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May 10: The next business gathering of Conozcamonos (Lets get to know each other) is planned for noon to 1 p.m. at Elite Nutrition, 585 Los Robles Ave. in Hamilton City, sponsored by the Spanish newspaper Sabias Que. The goal of the gatherings is to learn more about the Spanish businesses and services in the area. RSVP to Roxana Nunez for Spanish, 828-5687 or Andrea Mejia 321-9677 for English.

May 16: Pitch Perfect will be sponsored by Chicostart, a nonprofit incubator in downtown Chico. Entrepreneurs and business start-ups who want to improve their pitches to investors, banks and others are encouraged to come to Chicostarts Tech Talk. Details: 12-1:30 p.m. at Chicostart, 411 Main St. Ste 101. Info. 924-5100 or wendy@chicostart.com Two Chicostart members will be practicing their pitches to local mentors. A Chicostart meetup hang is planned from 5 to 7 p.m. at Two Twenty Bar, 220 W. Fourth St.

May 17: Grow Your Company Strategically will be presented by the Great Chico Area SCORE, a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses. Details: 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Cozy Diner, 1695 Mangrove Ave. Cost: free. For information, http://www.greaterchicoarea.score.org, scorechico@sbcglobal.net or call the Chico Chamber, 891-5556. Making the transition from a start-up or mom and pop operation to an enduring great company is difficult. This session will discuss leadership styles and effectiveness, components of effective strategic plans, methods to translate a strategic plan into specific tactics and budgeting to make it happen. (This has been rescheduled from May 16)

May 23: Introduction to Search Engine Optimization will be offered by the Small Business Development Center at Butte College. Details: 9 to 11 a.m. at Butte College Glenn County office, 604 E. Walker St. Rm. 101. Cost: $30 in advance, $40 at the door. Reservations: 895-9017 or http://www.buttecollegesbdc.com SEO is the process of getting a website seen by search engines. Topics will include site maps, Google Developer tools, Google Analytics, content writing, coding and more. This is for individuals who manage or update their websites.

May 24: SCORE representative Peter Fong will host a free meeting in Chico. Fong is the district director of Central California SCORE, and will be talking about resources that small businesses can use. Details: 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Butte Creek Country Club, 175 Estates Drive. Cost: free. Reservations: Chico chamber 891-5556. Fong, who developed six companies over 26 years, will discuss access to alternative lending, working with banks, doing business with state agencies, assistance for business plans and financial statements, small business opportunities, and the U.S. Small Business Administrations role for small business.

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May 31: Understanding Payroll Payroll Taxes, Records and Functions in QuickBooks will be offered 8:30 to noon at the Small Business Development Center at Butte College, 2480 Notre Dame Blvd. Chico. Cost: $50 prepaid or $60 at the door. Reservations: 895-9017 or http://www.buttecollegesbdc.com Topics include state and federal laws regarding business payroll function and record keeping to comply. Examples of processing payroll functions using QuickBooks will be provided, including discussion of e-filing payroll taxes and forms out of QuickBooks. A QuickBooks payroll manual and handout are included. The trainer is a CPA and QuickBooks ProAdvisor with payroll expertise.

June 1: Chico Chamber of Commerces Summer Bash to honor Bird in Hand and Made in Chico, two local retailers. Details: 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Patrick Ranch in Durham. Tickets $35 adults, $12 child. Reservations: http://www.chicochamber.com or 891-5556. The local band The Kelly Twins Dueling Pianos will perform throughout the evening, and a Hawaiian style dinner will be catered by New Hock Farm Catered Events.

June 29: ServeSafe Food Safety Training and Certification will be offered by the Small Business Development Center at Butte College. Details: from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the center, 2480 Notre Dame Blvd., Chico. Cost: $120 prepaid or $130 at the door includes textbook. $80 prepaid and $90 at the door without the books. Reservations: 895-9017 or http://www.buttecollegesbdc.com State law requires retesting and recertification every five years. The course includes the National Restaurant Associations ServSafe exam, essentials, manual, test sheets and certificate.

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The complimentary, hour-long, online event is scheduled for Wednesday, May 24, 2017 and features Pter Farag, Co-founder and CEO at Easyling and search engine optimization training and consulting expert Chris Raulf of Boulder SEO Marketing

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Boulder SEO Marketing, a top rated a top rated search engine optimization training and consulting agency and consulting agency, today announced that it has teamed up with Easyling, a leading website translation technology provider, to present how to choose the right method to translate and localize a website and how to optimize multilingual websites for online search in a complimentary online event. The 60-minute webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 9:00 am PDT; additional information and registration are available by visiting: http://www.boulderseomarketing.com/seo-training.

Pter Farag, Co-founder and CEO of Easyling notes, "If you want to successfully tab into new foreign markets, communicating with your potential customers in their native language is absolutely crucial to succeed." He adds, "Technology has become a time- and cost-saving part of the overall website translation process and we're excited to share best practices and an overview of our technology in this webinar."

"Thousands of websites are created each and every day and most of these newly created websites are hosted in-country. If a translated and localized website wants to have a realistic chance to compete with these sites, it has to be optimized for Google search as if it were a local website," notes Chris Raulf of Boulder SEO Marketing. He concludes: "Webinar attendees will learn the steps before translating a website, multilingual and international keyword research, and the crucial tools and technologies supporting the ISEO process."

This webinar is suitable for anyone involved in creating or managing multilingual websites or anyone interested in learning more about website localization and international search engine optimization.

About Easyling (http://www.easyling.com) Easyling is a state-of-the-art, CMS-independent website translation technology for Language Service Providers (LSPs) with full automation and automatic change detection capabilities. Headquartered in Budapest, Hungary, Easyling works with hundreds of LSPs - ranging from the biggest to medium sized - around the globe. Easyling has been integrated into several CAT tools like XTM, memoQ and others. Besides its flagship technology, Translation Proxy, Easyling also offers Javascript-based website translation for Intranet, knowledge-base and web-application localization and a variety of other delivery options.

About Boulder SEO Marketing (http://www.boulderseomarketing.com) With offices and training facilities in Denver and Boulder, Colorado, we take pride in offering 5-star rated in-person and online SEO training courses for all levels. Businesses worldwide rely on our digital marketing training and consulting needs. Our team of experts help small and medium sized businesses implement strategies that will improve a company's visibility in search engine listings, increase web traffic from organic searches and boost sales.

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The Aros Centre in Portree has launced a year-long community arts-based programme

A new island arts programme will provide a jobs and training boost.

The Aros Centre in Portree, Isle of Skye has launched Tha Seo Math Dhuibh Good for You, a year-long community arts-based programme.

A new island arts programme will really be good for everyone as it will provide a jobs and training boost.

The Aros Centre in Skyes capital, Portree, has launced a year-long community arts-based programme called Tha Seo Math Dhuibh Good for You.

As part of the Highland Culture: Take Pride, Take Part Investment Programme, the Highland Culture Strategic Board and Creative Scotland have invested in the audience development project which will engage the wider community in a variety of arts-based activities.

Iseabail Strachan, the project officer, is currently engaging organisations, groups and artists to introduce a diverse programme of workshops, walks, classes, performances and educational projects throughout Skye and Raasay.

The project wants to make activities inclusive and accessible to people of all ages and abilities as well as boosting health and well-being. It will also provide employment opportunities and specialist training for artists.

As a key partner in the project, ATLAS Arts will deliver Cig Sgiathan Five Wings, a programme of accessible walks with artists across the five wings of Skye and in Lochalsh. The walks will be delivered in collaboration with Step It Up Highland (SIUH), the University of the 3rd Age (U3A), Staffin Trust and other groups.

Aros managing director, Donald MacDonald said: We wish to engage with as many people as possible as the programme will include movement classes, story-telling, dance, walks, visual arts, film, poetry, writing and music.

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The Des Moines Register 11:06 p.m. CT May 4, 2017

New Jobs

Darrell Sarmento has been named executive director for the Des Moines West Side Chamber of Commerce.

Laci Belmonti has been hired as a leasing agent for Hubbell Apartment Living.

David Gerlach has been hired as an apartment maintenance technician for Hubbell Apartment Living.

Ken Johnson has been hired as an apartment maintenance technician for Hubbell Apartment Living.

Calli Peck has been hired as a leasing agent for Hubbell Apartment Living.

Jason Tutt has been hired as an apartment maintenance technician for Hubbell Apartment Living.

Amanda Jensen has been hired as a revit modeler for Hubbell Homes.

Wendy Sherrill has been hired as a training coordinator for Hubbell Realty Company.

Shawn Hugaboom has been hired as a senior project manager for Hubbell Construction Services.

Jillian Albin has been hired as a construction project coordinator for Hubbell Construction Services.

Claire Brehmer has been hired as a communications specialist for Hubbell Realty Company.

Cory Garrison has been hired as a corporate recruiter for Hubbell Realty Company.

Nathan Kelsey has been hired as a building maintenance engineer for Hubbell Realty Company.

Mark Johnson has been hired as senior swine key account manager for EW Nutrition.

Joseph Bruce has been hired as senior key account manager for EW Nutrition.

Robin Maxon has been hired as an attorney, of counsel for Hopkins & Huebner, P.C.

Terry Geerdes has joined the Midwest Region Business Center a Des Moines office of the Principal Financial Group.

Michael Splittgerber has been hired as a SEM/interactive marketing strategist for Strategic America.

Moira Livesey has been hired as a direct marketing coordinator for Strategic America.

Kylie Anderson has been hired as a website and SEO coordinator for Strategic America.

Samantha Fox has been hired as a client services account coordinator for Strategic America.

Philip Conover has been hired as a program director for the First Tee of Central Iowa.

Hasib Momand has been hired as an intern architect for Shive-Hattery.

Amy Devlin has been hired as an administrative assistant for Shive-Hattery.

Season Fraker has been hired as an administrative assistant for Shive-Hattery.

Christopher Kreuder has joined Faegre Baker Danielss product liability litigation team as an associate in the Des Moines office.

Promotions

Mary Inbody has been promoted to executive vice president for Lincoln Savings Bank.

Travis Rychnovsky has been promoted to chief marketing officer with Foster Group, Inc.

Jessica Galvez has been promoted to regional manager with Hubbell Apartment Living.

Curt Chenoweth has been promoted to lead builder coordinator with Hubbell Homes.

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People on the Move: May 5 - DesMoinesRegister.com

What makes a dancer, or any artist, great?

Talent just gets you in the door.

Desire only takes you so far.

Those 10,000 hours of practice that Malcolm Gladwell made famous?

Necessary but not sufficient.

The real key to success in the arts, and perhaps any demanding field, is a willingness to impose on oneself radically higher standards than the world around you might set.

Seo Hye Han, a principal dancer with Boston Ballet who will dance Aurora for the first time in Marius Petipas The Sleeping Beauty, running now through May 27 at the Boston Opera House, exemplifies living by those self-imposed standards.

Han dances with such exquisite grace that its unfair to say she makes it look easy. Instead, she makes it look perfect. And to achieve that level of perfection, she pays a huge price.

Han knew from the time she was eight years old that she wanted to be a professional dancer. She grew up in South Korea and her parents were deeply supportive of her desire.

By her late teens, Han had sacrificed enough to become one of the worlds top dance prospects, winning a competition in Switzerland, which afforded her a scholarship to study dance in Russia.

South Koreans are very family-oriented, Seo says. It was very hard to leave my family, but Russia offered such great training that I couldnt say no.

Han settled in Boston in 2013, where she became a member of the internationally-focused Boston Ballet. The life of a dancer is grueling, with performers typically notching 11-hour days including practice, rehearsals, classes, stretching, and working out.

Initially deeply homesick, Han recreated a sense of family with her fellow Boston Ballet dancers.

Everyone is from all over the world, she says. We are all away from our families. So we get together Ill cook Korean food one night, an Italian dancer will cook Italian food the next night. Its fun.

The life is also exhausting.

You have to remember to smile, even though you are absolutely physically exhausted, she says. Sometimes I see pictures of myself dancing, and I remember how exhausted I was when they took that photo, and I say to myself, I dont remember smiling, but I was.

Learning ballets isnt easy, either.

Its all muscle memory, Han says. Its not about using your brain. Its about teaching your body to remember each move. You cannot rely on your brain in a performance. Your body has to know everything.

So what does Han think about during performances?

Details, she says. Are my feet pointed the right way? Are my hands where they should be? Im always thinking about improving.

This season alone, Hans exacting standards have brought her leading roles in Ivan Likas Le Corsaire, Mikko Nissinens The Nutcracker, William Forsythes Artifact, and now Marius Petipas The Sleeping Beauty.

Its like Giselle, Han says of her Sleeping Beauty character. Aurora changes so much over the course of the ballet that it feels you are dancing multiple roles. In the first act she is young and its very technical. Lots of jumps. In the second act she is more mature, so there is more acting. The third act is more technical again. Its a lot of work to get it right.

Is there one role Han has not yet danced?

Juliet, she says, smiling. I want to know what it feels like to dance the role of Juliet. And she may get her chance as Boston Ballet will present Romeo and Juliet next season (March 15-April 8, 2018).

I know that ballet isnt forever. I dont want to be doing this while I am still 40. This is my time, and I understand the effort it takes. Im happy to do it. Im living my dream, despite the exhaustion and despite living so far from my family. We Facetime all the time. But if its what you want, you pay the price.

Boston Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, Boston Opera House, now through May 27. For tickets and information, BostonBallet.org.

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