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Care training courses make it possible for people who have no formal medical schooling to perform tasks that typically require clinical specialization. These courses offer many advantages, including proper use of techniques in emergency situations, safety awareness and advocacy, and possible improvements in the health of trainees. Find a company offering a care training program that is right for you or your employees.

A Sample List of Courses
Enrol your employees in care training courses to help them cope with the daily demands of their jobs. Choose a course on "worker development," through which they can get a deeper understanding of what it means to move forward in their careers and benefit both them and the company. This course usually includes discussions on roles at work, receiving and giving support, supervision, and skills development. There are also parts dealing with personal care and development, nutrition, stress relief, and even handling sleep problems.

People who manage, train, or hire other employees can also enrol in care training courses. In fact, human resource managers are among the primary beneficiaries of such programs. They can try a course in "aggression management," for example, and understand how to deal with employees or customers who use aggression to express themselves. Recognize behavioural disorders and comprehend what leads some people to change. This program may help you diffuse a very tense situation and prevent harm or damage.

Health and social care workers can take courses like "medication administration," as they may find themselves in situations requiring reliable understanding of the risks and benefits of drugs for different people. Safe practices in this area of medicine can possibly save lives.

Have your employees study "basic or advanced life support" so they know what to do in case an accident takes place and somebody goes into cardiac arrest or something similar. Instead of panicking and making things harder to manage, your people will be ready and willing to help. The basic course will probably take only half a day, while the advanced course can require two. In health & safety courses, your employees will receive coaching on "substances hazardous to health."

"Fire prevention, drills, and evacuation procedure" training should be part of every company. A fire is an emergency with a high likelihood of causing panic, so training your people for such an eventuality will help protect them from harm or from adding more damage. They will learn how to react in an orderly fashion, use a fire extinguisher, and other important measures.

Choose a coaching agency that does not simply go through the motions of the drill. The more realistic their training is, the better it will be for preparing your employees. Find a company offering comprehensive and interesting programs so your employees do not fall asleep during the hours of coaching.

Health & safety courses are necessary in many aspects of the job. They are not exclusively for medical workers; they should be for everyone. People who understand the importance of health, safety, and care have a better chance of surviving emergencies, reacting properly to threats, helping other people in trouble, and keeping themselves healthy. Your choice of a company offering health and safety programs is an important part of running a business.

Solavei is the company that offers no-contract phone service on T-Mobile's 4G network for $49/mo. with unlimited talk, text and data. The company that provides access to T-Mobile's recently announced HSPA+4G state of the art network rollout in 14 large metropolitan markets. It's a company that provides opportunities to new network marketers and struggling network marketers looking for new opportunities with a great product.

A Mobile Service

Solavei offers access to T-Mobile's robust state of the art HSPA+$G network for a $49 signup fee and $49/mo. unlimited. How can they do that? It does not mass media advertise but relies on word of mouth, network marketing and internet/social media to market their service. Those multi-million dollar savings gets passed onto their customers in the form of providing mobile services at half the cost of standard service.

Solavei was launched in October of 2012 as a mobile service with a novel twist. It banks on it's customers to recruit new customers. The company is said to remove the biggest inefficiency in the business model of mobile communication industry: the high expense of attracting new customers. There are no Solavei television advertising campaigns, no splashy, costly sponsorships of sporting and entertainment events; just good old-fashioned word of mouth and the network marketing skills of its associates.

It's Time to Have Your Phone Pay You

The bread and butter, nuts and bolts attention grabber for Solavei is their enthusiastic network marketing team. That is what has this company on the map and gaining ground. When a new customer signs up for a mobile service they become eligible to reduce their mobile service bill by signing up new customers themselves; there are several other companies that offer this too, but Solavei takes it to a whole other level by leaving the opportunity open to almost unlimited referral signing and income opportunities.

After the customer signs for Solavei service he or she is then eligible to recruit their first 'trio'; three new customers that will reduce the original customer's phone bill by $20/mo. as long as the three new users retain their service with the company.

The Rank Structure

Then Solavei users can advance through the ranks as their trios grow and their trios have trios. Those achievement paths are:

1. Social Partner -- When you sign your first trio you become a Solavei social partner. You'll receive a $50/monthly path payment for 4 trios and 1 trio in your personal network.

2. Social Connector - when your 8th trio is signed and you have 2 trios in your personal network. The top of being a social connector has $1000/monthly path pay for maintaining 20 total trios and 6 trios in your personal network.

3. Social Networker -- When you have topped the social connector level you'll become a social networker and gain the ability to earn $4000/monthly path pay by having 500 trios and 12 trios in your personal network.

4. Social Director -- This level offers $8000/monthly path payments at the top for maintaining 1250 trios with 20 trios in your personal network.

5. Social Executive -- You're a network marketing beast; you're earning $20,000/monthly path cash and maintaining 2000 trios with a personal network of 30 trios.

Solavei is a paradigm shift in mobile service delivery and network marketing. Their customer to customer marketing just may change the landscape of free enterprise in America. In a person to person way; this enterprising company takes business back to it's roots.

Hard Work Pays off with a Solid Career

The amount of electrician training needed and the personal commitment required to become a residential master electrician may seem daunting, but all the hard work will be well worth the rewards in the end. In many states becoming a master electrician requires:

1. two years of academic training in an accredited facility
2. passing a test to become an electrician apprentice
3. working in the field as an electrician apprentice for two years prior to becoming a journeyman electrician
4. passing the test for and working as a journeyman electrician in the field for 2 to 4 years before being able to qualify to take the master electrician's test
5. passing their state's master electrician test for licensing

Still, for those willing to put in the effort, the journey is well worth it. Master electricians are among the highest paid electricians-second only to outside linemen that have been working for power companies for many years.

What is the Commitment?

Often people relate electrician training to the type of training needed by residential electricians. Master electricians that work in the residential arena often commit to the field with a few years of academic studies, followed by a few years in the field as an electrician apprentice, followed by 2 to 4 years and passing a state test to become an electrician journeyman, prior to being eligible to take the state test to become a master electrician. The total time involved can be 6 to 8 years and that is if the individual is able to complete the academic portion in a timely fashion and work steadily in the field.

No doubt this is the type of commitment that not all people are willing to make. Some people would rather endure a short training program and get right to work in the field. Shorter training programs are definitely available through local companies such as telephone companies and cable companies or satellite TV companies that will train a person to become a telecommunications technician. However, these individuals will never make the high salary of a master electrician. So, if salary is a person's main driving force, it is well worth the effort to go through the training to become a residential master electrician.

Are you Right for the Job?

People who enjoy working outdoors may be well suited to the job as an outside linemen working for a power company. Every electric company has their own requirements for electrician training and some of the companies also have training available to individuals who wish to become an outside lineman. The job of an outside lineman is a very high paying job. In fact, it is usually at the top of the pay scale for electricians.

Remember, however, that the job of an outside lineman is also a very dangerous job and very physically taxing. Outside lineman work with high-voltage wires and their jobs require strenuous activities such as climbing power poles. This job also requires individuals to work in all sorts of weather, in all types of conditions, at all hours of the day and night. So, prior to committing to any type of electrician training to become an outside lineman, be sure that you are truly up for the job.

When you shop for a boutique dress, you have the advantage of purchasing from a shop that specialises in a relatively small segment of the market. With that in mind, you should have a pleasant shopping experience, and find that it's easier to locate something that helps enhance your unique attitude and fashion preferences.

Try Shopping Online for Your Boutique Dress

Online boutique shops have experienced a great rise in popularity. These possibilities make it easy to find cute frocks from the comfort of your own home, without taking time to drive directly to shops themselves. One of the advantages of shopping online is that you can make purchases when it suits you, instead of being motivated by the shop's opening hours. Furthermore, when you visit an online shop and find a boutique dress that strikes your fancy, you can choose to buy it immediately, or hold off on making the purchase until you get your next paycheque or any other time that's most convenient for you.

A Boutique Dress is Not Available Elsewhere

Some shops specialise in clothing that offers something extra special for their shoppers. A boutique dress is all about using enticing details throughout the piece to bring a look that's exciting and timeless. A dress that adapts to the changing seasons is very valuable. With that in mind, some shops find beautiful vintage dresses and add welcome details such as ruching around the bust line, buckles and pleats. Often, the result is hand-tailored, too. This ensures that you'll enjoy the highest quality available, and feel confident that your boutique dress is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. Since you can wear the piece through any season or event and look fabulous regardless of current trends, your purchase is an investment that pays for itself over and over again.

Benefits of Being a Frequent Customer

In an effort to build a base of loyal customers, many shops showcase their latest dress offerings in a dedicated section of their website. Others may offer an e-mail newsletter, too. This allows you to have the latest information about what's available, so that you can be among the first to explore dresses that meet your needs.

Buy a boutique dress today and embrace the nuances of your personality. Today's shops make it simple to find something that you'll love to wear every day, or for special occasions. Look radiant in a piece that's simultaneously classic and updated, and prepare to turn heads wherever you go.

Warning! May contain spoilers!

Michael J. Sullivan creates a set of superb characters in Royce and Hadrian, a pair of thieves who get a little too greedy at times. Or at least Hadrian does, and he then drags Royce along with him. I don't think I can stop saying enough good things about the way the two main characters are constructed, how they maintain character all the way through the novel and are delightful to follow. Royce and Hadrian are surrounded by a cadre of supporting characters that by the end of this first volume have various levels of depth and are used to develop the level of political intrigue that is going on within the story's world. Some of the other characters appear cartoonish. But this is not because of poor writing. It is merely, in my opinion, because of trying to cram so much into the novel and delve into so many of the side relationships that affect what Royce and Hadrian are involved in. Perhaps in some places these departures from the story as seen from the viewpoint of the main characters could have been done without. Without these side trips I think the story would have flowed better.

While the story opens in an excellent fashion, I love the interaction between Royce and Hadrian and the hapless highwaymen they encounter, the first half of the book does slog along at times as huge boulders of back-story are dropped with a plop into the narrative. And there are points of droning dialogue recited by characters who just seemed to be waiting for an opportunity to expound upon what they know of a situation. There were points in the story where I kept thinking of Syndrome from the animated film The Incredibles who humorously quipped, "You sly dog! You got me monologuing!" because it seems so silly at times. But as the story unwinds, things get significantly better. The second half of the story is tighter and much more captivating thanks in large part to the back-story having been over and done with mostly in the first half. Back-story dropped in the second half of the book flows much smoother with the narrative. If you are struggling through the opening half I assure you it gets better towards the end of the opening act. I will not say that the story was not without points where I had to stop and forcibly make myself resuspend disbelief before continuing, but those moments are minor enough to be overlooked. They happen in every novel I have ever read.

I was however a little disappointed in the ending of the first book. The first book in the Riyria Revelations series is prime example of what is common today among epic fantasy series. It is a book that at the end of it really has no end. There is just the cliffhanger for book two to pick up from and you feel like you have fallen off a cliff between chapters. Major plot points remain unresolved. The final battle with the supposedly mighty beast is light, quick and seems to be more of an anti-climax than a true climax. It was just another point on a slow journey through the story and an invitation to buy the next book of the series. My personal preference is for a more solid resolution at the end of a book, even if it is part of a planned series. I understand however that this is the current trend of the industry.

At the half-way point of the book I was not sure if I would be interested in the continuing adventures of Royce and Hadrian. By the end of the book I was much more interested in what these two thieves would be up to in the future. But not right away. I have put book two of the Riyria Revelations on my "to read list" but have opted to take a break and read some other stories before picking it up. The first book was just too long for me to want to delve right in to another tome on the same subject and I need some time to unwind from it.

I give Theft of Swords an over all rating of three and three quarters stars out of five placing it solidly above your typical fantasy story but not quite in the level of the more elite books of the genre. It was oh so close to getting four stars at times but the issues I discussed drew it back down from that level.

Over the past 8 months, both of my parents and my father-in-law were hospitalized and have undergone surgeries; two open heart surgeries and one gall bladder removal.

The aging process is inevitable.

However, just because someone is 80 plus doesn't mean that they have accepted the slowing down part of aging. Whether you are in your 30's, 40's, 50's or beyond... our minds and wills can be so strong that we don't acknowledge or accept that our bodies may not be the same as they used to be.

During the early part of my mother's recovery period from her aortic valve replacement, she struggled with her lack of energy and overall malaise. She was impatient to be back to where she once was. We can all relate to this as we are most appreciative of our health when it's absent. Fortunately for her, and for many of us, the absence of health is temporary.

We believe that invincibility is solely reserved for teens and young adults. However, people of all ages exhibit the belief that they are invincible in one way or another. Just think about the matriarchal martyr in your family and how she believes nobody can survive without her.

In the workplace this belief shows up as a sense of indispensability. You know you are in this mindset when you think your company, department, team or boss just couldn't operate without you; or let alone survive if you were to be "downsized" out of your position regardless of your 10, 20 or even 30 years of personal contributions.

And yet it happens. Frequently.

And companies, departments, teams and bosses manage to go on with the work.

Without you.

My dad gave me great advice early in my career, which I wish I had understood earlier. He said "Remember that you are never indispensable; there is always someone able and willing to take on the job after you."

The way I see it is our jobs are like our health. Too often we only appreciate them or pay attention to them once they are gone. Our bodies are like skills; we need to keep them fit and up for the challenge by never forgetting that we are neither invincible nor indispensable.

Due to my work as a coach during an economically challenging time, I know one too many people dealing with the aftermath of being downsized. The emotional turmoil and anger that accompanies this experience can be a lot like the slow and arduous recovery of a physical ailment.

What's the antidote?

Time. And a mind shift.

The biggest mind shift that we all need to make, whether gainfully employed or not, is that we can never just rest on our accomplishments of the past. Today, we are in a knowledge economy where ideas and thought leadership is the currency of value. As employees we are required to behave in an entrepreneurial fashion, keeping pace with the newest and best of ideas and thinking. We must continue to strive to add value and to learn new skills each and every day. We must recognize and leverage our unique strengths and leverage them.

Neglecting to exercise and stretch your skills is like neglecting your body. Years of abuse or neglect have its repercussions.

In truth, we can't control what happens to us, but we can certainly create an environment that optimizes our ability to learn and grow without a sense of entitlement, invincibility or indispensability.

Color can evoke a strong physiological reaction, and is a very important component in the alchemy of any visual composition, especially the spaces we live in on a daily basis. Whether it's office or home, color has a direct impact on virtually every aspect of our lives.

Historically, a color's value was directly related to its scarcity, not so much on its ability to change one's mood. Today we have access to literally millions of colors thanks to the revolution in advanced synthetic technology. In Paris, France in the 1800′s, scarce and expensive green paint was so highly valued, just by virtue of its rarity, it was sought out as a status symbol. Green rooms then were rarely repainted and acquired an attractive patina from smoke. Today designers may recommend giving a green paint job a wash with brown stain, to mimic the look of old Parisian bistros.

Purple was even rarer - Tyrian purple, the color of royalty in Rome, Persia and Egypt, was derived painstakingly from the mucous of thousands of predatory sea snails. The rarity of the color made it the first recorded instance of a color dye being manufactured as a trade.

Today, with all of the synthetics available, we don't have to confine ourselves to any particular palette, and conversely, no color is off limits. How then, do we choose from the millions of hues available? As an artist who has a hard time reigning in my color binging, I've discovered one way to do this is by drawing on nature. An artist or designer can take a snapshot of something they see in nature or art and form a whole palette around it. Using the eyedropper tool in Photoshop, we can form a natural palette.

For example, you can Google for an infrared photograph of Galaxy Messier 101, taken by NASA's Spitzer observatory. Using Photoshop's Pantone color library, I can use the eyedropper to pick wall or decor colors directly from this image, to take chips with me accessory hunting, or I can just give the Pantone number to my local paint shop.

These colors were the ones I used to redecorate a friend's tired living room in 2012. He had a painting that was shades of blue and coral, and refused to part with its presence in the room. It was a design challenge, in that blue and orange are not often thought of as companions until one sees it done. In my atelier, it was taught that you draw what you see, not what you think you see. In interiors it's the same - you decorate based on what you know to be true about colors, not what you think might work. Blue and orange are complementary. It might seem weird to some, but subdued sky tones and navy work well with the coral and salmon family - any scuba diver can attest to the natural beauty of pink coral against a backdrop of dark blue. In the end, it created a very relaxing room with universal appeal, and especially when embraced in white, it lends a nautical feel.

So what is Pantone? Pantone is an American company that was founded in 1962. Today they are a megalithic presence in all avenues of design, from fashion to merchandising. They are in the business of cataloging and predicting color. It was Pantone who announced Cerulean as the "Color of the Millenium" and each year, they meet in a secret boardroom filled with experts to determine both the color of the year and its associated allies, by analyzing trends and behaviors both in the industry and of consumers.

When Pantone announced their predictions for 2013, I wasn't surprised to see a variation on orange and navy side by side. These two, Nectarine and Monaco Blue, are more vivid and exotic, but in a conservative kind of way. Monaco Blue is the color of the year for 2013, providing a seriously modern mood that can update older decor needing a pick me up. The accompanying trend colors are futuristic and exotic - marking the turning point back towards silhouette. Color will still have its place, but it will be more integrated into the design, rather than the main attraction.

I love working from Pantone's color lineup. They are well-respected experts in color for good reason, always offering a fresh, forward thinking perspective on color from year to year - the results of their seemingly esoteric, yet obsessively technical color trend analysis. It's always easy to follow their logic, if you connect the dots in design trends, from popular application colors, to what's on everyone's mind around the world. At the same time, we designers and artists find new and unexpected ways of looking at our ideas. This year's spring lineup is quite exotic and relaxing at the same time.

We can all look forward to blue and green both featuring in unexpected and innovative ways, while at the same time, keeping room for old favorites like the very easy Poppy Red.