Posted by admin on August 7th, 2010 — Posted in Activists, Market
As you probably know, volunteer work is a great way to help build stronger communities as well as bringing help to the needy. It’s a great deal more straightforward to get involved when another party has organized the event. Of course, if volunteering becomes a team effort with colleagues, it’s likely to be more enjoyable. Following this logic companies like Adaptive Marketing LLC, whose shopping and financial benefits programs, including SavingsAce (MVQ*SAVEACE), bring value to customers, are making themselves points of organization for volunteer activities and helping employees find the time to help.
If you think about company-supported charitable effort, you probably think of giving blood, perhaps a Christmas call for donations, and no more, but this is no longer the case in the modern day. The employees of Adaptive Marketing have been provided with the opportunity to participate in community initiatives. When Adaptive Marketing began central organization the initiatives grew into events, with specific times, dates, and locations publicized ahead of time to help those signing up with their time management.
Making sure volunteers have their say in what programs are available is essential. Staff from Adaptive Marketing choose from among a great many volunteer drives. Previous and current projects have seen improvements made in a wide range of areas including education for children and young adults, green programs, and events cultivating the area’s artists. Adaptive Marketing’s staff members are presented with such a choice that they’re sure to have a project they’ll enjoy getting involved in, ensuring they’ll enjoy the time they spend volunteering.
Usually a company-supported charity program — fundraising with a homeless shelter or helping out at a local school — is either done on a regular schedule or as a one-off event. Even those who claim they don’t have time can arrange for a Saturday morning park clean-up. We’re sure that by now you’ve heard a number of tales of firms supporting the people who live around them. Adaptive Marketing sponsors volunteer activities to support the people of its home town and to generate goodwill within the local community through its staff actions. The simple fact is, one of the benefits of volunteer work is feeling better about yourself — an upbeat feeling that improves the entire corporate culture.
Posted by admin on January 2nd, 2010 — Posted in Activists
BEFORE THE SOUNDS OF THE FIGHTER JETS
And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”
Job 26:14
In Chicago on the night before the annual “Air Show” brought the F-!6’s to skim screaming across the city streets, set off the parking alarms and make frightened dogs howl: we’re downtown. And it’s calm.
You stand a few blocks west of the sprawling new Pritzker Pavilion and it looks like some sort of silver space junk. A giant shredded tin can defeated in a galactic battle of the titans by a monster can opener. Left dizzy and sprawled up into the sky.
But walk into the park and the very world you live in changes.
First, you’re in Paris on a hot August night. Fountains and flowers. And in the lovingly crafted symmetry of the landscaping; somewhere Edith Piaf is singing, Jacque Brel is drinking, Picasso is scribbling and maybe if you walked just a few blocks from here there’d be this little dark place where Coleman Hawkins comes after the gig when it’s just about him and the saxophone.
Then Paris folds into Chicago as you approach the pavilion. And as you stand and look up through Frank Gehry’s silver diamond lattice work that somehow manages to pull together the stage, the seats, the sloping green lawn and the very sky itself—you begin to really sense the wonder in what looked like silver space junk from far away. A stage surrounded by a superstructure that’s like an actor or singer popping the palms of their hands out to the audienceholding their palms way above their head and singing out— from this place we will do the art that talks with God. From this place we will listen for those whispers.
Families of all shapes and sizes strolling the paths of the park. People linger on the benches. You stop on the side of the big stage to listen and watch. The orchestra in shorts and t- shirts. A leisurely rehearsal.
A curly grey haired man who even from a distance seems to just radiate some sort of musical glow—sits down at the piano. Around the orchestra—the musicians’ shoulders slump at ease. Daniel Barenboimis just goofing around. It’s a break in the rehearsal. A few musicians get up and leave the stage.
Then a nondescript woman in jeans and a blue summer top walks over and leans on the piano. Barenboim —with one fingerhits the same note eight timesDuke Ellington’s “C-Jam Blues”—and the woman lets go with a laugh that one just might be able to hear across the lake in Michigan, Barenboimstill on a breakplays the first 2 bars of Ellington’s “Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me.”
And then the woman, opera diva Rene Fleming, recognizable instantly by her voice, on a break this Thursday night, opens up the floodgates to sing. It is a voice as grand as the whole of our piece of the summer night sky. A voice that on a regular work night would be tossing off Puccini or Verdi on the stages of the world.
But tonight, on this break, on the night before the weapons of war come to parade across our horizon—this voice blending with Barenboim’s solo piano and the Ellington tune
Do nothing till you hear from me
Pay no attention to what’s said
Why people tear the seams of anyone’s dreams
Is over my head.
Daniel Barenboim, Argentinean born, maestro citizen of the world takes the interlude. From back in the orchestra, a bass jumps in to give a bottom. Renee Fleming moves her shoulders to Barenboim’s gentle swing.
That’s when the real miracle begins. From the far side of the stage, something you didn’t see before. This old, old man in a red checkered shirt plants his cane to get rise from his chair and steadies himself. Rene Fleming sees the man get up, laughs again like a star had just lit up the night and says: “Ah, our host! Studs Terkel ladies and gentlemen!” The orchestra applauds. And Renee sings to Studs:
Do nothing till you hear from me,
At least consider our romance,
If you should take the words of others you’ve heard
I haven’t a chance.
And even off on the side in the distance, the sparkle in Studs Terkel’s 93 year old eyes matches Fleming’s graceand as Barenboim takes the song around for one last quiet turn—Studs Terkel joins him, places one foot in front of the other, then shows an old slide step. A gentle soft shoe. Renee Fleming spreads her arms out in joy. Whispering memories of dancing in an old soft shoe that comes forth in the swaying of his shoulders while his feet still feel that they can keep the time. How faint the whisper of that memory of dancing: while the old man’s eyes still shine.
Some kiss may cloud my memories
And other arms may hold a thrill
But please do nothing till you hear in from me
And you never will.
A whispering memory of the dance. Tapped out perfectly in time. As if it were a prayer of thanks.
Thanks.—before the manufactured thunder of the jets.
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Posted by admin on November 30th, 2009 — Posted in Activists, Market
Volunteering; a bridge to a closer community, and helping your local needy. But scheduling this can be pretty difficult by itself, and arranging what you want to do can easily take up free time that could be used to do some good. And as you can imagine, if you volunteer as part of a larger effort with co-workers, it’s likely to be more enjoyable.
In a commitment to address this issue, a number of companies are creating points of organization to help their employees work for the community. A leader in this field is Adaptive Marketing LLC of Connecticut who also offer financial and shopping benefits programs such as BusinessMax (MVQ*BIZMAX) to consumers. If you think about company supported charitable effort, you probably think of blood drives, perhaps an annual call for donations, and no more, but this is simply no longer true. To go back to our earlier example, Adaptive Marketing has provided its staff members with the opportunity to help with anything from running shoe recycling efforts to local tree replanting weekends. By centralizing the organization individual initiatives developed into events, with specific locations, dates and times noted in advance to help those signing up with their time management. Naturally, it’s important to let volunteers support programs that fit their interests. At Adaptive Marketing, the people who brought you BusinessMax (MVQ*BIZMAX), staff can pick and choose from a diverse list of volunteer events in their local area. You’ll soon see your members of staff helping out young adults, community projects in arts, working on environmental initiatives and more. Adaptive Marketing’s employees have so much to choose from that they’re certain to choose something they enjoy, ensuring they’ll spend their time happily and productively.
Generally when firms urge employees to get involved at a local school, it tends to be in support of a single event or a regular undertaking. This means that if you’ve only got enough time on hand to lend a hand with a Saturday morning park clean-up, you still have a chance to make a difference.
We’re sure you’ve heard a number of examples of companies supporting the people who live around them. Like many other firms, Adaptive Marketing supports volunteer projects to support the people of its home town and to spread positive feeling through its home community through its members of staff actions. Helping around your hometown leaves you feeling a lot better about yourself — just the sort of feeling to get employees motivated in both their daily work and their volunteer activities, too.
Mass tort status is being considered in the lawsuits that have been filed against the makers of the oral contraceptives Yasmin or Yaz and its generic form Ocella. This is largely because of the increasing number of lawsuits being filed across the country where victims claim stroke and other serious health problems caused by taking Yaz or Ocella. Yaz side effects run the gamut from ischemic stroke or heart attack, to pulmonary embolism and other blood clot related injuries.
Mass Tort is simply civil action that covers a number of plaintiffs. This action is taken against one or more corporate litigants in court. Unlike a class action where a number of people take it upon themselves to bring forth litigation together, in mass tort the original plaintiffs and lawyers use mass media outlets to reach other possible plaintiffs that they would not ordinarily know about. Those TV ads and websites wondering if you are a loved one have been effected by a particular product are the result of mass tort status.
Little know birth control side effects such as Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis and even death have also been reported as a result of using Ocella, Yasmin and Yaz. With the info available on online, it is more essential than ever to arm yourself with knowledge before resolving if a pharaceutical is right for you. Something as ever-present as ‘the pill’ can cause serious damage or even kill you if you are not mindful.
It’s the last week in June which signifies solely one thing. Wimbledon has arrived! It’s the 14 days in the yr where people decide to get out their tennis rackets, find their reebok classics and brave the predictable rainfall to practise their back hand and volley. Man and Van Wimbledon is dedicated to giving out the most effective and economical service ready even when SW19 stuffed with tourists. Man and Vans, London’s leading light removal service, is established in South West London and truly likes to help its neighbors with any light removals they might have. Man with Van Wimbledon might be too tied up to take to the courts this summer but here at Man and Vans headquarters we’re exceedingly thrilled about Wimbledon’s new Centre Court Ceiling. Although Man and Van Wimbledon will labour in the rainfall, Rafael, Roger and Andy have never been too enthusiastic about braving nature’s elements. It’s good news that this year there’ll be no need for Cliff Richards’ services as, from the 17th May, Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Association has been using its new retractable roof. Health and Safety tests on the court were taken by the great Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf, Tim Henman and Kim Clijsters, who delighted in an exhibition game of mixed doubles as the well timed rain dabbed the roof as it retracted.
Gone are the days when companies focused solely on their stockholders. Nowadays, it is vital for companies, regardless of their respective scopes of operations, to keep in mind the safety, comfort, and good working conditions of their employees. Most multinational companies have even come up with their own set of rules in implementing proper human rights practice.
Since its conception in the 1930s, Unilever has maintained its thrust of providing quality home, health, and personal care; and food products. Over the years, the company has also remained firm in its practice of conducting business well within the boundaries of human rights.
Adopting a Code of Business Principles, Unilever actively advocates human rights. A section of the company’s codes assures employees of their right to freedom of association. The code also abhors and refrains from the practice of forced and child labor, which have slowly become rampant in the past years. In 2006, their youngest employees from Germany, Switzerland, and the United States, though only 15 years of age, had all fully complied with their respective countries’ labor legislations.
Unilever is also proud to disclose that the wages they pay exceed the set minimum wage and that almost 40% of their employees are actively engaged in trade unions.
To further expand their human rights support, Unilever works closely with other companies and with labor and civil society organizations in coming up with programs and projects geared towards the promotion of human rights.
The company is a founding signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, which seeks to commit businesses to adhere to various human rights standards and principles.
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It’s not anymore a sci-fi film nor a novel; electric cars are real and well introduced to the market and are gaining ground against more traditional engines. The cost of fuel that has reached prohibitive levels is making people more sensible and aware of alternative ways and the possibility of charging a car, rather than filling up the tank is very good for today’s drivers, especially when that means dramatically reducing the cost and be able to go to the distance without having to worry to make frequent stops at the gas station. Times are changing and things will be very different very soon.
Car manufactures are investing in researches and new cars and some of the electrical cars available today, will soon be joint by more efficient and modern models. These electrical cars can already reach significant speed and power and all the accessories are perfectly functional like other cars, therefore there are not excuses anymore to pursue better vehicles that will be environment friendly and yet guarantee all the performances that drivers are used to, without having to sacrifice all the great results that cars have reached in almost a century of life. Electric cars are also lots of fun and really deliver all that is expected from them.
Kerry Matthew Stokes, an established entrepreneur and philanthropist, was recently given the highest honor during the 2008 Queen’s Birthday Honors List. One of eight Australians to receive the Companion of the Order of Australia award, Stokes was awarded for his commitment to commerce, philanthropy, the arts, and society.
Stokes possesses a portfolio of achievements that makes him worthy to be granted such privilege. On top of his contributions to business and commerce, Stokes established Australian Capital Equity, a private company that has developed a wide variety of businesses and investments across different industry sectors within and outside the country. Kerry Stokes, who has a reported fortune estimated at $2.76 billion, is also the chairman of Seven Network, Australia’s leading broadcasting company that is composed of a network of commercial free-to-air television stations in several parts of Australia including Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Queensland. Stokes now has a stake in the network that exceeds 40%. The network has also created Pacific Magazines, a major magazine publishing business whose sales comprise 20% of all magazines sold in Australia.
Recognized for his passion for philanthropic works, the arts, and society, he donated $1 million to Telethon 2007. He also recently purchased a historic breastplate to be displayed at the South Australian Museum. With a commitment to preserve Australia’s military heritage, Stokes also bought 3 Australian Victoria Cross medal sets and a George Cross medal set.
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