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Be An Aging Asset to the Society

Older people can still be useful and contribute to society in many ways which the younger generations could not

Society owes much to its aged members, for their achievements, their hard work, taxes, and their love and care in years past. However, the role of aged people is not one of passivity and retrospect, and the elderly are not just our living history. They are also part of our present and our future.

Became a volunteer

The traditional pool of volunteer labor is shrinking as more middle-aged, middle-class women take paid employment and young women fail to give up employment on becoming mothers. The gap left can only be filled by adolescents and elderly people. The latter bring wide experience and can offer continuity for ten or more years. Many services now depend almost entirely on elderly volunteers, for example, the meals on wheels service, the hospital car service, the guides and custodians in museums and National Trust properties, and the Leagues of Friends of Hospitals and other institutions. By becoming involved in such activities you can not only provide a valuable community service, but you will also find the opportunity of developing new interests and of broadening your own horizons.

Become an adviser

In a rapidly changing society the knowledge of machines and techniques has a short shelf-life and rapidly becomes outdated. Fortunately human behavior changes less rapidly and perhaps not at all. Skills acquired during a long life with regard to counseling and advising remain valuable. It is the elderly who have these talents, which can be indispensable in organizations, such as the Citizens’ Advice Bureau, CRUSE, the Samaritans, and many other support groups.

Become a carer

This usually happens more by accident than by choice. However most carers are pensioners. Most do a magnificent job and with great dedication. It is an important role which should be taken seriously by society in general and carers in particular. More help and support is needed to sustain carers. The more carers there are the easier the task will become and the better the recognition of their role. Caring need not be only for other elderly people as carers are also needed for children (grandchildren) and youger, disabled people. The range of need is wide and the opportunities therefore great.

Become a ‘teacher’

The elderly have much to teach other age groups. Commonly, the greater the age difference between pupil and teacher, the greater the satisfaction to both participants. The great natural affinity that often occurs between children and their grandparents is evidence of this mutual appreciation. Socrates was 70 years old when he was accused of corrupting the young with his teachings. It was perhaps his success and popularity, as much as the content, which particularly threatened the security of his political rulers.

As the value and interest of oral history are increasingly appreciated, there should be more and more opportunities for the elderly to share their earlier experiences. Thus the young can be taught a richer and fuller understanding of our society’s past. Contemporary and live commentaries of historic events recorded on film greatly enhance the experience of the viewers, especially when they are young and impressionable. The technique can be used nationally (on television), locally in schools, and amongst friends, neighbors, and family. Opportunities are therefore open to most elderly people with a desire to recount and describe their previous experiences – but be discreet.

Many politicians continue to teach us about our past when they reminisce after retirement, on television interviews, in newspaper articles and guest lectures, or in their autobiographies. Harold MacMillan – born in 1894 – became a favorite political commentator, even of his previous political opponents, his accounts and interpretation of twentieth-century history being valued by all.

Dame Freya Stark, even in her nineties, was still traveling widely and was able from her own experience to teach us of the changes which have occurred in the Middle East during the past 50 years. Pablo Casals, (1876-1973) was conducting and teaching the cello until his 80th birthday. Famous dancers, such as Ninettte de Vallois, have been able to offer encouragement and opportunity to the young, and although no longer able to practice their art, they have been instrumental in setting up schools and performing companies.

Clearly the elderly have much to offer. We must not hesitate to involve them. We must not be too proud to learn from their previous experiences, including their mistakes. The older the person, the more precious is his knowledge as much of it will die with him if not collected and preserved.

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Pall - A Word Worthy Of Reflection

August 18, 2009 09:00 AM

Over this past weekend a good friend, Paul Byrne, M.D., sent an interesting comment my way. He pointed out that one of the root words of palliative is pall.

I checked it in my trusty Merriam-Webster's dictionary and found the following:

2b (1): a heavy cloth draped over a coffin (2): a coffin especially when holding a body
3a: something that covers or conceals; especially: an overspreading element that produces an effect of gloom <a pall of thick black smoke> <a pall of suspicion> b: a feeling of gloom <his absence cast a pall over the celebration>

In the context of the ongoing debate regarding whether or not a form of euthanasia may appear in the final version of the nationalized health care [insurance] reform bill, this word has a connotation which cannot be ignored. It has already been shown that palliative care can be used to either relieve pain or expedite a quick exit for the patient. It all depends on who is administering the medicine and whose orders are being followed.

The Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance for Health Care Workers wrote the following in the seminal document, Charter for Health Care Workers, in addressing “The use of painkillers for the terminally ill” in Chapter III, 246:

Sometimes the systematic use of narcotics which reduce the consciousness of the patient is a cloak for the frequently unconscious wish of the health care worker to discontinue relating to the dying person. In this case it is not so much the alleviation of the patient's suffering that is sought as the convenience of those in attendance. The dying person is deprived of the possibility of "living his own life", by reducing him to a state of unconsciousness unworthy of a human being. This is why the administration of narcotics for the sole purpose of depriving the dying person of a conscious end is "a truly deplorable practice."

It is a different matter when there is a serious clinical case for the administration of analgesics which suppress consciousness, as when there is violent and unbearable pain. In this case the anesthetic is said to be licit, provided certain conditions are fulfilled: that the dying person has fulfilled or could still fulfill his moral, family and religious obligations.

In other words, the very same medication that can bring relief can also be used to kill. It’s not that difficult to comprehend. This is but one reason to be concerned that current discussions relating to Obamacare could lead to some pretty unfathomable horrors.

All anyone has to do is pay close attention to the discussions regarding end-of-life care. It is not beyond the pale to imagine that in one form or another, euthanizing the older generation may become one of those cost-cutting activities that cannot be avoided.

Consider the recent comments of author-screenwriter Richard Dooling, who is clearly no health care expert. Be that as it may, he weighed in with these acrid words in a New York Times commentary:

One thing’s for sure: Our health care system has failed. Generational spending wars loom on the horizon. Rationing of health care is imminent.

I am not, of course, talking about euthanasia. I’m just wondering why the nation continues incurring enormous debt to pay for bypass surgery and titanium-knee replacements for octogenarians and nonagenarians, when for just a small fraction of those costs we could provide children with preventive health care and nutrition. Eight million children have no health insurance, but their parents pay 3 percent of their salaries to Medicare to make sure that seniors get the very best money can buy in prescription drugs for everything from restless leg syndrome to erectile dysfunction, scooters and end-of-life intensive care.

Then there’s Ross Douthat, who wrote about the enormity of the "burden" created by overspending Medicare dollars:

And if you think reform is tough today, just wait. We’re already practically a gerontocracy: Americans over 50 cast over 40 percent of the votes in the 2008 elections, and half the votes in the ’06 midterms. As the population ages — by 2030, there will be more Americans over 65 than under 18 — the power of the elderly and nearly elderly may become almost absolute.

In this future, somebody will need to stand for the principle that Medicare can’t pay every bill and bless every procedure. Somebody will need to defend the younger generation’s promise (and its pocketbooks). Somebody will need to say “no” to retirees.

Both of these writers did not mention other citizens whose care can be very costly. For example, the extremely premature baby who is born with specific problems caused by early birth, or the newborn with critical problems requiring special attention, or the individual who suffers a severe disability due to accident or genetic anomaly. In each of these cases, large sums of money are required to treat them. What about their future under regulated health care spending? Based on the sensitivities being expressed toward spending too much on certain types of treatment, it isn’t difficult to imagine that those I have just mentioned could also be required to make sacrifices for the greater good of a culture committed to financial savings over life saving.

It’s all about “quality of life” after all, and some people are, well, expendable!

When Obama spoke to a gathering of 50 Americans at an AARP gathering, he recommended that they consider his suggested reforms to the Medicare program as fiscally responsible and necessary in today’s economy. Among Obama’s preferences is the Independent Medicare Advisory Committee. IMAC has been defined as a group of individuals who would oversee how Medicare is administered and would recommend ways to make it more efficient. Some have suggested that such a committee could recommend health care rationing based on cost cutting. Washington Post political commentator David Broder wrote,

Obama's proposal almost certainly would accelerate change in the way health care is delivered -- and it might actually save money in the long run.

But Congress will have to decide if it is willing to yield that degree of control to five unelected IMAC commissioners. And Americans will have to decide if they are comfortable having those commissioners determine how they will be treated when they are ill.

Without belaboring this point, it is wise and prudent to step back and examine the ramifications of any proposal in view of the groups of citizens for whom the proposal could have life-altering effects. For as Mark Steyn wrote recently,

The problem with government health systems is not that they pull the plug on Grandma. It's that Grandma has a hell of a time getting plugged in in the first place.…This ought to be of particular concern to Americans. As is often pointed out, U.S. life expectancy (78.06 years) lags behind other developed nations with government health care (United Kingdom 78.7, Germany 78.95, Sweden 80.63). So proponents of Obamacare are all but offering an extra "full year" of Euro-Canadian geriatric leisure as a signing bonus.

While some might think that Steyn is flippant about the problem that is confronting our nation, I would counter by suggesting that at least Steyn is talking about it! It is a provocative subject, and the more that is said about it, the better. There is still time, at this point, to stop such madness, but first the electorate has to realize that the White House smoke-and-mirrors show has another agenda, and it’s not a pretty one.

Leave it to Pat Boone, a dear friend and outspoken critic of Obamacare, to set the tone. He explains it is not just the "radicals" who are beginning to tell the truth about Obamacare:

•    Congress plans to pay for this "reform" by cutting $500 billion from Medicare. –Washington Post (July 16)
•    There will be long waits for care. –USA Today (July 17)
•    There will be cuts to MRIs, CAT scans and other vital tests. –Associated Press (June 24)
•    Seniors will lose their choice of doctors. –New York Times (April 2)
•    Government bureaucrats – not doctors – will decide if older patients are worth the costs of care. –Los Angeles Times (June 25)

Friends, these are not "right-wing" talk-show hosts holding the president's feet to the fire – these are some of the most liberal media outlets in the country! Even they are realizing that this bloated, misleading and outrageous scheme will set the stage, in actual practice and predictable bureaucratic perversion, for Orwellian governmental control over who gets care and what kind. They factually have to report that it's IMPOSSIBLE to cut Medicare by $500 billion and still provide for the 40 million more baby boomers who are coming into eligibility! The president's analysts say they can – but ordinary citizens know it's IMPOSSIBLE.

Obamacare is having the expected effect on the general population. The pall has been placed over the truth, and the unsuspecting will go forth believing that Obama is providing them hope and change!

Pallbearers will soon be the next change agents unless we stop this current rush to reform, bury it and start over.

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What did you think would happen?

December 6, 2013 09:00 AM

By Hugh R. Brown

It’s ironic to watch the American Catholic bishops and our Church being devoured by those they fear, by the very people whose potential scorn and criticism have such power over so many of these men that the very thought of being labeled or persecuted by them seems to frighten them into practically abandoning Christ.

For far too long, many of our American Catholic bishops have allowed the faith of Christ to be characterized and, sadly, lived as either conservative or liberal. The Church is not a political party; it is not a political entity. The only purpose the Church’s enemies have in allowing Catholics to be labeled conservative or liberal is to deceive. There is no such thing as conservative or liberal. There is faithful—those faithful sinners who, trembling and in fear, work to serve the Lord. Other such labeling implies the false belief that a human being’s support for slaughtering children, desecrating the sacrament of marriage, and contracepting the soul out of eternity are merely forms of theological disagreement allowed in an enlightened and evolving church where the shepherds simply strive to get along without offending anyone.

An example of this comes from a recent Meet the Press interview in which David Gregory asked Cardinal Timothy Dolan about such issues as “abortion, gay marriage, and the use of contraceptive methods.” Dolan’s response that “. . . in my almost 37 years as a priest, rare would be the times that I preached about those issues” was a tragic admission that he has neither led nor instructed his flock on these important Church matters.

God forbid the Church of the saints and martyrs courageously stand against the lies and deceit of the enemy without fear. The results of 37 years of fear and indifference of preaching the hard truths are exactly what we see before us in America today. Professional Catholics and their allies have cornered the American bishops. They have no easy way out. Through mandates, laws, lawsuits, deceit, and a relentless assault on the truth that is written on the hearts of every human being, the enemies of the Church have handed our bishops exactly what they have allowed. And horrifically, many of those leading this half-century assault on Christ and His Church boldly and without reproach claim Catholicism as their own.

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Thirty-seven years of fear. Thirty-seven years of holding no one accountable for the good of their own souls, let alone the good of an entire society. Thirty-seven years of allowing the faith to be blatantly disrespected, blatantly misrepresented, and blatantly distorted and confused.

The very people you so desperately sought not to offend, not to accuse, but to simply get along with, have spent those 37 years in the shadow of your fear with no remorse, no humility, no charity, and zero concern for you or for Christ and His faithful. They have striven to bring about the shrinking corner you now find yourself in. What did you think would happen when the serpent you naively entertain never sleeps, never rests while you fear offending him? Consider our children. For simply living their faith, will they endure great persecution and martyrdom as guests at the table of suffering that you have long prepared for them through decades of indifference?

Our hope rests in Christ and the intercession of His Most Blessed Mother. We must pray for our bishops and our enemies.

Our prayers must be for courage for those men who have it. Matthew’s gospel tells us of our shepherds: “Many are called, but few are chosen.” Let us pray for those priests, bishops, and cardinals who, like Saint John at the foot of the crucifix, will not abandon Christ and will not run in fear. May these chosen men stand courageously against an enemy empowered and strengthened by fear and silence. The hour is here, and we need them.

Hugh R. Brown has been involved his entire life in the fight to end the evil of abortion. The son of Judie Brown, Hugh is the founder and chairman of Saint Michael the Archangel High School—a Catholic high school in its 8th year, with over 100 students dedicated to training young men and women to live and defend our Catholic faith and reestablish a culture of life. Hugh is chairman and founder of the Catholic Business Network of Central Virginia, focused on empowering business leaders to live their faith proudly in their businesses and in the world. In addition, he is president and CEO of Anthony Kane and Associates, an organization focused on helping Catholic and Christian organizations raise money to fulfill their missions. Hugh and his wife have been married for 21 years and have five children.

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Anorak | Geert Wilders Draws Out The Lighter Side Of Extreme Islam

Geert Wilders Draws Out The Lighter Side Of Extreme Islam

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7930249UNLOVELY Dutch right-wing politican Geert Wilders is stood outside the House Of Lords in London, there because a Government ban, which stopped him entering the country in February, was overturned.

He says the Qur’an is a “fascist book”.

“I have a problem with the Islamic ideology, the Islamic culture, because I feel the more Islam we get in our societies the less freedom we get.”

Protestors gather in Westminster.

“I am not extreme, I am not a racist. Don’t forget some people were very angry when I made the comparison between Mein Kampf and the Qur’an. I am not the first one to make that comparison. Winston Churchill and many others made that comparison.”

Wilders’ views are odious. But, interestingly, one odious form encourages another to emerge from the gloom. Like attracts like.

As people of the media viewed a public showing of the controversial film Fitna, in which Muslim nutters who deny the Holocaust are seen, er,  praising Hitler and a man is seen holding up a sign saying “ISLAM WILL DOMINATE THE WORLD”, we look at the protest.

It looks like Islamic nutters are being assimilated – they get irony. They are writing jokes. Cancel the wars. Cancel the film. Islam has fond someone to mock with humour and its making a good fist of it. Geert Wilders is the straight man for extreme Islam’s comedy vultures.

Lke the ancient Romans, Geert Widlers sets them up and the nutters nail them in…

Note: Is the man with the hilarious “Islam will dominate the world” sign outside Parliament the same as the one in the Fitna film? How it must pain him not to be recognised. Look out for his next sign: “Mum – I’m on the telly.”

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2011-i-lipo pre-launch party and fundraiser for the Orillia S.P.C.A. – We wanted to raise some money again for the Orillia S.P.C.A and we purchased a new laser so we decided to showcase our new laser, i-lipo-the first true alternative to liposuction and held a series of draws for various procedures including over $6000.00 in cosmetic procedures.  The event, held as 4 seatings was a pre-launch party and included guests of the clinic & gym by invitation only.  Click here to view pictures from the event.

2005-Beauty Bootcamp- We designed and held a unique fundraising campaign with all proceeds donated to the Canadian Cancer Society (Orillia Division)  The campaign was available to any woman living in the 705 area code and offered the winner a: $6000.00 make-over including, Botox and Juvederm injections, Microdermabrasion and ultrasound skin resurfacing, non-surgical face lifting as well as donations from local downtown Orillia merchants such as Just Elaine’s, La Mezzaluna Cafe, Curves, Sixty One, TNT Fine Lingerie Boutique, Mariposa Market Stores, Becker Shoes,  as well as Laser Health Works and Dr. Max Neiman & Associates.

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Building a Simulation Model to Characterize Interacting Workflows and to Explore New Workflow Alternatives Janet E. Wedgwood, Jay Ritchie, Nadya Belov, et al.

Sortie Generation Rate (SGR) is an important metric for air dominance. Lockheed Martin must demonstrate that the Air System can fly the sorties during an allotted time and deliver the capability to the war fighter. Aircraft turnaround time- the time between when the aircraft touches down, refuels, rearms, and completes inspections in order to release the aircraft, to aircraft wheels up - plays an important role in achieving the SGR requirement.
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Contemporary aerospace programmes often suffer from large cost overruns, delivery delays and inferior product quality. This is caused in part by poor predictive quality of the early design phase processes with regards to the operational environment of a product. This paper develops the idea of a generic operational simulation that can help designers to rigorously analyse and test their early product concepts. The simulation focusses on civil Unmanned Air Vehicle products and missions to keep the scope of work tractable.
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Product complexity in the aerospace industry has grown fast while design procedures and techniques did not keep pace. Product life cycle implications are largely neglected during the early design phase. Also, aerospace designers fail to optimize products for the intended operational environment. This study shows how a design, simulated within its anticipated operational environment, can inform about critical design parameters, thereby creating a more targeted design improving the chance of commercial success. An agent-based operational simulation for civil Unmanned Aerial Vehicles conducting maritime Search-andRescue missions is used to design and optimize aircrafts. Agent interactions with their environment over the product life-cycle are shown to lead to unexpected model outputs. Unique insights into the optimal design are gained by analysis of the operational performance of the aircraft within its simulated environment
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Agent-based modelling is gaining popularity  for investigating the behaviour of complex systems involving interactions of many players or agents. In this paper an agent-based simulation modelling technique is applied to understand the long term implications of strategy decisions for an aerospace value chain. The industry has unique elements including new business models, high levels of collaboration, long product lifecycles and long periods before positive paybacks are realised. Forecasting market conditions over this long term lifespan is inherently problematic and adds  further complexity when devising a strategy. The model described includes all the major players and entities in the value chain and their interactions. Illustrative results are presented to demonstrate how the simulation approach can be used to evaluate strategy and policy decisions and their operational implications over the long term
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Bohemian Bazaar in England

Carrie McBride
Mar 16, 2009

Cookie's latest home is up and offers a glimpse into the light-filled home of three English sisters (8, 6 and 22 months). The girls' charming rooms reflect their individual personalities with a delightful mishmash of colors, eras and styles.

The girls' mother, Shella, self-describes her approach to decorating as "eclectic" and she is an always on the lookout for vintage and second-hand items at flea markets, thrift stores and eBay. The addition of so many 'formerly loved' items lends their home an effortless authenticity and ease and breathes a welcoming feeling throughout.

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With help from a holiday gift certificate, I decided to try out this juicer. Our old one was too big for the apartment, and was annoying when it came to clean-up. Emily's review at was glowing, and so is mine. I've used it for two weeks and can verify that it's easy to clean, juices with very little foam (often a problem in faster, centrifugal juicers) and it's not too loud. Yes, it's pricey, but if you juice a lot, this is the way to go.

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The holidays are over and it's time to get back into the swing of things. This month, we'll be kicking things off with our annual January Jumpstart. Personally, we'll be taking a good look at our home's decor and making some changes. This week's Los Angeles Times Home & Garden takes a look at some popular trends from 2008 that deserve the heave ho in 2009 (we're guilty of a few), suggests some ways to reuse old film canisters and, since we always start off the year optimistic about how organized we'll be, rounds up some letterpress calendars that'll keep us on track. If you've resolved that this is the year you'll actually decorate your home instead of just reading about what the rest of us are doing, find some inspiration from a house in Silverlake furnished entirely from street finds and another with items found at flea markets, thrifts stores and in alleys. After all, one man's trash -- even last year's trend -- is another man's treasure (getting it for free is on trend). More, pics, and links, after the jump...

Bad Design Trends We Hope Die in 2009: From granite countertops to fake suzanis, here's a round-up of the design trends Los Angeles based designers hope are out with the old year.

Film Canister Uses: When celluloid dreams die, here's a way to repurpose those old film canisters.

Letterpress Calendars: Start the year off right with this selection of cool letterpress calendars, all of which are made in LA.

A Home Full of Salvage in Silverlake: In LA, especially at this time of the year, you can find practically anything on the street. Ask Al Teman. Even the house itself -- built in 1909, it was red-tagged after the 1994 Northridge earthquake -- is salvaged.

Recycled Living: A bohemian L.A. loft is decorated with flea market finds: When it comes to furniture, old is often better and, given LA's proliferation of thrift stores, flea markets, salvage yards and prop houses, it's not impossible to find what you want. Just keep your eyes and your mind open. So much the better if you have a loft downtown to display it in like Robert Heller and Elizabeth Kramer.

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Midwest #12: The Window & Door Treatments "On The Cheap" Project

Midwest #12: The Window & Door Treatments "On The Cheap" Project

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Jan 29, 2008

Name: Ingrida
Location: Chicago
Time: Over 2 weekends here and there - could probably be done in a day
Cost: Approximately $150.00 for 4 doors and 4 windows

Ingrida needed cost-effective temporary window and door treatments so she did a smart no-sew DIY with painters drop cloth and tension rods. Jump below for all the pics, tools, instructions and VOTING...

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Resource: The Home Depot
Items Purchased at Home Depot: Tension Rods, Painter Drop Cloths (linen colored), Curtain Clip Hooks
Tools at Home: Screwdriver, Pencil, Stepladder

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1) Measure length of each window and door.
2) Fold back painter's cloth to proper dimension.
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4) Per each tension rod - measure and mark the correct length (each tension rod is made of two pieces that telescope into each other). Secure so that the length is fixed (via screw located on the tension rod) and then slip the rod thru the hooks of the painter's cloth curtain.
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Sleepover Checklist

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We found this list over at the National Fire Protection Association, and thought at first it'd be a checklist for when you host a sleepover, but actually it's a list of things to ask the parents who are hosting. Would you ask these questions?

There are two other sections to the checklist, but here are the questions you'd be asking:

• Are there working smoke alarms on every level, inside and outside each sleeping area? Are the alarms interconnected?
• Do they have a well-rehearsed fire escape plan that includes two ways out and a meeting place outside?
• Where will your child be sleeping? Is there a smoke alarm in the room? Are there two escape routes from the room?
• Will the parents walk through their escape plan with your child?
• Do the parents prohibit bedroom candle use by children?

These definitely seem like wise things to think about, but somehow we're doubtful our mom ever asked them when we were attending sleepovers. Will you?

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White-necked Thrush, Caxiuanã, Pará, Brazil, November 2006 - click for larger image Caxiuanã, Pará, Brazil

The White-necked Thrush is distributed from Mexico through Colombia and northern South America with a disjunct population in eastern and southern Brazil and adjoining areas of Paraguay and Argentina. Some authorities regard White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis of Central America and South America west of the Andes as a separate species.

It is found in the undergrowth and near the ground in humid forest and seems to be quite a shy bird.

It is brown above with greyish underparts and a white throat with dark streaks and a white crescent on the breast. The bill is dark and it has a thin orange-yellow eye-ring.

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Part of the I-195 Relocation project. The buildings were in good shape and housed manufacturing up until they were bought by the state for the highway project. The RIHPHC has a full account of the history of the site as well as interior photographs:

Atlantic Rayon/Thurston Manufacturing (Thurston Saw) was historically significant as a small manufacturer developed in the 19th and 20th century specializing in textiles and metal-working, two of Providence’s prominent industries. The complex had associations with Royal Little, industrial entrepreneur, and the creation of Textron, Inc. The metalworking area, the oldest section of the building, was home to Thurston Saw, a manufacturer of fine saws and cutting tools since the 1930s.

Architecturally, the buildings were representative examples of industrial construction from about 1873 to 1930. The complex was made up of five major four- and five-story brick buildings, with one-story extensions, and three smaller one-story utility buildings. Few changes have been made to the buildings since the 1940s. The complex was eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

The first building was constructed in 1873 for the Union Eyelet Company, a manufacturer of brass eyelets for clothing and shoes. George Boyden purchased the company in 1911 and converted it for the manufacture of knitted hosiery. Boyden had established a dry goods store on High Street (now Westminister) in 1875 and was a large stockholder in several local companies. By about 1930, the main building had been sold to Thurston Manufacturing, and the remainder of the complex was sold to Franklin Rayon Corp.

Thurston Manufacturing was founded by Horace Thurston in 1883 at 419 Eddy Street. Thurston apprenticed at Corliss Steam Engine Co., was employed by Providence Tool Co., served as a foreman for Brown & Sharpe, and was a master mechanic for Cummer Engine of Ohio. They started as millers of cutting plates for jewelry businesses, and later expanded to produce precision cutting saws for all types of materials and industries.

Cathy Corey Oct 13 2015 My Dad worked at Atlantic Rayon second shift. I knew it as Robinson Rayon. He had many friends and he helped many from the “old country” get a job there. Every one called him Perry. He retired from there in 1988 I think after 20 or 25 years. That company was purchased by greyhound. The only reason I know that is we used to get a Go Greyhound monthly magazine through his job.

Bob Rose Dec 28 2008 It was the early 1950’s. I lived on Lockwood Street in South Providence in a house my parents owned. Lottie Grant, an unmarried older woman who was born in England, lived and rented downstairs for many years. She worked on the first floor in that building known as Thurston Manufacturing. There was a playground next door. I remember many times going to that playground with my friends and we would look into the window of the building and Lottie would come over and give us a big smile and say hello. We enjoyed seeing her and vice-versa. Memories like that trump anything these kids today get from their electronic gadgets.

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Summer 1999 International Artist-in-Residence Program

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  • LAguilar_proc_004_cropLaura Aguilar

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For the self-portrait series Stillness, produced during her two-month stay in San Antonio, Laura Aguilar navigates the emotional and representational landscape of her physical body; the pictorial syntax that informs the production and reception of her image; the spiritual possibilities that exist within and with nature; and the seductive potential and beauty particular to classic black and white photography.

These photographs are beautifully disquieting. They participate in a kind of subdued grotesque drawn from and encouraging of an aesthetics of reverence. Reverence for the mysteries of nature, reverence for the mysteries of the self, reverence for the contemplative communion found in the sublime unification of both. The artist has coaxed a kind of radiant immanence through the fusion of herself (sometimes with another woman) with the intense landscape of Southwest Texas – the desert-like dirt earth, the gnarled and imposing trunks of the Cypress, the graceful draping of ornate and low-hung tree branches, the unique sculptural authority of rock and boulder formations, the delicate waves of mesquite brush and Johnson grass, the muddy waters of the desperate local creeks and skinny rivers, and the empty horizon and infiniteness of the expansive and always fickle Texas sky. Within this magical landscape – exotic to all but its native inhabitants – the artist has placed herself where one might otherwise expect or hope to sight a roadrunner, coyote or buck.

The artist is conscious of the unconventional contours that constitute the parameters of her physical body: she is large, her torso draped in folds of fat not unlike the gnarled protrusions at the stumps of the Cypress trees with which she appears in images such as Stillness #22 and Stillness #23. While earlier portrait photographers who have cast their eye on the diverse range of human physical appearances have often chosen, like Diane Arbus and Joel Peter-Witkin, to focus on the freakishness of their subjects, Aguilar naturalizes her subjects. In this sense the aim and process of her photographic portraiture, including her self-portraiture, constitutes a decided departure from that of so many of her contemporaries. Unlike Nan Goldin, Cindy Sherman or Cathie Opie, she is not interested in capturing or exaggerating the so-called perverse; rather, Aguilar adheres to a more classical aesthetic.

Her fascination with the tonal contrasts and formal clarity possible in black and white photography derives from the landscapes and still-lifes produced by the first wave of American photographers who demanded that the photographic medium was capable of being transformed into art; she is especially indebted to Ansel Adam’s iconic landscapes of the American West and Edward Weston’s precious renderings of seashells, bell peppers and other small gifts of nature. Although her explorations in self-portraiture began in 1990, her utilization of nature as both backdrop and intuitive guidance is more recent and has been directly inspired by the photographer Judy Dater, with whom Aguilar first studied in 1988 and who remains a friend and mentor. In 1996, Aguilar produced a nature self-portrait of herself positioned behind three small boulders in the California desert, her naked body configured in a fetal position with her torso and face—as in many of her self-portraits—facing away from both the camera and the viewer’s gaze. Inspired by Dater’s earlier photographic explorations with nudity and nature, Aguilar titled her 1996 image Her Spirit Moves Me, A Homage to Judy Dater. For the past four years, Aguilar has continued to work out a process that involves placing herself naked within a natural landscape and follows an intuitive procedure that seeks to align her response to the immediate environment with that of her camera.

Although the artist is primarily concerned with the spiritual and emotional impetus of her practice, her particular deployment of the female nude aligns with more consciously critical considerations of the representation of women – especially ‘the nude’ – in art history and popular culture, as first developed by Carol Duncan, Lucy Lippard, Laura Mulvey, Linda Nochlin, Griselda Pollock and other feminist critics in the early 1970s. The dominant pictorial tradition of ‘the nude,’ a genre assumed to connote the representation of the female body, was rigorously critiqued by second wave feminist artists and theoreticians for its establishment of pictorial codes that align with the political tenants of patriarchy and delineate the female body as an object of sexual access for male viewers and consumers.

Placing herself within nature (a setting, unlike those featured in either late 19th-century painting or early 20th-century photographic reproductions of naked women, which cannot be confused with a brothel), positioning her body according to postures and mannerisms suggestive of repose and contentment and averting her gaze from the viewer are among the stylistic codes, Aguilar employs which place her system of representation outside of and in opposition to objectifying pictures of women. The occasional appearance of another nude women with her – such as in Stillness # 15, Stillness # 26, Stillness #27 (which features a woman back-bending supine on the artist’s back), and Stillness #28 – further removes her iconography from an assumption of female sexual performance for men. Naked, and with nature, Aguilar wants to be with women. Installed at ArtPace in downtown San Antonio, these images take on a particular political commentary regarding local history. Before WWII an area not far from the art foundation, in a neighborhood bounded by Durango Street on the south and Market Street on the north, supported one of the largest institutionalized networks of prostituted women in the United States. According to a local historian, the “Class A” brothels in what San Antonio called its “Sporting District,” were decorated with “paintings of nudes” as well as crap tables, roulette wheels and velvet drapes. (1)

-Laura Cottingham

Laura Cottingham is an art critic who lives in New York City.

(1) Mark Louis Rybczyk, San Antonio Uncovered (Plano, Texas: Wordware, 1992), 20.

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I had been composing before my illness but I just was not inspired until recently. I had played a piece by Ken Kreuzer called “Colors of the World” which used a repeated rhythm pattern in the first movement which started me thinking about simple ideas repeated and combined in novel ways. I was further inspired by the WMFA gala concert upcoming in May of 2012. The combined inspirations led me to experiment with an 11th chord, 4 piccolos and surrounding the audience with music. I envision the piece as any gathering of people – church, concert, family, etc. Each group has its own unique chatter (rhythm pattern) and there is an announcer (flute solo) of the event and the official responders (the piccolos). You can hear everyone coming together and slowly settling in for the event itself. I hope you enjoy this piece by an enthusiastic amateur composer. Performed by the West Michigan Flute Orchestra.

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PHOENIX — A plastic surgeon who admitted stealing medicinal cocaine from a Scottsdale surgery center was sentenced Monday to three years of probation for his theft and drug convictions.

Dr. Paul Kenneth Holden stole five vials of the drug in the middle of the night July 10 from a surgery center that shares a building with his medical office, authorities said. A woman who was cleaning the surgery center spotted Holden during the crime, police said. He was clad in a white lab coat and was hiding behind shelves next to the surgery center's pharmacy.

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The judge pointed out that Holden had no prior criminal history and has been undergoing substance abuse counseling.

Medicinal cocaine is used in procedures performed on the nose and is a purer form of the drug than what's sold on the streets. When used in medical procedures, it serves as a decongestant and anesthetic and helps reduce bleeding and shrink tissue.

Investigators said Holden once had authorized access to the surgery center, where he performed surgeries, but that access was withdrawn for an unspecified incident in 2012. He later tried unsuccessfully to get his access card reinstated.

Holden was believed to have sneaked into the surgical center through a break room with a security code that hadn't been changed since he had access to the office.

The woman who was cleaning the surgery center ran away screaming when she saw Holden, and he stopped her and said nothing abnormal was going on.

Holden then went into the pharmacy unescorted, shut the door behind him and emerged three minutes later with coat pockets that looked like they were filled with bulky items, according to police.

The cleaning worker later identified Holden in a photo lineup.

Holden later called a manager at the surgical business to repeatedly apologize and see what he could do to resolve the issue. He also inquired about the strength of the case against him, police said.

Holden was given permission by a judge 10 days after the theft to travel to California to participate in an in-patient treatment program.

Holden still has a license to practice in Arizona, and no disciplinary action has been taken against him by the Arizona Medical Board, which licenses doctors in the state.

But the board has opened an investigation against Holden, said its deputy director, Pat McSorley. He declined to reveal the allegations being examined. Possible punishments from such investigations include letters of reprimand, censures, probation and loss of licenses.

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The ASC Blog

The ASC Finance for Business Blog – A collection of our thoughts, opinions, (and sometimes general musings) on everything to do with all aspects of business finance, commercial finance, small businesses, and general news about ASC Finance for Business.

Published 14/11/2017

There are many types of finance available out there from a multitude of different lenders. Not all products offer a solution for every eventuality. Take this situation; when a business is faced with a shortfall of working capital or wants to expand and requires some funds to help improve their cash position, could invoice discounting or factoring the right kind of finance for them?

It’s not that simple. Every type of finance has a multitude of options. Did you even know that it can help with business expansion? If you buy a business, you can leverage invoice discounting to quickly increase your funding, as it automatically expands to the level of your qualified debtors to match your trading level.

But could invoice discounting be right for your business?

Well that entirely depends on the nature of it, how many regular clients you have, and what you’re looking to do. A clever broker will work out the right type of finance for your needs and the multiple variations thereof.

For any organisation, getting the right type of commercial finance is a complex, bespoke process, and using a broker can help to make it as seamless as possible.

Previous Blog Entries

Date Blog
07/11/2017 Have you prepared for the rise in interest rates?
31/10/2017 Commercial finance shouldn't be scary
24/10/2017 No time to waste
17/10/2017 There are brokers and then there is ASC
10/10/2017 You don’t need a solicitor, accountant, or a commercial finance broker – but it helps
03/10/2017 Why a successful track record of nearly 50 years can benefit you!
26/09/2017 Mission statements from banks
19/09/2017 Do you know the name of your bank manager? I didn’t think so.
12/09/2017 An internet search for commercial finance draws over 43 million results
05/09/2017 Is 3% base rate better than 2% over base rate?
29/08/2017 Why do you work with an accountant, but not a finance broker?
22/08/2017 Everybody wants the better deal
15/08/2017 Christmas in August – You must be joking!
28/07/2017 The most informed decision you'll ever make
21/07/2017 What can Peer2Peer lending do for me?
13/07/2017 Funding Circle recognition
04/07/2017 Award Winning ASC
19/06/2017 Which lender is the right lender?
06/06/2017 Why use a commercial finance broker at all?
18/05/2017 More awards for UK B&Bs!
09/05/2017 What is in your election manifesto for businesses?
13/04/2017 Small businesses are more confident about finance!
27/03/2017 Small business owners need more time to help them grow!
14/03/2017 Business finance should be simpler!
02/03/2017 New Business Rates to impact on Small Business
13/02/2017 Small Business Owners - Never enough time!
08/02/2017 Boom for UK Manufacturing
24/01/2017 There's nothing like a British Bed and Breakfast
21/01/2017 What do entrepreneurs worry about?
12/01/2017 Small business confidence grows, but access to finance is still tricky
03/01/2017 2017 – The year for your small business
20/12/2016 Merry Christmas from ASC Finance for Business
06/12/2016 Remembering the importance of small business
29/11/2016 Survey suggests that lenders don’t understand small businesses
15/11/2016 Our latest deals
08/11/2016 Small Businesses “value face-to-face interaction”
01/11/2016 What have ASC been up to?
25/10/2016 Short-Term Finance on the Rise
18/10/2016 When you need short-term finance
11/10/2016 You shouldn’t speak to the switchboard, when we can speak to the decision-maker!
04/10/2016 What have we been up to?
20/09/2016 Commercial Rates from as little as 2%
13/09/2016 Some kind words
06/09/2016 “They saved me the hassle” and other reasons why business people prefer ASC
30/08/2016 Why partner with ASC?
23/08/2016 Over £115,000,000 raised for small businesses in the last year
16/08/2016 When did your bank last speak to you?
09/08/2016 Why is it so difficult to get development finance?
02/08/2016 Should you use ASC, or go it alone?
26/07/2016 The right person makes all the difference
19/07/2016 Partnership Buyout? Finance is no issue with ASC
12/07/2016 Age is no barrier to commercial finance
29/06/2016 Our clients know we get results!
21/06/2016 Is the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme right for my business?
14/06/2016 Would Peer-2-Peer Finance work for my business?
09/06/2016 What are the latest commercial finance rates?
24/05/2016 Make sure you can trust your commercial finance source
19/05/2016 Aged 60 or older? There may still be business finance for you!
10/05/2016 Buying commercial property at auction? What about the finance?
05/05/2016 Provide your business with access to exclusive lenders and terms!
26/04/2016 Making working capital, work - for you and your business
19/04/2016 Should I arrange Commercial Finance in a Limited Company or in my own name?
12/04/2016 Can I get property development finance without planning permission?
07/04/2016 Access to every lender at your fingertips!
17/03/2016 Did you know that 70% of businesses approach only one lender for commercial finance
15/03/2016 Alternative finance is growing – but is it right for your business?
08/03/2016 What deposit do I need to buy a business?
03/03/2016 You don’t always need a property as security for business finance
23/02/2016 Can I get finance for a property development?
16/02/2016 Know your budget before you buy!
09/02/2016 Backing up confidence with actions
04/02/2016 50,000 UK businesses have trusted us with their finance - here's why!
26/01/2016 High confidence – but low expectations!
19/01/2016 Why experience is so important
14/01/2016 Do you like paying more for your Business Finance?
05/01/2016 New Year and new opportunities for business finance
22/12/2015 Merry Christmas from ASC Finance for Business
08/12/2015 Most small businesses don’t know their finance options!
03/12/2015 Commercial finance is available from as little as 2%
24/11/2015 Small Business Saturday or small business every day?
17/11/2015 Don’t be a jack of all trades, yet a master of none
10/11/2015 Don’t be a fool, make sure you know the market!
05/11/2015 The Secret to Commercial Finance
27/10/2015 Wanting to beat the bag charge? Shop local!
20/10/2015 Small businesses breaking records!
13/10/2015 Is it time to stop the bank bashing?
08/10/2015 Why use a broker at all? Can’t I just raise finance myself?
29/09/2015 Party Conferences - We've been here before!
22/09/2015 Buying a business? How much can you afford?
15/09/2015 Why Commercial Finance is like the Grand National!
08/09/2015 Lifting Invoice Finance Restrictions for Small Business
03/09/2015 Even the banks choose ASC for their finance!
25/08/2015 The importance of understanding small business owners
18/08/2015 "The airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."
11/08/2015 Where have all the humans gone?
06/08/2015 What are the alternatives to alternative finance?
28/07/2015 The Government doesn't know what it is doing to help small business!
21/07/2015 Making commercial finance that little bit easier
14/07/2015 Forget the Jargon!
09/07/2015 Which lenders have the right appetite to lend you business finance?
30/06/2015 What are you looking for in next week’s budget?
23/06/2015 Small Businesses Growing Again!
16/06/2015 Understanding Small Business
08/06/2015 What is Crowdfunding?
04/06/2015 Raising Finance? Make sure you hold all the aces!
26/05/2015 “You learn by doing, and by falling over.”
19/05/2015 Commercial Finance is available for UK Businesses
12/05/2015 A positive future for small business finance!
29/04/2015 "The broker will identify the most suitable funder from their panel to provide the loan"
28/04/2015 Will the Political Parties offer anything for your business?
28/04/2015 “We recognise the value of entrepreneurship”
28/04/2015 “We must make sure that businesses have access to the finance they need”
28/04/2015 “Britain only succeeds when working people and businesses succeed”
21/04/2015 What is Invoice Discounting?
14/04/2015 When is a “quote” not a quote?
09/04/2015 Who would you sell your business to?
31/03/2015 Experienced hands are safe hands
24/03/2015 What is Bridging Finance?
17/03/2015 Do you think the Budget will be good for Small Business?
10/03/2015 What is Asset Finance?
05/03/2015 Why bother using a finance broker?
24/02/2015 “Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”
17/02/2015 Do you run a small busy-ness?
10/02/2015 Small businesses on the rise!
05/02/2015 “When you are going through hell, keep on going. Never, never, never give up.”
27/01/2015 The Government is breaking its own promises to small businesses
20/01/2015 Do you agree with Lord Digby Jones?
13/01/2015 Train Fares continue to Rise
08/01/2015 “Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.”
23/12/2014 Merry Christmas from ASC Finance for Business
16/12/2014 Commercial Lending is on the Rise!
09/12/2014 Why you should always compare the market!
04/12/2014 The difference between business finance and Business Finance
25/11/2014 Small Business Saturday is Back!
18/11/2014 The usual please!
11/11/2014 Need finance to buy a business? It’s a chicken and egg situation!
04/11/2014 Funding for Lending may be Failing… But Finance is still Available!
29/10/2014 Pay Day Loan Brokers - Be careful where you go!
28/10/2014 What’s the most important piece of advice for a small business owner?
21/10/2014 Am I too old for business finance??
17/10/2014 Keeping the Tax Disc?
14/10/2014 Breaking down barriers for small businesses
10/10/2014 An extra-terrestrial Meat-ing!
09/10/2014 So you want to grow your small business? What’s stopping you?
30/09/2014 Do Politicians Understand Small Businesses?
23/09/2014 There’s more than one way to skin a cat
16/09/2014 Failing to Plan, is Planning to Fail
12/09/2014 Stress Relief!
09/09/2014 Why use a commercial finance broker? The numbers do not lie!
02/09/2014 Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right!
26/08/2014 Rail fare rises are not on track for small businesses
19/08/2014 Are Bankers Really Bonkers? Part 2…
19/08/2014 The CV Man
12/08/2014 Are Bankers Really That Bonkers?
05/08/2014 "Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again"
29/07/2014 Design your bank!
22/07/2014 Don’t call small businesses lazy! They are just disillusioned.
15/07/2014 The most valuable commodity for a business owner…
08/07/2014 British Manufacturing - Let the little guy grow!
01/07/2014 Don’t just talk the talk – you need to walk the walk!
24/06/2014 How long do you think it takes to get a mortgage appointment?
20/06/2014 Putting the fun into fitness
17/06/2014 This Time it’s not the Banks' Fault
10/06/2014 Help Us! – Another Initiative for Regulation
06/06/2014 The World is Watching
03/06/2014 The best call centre is no call centre!
30/05/2014 Think Bigger!
27/05/2014 The importance of direct communication
23/05/2014 High Street Revival!
20/05/2014 The “Legal Loan Sharks”
13/05/2014 Even the best laid plans can go astray
06/05/2014 Business finance - Ignore the headlines and don’t give up!
29/04/2014 What will the new mortgage rules mean?
22/04/2014 The value of customer service
15/04/2014 Good News for UK Businesses!
08/04/2014 The ideal bank manager - It’s not who you think it is!
04/04/2014 Pay as you Feel
02/04/2014 SME Finance – "It’s about awareness and access"
01/04/2014 Finance is Available! And this is not an April Fool!
28/03/2014 #nomakeupselfie success!
25/03/2014 Will politicians finally help the small business owner?
18/03/2014 The need for Independents!
11/03/2014 Premium Rate Numbers – A Call to Action!
07/03/2014 What should your CV look like?
04/03/2014 Business lending gone Wronga
27/02/2014 A natural entrepreneur… and only 3 year’s old!
25/02/2014 A taxing question?
21/02/2014 The Marketing Olympics
18/02/2014 What’s in a rebrand? From the FSA to the FCA
14/02/2014 Love is in the air!
11/02/2014 One less bank for small businesses
04/02/2014 The Banks say they are willing to lend. Do you believe them?
31/01/2014 From Lock Up to Start Up
28/01/2014 Has the branch manager actually disappeared?
24/01/2014 No longer a legal minefield
21/01/2014 Making the banks serve you
17/01/2014 One coffee? That'll be 3p per minute!
14/01/2014 Do you deserve a small business MBE?
10/01/2014 A social success!
07/01/2014 The Unsung Heroes of the Economy
03/01/2014 A small business delivering success!
31/12/2013 Another year over... and a new one just begun.
27/12/2013 Essential Christmas Viewing
24/12/2013 Merry Christmas from ASC
20/12/2013 Stay another day!
17/12/2013 The banks. Whose side are they on?
13/12/2013 Waste Not, Want Not
10/12/2013 Changing Small Business Saturday to Small Business Every Day!
06/12/2013 Sharing the load
03/12/2013 Do you like call centres? Yes or No?
29/11/2013 Deal or no Deal
27/11/2013 Pedalling bad regulations - Why we need more common sense!
26/11/2013 A (ridiculously priced) ticket to ride!
22/11/2013 Something fishy is in the water
20/11/2013 Why the Co-op Bank saga makes a mockery of the regulator
19/11/2013 Your dream job is a possibility... just make it happen!
15/11/2013 Taking off to new heights!
12/11/2013 Focus on Leisure and Tourism: Want an Olympic Legacy? Then Cut the VAT!
08/11/2013 For one night only...
07/11/2013 Last Call! Why we all need to help save small businesses.
01/11/2013 A close shave!
29/10/2013 The Lost Restaurant
25/10/2013 Suspend my coffee!
22/10/2013 Small Business Saturday - A Step in the right direction for Small Businesses
18/10/2013 Here's my card...
15/10/2013 Focus on Retail - Dear Government: Retailers do not need more reports, they need your support!
11/10/2013 A sharp idea!
08/10/2013 Focus on Retail - You are not bonkers if you are thinking about Christmas in October... You are bonkers if you are not!
04/10/2013 Sweet Success!
03/10/2013 Making banking easier for you - Have the bureaucrats lost the plot, again?
30/09/2013 Focus on Retail - William Grimsey: Why we need a plan for the British High Street
27/09/2013 A colourful way to stand out!
26/09/2013 Focus on Property Development: Why we need more property development - no we are not mad!
20/09/2013 Share an idea with...
19/09/2013 Focus on Property Development: Does Help to Buy actually help?
13/09/2013 Often, convention can stand in the way of innovation
12/09/2013 Focus on Property Development: Why should we support property developers?
06/09/2013 Hailing a good idea!
05/09/2013 The housing market is recovering, but the banks need to do more!
30/08/2013 Finding value in unexpected places
29/08/2013 Focus on Manufacturing: Small Firms are the Driving Force
23/08/2013 Sometimes thinking outside the box helps
22/08/2013 Manufacturing in Britain: Not stuck in 2nd Gear
16/08/2013 Explore your social side.
15/08/2013 Manufacturing; UK vs. China - are we really that different?
09/08/2013 A lot of energy - fuel for thought
08/08/2013 The best way to predict your future is to create it
02/08/2013 Successful Business Initiative; to infinity and beyond!
01/08/2013 Securing Lending - it's tougher than you think!
26/07/2013 Exploit your marketing . . . innovatively
25/07/2013 You have 3 options if you want to grow, so do you?
19/07/2013 Give a little, gain a lot
18/07/2013 Don’t give up before you’ve started
12/07/2013 Packaging a punch!
11/07/2013 Breaking bread with RBS Business Lending
05/07/2013 Appy Days!
04/07/2013 A lawyer who defends himself has a fool for a client
28/06/2013 Things Successful Business Owners Do Differently
27/06/2013 “The Government understands small businesses” – do they?
20/06/2013 Does regulation really benefit the consumer?
14/06/2013 A workforce with a difference!
13/06/2013 Lloyds Bank, Co-op Bank the financial regulator and you
07/06/2013 What makes a successful company . . . successful?
06/06/2013 It’s not the banks fault stupid
31/05/2013 Make the experience matter!
30/05/2013 Lloyds Bank, Co-op Bank the financial regulator and you
24/05/2013 There is success in the economy. Read about this hot idea for a business venture!
23/05/2013 Downing Street: “It’s never been easier to set up a business”
17/05/2013 A successful innovation
16/05/2013 A vicious circle – why RBS “can’t force businesses to borrow”
10/05/2013 Satch-el good idea!
09/05/2013 Funding for businesses is doomed - here's why
03/05/2013 Thinking outside the box!
02/05/2013 Will email die out? The future of business communication!
26/04/2013 A leap of faith for Mr Cake!
25/04/2013 Funding for Lending - here we go again
19/04/2013 Creating a sweat in the Lloyds vault!
18/04/2013 The cost of regulation
12/04/2013 Thinking outside the box does work
11/04/2013 Can Businesses learn from the Communist Politbureau in China?
04/04/2013 Business Finance - do you enjoy wasting your time?
28/03/2013 The effect of AAA on SME's? Nada, Niente, Njet, Nothing
21/03/2013 Negative Interest Rates?! The politicians should stop drinking
12/03/2013 Cap the Bankers bonuses - do we care?
08/03/2013 What a relief!
05/03/2013 I hate to say ‘I told you so.’
01/03/2013 Good Story; a charity with a mission!!
22/02/2013 Pop into this pop up!
19/02/2013 Look to the future! Where do you want to be?
15/02/2013 Advertising on a roll
12/02/2013 Can you put a price on loyalty?
05/02/2013 Are you fed up with modern banking?
01/02/2013 A refreshing twist to the surf and turf!
29/01/2013 Business Finance can be arranged
22/01/2013 Size does matter.
15/01/2013 Support your local football club and business!
11/01/2013 Zipcar
08/01/2013 Business Finance - Think outside the box!
20/12/2012 Money Supermarket
18/12/2012 Not enough bucks for the local boutique!
14/12/2012 Tyrells Potato Chips
14/12/2012 Acrylicize! It’s a passion
11/12/2012 Another New lending Scheme doomed for the dustbin – thankfully there is ASC
07/12/2012 One Scoop or two?
04/12/2012 A personalised plate, more than just numbers and letters!
30/11/2012 Great Business for Green Grocers!
27/11/2012 Have you got what it takes?
23/11/2012 UK permanent jobs grow at fastest pace since May 2011
20/11/2012 Sometimes the Banks are actually innocent
16/11/2012 Big Business for Baby Boutique
13/11/2012 Peer to Peer Lending - the Holy Grail for Commercial Finance?
09/11/2012 Making money from sweat and soil - BMF
06/11/2012 Business Finance for Humans or Robots? You decide!
02/11/2012 Trunki
30/10/2012 Pensions Pots & Policies for Mortgages
26/10/2012 The Cambridge Satchel Company
23/10/2012 More cash from Cables stash!
19/10/2012 John Wood
16/10/2012 Who is your favourite James Bond?
12/10/2012 Innocent
09/10/2012 No standards for standard variable rates!
05/10/2012 Joe&Seph
02/10/2012 Small Business Survey – what's the real story?
28/09/2012 Conrad Robbins testimonial
25/09/2012 Plans for a new state funded bank - Hurrah (or maybe not!)
21/09/2012 John Lewis – Success & its customers
18/09/2012 Money worries for business expansion
14/09/2012 ASC Finance for Business (ASC)
11/09/2012 Was it worth it? The financial cost of hosting the games
04/09/2012 Do you know your customers?
31/08/2012 Compare & Recycle
28/08/2012 Don't realise the truth until it's too late!
21/08/2012 Why low base rates do not result in low interest rates for businesses!
13/08/2012 Were the Olympic Games Good for Business?
06/08/2012 After the Tsunami, Libor and you
30/07/2012 Swaps for Businesses – It's not just daft today, it was always daft!
23/07/2012 Barclays Bank and LIBOR
16/07/2012 The Bank Manager has disappeared – ASC are still here
09/07/2012 Do your clients think you are a Bank?
02/07/2012 Interest rates for Small Business Loans
25/06/2012 Bank Bashing Continues – But is it fair?
18/06/2012 Business Finance & Banks – it is not a joke.
11/06/2012 Do you like Banks?
28/05/2012 If you like to pay 4000% for business loans – take it and enjoy it
21/05/2012 Hard Core Borrowing – I'm Not Kidding
14/05/2012 Bank Bashing Continues – take 2
10/05/2012 Trust seems to be a very old fashioned word in today's modern business world.
02/05/2012 £20bn raised by introducing one new tax – Yes – with one condition.
26/04/2012 Bad News for Journalists and Politicians – there is some good news
19/04/2012 Why Low Base Rates are Bad for You
12/04/2012 A better Idea for Quantitative Easing
05/04/2012 Where has the old fashioned bank manager gone?
29/03/2012 Message to our Banks - Businesses want to grow (and need to borrow)
22/03/2012 Corporate Cash at Record £731 billion
15/03/2012 You don't need a dentist to pull out your tooth
08/03/2012 Sale of Lloyds and RBS branches - has anyone asked the clients?
01/03/2012 AAA or Double Dutch - Take 2
23/02/2012 Good News or Bad News - High Street Closure Rates
16/02/2012 £1 Trillion Debt - Where has the money gone?
09/02/2012 George Osborne's Advice: Hamster food for China!
02/02/2012 Are Bridging Loans a Good Tool for Business Finance?
26/01/2012 The Bank of England looks after small businesses
19/01/2012 Risk - Regulation - Common Sense - who is winning?
12/01/2012 The reality of Government Initiatives
04/01/2012 Guess who is dispensing an array of marketing advice?
19/12/2011 Marketing advice from a bank manager
12/12/2011 Bank of England v Treasury
05/12/2011 If you love red tape...You'll love the new National Loan Guarantee Scheme
28/11/2011 Money Laundering Regulation Going Mad
21/11/2011 Mirror Mirror on the wall - who's the best risk advisor of them all (RBS?)
14/11/2011 Are Bankers bonkers (or are we bonkers?)
07/11/2011 Incentive for Banks - Quantitative Easing Translated in to English
31/10/2011 Economic Advisor required - No experience necessary?
24/10/2011 Trust me I am a Banker
17/10/2011 Edward Davenport is coming back
10/10/2011 After the Tsunami of Initiatives
03/10/2011 Modern Marketing - Is Spelling important?
26/09/2011 Call Centres
19/09/2011 UBS and You
12/09/2011 Double Dutch or Triple A (AAA)
05/09/2011 Undercover Survey Finds Banks Really Won't Lend
30/08/2011 Lenders keep zombie companies alive
08/08/2011 ASC and Amir Khan and Business Finance - we are not joking
27/07/2011 The Demise of PowerPoint Presentations?
14/07/2011 Today's Puzzle: Bank Loans Rejection Rate Rockets - Majority of SMEs 'successful in getting bank credit'
07/07/2011 It's time to step outside your comfort zone!
09/06/2011 Project Merlin
08/06/2011 We all just want a good night's sleep!
19/05/2011 Take the initiative like Branson and Roddick!
18/04/2011 Do we not deserve more than second best?
02/03/2011 Deals, Deals, Deals - Finance for Business can be arranged
14/02/2011 The Government has fixed it - we can all go home
04/02/2011 WANTED! - The good old fashioned business bank manager!
17/01/2011 Number of new regulations in Britain at record high
10/01/2011 You're set for a happy business year as new lenders join the ASC panel
01/12/2010 Can you access the funds you need - the rates you want - terms you are happy to work with?
15/11/2010 Bad business decisions in the past are no excuse to blame banks
19/10/2010 Why banks are structurally incapable of efficiency
23/09/2010 The reasons why small businesses don't want to borrow
26/06/2010 Positive lending criteria increases mortgage fraud

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