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Basmati Blues Movie Review
age 10+ Too-sweet, naïve Bollywood-style musical has some romance. Parents need to know that Basmati Blues is an American attempt at a Bollywood-style musical. It villainizes corporations but is fluffy and silly otherwise, if also a bit overly sweet and naive, with a main character who's unfortunately rather clueless. On the up side, there's very little iffy material to worry about. Characters argue and have temper tantrums, and one is jailed and placed in a straitjacket.
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly offers life-changing friendship for older adults in DuPage and Kane counties
Hector and Enrique are older adults in Little Brothers — Friends of the Elderly’s program in DuPage and Kane counties. The organization’s programs reach older adults who may face challenges of loneliness and isolation. Last month, they participated in the organization’s Fall Festival luncheon in Batavia. Courtesy of Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly October began with the International Day of Older Persons (Oct.
Brazil: Bem Viver celebration in Pataxó territory
On August 19, 2024, we will celebrate 25 years of resistance in the reclaiming of Easter Mountain, the Pataxó Indigenous Territory of Barra Velha. But this year, in the midst of the crises in Brazil’s biomes – the Amazon, the Atlantic, the Caatinga, the Cerrado, the Pampa and the Pantanal – we invite the 307 original peoples of Brazil and their allies to enter the Monument of 524 Years of Resistance of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, to take part in a Good Living Forum.
The Amazon: rivers of life, circles of learning 3
In the last of three articles, Dan Baron continues revisiting the evolution of Backyard Drums into the AfroRaiz Collective, coordinators of the Rios de Encontro community arts education project based in Cabelo Seco, the ‘poor’ founding village of Marabá, Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon.
The Rise of TikTok: Can B2B Marketers Afford to Ignore It?
By Dan Baron, Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing As social media platforms continue to evolve, marketers are always looking for new ways to reach their audiences. One platform that has gained a massive following in recent years is TikTok. With over 3 billion downloads and an average daily user engagement time of 52 minutes, it’s no surprise that marketers are eyeing this app as a potential new marketing channel. However, the question remains… Is TikTok a viable platform for B2B marketing?
Dan's App of the Week: ChatGPT
By Dan Baron, Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing “The Future is Now” At this point, you’ve most certainly heard about ChatGPT. Maybe you have someone in your life who has been talking about it incessantly, or maybe you learned about it when we talked about Mint Mobile’s latest advertisement in our blog. The conversation about Artificial Intelligence in creative fields is prevalent across every industry right now.
Should Detractors be on your Buying Committees?
By Dan Baron, Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing Understanding detractors when developing your product or strategy is a practice as old as marketing itself. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn’t at least want to understand why a customer leaves or never arrives to begin with. But what about bringing those detractors in to your buying committee on an opportunity or project?
Dan’s App of the Week: Make Smarter Content with BuzzSumo
If you’re in sales or marketing, then you know how important it is to have a finger on the pulse of the latest content trends. And if you’ve kept up with our previous App of the Week recommendations, you know that we’re always on the look-out for software and apps that free up some time in your schedule. This week, is no different. Say Hello to BuzzSumo.
Dan’s App of the Week: Greet Your Hand Raisers with VideoAsk
By Dan Baron, Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing “People want to see your face…at the end of the day, even though we’re all big businesses there are people behind those businesses. And the most important thing is (to your clients is) “who am I working with?” – Nicole Sahin – CEO & Founder of Globalization Partners Are You Greeting Your Customers? We’ve all been there, fielding the same set of questions over and over from people who are considering purchasing.
Empathy: The Key to Better Business
By Dan Baron, Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing The difference between empathy and sympathy is subtle. But that difference is key to understanding how empathy can help lead to better business. Empathy means listening to your customer, understanding their point of view, and meeting them at their most frequent channels. It’s not about telling or showing someone the right way. It’s about understanding anything you can in order to make a connection.
4 Innovative Tactics for Remote Onboarding
By Dan Baron, Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing It is an undeniable truth is that the way we do business has changed. And with it, the way we onboard. Maybe you’re happy about the shift to remote work, or maybe it’s causing you grief. For some, it takes the form of fully remote staff. For others, that may mean the team only gathers for 2 or 3 days a week. While the practice has proven that the work still gets done (better and often faster), what happens when you bring in someone new?
Time is on Israel’s Side
Positive momentum in Israel’s regional standing is underway, as can be seen by the visits of senior Israeli officials—among them its previous and present prime minister, and the foreign and defense ministers—to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain and Morocco, and the visit of a military delegation to Sudan, as well as a military flight over Saudi airspace.
Brazil: a gift of honey
Dan Baron accompanies Braga, a Pataxó indigenous chief, at the monument to the 500 Years of Resistance by the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, in Coroa Vermelha, Porto Seguro, South-East Bahia. They celebratethe restoration of the fifth bow, knocked down by an Ipê tree and rebuilt by a new generation of Patxôhã-speaking activists.
Bishara quits from abroad
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israeli Arab lawmaker Azmi Bishara has abruptly ended a parliamentary career built on denouncing the Jewish state from enemy capitals and then dodging charges of sedition at home. After weeks spent abroad on what he called routine travels, Bishara turned up at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo on April 22 to submit a letter of resignation to the Knesset.
Debka takes center stage in N.Y. scare
JERUSALEM (JTA) – An Israeli couple who blog about terrorism have achieved international fame – and a bit of notoriety – by setting off a “dirty bomb” scare in New York City. The brouhaha began last week with a report on DEBKAfile – the 7-year-old Web site operated from the Jerusalem home of veteran journalists Giora Shamis and Diane Shalem – asserting that al-Qaida had vowed on the Internet to plant a “dirty bomb” in New York.
The Best Comedy Movies of 2018 (and the Worst), Ranked By Tomatometer
Need a laugh? Then you were wise to visit Rotten Tomatoes, because we’re presenting our guide to the best comedies of 2018, ranked by Tomatometer! (We’re also including the worst comedies of 2018, so you know what to avoid, or if you’re in for a chuckle of a different variety.) We’ve included only movies that have at least 20 reviews, and that have comedy as their primary genre.
EEOC backs women's claims
Last year's $34 million dollar award by Mitsubishi to female victims of sexual harassment at a Normal, Ill., plant riveted national attention to the treatment of women in the workplace. Now, sexual harassment claims against two local Ford Motor Co. plants suggest the issue isn't going away.
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