspect of language most deeply rooted in the brain, which is why we need to make use of it.
The English language is, for the most part, structured in iambo-trochaic meter, meaning that most phrases follow varieties of this syllable pattern: unstressed-stressed, or stressed-unstressed, respectively. No great matter, but what I in turn would like to stress is that you need to pay attention to the details, which is why it isn't so easy to write good copy and why it usually takes a while to get everything just right. A slogan like "Watch it, hear it, know about it." works better than "Look at this, listen to it, and you'll understand.", although they essentially say the same thing.
The way that metaphors work in our brain has only recently begun to be explored by neuroscientists. However, as with rhymes, they directly relate to the part in the brain that is concerned with the processing of emotion. This makes them ever more memorable and appealing. So when you're employing the metaphor of, say, seafaring for a business website, there is an infinite number of images to choose from: from sails to waves, from fishing to mission, from whales to gales, from navigation to harbor station. When you get a metaphor to work for itself, which would be the ideal case, the reader will not only think: "Of course, that's obvious. It could be my idea." It also gives readers a context in which they can embed abstract concepts. So you have something you want to say (A) but you express it via a different word or phrase (B), which however clearly refers back to (A). It seems like an unnecessary detour, but it actually works, paradoxically, because a shortcut is created. A good metaphor makes an explanation (not an interpretation) obsolete.
Pragmatics are concerned with all that goes beyond that what is actually said. So: not the literal expression, but what you want to get across. Look at FedEx's slogan, for example: "When there is no tomorrow." What is said is that there might be a case in which the day following today is not going to exist. What it means is that if you have something urgent to ship to someone who cannot wait another day, you had better trustfully place the important freight in the hands of this company and they will get it there faster than anyone else. A lot of this works by the deduction of context. As a copywriter you have to walk that thin line between saying what you actually need to, but making it interesting at the same time.
This concept, coined by Henri Bergson, basically says that a great part of language is self-referential. This can be seen in the way that we perceive rhymes, assonances, alliterations, analogous sentence structures. Somehow we seem to need this and other structures to make sense of the world which is why you should employ it in your copy.
For illustration purposes and because it works so well, I will pick just one well-known slogan to briefly show just a fraction of how much poetics is in it and how it wouldn't work without. This is going to show you that you probably know more about poetics than you think. You just need to access this knowledge.
"Have a break. Have a kitkat."
It's easy to spot the analogous structure here. The two sentences are perfect equals regarding their syntactic elements. The great thing about it that through the analogy, the "break" (i.e. a "pause") is transformed into the actual product in the second phrase. Not to mention that you actually break the chocolate bars. There's no rhyme in there, but the assonances are elaborate in their simplicity: the ae and e sounds are recurrent and the vowel sounds of "break" [aei] are torn apart, reversed, but reappear in "kitkat" creating another analogy. The meter is broken in the word "kitkat", but only by adding a final syllable, stressing the word, without destroying the rhythm. Finally, the imperative form which actually is a violation to the maxims of politeness (which says you shouldn't tell anyone frankly what to do) is associated with something positive: a time-out, recovery and relaxation, pleasure.
To stay within the product category, I also like the Reese's Cups' slogan.
"Two great tastes that taste great together." Go ahead and take it apart.
While it certainly doesn't make sense to go through a procedure of analysis for every sentence you dribble out, you should keep the aspects mentioned above in mind as you write. Know about them and – with practice, re-working, and extensive reading included – your writing but also your conceptional skills will improve. On a side note, I think it was the legendary D. Ogilvy who once said: "Delete the best thing you've written and you start to get good."
Consider adding these books (or excerpts of them) for your reading list. I promise they'll be worth your while.
Eagleton, Terry. How to Read a Poem. Malden: Blackwell, 2008.
Holland, Norman. Literature and the Brain. Gainesville: PsyArt, 2009.
Jakobson, Roman. Selected Writings: Word & Language. 2nd vol. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1971. 8 vols.
Schrott, Raoul & Arthur Jacobs. Gehirn und Gedicht: wie wir unsere Wirklichkeiten konstruieren. München: Hanser, 2011.


Applying for your first passport? Or do you need passport photos for ID purposes? It is possible to print out your own passport size photos but you'll need a printer, the right photographic paper and a passport compatible image.
Before you can print a passport size picture you need an image. If you haven't needed a passport photo in a while, you may not be aware of the rules for taking a UK passport compatible photo.
You'll need to stand against a neutral background and you can't wear anything that casts a shadow or obstructs your face. That includes glasses, a hat, head scarf, sunglasses on your head or even your own hair! No one else should be visible in the photo and you can't smile or frown – your expression must be completely neutral.
Once you've nailed your photo, then you're ready to print.
Do you have a high resolution photo printer with colour accuracy? Then you're ready to start. You'll need photo quality paper of at least 200gsm and advanced photo software to scale your photo to exactly the right dimensions.
Windows and iOS operating systems offer basic photo editing, but for more control you may need to download a dedicated app or invest in photo editing software.
Of course, there is an easier way to print out your passport photos. Just take a photo and then upload it to Paspic. We'll print a perfect set of UK passport photos and deliver them free just about anywhere in the world. And because we check every photo for compatibility we have a 99.5% approval rate which gives you 100% peace of mind. Want to print out perfect passport photos every time? Then trust Paspic to get it right first time.


A formal apology for the Church of England's role in Canada's residential school system.
Canada's Residential School system operated from the 1870's until as recently as the 1990's. Funded by the Canadian government, and administered by the Vatican and the Church of England, the main goal of these schools was to separate indigenous children from their cultures in order to assimilate them into western society. While attending these schools children were deprived of seeing their families and forced to speak English and French, and were reprimanded if caught using their own languages. Many of these children also experienced sexual, physical and all other types of abuse. It's estimated that around 150,000 children attended these schools and as many as 6,000 of them died. Whether it be by starvation, disease, suicide or murder, all deaths where ultimately caused by the hands of school officials. As mentioned before, many of these officials where priest's or nun's of the Church of England and the Vatican.
Canada's government issued an apology for their key role in this genocide in 2008. However the Vatican refused to apologize in March 2018 for the Catholic Church's role, much to the disappointment of Canadian's everywhere. Now it's time for the Church of England to be held accountable for their part in this atrocity. Queen Elizabeth II is head of the Church of England and she was for many years while these schools where still up and running. She even visited at least one of them herself in 1964, along with The Duke of Edinburgh. My goal is for this petition to reach Canada's Governor General, Julie Payette so that perhaps she can pass along this request for an apology from the church to Her Majesty. Canada's dream of Truth and Reconciliation cannot finally be realized until the truth is admitted and apologized for. An apology will definitely not solve everything, but it would be another landmark step forward on our path to reconciliation.
I'm a 17 year old Canadian girl and I've witnessed the generational trauma indigenous people continue to experience because of the atrocities committed in these schools. How can we as a country be expected to move forward if an apology is never offered? Those few simple words we're longing for will not end this cycle of trauma, but if it manages to move our country forward even the smallest amount then it has done it's job.
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Groups participating not only have the opportunity to promote their organization, but to interact with festival attendees and raise funds.
The three new Ambassadors, Sophie Kloncz, Katya Cuthbert and Madison Nathe, will represent Maple Grove for the upcoming year.
Many events took place throughout the community for the 30th annual Maple Grove Days July 12-15, 2018.
Children were out and about during the annual 2018 Maple Grove Days Diaper Derby and Kids Parade Friday, July 13 at Central Park.
Despite a wet, rainy start, the Maple Grove Days 2018 Parade continued on July 12 featuring dozens government agencies, businesses, organizations, and more.
As part of the Maple Grove Days activities in 2018, a shuttle bus is available 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, July 14.
Planning for the 2018 Maple Grove Days Parade is underway.
There are a variety of events and activities happening around Maple Grove the week of July 9-15, 2018.
After five clues, the annual hunt for the medallion came to an end.
Maple Grove Days 2018 is July 11-15.


21216 S Springwater Rd is a miscellaneous structures - ranch, farm fixtures located in Estacada, OR 97023. Built in 2006, this property features 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 4.62 acres lot, and 4,036 sq ft of living space. The estimated market value for 21216 S Springwater Rd is $918,000.
For the surrounding community of Estacada, OR 97023, the average sale price for similar homes to 21216 S Springwater Rd is $854,201. The nearby schools include River Mill Elementary School, Estacada Middle School and Clackamas River Elementary School. The overall crime risk for this area is low. The natural disaster risk for this area includes low earthquake risk, very low tornado risk, and minimal flood risk.
Situated at 21216 S Springwater Rd, Estacada, OR 97023, this is a Miscellaneous Structures - Ranch, Farm Fixtures with 4 bedrooms and 5.0 bathrooms and approximately 4,036 square feet of living space and a 201,247 square foot lot. The property was built in 2006 and is in the neighborhood of Clackamas County, Oregon.
In the area where 21216 S Springwater Rd, Estacada, OR 97023 is located there were 2 new foreclosure filings in 03/2019. The foreclosure rate in the 97023 zip code was one in every 2,123 housing units. The number of active properties in some stage of foreclosure in the 97023 zip code is 8.


Was the establishment of a specifically Jewish state in Palestine the most favorable way for Britain to protect its post-WWI imperial interests in the Middle East?
Modern historyWas the establishment of a specifically Jewish state in Palestine the most favorable way for Britain to protect its post-WWI imperial interests in the Middle East?
History textbooks that deal with the birth of the Zionism repeatedly take for granted a major component of the movement's early success underlying British support. The beginning of the history of Israel is commonly preoccupied with Theodor Herzl or the Balfour Declaration, but very rarely is the question ever posed, why did the British ever even support Zionism in the first place? Pithy explanations are occasionally given that the British were the only powerful Europeans tolerant enough to accept Jews in the aftermath of dreadful pogroms and from there the Zionist movement was given freedom to flourish. However, such accounts do not fully explain what benefit Zionism would have provided to British policymakers. Conversely, explanations about the British maintaining interests in Egypt and the Suez Canal do not fully address the question of why it supported Zionism, specifically, in order to achieve these goals. Why not simply colonize the Palestinians directly if a buffer state was all that was desired? In light of these historical ambiguities, this paper will attempt to explore what exactly prompted Lloyd George's cabinet to support Jewish restoration to the Holy Land. However, the research focuses on a wide range of historical events and movements, and ironically, virtually no analysis of Lloyd George's cabinet was required to come to the final conclusions. Events of the nineteenth century played the most significant role, as the combination of a waning Ottoman Empire and a growing acceptance of Jewish culture in England coincided to allow the British to merge their ideological principles with the strategic interests of the Empire. The discussion will begin with an analysis of the latter half of this equation.
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Canon Online Store (Singapore)
Lester Chan · 09:43 · 30 Sep 15 · Camera
Canon Online Store (Singapore) was officially launched last week on the 22nd September 2015 as a one-stop e-commerce platform offering the full range of Canon consumer products and services to customers at their convenience.
The online store accepts both local and foreign credit cards for delivery to customers residing in Singapore.
Canon Online Store (Singapore) – Home
Canon, Canon Store
Monday, 28th September 2015
Singtel's SIM Only Plan
Lester Chan · 09:19 · 28 Sep 15 · Mobile Phone
It is an increasing trend that people are getting their phones without contract. For example, both Apple and Xiaomi sells their phone directly on their website.
Phones sold in Singapore are always unlocked because by law, it is illegal to sell locked phones in here.
Singtel – SIM Only Plan
plan, price, SIM
PHP ElePHPant Plush Toys
Lester Chan · 11:18 · 25 Sep 15 · Toy
On the first day of the PHPConf.Asia 2015, I bought the PHP ElePHPant (Purple) Plush Toy from Jenny Wong, who is a Community Engineer at Human Made for S$50. The proceeds goes to PHP Women which is an inclusive & global network providing support within the PHP community for gender equality.
On the second day of the conference, I got the PHP ElePHPant (Blue) Plush Toy for free from Zend, who is one of the sponsors for the conference.
PHP ElePHPant (Purple) Plush Toy
elephant, PHP, plush toy
Wednesday, 23rd September 2015
Microsoft Office 2016 For Windows Now Available
Lester Chan · 08:33 · 23 Sep 15 · Software
2 months after the release of Microsoft Office 2016 For Mac, Microsoft Office 2016 for Windows is now available for both Office 365 subscribers and one-time purchase.
Here are the prices for Office 2016, for more details, you can check out the official Buy Office page.
Microsoft Office 2016 For Windows Icons
2016, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Office 2016, Office 365, Windows
Tuesday, 22nd September 2015
PHPConf.Asia 2015 – The First Pan-Asian PHP conference
Lester Chan · 08:56 · 22 Sep 15 · Event
The first Pan-Asian PHP conference, PHPConf.Asia 2015, starts today. The two-day conference is held at Kent Ridge Guild House (9 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore 119241).
We are honoured to have, Rasmus Lerdorf, who is the creator of PHP to give the opening keynote.
PHPConf.Asia 2015
PHP, PHPConf.Asia, Rasmus Lerdorf
Singtel iPhone 6s/6s Plus Price Plans
The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will be launching on Friday, 25th September 2015 at 8am at Marina Bay Sands, Exhibition Hall D, Basement 2.
With regards to LTE networks in Singapore, for the iPhone 6s model we are getting the A1638 (GSM) and for the iPhone 6s Plus model, we are getting the A1687 (GSM).
iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, plan, price, Singtel
Apple iPhone Lightning Dock (Gold)
Lester Chan · 09:16 · 18 Sep 15 · Case, Dock & Bag
The Apple iPhone Lightning Dock was released back in May 2015 and retails for S$58. it is made of plastic and only the color white is available.
For the launch of iPhone 6/6s Plus, there is a new variant of the Apple iPhone Lightning Dock that retails for S$68.
Apple iPhone Lightning Dock (Gold) – Box Front
Apple, dock, gold, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, Lightning
Apple iPhone 6s Plus Leather Case (Midnight Blue)
The Apple iPhone 6s Plus Leather Case is retailing for S$68 and similar to Apple iPhone 6 Plus Leather Case, it was available for shipping much earlier than the phone itself.
There are five colors available for Apple iPhone 6s/iPhone 6s Plus Leather Case: Midnight Blue, Saddle Brown, Rose Grey, Brown and Black.
Apple iPhone 6 Plus Leather Case – Packaging Front
Apple, case, iPhone 6s Plus, leather, midnight blue
Wednesday, 9th September 2015
Netflix To Launch In Singapore In Early 2016
Lester Chan · 11:05 · 09 Sep 15 · Movie & TV Show
Netflix is coming to Singapore in early 2016 alongside to countries like South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Hopefully the selection of movies and TV series are good.
What Is Netflix (From: Wikipedia)
Netflix, Inc. is an American provider of on-demand Internet streaming media available to viewers in North and South America, the Caribbean, and parts of Europe (Denmark, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom), and of flat rate DVD-by-mail in the United States, where mailed DVDs are sent via Permit Reply Mail. The company was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. It started its subscription-based digital distribution service in 1999, and by 2009 it was offering a collection of 100,000 titles on DVD and had surpassed 10 million subscribers.
Netflix Logo
2016, Netflix, Singapore
Monday, 7th September 2015
Ambi Climate Review
Lester Chan · 09:40 · 07 Sep 15 · Endorsement, Internet of Things, Review
Ambi Climate is a small, sleek internet of things (IoT) device that makes your existing infrared remote-controlled air conditioner smart. It aims to make your aircon usage more efficient and hence lower your energy bill.
Ambi Climate uses predictive climate control by monitoring the temperature and environment both inside and outside maximizing energy use. In fact, thermal comfort isn't about temperature alone. That is why Ambi Climate takes into a consideration sunlight, temperature, humidity and other elements to maintain a more comfortable, energy efficient interior environment. The device also learns from your own preferences and daily routine, and will tailor your indoor climate around you and your family
Ambi Climate – Box Open
air conditioner, Ambi Climate, infrared, Kickstarter, smart air conditioner controller
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itmSUITE is proud to announce the release of the new itmSUITE® module MS (Mobile Services). This module is available both for on-premise customers and for itmCLOUD® (cloud services).
Mobile Services module lets you immediately work with other itmSUITE® available components on mobile devices. Therefore you can easily manage your projects, workflow instances (e.g. incidents, changes, requests), work timesheets, etc. on your favourite mobile device.
Data are available off-line too and may be synchronized when network connection is available. For example, you may enter a timesheet when you are abroad an later synch it when back to office.
Mobile Services is available as a native app for Android, iOS and Windows Phone devices.
Mobile Services is available both on-premise (itmSUITE®) and cloud (itmCLOUD®).
With the spread and increasing use of mobile devices Mobile Services module is a "must have" whose capabilities grow together with those of itmSUITE®.


Golden Age, published by Aeria Games, announced its closed beta will begin on October 19.
Golden Age offers a browser-base RTS experience with classic RPG elements added in. Several closed beta contests have been announced: level events, forum contests and a Facebook raffle. Golden Age will not require any download to play.
Aeria Games also publishes Shaiya and Call of Gods.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Oct. 4, 2011 – Aeria Games, a leading global publisher of free-to-play online games, today announced that Golden Age, its latest browser-based, real-time strategy (RTS) title, will begin closed beta testing on October 19, 2011.
Golden Age blends traditional browser-based RTS gameplay with role-playing game (RPG) features to deliver a beautifully-rendered, immersive experience, playable from any web browser. Golden Age allows players to interact in Sanctum City, the game's side-scrolling, RPG-style town. Work together or fight solo to conquer territories and expand your empire in strategic player-versus-player (PvP) and player-versus-environment (PvE) battles.
Level Contests – Players who achieve the highest level or rank for their sire, city, army and alliance during CB will win prizes.
Forum Events – Anyone can represent their faction and upload screenshots in the community forums during CB for a chance to win Aeria Points.
Facebook Raffle – Facebook users who "Like" the new Golden Age Facebook page can compete for prizes in the upcoming CB raffle.
Like all browser-based titles from Aeria Games, Golden Age is free to play will won't require a download. Interested players can sign up to participate in the closed beta testing phase here: http://goldenage.aeriagames.com.
World of Tanks: I Love Tanks!


My career in trade magazine publishing included time spent working on association publications and time with magazines that focused on architecture, construction and the built environment. Joining LD+A magazine and the IES afforded me the chance to bring both those threads together—the best of both worlds, if you will. I've always preferred association magazines (as opposed to B-to-B publications) because the readers are usually highly invested in the association and view the publication as one of the most important member benefits. That's certainly true of the IES. I've always admired the passion that lighting people bring to their jobs. When an LD+A editor interviews a lighting person, that passion for their work shines through, and they're always happy to explain the nuances of the industry to the layman. That's made it easy for me to stay in the industry for the past 15 years.
Easy! Shortly after starting at LD+A in 2003, Bill Maiman and Bob Nadel took me to lunch to give me sort of a history lesson on the Section's role within IES and to explain the significance of the Lumen Awards program, which was turning 35 that year. Over the years, others in leadership positions within the Section (including Kelly Seeger, Bonnie Whitehouse, Frank Conti, Gary Dulanski and others) have always been gracious and available to discuss how IES HQ, LD+A and the Section could work together.
As a staff member of the IES, I look to the IESNYC as the model of how an IES Section delivers valuable benefits to members on the local level. Promoting those programs in LD+A may lead other Sections to try them out. And it works in the other direction as well; all IES Sections can learn from what their fellow Sections are doing.
Well, you can't beat the Lumen Gala for industry buzz and camaraderie. The sheer size of the Section and the fact that its members represent all channels of the industry is a real asset, as well. I also had the privilege to serve as a judge for the Student Lighting Design Competition. That exceeded all expectations. The creativity displayed by these students was impressive, and we judges really had a tough time winnowing down the entries.


The stars aligned and the paths of two lovers intersected and a union was created between them.
After almost a steady year of consistent training later, Anahata Acro was manifested.
dramatically and how she sees the world.
Opening up the body is not always about static stretching. Utilize fluid movement to increase active range of motion.
Coming together with other like-minded souls creates a strong-knit community where you can be your authentic self.
A focus on core strengthening and movement-based exercises lead to a total body performance increase.
By taking our classes and trusting in yourself you will be amazed at how powerful you already are. This respect will only multiply as you build muscular patterns and develop your body and self-awareness to reach new heights.


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Disney Plus user accounts already found on hacking sites
wire reports
Disney says its new Disney Plus streaming service doesn't have a security breach, but some users have been shut out after hackers tried to break into their accounts.
The news site ZDNet found stolen account usernames and passwords selling for $3 on underground hacking forums. Disney's streaming service costs $7 a month or $70 a year.
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Disney says there's no indication of a security breach on Disney Plus. It says it takes the privacy and security of users' data seriously.
It's likely hackers found email and password combinations re-used by Disney Plus subscribers after they'd previously been stolen from other online services.
Disney Plus hasn't said how many subscribers have had security problems. The new service attracted 10 million subscribers the day it launched earlier this month.