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Carrier Partners - HAUGHN & ASSOCIATES, INC.
We’re in great company when it comes to delivering sound solutions.
Haughn & shssociates (H&A) is proud of our leading regional and national carrier partners – from Property & Casualty to Benefits & Life to Surety. With them, we strive to deliver innovative, comprehensive solutions that take into account not only what is needed for sound protection today but also contemplate what will be required in the future. Our strong relationships with each of our carriers enable us to leverage opportunities to negotiate policy terms, coverages and pricing, as well as address and respond to emerging trends. Take a moment to glance at the carriers we represent.

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text: Fixed issue caused by new Variable Products logic in WooCommerce 2.3.4. The new logic added to variable products discards variations when their price in base currency is empty, to improve performances. This mechanism works in a “basic” WooCommerce setup, because a product without a price cannot be purchased. However, when the product can have dynamic prices, like it happens in a multi-currency environment, such logic can cause an unexpected behaviour, as it may ignore products that should actually be processed. This new update addresses this issue.

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industry_corpus2: Programming


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Medical experts in Britain have moved to calm growing fears about the spread of the potentially deadly Sars virus.
The message came as China sacked health minister Zhang Wenkang after 18 new deaths and 402 more cases were announced, taking the country's death toll to 88 and its caseload to more than 1,800.
Six cases of Sars - severe acute respiratory syndrome - have been identified in the UK, with all but one if the victims now released from hospital.
But a spokeswoman for the Government's Health Protection Agency (HPA) insisted that the chances of contracting Sars in this country was "extremely low".
Since the Sars outbreak began there have been at least 3,000 cases, most in south east Asia, and more than 185 people have died.
Yesterday, the HPA added Beijing and the greater Toronto area to its list of potentially contagious areas.
The affected areas list now includes: Beijing, the greater Toronto area, Hong Kong, Singapore, Hanoi in Vietnam and the Chinese provinces of Shanxi and Guangdong.
The Canadian city is one of the first to suffer a "community outbreak", where it is believed the disease has been spread by people coming into contact with the virus at home or work, rather than contracting it in hospital.
Professor Angus Nicoll, director of the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre at the HPA, said he was confident Britain could cope with the virus.
"We are fearful because of the experience of our colleagues in Toronto, Hanoi and Hong Kong," he said.

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Since launching just two seasons ago, Ivy & Isabel has been extremely well received by the Australian market and is now stocked in stores across the country.
Their versatile and well-priced range includes beach cover up’s, kaftans, dresses and sarongs to floating and feminine after beachwear in cotton and silks.
The label designed by Gerri Lushley, who previously designed and produced surf wear for 18 years, was inspired on a trip to India by the colours and beauty of the beaded and embroidered garments on offer.
Gerri has now produced a simple and stylish new range of resort wear which accommodates the Australian lifestyle.
See stand 2806 Ivy & Isabel‘s new range consisting of cotton voiles with beautiful embroidery showcased at Fashion Exposed, 22-24 February, 2014, Melbourne Exhibition Centre.
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Beth McConnell has been a professional advocate for social justice and public interest policy for twenty-five years. She has been the Policy Director for the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations since 2013, where Beth leads PACDC’s efforts to advance city, state and federal policies that help CDCs equitably revitalize Philadelphia’s neighborhoods and rebuild communities.
Prior to her work at PACDC, she was the Executive Director of the Media and Democracy Coalition, where she brought more than three dozen consumer, social justice and public interest organizations together around policies that make technologies more accessible and hold media corporations accountable. Beth was also the director of the Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group (PennPIRG), where she won victories to protect consumers from unfair practices and strengthened air quality rules.
She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Pennsylvania’s College of Liberal and Professional Studies with a bachelor’s degree in Urban Studies. Beth serves as Board President of PennPIRG and the PennPIRG Education Fund, Board Secretary of PennEnvironment, and is a member of the Advisory Boards of PlanPhilly and the Community College of Philadelphia’s Power Up Your Business, and sits on the Employer Advisory Board of the University of Pennsylvania’s College of Liberal and Professional Studies.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Police in North Carolina have accused a man in the shooting death of a 71-year-old woman.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say in a news release that multiple charges have been filed against 50-year-old Tomka Antonio McDowell, including first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
McDowell was arrested Friday for the death of Santa Rodena Acevedo, who along with a second person were found shot inside a home on Wednesday. Acevedo was pronounced dead at the scene while the other person was hospitalized.
Police have released no additional details in the case. McDowell’s status was unknown Friday afternoon.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending slowed in October as the hurricane-related boost to motor vehicle purchases faded, while a sustained increase in underlying price pressures suggested that a recent disinflationary trend had probably run its course.
Other data on Thursday showed a second straight weekly drop in first-time applications for unemployment benefits, pointing to a further tightening in labor market conditions that could soon generate faster wage growth and keep consumer spending supported, as well as push inflation higher.
The reports strengthened expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next month. The U.S. central bank has increased borrowing costs twice this year.
“Today’s number should support the case of the hawks and centrists heading into the next Fed meeting in two weeks’ time,” said Michael Feroli, an economist at JPMorgan in New York.
The Commerce Department said consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, rose 0.3 percent last month after surging 0.9 percent in September. Last month’s increase in consumer spending was in line with economists’ expectations.
The jump in spending in September was the largest since August 2009 and was spurred by some drivers in Texas and Florida replacing automobiles destroyed when Hurricanes Harvey and Irma slammed the states in late August and early September.
Spending on long-lasting goods like autos fell 0.1 percent last month after accelerating 2.9 percent in September. Spending on nondurable goods such as prescription drugs and recreational items rose 0.2 percent. Outlays on services increased 0.3 percent amid a rise in airline tickets for foreign travel and communication services.
Though overall inflation subsided as disruptions to the supply chain following the hurricanes eased, underlying price pressures increased again at a steady clip in October.
The Fed’s preferred inflation measure, the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index excluding food and energy, rose 0.2 percent in October after a similar gain in September. The so-called core PCE increased 1.4 percent in the 12 months through October, matching September’s rise.
The dollar fell against a basket of currencies, while prices for U.S. Treasuries edged down. Stocks on Wall Street were trading higher, with the blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average index racing past the 24,000 mark for the first time.
With underlying inflation rising last month, so-called real consumer spending edged up 0.1 percent after increasing 0.5 percent in September. The weak real consumer spending prompted economists to lower their fourth-quarter gross domestic product growth estimates by as much as two-tenths of a percentage point to as low as a 2.2 percent annualized rate.
Growth estimates for the fourth quarter have been lowered this week from around a 3 percent pace in the wake of data showing a large goods trade deficit in October and declines in wholesale and retail inventories. The economy grew at a 3.3 percent rate in the third quarter, the fastest in three years.
Households are dipping into savings to maintain spending amid moderate wage growth. Personal income rose 0.4 percent last month after advancing by the same margin in September.
Wages increased 0.3 percent last month following September’s 0.5 percent gain. While savings climbed to $457.3 billion last month from a more than nine-year low of $429.9 billion in September, they remained well below levels seen early this year.
The saving rate increased to 3.2 percent after falling to 3.0 percent in September, which was the lowest since December 2007.
“The ‘savings dip’ will limit the upside to consumer spending growth in the fourth quarter,” said Gregory Daco, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics in New York.
There are, however, expectations that wage growth will accelerate as the labor market tightens further. In a separate report on Thursday, the Labor Department said initial claims for state unemployment benefits slipped 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 238,000 for the week ended Nov. 25.
Last week marked the 143rd consecutive week that claims remained below the 300,000 threshold, which is associated with a strong labor market. That is the longest such stretch since 1970, when the labor market was smaller. The labor market is near full employment, with the jobless rate at a 17-year low of 4.1 percent.

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Sotheby’s International Realty Canada provides homebuyers with expert advice, accurate market and property information, prompt access to coveted properties and the highest level of service and discretion.
We offer skilled and authoritative assessment of real estate opportunities, as well as exclusive access to some of the best properties on the market —many of which may never be available to the public on MLS.
With a network of over 600 offices in 45 countries, Sotheby's International Realty provides unparalleled access to the global real estate market. We have the experience and contacts to facilitate international real estate transactions and to assist clients who wish to buy Canadian real estate from abroad.
Our associates provide service in over a dozen languages including English, French, Chinese, Spanish and German. We also offer professional translation services when needed.
We assist clients in the purchase of real estate in more than a dozen real estate categories: single family homes, condos, townhomes and multiplexes, as well as properties that demand specialized knowledge such as waterfront real estate, luxury real estate, golf properties, ski resort properties, rural real estate, vineyards and islands.


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We aim to make things as easy as possible for our customers and that includes being clear and open about how and why we use your personal information. We have written this privacy notice in plain English to make it simple and easy to read. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this policy, please feel free to contact us at the details provided below.
Please read this policy carefully as you should only submit personal information to us through our site/ app if you agree we may use it in accordance with this policy.
We may make amendments to our policy to reflect changes to our business, website or any changes in data protection laws at any time. We therefore ask that you revisit this policy on a regular basis to ensure you are familiar with it.
This website/ app is provided by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. This policy only applies to our website and app; it does not cover any links to external websites. When following any links to external sites we would therefore encourage you to read their privacy notice.
This policy explains how Fleet Solutions as a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, uses your personal data. We are committed to protecting your privacy and will be clear and open with you about why we collect your personal information and how we use it. Where you have choices or rights, we’ll explain them to you.
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In general, we will collect the information we need to provide you with the service to which the form relates. Without such information we are unable to provide you with our services/ products.
Types of information we collect include, Personal details (name, address, etc) we also collect some specific information regarding your driving licence (to check endorsements), employment details (including salary). Details of any additional drivers.
We may receive information from other companies about you. These include your employing organisation, for the purposes of your contract and verifying employment details. We may also receive information from other organisations such as the DVLA.
To effectively market to you.
There are certain things we have to do in order to be able to provide you with our products and services. We use your information to enable you to use our site/ app, to set up your account, obtain quotes from us, and enter into agreements for products and services.
Like most organisations, to provide our products and services we share your information with external organisations. More information on information sharing can be found in our Information Sharing section of this policy.
The information collected is necessary for contractual purposes or for the steps before entering a contract (quotes). This purpose covers everything that is essential in order for us to provide you with the service/ product you have requested. If you do not want your data used in this way your option is to not use our services or create an account with us.
We need to comply with a range of legal and regulatory requirements, some of which involve the use of personal information. There are also set timescales for which we need to keep your information. Where you have a contract with us, your information will be retained for the length of that contract plus 6 years from when it ends. Personal information is then removed.
We are also subject to laws and regulations relating to other aspects of our business, such as payment processing or complaint handing.
As part of our products/ service we are also required to share some information about you as part of your contract. This may include providing your information to relevant government bodies. E.g. DVLA. DWP.
This purpose covers activities we are obliged to do in order to provide our products and services lawfully. We are unable to provide you with our products and services without carrying out these activities. If you do not wish for your data to be used in this way, your option is to not use our services.
Use of your information also helps us operate as a commercial organisation. We have a legitimate interest in carrying out these activities. We ensure we take all steps to minimize any impact on your privacy. Data Protection laws give you the right to object where we use your information in our legitimate interests, if your right to privacy outweighs our legitimate business interests. You always have the right to exercise this right, but this may not always be possible. For example activities that are central to our business. If this is the case you will usually need to close any account you have with us (provided you do not have a current contract).
Only authorised personnel and contractors have access to your information. We ensure that all your information is secure by taking appropriate technical and organizational measures against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, disclosure, destruction or damage.
We will hold all information provided by you for the period of the contract you have with us to provide any services/ Products plus 6 years from the date the agreement ends. This ensures we meet our legal and regulatory obligations and allows us to resolve disputes and enforce our agreements. After which all personal identifiable information is removed.
If you have provided us with information for the purposes of obtaining a quote but have not entered into a formal agreement with us, we will hold your information for as long as your account is active. If you have not accessed your account within a 12 month period, your account will be removed.
We may also disclose your information to a third party in relation to legal proceedings or if otherwise required to do so by law.
The information you provide will also be shared with your employing organisation in order for employment details to be verified. This is also required in order to set up your repayments as part of your contract.
Your information will not be disclosed or shared with any third party exempt as specified above. As the above information sharing is core to our business activities if you do not wish us to share information as specified above, we are unable to provide any products or services.
For those companies we share your information with, we ensure that all appropriate steps to safeguard your information have been taken such as formal agreements are in place.
We will not share any of your information outside of the EU. If there is a need for this, we will always seek your consent and ensure appropriate safeguards for the secure transfer is in place.
We will occasionally invite you to give feedback on the products and services we provide, that you have used, or to take part in customer surveys. We will contact you directly. Taking part is always voluntary. It is important for any business to find out what its customers think. If you do not wish to take part you are able to decline these. There is no adverse impact on your privacy.
We aim to provide the most helpful service possible to you. We may therefore from time to time provide you with details of products and services we provide that you may be interested in.
We will send you offers and information that you may be interested in as part of our legitimate interests as a business. We will only send you marketing information similar to those which you have originally requested that you may be interested in. We use the information you originally provide in order to receive a quote to do this. We will never share your data with companies outside of our organisation for them to use for their own marketing.
You can unsubscribe to receiving marketing at any time and we have made this as easy as possible for you. If you wish to unsubscribe please contact Fleet solutions directly. You are also able to unsubscribe to marketing at each time we send you information and can do so at any time from within your account. You will also be given the option to unsubscribe when you create your account. Please be assured that we do not use any ‘sensitive’ (special category) data for marketing related purposes.
Data Protection laws allows you to find out what information is held about you, on computer and in certain manual records. This is known as "right of subject access", and applies to your information held by Fleet Solutions.
If you want to see or receive a copy of your records speak to a member of the information governance team on the details provided below. In certain circumstances access to your records may be limited. Where this is the case we will advise you of the reasons.
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If you would like to know more about how we use your information or if, for any reason you do not wish to have your information used in any of the ways described in this leaflet, please contact a member of the Fleet Solutions team. If you do not feel comfortable doing this you can also find out more by contacting the Information Governance Department or the designated Data Protection Officer using the below contact information. Further guidance about data protection can be obtained at www.ico.org.uk. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office.


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The FAKE board game called Uniform Commercial Code | Scanned Retina – A Resource for the People!
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This is how the fake system which has all been created in fraud is perpetrated. If you chose to believe this is real and you decide to participate, then by participating you are tacitly providing your consent. You have voluntarily joined joined the board game called commerce. — UCC.


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Good news for businesses in the North West – Carbon Smart has just completed work with Business Growth Hub (BGH) to update the award-winning Online Efficiency Toolkit they use with the latest greenhouse gas conversion factors. This ensures that SMEs working with BGH receive accurate and up-to-date figures on environmental savings from efficiency improvements.
As part of a host of environmental business services offered by BGH, the Efficiency Toolkit allows businesses to track opportunities for investment, such as retrofit of LED lighting systems and other low carbon technologies, or replacement of raw materials in a manufacturing process with a recycled alternative. The Toolkit calculates paybacks and carbon emissions savings so businesses can prioritise the most suitable opportunities. Carbon Smart has used their industry expertise to ensure the Toolkit is accurately updated with the newest available Defra 2016 conversion factors and latest energy and water prices.
Carbon Smart has also analysed the current and future environmental reporting and policy landscape to assist BGH in understanding what type of support SMEs may need in the coming years. This allows BGH to put steps in place now, to ensure SMEs are prepared for their future obligations and further growth opportunities.

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Defence companies around the world face the challenge of cutbacks in defence spending by governments coupled with drawn-out procurement processes. This hurdle has caused many companies to struggle in the defence field, forcing some out of this area, while others try to re-innovate to become more effective suppliers for militaries.
A company that has adopted the latter approach is Viasat. As a global communications company, Viasat aims to mould how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries across the globe communicate. For its defence customers, Viasat is successful in supporting them to improve their situational awareness, enhance safety and extend their mission effectiveness in a manner that is so much more effective than others in the defence market segment. A large part of how this re-innovation is proving successful is through collaboration.
The simple approach that the company has taken involves stepping up its collaboration with defence customers at every opportunity. By so doing, it has established and sustained real-time engagement by exploiting its innovative culture and cutting-edge technologies in ways that solve real customer problems for its defence clients.
This kind of close collaboration helps Viasat to understand better what customers are looking for to arrive at their desired mission outcomes. After the initial collaboration, collectively, they move on to develop technology-based solutions that meet the needs of their clients. Two good examples of this are the recent contracts awarded to the company for in-flight connectivity for U.S. Government VIP Senior Leader aircraft and their secure cloud networking solutions. As often the case, customers that Viasat engages with are using outdated solutions. These clients often become accustomed to their current solutions limitations with no idea that there are far better capabilities available.
In one of the examples highlighted above, the Viasat team through collaborating with the customer regularly, understanding the nuances of their mission, becoming intimately familiar with their current capability shortfalls, and experiencing first-hand the problems they were frequently encountering, was able to develop an in-flight service plan that included unprecedented in-flight broadband with an evolving active cyber defence that went well beyond customer expectations. This resulted in a sole source, non-competitive contract award of over $73 million to Viasat.
Another example of collaboration was demonstrated when Viasat’s cyber group was approached with the difficult customer problem of how to secure high-speed networking in the cloud. They worked with the customer to develop a breakthrough technical solution that exceeded the customer’s needs. Peterman explained that this has now opened some new commercial and international market opportunities to solve similar kinds of high-speed security issues.
Designing solutions to customers’ real problems in a collaborative way, has provided the Carlsbad, California headquartered company, a way to accelerate adoption of new technological advancements to improve mission effectiveness and increase warfighter safety. This pattern of operation enables the company to monetize their solutions using innovative commercial business models. “By monetizing the features the customer values most, and focusing on the dimensions of value that our competitors cannot offer, we continue to create an enduring competitive advantage,” explained Peterman.
This proactive way of collaborating with defence clients enables Viasat to employ its technologies in a more effective manner; more accurately position its value proposition; more effectively establish competitive barriers to entry; and more powerfully monetize each opportunity by establishing price flexibility based on customer value, not on their cost.
Defence customers are in urgent need of truly innovative solutions to maintain their technological edge. The team at Viasat is working to deliver just that with their next generation Link 16 capabilities, high-speed network encryptors, hybrid adaptive network solutions, and their emerging services from the ViaSat-2 and Viasat-3 satellites.
Game Changer: Ken Peterman, President, Government Systems, Viasat Inc.

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The National Post (April12, 2008) reported on the "despondency" facing the State of Israel as it gears up to celebrate 60 years of independence. I have learned long ago not to take at face value anything read in a newspaper and while the messianic utopia hoped for with the establishment of the State is as far away as ever, the accomplishments of the State of Israel and the Jewish people as a whole over the past 60 years are nothing short of miraculous.
Nonetheless, from a monetary point of view the article raised an interesting question. Should Israel be spending millions of dollars celebrating this milestone when budget cuts have been made to such crucial areas such as education, social services and defence? This is not a new question and is asked in one form or another on a daily basis by those who have the awesome responsibility of allocating public funds. While there may legitimately be different responses the most dangerous one is sheino yodeah lishol , one who does not care to ask in the first place. As the issues are extremely complex it behooves those of us who care deeply about our community to emulate the wise son who asks and continues to ask questions so that he can be properly educated on the important issues of the day.
However a general approach to spending money to celebrate important milestones can be derived from the Talmudic discussion regarding the poor and the Seder. The Mishne (Pesachim 99b), rules that all must drink no less than four cups of wine, even the poorest of the poor, who do not have enough food for two meals. This ruling is actually quite astonishing. Jewish law states that one may not spend more than 20% of one's income to perform a Biblical command. One who truly can not afford the expense is under no obligation, and in fact may be prohibited from purchasing tefillin (one can always borrow from a friend), an etrog or even matza. Surely regarding a rabbinic mitzva, such as drinking the four cups of wine, the poor should be exempt. Is it not a waste of communal funds to provide for such "frivolities" with so many greater communal needs?
Yet Jewish law made an exception in this case. Pesach celebrates the forming of the Jewish nation. While the State of Israel celebrates 60 years of independence, the Jewish people are approaching 3,400 years of glory, with our independence celebrated at the seder. While financially ensuring that all have four cups of wine may not seem to be the best use of communal funds, nation building is about a lot more than money. Our Sages declare the obligation of pirshumei nissa (publicizing the miracle) requires that one go to extraordinary measures to fulfill this rabbinic law. The miracle of Jewish survival and prosperity is dependant on ensuring that rich and poor alike are able to publicly celebrate moments of great historical importance. It is no coincidence that we begin our seder, meant to be the most elaborate meal of the year, with an invitation to the poor.
The great genius of the Jewish people is demonstrated in our ability to celebrate despite the many hardships that remain. Despite the great suffering and persecution throughout our many Diasporas, we continue to celebrate the great accomplishments of the Jewish nation. The State of Israel may have much to be concerned about, but there is much more to celebrate. The cost of such celebrations may not appear to be the best use of funds but it is an investment that should pay dividends for years to come.


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NFPA Industrial Tie Rod Cylinders - Hydraulic Cylinders, Inc.
Every one of our NFPA Industrial Tie Rod Cylinders is made to order, allowing for customization that offers the best solution for your new application, or replacement of your existing equipment. Each custom built tie rod cylinder is precision made and manufactured to your requirements, ready for shipment within two to three days of placing your order. Our hydraulic cylinder specialists are ready to cross over other manufacturer’s part numbers, assist you in creating your new custom tie rod cylinder for your application from our catalog, and provide you with the most cost effective quoted solution available. Hydraulic Cylinders Inc. is your solution provider when it comes to NFPA Industrial Tie Rod Cylinders.

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When people try to lose weight, there are lots of challenges and there aren’t many approaches. I remember once I interviewed a physician who said that he had about 2,000 books in his library, and each one had the best cure, the best way to lose weight. Obviously, there’s not 1 answer and there are not 2,000 answers, but there are certain things we should have that are consistent as we approach this. I’m Dr. Brian McDonough, and welcome to Primary Care Today on ReachMD. I have a very special guest today, Dr. Lou Aronne. He is the Director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Center at Cornell Medicine New York Presbyterian, and he’s been kind enough to join us. First of all, welcome to the program.
Let’s talk a little bit about obesity and weight loss. We know it’s a major health problem. The physicians in our audience are dealing with patients every day. What’s your approach, and what do you think we need to know?
Well, one of the key things I think that physicians need to understand is that obesity is a disease. So, now you’re going to ask, “What’s the disease?” And what research is showing is that hypothalamic neurons, the nerves that carry signals from the stomach, the fat cell, the intestine to the rest of the brain telling the brain how much fat is stored, how much has been eaten, the evidence is they’re damaged in the process of weight gain, so what we believe happens is that bad habits and the environment of too many calories, too much food, not enough exercise, causes a physical change in signaling pathways, and that’s what makes it so hard for people to lose weight. They have these physical changes whereby the neurons become less sensitive to hormonal signals. And so, when you look at how you can approach this, in the past we’ve used reducing calorie intake and increasing energy expenditure, but that hasn’t been completely successful. If it were, I would not have this job. I love telling people that. If all those diet books worked, we would not have the Comprehensive Weight Control Center at Weill Cornell. And so something more is going on, and that something is a shift in the set point. How do we manage it? Well, in addition to reducing calorie intake and in addition to increasing physical activity, we have more sophisticated strategies. Surgery has proven its health benefit, but we have on one side diet and physical activity and then do nothing until we do bariatric surgery, and I believe that we are coming to an era where using rationally designed medical therapies and some old therapies that are now being used in a more medically rational way are going to become increasingly common.
When you look at it and you look at your approach to dealing with this, what advice do you have for doctors? We’re dealing with patients all the time. In many cases we ourselves are fighting issues with weight. What do you suggest?
Well, one of the things we find commonly is that medicine that we as physicians prescribe can cause weight gain. And I can’t tell you how many cases we see. We’ve estimated that about 15% of serious problems with obesity are related to drugs that we prescribe. So, for example, today we were meeting with colleagues from Memorial Sloan Kettering, across the street from us, and they have and it’s been recognized that in the treatment of breast cancer, weight gain is very common because of the use of aromatase inhibitors as well as some of the antinausea medicines, steroids, strong antihistamines like diphenhydramine. So, what happens in the treatment of breast cancer is women gain weight, but the evidence is that a 5 to 10% weight gain increases the risk of recurrence, and so we’re seeing many physicians in very specific areas looking for strategies to manage weight. And so the first thing we always look for when we manage someone are medicines that could be causing weight gain and which we could change to something else that would encourage weight loss, and that’s a topic, perhaps, for another day. The second thing we do is look for problems like sleep apnea, which make it hard for patients to comply. Sleep apnea is a common comorbid condition. Patients have difficulty focusing when they develop it, and often they look depressed and wind up getting treated with antidepressants that can cause further weight gain. And then, of course, we look for the typical behavioral issues as far as eating, stress, lifestyle, and how we can change those. So, we take a very problem-solving approach where we look for the issues, some of which are very concrete and some not, and try to help the patient to solve those problems. Now, if that works that’s great, we’re thrilled, but if it doesn’t we don’t give up. We go to the next step, and we believe that the use of pharmacotherapy would be the next step in this process.
You know, it’s funny how it’s evolved. I remember how people used to say, “Well, just some people are overweight, and you gotta cut down the calories.” We’ve really learned, well, sure, diet plays a very important, maybe the most important part, but there are so many other things we can do, and I think a lot of us as physicians are kind of late to the party because we keep saying, “Watch your diet, cut the calories,” but that may not always be the answer, and I think you’re alluding to that.
I am, but when it comes to those kinds of recommendations, “push away from the table” and things like that, there are very concrete recommendations that we make for patients. So, one of the things that has been recognized over the past few years is that no diet works for everybody, so we have a number of different approaches that we utilize. For most of our patients, but certainly not all, a lower carbohydrate or a low glycemic diet seems to be quite effective. It allows people to reduce their calorie intake by changing the macronutrient composition of their diet. Other people, on the other hand, like to count calories, so they can eat virtually anything, but they count the exact number of calories. Two new techniques are intermittent fasting. One technique is where someone cuts their calorie intake to 800 calories or even less 2 days per week. That’s been shown to be as effective as dieting every single day. And then time-restricted fasting where you eat for a period of 8 hours a day or 12 hours a day and then don’t eat for the other 16 to 12 hours, that, too, has been shown to be effective. So, we don’t just give vague advice. We give very specific advice which we… We kind of negotiate with the patient to see what they can do in their lifestyle. You know, “Can you do it?” That’s the kind of discussion we have with patients where we ask them what can they do. If they’re on board, then we’ll try something.
I’m Dr. Brian McDonough. You’re listening to Primary Care Today on ReachMD. My guest is Dr. Louis Aronne. We’re talking about weight loss, and I really like the fact that you’re bringing the patient into the conversation, because you’re right, I think a lot of us more or less say, “Okay, this is what you need to do. Read this. Follow this diet,” whatever. You’re making them a partner. And, I mean, I’ve been practicing so many years, I’m realizing the more I make patients a partner the better shot I have.
I agree completely, especially when it comes to these behavioral changes. It’s easy for me to tell someone, “Don’t eat any carbs and you’re gonna lose weight.” That will happen every time. But, can someone actually do that on a regular basis? Now, you’ll find 1 person who can do it and they wind up in an article in the newspaper that they lost 100 pounds doing this, but I promise you that 99 other people do the exact same thing and it doesn’t work, so it really has to be customized to the patient and their needs and what they can do within their life.
I teach young residents. As I say, I don’t know if this is good or bad, but as I move through life, I tend to, when I talk to patients, say, “Well, I tried this and it didn’t work,” or, “I tried that and it didn’t work.” What about that approach? Do you find yourself sometimes saying, “Look, this is what most people do,” and do you ever use yourself as the so-called foil to try to help them along?
Sometimes we do that. Generally, we’ll give them examples of patients who’ve succeeded and we tried this and this worked in this patient or that patient, so teaching by example can work, but when it comes to something like weight, it’s so individualized. I mean, when you look at a lot of the diet books that are written by celebrities, it’s basically, “I lost weight, and everyone in the world should lose weight doing the exact same thing.” It doesn’t work that way, so we don’t tell people, “I lost weight doing this. You should do it.” But we will give them examples as we move forward. In certain situations, if someone has prediabetes or they have early type 2, it’s pretty clear what we need to do in a situation like that. We try to reduce their carb intake, we give them metformin, those kinds of things, but in more sophisticated situations, we will use examples.
It’s so funny, because having worked in television, I remember one time I went on this diet to show you can lose weight, but they also paid for the trainer, they paid for the workouts, they paid for things that most people are not going to have access to, and they’re certainly not going to get the top people helping them, and that was one of the points of the story, which I remember it frustrated people. I said, “Well, I was given this, this and this, but what do we do without it?” and that really became the most important part of the story. What does the average person do? And I think a lot of things you’re talking about fall into that category of what is realistic and what can you individually do. You mentioned metformin and you mentioned prediabetes, and a lot of what at least I’m reading and learning about is initiating medical treatment a little earlier than we did in the past. What about that?
—but much lower doses than have been previously prescribed are effective, and we use the equivalent of a quarter of a phentermine tablet to start in most of our patients. We published a phase 2 trial a number of years ago showing that a quarter of a phentermine, half of a phentermine, you’re starting to hit the plateau of weight loss. So, when it comes to the side effect profile that we associate with weight loss medicines, one of the reasons that we’ve been seeing it is lack of understanding of the mechanisms of weight regulations, so we have been overdosing people by trying to get more weight loss by using too much medicine, by just pushing the dose. What our research has shown and the research of other people has shown is that combining medicines is what can really today, with the medicines we have right now, break through the plateau phenomenon. So, we have a medicine that’s a combination of 2, phentermine and topiramate, topiramate which is used most widely for migraine headaches and seizures. When you add those, we’ve shown that you can get additive weight loss between those 2 agents, and phentermine topiramate is approved for obesity treatment. And there are others. The combination of bupropion, which is used as an antidepressant, used for smoking cessation, along with naltrexone, which is used for alcoholism and narcotic treatment, those 2 together can produce greater weight loss. And finally, as an individual agent, there’s liraglutide. It was originally approved for type 2 diabetes. In a higher dose it’s turned out to be effective, probably the most effective single agent for weight loss. There’s a new agent that’s a more lipid-soluble version that’s coming on the market for diabetes, produces even greater weight loss. And finally, there’s lorcaserin. Lorcaserin is a serotonin agonist that produces significant weight loss, very few side effects, very well tolerated, just had an outcome study which came out today—the results of which we first heard about today—showing no increase in risk, and we hope that with further analysis we’ll see a decrease in risk in people who lose weight. If you look at some of the agents that we’re studying now, we’re seeing significantly greater weight loss than even these. We’re seeing 10, 15, even the potential for 20% weight loss in agents that are currently in development.
Dr. Louis Aronne, I want to thank you for joining us. I have to tell you, I had the opportunity with a colleague of mine to give a lecture at the American Academy of Family Physicians conference on obesity, spent months on it. We got a 1-hour lecture. You, in 15 minutes, summarized so effectively what I probably spent 40 hours on. I really appreciate what you did, and I think a lot of people listening appreciate what you did, because you have a good knowledge of it, and you can express it really rapidly and effectively. So, thanks so much for joining us on the program.
Thanks for having me, Brian.
This is Dr. Brian McDonough. If you missed any of this discussion, please visit ReachMD.com/primarycaretoday. You can download the podcast. You can learn about the series. Thank you for listening and Being a Part of the Knowledge.
Many patients face the challenges of obesity and weight loss. With no one-size-fits-all treatment, emerging strategies bring new possibilities.
Obesity rates have been rising for years, resulting in a constant influx of books claiming to have the cure for this newly classified disease. However, it's not just our patients who are dealing with issues of weight. Introducing innovative techniques and approaches is Dr. Lou Aronne, Director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Center at Cornell Medicine.


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Selge once housed tens of thousands. It was a city that had fiercely guarded its independence from the time of Alexander the Great – to the marauding Goths just before the fall of Rome. Yet Selge, unlike the nearby ancient cities such as Perge and Side, lies almost untouched by archaeologists and only a few tourists have visited. Consequently, I find it an idyllic place – of the type that might have confronted a pioneering adventurer many centuries ago. I had to visit.
The Köprülü Valley provides some stunning scenery; the road a churning stomach – there is no passage for tourist coaches here. Perched above the modern village of Zerk lie Selge’s ruined walls and terraces, all framed by mountains, fields and blue sky.
However, it was the theatre that was the ultimate highlight. I was travelling with David Stuttard, a classical scholar acclaimed for his translations, adaptations and productions of Greek plays. Sometimes David produces plays within ancient theatres. Thus, visiting theatres with David is no ordinary experience: he is able to explain how each differs – even though to the novice ancient theatres in the Mediterranean can all appear the same – and how each would have provided both opportunities and challenges for the ancient director.
We observed how it has an almost perfectly preserved cavea for about 9,000 people, although rain water has recently damaged the upper tiers. A few decades ago, lightening (possibly Zeus late for an ancient cue of deus ex machina?) destroyed what must once have been an incredible stage building. Now, the rubble stands about 30 feet high. Despite this, we gained a privileged insight to how the theatres in some of the nearby sites might have looked before their more recent ‘tourist-friendly’ reconstructions. In addition, our little group (including my wife Fiona, and David’s partner E J Birtwell) found ourselves to be the only visitors that day. Delightful.
What other parts of the site are worth a visit?
Among the numerous ruined structures, the most striking elements were two temples, built for Zeus and, possibly, Artemis. They were probably destroyed by earthquakes in late antiquity and after. Today, they are represented by neat piles of spolia, column drums, bases, capitals and wall-stone, all still sitting where they fell like an upturned box of Lego. Further along the ridge, we made out the ruins of a stoa (a covered walkway), an agora, a Christian basilica, and city walls snaking around the mountainside.
Clearly this was a mighty site, what happened?
Yes – what happened here? This was a city that could put 20,000 soldiers into the field, pay out 700 talents of silver and mint a large number of coins, but is today so utterly deserted, bar a few farmhouses. We know it made itself rich from olives, wine and storax gum – we have records of Strabo lauding its orchards, pastures and forests. It must have followed the decline that befell many other Mediterranean cities in late antiquity, possibly the result of major earthquake damage, environmental change, and a reduction in trading and economic activity after the Sassanian wars and Islamic incursions of the 7th century AD. Indeed, Selge probably succumbed as a major centre in the 7th century AD. For me, the joy of Selge is not only its magnificent ‘untouched’ remains, but also its unanswered questions – questions that we are beginning to answer through a study of other sites from this period and region.
What should readers and archaeologists do?
Visit Selge, enjoy its ruins and solitude, and leave it as found. This is a site that I hope is left in its current, unrestored state. Quite simply, Selge is resplendent in its beauty and isolation.

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In Denmark, the review team have met representatives from Danida, Universities Denmark and the four platforms. In February the review team will meet the east African and Nepali partners in Moshi, Tanzania, where the Platform on Human Health's partner Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) is located.
In Ghana, the team will visit both University of Ghana in Accra and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi. Both universities have partnerships with three of the platforms.
The overall objective of the review is to assess the BSU programme’s organisational structure and performance with a view to make recommendations for the second phase of the programme.
The specific objectives of the review are to assess the partnership between Universities Denmark and universities in the partner countries, the added value by BSU to the strengthening of the institutions in the South, and the governance structures of BSU at overall, platform and institutional level.
The recommendations should be targeted adjustments with emphasis on ensuring a well-functioning and efficient structure (focus of activities, organisational setup and governance) as well as ideas for enhanced North-South-South collaboration across all 11 BSU partner universities and four platforms.
In addition, the review will to the extent possible assess the general performance of the programme with regard to preliminary results, progress, challenges, developments in risk factors, need for adjustments, monitoring etc.

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I’ve seen a few online “news stories” talking about the new Aldi mini wine cellar today. Unfortunately, these barely disguised press releases (gushing, as they tend to do, with overuse of the words “the perfect”) all seem to be suffering from Emperor’s New Clothes Syndrome. Because, as anyone can see from these pictures, the Aldi Mini Wine Cellar doesn’t resemble a cellar in any conceivable way whatsoever.
No. It’s a rack. Sure, it’s a useful, innovative little wooden storage solution that’d make a nice stocking filler for someone who already owns five bottles of wine. But it’s still a rack.
The other aspect that’s been neglected here is that this Aldi wine rack houses a bottle of 2017 Château Les Mauberts Bordeaux, made from Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc.
I haven’t tasted this particular wine but, knowing Aldi, there’s a good chance it’s very decent value, especially if you can be bothered to age it. So when you consider the whole package only costs a tenner, I’d recommend snapping one of these up before they’re all gone.
Because let’s face it, they’re bound to be a good seller. And that’s seller, not cellar. Because… it’s a rack!
See the Aldi website for further details.


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Financial institutions realize the value of incorporating video security as part of their operations plan. No other form of electronic surveillance provides for real-time event monitoring – both at the location and remotely – while simultaneously providing indisputable documentation of an event. Whether serving as a visual deterrent to crime or giving managers the tools they need to expedite investigations and evaluate operational costs, video offers the most practical and cost-effective solution available.
From a small-town bank to a large multi-Branch with Hundreds of branches, C&CC proudly offers the industry’s most trusted and completes selection of video security products and services. These open systems also seamlessly integrate with third-party technologies – access control, alarm systems, ATM System, for example – to provide an unbreakable net of protection over any facility. And with the increasing development of intelligent camera systems and embedded VMS analytics, security professionals have access to more information than ever before to detect and isolate abnormal or suspicious activity.


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Will my husband be able to stay in the hospital with me after I give birth?
We're being sent to a hospital very far from our house and it's hard with the economy now to pay for a cab, (50 bucks if not more back and forth) especially since we could use the extra money for the baby. Plus, I hate hospitals to begin with and hoping I wont stay for too long but afraid to stay on my own. Being that the hospital is far not even my mom would be able to come and stay with me. Does anyone know if my husband will be able to stay with me?


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It is often thought that one of the reasons for the lack or the fragility of democracy in the Arab world is the weakness of Arab political parties and their apparent inability to compete with the ruling regimes.
Often political or legal reasons are cited to substantiate this idea, including laws restricting party life, repressive measures, electoral fraud, internal factionalism and fragmentation within political parties and trends, the personalisation of leadership, the absence of internal democratic practices, the exclusion of youth and other segments of the population, an inability to recruit new members or rally grassroots support, and an intensely polarised socio-political climate.
However, the idea that political parties in the Arab region are weak and fragmented is flawed in some respects. While many parties and trends, especially secularist and leftist and liberal ones, tend to be structurally weak and vulnerable to schism, the sectarian, ethnic and religious oriented parties and groups present what we might consider to be the opposite problem: they are too strong.
They often operate as separate societies and almost as states within the state in some countries.
The phenomenon is at its most pronounced in the failed or quasi-failed states in the Arab world where such parties or entities have evolved into militia organisations with secessionist aims or plans to monopolise power.
In short, in the Arab world we have excessively weak secularist parties and excessively strong religious parties.
This antithetical condition has distorted political life in most Arab states and worked to strengthen authoritarianism, deepen social divides, and hamper democratisation.
The secularist parties, whether liberal, such as the Wafd and the Free Egyptians Party in Egypt and the Nidaa Tounes Party in Tunisia, Marxist-socialist, such as the Tagammu in Egypt and the Popular Front in Tunisia, or nationalist/Nasserist, such as the Baath Parties in Syria and Iraq, and the Karama (Dignity) Party in Egypt, share a number of characteristics.
Among them are the personalisation of leadership, the lack of internal democratic mechanisms, and the exclusion of women, youth and representatives of regional groupings and religious and ethnic minorities in their internal organisations.
These flaws lend an elitist and authoritarian character to these parties, and they are also prone to internal rifts and schisms and the proliferation of smaller splinter parties.
These things exacerbate another common feature of these parties, being their inability to rally grassroots support and to recruit new members due to poor financial resources, a lack of representation outside major urban centres, and a tendency among some secularist parties to enter into alliances with the ruling regimes.
The religious and/or ethnic identity parties in the Arab world, whether associated with Political Islam, such as the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafist Movement, or affiliated with a sectarian/ethnic community, such as Hezbollah and the Amal Movement in Lebanon, also have common characteristics.
Above all, they represent communities that are separate from society as a whole, whether for linguistic or ethnic reasons, as is the case with the Amazigh (Berbers) in North Africa or the Kurds in the Middle East, or due to religious/denominational frames-of-reference, as with the Shia and Christian communities in various states, or socio-psychological ones, as with the case of the Islamist trends that seek to impose their religious/moral outlooks on the whole of society.
Often these parties evolve into parallel state entities with their own cultural, religious, educational, social, economic, sporting and, sometimes, paramilitary and policing institutions and agencies.
They also share an ability to mobilise and recruit supporters through their appeals to identity, their relatively strong and cohesive internal structure, and their confrontationist behaviour towards both the central government and the secularist parties.
- Competitive or semi-competitive political environments in which there are regular and transparent elections, the separation of powers, and a system of checks and balances leading to autonomous legislative and judicial authorities with effective powers.
These countries exhibit an effective balance between secularist and identity-based political parties and impartial and professional security establishments. They include Tunisia and some monarchical systems, such as Morocco, Jordan and Kuwait.
- Authoritarian systems in which the executive branch of government has near absolute powers, while the legislative and judicial branches are heavily restricted. These states are characterised by strong military and security agencies with sweeping powers, numerous legal and security restrictions on political party activity, and the extensive use of repressive measures against opposition groups among both the secularist and identity-based trends.
These systems often feature a dominant ruling party, with, perhaps, some acolyte parties, while the opposition parties and forces are excluded from the decision-making processes.
- Traditionalist monarchical systems dominated by a ruling dynasty, independently or in alliance with other traditional entities such as tribes, religious groups and religious establishments. Modernist forces and the educated middle classes are marginalised economically and politically in these states. Fully-fledged political parties do not exist and neither do independent or distinct legislative and judicial branches.
The quasi-parliamentary organs that exist are limited to consultative councils, while the judicial authorities are largely subordinate to the religious authorities.
- Failed or quasi-failed states in which the central government has either collapsed or is too weak to extend effective authority over society as a whole, as is the case in Syria, Libya, Yemen and Iraq.
These conditions facilitate the rise of identity-based political parties and their transformation into militia movements that are sometimes capable of seizing control over sizeable geographic areas and natural resources and exercise state-like functions in the areas under their control. These states are characterised by acute forms of polarisation that can lead to the de facto and sometimes official partition of the country.
Secularist political parties in these areas tend to be extremely weak.
From the foregoing, it can be seen that secularist political parties tend to be stronger in competitive and semi-competitive political environments, which can give rise to a balance between these parties and their identity-based counterparts.
Conversely, the secularist parties weaken under authoritarian and traditional monarchical systems and are at their most fragile in failed and quasi-failed states.
Identity-based parties, by contrast, flourish under the latter conditions and grow less domineering and independent in competitive and semi-competitive environments that can give rise to countervailing forces.
Under authoritarian and traditional monarchical regimes, the identity-based parties tend to be either heavily restricted or co-opted by the ruling regime. In the event of that regime’s decline, the identity-based parties and forces are better poised to rally political support.
Potential scenarios for the evolution of political parties and the environments in which they operate in the Arab world range from the extreme of militia warfare and civil strife to consensual peaceful and democratic resolutions.
The first case could bring increasing social divisions and strife under a weakening central state.
All effective influence of civil/secularist forces would fade as society splits into mutually antagonist sectarian and ethnic groupings, each with its own militia forces and political, socioeconomic and cultural groupings.
Either anarchy would prevail in such circumstances or new authoritarian regimes could arise in the event that one of the rival parties becomes powerful enough to seize and consolidate political and military power and disarm or neutralise its rivals.
Regarding consensual courses that include transitions to constitutional regimes, it is possible to envision the transformation of some authoritarian regimes in the Arab region, such as those in Sudan, Algeria and Egypt, into democratic systems grounded in constitutional frameworks that maintain an effective balance between secularist and identity-based forces.
Societies would experience a reduction in political and social polarisation, the development of civil society structures in favour of civilian and secularist forces, and an increase in the professionalism and political neutrality of the military and security establishments.
Alternatively, the Arab monarchies in which there is currently a margin of institutionalised political competition, as is the case in Morocco, Jordan and Kuwait, might evolve into constitutional monarchies with increased powers vested in elected governments and officials and a decline in the powers of the ruling dynasty to the point that there is an effective equilibrium between diverse political forces.
Perhaps, too, some of the traditionalist monarchies in the Arab region might evolve into democratic or quasi-democratic constitutional monarchies with institutionalised forms of political competition, the growth of autonomous executive, legislative and judicial institutions that are distinct and independent from the ruling dynasty, and the decline in the powers of traditional structures in favour of democratically elected institutions.


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Tottenham are resigned to losing contract rebel Toby Alderweireld and will demand £44m for him, according to reports.
Man United have consistently been linked with a move as boss Jose Mourinho looks to bolster his defence for next season.
The end of the brilliant Belgian brigade?
But The Mirror believes Chelsea are more eager to beat United to the signing and are willing to offer him the same wages as Virgil van Dijk at Liverpool.
Barcelona are also keeping a close eye on Alderweireld’s situation, who joined Spurs from Atletico Madrid in 2015.
All we can say is; good luck to the side who has to negotiate with evil genius Daniel Levy.
QUIZ: Can you name all 23 players from England’s 2010 World Cup squad?

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We were thrilled when Catching the Sun travel agency asked us to design an ad for Windstar Cruises’ culinary voyages. Windstar now offers a culinary cruise that gives passengers the unique experience to go to local markets, shop for local ingredients, and cook delicious gourmet meals on the ships with world renowned chefs. The James Beard Foundation is heading this, and some of the most recognized culinary talent in the world is getting involved!
Catching the Sun travel agency requested a unique ad for the James Beard Culinary cruises. The ad is running in CRAFT magazine, an upscale Indie Food & Beverage publication. This magazine was founded in South Carolina and has a wide readership of high-end travelers.
The goals of the ad are to give CRAFT magazine readers an overall vision of the cruise ship experience on Windstar – showing off its elegance, gourmet food dishes, and serene vacation relaxation. The ad also includes descriptive copy to educate readers on this special opportunity to spend time with renowned sommeliers and international culinary experts.
We designed a Windstar Cruises ad for Catching the Sun travel agency.