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Toyota Corolla vs Mazda 3 vs Ford Focus – Which Car Should I Buy?

29 Dec 2016 Car Advice

Toyota Corolla vs Mazda 3 vs Ford Focus – Which Car Should I Buy?

Two of Australia’s most popular cars and one Ford’s most accomplished hatches go under the microscope.

I am looking to buy a new car. I only use my current car to shop, go to bowls, church, doctor's, etc. My present car is a 2008 model and I've only done 30,000kms.

The new car won’t be used for long trips. I will always have it serviced each year, and it will not be a work horse.

Brands and models that I might try are Mazda 3 and Suzuki Baleno. What else should I consider?

There are quite a few compact cars to choose from in this genre, but three we would recommend given your circumstances would be the Ford Focus Trend, the Mazda 3 Maxx, and the Toyota Corolla SX.

All three have good fuel economy, excellent safety, are affordable to keep long-term, and have great standard features.

The Ford Focus Trend trim at $24,390 is an excellent car; dynamic, sturdy, with super ride and handling characteristics, plus servicing is affordable. Its 1.5L turbo four is swift to respond but economical, and the gearbox is extremely smooth. You don’t pay any extra for a sedan bodystyle; same with the Mazda.

The Mazda 3 in Maxx trim at $24,890 offers a punchy little 2.0L engine with a six-speed automatic; it has the best fuel economy of the three (5.8L/100km), has a good level of standard equipment, and is affordable to keep in terms of servicing and parts.

The Toyota Corolla is an excellent vehicle, and offers the cheapest servicing of the three, and the best resale value. While it would be one of many on the road, they are built to last and are super-reliable. The SX is just a smidge over your budget at $26,000 (RRP), but it is worth stretching to as the lower-priced Ascent is a little bare-bones. The SX is more in line with the abovementioned Focus and Mazda (though it misses out on satellite navigation).

As for the Suzuki Baleno you mentioned; while it has the dimensions of a larger car and some nice features for a small car price, there are questions over its safety rating. It received four stars out of five in Euro NCAP crash testing, and is yet to be tested in Australian testing (ANCAP).

Ultimately, it will come down to your finances and your personal preferences. We recommend you test drive your shortlist back-to-back to truly feel comfortable with your choice.


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Alice Waese is a jewellery and fashion designer based in New York. Trained in both garment design and fine art. Her practice is informed by drawing, sculpture, cloth and raw materials. Inspired by the natural world, Waese creates beautifully hand crafted pieces in intricately textured sterling silver and gold. Her skilled artistry blurs the boundaries between fashion and art, furthermore her work is seasonless and always released in editions of 90. The designer also works with varying materials such as leather and yarn, demonstrating her keen eye for detail and process. According to Waese much of her work is realised through experimentation and the crossover of chosen mediums. We had a little chat with the designer about her roots, natural movements and the fear of tunnels.

Alice, where did you grow up?
Toronto, Canada.

How did your experience growing up there translate into your designs?
I grew up in a family and a community that encouraged drawing and making. I have a distinct memory of watching my father draw a large replica of a Micky Mouse in chalk on the outside of our brick house, I remember it being a scatter of abstract lines that suddenly turned into a perfect Mickey, it was like magic. I think watching this kind of thing has translated into my work, seeing a messy thing become a finished or complete thing right before my eyes. I think it is an important lesson for an artist. Good work can evolve out of chaos. It allows me to not get lost in the mess and anxiety of process.

Did you always know you wanted to work in fashion?
Not exactly, I think I always was drawn to it in different ways. As a kid I was obsessed with Madonna and making outfits for kindergarten, dressing as a gypsy with my sister, In high school I crocheted constantly, In university while studying poetry, I discovered a book of paintings of rococo dresses and decided to switch from poetry to fashion.

Rococo oh well then are you a romantic?
Yes, probably.

You are part of a movement, pardon the categorisation, that is drawn back to nature and organic shapes. Why do you feel this is important?
I think I’m drawn to nature primarily in an aesthetic way. Mimicking nature, using nature, and being inspired by nature seems obvious to me in order to make a beautiful thing. From there I do feel it is important and has become important as a movement; if you look at nature this way, you will probably respect it, and from there work in ways that respect the earth. In some ways, using natural dye, limited waste, small run local production and organic fabrics is an aesthetic translated into an environmental stand point. I think its important to respect the thing that inspires you and feeds you.

Do you think print magazines are still important?
I like the movement away from glossy fashion magazines and towards more special, less frequently released 'book - like' publications. I think it is really nice to have a paper object in your hands, but it should be cut down. It should be special. A lot of the mainstream magazines are over saturated and uninspiring and wasteful and could easily exist online only.

What question have you never been asked that you wish you had?
Do you have a ghost cat? Yes, her name is Blanche.

Current mood?

Your favourite scent?
Rose mixed with vetiver.

What scares you?

What do you think you will be doing in your 80’s?

Do you have a Muse?
Its always changing. more of an inspiration.

What advice can you give young aspiring artists and designers about how to work timeless and embrace slow organic growth?
I think patience is important, I think this time period and generation is all about instant gratification. Its important to loose that sense, and to focus on your own voice, and to let it grow naturally.

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Cindy has written articles in a wide range of formats, focusing primarily on informational articles and blog posts, though she is capable of writing most format styles. She has been publishing articles online for approximately seven years, but writing has been a passion since a very young age.

She is both a by-lined author and ghostwriter of hundreds of articles on health, business, software, manufacturing, fitness, pets, medical, agriculture, animals and home decorating. She’s a skilled researcher and works well independently. Having an entrepreneurial spirit, she was a small business owner for over 17 years.

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She has 12 years’ combined experience in the Department of Defense and medical diagnostic industries as an associate mechanical design engineer. During her employment with various companies, she created training manuals, trained various types of course and designed mechanical systems utilizing computer-aided drafting systems.

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Cindy grew up on a small Texas farm. She worked at a dairy while in high school and her summers were spent working in the fields of several local farmers. She has a vast amount of experience in gardening, horticulture and animal husbandry. She has written hundreds of articles covering various aspects within these topics. She has a special interest in growing and using herbs for culinary as well as medicinal purposes.

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Cindy also completed training as a master naturalist. Her training and subsequent activities as a master naturalist touched on many of these same issues.

Cindy founded and ran an agency that provided nonmedical in-home care to adults for more than 12 years. As the owner, she wore many hats allowing her to learn much about the effects of aging from many different perspectives … from helping responsible adults determine the care needed for their loved ones while at the same time providing the needed assistance herself, or through one of her employees.

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Cindy M. created a full year's worth of curriculum for elementary aged children for a Christian church.

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Cindy M. enjoys cooking and it shows. She loves to experiment with foods and different cuisines and then finds great satisfaction in sharing her creations with others.

Her creations have in fact garnered her many blue ribbons through the years.

Cindy M. grew up on a farm where at least 90% of the food her family consumed was raised and processed by the family.

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Cindy M. was responsible for the creation of all marketing materials for 'On the Wings of Angels' during its 10+ years of existence.

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Cindy M. has written several articles about the health issues that women face, especially as they age.

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Cindy M. has pursued many interests over the years, including coin collecting, stamp collecting, quilting and homesteading. Additionally, she completed the strenuous training to become a certified Master Naturalist. Ms. Murdoch enjoys creating beautiful items and is able to create how-to articles with clear concise instructions, making it possible for anyone to recreate the process.

Cindy M. spent 16 years in mechanical engineering departments working on DOD projects and mechanical mechanisms within a medical diagnostic instrument. She was responsible for the complete design including creation of working documents, interface with outside vendors in the manufacturing process, and working closely with manufacturing and testing. She also created training manuals for computer-aided drafting systems for both corporations and for training institutions.

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As the owner and founder of the company, Cindy M. created the policies and procedures that remained with the company throughout its 10-year existence.

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Cindy M. who uses Photoshop to create graphics for websites and marketing materials is currently co-authoring a book about the use of Photoshop for the beginner. This book will be beneficial for the user even if they do not have a photographic background.

Cindy M., who was raised by her grandparents, grew up in an alcoholic home but has been able to build a stable and loving relationship with her spouse of 33 years.

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She has published hundreds of blogs and articles under her own name, under other companies' names and as a ghost blogger.

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Cindy M. has created blog posts in many different industries including: cooking, personal chef, gardening and herbs, inspiration, caregiving, and business.

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Cindy owns her own consulting business building websites and writing content utilizing various platforms available on the internet. She understands the importance of SEO and branding to create a web presence that will get you noticed.

Cindy M. is in the process of writing a book for caregivers who are caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease. After seeing Ms. Murdoch's writings on HubPages, she suggested that her approach to the subject was both thorough and compassionate.

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The Experts: How Should CEO Pay Be Changed?

Few topics in corporate finance have received as much attention recently as executive compensation.

So we asked The Experts: What changes would you recommend in the way CEO pay is set?

This discussion relates to a Journal Report article on how companies can rise prices and formed the basis of a discussion on The Experts blog on July 24.

Mike Serbinis: Bring Back Dollar-a-Year Executives

"The Dollar-a-Year Man" is a vintage comedy film from the 20s–a film that, according to Wikipedia, is lost. Ironically, it starred one of the highest-paid actors of the time, Fatty Arbuckle. During World War I and World War II, "Dollar-a-Year Men" were executives who chose to work for the government for a nominal fee of $1. These were essentially high-value volunteers who went to work for their country as good citizens and, of course, good business executives hoping to help their own interests either during or post-war.

In recent times, Steve Jobs took a $1-a-year salary upon his return to Apple in 1997. In fact, today's most notable "Dollar-a-Year Men and Women" are largely Silicon Valley tech executives like Larry Ellison (Oracle), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Meg Whitman (Hewlett-Packard) or Larry Page ( Google). These execs opt for other forms of compensation, like stock options or restricted stock that tie their pay directly to the performance of the company's shares and, presumably, company performance.

This, of course, can turn into massive paydays, taxed at lower capital-gains-tax rates, if the company's shares perform—and I don't have a problem with that. We need to foster the dollar-a-year model among our corporate leaders. In tech, this is tradition, and it starts early. Founders often don't make a penny in salary until they've reached some scale. Even then, they may make barely enough to pay the bills, eat, etc. These are people that are out to change the world. They are owners. They are builders. They bleed for their company and what they are creating. It's not about the money. The lucky few that reach escape velocity and go from startup to sustainable, profitable enterprise see their equity become worth millions or billions in the process—many of them return to their roots and make $1.

In my book, that's a tradition we must foster. If tech CEOs can do it, so can banking CEOs (not only in times of financial crisis), industrial CEOs and CEOs from any sector.

Mike Serbinis (@mserbinis) is the founder and CEO of Kobo Inc.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Change the Way Options Are Given

CEO pay must be closely tied to performance. There's still room for reform here. One area for change is in stock options. Award options closer to the end of the year, when performance is clear, rather than at the beginning. Lengthen vesting periods so that CEOs bear the consequences of longer-term decisions and consequences even after their term.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter (@RosabethKanter) holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle professorship at Harvard Business School, where she specializes in strategy, innovation and leadership for change.

Pamela Barnes: New Metrics Are Needed

Looking at a CEO's salary is just one data point and does not reflect the impact or growth potential of an organization. For nonprofits, executive pay increased by a median of 3.8% in 2011, to just keep pace with inflation. However, the discussion must focus on what an organization achieves, not the CEO pay. We should be measuring an organization's impact and value. That's why we must find other metrics—such as client or customer satisfaction, financial and program performance, and contribution to society—to evaluate success.

Pamela Barnes (@PamWBarnes) is president and chief executive officer of EngenderHealth and was formerly president and CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

Lee Newman: Make CEOs Responsible For Their Employees' Well-Being

Companies should implement measures of employee well-being, and boards should hold CEOs directly accountable for ensuring both nominal levels and growth in these measures. Employee engagement in large companies is staggeringly low. Only a minority of employees are fully engaged, with estimates from sources like Gallup, the Corporate Leadership Council and Towers-Perrin ranging from 10% to 30%. That means that most employees show up for work bringing less than their full energy, motivation and creativity. Research in the emerging field of positive psychology has demonstrated that the financial well-being of the company is integrally linked to the psychological well-being of its employees—"happy" employees are more engaged, have better work relations and contribute to more positive conditions in the workplace. And, critically, they are also more productive.

CEOs are, and should be, ultimately responsible for establishing the conditions in the workplace that allow employees to work at their best. Behavioral science has revealed quite convincingly, in my opinion, how small and positive changes in the work environment can contribute to building the psychological resources of employees—memory, problem solving, creativity, interpersonal skills and other cognitive and emotional factors that weigh heavily on individual and team performance. These include changes such as introducing mindfulness techniques, modifying development systems to put greater emphasis on strengths, helping managers put in place the conditions in which employees can experience each day positive emotions more frequently than negative emotions, and using ideas from behavioral economics to help improve the quality of thinking at all levels in an organization.

Companies such as Google, AES, Zappos, Aviva, Standard Chartered Bank and others are taking advantage of some of these ideas to rethink and reshape both the nature of work and the quality of the work environment. However, to move beyond a few companies—to most companies—and to make these positive changes more comprehensive, employee well-being needs to become part of what CEOs are incented to do. This is the work of a positive leader.

Lee Newman (@NewmanLee) is dean of social and behavioral sciences at IE University and dean of innovation and behavior at IE Business School in Madrid. His work focuses on applying behavioral science to business and leadership.

Bruce Nolop: Mitigate Distortions In Pay for Performance

Pay for performance can be distorted by three main issues.

Exogenous Factors: First, the company's financial performance can be affected by events outside the CEO's control—such as economic conditions, commodity prices and competitor actions. In this case, the amount of pay may reflect correlation rather than causation, resulting in either a windfall or a shortfall for the CEO.

In response, boards should retain discretion to make adjustments for the "degree of difficulty." Because investors typically prefer formulaic targets and may not trust a board to make tough decisions—especially when long-serving directors have close ties to the CEO—the board should scrupulously apply objective standards and be willing to adjust the pay downward as well as upward—even if it jeopardizes CEO retention.

Stock Prices: Second, pay can be distorted by stock price movements, which often reflect market rather than company-specific forces. For example, the value of equity consideration will fluctuate from the date of grant until the time of vesting.

To mitigate this distortion, a company can freeze the value of equity until vesting, with the number of shares determined by the current stock price, thus ensuring that the value is equal to the expense when it was granted.

Peer Groups: Third, boards can overrely on peer groups. Peer-group criteria are inherently subjective—revenue, market value, assets, net income, SIC codes or competitors?—and they can create upward bias due to Lake Wobegon aspirations for above-average pay.

I believe that peer groups should not determine pay, but should serve as a test of reasonableness, similar to a fairness opinion for an acquisition. For example, if the target pay is in the top or bottom quintile, it could be subject to further review.

Bruce Nolop is the former chief financial officer of Pitney Bowes Inc. and E*Trade Financial Corp.

Robert Howell: Take a Cue from Baseball's Billy Beane

CEO pay is set by the compensation committee of the board of directors, typically with advice from outside compensation consultants. Although, in theory, the driver of CEO pay is intended to be long-term performance, for the most part it is predicated on comparable pay for other CEOs, with the real objective being to place one's own CEO in the top quartile of pay. It has been suggested that the members of the compensation committees should be named "Ratchet, Ratchet and Ratchet" for the collective effect which their actions have had on CEO pay. CEO pay, today, is outrageous, in some cases being 400-500 times—and higher—entry-level pay.

I am waiting for a compensation committee(s) to become the Billy Beane (the Oakland Athletics' longtime General Manager and central figure of Michael Lewis's award-winning, and instrumentally influencing, book "Moneyball") of CEO compensation, demonstrating that it is not necessary to have the highest-paid CEO (equivalent to baseball manager) and senior management (players) to create an organizational culture that results in exceedingly high performance over a protracted period of time. "Moneyball" was written more than a decade ago; the Athletics, today, continue to perform better (currently in first place in the Western Division of the American League) than teams with much higher payrolls. There has got to be a compensation committee that breaks the traditional approach to CEO pay, selects a CEO based on values to create a long-term winning culture and, in time, demonstrates that character, competence and commitment to greatness lead to long-term business success.

Dr. Robert A. Howell is the David T. McLaughlin, D'54, T'55, distinguished visiting professor of business administration, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and senior partner of Howell Group LLC.

Robert Profusek: Add More Than Math to the Methodology

The current structure and approach to top management pay in the U.S. are heavily influenced by two factors: (1) populist reactions, ultimately manifested in federal tax and other technical laws, following serious recessions, stock-market corrections and corporate sandals and (2) the increasingly influence of proxy advisory firms in voting decisions by a substantial number of institutional investors. This has resulted in a system that today is primarily about financial metrics, peer-group comparisons and other objectively verifiable formulas, which leave precious little room for proper exercise of business judgment. The major shift in the corporate-governance paradigm over the past two decades may well be attributed, at least in part, to the same laws and changes in attitudes toward the exercise of voting rights by institutional shareholders. Regardless, that shift provides a much-needed opportunity to reset the balance.

Populist and political reactions to top management pay following the recession of the early 1990s, the post-9/11 recession and the financial risis have created a system in which very little (usually only 10% to 15%) of CEO pay is fixed (salary), a good thing. However, due to tax laws passed after the 1990s recession and pressure from the proxy advisory firms, annual or long-term incentive compensation (bonuses) at most companies is formulistic, calculated today primarily by reference to financial metrics—EPS, cash flow and the like. These metrics are, of course, important, but they are inherently short-term in orientation and by definition therefore incentivize a focus on near-term financial performance, not investment to build sustainable businesses for the long haul.

The balance of top management pay is typically in the form of annul equity-linked awards—options, restricted stock and, increasingly, performance shares. While conceptually sound in that stock awards are predicated on an alignment of investor and management interests, macro factors in the equity markets very often overrun actual company-by-company performance, and the volatility of the public markets often makes the correlation between realized stock-based pay more a matter of timing and luck than actual performance. Finally, when it comes time for shareholders to affirm their support of the company's compensation programs, the so-called say-on-pay vote, the company's compensation programs are increasingly measured by reference to total shareholder return, or so-called TSR.

The seemingly increasing measure-everything-in-relation-to-TSR fixation unduly restricts independent directors from creating structures designed to incentivize operational, safety, environmental, corporate citizenship and other objectives, which managements can and should influence, as opposed to changes in stock-market valuations that are very often, and in recent months overwhelmingly, driven by factors outside top management's control. It also increases the focus on improving short-term financial performance through increased dividends and stock buybacks, rather than investment in the business. Finally, it overlooks the fundamental shift in the corporate-governance paradigm that has occurred in the U.S. over the past two decades.

While exceptions do of course exist, the vast majority of corporate boards today are truly independent, not filled up by the CEO's cronies as some politicians and pundits would have us believe. This is proven by the fact that the tenure of the average director of major companies is roughly twice that of the average CEO's tenure. Recognizing that others would disagree, most people who are regularly in corporate boardrooms of U.S. companies would attest that compensation committees and corporate boards generally are now independent in fact, advised by truly independent consultants and other experts, take their jobs seriously and work hard to develop compensation structures designed to result in the accomplishment of important objectives of their particular companies. Whether this is a result of changes in corporate governance that were occurring anyway or legislation (like requiring say-on-pay votes) is irrelevant—the fact is that the change has occurred and that it is real. This change permits us to free the corporate directors from blind adherence to TSR and allow them to develop compensation structures specifically designed to accomplish identified objectives tailored to their particular companies. For it to work, however, institutional investors and proxy advisory firms need to reset the balance of their focus to who and how decisions are made, rather than threatening well-intended directors with shareholder opposition if they stray from the measure-everything-by-TSR-only-based lens through which management pay has been primarily reviewed for the past decade or so.

That is, compensation committees need to be afforded room to deviate from mathematical formulas and blind adherence to TSR. Given the continuing suspicion in some quarters about how independent the process really is, it could be argued that the burden should be on the compensation committee in the first instance to better articulate its rationale, provide a scorecard of how things actually came out over time (rather than just reporting year by year as now mandated by SEC rules) and demonstrate a willingness to change as results are, or are not, achieved. They should also be willing to engage directly with shareholders (at least long-term investors), an increasingly prevalent practice anyway. On the other hand, for this to happen, institutional investors and the proxy advisory firms need themselves to be truly willing themselves to countenance well-intended, independently determined compensation structures, basically cutting independent committees some slack in this regard. That is, while the math should continue to be a factor, the focus should be equally on the composition of the compensation committee, its processes, its rationale (as expressed in the proxy statement) and what it does, over time, not in any given year, including how it adjusts when things do not work out as planned. After all, this kind of critical thinking is what we are asking of our corporate boards—why should those who assess their performance be held to a lower standard?

Let's reset the balance.

Robert Profusek (@RAProfusek) is the head of M&A at the law firm Jones Day.

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2700 N Hervey St, Hope, 71801, US

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Located in Hope, Hampton Inn & Suites Hope is convenient to Birthplace of William Jefferson Clinton and Clinton Birthplace. This hotel is within the region of Historic Washington State Park.

Make yourself at home in one of the 70 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and 42-inch LCD televisions are provided for your entertainment. Private bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, as well as phones with free local calls.

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Av. Rio Grande do Norte, 770, Caraguatatuba, 11665-310, BR

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When you stay at Hotel Pousada Paradise in Caraguatatuba, you'll be near the beach and convenient to Indaia Beach and Mario Covas Theater. This family-friendly aparthotel is within close proximity of Pan Brazil Beach and Serramar Parque Shopping.

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Fairfield Inn Los Cabos

Avenida Lazaro Cardenas 2709, Col Medano, Cabo San Lucas, 23410, MX

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With a stay at Fairfield Inn Los Cabos, you'll be centrally located in Cabo San Lucas, steps from Puerto Paraiso Mall and minutes from Marina Cabo San Lucas. This hotel is within close proximity of The Arch and Land's End.

Make yourself at home in one of the 128 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have rainfall showerheads and designer toiletries. Conveniences include laptop-compatible safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.

Enjoy recreational amenities such as an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, a television in a common area, and tour/ticket assistance.

A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily.

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Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Planning an event in Cabo San Lucas? This hotel has facilities measuring 258 square feet (23 square meters), including a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.

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The Early Alert program is a referral program for faculty, staff, students, and parents who are concerned about the physical, emotional, academic or personal health of a University student. The Early Alert Program can assess the situation, offer support, and provide referrals to the breadth of resources on-campus. If you would like to learn more about the Early Alert program you can contact the Early Alert Coordinator Gina Loschiavo at 503.943.7709.

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The Early Alert program was created and designed as a safety net and resource for any student of concern who does not seem to be receiving adequate attention within the existing structures on campus already. When appropriate, the Early Alert Coordinator Gina Loschiavo, will do direct outreach to students to offer assistance. We provide information to students about the resources available to them both on and off campus. The Early Alert team will monitor students’ progress, until such time as we feel the appropriate people or departments are dealing effectively with the students’ needs.

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Your Daily Muslim: Abdeslam Laarusi

Abdeslam Laarusi biting his lip upon seeing a little girl

Abdeslam Laarusi biting his lip upon seeing a little girl

Abdeslam Laarusi, a Moroccan-born imam at the Badr Masjid in Terrassa, Spain, does not belong in the 21st century. The primitive fails to comprehend the concept of women’s rights – he thinks that, because a 7th-century book of child porn advocates wife-beating, that it’s OK. Laarusi was so steadfast in his belief that he told his congregation all about it – then he instructed them how to do the same.

Laarusi told his followers to use “fists and sticks on various parts of the body to avoid breaking bones or drawing blood.” Normally, evidence of abuse against Muslimahs is concealed underneath the traditional Islamic ninja costume they wear. However, sometimes the abuse comes to light when they visit the doctor, so Laarusi wanted to ensure none of his followers got in trouble with the law for behaving like the seventh-century savages they are. Police who investigated Laarusi’s mosque also discovered he had told his congregation how to isolate and shame their wives in their own homes, and when to avoid having sex with them. Despite all the evidence against the lie that Islam respects women, leftists and Muslims still claim that us counterjihadists are wrong. Look at Laarusi’s statement, then tell me that he, an educated scholar and cleric of Islam, respects women.

Laarusi is married with five children. His wife did not discuss with police the extent to which she had been abused.

2 comments on “Your Daily Muslim: Abdeslam Laarusi

  1. His wife is probably his first cousin forced to marrying him because no one else wanted the abusing weirdo who hides his violence behind religion. What kind of people would sit and listen to this shit at a church service? Why don’t the decent ones get up and walk out, demanding someone sane to lead their services? That’s what I don’t get, the ones that aren’t lunatics do nothing to rid their mosques of these vermin, when they can simply go to another mosque that doesn’t advocate violence against women. If no one shows up to services because he’s a violent idiot, he’d have to be replaced so the general muslims do have a voice if they’d choose to exercise it, which leads me to believe that most of them are just like this man – wife beating, daughter beating maniacs.

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Can technology help global suicide prevention?

September 10th 2017 marks the 15th World Suicide Prevention Day. The theme of the 2017 day is ‘Take a Minute, Change a Life’ - encouraging everyone to consider those impacted by suicide and take the time to notice what’s going on with those around you, and support those who may be feeling vulnerable. Here, we discuss the contribution that eHealth interventions can play in the global public health strategy for suicide prevention

The World Health Organization estimates that over 800,000 people die by suicide each year – that is one person every 40 seconds! But for every suicide, there are many more people who attempt suicide, and many individuals who are impacted by the suicide of a loved one. Suicide is not restricted by age, gender, nationality or income; it occurs throughout the lifespan and in 2015, was the second leading cause of death among 15–29-year-olds. A prior suicide attempt is the single most important risk factor for suicide in the general population, and whilst people with mental health conditions are at higher risk of suicide, many suicides occur spontaneously in response to life events or crisis.

Suicide is a serious public health concern and is preventable. In 2014, the World Health Organization published “Preventing suicide: a global imperative”, it’s first global report to increase awareness of suicide and suicide attempts, and to make suicide prevention a global public health priority. Suicide is a complex issue and therefore effective suicide prevention efforts require multiple constituents. One critical component to suicide prevention is the early identification of those in need, to ensure that they receive appropriate care and support; this is where the social support provided by communities and loved ones can be so vital to a vulnerable individual seeking mental health care.

Access to appropriate mental health care, when and where it is needed, is vital for the prevention of suicide. In some countries mental health care may be harder to access due to geographical or financial restraints. However, even in countries where access to care is ready available many who experience suicidal ideation do not seek help. A number of barriers may prevent those experiencing suicidal ideation from seeking treatment; suicide and mental illness are still heavily stigmatized in many communities, and some groups of the general population are less likely to seek help than others, including young people and men.

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Increasing global reliance on technology allows for opportunities to improve mental health care provision; the potential for those who cannot, or choose not to, access traditional ‘face-to-face’ healthcare to be reached by digital methods is possible. To date, this has taken many forms – from doctor-patient consultations via video calling, to the development of sophisticated online and mobile telephone applications. Research examining the effectiveness of digital or eHealth interventions for both preventative treatment and follow-up care is rapidly expanding.

A  systematic review and meta-analysis, recently published in BMC Psychiatry by Katrina Witt and colleagues from Monash University, Australia, examined the effectiveness of digital interventions for the self-management of suicidal ideation or self-harm. The researchers analyzed data from 14 published studies including a total of 3,356 participants. Most of the studies included evaluated online interventions, but two examined mobile phone applications that were designed for people suffering from depression/suicidal-ideation to self-manage their symptoms. The researchers found that despite limitations with many of the published studies design, there is some evidence that digital interventions may be associated with reductions in suicidal ideation.

Another systematic review and meta-analysis, by Mark Deady and colleagues from the University of New South Wales and the Black Dog Institute (Australia), recently published in BMC Psychiatry, evaluated the effectiveness of eHealth interventions for the prevention of depression and anxiety. The researchers analyzed data from 10 published randomized controlled trials, including a total of 4,522 participants. The studies included evaluated online and mobile phone applications, but also other intervention methods such as those using email and/or text messaging to provide support. The review suggests that a range of eHealth intervention programs produce small, but positive, effects on symptom reduction for anxiety and depression in the general population.

In both of these reviews the intervention programs were developed by psychologists/psychiatrists using aspects of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and were found to be beneficial compared with control conditions. However, it should be emphasized that in all studies there is lack of long-term follow up data, and it is therefore unclear whether these interventions may translate to reduced suicide attempts, depression and anxiety in the longer term. The small numbers of studies in both reviews indicate the continuing need to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of eHealth interventions; despite the ever increase number of digital programs and apps available that are designed to improve and promote mental wellbeing, a clear distinction needs to be made between those designed with a basis in evidence based medicine, such as the studies analyzed here, and those that are not.

eHealth and digital interventions have the potential to reach more people with fewer resources than face-to face care, and may be useful in breaking down some of the current barriers that prevent those in need from accessing mental health care.

If you want to find out more about suicide prevention please see BMC Psychiatry’s dedicated section ‘Causes, treatment and prevention of suicide‘.

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A Good Balance, I'd Say

The hunt for rings continues.

We went to an antique jewelery store in Boulder yesterday and were disappointed by the overly-ornate jewelery and the hoity-toity-ness of the employees.

We stumbled into a very small traditional shop, in search of more antique store leads. We were impressed by the variety, as well as the warmth of the store owner. It got me thinking (and I'm sharing my thoughts with you so you can call me out on my potential hypocrisy): Would it really be so terrible for me to buy a ring from a traditional store?

First of all, I would only be purchasing half of what the average person purchases for their wedding rings (since we did not purchase engagement rings). Secondly, I do not own (nor do I plan on purchasing) any other "real" jewelery.

As an environmentalist, I'm always trying to find a good spot on the spectrum from absolutism to hypocrisy. For example, I'm a vegetarian who wears leather. In my mind, we can't drive ourselves completely insane by adhering uncompromisingly to rigid principles in our current world (i.e., absolutism). But on the other hand, we can't compromise our principles every time it's convenient for us. For example, even if a meat dish is the only option available, I won't succumb just because I'm hungry.

So I don't know how I feel about going the traditional route. I definitely wouldn't get a diamond (but I'm not deluding myself into thinking that the environmental and social impact of mining metal and other jewels isn't also disgusting).

Interestingly, a promising alternative has sprung up. An environmentally conscious jewelery designer--greenKarat--lets you send in old gold and they recycle it into new jewelery. Matt's mom has graciously offered to donate one of her rings to the cause, and I'm wondering if I could also round up some support. I like how it promotes environmental consciousness and it's quite sentimental. A good balance, I'd say.

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Matt's mom has graciously offered to donate one of her rings to the cause

Aren't you missing something here? Marsha's wedding ring is a family hand-me-down; is there none in either of your families that could serve as well? (Full disclosure, we did buy my ring new.)

The intangible value of a ring passed down within the family is nontrivial. For your previous post, I assumed for some reason that was out of the question. Now it seems there is family jewelry someone's willing to have melted down; isn't there any to be passed down?

Failing that...try pawn shops. I'm told you can get quite the bargain there, and it's also not newly mined metal.

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When I was a kid I would sometimes stay up way past my bedtime reading. I had an old-fashion lamp that I would turn on low (that way my parents couldn’t see the light showing under my door) and would read for hours. One night I was up reading as usual, when suddenly my lamp switched off. The knob to turn on the lamp was flat, kind of like the back of a key, and when I looked over after the light had shut off I noticed that the knob had been turned like 90 degrees. I was a little freaked out, but it had happened before so I wasn’t too worried. I reached over to turn the lamp back on. As I reached over, before I had touched anything, a baseball that had been on my bedside table rolled off and landed on a porcelain container, shattering it. I ran out of my room and to my parents in the living room, in tears. I slept with the covers over my head for months after that.

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