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Career Opportunity: Performance Director
POSITION: Performance Director
SUPERVISOR: Executive Director
LOCATION: Ottawa, House of Sport
ABOUT TAEKWONDO CANADA
POSITION OVERVIEW:
Reporting directly to the Executive Director, the Performance Director will be responsible for the development, planning, management, and execution of all national team programs and initiatives ensuring consistent and sustained performance at the international and domestic level, such as World Championships and Olympic/Paralympic Games.
In addition, the Performance Director will be responsible for development and maintenance of the performance pathway of the sport, from playground to podium.
Leadership in Performance Development
Through on-going feedback from key performance stakeholders and in alignment with Taekwondo Canada's strategic plan, devise, implement and monitor Taekwondo Canada's four and eight-year high performance plans;
Ensure the planning, evaluating, documenting and overseeing the implementation of all elements of Taekwondo Canada's high-performance programs to ensure sustainable excellence by Canadian taekwondo athletes;
Based on individual athletes and program needs assessments, and in collaboration with identified system coaches, develop, manage, and monitor sport science programs;
In consultation with identified system coaches, lead the development and implementation of talent identification and recruitment strategies;
On an on-going basis, monitor and evaluate system coaches, consultants, integrated support team and administrative performance staff progression;
In association with the Executive Director, act as Taekwondo Canada's point of contact in relation to any funding performance partner;
Act or appoint a designate as a team leader in all multisport Games, World Championships and other Domestic and International events when required;
Oversee the proper functioning of both the High-Performance Committee and the Coaches Committee.
Work collaboratively with the provincial and territorial governing bodies by providing needs-based assistance and mentorship with regards to athletes, programs and high-performance systems implementation;
Lead in the development of an updated and comprehensive Taekwondo specific LTAD and podium pathway to be shared with clubs as well as provincial and territorial sports organisations;
With oversight from the High-Performance Committee and system coaches, develop, implement and manage selection criteria for Sport Canada's Athletes Assistance Program (AAP), and athlete and coach selection to major international events;
Act as Taekwondo Canada's representative on all high-performance matters with our partners and stakeholders;
Be available for public relations or promotional appearances as required;
Represent Canadian Taekwondo internationally.
Oversee the coordination of all aspects of the administration, management and support of the national team during competition, including all multisport games, World Championships and other domestic and international events when required;
With support of the program manager, prepare the annual and quadrennial budgets, and conduct periodic and special budgetary reviews for national programs;
Ensure that all reporting to either performance partners, board of directors or Executive Director is done in a concise and timely manner;
Support other organization function areas such as communications, events, etc.
Experience, Skill and Education
Strong communication and interpersonal skills;
Five or more years of progressive experience in high-performance sport, including demonstrated success at a senior level and relevant experience at international events such as World Championships or Olympic Games;
Proven consultative, facilitation, and decision-making skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with colleagues and a wide variety of stakeholders and partners;
Experience in developing strategies, budgets and proposals, defining requirements, preparing reports, and delivering presentations;
Proven record in leading teams in multi-disciplinary, cross functional environment, delivering objectives and performance targets;
Superior understanding of strategic high-performance sports system planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation in Olympic and Paralympic Sports at the national and international level;
Proven ability to work collaboratively as a member of a team of dedicated professionals in the pursuit of common goals;
Open, transparent, ethical, and professional in all areas of interaction and reporting.
The position requires knowledge of the Canadian high-performance sports system and of the programs of Taekwondo Canada's key sports partners, including Sport Canada, Own the Podium, and the Canadian Olympic Committee and the Paralympic Committee;
NCCP level 4 coaching certification, or equivalent experience/education;
The ability to work effectively in both English and French.
Qualified applicants are to submit a resume and cover letter explaining their experience and why they are suited for this position, along with salary expectations to, hr@taekwondo-canada.com, with "Performance Director Position Application" in the subject line. Applications are due by August 10, 2018.


Be careful on your commute to work as there's a 30 per cent chance of flurries and freezing rain expected for Wednesday morning, according to the forecast.
Luckily, Saskatoon is expected to hit a high of 6 C, so there's a good chance that any snow that does fall won't hang around for long.
Skies are expected to be cloudy during the day, but should clear in the evening with temperatures dropping to a possible low of 3 C.
Saskatoon didn't quite break the one-degree marker on Tuesday, only hitting a high of 0.8 C, but that's still much warmer than the record low of -25.3 C set in 1984.


This CD-ROM is sub-titled 'Over 1,000 picures from my private collection' which is a very accurate description of its contents. The disk contains the JPG images of the pictures organised in directories by genus with the file names being used for the full plant name. There is no accompanying text description or information. There is a free windows slide show viewer (iview298) on the disk but users may wish to use use one which they already have installed rather than install another different one. The disk does include both cacti and succulents which may not be self evident from the disk title.
I did not look at the entire contents of the disk but my impression was that that there are some nice pictures but rather a lot of comparitively immature plants which may not be ideal for identification which is probably one of the purposes of such disks as this one. I did notice one or two mis-identifications although by and large the plants seem accurately named.
Available from Francesco Cicala (e-mail: cicala12@interfree.it. The price, 30 US$ is low which makes it a reasonable buy considering it is simply a disk of pictures.


Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil- the silent unconscious unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man is, not what he pretends to be. ~ William George Jordan.
Happy Wednesday Peeps, Day 9 of 365 days how are you doing? As a girl I always feel like I have no clothes all the time I need to go out, catch up with a friend over the weekend or attend an event. Which is pretty much how every girl feels. I love matching my clothes in my free time to see if there are compatible, what works together and finding out a new way to pair things.
For these you need to know how to match clothes, patterns, colour blocks, combining colours and choosing colours that are great for your skin tone. Knowing and pairing your basics helps you plan for the week in advance depending on the weather, casual meet-ups, future meetings and all that you anticipate to have.
The basics are; 2 pairs of trousers, two dresses, two different jackets or blazers, two skirts, two blouses, two different cardigans and then accessories.
All the clothes in your closet.Make sure you are doing this when all your laundry is done.
Separate your blouses and tops from your trousers and skirts to help you pair them.
Fun music to accompany this task.
A loose skirt and a lose blouse can not go together. That applies to all other clothes too unless you can really pull it off.
Cover up, or cover down but don't show off the legs and the cleavage. It's a bit extra.
This is a great look for Thursday as we anticipate for the week. You can pair this with sneakers or a pair of boots if you don't have sneakers.
A pair of sneakers if you don't have knee-high boots.
A monochromatic look with a white blouse and a casual cardigan.
For the cardigan you can let it hang loose on your shoulder for a stylish look, wear it and accessorise with a purse or a belt and see if you like it. For this official look, you want to look effortless or classy.
Hats if you are rocking a longer dress.
Any other item in your closet that would go well with your outfit.
For the office lady you probably have a lot more of these especially if your line of work requires you to dress more officially. Choose outfits that are fun yet official so you feel confident when wearing them but still come out looking official from your wardrobe basics.
The Kenyan weather now allows you to wear maxi dresses, well until around late March, when the rains start again.
Bright coloured manicures and pedicures.
The beach weather is here and it's the perfect weather to swim and spend time outdoors. Shorts, blouses and t-shirts make for great pieces during these kind of excursions.
You are off to loving your clothes and ceasing from the endless complaints of having no clothes.


Also referred to as tree rings or annual rings, growth rings are visible in horizontal cross sections of tree trunks. Each ring represents one year of growth, and they form consistently throughout a tree's entire life. Precision etched Curly Maple teardrops.


I've hardly left my property in more than a week. Head underwater, I guess. Deep in homestead life and homestead planning. Projects every single day. But I missed you all. I thought I'd bring my head up long enough to say hello.
I had the worst homestead day and the best homestead day right back to back. When the neighbors came down the hill to say hello, I was trying to let the girls help me paint some trim for the goat barn. And failing, mostly. In theory I'm super fun mom who raises creative kids who are immersed in natural beauty and adventure, in reality I'm a little more like a control freak.
"I don't want latex paint in my ecosystem…" she says. To a two year old.
I was startled to see them. Two middle-aged good looking people I had never seen before, walking right down our hill. We didn't hear a car because there wasn't a car. They walked. See. They live less than a mile away from us.
The wife had asked the husband to stop in because she either saw or heard that we were off grid, and her husband had set up a whole home electricity system on solar. She wanted him to offer to us his knowledge and she was obviously not just a little proud. I know how she feels.
I'm trying to learn how to ride these waves. Drink water where I find it instead of thirsting over an empty cup that had water in it years ago. When we first got this lucky property it was part of a string of lucky happenings. Ask and you shall receive, except sort of literally. My brother-in-law said we should call our property Meribah, after where Moses drew water from a rock.
This morning we went to the park. Caught butterflies. I'm not very good at lazing around, so while the children did their thing I found a left-behind plastic shovel and used it to clean up goose poop from the sand and grass. Call it obsessive, but it's who I am. Don't knock it. We came home tired out from our own play.
In the afternoon my children got lost in designing superhero costumes for themselves and for each other, lying on the trampoline, each with their special notebook. I used my new Internet connection to Skype with my sister. And then I did a puzzle with four missing pieces with my girls. My husband made my favorite dinner and we laughed about how just looking at Nature makes you smarter, so that explains why things are making so much more sense all of a sudden.
We have had plenty of times with no good luck at all. Some pretty spectacular, actually. The night of the crochet hook comes to mind. We've come up empty.
But I'm trying to learn how to ride these waves. Drink water where I find it. Not thirst at an empty cup that had water in it years ago…or never did. The truth is there isn't much distance between the quarrels and the miracles. There they are together, in the same verse.
Our lucky times happen when we make space for generous visitors. Our peaceful times happen when we make space for one another. It's the making of space that takes a kind of magic…or belief in magic…or belief at all.
Belief that the stuff of miracles is woven right into these ordinary days.
P.S. I hope you all received the email newsletter… (letter from a yurt, third spring) If you didn't, and you want to, the sign up is in the sidebar by the picture of the yurt. As always, thanks for hanging out with us. Your company has made possible where there was only impossible.
UPDATE ^^ Cancel that, actually. I'm having a problem with my subscription form. Sorry! I'll get it fixed right away, I promise.
To "drink water wher I find it. Not thirst at an empty cup that had water in it years ago…. or never did." SO much truth and wisdom here! Thank you, Esther.
Thanks for this great post. Yes the making of space … That's great to read today. It IS the magic. Just like the 'negative' or white space in artwork.


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CoursePro Sport Course Management Software
Knowing me knowing you. Round 3!
By Alex McCulloch on 1st August 2017 in Cap2 News
Introducing the Cap2 Management team
So far we've ticked off our Support team and Development team from the 'knowing me knowing you' list!
This time, it's our Senior Management team who get to say hello!
As part of the Jonas Software group of companies, Cap2 have one of the highest levels of staff satisfaction throughout the organisation. Cap2's culture of honesty and respect stems down from our 4 strong team of Senior Management who had to answer the toughest of all questions; What's your favourite film of all time!?
GM, Daniel Haywood
'It's got to be Forrest Gump – I have to be honest, I spend more time chasing around after my two kids than watching films, but I've watched this film time and time again; I love the way he goes on a journey and despite his set backs succeeds at everything he does!'
'I was once a Cap2 customer, so the transition to working for them and leading the company was an easy choice. The team here are fantastic and always maintain their fair, generous and happy disposition. The culture that we possess at Cap2 is so important because we genuinely care about each other and our customers. As we grow, that culture only strengthens.'
Sales/Marketing Manager, Alex Davison
'I think by far my favourite film is Inception. It's incredibly clever and makes you think. I had to watch it twice to see everything that's going on!'
'I was just the 5th employee to be brought in here at Cap2 and over the last 4.5 years I've played a part in most departments of the business. It's been an amazing journey seeing and helping it grow to become the #1 provider of course management software to the leisure industry.'
Head of Development, Aaron Scollen
'If you like hitman movies, and you like Natalie Portman, then you'll love my favourite film of all time, Leon. It's about a hitman who has to drop everything to look after a 12 year old Portman; the acting, storyline and visuals are incredible and it's such a stylish film!'
'I love working here at Cap2. It's a bright place with enthusiastic people! As head of Development, my team and I are all about helping to make CoursePro easier to use and better for the customers it serves.'
Operations Manager, Sue Enright
'My favourite film is the 1997 science fiction film Contact starring Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey. I've always loved sci fi and I love the realistic portrayal of earth reacting to aliens. The film never presumes to show us what an alien actually looks like which adds more mystique and excitement.'
'I love working at Cap2 because of the team spirit we've got. We genuinely care, which shows in the way we look out for each other and our customers. Caring and honesty are two of our important company values. Plus, our boss respects our work-life balance and it's importance which makes for a great environment.'
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Commentary & Forums, Security in Brazil: World Cup 2014 and Beyond
Unravelling Goliath
June 15, 2015 mstalcupBrazil, CBF, Chuck Blazer, civil liberties, Comité international olympique, CONCACAF, Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, corruption, crime, Fair Play, falsification of contracts, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, FIFA, FIFA Women's World Cup, football, forced removal, governance, illegal transfers, International Olympic Committee, IOC, Jack Warner, Joana Havelange, João Havelange, match-fixing, mega events, militarization, money laundering, morality, Olympics 2016, power, privatization, protestos, protests, public space, Ricardo Texeira, Russia, Sepp Blatter, soccer, South Africa, World Cup 3 Comments
The editors of Anthropoliteia welcome Christopher Gaffney with a commentary on the current crisis at FIFA and its implications
"Unfair Players" Photo by Christopher Gaffney CC BY-NC-PSA 4.0
Like most football fans across the world, I have taken a perverse and personal delight in watching the bloated, jowly patriarchs of FIFA fall, one after another. Not only do I feel that the on-going investigations into the misogynistic world of backslapping, ham-handed, wink-wink deal making are confirming my own knowledge and intuition, but also that the doors to the smoky back rooms of FIFA have been prised open, exposing a global coterie of sycophants and their clever, intertwined, and illegal schemes.
FIFA and its (two) presidents have cozied up to dictators and presidents, popes and prime-ministers, conferring upon themselves all of the pomp, power, and impunity of a head of state
For the last six years, I have been investigating how the hosting of the World Cup and Olympics impacts upon urban and social relations in Brazil. In this work, I have exposed how the intricate shell game of FIFA and the IOC extracts maximum wealth from host cities and countries while at the same time militarizing and privatizing urban space, violating human rights, and leaving legacies of debt and unfulfilled promises. For those who can afford it, the party is fantastic. Once the floodlights have burned out, the hangover lasts for decades. In Brazil, the links between big business, big government, and big sport are opaque and insidious, yet the connections to the most recent FIFA-crisis are all too clear. Brazilian companies and executives are in the spotlight, again, for all the wrong reasons.
Favela da Paz "This is the Cup that Globo won't show" Photo by Christopher Gaffney CC BY-NC-PSA 4.0
The most surprising development is that it has happened at all. Since 1974, FIFA and its (two) presidents have cozied up to dictators and presidents, popes and prime-ministers, conferring upon themselves all of the pomp, power, and impunity of a head of state. They have showered riches upon themselves as the self-appointed stewards of the game and like the Euro-aristocracy resident on Mt. Olympus, have made others rich in the process. The complex systems of patronage and peonage that define FIFA´s political philosophy are the same as those used by colonial powers. Big egos in white bodies (with apologies to Jack Warner and Issa Hayatu) rule this world by manufacturing consent through the distribution of favours, suppressing dissent through the militarization of urban space and the curtailment of civil liberties, and choreographing their marionettes who, in accordance with the Brazilian World Cup slogan, are "all in one rhythm."
will there be anything left of FIFA? Or rather, is it reasonable to think that FIFA can disassociate from the same kinds of oppression, violence, and injustice that define global consumer capitalism?
Predictably, it was from FIFA´s band of servile minions – morbid troglodytes like Chuck Blazer, hyperbolic shysters like Jack Warner, and half-arsed opportunists like Ricardo Texeira – that the tightly wound FIFA-world began to unravel. Too much money flowing too quickly to the wrong people though the wrong country for too long, coupled with the FBI´s charming insouciance for the real-politik of global sporting affairs has resulted in a very hard, very determined tug on a lot of rotten strings. Among the unanswerable questions is, if it all unravels, will there be anything left of FIFA? Or rather, is it reasonable to think that FIFA can disassociate from the same kinds of oppression, violence, and injustice that define global consumer capitalism? There has never been a period in the era of mass-communications when FIFA was not corrupt, so how will it suddenly emerge? Will cutting off some heads of the scabrous FIFA-Hydra change the nature of the beast? While behind the scenes deals are being struck, these desperate attempts to consolidate power are finally in conflict with an exasperated public, the FBI, and a thirsty press corps. Somehow, despite the rot, we are still captivated by football.
"Sir Blatter, Homeland of the Barefoot Gives You a Kick in the Ass" Photo by Christopher Gaffney CC BY-NC-PSA 4.0
As the events of the past weeks have unfolded, the depth and extent of FIFA´s criminal network has become evident even to casual observers. The sudden resignation of FIFA´s communications officer, Walter de Gregorio (responsible for Blatter´s 2011 re-election campaign), may be a sign that there is no message to deliver, no more damage control to be done. It is almost impossible to keep track of the threads, but some of the more intriguing are that:
The Germans may have swapped arms for a Saudia Ariabian vote to get the 2006 WC
FIFA authorized a $10 million USD bribe to then-CONCACAF president Jack Warner
Jack Warner split this with his deputy Chuck Blazer, who used the money to keep a Trump Tower apartment for his cats
The 2018 and 2022 WC votes were bought, as were 1998, 2006, 2010, and 2014. The 2002 WC was not exempt, either, but corruption allegations against corrupt officials were never pursued
Nike, the Brazilian Football Confederation, the ex-president of Barcelona, Sandro Rossell, and the Qatari royal families have exchanged hundreds of millions of dollars between them
FIFA paid the Irish FA 5 million Euros to not make noise about being wrongly disqualified from the 2010 WC.
All of the television broadcasting rights contracts for the WC, as well as the Copa Libertadores, Copa América, and other tournaments in Brazil, and much of South America, were illicitly gained
This list is far from comprehensive and spans several modes of corruption, ones that affect governance, publicity, as well as actual decisions on the field. One hopes that in the coming months, the details will emerge to fill in these categories. In the meantime, everything – from marketing contracts to penalty decisions to hotel accommodations – is tainted with corruption.
Journalists and academics that report on and research global sport had yet to touch the bottom of the fetid pool, but even for us it still comes as somewhat of a surprise that the rest of the world can now read about match-fixing, illegal transfers, human trafficking, money laundering, Swiss bank accounts, bribery, racketeering, falsification of contracts, etc. as an integral part of the way football is organized. With the recent politicization of labour rights for NCAA athletes, the banal cruelty of playing a World Cup on turf, and the destruction of human life in the NFL and its subsidiaries, perhaps there is a chance that sport and politics will find a place in the public consciousness.
This is not about using sport as a force for good, or as FIFA claims "developing football everywhere." Sport is about power
In reality, the FIFA saga is a captivatingly complex morality play being acted out on a global stage with curious twist: the chorus is hundreds of millions strong and may be able to influence the plot. Will the hood-eyed prince, Michel Platini, make his move for the presidency now? Will the court jester, Zico, show that he can perform better than Texeira? This is not about using sport as a force for good, or as FIFA claims "developing football everywhere." Sport is about power and we should be aware that our places in the audience impact on its exercise.
We know World Cup games are bought and sold. We know that the WWC is being played on turf because football associations are on FIFA´s leash and have more power than the players. We know that thousands of kids are trafficked across borders, sold into prostitution, or are molested, mistreated, or die because of a lack of medical attention. For every Dani Alves or Neymar, there are a hundred thousand broken legs and a million broken dreams in Brazil alone. We know of the bribery behind World Cup bids, the illegal and blindingly idiotic stadium building contracts, the militarization of cities for FIFA VIPs, dirty billion dollar television contracts, institutionalized racism and sexism, and a never-ending series of lies, deceptions, and platitudes. There is no "Fair Play" in or with FIFA.
2014 World Cup Protests Photo by Christopher Gaffney CC BY-NC-PSA 4.0
As a reminder of how short our memories are, it is nearly a year to the day that the 2014 World Cup kicked off in Brazil. Of the twelve stadiums, in the twelve cities, ten are in serious difficulty. The only two that are not going through financial and political turmoil are the two built by clubs in Curitiba and Porto Alegre. Of all the football associations implicated in the current FIFA hullabaloo, the Brazilian federation is the most embroiled. The Brazilian João Havelange was FIFA´s modern architect and his granddaughter, an executive director of the 2014 World Cup, famously quipped about the R$ 30 billion outlay, "however much was spent, or stolen, already has been" [so why worry?].
None of the "legacy" promises made by FIFA has come to fruition in Brazil. On fleeing the country as protests erupted around the Confederations´ Cup in 2013, Blatter announced a $ 100 million USD "legacy fund", that would be administered by the CBF. This is the Brazilian organization recently run by a man now sitting in a Zurich jail house and currently headed up by a man who fled Zurich and ran straight to Brasilia where he was honoured by senators and congressmen. Of course, FIFA regulations prevent the Brazilian government from interfering in CBF affairs, a position that is at least consistent with the surrendering of territorial sovereignty that comes with hosting the World Cup. This takes the form of tax exemptions, restrictions on advertising, and the ability to close any street in a host city, at any time, for any reason.
Above "Ronaldo Fenômeno does not represent me!" Below "Football Yes. FIFA No" Photo by Christopher Gaffney CC BY-NC-PSA 4.0
And now, as if to prove the point that the Canadian World Cup doesn´t matter, the Copa America kicks off in Chile, a country with long and painful associations between football and politics. In the same way we should remember those tortured and murdered in Santiago´s National Stadium, we should also remember that the same people who organized, broadcast, and advertise at this tournament are implicated in the shambolic governance of football. The show goes on with the same delirious media coverage, the same lack of critical reflection, the same people making more money than ever. It may be that FIFA and football are beyond reform as long as the crowds pour their money in and conform to FIFA´s inexhaustible list of prohibited behaviours. Is it possible that the global chorus of football fans can only hope to sing their teams on to victory, while the dark-suited protagonists squirrel away their millions? Can anything change if we only watch the ball?
Christopher Gaffney, PhD (University of Texas at Austin) is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich. His work investigates the impact of major sporting events on urban centers and their populations.


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Spinx Buys 10 Enmark Sites
Carolina retailer solidifying regional network of stations with acquisition
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- In a move that helps the company solidify its retail network geographically, The Spinx Co. yesterday announced the acquisition of 10 convenience stores from Enmark Stations Inc. As reported in a CSP Daily News Flash on Tuesday, the c-stores are located in Greenville, Anderson, Williamston, Belton, Greenwood, Fountain Inn, Newberry, Lexington and Moncks Corner, S.C.
The Greenville, S.C.-based company plans to rebrand these stores to the Spinx brand within the next three months. All 10 stores will remain open through the transition process, the retailer said.
"These stores are a great addition to our company and will allow Spinx to expand its product and brand offers to customers in some new areas while filling in important, existing markets," said Stewart Spinks, CEO of The Spinx Co.
In early August 2009, Enmark retained Chicago-based NRC Realty & Capital Advisors LLC to coordinate the sale of 20 retail petroleum sites the company wanted to divest. The 10 sites Spinx has purchased were among those locations.
The remaining sale portfolio consists of operating retail gasoline stations in a variety of formats?some with full convenience stores, some with kiosk only and some also including car washes. All properties for sale include the underlying real estate. (Click here for details.)
"For the most part, these are sites well outside our core marketing area," Jim Mercer, Enmark's vice president and general manager, said when the sale was announced.
Before this deal with Spinx, Savannah, Ga.-based Enmark Stations had more than 70 locations throughout Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. It offers private-label fuels.
Enmark is a subsidiary of Colonial Group Inc., Savannah, a private company with extensive ownership in oil- and gas-related companies. Enmark began operation in 1963 as Interstate Stations and was re-branded as Enmark in the late 1980s. In the early 1990s, Enmark completed a major re-imaging that allowed it to deliver the look and feel of a major gasoline retailer while retaining the competitiveness of an independent. In the late 1990s, Enmark added c-stores, discount tobacco stores and car washes to selected sites.
With this acquisition, The Spinx Co. now owns and operates 74 convenience stores in North Carolina and South Carolina, including 24 foodservice locations and 33 car washes. Fuel brands


Topper Decks include a great deck of Card Toppers, with 54 x 250gsm Toppers in each deck. There are 3 each of 18 different designs along with 1 collectors card, giving you plenty of choice and versatility!
The Toppers are incredibly easy to use, giving you the ability to create quick and easy centerpieces for your cards. You can even layer several toppers on one card due to their small size! Each Deck even includes an extra-special and unique Collectors Card. Why not combine these with our brand new coordinating mirri mats and Moonstone dies.


Sometimes picking the right gift can be such a big deal. We all have at least one friend that we are clueless when it comes to gifts. But, there is a solution to that as well, especially if you like DIY projects. In this case, one of the things that you can prepare as gift are the bath salts. These tiny pieces that lead us to beautiful relaxation and have the most amazing scents, are surely going to be liked by everyone. So, when it doubt, don't hesitate to follow few instructions and with a bow or two, make a wonderful DIY mason jar gift for your close one.
The amazing vanilla scent can be found everywhere: in cakes, in perfumes, in candles, and in this case, in bath salts. So, if you or your close one like the vanilla scent, then go ahead for this one. Plus, the bath salts also have some rose petals as well. You only need need one cup of Epsom salt, petals from one rose and a couple of drops of vanilla fragrance oil. Just put everything together in a food processor for a few minutes and done! You can mix petals with different colors, which will make your bath salts colorful.
Every strawberry fan would love to try these bath salts. What's better than having a warm bath with an amazingscent that remind us of summer? Cold, rainy days won't feel so bad with such bath. In order to prepare them, you need Epsom salt, strawberry fragrance oil and red food coloring, which is optional. Place the bath salts into a jar and carefully add the scent, as few drops are enough for one jar. After this, your gift is almost ready. Just decorate it a little and you are all done.
Pumpkins are one of the things that really remind of Autumn. No wonder that with Autumn at the moment, everything seems to be about pumpkin. Food, decorations, so why not bath salts as well? For this one, you needpumpkin spice fragrance oil, salts and to get the orange food coloring, you'll need to mix few drops of red and yellow food coloring. With a gift like this one, everyone whose birthday is during this warm – coloured season, is definitely going to approve the gift!
These bath salts don't contain any food coloring, but that doesn't make them anything less than the others on the list. You need sea salt, Epsom salt, lavender essential oil, peace & calming essential oil and peppermint essential oil. Just combine one cup of sea salt with one cup of Epsom salt, 1/2 teaspoon of lavender and peace & calming essential oil, while from the peppermint one you need four. Combine all of them and mix thoroughly.
Aren't these bath salts looking oh so good that you simply can not resist them? If yes, here's what you need to do. For the Candy Cane, make sure you buy the appropriate food coloring, mostly the color red. For the Lime Swirl you need yellow and green food coloring. Besides that, you need two cups of Epsom salt, two cups of sea sea salt, and all natural peppermint essential oil for the Candy Cane, while for the Lime Swirl you need all natural lime essential oil. And a mason jar for each bath salts type!
Lavender is famous for the relaxing and anti – stress properties that it has, so including it in your bath salts can be one of the best things you can do to for relieving stress. Like the others on the list, these bath salts also include Epsom salts, an essential oil (lavender in this case), red and blue food coloring and a glass jar with lid. If you want to make your bath more relaxing experience, you can even light few candles with your favorite scent. Enjoy!
If you really like lavender, then trying the bath salts that include rosemary as well can really be your thing. Again, this as well means using Epsom and sea salt. These two aren't used for nothing. They really have their benefits. For example, the Epsom salt eases the stress and relaxes the body, while the sea salt calms the nerves and slows skin aging. For the lavender rosemary bath salts, you also need baking soda, dried lavender flowers, driedrosemary sprigs, lavender essential oil, and food coloring.
For these bath salts you only need two ingredients: Epsom salt and lemon essential oil. It means, not spending much money and still having something wonderful to present as gift. Living in such a dynamic world really requires some relaxing session only for ourselves. And, what's better than relaxing with a warm, scented bath? Yes, it's one of the few things that do magic on our nerves and mood!
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Essay on Women In The Workplace: Their Contribution
December 16, 2017 December 16, 2017 Mumtaz Gill
Women on disadvantageous position
Women and laws
Changing role of women
Discrimination against women
Changing environment
Need to change attitude
The issues that have and still surround women and the n the past decades a dramatic increase in the number of women participating in the labour force has taken place. Since early history and the ancient civilization of man, women have played a secondary role, in which women were and still are viewed as less then a man. A women's role in society was that of raising children, and duties surrounding the household. Many women today want and desire careers and a place in this world. They want to stand on their own two feet, to become self-sustaining individuals, independent and free from other individuals. The one thing that is clear is that women in all careers are striving to gain equality in the work force today. '
workplace are many. For a long time women were at a disadvantage when it came to competing with men in the workplace. Women were not given the educational opportunities that meg were, and women were stereotyped into certain jobs. Discrimination f women in the workplace has for years been feed by gender bias. Since the time when women entered the workforce they have been paid less than a man for doing the same job.
M Although women in the workplace have had several odds stacked against them one thing remains clear, that women have and still do make a great contribution to the workplace. Through their determination, women have been a driving force in the enactment of laws to protect themselves and others in the workplace. These laws are not just for gender discrimination but also include discrimination based on martial status, pregnancy, race, disabilities, sexual preference, and age. All over the world women now have the ability to break out of the gender roles that were created for them by society long ago.
One of the issues that has affected women in the workplace is that of stereotyping of women. Throughout history women have taken the role of housewife, mother, and nurturer. Women are stereotyped to stay at home and take care of the house and children. it has been their job to cook the meals, do the laundry, and manage the children's school activities. Even today, motherhood is still considered to be the primary role for women. Women that do not take on this role are still today thought of as selfish. Women that look to establish careers outside the home, for years, were thought of as being selfish and self-centered. Because women were viewed as homemakers they were often given jobs that were meaningless, and they were not thought of as managers or professionals.
Clearly, circumstances of family life have changed in the modern era. Large populations of women have, and will continue to join the workplace. Although this period of change has helped to shape the role of women today, women in corporate America are still oppressed, as well. Even today, women are not treated the same as men. One area
that clearly shows this oppression is the area of equal pay for equal jobs. The female labour force is seen as an inferior part of the work force. When looking at earnings and job distribution, a person could assume that women were in some way not as accomplished or competent as men. Yet a more in depth investigation would show that women are just as qualified as men.
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Another area in which women are at a disadvantaged in the workplace is through discrimination. Discrimination can be an uncomfortable situation for the women involved. There are two types of discrimination, indirect and direct, each affects women in a different way. Indirect discrimination might be a women being overlooked for a promotion, or an employee displaying inappropriate sexual material in the workplace. Dirac; discrimination may-include a women being discharged from her employment because she is pregnant, or being excluded from after work group events. There are laws that address direct discrimination, however people can find very slight ways of discriminating, making it hard to prove.
Another major area were women have been affected in the workplace is sexual harassment. Women working in low level jobs are often the targets of sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is very damaging to women, and the workplace. Most of the time the harassment goes unreported. Up until just a few years ago women had no recourse when confronted with such harassment by a boss or co- worker. This conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment. _
Another form of sexual harassment can be by men expressing their resentment and trying to reassert control when they view women as economic competitors. Sexual harassment is closely linked to sex discrimination. Sexual discrimination forces women into lower paying jobs, and sexual harassment helps keep them there. One thing is clear, whether the problem is sexual harassment or sexual discrimination the
problem continues to exist in the workplace, reminding women of their vulnerability and creating tension that make their jobs more difficult.
ln the last decade companies have turned their attention to some of these issues. There has been more training and education about women's issues, such as sexual harassment, in the workplace. Even though there is more corporate training for these issues, this training may not work, but educating people is a start. Women need to overcome the image that they are sensitive people,_ which let their emotions-control their mind. They need to prove that they can think with their minds and not their hearts when it comes to business. No matter what sex a person is there will be times in life when the person is confronted with, and must defeat, a stereotype based on the person's sex.
Most people want to correct the unequal treatment of women in the workplace. One method that can be used to support equality would be to introduce federal legislation to guarantee equal pay for equal work. The logistical problems associated with this solution would be great. How would people measure the value of one person's work to anther's'? Who would decide this and how would it be implemented?
Our attitudes toward women in the workplace are slowly starting to change. More opportunities are appearing for women workers today then ever before. The unequal treatment of working women will take years to change, but change is occurring. This topic will remain until people treat and pay women equally, based upon their abilities and nothing else.
There have been many remedies introduced into the workplace that have tried to address the injustice toward women in the workplace. Although there have been many improvements for women in the workplace, there are still many inequalities for women when compared to men. Remedies are needed to secure women a fair, and equal role in the workplace. However, l do think that gender equality can be achieved. This change can only fully occur when we change the attitudes of every individual toward women. When we accomplish that then we can finally achieve gender equality in the workplace.
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REVIEW: Akram Khan's Giselle (Auckland Arts Festival)
Review by Brigitte Knight
March 2, 2018 Brigitte Knight Auckland Arts Festival, Dance Reviews
[A Masterpiece]
The build-up to Akram Khan's Giselle opening in Auckland has been significant: a visit ten years in planning by Auckland Arts Festival Director Jonathan Bielski; nearly one hundred cast and crew on English National Ballet's first visit to New Zealand; a significant reinterpretation of a well-loved romantic ballet by a bold, modern choreographer; the debut international performance occurring before our eyes. Listen to the hype – Akram Khan knocks it out of the park with his Giselle. Simply, it is a masterpiece.
The production is a perfect synthesis of its elements. While the choreography, sound, set design and costume are sophisticated works of art and design individually, together they are a transformative, dystopian powerhouse. Khan's Giselle is inseparable from Vicenzo Lamagna's score of industrial, pulsing, melodic, essential waves of instrumentation and sound. The collaboration between Khan and Lamanga is the meeting of equal and courageous forces; sometimes the movement is perfectly suited to the sound, sometimes the sound perfectly suited to the dancer. I especially appreciated the use of crescendo, stillness/silence as a source of contrast in Giselle, including the occasional and deliberate blurring on either side of these effects.
Tim Yip's visual and costume designs are as dramatic and effective as the choreography and sound. A muted palette of simple, fluid garments for the Outcasts (who replace the Peasants from the romantic version of Giselle) feel thoroughly modern, whilst referencing classical originals. Yip reveals his strength and sophistication as a designer with the exaggerated luxury of the Landlords' silhouettes, and the industrially dehumanising set.
Omnipresent, an enormous wall taps into the global consciousness of widening gaps, increasing fear, the language of capitalism and disposable people. It literally divides the Outcasts and the Landlords, but figuratively evokes current political rhetoric with the insistence of an immovable object. Without giving too much away, the wall at the end of Act 1 is like something from a nightmare – an incomparable effect.
Khan transforms setting and structure in his Giselle, the community of migrant garment factory workers informed by the polarised textile industries of Manchester, United Kingdom and Dhaka, Bangladesh. The classical narrative of the ballet remains, with the peasant utopia flipped to a present-day sweatshop dystopia, with an insecure, migrant workforce of mostly women. The weight of the garment factory setting is felt choreographically throughout the performance, and includes a human loom in Act 1, warps and weft created by ensemble formations, cat's cradle of bamboo cranes ensnaring Hilarion in Act 2, and needle-like precision of the canes as sources of both connection and control.
Throughout the work, Khan's choreography references and respects the original Giselle brilliantly. Motif and development are one element of this, but equally effective are the leitmotifs and movements retained by Yin and Khan – Giselle playfully moving out of reach of Albrecht's kisses in Act 1, for example, or her spirit evading his embrace in Act 2. In keeping with the early productions of Giselle, Khan retains the use of pointe for the second Act. This ensures the artists' suburb classical technique evokes an ethereal world, as escapist as the original was intended to be, if a lot darker. Add to this Khan's masterful manipulation of formation, positioning of soloists, a rich vocabulary of animalistic movements with varied cultural influences, skilled use of elevation and levels, and it is easy to see why this is a choreographer at the top of his game.
A work of the calibre of Akram Khan's Giselle, of course, cannot be realised without dancers of exquisite technical proficiency. The dancers of the English National Ballet are raw, visceral and powerful in their performance. The speed and strength across the stage reveal a company that is youthful, vital, brave. Erina Takahasi as Giselle dances as though laws of physics don't quite apply to her. Alongside the strength and dexterity we expect of a Lead Principal, Takahasi can stop so quickly and with such control that it is breath-taking to watch. The Act 2 pas de deux with Isaac Hernández as Albrecht is an exquisite piece of choreography – contemporary, magnetic and emotionally authentic. The level of partnering between these two remarkable dancers is a real treat for New Zealand audiences to experience live.
As Hilarion, guest Artist Oscar Chacon performs with wit, detail and agility, and brings to Khan's Giselle a developed and three-dimensional characterisation of a chameleon moving between Giselle and Albrecht, the Outcasts and the Landlords. Principal Begoña Cao in the largely non-dancing role of Bathilde (Albrecht's Landlord fiancé) gives a performance rich with subtlety and nuance – Khan and Cao know that the simple act of dropping a glove can capture an audience and fill a theatre with meaning.
Traditionally a ballet blanc, the Wilis of Act 2 are a powerful phalanx of women, existing in a 'ghost' factory where they have laboured but never escaped. Khan's settings evokes the imagery of a disposable workforce, exposed to exploitation, global corporate greed, and industrial accidents caused by exhaustion or neglect. First Artist Stina Quagebeur creates a horror-movie ghost Mytha with contortions and isolations perfectly suited to the dark power of her role. Flanked by her corps of Wilis, the women consume the stage with lightning-fast bourrée en courou and the illusion of weightlessness.
Akram Khan's Giselle does what we want great art to do – holds a mirror up to us, pushes us to look at the unflattering reflection, moves us away from our everyday experiences, speaks to us with tactile multi-sensory tangibility.
Akram Khan's Giselle is presented by the English National Ballet and plays at the Aotea Centre until 4 March as part of the Auckland Arts Festival.
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President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid homage to the Language Movement heroes by placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar at one minute past midnight on Friday.
Sheikh Hasina has also paid tribute at the altar of the language heroes on behalf of the Bangladesh Awami League.
Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam, senior AL leaders Amir Hossain Amu, Tofael Ahmed, Tofail Ahmed, Matiya Chowdhuary, among others, were present at the time.
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has also paid homage by placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar immediate after the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Political leaders, Dhaka University teachers, diplomats and representatives of various organisations and general public as well are following them in paying tributes to the 1952 heroes singing the first four lines of the famous song "Amar Bhaiyer Rakte Rangano Ekushey February, Ami Ki Bhulite Paari".
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The day is also being observed across the globe as the UNESCO recognised the Ekushey February as the International Mother Language Day on November 17, 1999.
The government has taken elaborate programmes to observe the day in a befitting manner.
The day is a public holiday in Bangladesh.
In respect to the martyrs of the Language Movement, the national flag is being kept hoisted half-mast in all educational institutions and government, semi-government and autonomous offices.
Newspapers have published special supplements marking the day and radio and television are airing special programmes on the occasion.
On February 21 in 1952, Salam, Rafique, Shafique, Jabbar and Barkat embraced martyrdom in police firing in front of the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) as they took to street to intensify a campaign to establish Bangla as the state language of the then East Pakistan, sowing the seeds of subsequent movements for independence.
They were killed as police opened fire on students, demonstrating under the All-Party Students Action Committee against conspiracies of Pakistani rulers to declare Urdu as the only state language.


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Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar: From Child Prodigy to Greatest-Ever Batsman to Play The Game, Wishes Pour in as God of Cricket Turns 46
From raking up 100 international centuries to carrying the hopes of over a billion people on his shoulders - Sachin Tendulkar aced every role in his life with the wielding willow in his hand.
Updated: April 24, 2019 1:47 AM IST
By India.com Sports Desk Email
Edited by Aditya Chauhan Email
Sachin Tendulkar turns 46 - Happy Birthday Sachin_Twitter
"If Cricket is a religion, Sachin is my God" – this placard held by an ardent cricket fan during an international match speaks volumes about the aura and status of a player who ruled the hearts of over a billion people for almost a quarter of a century. It would not be an overstatement to say that – Sachin Tendulkar became such a bigger name that it is almost considered as a synonym for the 'gentleman game'. Sachin was the man who was instrumental in converting a sport into a religion in India and attained the status of a demi-God.
Some regarded as the greatest batsmen ever in modern-day cricket or some referred him as the ultimate 'God of Cricket'. Tendulkar, who was born on April 24, 1973, embellished his name around every possible batting record which a human mind can think of. 18,426 ODI runs, 15, 921 Test runs, 463 ODIs, 200 Test matches, 100 international centuries and at last, a World Cup – these are some mindboggling numbers and stats which define just a part of Tendulkar's legacy. Is there anything else a player can dream or ask for in his lifetime? The answer we all know.
Happy B'day to the #GodOfCricket Sachin Tendulkar. Ruled for 24 years, survived some of the deadliest bowlers and gave many memorable moments to billions of cricket lovers around the world.拾#HappyBirthdaySachin #SachinTendulkar pic.twitter.com/Etv4CblPw8— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 23, 2019
On @sachin_rt's birthday, tell us what he means to you in one word!We'll start: G.O.A.T. #HappyBirthdaySachin #OneFamily #CricketMeriJaan #MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/9UtaTQwTVo— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 23, 2019
1. The definition of the game for many
2. The reason to love 
3. One's favourite childhood memory
100. The only cricketer to score a hundred tons. reasons and more to love @sachin_rt!  #HappyBirthdaySachin pic.twitter.com/PuVdh1539N— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) April 23, 2019
Happy Birthday Sir #SachinTendulakarJi@sachin_rt pic.twitter.com/F3jlMxRda6— चौकीदार गोपाल भानेज बीजेपी (@BhanejGopalBjp) April 23, 2019
In 1994, Tendulkar received the Arjuna Award and in 1997 received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, which is India's highest sporting honour. In 1999 and 2008, Tendulkar also received the Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards. After achieving his long impending dream of lifting the coveted World Cup in 2011, Tendulkar's name was pushed for the greatest honour a citizen of India can wish for – Bharat Ratna! On November 16, 2013, after his last match, the Prime Minister's Office announced that they shall be awarding him with the Bharat Ratna.
He initiated his cricketing career from a very small age and put in all his hard work, passion and dedication towards the game. He made his presence felt during the West Zone Ranji Trophy League for Mumbai at the age of 14. Tendulkar made his international debut against Pakistan, facing the likes of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Imran Khan on a lively Karachi wicket. He holds the record for the fastest to score 10,000 runs in the history of Test Cricket in only 195 innings.
"Time stands frozen in front of Sachin Tendulkar. We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never will." BBC: "Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure" – BBC
Master Blaster carried the nation of the burden till 2013, post that he decided to hang up his boots from all forms of cricket. Sachin played his last international match against West Indies on his home ground – Wankhede Stadium in front of a packed audience. He is the inspiration for not only sportspersons but for every mortal who desire to make it big and achieve his/her goals in life. His aura and pleasing personality earned him followers not only on ground but all across the world.
In 2010, Tendulkar's name was included in the 100 "Most Influential People in the World" by Time Magazine.
Thank you, Sachin for carrying the burden of a zillion hopes for 24 long years and giving us infinite moments of joy and pride with that blade in your hand. Happy Birthday 'God'!
Published Date: April 24, 2019 1:09 AM IST
Updated Date: April 24, 2019 1:47 AM IST
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Portland's Jupiter Hotel Offering 81 Rooms to Homeless Portlanders With COVID-19 Symptoms
by Alex Zielinski • Mar 26, 2020 at 3:47 pm
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The Jupiter Hotel, the boutique hotel adjacent to the Doug Fir Lounge, is making its 81 rooms available for houseless Portlanders showing symptoms of COVID-19.
"We are just so honored to be able to contribute to the health and safety of some of Portland's most vulnerable communities," said Nick Pearson, the hotel's general manager, at a Thursday press conference. "Once we started talking to the county about what their needs were, it was really a no-brainer for us to work together."
The hotel's rooms have been specifically reserved for people staying at a homeless shelter who are exhibiting the symptoms of COVID-19. Multnomah County's Joint Office of Homeless Service (JOHS) is in charge of identifying people who meet the criteria for a room and moving them into the Southeast Burnside hotel. Each occupied room will cost the county a flat nightly rate of $79.
JOHS has opened two additional temporarily homeless shelters since COVID-19 arrived in Portland, in an effort to allow existing shelters to adhere to social distancing rules. As of Thursday morning, the two 120-bed shelters—one at the Charles Jordan Community Center and the other at the Oregon Convention Center—were at capacity.
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The last time I shared pictures of my craft room was in 2012! So today, I thought it would be fun to share a few pictures of my update space and give you guys a few of my decorating tips.
Like I mentioned above, back in 2012 I wrote a post about my craft room and did a mini tour. I showed off my craft room and mentioned a few things but didn't go into that much detail. Since then my craft room has changed and now I'm really starting to own my personal style/taste even if its not everybody's cup of tea.
My craft room (for those of you who are new here) is located inside my walk-in closet. This location has been a wonderful thing because I can start a messy craft project, leave it out and just shut my closet door when company comes over. I've been limited to what I could do with the space (like painting the walls), but that has added to the fun of decorating it and coming up with useful/functional DIY projects. For example, I can't add a chalkboard wall to my space but I did create a paper-plate chalkboard wall which is just as useful (and cuter)!
This would be my first decorating tip, which is to hunt down alternate versions of those ''big ticket items'' you want to add to your space but necessarily can't. DIY projects are a great way to do this. Just go to Pinterest type in what your looking for (plus the word DIY) and mostly likely you'll find some really awesome projects.
When it comes to decorating, I have always liked to surround myself with things that make me happy. One of those things (or I should say many things) is my collection of toys, vintage books and other odds and ends. Most of these items I have collected over many years but now its growing at a rapid rate and I need to slow down (haha).
Amongst all the stuff, is jars, bins and bottles filled with craft supplies. Combing your collection with your craft supplies would be my second decorating tip. Its a great way to save space while still display those items you love. For example, I had an old barrel of monkeys jar that had lost all the monkeys (actually I used the monkeys in some mix media projects but we won't discuss that). Anyway, I had the barrel and thought it would make a great holder for my decorative edge scissors. By combing the two I had a cute but functional way to display my scissors.
So start looking at some of your items in your collection to see if you can use them for another purpose. Maybe that unicorn planter can hold bright markers or that one tiny teacup can hold some mini spools of thread.
My favorite thing about my craft space and something I think every crafter should have is an inspirational board. I never use to decorate my cork board that much until I started coming up with a theme. Having a theme for a cork-board may sound weird but it makes decorating much easier. The theme I came up with for my current cork-board is ''Audrey Hepburn meets DIY with a splash of pastels''.
If you don't have an inspirational board, you should totally make one. This would be my third decorating tip. Having an inspirational board is great way to save all those ideas in one place and a nice way to remind yourself about those goals you may want to achieve. Your inspirational board doesn't have to be pictures and articles. For the longest time, I used my inspirational board to display my favorite jewelry pieces and those items I recently bought (like a bag of buttons) from the craft store. Use your imagination and just decorate your board with what inspires you!
Wow, I didn't mean for this to be a long post! I guess when talking about craft spaces you need to write a bunch.
Love your space, I don't currently have an inspiration board, but I really should! Thanks for this look into your crafting closet!


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Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform SilkStart announced today that they recently raised an oversubscribed $550K seed round that included HIGHLINE and a group of US and Canadian angel investors.
Victoria's SilkStart is committed to building industry leading functionality for member-based organizations by enabling trade and not-for-profit associations to better serve their members through a truly mobile first approach to member management.
SilkStart has also just launched a connected database to uniquely support multi-chapter associations.
Lead investor Pankaj Agarwal said, "I'm excited about both the team and the opportunity. SilkStart helps associations to acquire and engage their members by offering a truly mobile friendly member experience, which is critical today. This investment will help the team improve the platform and ramp up growth'.
Originally founded in Vancouver in 2011, SilkStart now has offices in Victoria and Toronto.
SilkStart is lead by Shaun Jamieson, a Victoria technology industry veteran, who previously held senior leadership roles at AbeBooks (acquired by Amazon), and FillZ (acquired by AbeBooks).


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The Sussex County Bar Association will welcome the public to the annual Law Day celebration on Tuesday, May 1st, at 7:00 p.m., at the historic Sussex County Court House in Newton.
Law Day 2018, "Separation of Powers: Framework for Freedom" will reflect on the fundamental separation of the three branches of government as delineated in the Constitution and consider the interaction of legislative, executive and judicial powers in American government. The event will also honor the success of the Mock Trial team from High Point Regional High School, and recognize the career of local attorney Kevin Kelly. Sussex County Bar Association President Robert B. McBriar, Esquire, will be on hand to greet all guests. The Law Day Brass Band will provide patriotic music and refreshments will be catered by Café Pierrot. Law Day USA is a celebration of the Rule of Law in the United States which was first proclaimed in 1958 by President Eisenhower. The event occurs annually on or near the first day of May.
At the Law Day celebration, Mark Hontz, Esquire, will offer a lecture on the framework for freedom established by the American system of government with its three distinct and independent branches, Congress, the Presidency, and a Supreme Court.
Each year the Sussex County Bar Association selects a member of the legal profession whose lifetime service to the law merits recognition at Law Day. This year, Kevin Kelly, Esquire, will be honored for his service to the practice of law. A member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Kelly is a partner in the Newton firm of Kelly & Ward. As a general practice attorney, Kelly has wide-ranging expertise in all areas of the law, including business, municipal and real estate, civil and personal injury.
The Law Day celebration will also recognize the award-winning High Point Regional High School Mock Trial team which progressed to the northern regional finals, beating teams from seven other Sussex County high schools along the way. The Mock Trial Competition is sponsored annually by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation to provide high school students with the opportunity to develop critical thinking skills and careful fact analysis. During the event, each team must present a case to a judge, with students serving as witnesses and attorneys. Each team is judged based on their performance, with local attorneys volunteering as coaches.
Law Day is cosponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation and made possible through funding from the IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey. For additional information about the Foundation's other law-related activities, please call 1-800-FREE-LAW or visit the Foundation on the Web at www.njsbf.org.


February: The "Nürburg" is also made available with overdrive transmission and a 5 l engine. This variant later acquires the designation "Nürburg" 500.
19 February - 1 March: Two sporty, elegant variants of the Mercedes-Benz Mannheim make their debut at the International Motor Show in Berlin: the 370 K, available as four-seater Special Convertible NC, and the two-seater 370 S, available as Roadster or Convertible.
March: A newly-founded company - "Société des Diesel Rapides" in Paris - is granted manufacturing rights for Daimler-Benz diesel engines in France.
April 12 - 13: The 1,000 mile race in Brescia, Italy (1,635 km) is won by Rudolf Caracciola and Wilhelm Sebastian in a Mercedes-Benz "SSKL" at an average speed of 101.1 km/h. Caracciola is the first non-Italian winner in the history of the "Mille Miglia" race.
September: Rudolf Caracciola retains his "European Hill-Climb for Sports Cars Championship" crown in a Mercedes-Benz "SSK".
October 1 - 11: At the Paris Motor Show Daimler-Benz AG launches the 170 (W 15). Innovations include independent suspension front and rear. The smallest car yet produced by Daimler-Benz AG, the 170 comes just at the right moment in these times of economic crisis.
November: To ensure capacity utilisation, the Sindelfingen plant begins producing bodies for BMW.
In February two new Mannheim models were unveiled at the Berlin Motor Show: a Convertible NC with a shorter 3025 mm wheelbase and a sports convertible with lowered chassis and an even shorter 2850 mm wheelbase. Both variants are powered by a yet further modified engine, which, with cylinder displacement of 3.7 litres giving a power output of 75 hp. The convertible NC carry the official model designation 14/75 hp Mannheim 370 K (internal: WK 10), the K standing for "Kurz" (Short). The sporty version with still shorter wheelbase is called the 14/75 hp Mannheim 370 S (internal: WS 10) and is available as a sports convertible or roadster. The low-slung two-seater bodies are reminiscent of the legendary SSK. Although the 370 S has nominally the same power output as the 370 K, its lower weight and twin carburettors gave it significantly livelier performance than the other 3.7‑litre models.
From the autumn the standard-wheelbase versions of the Mannheim 350 are also provided with the 3.7‑litre engine and renamed Mannheim 370. The three-speed transmission is available with optional overdrive. The choice of body variants remains unchanged from the Mannheim 350, except for the four-seater saloon, which was dropped from the range.
From February Nürburg 460 become optionally available with overdrive. Although this optional extra cost an additional RM 2,000, it includes Zeiss headlamps as well as an engine with a larger displacement. This option soon become the Nürburg 500.
(W 06) SS (27/170/225 PS) (R6 cyl, 7065 ccm, 170/225 PS; wb: 3400 mm) - 4 ex.
(W 06 III) SSK (27/170/225 PS) (R6 cyl, 7065 ccm, 170/225 PS; wb: 2950 mm) - 4 ex.
(WS 06) SSK (27/180/250 PS) - 0 ex.
(W 06 RS) SSKL (27/240/300 PS) (R6 cyl, 7065 ccm, 240/300 PS; wb: 2950 mm) - 2 ex.
(W 07) 770 (R8 cyl, 7655 ccm, 150 PS; wb: 3750 mm) - 42 ex.
770 Cabriolet F built for Kaiser Wilhelm II.
The Mercedes-Benz 170 was unveiled in October 1931 at the Paris Motor Show. The vehicle is equipped with front and rear swing axles, i.e. independent wheel suspension. Despite its six-cylinder engine in the four-door saloon variant, the "small Mercedes" cost RM 4,400 - almost RM 1,600 less than the cheapest version of the Stuttgart. The 170 is available as a four-door saloon and four-seater Convertible C. A notable feature is a free-standing exterior boot which, although small, come as standard.
The air-cooled, horizontally opposed, four-cylinder overhead-valve engine develops output of 25 hp. Three-speed transmission, rear swing axle and a rigid front axle with semi-elliptical springs. Two different body variants: an angular saloon and a streamlined fast-back saloon with thoroughly attractive styling. Neither of the two variants of the W 17 went into production.
26 SSK Ivanowski / Stoffel Boris Ivanowski fail.
58 SSKL Caracciola / Merz Rudolf Caracciola fail.
2 SSKL von Brauchitsch von Brauchitsch fail.
12/13 April: Rudolf Caracciola and Wilhelm Sebastian takes victory at the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz SSKL (W 06 RS) in the Mille Miglia, the 1000-mile race from Rome to Brescia and back, setting an average speed of 101.1 km/h over the 1635-km course. Caracciola thus becomes the first non-Italian winner in the history of the race. The SSKL (which stands for "Super Sport Short Light") represents the final stage in the development of the S series and is only built as a race-trim two-seater. Under the bonnet is a 7-litre engine, which delivers 240 hp / 176 kW without and 300 hp / 221 kW with supercharger and enables a top speed of 235 km/h.
3 August: Rudolf Caracciola wins the AVUS Race in Berlin in a Mercedes-Benz SSKL, posting an average speed of 185.7 km/h.
20 September: Rudolf Caracciola wins the Dreihotter Hillclimb to become European Sports Car Hillclimb champion once again, this time in a Mercedes-Benz SSKL.
03.10.1931 Brooklands 500 Miles 2 0 fail.
SSK (C. Boris Ivanowski / Henri Stoffel) finished 2nd at Le Mans.
Rudolf Caracciola at the Salzufer dealership of Daimler-Benz AG in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Rudolf Caracciola drove a Mercedes-Benz SSKL racing sports car (start number 37) to victory in the Avus race in Berlin.
Tatra hillclimb "European Hill Climb Championship", August 16, 1931. Rudolf Caracciola clinched race victory in a Mercedes-Benz SSKL racing sports car.
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Like previous Secret Garden events, organisers will be keeping the capacity limited, but attendees will now have double the time to enjoy the event. Heading into it's eighth year, the festival has pretty high expectations to live up to, after the 2015 event delivered the goods with acts like Remi, The Griswolds and Gang Of Youths taking the stage. There has been no hint as to what the next line up holds, but we have been warned to expect "glitter, music, dance, alfresco showers, surprises, friends and fancy dress".
Secret Garden is once again donating proceeds from tickets and bar sales to charity, after previously raising over $200,000 for Oxfam, The Boys and Girls Brigade and the Sarah Hilt Foundation.
It will all be going down on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 February and tickets will be on sale on Wednesday November 11, with pre-sales available to sign up for from the Secret Garden Website.


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Broadway League Manages Diverse Cast of Funds
Chris Brockmeyer, director of employee benefit plans at the Broadway League, isn't your typical fund manager. For one thing, he is an employer trustee, which means that he co-chairs most of the pension plans covering the live entertainment industry.
"We have eleven pension plans that cover participants in all segments of live entertainment industries, stage hands, musicians, actors, wardrobe unions and so forth," said Brockmeyer.
The Broadway League is the national trade association for the Broadway industry. Its 700-plus members include theater owners and operators, producers, presenters, and general managers in North American cities, as well as suppliers of goods and services to the commercial theater industry.
Chris Brockmeyer, Broadway League
The eleven pension plans are Taft-Hartley multi-employer plans, which are a bit different from those typically found in the corporate and public pension sectors.
"A lot of industry conferences are focused on public plans or corporate plans, but Taft Hartley makes up a meaningful segment of the institutional investing world as well," Brockmeyer said. "It does tend to be a little underrepresented in a lot of these conferences."
Brockmeyer's job is to serve as a trustee on all of these benefit plans, and to make policy decisions with respect to investing as well as everything from administrative matters to pension adjustments, increases or reductions, etc. In total, the plans that he oversees have about $5.5 billion in assets.
With so many plans, it is difficult to generalize about investment decisions and philosophies because each plan, by law, has its own board of trustees.
"In a Taft-Hartley world, ERISA, the legislation that governs our world, basically requires equal numbers of employer trustees and union trustees," Brockmeyer said. "So it's a sometimes unwieldy process, governance-wise. In fact, I am actually the only common thread between all of these plans. So, I work with eleven different boards of trustees. Some of those boards are small, six total trustees. Others are quite large, in excess of twenty trustees."
For investment matters, Broadway League relies on investing consultants because none of the trustees are investment professionals. "I spend a lot more time on investment issues as well as everything else pension related than do a lot of the other trustees," said Brockmeyer. "On every one of our funds we use investment consultants, though not the same investment consultants from fund to fund."
The investment consultants used have carved out a niche within the Taft-Hartley world. "A lot of them do investment consulting outside of Taft Hartley as well, but their core business, or a significant piece of their business, is Taft-Hartley," said Brockmeyer.
With so many plans to manage, the issue of funding status becomes complicated.
"Every fund – and this is universal for corporate and public funds as well – is primarily motivated by trying to get it's best return, which is typically 7.5%, although on a few funds we've lowered the investment return assumption to 7.25%," said Brockmeyer.
For the plans that that are well funded, there is more of a focus on trying to be as conservative as possible with the asset allocation, notwithstanding the fact that the fixed income market is hugely problematic in terms of getting any yield.
For the plans that are not as well funded, "we have a doubly difficult problem because we can't dial down the risk, because we need to make sure that we hit our investment return," Brockmeyer said. "Yet, at the same time, we have to try to protect against a significant downside. In other words, the funds that are in less good shape have a lot more pressure to consistently hit that 7.5% bogey we've established for ourselves."
From a risk-asset allocation perspective, he said, the general theme is looking for places where we can get some yield, which ultimately means going to somewhat more risky assets than the fixed income arena, such as high yield or emerging market debt, and finding more active bond managers than the traditional sense."
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