text:
Our Breakout Brands Philosophy Connects You to Your Audience

rbb has a history of creating powerful communications built on speed, accountability and results.

Today, as an integrated communications agency, rbb strategically selects the right tactics for every unique assignment.

Our simplified billing structure means less administrative hassles and more value.

Our employee-driven workplace means you will have a dedicated senior team leader with you each and every day.

Our culture of ownership and accountability is a key factor in our being named agency of the year four times in the last decade. Our employee-driven workplace not only yields award-winning campaigns, it defines how we operate.

Not many other agencies can boast that clients who have been with us 10, 15, or even 20 years still have the same team leader. Come find out why our relationships last so long.

Get in TouchGet in TouchWant To Be The Next Award-Winning rbb Partner?
Let’s Connect Today.

Meet rbb’s Family of Brands

Latest News

  • rbblogo

rbb Named Agency of Record for Brown & Brown, Inc.

February 22nd, 2018|0 Comments

rbb Communications, an integrated communications firm and champion of Breakout Brands™, has been named the […]

  • R&RA

rbb expands with launch of Reputation & Risk Advisors

January 17th, 2018|0 Comments

rbb Communications, a marketing communications agency and Champion of Breakout BrandsTM, has formed Reputation & Risk […]

  • Lauren-Bernat

rbb Promotes Lauren Bernat to Vice President, Advertising

January 16th, 2018|0 Comments

Lauren Bernat was named Vice President, Advertising at an integrated communications agency, rbb Communications, to […]

  • SBC

SpiderBoost Communications Opens New Los Angeles Office

October 10th, 2017|0 Comments

rbb Family of Brands Benefits with Enhanced National Footprint
SpiderBoost Communications, a digital marketing agency and […]

You’re in Good Company

rbb Success Stories

No two of our programs are alike. From organizing and publicizing the world’s largest Zumbathon to strategic communications programs with an audience of one, rbb has done it all.

Take a look at some of our work samples to see why clients choose to stay with rbb for 8+ years – much longer than the industry average.

The rbb Advantage

  • We invest in you, providing up to 10% courtesy hours each month as part of our investment in growing your business
  • Your account will be led by an owner/partner in the firm and serviced at senior staff levels
  • We make your budgets go further through smart execution, alliance building and realistic fee arrangements

Latest Blog Posts

  • Healthcare-Costs

Will Business Leaders Solve the Nation’s Healthcare Woes?

January 31st, 2018|0 Comments

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase recently announced that they were together forming an independent company aimed at lowering healthcare costs for their U.S. employees.

The three companies, which bring their scale and complementary expertise to […]

  • ThisIsUsCrisis

Why “This Is Us” Fans are Simmering After Crock-Pot Plot Twist

January 26th, 2018|0 Comments

Hot on the heels of the launch of rbb’s new crisis and issues management division, Reputation & Risk Advisors (R&RA), a new crisis has broken that exemplifies the need for every organization to have a […]

  • CESHeader2

CES 2018: Top Innovations at the World’s Largest Tech Show

January 18th, 2018|0 Comments

Nearly 200,000 people descended upon Sin City for this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s largest tech showcase, and I was fortunate enough to be able to check out the most innovative products, the weird […]


Content-Type: application/http; msgtype=response

WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: text/html

WARC-Truncated: length

WARC-Type: response

text:
Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology

2014 Edition
| Editors: Thomas Teo

Developmental Psychology, Overview

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5583-7_453

The field of developmental psychology has experienced much growth and change over the last century. Expanding from the study of individual psyche and perception, research in this area now includes the study of all aspects of the developing organism from cellular development of gametes to the last breath of the elderly. Developmental psychologists explore social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development for individuals as well as collectives across the life span. Heated debates of how individuals and groups develop have emerged over the years, however, few developmental psychologists embrace the extremes of these discourses. While the field has not reached consensus on definitive explanations of development, findings from developmental psychology research have significant implications for parenting, education, and policy.

There have been many definitions of developmental psychology over the years. However different, they all concur that developmental...

This is a preview of subscription content, log in to check access

  1. Bronfenbrenner, U. (1977). Toward an experimental ecology of human development. The American Psychologist, 32, 515–531. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.32.7.513.Google Scholar
  2. Burman, E. (2008). Deconstructing developmental psychology. New York: Routledge.Google Scholar
  3. Fisher, C. B., & Tyron, W. W. (Eds.). (1990). Ethics in applied developmental psychology: Emerging issues in an emerging field (advances in applied developmental psychology). New York: Ablex Publishing.Google Scholar
  4. Foucault, M. (1989). The history of sexuality: The will to knowledge. London: Penguin.Google Scholar
  5. García Coll, C. (1990). Developmental outcome of minority infants: A process oriented look into our beginnings. Child Development, 61, 270–289. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.1990.tb02779.x.PubMedGoogle Scholar
  6. Gilligan, C. (1993). In a different voice: Psychological theory and women’s development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.Google Scholar
  7. Greenfield, P. M., Keller, H., Fuligni, A., & Maynard, A. (2003). Cultural pathways through universal development. Annual Review of Psychology, 54, 461–490. doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.54.101601.145221.PubMedGoogle Scholar
  8. Guthrie, R. V. (2003). Even the rat was white: A historical view of psychology (2nd ed.). New York: Allyn & Bacon.Google Scholar
  9. Hall, G. S. (1904). Adolescence: Its psychology and its relations to physiology, anthropology, sociology, sex, crime, religion, and education (Vol. 2). New York: Appleton.Google Scholar
  10. Hunt, M. (1994). The story of psychology. Harpswell, ME: Anchor.Google Scholar
  11. Marmot, M. (2006). Health in an unequal world. Lancet, 368(9552), 2081–2094. doi:10.1016/S0140- 6736(06)69746-8.Google Scholar
  12. Parker, I. (1999). Critical psychology: Critical links. Annual Review of Critical Psychology, 1, 3-18. Retrieved, from http://www.academyanalyticarts.org/parker1.htm
  13. Piaget, J. P. (1952). The origins of intelligence in children. New York: International Universities Press.Google Scholar
  14. Scarr, S., & McCartney, K. (1983). How people make their own environments: A theory of genotype environment effects. Child Development, 54(2), 424–435. Retrieved from www.jstor.org/stable/1129703.PubMedGoogle Scholar
  15. Seligman, M., & Csikszentrnihalyi, M. (2000). Positive psychology: An introduction. The American Psychologist, 55(1), 5–14. doi:10.1037//0003·066X.55.1.5.PubMedGoogle Scholar
  16. Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of psychological processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.Google Scholar

Online Resources

  1. American Psychological Association. http://www.apa.org/index.aspx
  2. Adult development and aging. http://apadiv20.phhp.ufl.edu/
  3. Journal of applied developmental psychology. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01933973
  4. The International Society on Infant Studies. http://www.isisweb.org/view/0/index.html
  5. Society for research in child development. http://www.srcd.org/
  6. Society for Research in Human Development. http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/homepage/group/SRHD/

Copyright information

© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.School of EducationUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineUSA

warcinfo:
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-147-3-28.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-09
operator: Common Crawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web for February 2018
publisher: Common Crawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf


text:
Observation of Celestial Phenomena in Ancient China

Reference work entry

Because of the need for calendar-making and portent astrology, the Chinese were diligent and meticulous observers of celestial phenomena. China has maintained the longest continuous historical records of celestial phenomena in the world. Extraordinary or abnormal celestial events were particularly noted because of their astrological significance. The historical records cover various types of celestial phenomena, which include solar and lunar eclipses, sunspots, “guest stars” (novae or supernovae as we understand today), comets and meteors, and all kinds of planetary phenomena. These records provide valuable historical data for astronomical studies today.

Mercury Melon Broom

  1. Anon (Zhongguo tianwenxue zhengli yanjiu xiaozu) (1981) Zhongguo tianwenxue shi (A history of Chinese astronomy). Kexue Press, BeijingGoogle Scholar
  2. Ho PY (1962) Ancient and mediaeval observations of comets and novae in Chinese sources. Vistas in Astronomy 5:127–225ADSCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  3. Huang Y (1990) A study of five-planet conjunctions in Chinese history. Early China 15:97–112ADSGoogle Scholar
  4. Schafer E (1977) Pacing the void. University of California Press, BerkeleyGoogle Scholar
  5. Stephenson FR, Green DA (2002) Historical supernovae and their remnants. Oxford University Press, OxfordCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  6. Sun X (2000) Crossing the boundaries between heaven and man: astronomy in ancient China. In: Selin H (ed) Astronomy across cultures: the history of non-western astronomy. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp 423–454Google Scholar
  7. Xi Z (1978) Mawangdui Han boshu zhong de huixing tu (Comet pictures in the Han silk book of Mawandui). Wen Wu (Relics), no. 2Google Scholar
  8. Xi Z, Po S (1966) Ancient oriental records of novae and supernovae. Science 154:597–603ADSCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  9. Xu Z, Pankenier DW, Jiang Y (2000) East Asian archaeoastronomy: historical records of astronomical observations of China, Japan and Korea. Gordon & Breach, AmsterdamGoogle Scholar
  10. Zuang W, Wang L (eds) (1988) Zhongguo gudai tianxiang jilu zhongji (General collection of ancient Chinese records of astronomical phenomena). Jiangshu Jiaoyu Press, NanjingGoogle Scholar

Copyright information

© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Institute for the History of Natural ScienceChinese Academy of SciencesXichengChina

Personalised recommendations


text:
Sitecore Commerce lives (in between many travels)

I realize I’ve been far quieter with respect to blogging than I had intended. As I get ready to head off on another trip (because 101.5K miles flown this year isn’t enough), my long layover at Chicago O’Hare gave me a chance to reflect on just how fast the last few months have gone since Sitecore acquired Commerce Server last year.

Sitecore Commerce is a comprehensive product portfolio aimed at providing a commerce solution for all enterprise needs. It is much broader in charter and scope than Commerce Server ever was, as what I had been working on constitutes just a component in the overall strategy. But, the sheer amount of work to get integrated and getting this to market has obviously required a considerable amount of time, focus, and cone of corporate silence.

It’s been a phenomenal journey. And with the product and strategy now in-market, the proverbial cone of silence can be lifted. So expect to see a bit more on here.

And, for a recap:

Sitecore® Introduces Industry-First Enterprise .NET Experience Commerce Platform (Press Release)

Sitecore announced an early access program for Sitecore Commerce, powered by Commerce Server, the first enterprise-grade .NET customer experience management solution with fully integrated commerce functionality. The new offering enables marketers and merchandisers to deliver personalized and relevant digital shopping experiences from initial customer acquisition through online transaction using a single, connected platform.

  • Sitecore Commerce Unveiled: The First Enterprise-Grade eCommerce Integrated .NET CXM (CMS Critic)
  • Sitecore Marries .NET Customer Experience, E-Commerce (CMSWire)
  • Sitecore Fully Integrates e-Commerce into Experience Platform (Digital Tech Diary)
  • Sitecore Adds Commerce Solution to Its Experience Platform (DM News)
  • Sitecore Adds Editing and Asset Management Capabilities for E-Commerce Sites (The Hub)
  • Sitecore Premieres Sitecore Commerce (KM World)

For some additional information, check out Mark Floisand’s and my blog posts:

And with that…I have a plane to catch – onto corporate headquarters at Copenhagen for the next two weeks.

For US Travelers, EMV Can’t Arrive Soon Enough

Most of the rest of the world has had EMV for years. For example, I had it from the time I moved to Canada in Winter 2008. Just what on earth is EMV? It is the chip/PIN support on your MasterCard and Visa credit cards that allow you to make purchases via PIN versus swipe and signature.

Why is this important? Besides the obvious anti-fraud benefits, it is almost mandatory to make even basic purchases when traveling abroad. Consider my case. I’m working out of our Copenhagen office this week. I went to the local supermarket and went to buy things the TSA frowns upon like razor blades and shaving cream – and Kleenex, which apparently my hotel doesn’t believe in.

And I find myself unable to make a purchase using my Visa or my MasterCard. My MasterCard, which supposedly has a PIN, didn’t work either. Try my debit MasterCard with a PIN? Another fail. Try a different store. Same result. My story had a happy ending. Others might not be so lucky.

I try resetting my MasterCard’s PIN over the phone (which was successful) and go back – it still didn’t work. (And this is after two lengthy calls to my bank.) I call Visa – they were able to setup a PIN, but warned me all transactions may be treated as cash advance. Low and behold, I was finally able to make a purchase. Kudos to the United Club Visa Card and excellent customer service from Chase, who provides the card. They truly understand what world travel means.

But, this required a great deal of patience, persistence, and resourcefulness that the average traveler might not possess. If you’re traveling abroad, beware and vet this in advance. Otherwise, when you get a chip and PIN in the next year or so, rejoice.

Converting from Parallels to Hyper-V

You would think converting a virtual machine from one format to another would be simple. Especially when there are multiple blogs out there on how to do it. But, of course not – so time for another misadventure in computing post. I was asked by a colleague to get a copy of a demo virtual machine for some upcoming analyst activities. The problem: my colleague’s system is a Surface 2 Pro running Hyper-V on Windows 8.1. And the source system was a personal Retina MacBook Pro running Parallels 9. And the VM is running Windows Server 2012 R2.

The core issue was that the source image in Parallels was a virtual UEFI system with a GPT partition table. The destination image was a Gen 1 Hyper-V VM with a virtual BIOS, which necessitates a MBR partition table. (I was unable to get the Gen 2 Hyper-V VM that supports UEFI to work given the differences in hardware drivers.)

The first problem is actually converting the disk file itself, as they are in very different formats. And the steps of using VMWare and VirtualBox utilities to do the conversion did not work – I ended up with a corrupt virtual hard disk (probably because of this GPT issue).

So to do this, I found the awesome Disk2VHD utility from SysInternals ( With this utility, I ran it and chose not to grab anything except the C:\ partition and voila – I created a new VHD that I was able to load up on my Hyper-V server and at least not have corruption.

Then, the fun of trying to get it to boot began. The normal way to fix a modern Windows system that will not boot is:

  • Boot from Windows installation image
  • Go to Command Prompt
  • Enter the following commands:
    • “bootrec /fixmbr”
    • “bootrec /fixboot”
    • “bootrec /scanos”
    • “bootrec /rebuildbcd” – except this critical last step fails because the partition table is not MBR.

So, you have to convert the partition table to MBR. And that’s where life gets interesting. After trial and error, I found the following to be the best way to do this without losing data:

  • Download the latest Live x86_x64 Fedora image from Yes, you really need a live Linux image because of a really handy utility called gdisk.
  • Boot the VM with the Fedora Live image and login to the desktop.
  • Run the Terminal utility.
  • Then, run the following commands:
    • “su -” – get into administrator mode
    • “yum -y install gdisk” – actually install the gdisk utility
    • “gdisk /dev/sda” – start running gdisk against the virtual hard drive
    • “r” – to enter gdisk recovery/transformation mode
    • “g” – to convert from GPT to MBR
    • “p” to preview the converted MBR partition table
    • “w” – to write changes to disk.
  • At this point, the VM can be rebooted with Windows installation media to get to a Command Prompt to fix the rest of the problems. Once there:
    • “diskpart” – enters the Windows disk partition utility
    • “select disk 0” – selects the boot drive
    • “list partition” – should show the disk partitions present. The largest one is the actual one that you want to boot. It is probably going to be the third or forth partition on the disk. In my case it was the fourth.
    • “select partition 4” – select the partition we want to boot.
    • “active” – to mark the partition as active in MBR.
    • “exit” – to exit diskpart
  • The next step is to find the actual disk itself – it is probably going to be D:\ (at least it was on my system) because of the reserved GPT partitions in advance of the actual usable partition. Once you determine the drive letter, you can proceed as follows:
    • “bootsect d: /nt52 /force /mbr” – makes D: bootable.
    • “bootrec /fixboot” – fixes core startup environment
    • “bootrec /fixmbr” – fixes core startup environment
    • “bootrec /scanos” – find the OS; note it will probably be D:\Windows in my example (and this is OK)
    • “bootrec /rebuildbcd” – update the BCD environment; note it will be D:\Windows in my example (and this is OK)
  • At this point the system can be rebooted without any installation media – and it should just boot up with everything in C:\Windows\ as it should be. Once booted:
    • Uninstall Parallels Tools
    • Install Hyper-V Integration Services (if required – not applicable on this system since Windows Server 2012 R2 has them built-in)
    • Reactivate Windows

And voila! I hope this helps.

My Take: Adobe Creative Cloud, Office 365, Software Subscriptions, and Old Photos

OK, so I am taking the plunge. Sometime before the expiration of the July 31st cut-off for the CS6 migration promotion, I’ll be switching to Creative Cloud. Why? Feature-value.

I have been playing with an evaluation of Lightroom 5 (which coincidentally is the only product still available on a perpetual license). I’m sold. And now I want what’s coming in Photoshop CC. Why? I’ll let you be the judge.

Let’s start with a photo I took in 2006 when I was much more of a novice (though to be fair, I’m still a novice) in DSLR photography:

It’s a nice photo. But it could be oh, so much sharper. Maybe, something like this – tweaked with the new filters in Lightroom 5:

Now, I can’t wait to play with the even better features in Photoshop CC. I have a lot of good photos from my early days when I didn’t know what I was doing (and shooting only in JPEG with lower quality lenses and a much older body). The software has the potential to breathe new life into a lot of old “good” photos and make them “great” photos. The value is there. Sign me up. Especially while the CS6 promotion is in effect.

That said, the outcry over the subscription licensing is amazing. I have two perspectives on this. The first is from an industry direction. This is the wave of the future. Creative Cloud and Office 365 are the most mainstream examples. The trend started with lower end consumer services like ad-free versions of popular services as well as large enterprise Line-of-Business applications like Salesforce. Now “professional” and “mainstream” applications are filling in from the middle.

The pace of innovation in the technology industry no longer allows for multi-year ship cycles, but instead demands near real-time delivery. And the licensing models have to change as a consequence. Outside of the consumer mainstream, most organizations were paying for perpetual licenses and maintenance. The reality is that subscriptions are comparable – they just look different. And in some cases they are more cost effective. The biggest downside (and upside) is that you are turning a CapEx into an OpEx.

As a case in point, if you bought every Adobe Creative Suite upgrade + Lightroom upgrade the day it came out (e.g you’re committed to innovation, generally like me) – you are paying about the same per year as if you are signing up for Creative Cloud. You are just paying a big lump every year to year and a half, instead of every month. It feels different. But at the end of the day, it’s about a wash.

That being said, whenever you change how something works, there is the process of change management. This is where Adobe made a very polarizing move by forcing people to switch – and in a very short time. So far the bet appears to be paying off based on their recent financial results. Time will tell.

It could have been done with a lot more grace, however. Microsoft, who can do no right in people’s eyes no matter what seemingly, has done a much better job with Office 365. They have perpetuated their old business models. So there is no culture shock. If you want to keep doing things the way you have always done them, that’s great. But they have introduced substantial incremental value with Office 365. To-date, depending on the option, you get things like:

  • Office for iOS
  • Varying levels of Web/cloud features (e.g. – Skydrive storage, Web applications)
  • Cost/benefit of cloud infrastructure vs. running on-premise (the real benefit varies by organization/user)
  • Multiple desktop OS support (e.g. – you can be Web, Windows, or Mac or some combo)
  • Multiple device support (which is a huge first for Microsoft)
  • And more coming seemingly all the time…

This was a much better way to manage the change – as adoption is taking off and nobody is screaming much (yet).

In closing? I’m excited about breathing new life into a bunch of old photos, absolutely resolute that subscription models are the wave of the future, and convinced that the key to doing it right is having an elegant transition like Microsoft versus an electroshock like Adobe.

PS – In-Flight WiFi really rocks. Written over Montana at 34,000 feet on United 675.

My Review of Windows Phone 8

My first smartphone was a Windows Mobile device – a Motorola MPX200 to be precise. And that was all I used for the next few years culminating with the Treo 750W on Windows Mobile 6.5.

Then, the iPhone 3G came around. Everything about my iPod and phone was combined into one. And everything Windows Mobile 6.5 did, the iPhone did better – or had an application for that. I have been a steady user of the iPhone, having used the 3G, 3GS, 4, and 4S and frankly never looked back.

With the debut of the Nokia Lumia 920 and Windows Phone 8, it seemed to be time to give Microsoft another shot. So while in Canada I picked up an unlocked penta-band device and used it on both Bell Mobility in Canada and AT&T in the United States. And this is my take after some hardcore daily usage using the “Portico” update.

The Good:

  • Industrial design and build quality is fantastic
  • Voice quality is as good or better than any cell phone I have had since switching to a GSM phone in the United States
  • E-mail, contacts, calendar, and tasks are best-in-class; I live by Outlook and this is by far the best experience I have used on a mobile device
  • Integrated Office support is also best-in-class; zero issues opening and working with documents
  • Bluetooth contact pairing and caller ID support is better than any device I have used
  • Battery life has been outstanding
  • Contact filtering is truly useful – especially once you merge in all of your social networks. The search to then get back to all of your contacts is extremely well-done.
  • The Nokia application collection makes the phone truly stand-out (at least amongst its peers) and helps close the “app-gap”
  • Camera quality is absolutely fantastic (daylight focus issues fixed after the “Portico” update)
  • You can use the device while wearing gloves – very handy when working in and traveling to cold climates like Ottawa
  • Native QR codes support in the Bing application is seriously cool

The Bad:

  • Dial functions over Bluetooth break routinely in the car; after placing a call it becomes unpaired from my vehicle and I can never get it to repair without rebooting the vehicle
  • There is a serious lack of applications – including some promised ones. Notable misses from things I have become used to or depend upon:
    • Instagram (despite being promised)
    • United Airlines
    • Air Canada
    • Comcast’s series of applications
    • Tivo
    • Google+
    • Urbanspoon
    • Opentable
    • Yelp
    • Egencia
    • eBay Motors
    • Uber and Taximagic
  • Synchronizing the device with my iTunes Library was a disaster, despite this being a “feature”:
    • It took over 2 days to synchronize my photographs (8,000) – when continuously connected and synchronizing
    • Seemingly less than 15% of the music tracks I selected to sync actually copied – despite them all being either ripped from CD, pure MP3, or DRM-free music
    • I was never able to send an audio file to use as a ringtone successfully
  • IE10 is just not as smooth nor as well-performing as Safari on a handheld device
  • Some applications are substitutes and not as good as their original versions:
    • BoxFiles (in lieu of Dropbox)
    • MetroTalk (in lieu of Google Voice)
  • Other applications I use such as Evernote or Twitter or Facebook are lacking features from their iOS brethren
  • The Lumia 920 is not preconfigured for other carriers as an unlocked iPhone is; instead you have to know to download the Nokia Access Point application, find it (it’s in Settings and isn’t an application), and then occasionally tweak it further if a setting has changed – it is not a world-ready plug-n-play solution

The Verdict:

I wanted to make this my primary phone. I really, truly did. But it was actually the basics  that killed it for me. I use Bluetooth extensively; having it not work reliably is a non-starter. Likewise for sync. – if I have to dredge up an iPod and start carrying yet-another-device for a primary use case, it’s kind of defeating the purpose of having a multifunctional device.

The lack of applications is definitely annoying. But it not the end-of-the-world. Though I imagine if I had used it for more than a few weeks, it would have gotten on my nerves.

That said, I will definitely miss the superior e-mail, contacts, calendar, and tasks interface – coupled with native Office support.

So, for now, Windows Phone 8 and the Lumia 920 has earned it’s keep as my international phone for use while traveling on other carriers. I only hope that with further evolution some of the gaps can be closed and it will be able to make it to my primary phone.

It’s frustratingly close…

Out of Pseudo-Stealth Mode

To summarize the last twelve months: wow!

Since the acquisition of Cactus Commerce by Ascentium, a big part of my day job was working on integrating the two businesses into a new brand and value proposition. This finally came to fruition with the launch of the SMITH brand a few weeks back, along with the retirement of Cactus Commerce and Ascentium brands. Check out to see the results!

But, the real focus has been capitalizing on the opportunity with the transition of the Commerce Server business. The last year has seen us extracting the product from Redmond; re-branding it; doing lots of 1×1 engagement with customers, partners, & analysts; and now debuting what’s next…

Last Friday brings the Release Preview of Commerce Server 10, which addresses being CMS-agnostic and the challenge of proper separation of business and presentation logic to allow HTML/CSS/JavaScript designers to make look-and-feel changes. Likewise, our new brand – – debuted, which sees the right management structure and branding to effectively curate the global partner ecosystem for the product.

The initial reactions have been very positive – nothing like Peter Sheldon’s excellent post from Forrester Research to sum it all up:

These changes have been a long time coming. We had to get it right. And with them finally seeing the light of day, I can finally come out of pseudo-stealth mode. 🙂

And to add ANOTHER adventure…

As if being acquired, a new job, and an international move were not enough, let’s just add getting the helm of Commerce Server back. No, that’s not a mis-print, as captured by:

This certainly was almost as much of a surprise to us (and has been only a short time that we have known) as I am sure it is to customers. However, this is one challenge I relish – as the opportunity is great to truly take the product now, evolve it into what customer’s want and need, and do so free of the many constraints under which it has been placed in the past…


text:
Time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) is a remarkable technique for recording low-level light signals with extremely high precision and picosecond-time resolution. TCSPC has developed from an intrinsically time-consuming and one-dimensional technique into a fast, multi-dimensional technique to record light signals. So this reference and text describes how advanced TCSPC techniques work and demonstrates their application to time-resolved laser scanning microscopy, single molecule spectroscopy, photon correlation experiments, and diffuse optical tomography of biological tissue. It gives practical hints about constructing suitable optical systems, choosing and using detectors, detector safety, preamplifiers, and using the control features and optimising the operating conditions of TCSPC devices. Advanced TCSPC Techniques is an indispensable tool for everyone in research and development who is confronted with the task of recording low-intensity light signals in the picosecond and nanosecond range. 'The monograph by Dr Wolfgang Becker is a complete and lucid summary of both the basic principles and the state-of-the-art of TCSPC. This book contains descriptions that are only available from the primary literature or specialized web sites. An understanding of the present technology will allow the reader to make effective use of the multi-dimensional capabilities of modern time-resolved fluorescence instruments.' Joseph R. Lakowicz, Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore,

Rezensionen ( 0 )
Every Friday we give gifts for the best reviews.
The winner is announced on the pages of ReadRate in social networks.
Zitate (0)
Sie können als Erste ein Zitat veröffentlichen.


text:
The Edge of Life: Human Dignity and Contemporary Bioethics resituates bioethics in fundamental outlook by challenging both the dominant Kantian and utilitarian approaches to evaluating how new technologies apply to human life. Drawing on an analysis of the dignity of the human person, both as an agent and as the recipient of action, The Edge of Life presents a 'theoretical' approach to the problems of contemporary bioethics and applies this approach to various disputed questions. Should conjoined twins be split, if the division will end the life of the weaker twin? Was Bush's stem cell research decision morally acceptable? Are the 'quality of life' and 'sanctity of life' ethics irreconcilably incompatible? Accessible to both scholars and students, The Edge of Life focuses particularly on the controversial issues surrounding the beginning and ending of human life, tackling some of the toughest practical questions of bioethics including new reproductive technologies (artificial wombs), stem cell research, abortion and physician assisted suicide, as well as many of its vexing theoretical disputes.

Rezensionen ( 0 )
Every Friday we give gifts for the best reviews.
The winner is announced on the pages of ReadRate in social networks.
Zitate (0)
Sie können als Erste ein Zitat veröffentlichen.


text:
Making Oxbridge entry matter less

Yet again, universities are under the spotlight for their admission processes. On the one hand, of course we need to do all we can to get under-represented groups into our elite universities. Alternatively, we could enquire as to why it is so important that they get into these universities in the first place. I’d[i] argue that this is largely because educational achievement is unmeasured at the end of degrees and so name of university attended is still acting as a (poor) signal of IQ/knowledge/effort [delete as appropriate] to employers.

One of the many reasons for this is that degree class inflation is out-of-control, with places such as the University of Surrey now awarding a first-class degree to over 40% of their students. Degree classifications clearly no longer reflect genuine attainment, either for cohorts passing through the system in different years or indeed across different institutions.

The consequence is that young people are hugely incentivised to apply to highly-selective courses, rather than ones with high quality teaching. For this is the only way they can signal their intellect in the labour market. For this reason, incidentally, the TEF alone cannot degrade the market quality of an LSE degree.

We could fix all these problems by introducing a common core examination in all degree subjects, set externally by learned societies. All students would sit them, say, two-thirds of the way through their degree, thus allowing specialised final year examinations to continue. Performance in this exam, by subject, would determine the number of first-class, upper-second, lower-second and third-class degrees the department is allowed to award that year. It would not determine the degree-class of the student.

Agreeing a common core of the curriculum would be more controversial in some subjects than in others. We should try this first in subjects where this is not controversial: the sciences, maths, economics, and so on.[ii]

This degree design would still leave the majority of time free for esoteric topics, set by a university (e.g. 50% of the first two years and 100% of the final year), who could choose to combine papers into a degree classification in any way it chooses. It would simply be restricted in the proportion of different classifications it could award, based on the common exam results.

The alternative is that we introduce some sort of IQ-style SAT entrance examination that in turn determines how degrees can be set. But this does not incentivise universities to ensure that students are learning anything.

Establishing robust and comparable degree classification will help fix the extraordinary stratification of universities in the eyes of employers. Getting into Oxbridge rather than, say, Nottingham undoubtedly gives people an easy ride in the labour market. As someone who got one of these free passes to pretend I am clever I used to think this was justified. I changed my mind when I had the chance to interview 17 year-olds myself.

A decade or so ago I was roped into interviewing for undergraduates at an Oxbridge college, not because anyone particularly valued my opinion but more because some newspaper scandals meant the college didn’t want Fellows interviewing alone. The experience completely revolutionised my view that university admissions were efficiently selecting students by ability.

We handed out about seven offers in the subject in each of the three years I helped out. Three were given to candidates who performed exceptionally well at interview and had great AS point scores; the other four were given rather arbitrarily from a long list of over a dozen candidates who did well at interview and on paper. I could see the consequences of the offers we made because I supervised first year students. Those who performed exceptionally well at interview often didn’t seem to turn out to be genuinely interested and motivated by their subject. The interview didn’t help those from disadvantaged backgrounds, in my experience, who clearly hadn’t been prepared. And the ‘thinking skills’ test that we introduced during the time I interviewed was clearly not tutor-proof; we observed striking mark inflation as it moved from a pilot to a known-test with companies offering preparation.

There are weak students studying at Oxbridge; there are outstanding students studying at Nottingham. The latter group, even if they are awarded a first, find it much harder to signal their talent to the employers who understandably place little store by degree classification. If we ensured genuine comparability in achievement across universities then university attended needn’t act as a signal for anything at all.

[i] Well, technically most of this argument comes from a conversation with a very smart man who is not in the position to make these arguments publicly at the moment!

[ii] The question of how degrees should be awarded across subjects is a question for another time, but one that is debated frequently by school examination boards. Essentially, there are principles that can be applied to achieve this where subjects have similar academic characteristics; deciding the national degree awarding proportions is almost impossible for art, music, nursing and so on. School examination boards also deal with questions about how to maintain comparability over time, etc…

3 thoughts on “Making Oxbridge entry matter less”

  1. An alternative would be to abolish degree classification and award transcript with percentages or marks awarded throughout the degree.

  2. Let us have a look at the table of distribution of UCAS Tariff Scores actually achieved by entrants into Mathematics at Cambridge and at Wolverhampton in 2014 (I had no time to look up fresher data; these were taken from from the official source,

    Cam Wolverhamton
    < 120 0% 10%
    120 – 159 0% 5%
    160 – 199 0% 25%
    200 – 239 0% 25%
    240 – 279 0% 15%
    280 – 319 0% 5%
    320 – 359 0% 10%
    360 – 399 0% 5%
    400 – 439 1% 0%
    440 – 479 2% 5%
    480 – 519 4% 0%
    520 – 559 12% 0%
    560 – 599 13% 0%
    600+ 68% 0%

    Let us do some aggregation:

    Cam Wolverhamton
    < 400 0% 95%
    400 – 479 3% 5%
    480+ 97% 0%

    100% of new mathematics students at Wolverhampton were within the range of the lowest 3% at Cambridge and 95% at Wolverhampton were below the Cambridge range entirely. And this did not include STEP, compulsory at Cambridge.

    We have to accept that Cambridge U. and U. of Wolverhampton belong to two different nations separated by the deep socio-economic, class and caste schism. This is a "first world / third world" division. Any attempt to objectively measure "the outputs" will only increase the level of controversy.

    Disclaimer: The views expressed do not necessarily represent the position of my employer or any other person, organisation, or institution.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Logo

You are commenting using your account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Google+ photo

You are commenting using your Google+ account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s


text:
Here’s a little background about Rebekah Brown who has been a journalist since 1984, an advertising expert since 1996, and an SEO/SEM website specialist and strategist since 2004.

Based in Winter Park, Florida, and Madison, Wisconsin, Brown has been CEO of The Marketing Square, a website and advertising agency that’s provided proven website results since 2010. The agency formally began in 2000 as Brown freelanced for agencies needing website content and page direction.

Brown began her journalism career taking high school scores on the sports desk of The Wisconsin State Journal in 1984. Six months later, Brown covered 12 University of Wisconsin Badgers drafted into the NFL, and was writing investigative stories on sports injuries in high school and college sports.

Brown was a sports reporter for:

  • The Wisconsin State Journal
  • The Kansas City Star & Times
  • The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
  • Sports Editor of The Michigan Chronicle
  • The Detroit News (Investigative Sports Reporter, Boxing Columnist, Layout & Copy Editor)
  • Writer for Multiple Boxing Magazines and Publications
  • Commentator on ESPN, TV, Radio, Video

Brown transitioned from journalism to advertising when The Detroit News went on strike. She wrote, pitched and produced TV, radio, print, event and online campaigns for Fortune 500 companies for eight years with GlobalHue in Detroit. Brown was Senior Copywriter,Agency Proofreader, and Events and Proposals Manager for the advertising agency for clients including:

  • Ameritech
  • Carson Beauty Products
  • The Chrysler Group (Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge)
  • Corona
  • DaimlerChrysler Corporate
  • Domino’s Pizza
  • General Mills (12 Brands)
  • Kmart
  • The Michigan Lottery
  • Miller Brewing
  • Navy
  • Verizon Wireless
  • Western Union

Brown was hired to handle Crisis Public Relations campaigns for Caponigro Public Relations clients:

  • The University of Michigan Aphasia Program
  • Rieter Automotive
  • Mindworks Learning Center
  • The Oakland Community College Combined Regional Emergency Services with Homeland Security

Brown was hired to produce, execute, plan, and sell, large sports events and media for Urban Sports & Entertainment Group in Charlotte, N.C. for clients including:

  • Advance Auto Parts
  • Alltel
  • American Cancer Society
  • Bank of America
  • Best Buy
  • Budweiser
  • The CIAA Basketball Tournament (200,000+ fans)
  • The Honda Battle of the Bands (65,000+ fans)
  • McDonald’s
  • MillerCoors
  • Navy
  • Toyota

Brown in 2009 combined Journalism, Advertising and Technology in her role as CEO of The Marketing Square, a Winter Park, Florida, and Madison, Wisconsin, website and advertising agency.

Since 2010 Brown has built websites, revenue and handled reputation management for more than 50 companies in Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, New York, Texas, and California.

Content is king and working with a highly skilled staff, Brown builds legal, medical, financial and real estate websites building brands online at The Marketing Square.

Brown’s awards and achievements include:

  • Madison Pen & Mike Sports Writer’s Award (1982)
  • Nation’s First Female Big 10 Football & Basketball Beat Reporter (1987)
  • Female Sports & Boxing Columnist (1987)
  • Sport Editor with 2 NNPA Best Sports Sections of the Year (1988-90)
  • Ring 32 Boxing Writer of the Year (1991)
  • Best of Gannett Headline Writing Award (1992, 1993)
  • Best of Gannett Investigative Editor/Writer (1994, 1995)
  • PRAME Awards TV, Radio, Direct Mail Copywriting (1997-98)
  • First Website Writer for Verizon, Kmart, Chrysler (1999)
  • First Female Website and Content Agency Firm (2000)
  • Executive Editor Pine Lake Country Club Centennial Book (2002)
  • CEO (2004-Present)
  • Sandler Sales Presidents Club Member (2005)

Brown earned a B.A. in Journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a member of:

  • Society of Professional Journalists (1982-Present)
  • Hollow Creek Farm Equine & Canine Rescue Board Member (2004-Present)
  • A+ Rated Better Business Bureau Member (2010-Present)
  • Winter Park Chamber of Commerce Leadership Winter Park Class XXI (2011)
  • The Orange County Bar Association (2012-Present)
  • The Orange County Bar Association Leadership Law (2012)
  • The American Bar Association (2012)


text:
Category Archives: Shootings

Here We Go Again….. (Rant)

I’m sorry that this has to continue, but as long as it does I will keep on saying these things!!!

Dallas is in distress because of one cowardly act, by faceless antagonists who care nothing about peace or prosperity. Dallas was calm, hell the Cops were even protesting with them!!! One act changed that, wasn’t the first time though. This is a systematic effort to isolate and run down innocent bystanders, it was a blatant terrorist assault. No one is going to do anything, until we stand as one people. This isn’t about Cops Vs Blacks, this isn’t about White Vs Minority. Until we expose those profiting off of violence and fear, these events will continue to take place weekly.

We don’t live in a world of Peace, but we can and its high time we start taking action to do just that. But we can’t just care about what’s going on here, we have to make everything an issue!!!! If it smells like a rat, it probably is!!! This includes spreading falsehoods, if you see something on your feed. Take literally 5 minutes to fact check, it doesn’t do you or anyone else any good not to. Thoughts and prayers? Awesome, but that’s not going to really change anything. Your attitude, and what you deem important has to… and I’m sorry to say that starts with you.
Don’t get it mixed up, I am saying these things about myself just as much!!! Because its about all of us, or guess what? We lose, EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!! I could name a Top 10 list of things, that we all should care about. That doesn’t do anyone any good, we have to care about unjust acts in general!! Indifference, that has just as much potential to be damaging.

But go ahead disregard this, It’s fine I am used to it. If you really believe deep within yourself, that nothing you can do will change things. Then you are more than likely right about that, but public opinion/outcry has done things to alter the spectrum of what is the norm. So maybe you believe you don’t have power, and that’s just where they want you to stay. I’m not playing the “Holier Than Thou” Card, I am playing the “Reality Check” Card.

You cannot, and I repeat CANNOT!!!! Leave it to your Government officials to do something!!! We have to sit down, and make a decision of how we are going to treat people. This savagery is suited for those who lived in the dark ages!!! Gun control? No, never going to happen!!! But we also can’t have it both ways, you can’t just get whatever the hell you want either!!! We need to learn to compromise, we need to learn common sense action that will work for everyone!!! And until we say, enough is enough these things will continue!!!! Make a decision, or just sit back and forget it in a couple of weeks. I’m done… I have said my piece.

Contributor- Chris Ballenger


text:
« Fostering Sustainable Behavior, CBSM.

MMA Registration

Doug McKenzie-Mohr, Ph.D.

Community-Based Social Marketing Workshops

organized by Action Research
Shutterstock 79178434 2
Marvelous - San Francisco, USA
Wonderful. - Dublin, Ireland
Masterful. - Clearwater, USA
Outstanding presentation style. Expertise is obvious. - Toronto, Canada
Fantastic, simply invaluable. - San Francisco, USA
Thank you, thank you, thank you. - Honolulu, USA
Superb presentation skills. - Melbourne, Australia
Speaker was wonderful. - Hobart, Australia
Outstanding! - Sydney, Australia
Amazing workshop. - Melbourne, Australia
A life-changing event. - Auckland, New Zealand
Absolutely wonderful! - Calgary, Canada
Best speaker we've ever had. - Vancouver, Canada
A wonderful two days. - San Francisco, USA
A fabulous workshop. - Sacramento, USA
AMAZING! - Portland, USA
Fantastic! - Toronto, Canada
Wonderful insights. - Toronto, Canada
Thoroughly enjoyed the workshop. - London, England
Amazing! - Wellington, New Zealand
Amazingly informative. - Honolulu, USA
An invaluable resource. - Boise, USA
Extremely beneficial. - Auckland, New Zealand
Tremendously engaging and information-packed. - Vancouver, Canada
Extremely useful. - Sacramento, USA
Terrific workshop. - Orlando, USA
Fantastic workshop. - Melbourne, Australia
Thank you! Training was tremendously useful. - Boulder, USA
Fabulously informative. - Sydney, Australia
I've learned a massive amount. So many thanks. - Perth, Australia
A tremendous experience. - Halifax, Canada
By far, the best workshop I’ve attended — on any topic!!! - Vancouver, Canada
Best professional workshop I've attended in 25 years. - Brisbane, Australia
The best workshop I have ever experienced. - Boston, USA
Most valuable workshop/training I've EVER attended! - Seattle, USA
Thank you SO much for sharing the wealth of information. - Vancouver, Canada
Workshop was brilliant. - Galway, Ireland
Packed with very thoughtful and important information. - Washington, DC
Completely transformed my approach to my work. - Melbourne, Australia
I wish that I had done this years ago. - Sydney, Australia
Wonderful insights. - Melbourne, Australia
Absolutely riveting! - Cardiff, Wales
Brilliant training. - London, England
Enormously beneficial. - Perth, Australia
Excellent and inspiring. - Toronto, Canada
Incredibly informative and useful. - London, England
Brilliant course. - Bern, Switzerland
Incredibly informative and thought provoking. - Melbourne, Australia
Amazing and very inspiring. - Brisbane. Australia
Very useful and inspiring. - Portland, USA
Your session last month was incredible. - Toronto, Canada
The workshop was perfect. - Perth, Australia
Thanks again for the brilliant CBSM training. - Sydney, Australia
I found myself talking about if for days afterwards. - Adelaide, Australia
Wonderful workshop. - Toronto, Canada
I want to thank you for a fabulous presentation! - Toronto, Canada
Thank you for a terrific workshop. - Phoenix. USA
One of the best trainings I've ever attended! - Denver, USA
Inspiring. I cannot thank you enough. - Melbourne, Australia
I was enormously impressed with the workshop. - Olympia, USA
A wonderful and engaging speaker. - Toronto, Canada
An incredibly effective, inspiring and provocative session. - Vancouver, Canada
Workshop was fantastic. Thanks for sharing your wisdom. - Boston, USA
Thank you for such a wonderful learning atmosphere. - Seattle, USA
Feedback from participants has been phenomenal! - Auckland, NZ
Thank you again ever so much for the wonderful workshops. - Gainesville, USA
Fantastic workshop, one of the most valuable I've ever attended! - Baltimore, USA
THANK YOU. Fantastic workshop. Worth every cent (and more). - Perth, Australia
Easily the most applicable and relevant workshop I've been to to date. - Toronto, Canada
Highest quality training I have ever had the fortune to be part of. - Perth, Australia
An inspiration to those who are trying to affect change. - Denver, USA
Just a superb experience and wonderfully useful. - Adelaide, Australia
One of the most professional presentations I attended in some time. - San Francisco, USA
Great course! - San Francisco, USA
Amazingly engaging speaker. - San Francisco, USA
Great workshop! - Christchurch, New Zealand
Incredibly valuable. - Madison, United States
Incredibly useful. - Madison, USA
Extremely knowledgeable presenter. - Madison, USA
Speaker was fantastic. - Los Angeles, USA
Great presenter and the material is fabulous! - Los Angeles, USA
Dense, powerful information, skillfully delivered. - Boston, USA
The workshop was fantastic. - Toronto, Canada
Doug is a terrific presenter and teacher. - Boston, USA
Doug is an excellent speaker. - Boston, USA
Incredibly knowledgeable. - Boston, USA
Doug is phenomenal -- clearly knows his subject, great communicator. - Boston, USA
Doug is a great speaker. - Boston, USA
Fabulous information -- terrific speaker! - Cincinnati, USA
Fantastic depth of information. - Cincinnati, USA
Fabulous. - Dayton, USA
Wonderful! - Dayton, USA
Informative, inspiring and thought-provoking. - Dayton, USA
Phenomenal. - Dayton, USA
Doug is a great speaker. - Boston, USA
Life changing workshop. - Boston, USA
One of the most substantive and timely workshops I have ever attended. Thank you. - Boston, USA
An incredible 4 days. - Los Angeles, USA
Thank you, thank you, thank you! - San Francisco, USA
So incredibly helpful! - San Francisco, USA
Wonderful workshop! - San Francisco, USA
Thank you for the inspiration. - San Francisco, USA
Incredible breadth of content for an intro workshop. - San Francisco, USA
Wonderful presentation style. - San Francisco, USA
Great speaker. - San Francisco, USA
This was a fantastic seminar. - San Francisco, USA
Awesome speaker. - San Francisco, USA
Excellent. My mind is buzzing with new helpful thoughts! - San Francisco, USA
Incredibly compelling, through provoking - San Francisco, USA
Fantastic. - San Francisco, USA
Non stop knowledge infusion. - San Francisco, USA
The training was fantastic! - Sunnyvale, USA
An amazing an informative workshop. - Honolulu, USA
A wonderful two days. - San Francisco, USA
So helpful. - Portland, OR., USA
THANK YOU for the fantastic workshop. - Perth, Australia
Hugely helpful. - Calgary, Canada
Incredibly useful and interesting training. - San Francisco, USA
Fascinating. - Orlando, USA
Wonderful presenter. - Orlando, USA
Brilliant speaker. - Portland, ME., USA
Highly relevant. - Columbia, USA
Extremely effective. - Columbia, USA
Fantastic workshop. - Columbian, USA
Overwhelmingly pleased - Columbia, USA
Extremely high ROI! - Columbia, USA
Outstanding engagement with audience. - Auckland, New Zealand
Incredibly knowledgeable and clear. - Auckland, New Zealand
Absolutely inspiring and beneficial. - Auckland, New Zealand
Fabulous. - Auckland, New Zealand
Extremely informative. - Auckland, New Zealand
Really fabulous workshop. Can't thank you enough. - Auckland, New Zealand
Most interesting workshop I have ever attended. - Sydney, Australia
Fantastic workshop. - Sydney, Australia
Really fantastic workshop. - Sydney, Australia
The presentation and content was first class! - Denver, USA
Exceptional delivery. - Minneapolis, USA
Loaded with essential, useful information. - Minneapolis, USA
Fabulous training. - Minneapolis, USA
Wonderful training! - Minneapolis, USA
Loved the workshop. - Minneapolis, USA
Extremely valuable. - Los Angeles, USA
Workshop was fantastic! - San Diego, USA
Fantastic class! - Los Angeles, USA
Invaluable - Brisbane, Australia
Hugely impressed. - London, England
Transforming. - Brisbane, Australia
Fantastic! - Melbourne, Australia
Amazing depth of knowledge - Melbourne, Australia
Brilliant! - Melbourne, Australia
Incredibly impressed. - Melbourne, Australia
Fantastic presenter. - Sydney, Australia
Wonderful speaker. - Sydney, Australia
Great presenter and trainer. - Sydney, Australia
Terrific. - Sydney, Australia
Interesting, informative and passionate. - Sydney, Australia
Life changing workshop. - Boston, USA
Amazing course. - Auckland, New Zealand
Much needed paradigm shift. - Vancouver, Canada
Incredibly interesting. - Vancouver, Canada
Great storytelling. - Chapel Hill, USA
Fantastic. - Chapel Hill, USA
Great workshop! - Chapel Hill, USA
Incredibly knowledgeable. - Chapel Hill, USA
This was one of the best workshops I've ever attended. Doug was fantastic! - Chapel Hill, USA
Wonderful teacher. - Toronto, Canada
By far the most positive feedback we have received for any event! - Lincoln, Nebraska - USA
Eye-opening experience! - San Francisco, USA
This was a fascinating workshop! - San Francisco, USA
Fantastic. - Christchurch, New Zealand
Great facilitation. - Christchurch, New Zealand
Lovely course - Christchurch, New Zealand
Fantastic examples. - Christchurch, New Zealand
Sensational - Melbourne, Australia
Fantastic training! - Melbourne, Australia
Fantastic workshop, excellent presenter. - Melbourne, Australia
Very inspiring -- most knowledgeable workshop I've been to hands down. Fantastic. - Melbourne, Australia
Training was fantastic! - Melbourne, Australia
The training Doug facilitated was fantastic. - Melbourne, Australia
Wonderfully insightful - Melbourne, Australia
It changed my world. - Auckland, New Zealand
Amazing, mind-blowing and transformational. - Richmond, USA
Exceedingly valuable. - Minneapolis, USA
One of the best workshops I've ever been to. - Minneapolis, USA
Fantastic examples. - Seattle, USA
Dr. McKenzie-Mohr is so knowledgeable. - Seattle, USA
Extremely knowledgeable - Seattle, USA
Wealth of knowledge. - Seattle, USA

Seattle, WA Workshops

6th - 9th November, 2017

Registration has ended, choose another workshop.

About the Speaker

About the Speaker

For over three decades Dr. McKenzie-Mohr, a psychologist, has been working to incorporate scientific knowledge on behavior change into the design and delivery of community programs. He is the founder of community-based social marketing and the author of three books on the topic. One of these books, has been recommended by Time Magazine and become requisite reading for those who deliver programs to promote behavioral changes that support sustainability and public health. He has delivered workshops internationally for over 70,000 program managers and served as an advisor on a broad array of community programs.

Introductory Workshop

This two-day workshop provides a comprehensive introduction to community-based social marketing and how it is being applied throughout the world to foster sustainable and healthy behaviors. Those who attend the workshop will learn the five steps of community-based social marketing (selecting behaviors, identifying barriers, developing strategies, conducting pilots, and broad scale implementation) and be exposed to numerous case studies illustrating its use. As such, this workshop provides an in-depth exposure to community-based social marketing and provides participants with the knowledge they need to design and evaluate their own community-based social marketing programs. Further, attendees will have extensive opportunities to discuss the application of community-based social marketing to the design of actual programs. At the end of the two days participants will have acquired sufficient knowledge to use community-based social marketing to develop successful programs to foster behavioral changes that support sustainability and public health. This workshop, or another introductory workshop delivered by Dr. McKenzie-Mohr, is a mandatory prerequisite for attending the advanced community-based social marketing workshop that directly follows this workshop.

Advanced Workshop

This two-day advanced workshop provides an in-depth exploration of how community-based social marketing can be used to foster sustainable and healthy behavior. The session will introduce leading-edge material on selecting behaviors, identifying barriers and benefits to selected behaviors (including topics such as market segmentation, selecting random samples, and survey construction), utilizing behavior change tools (some exciting new developments regarding the use of commitments, norms, communication, social diffusion, and goal setting in increasing the adoption of sustainable behaviors will be covered). In addition, the workshop will address the effective use of social media, smart phone apps and websites in the promotion of behavioral changes (in particular, we will explore why the use of social media and websites often fail to produce changes in behavior and how you can use these resources more effectively). The session will also address advanced topics regarding the design and evaluation of programs as well as the calculation of return-on-investment for programs. Further, participants will be coached in making community-based social marketing presentations to their agency or community and will receive PowerPoint and Keynote presentations for this purpose. Having attended an introductory community-based social marketing workshop with Dr. McKenzie-Mohr is a mandatory prerequisite for this workshop. If you have not previously attended an introductory workshop, you can register for both the introductory and advanced workshops at a reduced cost.

Please note that space for both the introductory and advanced workshops is limited. If you would like to obtain training in community-based social marketing we encourage you to register early as we expect the sessions to fill quickly.

Group Bookings

If you are interested in registering four or more people from the same agency, please contact us. We have two group rates: for groups of 4 to 9 we have a reduced rate of $50 per person, and for groups of 10 or larger, the reduction is $75 per person. These group reduced rates are in addition to our early bird rates and the 10% reduction that we provide if someone registers for both the introductory and advanced workshop.

Venue Details

The introductory workshop is being held at Hotel 116 Bellevue (625 116th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA). The advanced workshop is being held close by at the Mercer Island Community & Event Center (8236 SE 24th Street, Mercer Island, WA 98040). Both workshops begin at 9:00 am and end at 4:00 pm on both days (registration begins at 8:40 am on the first day). Finally, introductory workshop attendees receive a copy of the third edition of Dr. McKenzie-Mohr's book, "Fostering Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing" at the event. Lunch is included in the registration fee.


WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: application/xhtml+xml

text:
You are currently browsing the category archive for the ‘Sails’ category.

Hi guys,

I haven’t been around for a while. But now I am back thinking and thinkering.

Salt showing her old number one jib

Problem: It is time to do some major refitting to the jibs. Problem is that my number one Genoa is more or less 6 meters at the lower end sweeping the deck. Getting it down and secured is a major job. Changing from number 1 to number 2 is at best a challenge. I hoist number 2, tack and get the number one on deck. But if it is really blowing and waves are building in the North Sea while you are trying to master the damned large sail – which is not fastened other than in the forestay profile, tack and sheet – two arms are not enough. The only way to get rid of the beast is to get it down the hatch unpacked – which will make everything wet down below. Read the rest of this entry »

Salt is up dry. It’s cold outside and I have fire in the fireplace to keep comfortable and warm. However, It’s obvious time for planning of a new season. It’s time to look at general improvements and speed enhancing in particular. We will not no.2 forever!

This years first race will be the Seilmakeren (named for Seilmaker Iversen in Bergen) – a shorthanded race from Bergen to Stavanger and back. More than 110 yachts are already registered. We where number 93 to register in November – six months before the start! There is a shorthand craze blowing over Norway. I can think of a few arguments why sailors wants to go short-handed. First of all it is annoying to keep calling to get crew while you sail almost as well without the extra hands, but first of all it is regarded as much thougher which makes participation in short hand races stand out among fellow sailors.

Seilmakeren will start early May – which is way too early and might be very cold indeed. In May the North Sea is still cold. At night it is very hard to keep going and stop shivering. And there is no way we will not have to sail hard upwind for half the race. However, we are ready for the other half. A new 110 Sq.meter asymmetric spinnaker is ordered from Westaway Sailmakers in Devon, England. I am going to mount it on a 80 centimeter long pole at deck level to get as much power at shy reaching as possible. However, the main point is to ease the downwind sailing by making jibing and setting of the spinnaker much easier and safer. By the way – we are ready for the upwind part too. Hopefully we can use the Cape Horn going upwind and keep warm by the diesel burner. I mean -if you have to, you do whatever it takes.

Hysterical competitivenessA long rainy and windy season

Another speed enhancing job is to scrub and wet-sand the under-body. Somehow parts of the paint is not as smooth as it is supposed to be. I am also considering sharpening the aft-edge of the rudder to make it slip the water more easily. I might as well sharpen the front of the keel and epoxy the former through-hole for the sounder too. I have no more use for it and it’s probably just braking by making inharmonious curls in the passing water. I know – it’s a little hysterical. But the boat is up and dry, and as stated – I’m not going to stay no.2 forever. Whatever it takes.

1000-mile race

I am considering taking part in the 1000-mile race from Netherlands to Bergen and further to the Shetlands and back. I admit it is easy to dream on while sitting warm and comfortable by the fireplace. But it sure would be cool, and this time it is possible to take part from Newcastle to Bergen, Shetland and back. It is much closer from Stavanger to Newcastle in England, then to go all the way down to the Netherlands. Besides – we did well last year.

All varnished wood that is possible to take of the Salt is home. I have stripped down most of it and I will have it ready for spring. I am also looking at the other sails beside the spinnakers. Is it possible to redo them and make the old Genoa 2 into an overlapping self tacking genoa? And what about the mainsail – could I add much more roach with battens able to cross the backstay? It should be possible…

Adding stuff

And I have to get the AIS working. I won a wonderful AIS receiver and responder at the Shetland Race last year. With the mast down I will be able to add a new VHF-antenna for the AIS. Besides it has its own GPS-antenna. The Tacktic T-150 wireless wind instrument – which worked for 14 days and then closed down – is still not back from repairs. It is unbelievable – but I hope it shows up by spring. How can they do business like this? In sum – lots of stuff added that is not enhancing the speed, just adding up space, weight and new stuff to repair…

Whale with rubber bumperKeel in need of bumper

At last I am considering a rubber bumper for the old whale. A smart Swede has come up with a keel protection device that takes the worst part of grounding away. You can read more about the Keel Pro here. I truly hate grounding. Anything that can help me from ruining a nice day by hitting a submerged rock will be considered.

The rest is just waiting for the ski-season to begin, watching the sun making the days longer and spring closing. Besides sanding varnish in the basement.

The Kaskelot depiction takes you topside

I was on the verge of ordering a new Genoa 2 140% from Aker Seil, when I found this second hand Genoa from UK-sails. It looks good, but there are quite a few patches and it is in bad need of a repair from a careful and loving sailmaker. The Carbon-fibre tapedrive Genoa is only used for two seasons. But those two seasons must have been some very hard ones. A few of the carbon-strings are broken, there are patches along the leach and at least two major rips along the foot.

Besides, it is on the small side. My 100% jib is 31,5m2, the 150% Genoa 1 is 47,25m2 – the correct size of a Genoa 2 should be 140% which amounts to 44,1m2 – the second hand carbon dream from UK-sails is closer to 126% which amounts to 39m2. That makes it ready to tackle some very hard winds, which mean I have to wait longer for a sail-shift going from Genoa 1 to Genoa 2 – while I can wait longer before I need to shift down to the 100% Jib.

I Even after I have paid the sailmaker to patch the Carbon-fibre, the leach and the foot – I should be able to save a lot of money, compared to a new sail.
II Besides the sail from Aker Sail would be a Dacron/Pentex Genoa which is OK and affordable, but it is not a carbon-fibre supersail.

III The steps with the UK-Genoa are kind of nice and symmetrical – 8M2 down with the Genoa 2 and another 8m2 less with the jib.

IV I have so far done OK without the Genoa 2 – so I don’t really know if I need it or how much it is going to be used. Second hand is not free, but it is definitely a less costly way of finding out.

So – should I stay or should I blow?

Anyone out there who feel like giving me some advice? How long will a carbon-fibre sail last? Will it make good in our rather cold New Year Regatta, January 6? Will the sailmaker be able to make a racing sail for Salt out of this? Should I stick to Pentex and let the guys with the money go for the carbon-fibre?

Maybe this is all about wanting a sail I normally could not afford? I wish for it and then I fix all arguments to fit my wishes.

The Kaskelot takes you topside

RSS Unknown Feed

  • An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

Flickr Photos


text:
Binary Music launches Christmas Sale – 50% off

Binary Music has launched a Christmas Sale, offering a 50% discount on its sample libraries for a limited time.

Binary Music Christmas Sale

Welcome to Binary Music. We produce sample libraries for Native Instruments Kontakt, Ableton Live, Apple Logic and Propellerheads Reason.

From vintage analogue classics like the ARP Odyssey or Solina, to digital classics such as the Ensoniq SQ80 or Yamaha TX81Z. Every single sample is professionally recorded and edited with care and attention to detail.

The sale ends January 1st, 2015.

More information: Binary Music

Leave a comment

Be the First to Comment!

Notify of


text:
Louvigny Car Rentals

No Expedia Cancellation Fee. Book, change, or cancel almost any hotel without paying an Expedia fee.

Louvigny Car Rental Deals

Expedia.com makes it easy for you to book your next Louvigny car rental. We work with the best car rental companies in Louvigny, bringing you discount car rental rates and a wide variety of car rental classes including economy, compact, midsize, full-size, convertible, van, luxury, full size and SUV rentals. Our partner car rental companies in Louvigny offer different pick-up and drop-off options. If you are ready to book your Louvigny car rental, follow the links on this page to view more information and details on your next car rental.

Expedia offers a wide selection of rental cars in Louvigny to meet nearly every need. If you need any special equipment, like a child seat or ski rack, let us know and we will forward your request on to the rental car company. And what’s more, when you choose to rent a car from one of our Louvigny airport car rental partners you’ll be dealing with a rental car company that has made a special commitment to provide Expedia customers with great customer service, a wide choice of top quality cars, and competitive total pricing.

Expedia Offers 6 Car Pickup Locations in Louvigny

Find additional car pick up locations in Louvigny and enjoy the best car rental deals available anywhere. Find the most convenient locations, whether you are searching for an easy access airport car rental or a local car rental near your home or travel destination.

  • Page 1 of 2
  • Showing Results 1-5 of 6
  • Page 1 of 2
  • Showing Results 1-5 of 6

You'll always get the best price.
We guarantee it.

Free cancellation within 24 hours of booking!

We don't play games.
All prices include all taxes and fees.

Find out more about Expedia's Best Price Guarantee!


text:
SUV Rentals in Simferopol

No Expedia Cancellation Fee. Book, change, or cancel almost any hotel without paying an Expedia fee.

Find Simferopol SUV Rentals

On your next trip to Simferopol, don’t waste time by waiting around for stuffy buses and expensive taxi cabs. Instead, book your SUV rentals in Simferopol today here on and independently explore the area at your leisure. This way, whether you’re in town for business or pleasure, you’ll have a convenient means to travel to any meetings or conferences as well as Simferopol’s must-see attractions.

Cheap Simferopol SUV Rental Deals

When reserving a Simferopol SUV rental, you have a myriad of options. Simply enter your preferences into our online search wizard and we will compile a list of vehicles best matching your travel and stylistic needs. And when you rent SUV cars in Simferopol here on, you can book confidently knowing you have received the best possible price. We always present you with the best deals and discounts on your rental car, resulting in the lowest rates around. So no matter if you are in need of SUV cars for rent in Simferopol for just a few days or something longer term, we have got you covered. Go ahead and start browsing our affordable rental car options today and book the vehicle that is right for you.

SUV Car Pickup Locations in Simferopol

Find additional SUV car pick up locations in Simferopol and enjoy the best car rental deals available anywhere. Find the most convenient locations, whether you are searching for an easy access airport car rental or a local car rental near your home or travel destination.

  • Page 1 of 1
  • Showing Results 1-5 of 5
  • Page 1 of 1
  • Showing Results 1-5 of 5

You'll always get the best price.
We guarantee it.

Free cancellation within 24 hours of booking!

We don't play games.
All prices include all taxes and fees.

Find out more about Expedia's Best Price Guarantee!


text:
Skip to main content

Arizona PBS Productions Collection

Arizona PBS Productions
Created Date

Arizona PBS (KAET-TV) locally produced television programs comprised of selected episodes of the Horizon and Horizonte' public affairs programs from 1984-2007. Additional episodes and other local productions will be added as resources become available. Contact Arizona PBS to acquire copies of the video files at . Materials were digitized with the generous support of the Luhrs Family Endowment.


text:
Skip to main content

2010, No. 23
Posted 2010-08-09

The European Debt Crisis and U.S. Economic Growth

by Chanont Banternghansa and Adrian Peralta-Alva

The recent strengthening of the correlations between U.S. GDP growth and that of Mexico, Canada, and Euro-19 validates further consideration of the performance of U.S. trade partners for growth.

Related Content

Subscribe to our newsletter

Follow us

Twitter logo Google Plus logo Facebook logo YouTube logo LinkedIn logo
Back to Top


text:
Friday, March 14, 2008

Blog, Website or Both?

Blog, Website or Both?

This is a question that I have been asking myself lately concerning my genealogical and historical research business. I already have a blog and I have a personal website for one of my family lines. One of my goals this year will be to develop a website for my business. I will let you know of progress on this.

My focus today is for our local historical society. It is time, I and others believe to increase our online presence beyond postings on community calendars. A quick Google search shows some historical societies have blogs but not all have kept them up. Some have websites and of course, some have both.

Since starting to blog last summer, I have grown to enjoy this format. One of the key benefits is RSS feeds. You can be alerted when there is new material on a site. The person or organization does not have to do anything to let you know that the site is updated, if you have added the blog to your newsreader.

So I am asking you, what do you suggest? If you are involved with a historical society or a genealogical society or another one of a related nature, I'd appreciate your feedback so that I could share your experiences at a Board of Directors' meeting.

Should we have - a blog, a website or both?

If we were to start with only one, should it be a blog or web site?

Has membership increased because of having either? What other benefits are there?

What type of information is included on the blog or website?

Any tips would be appreciated. I look forward to your comments.

  1. I vote for both. See Itawamba Historical Society and their blog Itawamba History Review. I've heard that both have helped their society gain new members.

  2. Thanks, Lori for the links. I will check them out.

  3. Great post Janet and it is an important point in a person's internet technology progress.

    I have had a website (http:\\ for several years. Last year I moved it from my ISP hosted site to my own domain name.

    I also own for my crafts sideline. I have set that to forward to my blog

    The hosting, by GoDaddy, isn't cheap so I am considering to just do away with the websites when my plan expires.

    I love the blog format and all the bells and whistles and widgets available. Much easier than hand-coding my websites in HTML. However, many internet users don't access blogs. So I am thinking of this setup:

    - reserve the domain names I want and only pay for domain name forwarding to my blogs

    - do not have a host plan (expensive) with the domain name provider - just store items in Google and in Blogger or Flickr etc.

    - continue to post info in blogs

  4. I think Thomas' suggestion that you have your own domain is important. I would start with just a blog but I know nothing about developing or maintaining a website. Something you want to determine upfront is who will be doing the writing and updating. I have a team blog for an organization that I'm a member of. I was supposed to set it up and others would help post the content. Instead I get emails that say please get this on the website asap or "why havn't you put up anything lately" and I end up doing all the writing. (The bus is sleeping for the winter. The site will be updated next month. This is one of the problems we've have - keeping the page fresh.)

    Rss feeds are great for those of us that use them. One thing I really need to add is a subscribe by email option for those that don't know what a feed reader is.

  5. Prompted by Apple's comment, I've thought about this topic a bit more - if you don't mind I'd think I'll post about the same subject and reference your post. There are quite a few issues involved that I think require a long post in which to discuss. See, since I'm a "techno-geek" I find this a lot of fun on a sunny Saturday morning. Go figure.

  6. Thanks Apple and Thomas for your comments. I have checked out your posting Thomas and made a link to it.

Comments are moderated before being posted. Please no links in your comments. The blog author reserves the right to not post a comment if deemed inappropriate.


text:
Career in sales?

Thinking About a Career in Sales? Five Tips

In the last couple of years we have witnessed the economy crash, and the job market dry up.

New graduates are coming out of university and considering career paths they may not have considered at all when starting their courses.

Some are even considering going into the black arts, the most heinous profession of all. No, not bank robbery, or looting… sales.

I didn’t dream of being a salesman when I was growing up. I think my ambition was more along the lines of becoming an Astronaut Pirate (which is still the long-term aim). But, you know what? In the adult world, joining a sales team is not just a good fit for me as a career path – it’s an exciting and dynamic role which I’d never give up.

A far cry from the stereotype

I graduated in 2009 when the job market for 16-25 year olds was at a 15-year low, and I thought my future looked pretty bleak. Many of the jobs advertised were looking for people with five or more years’ experience, and larger organisations seemed to have shut their doors on graduates entirely. After six months of searching and working a part-time job in retail stacking shelves, I somehow managed to find Postcode Anywhere.

I landed a job on the sales team. And, contrary to what many of my fellow university graduate friends seemed to think, it was a far cry from the stereotype of the used car salesman (think Boycie from Only Fools and Horses).

A fantastically rewarding career

This brings me to the main point of this post: if anyone is considering a career in sales, be it as a graduate or someone considering a new career, then I would wholeheartedly encourage them to do so. If you can find the right company it can be a fantastically rewarding career (not just financially but personally), and if you are the type of person that likes to challenge themselves it’s perfect.

My top five tips

My main tips for someone looking for a career in sales are personal to me, and the experience I’ve had. But if I had to list them they would be:

  1. Find a high-growth company: Ideally a small business rather than a start-up. If you can find a company that has been around for five or more years and may even be just hitting their stride in the global market there can be great opportunities to really make a difference. You might find an established multi-national to be more attractive, but personally I wouldn’t find it exciting being an intern at a large corporation and making coffee for six months.
  2. Grow a thick skin: You may think you have “the gift of the gab” but in my experience university does nothing to prepare you for the business world. Don’t take criticism personally, and remember: you may have a fantastic degree but when it comes to a career you are still very much learning.
  3. Be flexible: Reasonably obvious, but going that extra mile can really make a massive difference – not just in how your boss sees you, but by really helping the business your work for by impressing and caring for your customers.
  4. Be confident: The sales world is full of procurement people. You might get the impression they want nothing more than to belittle your product and pay rock bottom. Sure, they’re looking for the bargain of the century, but they’re also looking for the best product – so you don’t need to make a loss to make a sale. If you believe in yourself and your company you will win more match-ups than you lose. Showing the right amount of confidence in your CV and in interviews can be tricky without spilling over into arrogance, but get the balance of humility and confidence right and you’ll go far.
  5. DON’T LIE: This is a biggie. The old stereotype of the salesperson is someone who will do anything and say anything to get the sale. This may have been true in the past. It may even still be true in some companies. But there has been a shift in terms of what businesses expect from salespeople and honesty really is the best policy. Again this carries over to your CV and interview technique: getting caught out on a lie will destroy your chance of closing a sale, or more importantly getting a job. (Plus it’s illegal.)

So. To wrap up, if a career in sales has crossed your mind, give it serious consideration. Forget any preconceptions you might have and go for it. In sales you very much get out what you put in, and by applying yourself and really dedicating yourself to your career you can go a long way.

  • Thank you for a great article!

    I too was wondering what it would be like to get into sales as I have just graduated from uni.

    Take care dude

  • Glad you found it useful Adam! Let me know if you have any questions. Good luck with the job search.

  • Simon

    Great article! I have recently been interviewed for a job where they stopped me halfway through to ask if anyone has ever told me I would be good in sales……to which I replied that they have, numerous times! Second interview now in the diary to discuss further and seriously considering it, so your above points are extremely useful. Main concern is failure, but if u don’t give it a go then you will never know right? Plus, the earning potential is much greater.

  • I completely agree – like you I graduated when the job market for graduates was pretty abysmal, but I got a sales job and it has turned out to be the perfect career choice. You never know until you try it, so it’s definitely worth a go!


text:
Tag Archives: Preproduction

Animatics Project

This is an animatics project from my film and broadcast preproduction class.  We brainstormed the concept for an ad as a group in class, and then we were tasked with working on the storyboard and animatics for the concept.  The concept is that two people are getting off a train or bus on their way to work.  One has regular water, and the other has Smart Water.  The person with the smart water has a great, stress-free day, while the person with the regular water has everything go wrong.

The drawings and editing were done by me.  This was edited in Final Cut Pro X.

Tagged , , , ,


text:
Lady Gens improve to 3-0 with 8-1 victory over Tecumseh Vista Academy

Lady Gens hockeyBy Ron Giofu

The General Amherst girls hockey team played in their third game of the season and once again came away with a lopsided win.

The Lady Gens defeated Tecumseh Vista Academy 8-1 Monday afternoon at the United Communities Credit Union Complex. Savannah Bouzide and Heather Lenson each scored a pair for Amherst with Brianne Fields, Megan Farmer, Emily Hamelin, and Renee Reid each adding single tallies.

“It was a good overall effort. The kids are smiling and working hard out there,” said Amherst head coach Scott Hamelin. “The team is in a good place.”

Hamelin acknowledged Vista was missing some of their better players but noted the Lady Gens are three lines deep. He is thinking of scheduling exhibition games with AAA and AAAA sized opponents to help the Lady Gens gain experience.

“The girls are buying into hard work on both sides of the puck,” he said.

Defenseman Jenna Meloche said they are playing well and can accomplish a lot through effort and working together. She sees similarities between Lady Gens’ teams of the past and the Tecumseh squad.

“We definitely see ourselves in them from a few years ago,” said Meloche. “We wish them all the luck in the world.”

Reid said she believed the Lady Gens did well in Monday’s game adding she thinks they can be a strong club that scores a lot of goals this season.

“We have a really good team this year that passes the puck well,” said Reid.

After defeating L’Essor 9-1 last Monday at home, the Lady Gens travelled to Leamington last Tuesday (Nov. 19) and knocked off Cardinal Carter 9-1. Bouzide had four goals in that game with Lenson, Olivia Gyori, Amber Shaw, Gillian Sparling and Farmer scoring.

The next game for the Lady Gens is next Wednesday, Dec. 4, at the United Communities Credit Union Complex against the Essex Red Raiders.

Comments are closed.


text:
More ideas from ana
Pantry Wet Bar Designed by Kelly Morisseau- idea to utilize by the eating area

More efficient storage also means more entertainment in this friend and family hub of the home. Wine bars are becoming a popular feature that can easily fit among the kitchen pantry and other storage. Photo courtesy of Main Street Kitchens