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Solar System in Islamabad
Why you need Solar System in Islamabad? Islamabad the capital of Pakistan and often described as the first planned city in Pakistan is the central hub of all government activities. The state capital should have uninterrupted access to electricity and should be as clean and green as possible so foreign delegates leave with a good image of our capital. Islamabad is the cleanest and most green city in Pakistan, however to accommodate the shortage of electricity, use of fossil fuels has led to increasing problem of pollution.
The electricity bills are also increasing because the fossil fuels being used at a great pace cannot be replenished. With the best Solar System in Islamabad, Premier Energy has been helping the residents of Islamabad improve their living standards more than ever by providing them. The solution lies in converting our usage to renewable energy of which the solar energy is the best source. Switching to solar not only allows you to save a lot of money but also enables you to contribute to a safer and cleaner environment.
We provide several services other than solar system installation in Islamabad that are as follows:
Fault Apprehension
Defect detection of fuses and breakers that are triggering the pickle.
Status of Charging and Discharging
Measure charging and discharging conditions of batteries to increase their lifetime.
Keeping the User Informed
Informing the customer on the state of the system fitted.
Cleaning of Solar Plates
We offer bi-monthly cleaning of solar plates with a Demineralized Water Pumping arrangement to improve the solar panels' output.
Call Support and Maintenance
We provide 24/7 on-call sustenance service in case of any grievance or solar emergency.
Examination of Solar Panels
Check- up of solar panels and their mounting arrangement to make sure everything is in position.
Optimizing the Generation
Augment the harvest of the overall solar-powered system to increase cost-efficiency.
We are also providing a fortnightly electrical and mechanical examination of fitted inverters.
We make the most feasible economic plans for the connection of the system.
Solar System in Islamabad that we Provide
Premier Energy is an innovative Solar Solutions provider that improves its services and the systems it delivers, so the clients get only the best return on their investment. Our systems comprise products from top solar manufacturers in the world. We keep the price low, so there is no burden on the pocket of the customer. The solar system solutions we provide are as following:
On-grid Solar system
Grid-tie Solar Systems are those that work in connection with the grid station as they use the grid as a virtual battery and store surplus electricity to the utility grid and get back up from the grid if needed. On-grid solar system does not require any batteries and can export surplus electricity in exchange for credit units via the net metering system. Quote for best On-Grid Solar System Price in Pakistan.
Off-grid Solar System
This a system that is best for distant locations, agricultural and defense installations as it does not require any connection to the grid. The Off-grid Solar System is a battery-based system that requires solar batteries that may be costly but deliver backup in case of blackout and load shedding. This system does not allow net metering as there is no connection between the grid and the solar system. Quote for best Off-Grid Solar System Price in Pakistan.
Hybrid Solar System
A Hybrid Solar System is a blend of the off-grid and the grid-tie system as it is connected to the grid and the batteries as well. After charging the batteries, it transfers excess electricity to the grid. This system offers backup in case of load shedding and also lets the installation of the net metering system. The system is expensive due to all the apparatus required to give dual operations, but it is the most practical solution. Quote for best Hybrid Solar System Price in Pakistan.
List of Solar Panels We Have
Premier Energy uses the best quality of solar panels available in the market. We provide these at the most pocket-friendly price. The solar plates we have are available in a number of sizes and models with various distinguishing features. Get a quote for Ja Solar, Longi Solar and Canandian Solar. The solar panel companies we deal in are as following:
JA Solar Panels
Longi Solar Panels
Canadian Solar Panels
SunPower Solar Panels
SunTech Solar Panels
It is pertinent to mention here that solar systems are classified into three categories mainly. These include on-grid or grid-tie solar system, off-grid or stand-alone power system (SAPS) and hybrid solar systems. On the same pattern we have grid-tie inverters, off-grid inverters and hybrid inverters.
On-Grid or Grid-tie Solar Inverters
As obvious by its name, a Grid Tie Solar Inverter / On Grid Solar Inverter is always synchronized with a utility line interface. Suitable to be attached with an electric grid, it converts DC power of solar panels into home appliances friendly AC power. Quote for On-Grid / Grid-Tie Solar Inverter Price in Pakistan.
Off-Grid Solar Inverters
Contrary to the grid-tie inverters, Off-Grid Inverters are not connected to utility line phase. The electric current runs from PV plates to the battery or charge bank and then converted into AC power. Quote for Off-Grid Solar Inverter Price in Pakistan.
Hybrid Solar Inverters
Hybrid Inverters also termed as multi mode inverters, are said to be the smart choice owing to their technology and advantages. These inverters intelligently manage power input from battery and from solar PV plates. The batteries are either charged by solar power or electricity grid connection when these inverters are installed to your solar system. Quote for Hybrid Solar Inverter Price in Pakistan.
List of Solar Inverters We Have
Premier Energy deals in the world's best inverters that have with around 10 years of warranty that makes investing with Premier Solar Solutions the right thing to do. We deal in only the top solar inverter companies in the world which are as following:
On-grid Solar Inverters in Pakistan
Tranergy Solar Inverters
The solar system rates in Pakistan varies a lot as it depends upon a number of factors which are as following:
WARRANTY OF THE SYSTEM: The longer the warranty period is the more the solar system cost in Pakistan will be.
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE SYSTEM: The specifications you choose for also decides the solar system price in Pakistan.
CAPACITY OF THE SYSTEM: If you are going for a greater capacity, it will get expensive as the quantity of the items will increase.
PRODUCTS UTILIZED IN THE SYSTEM: Different companies provide product with different features so prices vary with the change in the company whose product is being used.
TYPE OF THE SYSTEM: The On-Grid Systems are less expensive than the Off-Grid and Hybrid Systems.
Sectors We Provide Solar Solutions in Islamabad
Premier Energy is the finest solar system company in Islamabad, this is because we earned it and our customer gave us the title. We are dealing in all the segments to provide solar systems and have a long list of clientele from all the sectors. The following are the main regions we are dealing with:
Solar financing in Islamabad
Solar financing is an initiative taken by the State Bank of Pakistan to give loans for solar system to anyone who desires to switch to solar energy for an improved future. Premier Energy, being the leading company among the solar solutions providers, has been awarded with Category 1 certification in Solar Financing. You can get a solar system on installation in Islamabad, and we can help you with everything from submission of application to the accomplishment of the project.
The need of the hour is to switch to solar energy, and Premier Energy is here to support customers in this endeavor to make certain their asset harvests the maximum benefits. With the most inexpensive Solar System in Islamabad, Premier Energy is enlightening lives through renewable energy and working for a healthier future. Discuss your plan with us via call, email, or by organizing a meeting with our solar energy consultant in Islamabad, so you can make an well-versed decision.


NOTE: AS OF TODAY, 10 BUYERS ARE WATCHING THIS ITEM. I WILL UPDATE AS THE NUMBER RISES OR FALLS, THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST. 18-19 C Antique Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Stacking Bowls with Lid, In Wonderful Condition! This is an incredibly beautiful delicately hand painted poly-chrome 4 piece stacking bowl set with lid. All pieces have been very finely decorated with flowers and birds and insects. The colors are vibrant and the enamels are in remarkable condition for an antique from any age period. You will not find a finer example of these stacked bowls in this condition in this price range. I collected these myself and I know this is a high quality set. The pictures don't really do this piece justice, in person it is simple very elegant. While the set is not marked the colors used in the enamels are those used during the Qing Dynasty, very likely Tongzhi or even Qianlong.
The lid has a handmade twisted brass wire and ring on top. The un-glazed edges of each pieces show the appropriate age discoloration. And the white glaze surfaces possesses the typical occlusions for the periods suggested.
Please review all photos carefully , and ask any question or request any new photos etc. Note: the base is fitted with stick-on surface protectors, easily removed.
NOTE: It was pointed out to me that there is a hairline crack on one of the bowls. It is so faint it can only be seen in a high resolution image as shown in photo #7, on the second bowl from the top. It does not detract from the set and is almost impossible to see, and does not compromise the integrity of the bowl or set. NOTE: THE WOODEN STAND IS NOT INCLUDED! The components of the set measure as follows: Each bowl is 5"(12.5cm) in diameter by 1 1/8"(3.125cm) tall.
The lid is 5 1/4(13.125cm) in diameter. The set with lid on measures 6 1/4(15.625cm). REGARDING ITEM DESCRIPTIONS: PLEASE READ. IF FOR ANY REASON AN ITEM IS DELIVERED BROKEN, OR BECOMES LOST.
I WILL FILE A CLAIM ON YOUR BEHALF. IF THE ITEM ARRIVES BROKEN. PLEASE NOTE IT WHEN SIGNING FOR THE ITEM. ALSO, PLEASE TAKE PHOTOS BEFORE OPENING THE BOX. THE SHIPPER WILL WANT TO SEE ALL PHOTOS, AND THEY WILL WANT TO TAKE THE BOX, ALL PACKAGING, ALONG WITH THE ITEM TO THEIR CLAIMS DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW.
MY ITEMS ARE EXACTLY WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PHOTOS. WHICH WERE TAKEN OF THE ACTUAL ITEM(S) YOU WILL RECEIVE. PLEASE UNDERSTAND, MOST OF MY ITEMS ARE FROM MY OWN PERSONAL COLLECTIONS, WHICH IS A SMOKE FREE ENVIRONMENT. IF I OFFER ITEMS FROM OTHER SOURCES, I MAY NOT HAVE ANY WAY OF DETERMINING IF THIS IS TRUE. MOST OF ITEMS ARE CLEANED THOROUGHLY BEFORE I LIST THEM, UNLESS I DETERMINE IT MAY ALTER THE PIECE; THEREBY I.
ALLOW THE NEW OWNER TO CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE METHOD TO CLEAN AND/OR RESTORE A PIECE. The item "Antique Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Stacking Bowls Among the Very Finest" is in sale since Saturday, October 13, 2018. This item is in the category "Antiques\Asian Antiques\China\Bowls". The seller is "theartistattic" and is located in Chino Hills, California.


I used the party invites to kick off the theme. I know in the past I have just emailed a lot of the party invites, but I really love receiving mail in the post, and I just think it makes it that much more special.
As always I was far too busy enjoying the party to get many photos, but here are a few for you.
When it came to party favours, I wanted something that was way more than just lollies. I searched many times till I found these milk pails in colours that the birthday boy chose. And there were JUST enough of them for the day!
You can see poking out the top one of the straws that I made for the party (tutorial here).
I filled them with plastic animals, Pascal Milk Bottle lollies, little fuzzy chicks, the duck crayons that we made the week before the party (posted here) and fruit scented highlighters.
The Thank You tags were sourced from Anneliese here.
The menu was based around brunch (thanks for the idea Anneliese!), which lent itself readily to the whole farm theme I thought.
I used a vintage sheet with farm pictures on it for the table cloth on the main table (It was mine when I was about 6), and a light blue one on the kids table - which is what Little Clam chose. Apologies for not getting a photo of the actual table!!! ( I had to get the sheet out of the cupboard to take this one).
The men were good enough to give wheelbarrow rides to all the little peeps, and in between turns the rest played on the swings, bikes and sandpit. I had some games ready to go... but didn't end up using them - woops (pin the nose on the pig, pass the parcel, etc.). We finished off with everyone sitting down and watching Little Clam open his presents, which had been stored in a drum at the beginning of the party.
Gorgeous Party! Love the cake!
This sounds like a lovely party and some really great ideas!
I think an awesome kid's party is the best thing in the world. love your theme, and that cake is awesome. hubby and i also usually collaborate on the cake in the wee hours the night before! looks like a stack of fun.
I recognised the sheet! What a great idea and so much fun for a kid's party. I loved reading and looking.


any thoughts? cause i was told something about a note to action or something like that.. what would you do?
I would do the same thing if they do it more once. Also, let the lod know & document the event, to avoid This happening with same tm when you are not there to catch them again.
Exception is, if tm is a minor, they may get 45 min break within a certain time period, depends on your state laws.
In my state, minor tm's get 30 min break & thats about it.
We have tm's at night who take a 25 minute break on a 15 min pd break. No tl's are working on certain nights to stop them.
HardlinesMaster is right on. Document your coaching and give to HR, partner with your other TLs.
We get coached if we work 5 hours without taking a lunch so we never get scheduled more then 4.75 unless we are scheduled for a lunch.
Then I tell what is happening on the floor. They say what? Walk the floor!
Was it an unpaid or paid break?
If it was unpaid, I wouldn't have coached. If they choose to take an unpaid break then that's fine. They'll leave at their scheduled time and get paid for less. Sometimes TM's ask for a half instead of a 15 because they are sick or not feeling well or too upset over a guest incident.
If it was a paid break, definitely coach that.
Ahhh yes the flow team "extended" breaks. Our team does it too. Exec's seem to never care about it sucking up payroll, but if the entire salesfloor team calls out, heaven forbid we replace anyone.
People who take extended breaks can be morale busters. Pretty soon other team members think if Billy bob can take a 25 minute break and no one cares so can I. Our store has everones breaks assigned. It is up to the TLOD to make sure breaks are started on time and flowing correctly. Every team members announces when they are leaving and who is watching their area(s). Previously we would have situations where 3 people from the salesfloor were on break at the same time. That can be a problem when there are only 4 people on the salesfloor total. The flow team all take break at the same time too. The flow TL calls break at the same time each day and announces when it is over. It does sound like we are babysitting, but it works. People who took extended breaks are now within guidelines. People who "forgot" to take break or "didn't have time" are also getting their earned breaks. The salesfloor is covered as it should be too. I think you were correct in having the conversation and documenting. If it is not addressed theTM thinks it is okay and will do it again.
When I worked backroom day shifts, I pretty much never took my second 15. Because I took my first at around 3.5 hours in, and my lunch right before compliance at 6 hours. In an 8 hour shift, it would be a waste of time to take a second 15 at 7-ish hours.
Agreed.. my PA's take there lunch prior the the 6 hour mark.. they then take their two 15's consecutively, a half hour before their shift ends.. so they dont work the final half hour.. which im fine with.. as they are able to get more work done once they work straight through.
As for the flow tm's i have to babysit them to the point where i use my timers used for pallets to time their breaks.. i also assign breaks on a shift sheet and is working so far..
I've been told it's against policy to have a TM take a break that ends their shift. As in, taking a 15 at 4:30 when you're supposed to leave at 4:45 and then clocking out. That doesn't seem like a break to me, it seems more like ending your shift early. Has anyone else heard this or am I wrong?
i agree.. but sadly it works... we are able to work straight through and not lose motivation on our tasks.
That is the way it works for the flow & p-fresh teams. But, they do love it.
I don't see the problem with it as you get the same amount of work done if not more by being able to not stop.
ya, 45 minutes is way too long of a break, though of course you want to do a seek to understand to make sure there weren't extenuating circumstances! But 20-25 mins? C'mon, give'em a break, they work for 7$/hr!


Education is an essential in ensuring our waterways and drinking water remain safe and clean. It is imperative that we all make a difference for the future. Following are tips we should all follow to help each other -- and help our environment at the same time -- a win-win situation.
Find out ways to prevent pollution and protect natural resources while conducting business in your community.
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As required by state law, today Sacramento County certified results for the general election held earlier this month.
While the Democratic gains in the U.S. Congress were historic by many historic measures - a 40-seat swing, voters in Sacramento also made history. According to the county, voter turn-out for a midterm election has never been higher.
Of the 764,998 registered voters, 522,652 voted in this midterm election for a participation rate of 68.32-percent.
"This election had the highest voter turnout for a midterm General Election in Sacramento County history," Courtney Bailey-Kanelos, Registrar of Voters said.
Below are the final tallies of elections of interest to Elk Grove.
Results for all races in Sacramento County can be viewed here.


Clifford has a good heart, but whenever he tries to be responsible and do good deeds for others, they always seem to backfire. In the end, he manages to save two children from a burning house, and then put out the fire. Finally, Clifford is a hero. Full color.


Art work from "Reaching Out Child Abuse Monument"
tours twelve Canadian Cities hosted by Cambridge Malls.
Cambridge Shopping Centres Limited had the courage and leadership vision to bring "Reaching Out" to Canadian communities. An award-winning National 13 city, Coast to Coast tour in the fall of 1999 provided on-site information, displays and education, and a media reach of more than 20 million.
We wish to greatly thank all the Cambridge staff from across Canada who made extraordinary contributions to the quality and effectiveness.
In Atlanta at the ICSC 2000 Fall Convention, Cambridge won a Maxi Merit Award for the "Give Us A Hand Tour" in Community Service, in the Company or joint Centre category. In early October, again in the same category, Cambridge won a coveted Maple Leaf Award in the Canadian competition.
Dr. Irving presents Lorne Braithwaite with a gift from Ken Dryden of a collector's photos from the last calendar at Maple Leaf Gardens.
Child abuse and shopping centres; it's hard to imagine them in the same breath. Shopping centres are today's town squares. Child abuse, one of society's darkest secrets, is a deeply disturbing reality of our time. It is not always recognized by the public or in the media and given the magnitude of the problem, it receives surprisingly little exposure.
The numbers are staggering. In 1997, Statistics Canada reported that 62% of the sexual assaults - 19,000 were on children under 18 years of age; two thirds were under 12. In 1995, the Gallup Organization stated that more than 90% of child abuse cases are unreported, and that number still stands five years later. Happily, there are steps being taken to move the issue into the public arena and assist the survivors of child abuse.
At the time of the Cambridge Tour the Monument Project was reviewing several sites in downtown for the "Reaching Out" Monument.
abuse and the Project's sponsors.
"It is not an easy thing to live.
Over 3,200 handprints were collected at the 12 exhibits.
Each centre's internal communication was unique, with art for our sample Press Kit used to customize merchant communications, signage and door stickers.
At Cambridge Mall child abuse art display in Windsor, Ontario Fred Beven informs that 90 percent of abuse is not reported to a Children's Aid Society.
Cambridge Shopping Centres Limited, was introduced to the issue through The Child Abuse Survivor Monument Project and psychotherapist and sculptor Dr. Michael Irving. Ken and Linda Dryden arranged for their friend, Lorne Braithwaite, President of Cambridge Shopping Centres Limited, to visit the Monument studio.
On a follow up visit to Michael Irving's studio, Cambridge executives and management learned about his work and the unique challenges his organization faces. Their vision was to build a gigantic bronze sculpture dedicated to survivors of child abuse. Located on a site in Toronto, Ontario, "Reaching Out" would consist of 276 bronze sculptured squares, created in therapy sessions with survivors of child abuse from across Canada, on two large bronze figures. Inside the hollow Monument figures would be space for public participation through handprints and messages of hope. Since 1996 the "Child Abuse Survivor Monument Project" had worked to establish credibility for its mission and the sculpture. Various levels of government, a few politicians and of course, social action and survivor support groups had taken notice. However, by 1998, the project was still largely unknown to members of the general public.
lt was important present the issue and exhibit in a positive way. Like many public venues, Cambridge Shopping Centres strive to make their centres pleasant, happy places to visit and clearly, this topic was neither. Though Dr. Irving's sculpture is an uplifting and joyous salute to survivors of child abuse, Cambridge executives wondered if it was suitable for a shopping centre environment. Would their Centre Management share the "vision" and buy-in to this opportunity to make a positive contribution? How would their retailers respond? Would their shoppers, with their diverse demographic, psychographic and ethnic groups, welcome or shun a mall display dedicated to such a sensitive topic? If they were to communicate to the public at large, they would have to involve the media. How would the media respond to a very public presentation on child abuse in a shopping centre?
As well, Cambridge's experience in mounting travelling exhibits showed that they were extremely costly to execute and very time-consuming to co-ordinate. Cambridge had no available staff to supervise and execute the detailed logistics. They knew that their centres, with shrinking Marketing budgets, would not be able to fund such an ambitious national tour.
Given the topic, all aspects of the presentation had to be very well done and very professional. Otherwise, it had the potential to turn into a public relations nightmare. But Cambridge executives believed that their company could make an important and groundbreaking contribution, if their Centres could rise to these challenges.
1. Normalize an issue that is stigmatized in our society by bringing Child Abuse and its survivors to the attention of large numbers of people.
2. Work with the Child Abuse Survivor Monument Project to plan and design a mall display suitable for exhibition in all Cambridge Shopping Centres.
3. Create awareness about the "Reaching Out" sculpture and The Child Abuse Survivor Monument Project by coordinating a national tour of 13 Cambridge Shopping Centres.
4. Obtain sponsorship, partners and in-kind donations to defray expenses relating to the tour.
5. Generate $5,000 in donations for the Child Abuse Survivor Monument Project itself.
6. Gather 2,000 personal handprints and messages of hope to eventually be sealed inside the Monument.
7. Heighten the profiles of the Centres on the tour by gaining positive media exposure for the event, and for the Project.
8. Communicate with actual survivors of child abuse and open the door for interaction, education and help.
Courageously and with vision Cambridge Shopping Centres Limited decided to coordinate a tour of their Centres and held a series of meetings with Dr. Irving and his team in the Winter and Spring of 1999 to establish the tour's mission, content, design criteria and logistics. October 1999, Child Abuse Awareness month was the target for the tour. Because of the sensitive nature of the topic, Cambridge approached their centres to ask for participation; 13 centres located from Newfoundland to British Columbia voluntarily agreed to join in. We named the tour "Give Us a Hand", to draw attention to the survivors' handprints that formed the framework for the Monument itself.
We knew that the display must be of a high quality, so cost was an issue. The Millennium Bureau of Canada, a government body designed to give federal funding for worthy projects to mark the millennium year, agreed to fund 2 exhibits. Cambridge requested 3 displays to allow a minimum of 4 days per centre plus travel time. The designers of the exhibits, "The Portables", donated the third display. Cambridge worked with Dr. Irving to ensure that each display was identical, upbeat and colourful, secure, flexible and easily transportable. Cambridge agreed to coordinate and pay for the shipping across Canada and they knew air shipping would be needed, so the displays and crates had to be light. Each display would include: bronze handprint squares and poetry from the Monument; a space for the public to draw handprints to be included inside the completed Monument; a secure place for donations; racks for literature; art pieces and merchandise for sale, featuring the memorable "logo" of the Monument itself; and abundant signage. The displays included a shipping and assembly manual and specific floor plans, since each Centre would need a complete "package".
Survivor Monument staff, Cambridge staff and volunteers and staff from the Red Cross Abuse Prevention services work as a team customize the exhibit and activities to the unique characteristics of each community and Cambridge Shopping Centre.
Because the public would expect credible assistance when they saw the topic, the exhibits would need to be appropriately staffed.
The Red Cross Abuse Prevention Services agreed to partner on the tour, providing staff for the 13 centres for all hours each Centre was open. They agreed to hold training sessions for the volunteer staff and have their own professionals available as well.
To supervise the mall displays, Dr. Irving along with his wife Cheryl, Cheryl Irving's family, Al, Gord, and Bill Clint and Jake Goertzen for Winnipeg agreed to travel with the 3 exhibits. Al Clint, Cheryl's father, got all of their travel, hotels and meals donated for the tour.
Cambridge designed a very specific travel schedule that included both truck and air transport and worked with a national firm, SwiftSure, that delivered the 3 exhibits to locations across the country on time on a very tight schedule.
Al Clint, a retired senior, was a sensitive listener at "Reaching Out" Exhibits across Ontario.
victims they should never be ashamed.
The children from school in the Ottawa area lined up on three levels of the Cambridge Mall and buried Dr. Irving under a mountain of handprint messages.
Cambridge offered each mall the flexibility to coordinate a "unique" event. All produced their own merchant communication and signage but with limited budgets, Cambridge viewed that that PR would be the most effective way to reach mass audiences.
Centres received a media kit that the Child Abuse Survivor Monument Project had prepared and they could customize it in their own way. The Child Abuse Survivor Monument Project had professional PSA's for radio and TV produced and donated for Centres to use.
To create a media event for the exhibit openings, some Centres had local schools attend and do handprints for inclusion in the Monument; others had guests speak on the Project and child abuse, like hockey great Ken Dryden or they invited local mayors, politicians, VIPs or media personalities to speak.
For each mall display, the public was invited to review the contents of each panel, and discuss the issue. Everyone was invited to make handprints. Merchandise with the Project logo was sold for fundraising and while donations were not actively sought, they were accepted.
Information was disseminated and literature was available from the National Clearing House on Family Violence, the Red Cross Abuse Prevention Services, the Child Abuse Survivor Monument Project and interested agencies in the region of each Exhibit.
Press Kit prepared for guidelines.
he sang it at Kiladonan Place.
1. Normalize an issue that is stigmatized in our society by bringing Child Abuse and its survivors to the attention of large numbers of people. The first major showing of a display honouring survivors of child abuse was presented to mass audiences in the common areas of Cambridge Shopping Centres. Tour supervisors stated that every day, there were many comments from the public, addressing the fact that they "never expected to see something on this topic in a shopping centre!" Overwhelmingly, comments were favourable, supportive and complimentary; and many stated that they felt the centre and the Cambridge organization showed great "courage" in presenting the display.
2. Cambridge worked with the Child Abuse Survivor Monument Project to plan and design a mall display suitable for exhibition in all Cambridge Shopping Centres. The 3 mall displays were designed specifically for this tour. They were unique and lightweight and the shipping containers became a framework for the actual display units themselves. They were identical, upbeat and colourful, encouraged open discussion and interaction and received compliments from the public.
3. Created awareness about the " Reaching Out" sculpture and the Child Abuse Survivor Monument Project by coordinating a national tour of 13 Cambridge Shopping Centres. From Newfoundland to British Columbia, the "Give Us A Hand" tour was featured in 13 of these Centres; according to mall electronic traffic counters, mall traffic for the 4 day 13 centre presentations reached a total of 913,050 people.
4. Obtained sponsorship, partners and in-kind donations to defray expenses relating to the tour. The Millennium Bureau of Canada, The Red Cross Abuse Prevention Services, the CCAA, the builders of the display and many other organizations and companies contributed to the tour. In all, we obtained over $106,000 in sponsorships, partners' contributions, and in-kind donations. 4 times greater than Cambridge's actual costs.
5. Generated $5,000 in funds for the Child Abuse Survivor Monument Project itself. The public response was moving; many people asked to contribute, even though money was not actively solicited. A total of $5,796 was collected for the Monument Project. The Project also made money from T-shirts, hats and vests which they sold to raise additional revenue for their cause. Cambridge assisted the Project in this aspect of the fundraising and $4,840 worth of their merchandise was sold at the displays. In total the tour raised over $10,600 through sales and donations.
6. Gathered 2,000 personal handprints and messages of hope to eventually be sealed inside the Monument. People of all ages drew their hands, including some important celebrities and politicians. Ralph Klein, Premier of Alberta and The Honorable Herb Gray, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada drew hands, as did hockey great Ken Dryden. In all, 3,259 handprints with messages of hope were given to Dr. Irving for inclusion in the monument exceeding our initial objective by 63%.
7. Heightened the profiles of the Centres on the tour by gaining positive media exposure for the event, and for the Project. Publicity coverage was significant; the Centres received over 17.05 hours of radio and TV airtime, reaching in excess of 48.7 million people and 10,182 lines+6.5 pages of print, reaching 2.5 million readers.
8. Communicated with actual survivors of child abuse and opened the doors for interaction, education and help. Best of all, at every mall, people responded; they learned about this dark topic and actual survivors came forward to talk about their abuse, many for the first time. Coordinators reported that at each mall many people came up and thanked the Centre Management for having the courage to feature the display. At one Centre, one child came forward, reported abuse and the case was passed through The Red Cross Abuse Prevention Services on to the Children's Aid Society.
messages were read by many.
the concerns of child abuse.
"courage" in presenting the display.
LENDING A HAND FOR A WORTHY CAUSE!
Ken Dryden, president of the Toronto Maple Leafs, lent a hand to a very worthy cause - the official launch of the "Give Us A Hand" tour at Upper Canada Mall, Newmarket Ont. on Sept. 29/99. Dryden was joined in the campaign, which honoured the survivors of child abuse, by then Newmarket Regional Councilor Diane Humeniuk, Aurora Mayor Tim Jones and Dr. Michael Irving. The display was part of the first national tour of art from the Child Abuse Survivor Monument Project and was funded, in part, by the Millennium Bureau of Canada. Cambridge Shopping Centres Limited, Upper Canada Mall's parent company, sponsored the initial Canadian tour that visited 13 centres from coast to coast. The tour gave the public an opportunity to see that child abuse can and should be discussed in an open and healthy manner.
For a small donation, people traced their handprint and wrote an inspirational message on 8'x11" sheets of paper that will be included inside the actual sculpture when it is permanently positioned at the Air Canada Centre. Donations and proceeds from the shows were sent via the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness to further the objectives of the Child Abuse Survivor Monument Project.
Hockey Great Ken Dryden contributes HandPrint to "Reaching Out Child Abuse Monument"
on the tragedy of childabuse.
An interactive art display that hopes to bring child abuse out of the shadows of shame and cast a light on the subject for public discussion is coming to Lansdowne Park shopping centre for four days starting on Wednesday, Oct. 6.
Called Give Us a Hand, the display features a unique mix of hand prints and poetry created by survivors of child abuse.
The display was created through a number of workshops held across the country and hosted by psychotherapist/sculptor Dr. Michael Irving, founder of the Survivor Monument Project.
The public has the opportunity to literally lend a hand in the display's development. For a donation you can trace the outline of your hand on a piece of paper and include an inspirational message that will be added to the inside of the bronze sculpture when it is constructed. Donations will go to fight child abuse.
Canadian Red Cross volunteers will be staffing the display to answer questions about their organization's Abuse Prevention Services.
Metro Town Mall: Ken Clint and the Canadian Red Cross staffed displays and gathered HandPrints in British Columbia.
Give Us a Hand child-abuse exhibit coordinator Jake Goertzen holds miniature model of bronze Survivor Monument to be unveiled in Toronto next October. The display, running until Sunday at Kildonan Place mall bears a message that child abuse can be discussed in an open, healthy manner.
THE HERALD - Thursday, October 14, 199?
Jake Goertzen holds a replica of the Survivor Monument, which will be built in Toronto.
Child abuse affects more children across the country than any statistic can prove.
It's because of this harsh reality that Kildonan Place hosted a campaign for child abuse survivors called Give Us A Hand.
The exhibit, which was at Kildonan Place over the Thanksgiving weekend, is part of the first 12-city cross-Canada tour of art from the Survivor Monument Project, funded in part by the Millennium Bureau of Canada.
The display featured a multitude of bronzed hand prints and poetry created by child abuse survivors and designed to stir awareness of child abuse in the community.
Jake Goertzen, sculptor and anchor person for the display, said the hand print is the overall theme of the campaign.
"The hands are reaching out to the rest of society saying, 'Look what happened to me. It shouldn't happen to anyone else.'"
Goertzen said the exhibit serves as an "educational campaign to allow the public to become more acquainted with problems and issues abused children have, and the different ways to overcome them."
Dr. Michael Irving of Toronto, founder of the Survivor Monument Project, believes in using art as a therapeutic tool. Goertzen agreed sculpting is certainly a way to reach deep down inside and find hidden emotions, adding it was through art that he was able to cope with his own feelings about being a victim of child abuse.
"It's a long (healing) process, but new paths that you didn't see before will open," said Goertzen. "We want to have created the precedence that you can have a public art display that deals with these painful subjects."
The Survivor Monument will be a large bronze sculpture and will resemble two figures, draped in large quilts made up of 250 patches. The patches will be the bronze hand prints, complete with personal messages from individuals. It will be unveiled in Toronto in October 2000.
The display gives the public a chance to participate in this project. For a small donation, people are invited to trace their hand prints and write messages of hope and anticipation for a better future. These hand prints will be included inside the actual sculpture when it is constructed in Toronto.
"We want to collect hand prints from all across Canada,"said Goertzen, noting that will make it a truly national monument.
"It's a tremendous achievement for the world, as it's the first monument dedicated to abused children."
As people approached the extraordinary display in the mall, many wept as they read the poetry or studied the hand prints.
Goertzen said some people had commented on the strength of abused children. "Some people have said that these children are the strongest people in the world, to have been put through such pain and trauma, and to still continue on in their lives."
Canadian Red Cross volunteers were on hand to man the display and answer questions about Red Cross Abuse Prevention Services which include seminars and workshops to educate adults and children and provide information on where to get for help.
A unique display of handprints and poetry, created by survivors of child abuse is on exhibit at Centre Court. Contribute your own handprint and message for a small donation to Canadian Centre for Child Abuse Awareness.
People are putting their hands down on abuse.
The Give Us a Hand Exhibit will be displayed at Kildonan Place Shopping Mall until tomorrow.
Winnipeg is the second stop for the exhibit - a tribute to abuse survivors designed to raise funds for the first memorial to abuse survivors in the world, scheduled to be unveiled in Toronto in October 2000.
"The response has been wonderful,"Manitoba coordinator Jake Goertzen said of the Survivor Monument Project, which has been in the works for a decade. "There's been over $1 million raised in donations. Dozens of businesses and hundreds of individuals have contributed and all the names are listed on display."
The exhibit features handprints of abuse survivors, a replica of the monument and a display from 10 schools in the Transcona division.
People who visit the exhibit are encouraged to make a monetary donation and draw an outline of their hand with an inscribed message or poem.
Goertzen said organizers still need to raise about $1 million to pay for the bronzing of the monument.
A Horndean artist will help open and host a display promoting a new piece of art, at Kildonan Place Shopping Centre, Oct. 6 through 10.
The Survivor Monument Project is a year-long traveling art and education exhibit leading up to the unveiling of a two-piece bronze monument to survivors of child abuse. It will be called, "Reaching Out".
Artist and classical guitarist Jake Goertzen will make brief musical and oral presentations about the exhibit twice each day, at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (starting at 7:30 Wednesday).
A display of hand prints and poetry, created by survivors of child abuse, will be featured in the interactive touring exhibit called "give us a hand". The tour is intended to honour the survivors of child abuse and give the public a chance to see that it can be discussed in an open, healthy manner.
Created in workshops across Canada by psychotherapist and sculptor Dr. Michael Irving of Toronto, the founder of the Survivor Monument Project, the pieces will form the basis of a two-piece bronze monument 35 feet wide and 11 feet high. It will be installed in a Toronto park and unveiled in Oct., 2000.
For a small donation, people can trace their hand print and write an inspirational message that will be included inside the actual sculpture when it is constructed.
Goertzen, a sculptor and artist who has included child abuse in his artistic themes over the years, was chosen to represent the project in Manitoba.
"I met Dr. Michael Irving in Washing, DC, six years ago. He was doing his Ph.D. at the time - and devoted about four chapters in his thesis to my work. Ten years ago he conceived of this project, the Survivor Monument project. He himself came from a horrendous abuse background.
"It's miraculous that he conceived of this project. It involved hundreds of this project. It involved hundreds of people and many thousands of hours. About a million dollars has been raised, not just for the monument but for education about abuse prevention."
Canadian Red Cross volunteers will be on hand to answer questions about its abuse prevention services, which include seminars and workshops to educate adults and children. Goertzen will also be available to help.
"They wanted someone who was trained as a therapist to be present."
The exhibit opens Oct. 6 with an official opening at 7:30 p.m. that day. It is supported by the federal government's Millennium fund and co-sponsored by the Red Cross with support from numerous other agencies. Any other monies collected will go to the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness.
Goertzen will perform a piece of music written especially for the occasion. "I composed a song I dedicated to him (Irving), called 'Give us a hand, we're reaching out.'"
The monument is made up about 200 bronze plaques with hand prints and Goertzen will be working with Irving at a workshop involving that in November.
Goertzen believes terrible experiences in childhood can be overcome with the right help, and his work reflects his emerging optimism. "My early work depicts and tries to express the child's point of view of his experience in life. It shows the negative and also the positive. My later work is focusing more on the blossoming of life.
"When there's been child abuse, it's a roadblock to further growth and once you overcome that, there's a blossoming of life."
Handprints by schoolchildren will be among those inserted into the completed monument.
Jake Goertzen with model of the Survivor Project Monument.
For many victims of child abuse, the healing process is a difficult, sometimes almost impossible one.
Goertzen, a point person for The Survivor Monument Project, headed up a display in Winnipeg last weekend in Kildonan Place. The display, entitled the "Give Us A Hand" tour, featured art and poetry from child abuse survivors. Kildonan Place was only one in a series of stops across Canada.
The display also featured the definitions of various forms of abuse, including physical, emotional, verbal, sexual and neglect. Along with these definitions were ways to stop the cycle of abuse, including counseling and educating victims.
The Survivor Monument Project is an initiative begun by Dr. Michael Irving. His goals include having participants from all over the country take part in the unveiling of a large monument in the fall of 2000 in downtown Toronto.
The monument, which will be 32 feet across and 11 feet high, will stand as a permanent reminder to be aware of and to honour child abuse victims. The monument features two robed figures standing next to each other with arms outstretched as a gesture of help and support.
Canadians who wish to take part can do so by attending workshops throughout the country. There, they learn how to make a piece of art which includes their handprint, in a wax cast on an 11 by 11" square piece. They are free to add their thoughts, images and feelings to their art.
Each participant receives his own creation in cast paper painted to look like bronze, then framed and mounted. The mold goes to Dr. Irving to be used on the robe in the final sculpture, thereby giving each person an outlet for their courage - not to mention a little piece of immortality.
"It's more than making handprints and art," said Goertzen. "It becomes the first step towards the healing process for many people. It shows people that they are not alone."
The unveiling of the monument will mark the launching of an annual National Child Abuse Awareness Week. A workshop will be held from Nov.5 to 10 at the cost of $200 (for materials) at Knox United Church on Edmonton Street in Winnipeg.
Anyone who wishes to participate may do so by calling Jake Goertzen at 829-7800.
Nearly 100 locals traced their hand prints and wrote inspirational words during the Give Us a Hand Tour at Lansdowne Park Shopping Centre earlier this month. The tour is intended to honour the survivors of child abuse and raised $642 toward the Survivor Monument to be unveiled next October.
Mill Woods Town Centre, Canadian Red Cross Abuse Prevention Services and The Examiner are partnering with the Survivor Monument Project to bring the Give Us A Hand cross-Canada Tour to Edmonton. The monument is a tribute to the positive stories of individuals who have overcome, as best they can, the tragedy of child abuse.
Give Us A Hand to provide courage and hope for those people recovering from abuse. Trace your handprint and write an inspirational message. Drop your handprint off at the Mill Woods Town Centre Survivor Monument exhibit in the fountain area by Oct. 31. All handprints and messages will be collected throughout the Canadian Tour to be encased in a bronze monument as a tribute to the survivors of abuse. The monument will be unveiled in the year 2000.
Art by Survivors of Child Abuse featured in "Give Us a Hand Display"
A unique display of hand prints and poetry, created by survivors of child abuse was featured at Oshawa Centre in an interactive touring exhibit called " Give Us A Hand".
The Display was part of the first national tour of art from the Survivor Monument Project and is funded in part by the Millennium Bureau of Canada.
Cambridge Shopping Centres Limited sponsored this tour which will visit 12 centres across Canada.
The display ran from Jan 12 to Jan 16th and was intended to honour the survivors of child abuse and give the public the opportunity to see that child abuse can be discussed in an open, healthy manner.
"These are art pieces and poetry that tell a story of hope, survival and victory," says Lucia Tignanelli, Marketing Director of the Oshawa Centre.
Created in workshops across Canada by psychotherapist and sculptor Dr. Michael Irving of Toronto, the founder of the Survivor Monument Project, the pieces will form the basis of a two-piece bronze monument to be unveiled in October 2000.
Canadian Red Cross volunteers staffed the display and answered questions about Red Cross Prevention Services, which include seminars and workshops to educated adults and children about child abuse and where to go for help.
Dr. Irving is in private psychotherapy practice and has worked extensively with survivors of child abuse and child sexual abuse.
His stone and bronze sculptures are in private and corporate collections and have exhibited internationally.
Local victims of child sexual abuse are using art to heal their emotional scars while crafting a memorial to help others.
Seven victims of sexual abuse - including former Calgary Flame Sheldon Kennedy - are submitting bronze panels to be included in an ambitious Child Abuse Survivor Monument.
"It's very important for me to move forward from the abuse in the past," said Lenora Southgate, who was sexually abused by a Calgary neighbour between the ages of 10 and 12.
Southgate is crafting a small panel depicting her sources of strength in overcoming the trauma of her abuse.
It will be one of 204 quilt-like squares that will comprise a memorial in the form of two large, embracing figures to be unveiled next October in Toronto.
Another 72 squares will be devoted to children's handprints to be cast in bronze.
"It's being done in the hope others who have had the same abuse experience will know there's a way to heal, that there's lot of help out there," said Southgate.
From Nov. 3-7, an interactive display of hand prints and poetry from the monument project will be featured at Southcentre mall.
A Toronto psychiatrist who endured prolonged sexual and emotional abuse as a child was so inspired by the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C, that he decided to create a similar monument for child-abuse victims.
Dr. Michael Irving's partially completed Child Abuse Survivor Monument, featuring the artwork and messages of hundreds of abuse victims, is at Southcentre Mall this week.
The final version is slated for completion and installation in downtown Toronto by next October, and another one has been proposed for the United Nations headquarters in New York.
"Monuments are something your do to recognize adversity and heroism - and child-abuse victims have certainly faced adversity and are heroes," Irving said Wednesday.
Irving had escaped an abusive stepfather , and gone on the launch successful careers, in both psychotherapy and sculpting, by the time he visited Washington's Vietnam memorial in 1991.
He became convinced child-abuse victims deserved similar recognition, and began talking to victims, therapists and artists about ways to do so.
Irving said the emotional power of the Vietnam memorial comes from its seemingly endless list of the names of U.S. soldiers who died in the Vietnam War. Each name was once a person - someone who lived and loved.
It'd be inappropriate for a child-abuse monument to feature victims' names because many want to remain anonymous. Instead, Irving's monument features abuse victims' hands.
"The physical presence of someone' s hand makes it real and personal," he said.
The two-piece bronze monument, entitled Reaching Out, will feature figures with arms stretched wide and draped in quilts. The quilts will have a cumulative 276 squares, each of which will contain a distinct hand image.
Most images have been or are being made by abuse survivors - including Lenora Southgate, who told a news conference at Southcentre Mall the creating the image and other artwork has "helped me to heal and recover."
Several wax or photographed versions of the abuse victims' hands images are at South center, along with colour sketches of the intended four-metre-by 10-metre monument.
Beside one image is the message, "May hope be passed through every hand," and alongside another is: "The pain of my childhood is today's woman."
The Reaching out display offers visitors a chance to sketch their own hands, add messages, and have them posted nearby. The thousands of contributions will be inserted in the hollow monument for posterity.
One young artist's sketch offered an urgent message to victims: "Don't be afraid. Tell someone." The display has already visited several Canadian cities, and will keep touring Canada next year to raise public awareness about child abuse - including experts' fears that more than 90 percent of abuse is not reported.
More than $1 million was spent creating and promoting the monument.
Kim Stood in the shadows of a couple of life-size sculptures in a Toronto studio last spring and a strange sense of safety prevailed over her.
The figures make up the Child Abuse Survivor Monument, which will be in stalled next to the University of Toronto greenhouses in October, 2000. Their arms, draped in quilted bronze shawls, stretch out and upwards, symbolizing victory for the survivors.
Kim, a Calgary woman, flew east to attend a quilt block workshop for child abuse survivors. She mad a casting of her hand in wax on which she also inscribed her message of personal survival. The piece, mounted on a 10-inch square wooden frame, will be plastered in bronze.
A total of 204 of these bronze squares, created by survivors across the country, will be joined to from a quilted shawl, covering the majority of the surface area of the three-metre-by nine-metre bronze status.
"The project gives voice to the tragic issue of child abuse," Kim says. "All of the pieces will be on the monument. Each story is honoured."
About one out of three girls and one out of five boys in Canada will have had unwanted sexual experience, according to the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, 1994. Yet shame prevents families from reporting these cases.
The semicircular monument is designed to reach out and embrace all who have endured the pain of abuse, says Kim.
"I had a feeling of intense calm and safety standing underneath the form."
But right now, the Give Us A Hand art exhibit, a collection of quilt squares that are replicas of the images to be mounted on the monument, is traveling through Canada. It will be on view at Southcentre Mall until Nov 7.
Kim, 36, runs her hand gently over her art work, depicting three angels that bring her gifts, Her biological father gave her a star. Her unborn baby, that she aborted, gave her a tear of compassion and forgiveness. Her grandmother presented her with a rose for beauty and strength.
The inscription "I am never alone" runs along the side.
For the first 28 years of her life Kim suffered in silence, eventually revealing her abuse in 1991.
"I though this wasn't happening to anybody else in the world," says the mother-to-be, who chose not to use her last name for anonymity.
"I was emotionally isolated. I couldn't speak out."
Meeting other survivors through the monument project opened her eyes to the alarming rate of child abuse in society.
"Knowing I'm not alone validates my experience."
More than 90 percent of cases aren't reported, according to a Gallup poll taken four years ago.
Though the emotional scars healed, she still grieved deep down. She covered up the pain with her caring, bubbly personality. Her abuser admitted to the crime, which was comforting, to a degree.
Her story, as she tells through the art, ends on a hopeful note: A mother, cuddling a baby, amasses strength from the angels, the bearers of good tidings.
"I'm going to have my own child. I'm going to be a good mother. The energy flowing gives me the strength to not be alone. Accept myself for who I am."
Lenora Southgate also suffered in silence. Her neighbour molested her over a two-year period. When she disclosed the abuse, she was told to stay away for him. End of story.
Confused, frightened and ashamed, she tried to obliterate the past by working hard, long hours. She turned into an overachieving, workaholic entrepreneur. The memories often haunt her.
"At times I have this sense of dread, loathing," says Southgate, 52.
She is in therapy and has learned to confront the troubles. During meditation one day she recalled the abuse as they had occurred.
"That started the healing process," says Southgate, a mother of two and a grandmother.
"Finally, I understood why I have been feeling the way I have."
Southgate has carved Egyptian goddesses in her work for the monument project.
The images with their arms reaching upwards to the sun, which embraces everyone in its warmth, symbolize rebirth, protection and energy, she says.
"Healing process for me is being reborn. I can rise above what happened to me in the past and hopefully someday I can experience life without the pain.
"It has been very cathartic participating in the workshops."
Though the workshops were therapeutic, they were also exhausting, especially for Kim who was in the early stages of pregnancy.
"Most people do therapy verbally," she says. "Creating of art is a process of healing, which involves getting in touch with the soul. This was a fulfilling experience but emotionally exhausting work."
Give Us a Hand is on display at Southcentre Mall through Nov. 7. Viewers can trace their hand on a sheet of paper for inclusion inside the monument.
Dr. Michael Irving asks Branit Studenica, 7, about his drawing at Bayshore Public School yesterday. Irving will include children's messages of hope inside a two-piece bronze sculpture to be unveiled in October 2000.
Synopsis: An art exhibit by child abuse survivors went on display today at Bayshore Shopping Centre. The exhibit is called Give Us A Hand and is the beginning of a campaign to increase the awareness of child abuse.
When it comes to healing the pain of child abuse, local grade school students are more than willing to lend a hand.
On Oct. 6 an estimated 5000 students from Bayshore Catholic School and Bayshore Public School assembled at the Bayshore Shopping Centre for the donation of hand prints to the Child Abuse Survivor's Monument. The donations consisting of tracings of the children's hands embellished with their own messages and colouring, will comprise part of the monument when it is unveiled in Toronto in October 2000.
The originator of the project, Dr. Michael Irving, sees it as an example of art as healing.
Irving described "heroes" as those who meet adversity, such as war veterans or Red Cross workers. He also included in this definition "people who were once abused as children and now talk about it."
"These hands represent hope and visualization, and are an image of the world in a different way."
In an interview with The Clarion, Irving recalled the genesis of the project almost 10 years ago, when he was working in Toronto as a clinician with child abuse survivors. He remembered how art often played a role in their healing.
Another source of inspiration for the initiative was the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC, a mecca for families of soldiers who died in the Vietnam War. The post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by many war veterans, he noted, is similar to the effects on adult survivors of child abuse.
"The role of a public monument is to make people change," said Irving. "Art has always had the role of healing," When there are the "walking wounded" among us, he said, "society is vicariously wounded."
Irving received his PhD in art and psychology from the Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he wrote a doctorate on "art and healing".
The event on Wednesday was part of a 12 - stop nationwide tour of the project's art work so far, and is sponsored by Bayshore Shopping Centre's parent company, Cambridge Shopping Centres Limited. Funding to the tune of $150,000 has also come from the Canadian Government's Canadian Millennium Partnership Program.
"These are art pieces and poetry that tell a story of hope, survival and victory," commented Moira McGrath, Marketing Director for Bayshore Shopping Centre.
In addition to the drawings collected on the cross-country tour, the monument will also feature bronze hand imprints from survivors and notables, such as Ken Dryden and Sheldon Kennedy.
Those wishing to donate their own handprints to the project may submit them to 274 Rhodes Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M4L 3A3. To find out more, visit the monument's web site at www.childabusemonument.org.
The art will be on display at Bayshore Shopping Centre until Oct 9. The exhibit will be staffed by members of the Canadian Red Cross, who will answer questions about Red Cross Preventative Services.
By putting hands together from across the country, Dr. Michael Irving wants to put and end to child abuse - or at least make a permanent monument to bring attention to the problem.
Irving has worked for the past nine years to build the Child Abuse Survivor Monument Project - a two-piece six-to-seven ton bronze sculpture with several hundred hands carved in it that will be dedicated next October.
As part of the nationwide project, a touring exhibition of hand prints and poetry was on display at Bayshore Shopping Centre from October 6 to 10, called the Give Us a Hand tour.
On the opening day of the exhibit, Irving gathered some 6000 handprints from students at Bayshore Catholic and Public Schools for inclusion inside the monument itself. The students traced their hand prints and added an inspirational message to their prints at workshops the previous day in their schools.
The Survivor monument will be placed at the northwest corner of College and University Avenues in Toronto and will be unveiled on October 21, 2000.
Irving says he decided to make a child abuse monument in the fall of 1990, while visiting the Vietnam war memorial and Holocaust museum in Washington DC, where he says he saw the power of sculpture and art to affect and transform people in an emotional way.
"I thought a child abuse memorial needed to be personal like the Vietnam war memorial," he says.
"The hands was the attempt to make it personal like the Vietnam war memorial," says Irving, "so putting somebody's hand was about being personal and making it real, with real people."
Irving has dual careers as a psychotherapist and a sculptor. He says e has always been a sculptor, but working as a psychotherapist with people who have suffered abuse made him want to help their cause in some way.
"I had a lot of referrals of severe abuse survivors just because of my skill." says Irving, "and just as a human being you hear those stories and there's a desire to respond and react beyond just a clinical desire. There's a human element of wanting to respond to the tragedy of child abuse."
In addition to the students, the event at Bayshore also included remarks from leaders of regional social service agencies. St. Paul's (Toronto) MP Carolyn Bennett attended and provided a handprint from deputy prime minister Herb Gray for inclusion in the monument.
At the end of the ceremony every student left their hand print and message with Irving, and the hundreds of papers literally covered the stage. The messages from the children about child abuse were clear.
"You can break my bones but never break my hope for child abuse to end and world peace to being," wrote student Olivia Grace beside her hand print.
Irving says the children have a better understanding of the horror of child abuse than adults.
"Read what the kids say, they know better than we do," says Irving.
The national tour will bring the monument to the Canadian public through exhibitions at malls, galleries and museums.
The tour began in Nepean and it will make stops in cities from St. John's to Vancouver in October. In January and February, it will go back on the road again.
Irving says he has been working full-time on the monument - 70 to 100 hours a week - since 1996. He continues to practice psychotherapy one evening and one morning a week and the monument is being prepared in his Toronto studio.
(He has also obtained)(sic) government has provided $150,000 from the Millennium Bureau of Canada, and Cambridge Shopping Centres Limited, which owns the Bayshore Shopping Centre, is sponsoring this tour at its 12 centres.
Bayshore also contributed a $1.200.00 donation representing a $2 donations on behalf of all 600 children.
Anyone can trace their hand at Bayshore for a $2 donation toward the monument project, and have their hand print included in the monument project.
"The input on this has been enormous. The collaboration has been enormous and I think part of the power and effectiveness of this is that collaboration," says Irving.
A unique exhibit goes on display today at the village shopping center in St. John's. The "Give Us A Hand" display features hand prints and poetry by survivors of child abuse. Village Shopping Centre Marketing Director Phyllis Kinsmand says it's a good way to raise awareness of the issue.
It will be on display from today until Sunday.
Windsor and Essex Country residents have been invited to reach out to children whose lives have been stained by the tragedy of sexual abuse.
The Give us a Hand tour, supporting the Survivor Monument Project to build a sculpture commemorating sexually abused children arrived at Devonshire Mall Wednesday.
Visitors to the display will be able to support the project by donating money to trace their handprint or write an inspirational message that will be included on the Reaching Out monument when it is unveiled next October in Toronto.
In opening the display, Mayor Mike Hurst said child abuse injuries "physically, mentally and in spirit." He added the monument will bring attention to the problem and show society is now ready to shed light on what has been a dark and secret issue.
"This speaks to us of hope now, and in the future," Hurst said.
It was a them picked up by speakers that included sexual assault counselors, children's aid workers, emergency room nurses and adult survivors of childhood abuse.
Even a class of Grade 6 pupils from Our Lady of Mount Carmel school lent their voices of support to the victims when they shouted, in unison, "it's not your fault."
Bill Beavan, director of the Children's Aid Society, said the center handles 400 calls a year regarding child abuse. But, he added, the problem runs deeper than that because the vast majority of victims are too frightened or intimidated to speak out.
"Looking at your kids who are here today, it's you guys who can help out," he told the student. "If you know someone who is too afraid to tell someone, then you tell."
Pointing to the display of hand prints and verses already collected for the sculpture Becan stated: " I'm overwhelmed by the pictures on the wall. I read one of them and all it said was 'stop it.' That's what the Children's Aid Society would like to do."
Karen Conner, a nurse with the Safe Kids Sexual Assault Treatment Centre at Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital, said staff there examine 100 to 120 children every year for sexual abuse. Some are referred through children's aid, some by police. Once, she recalled, was a seven-year-old boy who had the courage to report his abuse himself directly to police.
"He was a dandy," Conner said. "It just tore at my hair."
She said the key to stopping the abuse is awareness and education. The monument, which will be in the form of two walls containing a checkerboard of panels featuring the imprints of survivor's hands, will be a powerful symbol of society reaching out to the victims.
Pauline Jalenkiewicz, and 11-year-old in the Grade 6 class, said she believes children are now aware of the issue, but the monument will make it easier for them to talk.
"It's important because some (children) are too scared or too shy to talk," she said. "It totally affects them on the inside."
The three-metre high and 10-metre wide walls of the bronze monument incorporate the artistic contributions of 204 survivors and 72 Canadian children.
The federal government has contributed $150,000 for the project under the Canadian Millennium Partnership.
The display is on tour across Canada.
The "Give US a Hand" touring Survivor Monument Project had a brief stop at Devonshire Mall at the end of October. The project itself was conceived by Dr. Michael Irving, a Toronto psychotherapist and sculptor, who wanted to create a tribute to those victims who either survived or succumbed. For a small donation, people were encouraged to trace their hand print and write an inspirational message that will be included inside the actual sculpture when it is constructed. The bronze monument will be unveiled in October of 2000.
The thoughts and works of child abuse survivors will be featured at an exhibit opening Wednesday at Mapleview Shopping Centre.
Entitled Give Us A Hand, the interactive display features hand prints and poetry and is part of the first national tour of art from the Survivor Monument Project.
It will run from Oct. 27-31 at Mapleview and sponsor Cambridge Shopping Centres is holding the event at 11 other centers from coast to coast.
The display is intended to honour child abuse survivors and show the public the topic can be discussed in an open, healthy manner.
"These are art pieces and poetry that tell a story of hope, survival and victory," said Angela Mathieson, marketing director for Mapleview Centre.
Canadian Red Cross volunteers will staff the Mapleview display and answer questions about their organization's abuse prevention services. These include seminars and workshops to educate adults and children about child abuse and where to go for help.
The art pieces were created in workshops held across Canada by psychotherapist and sculptor Dr. Michael Irving of Toronto.
The pieces will form the basis of a two-piece bronze monument to be unveiled in October, 2000.
From a small donation, members of the public can trace a hand print and write an inspirational message to be included in the sculpture.
Colleen Klein, wife of Premier Ralph Klein, and former Calgary Flames superstar Lanny McDonald were at Southcentre recently to lend a hand at the Give Us A Hand media conference. The conference was in support of The Child Abuse Survivor Monument.
My Sooz and I were colouring on Wednesday - and I don't mean our hair! Rather, we were two of the "celebrity" gang on hand at Southcentre to take part in the national tour of art from the Survivor Monument Project.
As part of the tour, Celebes drew an imprint of their hand and wrote an inspirational message about child abuse.
The art will be encapsulated in the monument. Over one million hand-drawn squares with messages will eventually be encapsulated.
My message? "Children are our window to the future - let that window not be broken."
"Mr. Charity", Lanny McDonald, was of course there to lend support (could there possibly be a better friend to children's causes than Lanny?}.
A lady whom I have unlimited respect for, Barb Higgins, was also there with her usual charm; as was Mrs. Premier, Colleen Klein, who gives so much of her time.
hence the Survivor Monument Project."
The Child Abuse Survivor Monument will be at Southcentre until tomorrow.
Goertzen, a point person for The Survivor Monument Project, headed up a display in Winnipeg last weekend in Kildonan Place. The display, entitled the "Give Us A Hand" tour, featured art and poetry from child abuse survivors. Kildonan Place was only one ins a series of stops across Canada.
The Survivor Monument Project is an initiative begun by Dr. Michael Irving. His goals include having participants from all over the country take part in the unveiling of a large monument downtown Toronto.
"It's more than making handprints and art," said Goertzen. "It becomes the first step towards the healing process for many people . It shows people that they are not alone,"
The unveiling of the monument will mark the launching of an annual National Child Abuse Awareness Week. A workshop will be held from Nov. 5 to 10 at the cost of $200 (for materials) at Knox United Church on Edmonton Street in Winnipeg.


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And The Valley Projects: May 17th
The penultimate look at the postseason spread bears good news.
By Adam Henderson@AdamdotH May 17, 2018, 5:24pm CDT
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As we give the throttle one last stomp heading into the last week of the regular season (well, for most conferences), things start looking up in Baton Rouge...
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The National Seeds The Top Eight Seeds
Florida, Stanford, Arkansas, Oregon State, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Clemson, Georgia
Some minor reshuffling this week, most notably at the back end of the spectrum. Ole Miss takes Auburn's spot after a convincing sweep at Swayze and Georgia officially enters the top eight despite getting worked by Florida after Texas Tech drops a series to Texas. North Carolina slides a bit after dropping a series to arch rivals Duke, but nowhere near enough to force an exit from the left side of the bracket.
There is a solid 10-team pack at the front of the tournament field with a considerable amount of distance between the 10th team and the rest of the contestants, but only eight spots.
The Regional Hosts
Texas Tech, Auburn, Minnesota, NC State, Kentucky, Florida State, Texas A&M, Stetson
Minnesota remains the flavor of the week after holding steady with a series win over Michigan State. Everybody else holds firm except for Connecticut, who bows out after dropping a series to Houston. Taking their place is Stetson, the newest mid-major introduced to the 16 national seeds. And this isn't me throwing the Hatters a bone, their resume speaks for itself: 40-11, RPI of 7, SOS of 57 (47 non-conference), and a 7-3 record against the RPI top 50. Pretty decent.
But yeah, the top of the field is mostly stabilized. The real day-to-day turnover shifts on down to the bubble teams, which...
TRAN-
But What About The Tigahs?
-SITION!
LSU is the literal last team to make the tournament field. Hey man, it doesn't matter how you got the invite so long as you get to the dance.
But there is plenty of time for LSU to blow up their spot. Auburn is still in the running for a national seed and honestly the better team. Ma'khail Hilliard has had a good freshman season, but LSU is going to need him to either spring an upset or at least keep it close enough to eat innings and maintain a stocked bullpen for Saturday. Because LSU more or less needs, needs to win this weekend series AND probably spend Friday in Hoover in order to return to Baton Rouge with confidence in their resume.
But eliminating what needs to happen and looking only at what has happened...LSU makes it by the hair on their chinny chin chin.
Regional Of Death Of The Week
College Station Regional: Texas A&M, Texas, Arizona, Sam Houston State
The ROTDOTW will remain the College Station Regional until further notice. Any regional that will plausibly create a Mad Max type future will be the recipient of the award forever.
I'll try my damnedest to have a quick turnaround projections ready on the Monday between the Auburn series and the SEC Tournament. Follow at @AdamdotH in case I try to drop live projections on Twitter during the tournament.
Until then,

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The starters we chose set the bar high: pan-fried scallops adorned with crispy wafers of streaky bacon resting on a delicate pea purée, and, in contrast, wood pigeon that was dark and decadently rich. Main courses paid tribute to the roast in a contemporary fashion. Both the belly pork and breast of duck were cooked to tender perfection, complemented by exciting vegetable choices. The raspberry crème brûlée, which offered an exciting twist on a classic dessert, and the unusually light but wonderful sticky toffee pudding, provided an aptly decadent conclusion to a cosy yet impressive dining experience.
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text:
<?php
/**
 * Welcome Page Class
 */

if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
	exit; // Exit if accessed directly
}

/**
 * SC_Admin_Welcome class
 */
class SC_Admin_Welcome {

	/**
	 * Hook in tabs.
	 */
	public function __construct() {
		add_action( 'admin_menu', array( $this, 'admin_menus' ) );
		add_action( 'admin_head', array( $this, 'admin_head' ) );
		add_action( 'admin_init', array( $this, 'sc_welcome' ) );
	}

	/**
	 * Add admin menus/screens.
	 */
	public function admin_menus() {

		if ( empty( $_GET['page'] ) ) {
			return;
		}

		$welcome_page_name  = __( 'About Smart Coupons', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain );
		$welcome_page_title = __( 'Welcome to Smart Coupons', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain );

		switch ( $_GET['page'] ) {
			case 'sc-about' :
				add_submenu_page( 'woocommerce', $welcome_page_title, $welcome_page_name, 'manage_options', 'sc-about', array( $this, 'about_screen' ) );
				break;
			case 'sc-faqs' :
			 	add_submenu_page( 'woocommerce', $welcome_page_title, $welcome_page_name, 'manage_options', 'sc-faqs', array( $this, 'faqs_screen' ) );
				break;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Add styles just for this page, and remove dashboard page links.
	 */
	public function admin_head() {
		remove_submenu_page( 'woocommerce', 'sc-about' );
		remove_submenu_page( 'woocommerce', 'sc-faqs' );

		?>

		<?php
	}

	/**
	 * Intro text/links shown on all about pages.
	 */
	private function intro() {

		if ( is_callable( 'WC_Smart_Coupons::get_smart_coupons_plugin_data' ) ) {
			$plugin_data = WC_Smart_Coupons::get_smart_coupons_plugin_data();
			$version = $plugin_data['Version'];
		} else {
			$version = '';
		}

		?>

<?php printf( __( 'Welcome to Smart Coupons %s', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ), $version ); ?>

<?php _e( 'Thanks for installing! We hope you enjoy using Smart Coupons.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

				<a href="<?php echo admin_url( 'edit.php?post_type=shop_coupon' ); ?>" class="button button-hero"><?php _e( 'Go To Coupons', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

					<a href="<?php echo admin_url( 'admin.php?page=wc-settings' ); ?>" class="button button-primary" target="_blank"><?php _e( 'Settings', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>
					<a href="<?php echo esc_url( apply_filters( 'smart_coupons_docs_url', 'http://docs.woothemes.com/document/smart-coupons/', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ) ); ?>" class="docs button button-primary" target="_blank"><?php _e( 'Docs', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

			<a class="nav-tab <?php if ( $_GET['page'] == 'sc-about' ) { echo 'nav-tab-active';} ?>" href="<?php echo esc_url( admin_url( add_query_arg( array( 'page' => 'sc-about' ), 'admin.php' ) ) ); ?>">
				<?php _e( 'Know Smart Coupons', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

			<a class="nav-tab <?php if ( $_GET['page'] == 'sc-faqs' ) { echo 'nav-tab-active';} ?>" href="<?php echo esc_url( admin_url( add_query_arg( array( 'page' => 'sc-faqs' ), 'admin.php' ) ) ); ?>">
				<?php _e( "FAQ's", WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

		<?php
	}

	/**
	 * Output the about screen.
	 */
	public function about_screen() {
		?>

		<?php $this->intro(); ?>

<?php echo __( 'What is Smart Coupons?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

							<?php echo __( 'Smart Coupons is a WooCommerce extension, which adds a new discount type for WooCommerce Coupons. It\'s called as "Store Credit / Gift Certificate".', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>
							<?php echo __( 'In addition to this, it also adds more functionality in other discount types as well. Smart Coupons enables coupons to become an automatic/interactive system.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

<?php echo __( 'What is "Store Credit / Gift Certificate"?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

							<?php echo __( 'This is a new discount type added by this plugin in WooCommerce Coupons. A coupon having this discount type can be called as either Smart Coupon or Store Credit or Gift Certificate. This coupon\'s amount can be called as balance.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

<?php echo __( 'What\'s new?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

							<?php echo __( 'Store Credit is a unique discount type, in which coupon\'s amount keeps reducing per usage. It behaves in same way as credit, which can be used untill its amount becomes zero. Therefore this coupon\'s amount is also refered to as balance.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

							<?php echo __( 'Since Store Credit\'s balance keeps reducing per usage, this plugin restricts, all automatically created store credit to one user. Additionally, it also provides the setting to remove the restriction, but you should be aware of what it can cause.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

<?php echo __( 'What you can achieve using Smart Coupons', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

<?php echo __( 'Sell store credit / gift certificate', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

							<?php echo sprintf( __( 'Smart Coupons helps you configure products which can be used to sell store credit / gift certificate. You can sell store credit in 3 ways: %1$s, %2$s & %3$s.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ), '' . __( 'fixed amount', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ) . '' , '' . __( 'variable but fixed amount', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ) . '', '' . __( 'any amount', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ) . '' ); ?>

<?php echo __( 'Automatically give discounts to your customer for next purchase', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

							<?php echo __( 'You can give a coupon to your customer after every purchase, which can encourage them to purchase again from you.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

<?php echo __( 'Bulk create unique coupons & email them', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

							<?php echo sprintf( __( 'If you\'ve a list of email addresses of your customers who haven\'t purchase any product for a long time, you can send unique coupons to each of them in bulk. %s.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ), '' . __( 'See how', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ) . '' ); ?>

<?php echo __( 'Import / export coupons', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

							<?php echo __( 'You can import / export coupons. This can be helpful when you are moving your store or when you want to move coupons from other store to new one.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

<?php echo __( 'Automatic payment for subscription renewals', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

							<?php echo __( 'If your store is using WooCommerce subscription and your customer has purchased a subscription using a Store Credit. If that store credit has balance left in it, store will automatically use it for renewing that subscription.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

<?php echo __( 'Make your customer\'s coupon usage, easy & simple', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

							<?php echo sprintf( __( 'Smart Coupons makes life of your customer really easy by showing only valid coupons to your customer (if logged in) on %s, checkout & My Account page. In addition to that those coupons can be applied with single click on it. So, no need to remember the coupon code or copy-pasting.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ), '' . __( 'cart', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ) . '' ); ?>

		<?php
	}

	/**
	 * Output the FAQ's screen.
	 */
	public function faqs_screen() {
		?>

			<?php $this->intro(); ?>

<?php echo __( 'FAQ / Common Problems', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ); ?>

			<?php
				$faqs = array(
							array(
									'que' => __( 'When trying to add Smart Coupon, I get "Invalid post type" message.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
									'ans' => sprintf( __( 'Make sure use of coupon is enabled in your store. You can find this setting %s.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ), '' . __( 'here', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ) . '' ),
								),
							array(
									'que' => __( 'How to translate texts from Smart Coupons?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
									'ans' => sprintf( __( 'Simplest method is by installing %1$s plugin. If you want to keep, translated file outside this plugin, refer %2$s.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ), '' . __( 'Loco Translate', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ) . '', '' . __( 'this article', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ) . '' ),
								),
							array(
									'que' => __( 'Smart Coupon\'s fields are broken?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
									'ans' => __( 'Make sure you are using the latest version of Smart Coupons. If still the issue persist, deactivate all plugins except WooCommerce & Smart Coupons. Recheck the issue, if the issue still persists, contact us. If the issue goes away, re-activate other plugins one-by-one & re-checking the fields, to find out which plugin is conflicting. Inform us about this issue.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
								),
							array(
									'que' => __( 'Do not want to tie store credit to be used by only one customer?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
									'ans' => __( 'You\'ll need to check "Disable Email Restriction" setting (in main coupon which is entered in "Coupons" field of the product edit page) under "Usage Restrictions" tab on edit coupon page.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
								),
							array(
									'que' => __( 'On WooCommerce 2.6+, getting \'Page Not Found Error\' when accessing Coupons tab from My Account Page?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
									'ans' => __( 'Go to WordPress -> Settings -> Permalinks and click on Save Settings once.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
								),
							array(
									'que' => __( 'Is there any reference file for creating an import file for coupons?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
									'ans' => sprintf( __( 'There is one file which is located inside the plugin. The file name is %1$s. If you want to import coupon through file, the file should be like %2$s', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ), 'sample.csv', 'sample.csv' ),
								),
							array(
									'que' => __( 'Is Smart Coupons, WPML compatible?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
									'ans' => sprintf( __( 'All texts used in Smart Coupons are translatable & can be translated using %1$s & %2$s file. Secondly, the texts from this plugin remain in the plugin, it doesn\'t get saved in database, only values are getting saved in database, which cannot be translated.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ), '.po', '.mo' ),
								),
							array(
									'que' => __( 'I\'m using WPML & WPML provides support for multi-currency, but Smart Coupons only changes currency symbol & the price value remains same. Can Smart Coupons change the currency symbol and the price value associated with it?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
									'ans' => __( 'Currently, It can only change the currency symbol the price value remains the same. Smart Coupon is not compatible with multi-currency plugin. You may find this in some future version.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
								),
							array(
									'que' => __( 'How to change texts of email, sent from Smart Coupons?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
									'ans' => sprintf( __( 'You can do this by 2 methods, either by changing the texts directly in email template file or overriding the email template. %s.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ), '' . __( 'How to override email template', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ) . '' ),
								),
							array(
									'que' => __( 'Available coupons are not visible on Cart, Checkout & My Account page?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
									'ans' => __( 'Smart Coupons uses hooks of Cart, Checkout & My Account page to display available coupons. If your theme is not using those hooks in cart, checkout & my-account template, coupons will not be displayed.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
								),
							array(
									'que' => __( 'How can I resend gift card coupon bought by customers?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
									'ans' => sprintf( __( 'You can resend them from order admin edit page. %s.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ), '' . __( 'See how', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ) . '' ),
								),
							array(
									'que' => __( 'Uncheck "Auto-generate" option in Store Credit is not saving? Is it always checked?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
									'ans' => __( 'Store Credit\'s default behavior is auto-generate because, when using a store credit, it\'s balance keeps reducing. Therefore it should be uniquely created for every user automatically.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
								),
							array(
									'que' => __( 'Smart Coupons is not sending emails?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
									'ans' => __( 'Smart Coupons sends email only after order completion. Make sure all settings of coupons, products are in place. Check if order complete email is sending. Also check by switching your theme.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
								),
							array(
									'que' => __( '"Store Credit Receiver detail" form not appearing on checkout page?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
									'ans' => __( 'This form is displayed using a hook which is available in My Account template. Make sure your theme\'s my-account template contains all hooks required for that template.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
								),
							array(
									'que' => __( 'Is it compatible with WooCommerce Subscription?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
									'ans' => __( 'Yes, it does work with WooCommerce Subscription.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
								),
							array(
									'que' => __( 'Does it allow printing of coupon as Gift Card?', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
									'ans' => __( 'No, it doesn\'t provide any feature which enables you to take a printout of the generated coupon, but if you can take printout from your email, you can use it as an alternative.', WC_Smart_Coupons::$text_domain ),
								),

						);

				$faqs = array_chunk( $faqs, 2 );

				echo '
';
			foreach ( $faqs as $fqs ) {
				echo '
';
				foreach ( $fqs as $index => $faq ) {
					echo '
';
					echo '
' . $faq['que'] . '
';
					echo '
' . $faq['ans'] . '
';
					echo '
';
				}
				echo '
';
			}
				echo '
';
			?>

		<?php
	}

	/**
	 * Sends user to the welcome page on first activation.
	 */
	public function sc_welcome() {

	   	if ( ! get_transient( '_smart_coupons_activation_redirect' ) ) {
			return;
		}

		// Delete the redirect transient
		delete_transient( '_smart_coupons_activation_redirect' );

		wp_redirect( admin_url( 'admin.php?page=sc-about' ) );
		exit;

	}
}

new SC_Admin_Welcome();

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text:
On-Line Privacy Codes on Track
The on-line industry is trying to avoid a privacy law by initiating voluntary privacy guidelines
P> To avoid congressional action, the on-line industry has started writing a consumers' privacy protection code.
But the industry is racing against time. Various privacy provisions, already making their way through government, could cost the information industry much of its lucrative ability to collect consumers' spending data for resale and marketing campaigns.
Industry's effort is being led by Robert Smith, director of the Interactive Services Association in Silver Spring, Md. The code will be voluntary, he said, and its details will be decided by summer, after negotiations with companies such as CompuServe Inc., Columbus, Ohio, and America Online Inc., Vienna, Va.
Only "if we get our act together early" can the industry avoid a repeat of its failure to limit on-line smut, which eventually helped Sen. James Exon, D-Neb., win widespread support for his on-line censorship measure, said Smith.
"This very young industry should be given an opportunity... to develop our rules," without government intervention, he said.
One source of pressure for Smith and the on-line industry is the Federal Trade Commission, which held two public hearings on on-line privacy and is developing voluntary guidelines for the industry. However, there are no plans to make the guidelines mandatory, said Becky Burr, a privacy specialist at the commission.
Also, a draft congressional privacy measure is being prepared by an ad-hoc group of privacy proponents who oppose the medical privacy bill being pushed by Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Rep. Gary Condit, D-Calif. A Senate committee will review the bill next month, and the House plans to schedule hearings on the legislation later this year.
"It is a terrible bill" because it is intended to ease the industry's nationwide collection and transfer of customers' medical data by preempting numerous state privacy laws, not to protect customers' privacy, said James Love, the director of the Washington-based Consumer Project on Technology. The group is an offshoot of Public Citizen, a Washington-based lobbying organization run by Ralph Nader.
The Bennett/Leahy bill could be changed to allow the health industry to share health-related data, while protecting consumers' privacy, Love said. For example, tighter restrictions should be imposed on who can store or examine consumers' health records, he said. "There should be more government regulation.... It is a do-able thing to win something in this area," Love said. "It is an issue that has legs."
But Love declined to cite congressional supporters of his draft legislation, and in fact, his coalition's proposal faces opposition from the on-line industry and from some privacy proponents. It is "focused not on privacy, but on opportunistic politics," said Janlori Goldman, deputy director of the Washington-based Center for Democracy and Technology. The medical-privacy bill will provide greater privacy protections than any federal or state law, and can be modified to further limit the rights of law enforcement and government officials, she said.
Goldman has set up a Privacy Forum to help privacy proponents, executives and government officials draw guidelines to allow people to shape how much of their personal data is stored or sold by companies. Without such protection, companies could monitor consumers' on-line transactions to learn their spending habits, health records, political beliefs and addresses, she said. Loss of on-line privacy "is an enormous issue for people," she said.


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