Venture Update March 2010

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1. What foreign country has the most U.S. citizens living there?

2.  Who had a pistol in his front pocket when addressing the U.N. General Assembly in 1984? 

3.  What tournament did Arnold Palmer say he would play in as long as he could walk?
 
4.  What nation is bordered on the north by Syria, Turkey and Iran?

5.  Who put the most albums on the U.S. charts? 

Scroll down for answers. 

 

QUOTES

Fortune helps those who dare. --Virgil   

In action lies wisdom and confidence.  
-- Albert Schweitzer
 
My friends are my estate.
-- Emily Dickinson 

We must be the change we wish to see in the world.
 
-- Gandhi

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.   -- Charles Dickens

We cannot exist solely in a state of comprehension.
 --Mark Epstein

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise.  It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

--Ashley Montagu

 

WORD POWER 

VOCABULARY

from the  

Graduate Record Exam

 

blandishment n. 

speech or action intended to coax someone into doing something

 

caprice n.
impulse


corporeal adj.

of or having to do with material, as opposed to spiritual; space tangible  


diffident adj. 

lacking self confidence, modest

 

disabuse adj.

to free a person from falsehood or error

 

diatribe n. 

a bitter abusive denunciation. 

 

efficacy n. 

effectiveness; capability to produce a desired effect.

 

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Changing Times:

What a year ! 2010 brought Venture Up the busiest August and December ever -- usually the months when most of us kick back and relax. Venture Up clients are moving forward to meet the challenges of 2011 and beyond, and we are forever grateful for your loyalty in making us # 1 in Team Building Since 1983.


Recent Clients:

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Granite Services GE Orlando Granite Services Orlando
Granite Services, an affiliate of General Electric, sent execs from 10 nations to meet  Venture Up at the Epcot Center in Orlando for a day of international challenges set up throughout the theme park.

Agrium Inc., Canada

 Agrian Group in Old Town
Agrium Inc.
. one of Canada's Top 100 Employers for 2010 broke from a meeting of serious business to take on Venture Up's Amazing Race in Old Town Scottsdale.


 Ab Sciex Las Vegas  

Ab Sciex Human FoosballAb Sciex Tug o War AB Sciex, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, met Venture Up in Las Vegas for a day free of technicalities. 

 

Pharm Mutual in Las Vegas
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Pharmacist Mutual Companies execs risk little in Las Vegas facing indoor challenges with Venture Up.. 
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SERVING OTHERS 
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(Washington, DC) -- Hundreds of companies partner with World Vision and send a clear message of corporate social responsibility to its customers, shareholders and employees.  Can you or your company make a difference for children and families in need worldwide?

Here's how:

Matching Gifts & Workplace Giving --  Learn how payroll deductions, stock donations, and employer matches can create the socially responsible corporate environment you seek while helping others in need around the world.

Product Donations -- Learn about the types of product donations we accept, how donating benefits your corporation, and how your donations impact the lives of children in the United States and abroad.

 

Corporate Caregiver Kits- Learn how to create a dynamic opportunity for your corporation to band together and improve morale by building Caregiver Kits to help support volunteer AIDS caregivers in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

 

SchoolTools Backpacks-- Learn how your group can make a huge difference in the lives of children in your own community by assembling School-Tools Backpacks for students in need.

 

http://www.worldvision.org/content.nsf/give/matchinggifts-workplaceplan 

 ESSENTIAL TRIVIA Answers
 
 

      
 

1. What foreign country has the most U.S. citizens living there? Mexico

 

2.  Who had a pistol in his front pocket when addressing the U.N. General Assembly in 1984? Yasir Arafat 

 

3.  What tournament did Arnold Palmer say he would play in as long as he could walk? Masters 

 

4.  What nation is bordered on the north by Syria, Turkey and Iran? Iraq 

 

5.  Who put the most albums on the U.S. charts? Elvis Presley

 
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