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Team Building News
15 August 2011
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QUOTES
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There is far more opportunity than there is ability. -- Albert Einstein
Whenever you are severely pleased you are nourished.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is nothing like a dream to create the future. -- Victor Hugo
A closed mouth gathers no feet. -- American Proverb
By yielding you may obtain victory.
-- Ovid
A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
-- George Moore
Age considers, youth ventures. --
Rabindranath Tagore
Be a loving expression of God's kindness.
-- Mark Twain
I know of no more encouraging fact than the ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
There is always a way if you are committed.
-- Tony Robbins
The one who loves the least controls the relationship.
-- Robert Newton Anthony
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WORD POWER
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VOCABULARY
Graduate Record Exam
lachrymose -- showing sorrow or tears
edify -- build someone up by teaching
supplication -- prayer, asking God for something
wizened-- made thin by aging
fastidiousness -- hard to please
compunction -- remorseful feeling
plethora -- excess of something
maelstrom -- whirlpool
egregious -- blatantly bad
approbation -- official approval
Doctors Without
B O R D E R S
 www.msf.org
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FOREIGN WORDS
Used in English
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Safari - Swahili
"A journey". Originally referred to as a short trip as common as going to the market, the English term refers to a journey or expedition for hunting or exploration, especially in eastern Africa.
Pajamas - Persian
"Paijama," "pai" meaning leg and "jama" meaning garment refers to loose pants with a drawstring worn in Asia by both sexes. The United States, Britain and Canada threw a loose top in and call the sleeping/lounge wear pajamas.
Quasi - Latin
"As if" was used in Latin as it is by us today, but over time the term has been used as a prefix to words such as describe something that is is somewhat, almost or bears a resemblance to the real deal.
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Team Building
Meetings & Events
See Past Newsletters
(Park City, UT) -- Lam Research enjoys team "work" in the ski resort town of Park City.
(Pittsburgh, PA) -- Direct Energy teams up at Station Square in downtown Pittsburgh an all-time favorite, the Amazing Race, with Venture Up.
 (St. Louis, MO) -- Covidien Pharmaceuticals, a new client for Venture Up in 2011, has scheduled continual programs throughout the year in several American cities. Plant managers from across the country met at the Four Seasons Resort in St. Louis for a day full of interactive team events in August. 
(Scottsdale, AZ) -- Longtime Venture Up client Merck Pharmaceuticals brings a young executive team to Scottsdale's Valley Ho Resort for indoor and outdoor team building challenges. 
(Phoenix, AZ) -- GE Energy, another new and continuing client of Venture Up, hosted a group of newly-hired executives at the Sheraton Wild Horse Resort for a meeting and team building experience.
Questions? 1-888-305-1065
info@VentureUp.com
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SERVING OTHERS
(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
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GEOGRAPHY
1. What US industrialized state has the highest number of unionized workers?
2. How many nautical miles offshore constitute a nation's exclusive commercial fishing zone?
3. What nation shares borders with Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan and Turkmenistan?
4. What is the southernmost country in Central America?
5. What did "America's oldest filling station" in Lynnfield, MA, fill stagecoach laps with in 1821?
ANSWERS: 1.) Michigan 2.) 200 miles 3.) Iran 4.) Panama 5.) Whale oil
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More than 250,000 people on 5 continents have participated in Venture Up programs since we began 1983. Venture Update's aim is to show team building clients just like you new ways of interacting, having fun and serving others.
Venture Up aims to provide uplifting experiences
to enrich your team players
at work and in life.
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© Copyright Venture Up Inc. 2011
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