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quote:Originally posted by TheWeldShopOk done that thats why they have been taped in their pairs well one is not a pair though it actually has 3 wires 2 blues and a white the ohms meter shows 17.8 on all 3 wires as did the 2 orange wires and one set of the blue and red wires the other set of blue and red wires ohms was 16.4 and the primary I am guessing is the black and red pair heaver gauge wire off by itself it reads 4.6 ohms but dont take those figures to the bank as I think my meter is screwed up but it doesnt read anything on the non paired wires so I will go with it just to pair my wires
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A great little thought from Nils Gilman on the consequences of the collapse of the Soviet Union for the Western welfare state. Broken and horrible though it was, the Soviet Union served western socialism by framing the discussion. Losing the "hard-left" peg for our Overton Window on social programs has led the entire discussion to slide quite a bit to the right.
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Links for the week of October 12th, 2010
If you want to follow my shared links in real time instead of as a weekly digest, head over to Delicious. You can search them there easily too.
Continue reading Links for the week of October 12th, 2010
Shared Links for Jun 16th
- Is There a Better Word for Doom? – Six disparate views on the value and ethics of actively re-framing the public discussion surrounding climate change. (tagged: politics policy environment communication propaganda climate change science )
- Clay Shirky: How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history – A talk given by Clay Shirky to the State Dept. a month or so ago, on the global, social, ubiquitous and cheap media landscape of the 21st century. Especially relevant in light of Iran's elections and protests at the moment. (tagged: web2.0 media propaganda technology social twitter politics transparency )
- Iran's Disputed Election | A Revolution in Pictures – Images are streaming out of Iran. Hundreds of thousands of people marching. Guns, fires, roads blocked by burning busses, riots and blood in the streets. The para-military storming the University. Protesters improbably evacuating an injured riot cop. Tear-gas ping pong. All revolutions look the same on the ground. They are not in practice ideological affairs. (tagged: iran politics election 2009 photos protest police )
- Gadget Teardowns – How to completely and utterly disassemble… just about anything, from a banana to your brand new Macbook Pro. Unclear whether you can put it all back together again! (tagged: technology design maker )
- The New Socialism: Global Collectivist Society Is Coming Online – An essay by Wired editor and Long Now pundit Kevin Kelly, making analogies between the "socialism" of the 20th century, and the open collaborative systems which have taken hold of the Internet. Larry Lessig hates the fact that he used the S-word, since it's got such a black name in the US, but I'm not so sure it was a bad idea. Actually I think that more than anywhere else, "socialist" ideas can probably work in the world of pure information. We're certainly nowhere near the limits of sharing online yet. (tagged: technology economics politics internet web2.0 socialism lessig longnow )
Shared Links for May 29th
- Post-Scarcity Prophet: Economist Paul Romer on growth, technological change, and an unlimited human future. – Reason Magazine – An excellent interview with Paul Romer from Stanford, who has apparently been thinking along the same lines as I have about the deep differences between material and informational goods (he calls them "things" and "ideas"). I don't think he's skeptical enough about the motives and powers of large "market" players to subvert the markets they participate in, but he certainly gets that all growth, in the fullness of time, must be based on knowledge and not stuff. Malthus and Erlich aren't wrong, they just haven't been right yet. Will have to look up much more of his writing! (tagged: economics science history capitalism technology growth non-linear wto corporations interview )
- This is not "socialism" – Semantic arguments are both catastrophically boring, and necessary. What does "socialism" mean? Is the Wikipedia socialist? Is the Internet inherently socialist? Do the ideas associated with "socialism" even have meaning when considered in the context of informational goods that once produced, are non-rivalrous and non-excludable? Why are so many people unwilling (unable?) to try and understand what a speaker or writer actually means, instead tending to just attach all their own cultural baggage to the words they use. All important words subtly change their meaning… (tagged: economics capitalism politics internet socialism copyright technology lessig )
- bikewise – Hooray!!! Somebody implemented basically exactly what I wanted in a bicycle issue reporting system, and licensed under Creative Commons to boot! It lets you report hazards, crashes, and thefts, register your bike, subscribe by e-mail or RSS to changes in your area, etc. Absolutely fantastic, clean, and easy to use. I'll populate it single handedly for Pasadena if I have to! (tagged: bicycle transportation maps wiki google planning policy )
- Housing and Transportation Affordability Index – a nice little application that allows you to browse geographically through several interesting slices of census tract data, looking at transit and housing affordability in various big metro areas in the US. (tagged: maps economics transportation economy urban )
- A Low Impact Woodland Home – A beautiful hobbit hole in wales. Left alone for a century, it would just melt back into the hillside, like many well-designed things. (tagged: sustainability green design architecture )
Shared Links for Apr 17th
- Health Reform Without a Public Plan – A short outline of how healthcare works in Germany: with pooled risks, and income-based premiums, but without a government administered healthcare system. There are more models for "socialized" healthcare out there than Americans realize, and they don't all involve a wasteful bureaucracy. (tagged: health medicne insurance policy politics socialism )
- How to Look Like a Grown-Up While Biking to Work – Can it really be true? Has New York become so bikeable that normal people riding simple, functional do-everything bikes are about to take over and make bicycle culture just plain old culture? I'd like to believe it. (tagged: bicycle transportation culture urban design cycling )
- Use of Linux constitutes probable cause? – Computer expertise and use of a command line now apparently warrant seizure and search of all your electronic devices, on the Boston College campus anyway. What a crock! (tagged: technology politics security linux police privacy law )
- Points on a sphere – There's no perfect way to specify N regularly spaced points on a sphere, but there are a few different ways to get close I'm going with the golden section spiral (tagged: python math programming science research sphere )
- He Doesn't Let the Money Managers Off the Hook – Of all the myriad failures of our capitalism, the willful collusion of shareholder representatives in the mismanagement and looting of their own companies has not gotten much airtime. This is why I use Vanguard. (tagged: investing vanguard bogle finance capitalism )


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About a year ago this month the wonderful Life Action Revival Ministries came to Midway Baptist Church in Gulf Breeze, FL and lead our church in two straight weeks of revival. It was nothing less than phenomenal and the first thing we learned was that revival meant God visiting us. Most Christians will tell you that what our country needs is revival and they are right.
The problem is that we usually rely on government to fix the societal problems that are literally rotting our country from the inside out. We cannot leave the needs of our country up to politicians only and that means we as Christian citizens need to "take right ground" as described by the great 19th Century revivalist Charles Finney.


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11 April 2009
TYSON (Dir. James Toback, 2008, US)
Partly financed by American indie film maker James Toback and executive produced by Mike Tyson, this new documentary on the controversial sporting icon has already been criticised for its inherent bias openly shown by those involved with the production. Premiering at Cannes last year, James Toback's personal examination of Mike Tyson's career from his poverty stricken beginnings to his dramatic collapse as a formidable force within the boxing world is structured around a series of intimate and deeply revealing confessions rather than interviews. The absence of Toback and the direct audience address by simply having Tyson speak in his own inarticulate words creates a very surreal atmosphere but the sensible rejection of pretentious documentary tropes helps to sustain a simplicity that fills the frame with Tyson's unmistakably bullish figure. The real fault with this documentary is that because of the refusal to depend on interviews from Tyson's friends and family means that it is very subjective and personal. The debate concerning Tyson's status as a contemporary sporting icon hover in the background as an after thought and are deliberately side lined so that we get a much more intimate picture of the man himself. To a certain extent, Toback does want us to sympathise with Tyson and he ensures that he presents his friend as a wounded individual and victim of the American dream.
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Pedagogical Principles
The Leadership Certificate program requires intense engagement and dedication to performance and hard work from every individual. Motivation and a genuine interest in understanding and growing responsible leadership are conditional to program participation. The benefits of the Certificate are proportionate to the quality of work and outputs produced by the participants.
In this program, participants take a step back to look inside themselves and analyze their own leadership style and path. Every participant is placed in situations of leadership to test his/her skills. Participants learn about leadership principles applied to real-life situations in life and in business. They also engage in self-evaluation, peer-evaluation and feedback. Each team has a leadership role in the form of missions.
Using action research principles, the certificate will operate like a Lab where students will be in turn subjects and objects of research about their leadership potential. The pedagogical relationship between the "Resources" (faculty, experts, executives, documents and data…) and the students is similar to the Oxford Colleges approach: students work on knowledge acquisition both individually and as a team under the guidance of and exchange with their resources and mentors.
The program includes 100 contact hours of interactive learning.
- To help students find their leadership identity and test their leadership skills across cultures under the savoir-relier™ protocol.
- To understand and practice strategic leadership questions from a Personal, Interpersonal, Organizational and Social perspective.
- To explore the borders and connections between pioneering leadership and entrepreneurship.
- To capture organizational leadership by diving into the reality of Pernod Ricard's strategic leadership.
For 2014, all teams will focus on two topics the digital acceleration and its impact on Pernod Ricard's future leadership and business strategy and responsible drinking.
- Time: April 22-June 6
- 7 weeks full time (see tentative schedule)
Leadership Areas
Anticipated themes include:
- Lead with "Savoir-relier™": self-awareness, search for sense
- Effective communication
- Leadership and Teams
- Lead across cultures
- Futures' analysis
- Leadership, entrepreneurship and innovation
- Leading in a global world (different industries/sectors/countries)
- Strategic Leadership/crisis/conflicts
- Crisis management
- Leadership, power and influence
- Ethics and leadership
Specific Missions and Deliverables
- Deliver Live Case recommendations for competition and jury - ALL Teams: presentation and report –June 5-6
- Each team will produce a 6' film tracing the Team's leadership journey and offer a picture of the personal and organizational leadership questions addressed in the course of the certificate
- Each individual will have a chance to test his or her leadership skills in action and receive feedback to better understand and improve their skills.
Live Case
Each team will compete over a specific live business case driven by Pernod Ricard's Leadership strategy and written by head faculty.
A live case poses a real and current strategic problem or question within an organization. The case has no found solution and is an on-going issue for the company. It reflects the complexity of strategic management and leadership in organizations. Students are faced with real-life issues and must deal with questions of uncertainty and time pressure as every leader or manager faces. Their contribution involves: to research the context and environment of the case (including benchmark); to present their reflections and analyses with a view to helping the company representatives in the resolution or advancement of the case; to challenge the status quo and bring an independent "fresh" viewpoint on the case questions. All information contained in the case is under absolute confidentiality agreement. Each participant will sign an NDA with Pernod Ricard prior to accessing information.
The themes chosen for the 2014 live-case edition of the Certificate are: Impact of the Digital Acceleration on organizational and individual leadership and responsible drinking strategies.
Role of Mentors and Resources
- Mentors: One faculty/expert is mentoring each team. One PR Mentor will supervise all teams.
- Resources: people who help bring content gathered for the purpose of the certificate and posted on the platform.
Immersion @ Pernod Ricard
- Keynote with Alex Ricard on April 24th 17h30-19h30 followed by cocktail for all and a private dinner with 8 team leaders and HEC executives.
- Session 1 at Headquarters, April 29: Team search and work on Pernod Ricard leadership model, HR and CSR with interaction on Digital acceleration
- Session 2 at Mumm's, May 13 (theme to be discussed)
- Jury in presence of Pernod Ricard executives, June 6.
Academic Team
Faculty and experts
- Deborah Ancona, Professor of Organization Studies Director, MIT Leadership Center, MIT Sloan
- Christelle Bitouzet, Affiliate Professor, Academic Head of EMBA English Track, HEC Paris
- Xavier Boute, Affiliate Professor of Economics - Decision Science, HEC Paris
- Patrick Delamaire, Affiliate Professor
- Philippe Gaud, Affiliate Professor of Management and Human Resources, HEC Paris
- Valérie Gauthier, Associate Professor, Head of Leadership Chair, HEC Paris
- Jérémy Ghez, Affiliate Professor of Economics - Decision Science, HEC Paris
- Dominique Hadria, CEO, Come on scope
- Thomas Négrel, Adjunct Professor of Finance, HEC Paris
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Housing market fear doesn't affect long-term care confidence
Housing market fear doesn't affect long-term care confidence
While the rest of the housing market is gripped by credit fears, those in long-term care are staying confident.The housing market has seen better days. As of this writing, Wall Street was struggling to stabilize after the subprime market fallout, a major mortgage company was quieting rumors of bankruptcy and the word "recession" was appearing with greater frequency in the media.
But if the rest of the financial world was seeing a half-empty glass, long-term care was still gazing at a cup bubbled over. The pessimistic conditions could not shake experts' confidence that long-term care housing was still relatively healthy and would remain so, despite larger market forces.
They credited their optimism to a steady momentum that has carried the industry to a period of unprecedented growth. The strength of the sector – seen in stable reimbursement levels and a decent regulatory environment – is not likely to weaken despite a market scare, they say.
"There are still people looking for great opportunities, plenty of lenders in the market and plenty of opportunity to refinance and acquire," said Tamera S. Gundersen, senior vice president of GE Commercial Finance. "It's just not quite as strong as a few months ago. People are getting shy."
Borrowing confidence
General market jitters should not deter long-term care providers from borrowing money, experts explain.
"It's a good time to be an operator," said Randy Abrahams, president and CEO of Bridge Finance Group. "The capital is plentiful. The only issue is rates, which should remain competitive for the foreseeable future."
Turmoil in the bond market will lead to a tighter long-term care financing market, experts believe. But it is more of a slight market correction than a downturn, they say.
"I see more of a moderation," said Alan Plush, senior partner of HealthTrust. "I don't see anything that tells me we'll see a true correction. I see a dampening of expectations and pricing."
Because of the suddenness of the housing market change, how the conditions will affect nursing homes is still hard to discern, experts note.
"Will the average skilled nursing operator who owns 10 facilities in the state of Michigan be impacted? Probably not," says Angela Mago, senior vice president and national manager of KeyBank Real Estate Capital. "Could it affect the Genesis transaction and the GE deal? Could it have some disruption in some large mega-deals? Maybe."
Adds Ray Lewis, senior vice president and chief investment officer with Louisville, KY-based Ventas, a real estate investment trust: "The bond market has really taken a hit because of the subprime mortgage default. That has nothing to do with seniors housing, but it has a spillover effect on the credit markets."
A probable consequence for nursing homes is fewer offers on the table. While a year ago nursing homes may have had interest from 10 different lenders, today they might only have five suitors, experts said.
Newer lenders to the sector might be likely to flee as a result of the shifting environment. But established players in the sector, such as commercial banks, are not so easily scared off, they say.
"No matter what scenario you paint, they will be around to lend that money," Abrahams said. "They weathered the storm of 1997 and came out the other end. It's a more sophisticated group."
Staying fit
As is the case in the best of times, those operators with good fundamentals – that is, strong census, reimbursement and sound balance sheets – are still attractive to lenders.
"I see the marriage of private equity money with established owner-operators," said Meredith Oppenheim, senior vice president of Granite Partners. "Because of the operating specifics of our business, you really are seeing smart money marrying with smart operators that could minimize the risk that comes with dabbling in this business."
Ventas' Lewis agrees.
"The market is still attractive from a fundamental perspective," he said. "It's harder to get capital and it favors people with a strong balance sheet and who use less leverage. As a REIT, we think the near-term prospects are pretty good in terms of acquiring additional assets."
Mago notes that a well-managed operator with a good operating history and track record in recent months has not had a problem having access to capital. They have been able to use that capital to divest, renovate, construct and "buy off the guy down the street," she said.
A full glass
Lending experts say there is little reason to be on edge because of the solid foundation long-term care housing has laid over the last few years. Stable reimbursements and regulations and an improved litigation climate have helped to attract lenders to the sector. Low cap rates, which translate into high values, and low-interest rates have also helped to normalize the environment.
"We've been on a good bull run for four to five years," said Steve Gilleland, director of healthcare real estate for CapitalSource. "The reimbursement allows for predictable cash flows for owners and lenders like me. I can tell what kind of cash flows I can lend on, and Medicare and Medicaid rates are going up at a nice upturn."
Demographics are no doubt also in the sector's favor.
"I think there will always be a place for nursing homes," Gilleland said. "That's why we feel so good about lending in this sector."
One sign of the sector's robustness is the presence of institutional capital, a kind of status symbol of a mature sector, Mago explained. Office, industrial, retail and multi-family – the four major housing sectors – have attracted institutional capital.
The final step in the evolution of a market is the interest of capital markets, notes HealthTrust's Plush.
"One thing I love saying is that healthcare is the last one invited to the party and the first one asked to leave," Plush said.
Word of caution
Still, there is reason to be cautious. The market crisis is not over, which still makes long-term care vulnerable. Ventas' Lewis notes it has been one of the fastest deteriorations in the credit market since the devaluation of the Russian ruble in the early 1990s.
Specific concerns for the future of long-term care include increases in interest rates that could affect cap rates, and reimbursement changes, Mago said. Providers also need to keep an eye on items such as the House bill that was threatening to reduce Medicare reimbursements to skilled nursing facilities by $2.7 billion over five years, as of press time.
It's also important to be wary of highly leveraged acquisitions that are dependent on insufficient cash flows that could cause credit default and capital flight, she said.
Because of the current uncertainty, it has been wise to wait before borrowing to see which way the market goes, one investor advised.
"All indications are the fall will be a smoother ride," said the investor, who asked not to be named.
Others say the time to sell is now.
"If you're contemplating selling, now is a good time because you never know when the government will change the game," said CapitalSource's Gilleland.
His attitude points to a reality of working in long-term care finance: Lenders are always on their guard. No matter how well things have been going, it's hard to dispel the possibility of a crash. This scenario last occurred in the late 1990s when the government introduced the Prospective Payment System, which changed reimbursement and sent many long-term care chains into bankruptcy.
"I've seen the movie before and I'm a little worried," Gilleland said. "I'm just hoping the government doesn't pull what it did last time. They are talking about adjusting the highest RUGs categories."
But for reassurance investors and providers just have to think back to last year's October conference sponsored by the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing and Care Industry.
During a reception, Abrahams recalls lenders standing around the perimeter of the room courting providers who were nibbling on shrimp in the middle.
"The operators and borrowers looked very relaxed," Abrahams said. "I think the prospects of capital to long-term care providers remains very strong. I don't see that flow interrupted in any meaningful way."
Finding out what really happened: A market recap
Understanding the current housing crisis is not brain surgery. But sometimes it feels that way after reading general news reports.
Experts who spoke with McKnight's summed up the general scenario:
"The institutional bond market is in turmoil due to the overheated leveraged buy out (LBO) and the subprime mortgage market deterioration," according to Angela Mago of KeyBank Real Estate Capital. That has caused some capital flight that will have a macro effect on the global capital markets, she added.
The problems started with the subprime mortgage borrowers, or those with poor credit. When these borrowers began defaulting on their loans, it caused credit markets to tighten. It also sent shockwaves through the bond market because those loans were bundled and sold off around the world. As of press time, Countrywide Financial, a major mortgage lender, had just received a $2 billion cash infusion from Bank of America, to avoid bankruptcy.
The effects of this market scare have an effect throughout the borrowing world, including those in long-term care. A tighter credit market means that private equity players and others that use a lot of leverage to generate higher returns will have a harder time making those returns, according to Ray Lewis of Ventas.
While a small long-term care provider may not feel the effects of this larger market crisis, a provider involved in a large transaction might.
There have been reports that deals involving private equity firms could be in jeopardy because of the high amount of leverage that private equity players use to generate higher returns. One example is the recent decision of the Carlyle Group to purchase nursing home chain Manor Care Inc.


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A common concern when evaluating CRM is user adoption regardless of whether it is Dynamics 365 or another tool. Here are some of our best CRM user adoption tips. "When small to medium size businesses evaluate CRM – the thought of going through the process and investing in a solution that employees won't use is a scary thought. More important than the technical requirements of an implementation, your partner plays a large role in the success of your CRM implementation. They should guide you away from doing things that will result in poor adoption and work with you to develop an exciting way to introduce CRM" – John Posan, Director of Business Development.
Poor user adoption has become a prominent factor jeopardizing the success of a CRM implementation. For a system with such vast functionality and extended features, a poorly strategized project could lead to a system that won't meet the expected user adoption and eventually lead to project failure.
1) Top Down Buy-in
Implementing a CRM system shouldn't be just the decisions of few individuals, but rather, the company as a whole. Situations where the daily end users of CRM have not been consulted or heard that the business was looking for a new tool until go-live training must be avoided. This creates a natural resistance as users feel like their opinion wasn't valued. Which forces them to focus on the bad instead of being part of the solution!
Our recommendation for any Dynamics CRM project is that the momentum of change is driven from top to the bottom. Starting with the executive buy-in, further carrying that synergy down to middle management and finally to end users. Everyone in the organization should be focusing on the same goal and follow the same standards. It is not practical to have everyone within the organization heavily involved but developing a user or two in each business unit can make a drastic difference. Have each of those users get the feedback of the rest of their team and suddenly everyone has a voice. The system needs the strategy of the executives/management but also the practicality of the end users.
2) Phased Approach
Often organizations want to immediately have an end to end, fully integrated solution with every business unit on the tool. It is very easy to get carried away and bite off more change than an organization can handle. Often times what an organization thinks they want is different than what they actually want as they "don't know what they don't know".
It is typically not wise to tackle more than one specific module or entity per project. We always recommend a phased approach when implementing Dynamics CRM, with the initial phase to deliver core functionality that will improve current processes and generate excitement. There are few benefits of a phased approach:
- Easier to accept by users as it's only one change
- Shorten the learning curve of new functionalities
- Easy to recognize benefits and improvements
- Build the next phase off of the lessons learned
- Start recognizing ROI quicker as the project is smaller
In an example where an organization wants to implement Dynamics 365 for Sales, Dynamics 365 for Service and integrate with an ERP system – we might suggest an approach such as the following.
Planning your long-term CRM strategy is an essential part of a successful implementation. Do not just rush into a phase until you know where you want to end up and when.
3) Customized User Experience
CRM systems are capable of doing a lot of different things and some of them usually aren't the focus of why an organization is implementing a CRM tool. A common mistake is a "one size, fit's all" user experience where everyone is served the same form layouts and menus.
What you end up with is users having to dig through fields or modules of the system they don't care about which is a tedious and time wasting process defeating the purpose of a CRM tools efficiency.
Let's look at a practical example in sales where you have front line business development representatives(BDRs) and then more seasoned sales executives working within the same tool. If the job of the BDR is to collect all the data and assign the lead to the correct sales executive with everything they need to know. A common mistake in this process is giving both the BDR and Account Executive the same form and opportunity process flow as they care about different things. The process bar for the BDR should only contain information they are required to gather and the form arranged in a way that only shows what they care about. This ensures they aren't focusing on the wrong fields and forgetting to gather the important data.
Involving both the BDR's and Account Executives in the design of their forms is a great way to build user adoption and make everyone feel "part" of the solution. Otherwise, you run the risk of complaints at go-live of a system without practical user input.
4) Training
If it is a struggle for users to do what they need to within CRM, they will instead do it in a familiar tool such as Excel. An important aspect of a CRM implementation partners role is the strategic training plan on two different levels: administrator and end user.
The administrator training must provide enough knowledge that the organization can make changes internally without having to go to a CRM implementation partner for small changes. If an organization doesn't have the knowledge to make required tweaks quickly, the system will not transform alongside the business and will become antiquated. Once the system has been running for a month or so, there is usually some tweaks that are required – it's important to have the knowledge of how to do this in-house.
The end user training can be more challenging as it has to be done in an exciting way. It is not practical to put 20 people in a room and expect them to pay attention on how to use CRM for 7 hours. The sessions must be extremely focused on only the areas of the tool that the group of users will be using. The training should entice them to configure their experience unique to them through personal views, charts, and dashboards. At the end of a successful user training, there should be an excitement about the new tool – not resistance. Make the sessions fun, practical, informative and show the value/time-saving. Always use real world examples that will really resonate with your user base.
5) Strategy and "Big Brother"
Many companies implement CRM hoping their customer relationships will be perfectly managed. Although Dynamics CRM is a tool that manages customer relationships, it must be driven by business process and strategy in the backend. In today's world, the term "CRM" no longer refers to any particular software or tool, but rather as a business notion or a strategy. When implementing any CRM system, the organization must first develop a CRM strategy and apply that throughout its business processes. Then embed those processes into CRM tools such as Dynamics 365 where they can be exposed to users on a daily basis. Once these are achieved, the gap between system and end users will close and user adoption rate will rise. Many organizations that try and implement CRM without a partner fail because of the lack of strategy put into the implementation. Your partner is an integral component for success so choose wisely!
Occasionally employees view CRM as giving "big brother" access to every minute of what they are doing. It is imperative that everyone understands CRM isn't about capturing what employees aren't doing – it's about capturing what is working and what is not. If your employees are currently not entering information into a system, you must show them the value in that data. A CRM system must be a perfect blend of business automation, data capture, visibility and tool that everyone sees the value in.


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The video for the album's title track, "Ghost Town," will premiere the morning of Monday, July 24th at www.bucketlistmusicreviews.com.
A truck-driver's daughter, Plett grew up in Manitoba, where, at the age of 13, she was involved in a vehicular accident that took the life of her cousin (and best friend) and almost cost her her own life as well. Plett overcame debilitating and life-threatening injuries to over half her body. With a second chance at life, Plett vowed never to take her existence for granted and at a very young age adopted a motto she has lived by ever since: "I'd rather die living than live not alive."
After pouring her heart out on the piano through her teenage years, she soon picked up a guitar and began her first foray into songwriting. Following a showcase at the 2005 Winnipeg Folk Festival, Plett released her first EP, Repeated Stories. In 2010, she released Outside the City, where she truly established her unique country/folk/soul sound.
As Plett's music career started to crescendo, news from the Manitoba family farm rocked her to her core. When Plett's mother was diagnosed with brain cancer and was given one year to live, the music stopped. Having to deal with not only the devastating loss of a parent, but her biggest supporter and encourager, took its toll. A few years later, Plett poured her pain into her music and had to rediscover the joy of performing, but eventually she found comfort in her mother's encouragements to "let your wail out!"
Out of the void came songs on her new album like "Trigger" and "Stay," along with a new motivation to take her music to the next level—in Nashville. The timing of the release of Ghost Town was very carefully chosen around a very special person's birthday and significant time of year. "In 2010, I released Outside the City on September 2nd, which was one day before my mother's birthday," says Plett. "In 2013, almost a year to the date of her diagnosis—and a few weeks after her birthday—my mom lost her battle with cancer. The reason I am releasing Ghost Town when I am is because of how full-circle my life has come in the past seven years. What I thought was the plan seven years ago with Outside the City was not the right time… what is happening now is. I know I'm in the right spot. I feel there is a huge significance in celebrating this 'full-circle' by releasing my new album so close to the anniversary of my last release and just a few days before my mother's birthday yet again. After all, my mom was the first one to encourage me to wail."
Plett plans to tour extensively in Canada and the U.S. in support of Ghost Town. She is celebrating the album release with a very special intimate, acoustic show in Nashville at Belcourt Taps on Wednesday, August 30th at 6 p.m. For $10, fans can get into the show and get a copy of the album a few days before its official release date. "The reason I am having the release party in Nashville is because of how everything that has happened in my life, up until this point, seems to have led to this," says Plett. "I truly feel like I am on the path I was purposed to be on in this life… I just had to go through everything I did to fully see it and recognize it. And I believe I have." Confirmed tour dates are listed below; more tour dates will be announced soon.
Melissa Plett Tour Dates:
Aug. 9 – Vergennes, VT / Bar Antidote
Aug. 11 – Richmond, VT / Stone Corral Brewery
Aug. 30 – Nashville, TN / Belcourt Taps (album release party)
Sept. 8 – Richmond, VT / Stone Corral Brewery
Sept. 9 – Richmond, VT / Stone Corral Brewery Anniversary Party
Sept. 9 – Montreal, QC / The Brass Door Pub
Sept. 13 – Sault Sainte Marie, ON / LopLops
Sept. 16 – Winnipeg, MB / Le Garage
Oct. 21 – Montreal, QC / Grumpy's
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Baguio city has become a really busy place.
Being the summer capital of the Philippines, tourists and travelers has always been filling up the city. Not a bad thing because there has been a lot of developments and opportunities since then. Yet the city can't have all these without sacrificing something in exchange; Air and noise pollution, houses have replaced the forests, and overpopulation. A lot of people from different places chose to leave their towns and make Baguio their home.
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It seemed like a very perfect place to relax. My normal meditation takes about 10 minutes before I enter the meditative state but when I entered this room, I knew I could do it immediately. Since I've mentioned meditation, it's actually the main topic of the second operation of Alchemy in my "Seven Operations of Alchemy" I'll resume it maybe next week. A lot of people doesn't understand meditation but it's worth more than any vegetables or vitamins you'll take.
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In the following article, guest writer Ariel Schindewolf, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, shares what she wish she had known earlier in graduate school. Ariel also shared her advice in a previous GradPost article (Graduate School Tips for Success).
As I get closer and closer to the finish line, I discover more and more things that make me think: "If only I had known sooner!" So, I'd like to take this opportunity to share with you the new tricks that I have recently learned that can hopefully benefit you throughout your graduate school experience.
1) Use technology to save you time (and frustration). If you have a lot of tables and figures in your paper, these can, and should, be auto-numbered and auto-updated. I never realized this existed. You can do this in OpenOffice and Microsoft Word (see Automatic Table of Contents and Lists in MS Word).
You can also create an automated table of contents. I recently removed the first section of one of my chapters in my dissertation and then I had to update ALL of my headings and subheadings in the table of contents because it changed the page numbering. Fortunately, this no longer needs to be done by hand. The automated table of contents feature tracks your headings and sub-headings and can update them automatically for you.
2) Get to Know the Graduate Division Peers. There is a writing peer on campus (Ryan Dippre). He can help you with the above items. I met with him multiple times and can attest to the fact that he is great. He read an entire chapter for my dissertation and gave me some positive feedback, which was a pleasant surprise. He also gave me some useful tips to improve my writing. It's nice to be able to discuss your writing with a third party individual who is invested in what you are doing and who is someone neutral that is not evaluating you. You can contact the Writing Peer by emailing: firstname.lastname@example.com. Another idea is to have writing partners or groups.
The Graduate Division also has an Academic Peer (Torrey Trust), who helped me revamp my professional website (http://arielschindewolf.com/). A professional website is an important part of the job search these days. It's also a way to share your work and unique perspective with the world. Torrey helped me set and adhere to deadlines, which made the website project manageable for me. She could do the same for you!
Note: Torrey is graduating soon, but don't despair, the Graduate Division will be hiring a new Professional Development Peer in her place.
3) Enjoy the journey! Getting a Ph.D. is definitely about the journey and the destination. As I get closer to graduation, I look back at all those times that I felt SO lost and worried that I might never make it and I feel sorry for my past-self. If only I could have completely believed that, in fact, at some point, my journey would all become clear. For me, my dissertation came to fruition by continuing to put one foot in front of the other and doing the work day in and day out, whether I understood why or not. For me, this has been a painful process of facing many of my own weaknesses, but I realize more and more that it's really related to the learning process. Learning anything new can just be challenging, but this challenge is why I'm here.
So, my advice is to keep on plugging - you may be in a dark, mysterious tunnel right now, just know that where you are is a normal part of this mysterious process. Trust yourself and keep going.
Anyway, these are the lessons that this old dog has been learning lately. Hopefully, you might find something useful for yourself in here. One of the most important things we can do for ourselves in graduate school is to get the help we need. Resources are available to you now that may not be in the future; don't just ignore them.


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I headed out with fellow NAPC member and friend Richard Taylor again with the initial intention to visit Kennick Reservoir for the rhododendrons but we had heard from several other photographers these are not yet out. A re-think was needed and my first thoughts were to visit the section of River Dart at Holne Bridge but decided to put that one off for another trip as the potential sunset and cloud would be missed down in the valley.
We finally agreed to visit Great Staple Tor as this was a location neither of us had visited before and would give us the opportunity to exploit the sky's offerings if there were any to be had. The cloud we saw in the sky was a mixed bag with parts of totally clear sky, light cloud and the blanket dark cloud. Ideally we were hoping for the light cloud in our compositions and for once we were blessed.
The walk to the summit of this tor didn't look that far from the car park but looks can and are often deceiving. Richard checked later and we found out our destination was over a mile of scattered rock away which wasn't easy on the old leg muscles.
This shot was a single image using a Lee Filters 0.9 Soft Grad and a Coral 6 Hard Grad to warm the sky. I started the evening with this composition but shooting into the sun left me with an image full of flare which wasn't what I wanted.
There are more images from this location I hope to process over the next few days and will post these when I can.
Now thats a stunning sky.
It was a bit of a hike and I felt the consequences this morning but the end result was worth it. Beautiful sky and fantastic capture Mart.
Red sky at night Shepherds house on fire :o)
I couldn't see you from Bowermas where I was last night.
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Wow, great picture with the backdrop of an awesome sky! Love it!
Glad you made it up to this location Martyn. Quite a hike isn't it?
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One lesson learned in this wearying week of morning-show warfare: Some people should never give up their dream day job. Which is why it was so gratifying for the week to end with the announcement that Today's Matt Lauer was staying put for years to come. I'd like to think he saw the future — or maybe Today's future — staring at him on Wednesday, when he sat across from NBC-Comcast rising star Ryan Seacrest for his overhyped mouse-peep of an announcement about joining the Olympics prime-time team. This followed the blast from the recent past of Meredith Vieira's overblown "living legend" return on Monday to confirm her own Olympics duties. None of which remotely approached the desperate pandering for ratings that resulted in turning over an hour of Tuesday's show to so-called "co-host" Sarah Palin, who was more of a glorified guest being given the royal treatment. (As David Letterman later joked, "part of their Half-Term Governors Week.")
Yes, Today was that scared that Katie Couric's moonlighting gig on Good Morning America would finally push the needle of GMA's resurgent ratings to overtake Today for a week. That doesn't appear to have happened (although the Katie-centric GMA did win at least Wednesday's battle), but the week has been a pungent reminder that Katie has never looked so good as when working the room, and the crowd, on a morning show. Her rapport with the GMA team, including George Stephanopoulos but especially the winning Josh Elliott, makes me think she should have regular sidekicks on her upcoming syndicated talk show. Anything to emulate the feel and tone of the morning gig. Just as Katie's comeback made us pine for her Today heyday, so did Oprah Winfrey's mea culpa on Monday's CBS This Morning (with her old pal Gayle King) remind us that she should have never given up her throne as daytime's reigning queen.
"Had I known that [launching OWN] was this difficult, I might have done something else," confessed Oprah, adding that if she ever wrote a book about it, she'd title it 101 Mistakes — the biggest blunder being to launch OWN too soon, before she'd finished with The Oprah Winfrey Show. (For me, the second biggest mistake: finishing with The Oprah Winfrey Show. Ah well.)
And then there's the spectacle of the reliably litigious and outspoken Keith Olbermann, whose embarrassing exit from Current TV has made more noise than Current has ever made on TV. During his own "I screwed up" declaration on Letterman's show, Olbermann likened himself to a "$10 million chandelier" (albeit missing a power source these days) that was too big for the ramshackle operation he attached himself to in the wake of his previous embarrassing exit from MSNBC. Chandelier? More like high-voltage wire you'd be crazy to come into contact with. Again, here's a very talented guy, an electrifying personality, a gifted wordsmith. Remember when he was on ESPN and the world was a kinder, gentler place?
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LAUGHING MATTERS: As teased Thursday, this week's Community earns "instant classic of the week" honors with its dead-on takeoff on Ken Burns' documentary style to chronicle the battle between the blanket and pillow forts of Abed and Troy — of whom the narrator notes, "He would later say of the war, 'It was awesome.' But also, 'It wasn't?'" Yes, Troy, it was awesome. As the camera tracks the feathery battlefield, a poem is solemnly recited: "Pillows but no sleep. Feathers but no birds. Pajamas without children. Violence without purpose. I saw Mommy kissing Exxon Mobil. — Amanda Johnson: poet by choice, lesbian by birth." We also get Pierce as the Stay Puft looking Pillowman, "an unstoppably plush weapon." Britta's hilariously bad photography. Abed's leaked e-mail, strategically pointing all the things that could distract the emotionally fragile Troy: "Loud voices. The color red. Smooth jazz. Shiny things. Food smells. Music boxes. Bell bottoms. Boobs. Barking Dogs. And anyone saying, 'Look over there.'"
But Community is more than just a series of inspired jokes. It's a comedy about, as it says, community. And friendship. And this time, it's Jeff who has the epiphany that when the war is over, nothing is more important than healing the rift between Troy and Abed. Even if it means trekking all the way back to the Dean's office to fetch the imaginary "magical friendship hats" he invented earlier. Because, as Jeff faces the truth, "I would do anything for my friends — which I think is how everyone in the world feels, which finally makes me understand war."
Speaking of war, too bad Community had to go into combat opposite another high-profile episode of CBS' The Big Bang Theory, this one featuring the renowned Stephen Hawking in a memorable climactic cameo opposite an awed Sheldon (Jim Parsons), who collapses upon realizing he gave The Man a paper with a mathematical "boo-boo" in it. "Great. Another fainter," sighs Hawking from his voice box.
Most of the episode finds Sheldon humiliating himself to win Howard's favor to get an audience with Hawking: first polishing the "backsplash" off Howard's belt buckles (not so funny), donning a French maid's costume to parade through the work cafeteria (old-school funny), and worst of all, accompanying Howard's never-seen gorgon mother on a clothes-shopping expedition (very funny), ending with Sheldon trying to zip her up in a dressing room. "If I squeeze you any tighter, you might turn into a diamond!" he gasps. But like Community, it all boils down to the odd friendship between these wacky geeks, and all Howard really wants is for Sheldon the genius to compliment him on the work he does. Which leads to this spit-take-worthy moment: "I have never said that you are not good at what you do," Sheldon insists. "It's just that what you do is not worth doing." (Leonard's response to Howard: "I'd take it and run." That's as close to a pat on the head as Sheldon is capable.)
Also had a blast with Fox's best Tuesday comedies this week. Burt Chance (Garret Dillahunt) was on fire on Raising Hope. Struggling with how the hipsters talk nowadays: "Don't ask me. Ever since that UPN went off the air, I've had trouble learnin' new phrases." Getting caught out in a scam on Sabrina (who's blind without her glasses or contacts): "That's why we need cable. We'd be happily entertained at home and wouldn't get into these high jinks." Becoming entranced by a novelty-store plaque of mounted coconuts that look like bouncing boobs: "This thing takes Double D's!" And then realizing the impact this toy is having on baby Hope (whom he imagines, disturbingly, as an adult stripper): "I gotta keep Hope off the pole. And she's not watching Toddlers & Tiaras anymore either."
The fun continues on New Girl, as Jess finally learns to her horror — thanks to "sweatback" Jake — that Schmidt and Cece are an item. This episode belongs to Schmidt (the hilarious Max Greenfield), who in the middle of Jess's meltdown crows, "Can we just take a moment to celebrate me?" And later, reflecting on the ensuing chill between Jess and Cece, "It makes me really sad to see them fighting over me like this," with an ear-to-ear grin. What a douche, so who better to give Jake douchebag lessons? And Winston (often underwritten) comes into his own with a masterful aria as "Theodore K. Mullins," channeling his inner Color Purple in the guise of Jake's "down-low" lover. In this company, no wonder Jess is a mess, even before she realizes "you all thought about me when self-completing." But things get better when Jess discovers that Cece really somehow likes Schmidt and it's not all about sex. And sure enough, there's something adorable as we watch the douche and the diva in the kitchen, Schmidt's kingdom: "What are you doing to that basil, Cece? You trying to make it confess? Easy with the knife, Robespierre." When New Girl is on its game, it's more than adorable. It's terrific.
WEIGHTY ISSUES: As if to twist the old commercial slogan to "You're not getting older. You're getting fatter," poor miserable Betty Draper was kept off stage during Mad Men's season opener to delay the shock of this week's unveiling of Fat Betty Draper. That's one way to deal with an actress's pregnancy, and to me, usually the wrong way. (I never really forgave Frasier for turning Jane Leeves' pregnancy into one long Fat Daphne joke back in the day.) With Mad Men, puffing up an expectant January Jones with prosthetic waddle isn't exactly subtle, but does convey a certain grim reality about unhappy housewives of the time. Bullied by a domineering mother-in-law, patronized by an ambitious husband, never really at ease as a wife or mother — and still turning to her rock, Don, for comfort when presented with a possible medical crisis — Betty is a mess. Trapped in a mausoleum of a house, she whiles away her day on the couch scarfing down Bugles watching The Andy Griffith Show on TV. (OMG, Betty is regressing to my childhood!)
Meanwhile, alphas like Don and Roger really are just getting older. Even after shedding his tie backstage at the Stones concert, Don is razzed as Bewitched's "Durwood" (Endora's version of Darrin) and told, "None of you want any of us to have a good time because you never did." Don begs to differ — "No. We're worried about you" — but point taken. His sort of cool is being eclipsed, and a Rolling Stone gathers no Brylcreem. At work, Roger fumes after being upstaged by Pete ("the last guy I hired") during the Mohawk Airlines announcement. "I'm tired of trying to prove I still have any value around here," he sulks. Times are changing. Don's new secretary is the black hire ("Dawn," to confuse matters) from last week's employment kurfuffle, and Peggy spends much of the episode fretting over bringing someone as brash as new Jewish recruit Michael Ginsberg (the entertaining Ben Feldman) on board. "At least this one we're hiring on purpose," quips Roger. The more things change, the more some things (and people) never do.
ODDS AND ENDS: "Why can't you just admit that there's a mystery to life, Bones?" — Booth helping Bones deliver their baby in a stable, an awfully on-the-nose twist after they'd spent much of the episode debating religion, mythology and baptism. "Worthy of a manger," Hodgins coos of the adorable Christine Angela. Perhaps, but maybe not so worthy of prime time. ... "Are we up, or down?" — Councilman Darren Richmond's first words (about his campaign, not his condition — or the show's ratings) upon waking from his gunshot coma in the season opener of The Killing. His story is the most compelling as we return to the Rosie Larsen mystery, learning that on the night of the murder, he got wet attempting suicide at the bridge, remembering his late wife on their anniversary. Ever the politician, Richmond threatens to sue Detective Linden if she breathes a word of this alibi. And Linden's kind-of partner Holden? Not a dirty cop after all. He was being manipulated by his mentor — not that Sarah wants to hear any of it. Yet. ... "You want to call off the Chihuahua?" — An LOL moment from Smash as Derek disses Ellis — no one likes this creep, so why is he still around? — while Julia's marriage falls apart over her affair, this domestic "bombshell" inspiring the new title of the Marilyn musical. Still channeling Marilyn, Ivy collapses on stage while high on pills during a Heaven on Earth production number. Does she sleep it off? Hardly. She bonds with Karen (of all people) wandering Times Square and singing to a street musician, all while getting drunk in her angel-wing costume. Trust me, I live near there, and even a jaded New Yorker would stop and stare at that spectacle. Still, if Smash wants to morph into a musical version of Valley of the Dolls, I'm on board. ... "I'm so glad I don't get invested in your boyfriends-of-the-week that I only hear about through dialogue." — Max going meta on poor dateless Penny on the Happy Endings finale, which leaves us wondering if Dave is going back with Alex (is hand-holding a sign?) or if he and Penny might someday resolve their feelings for each other. Personally, I'm more invested in Jules and Grayson's impending nuptials on Cougar Town. But after another exasperating week of last-minute pre-emption, I'm wondering if ABC will even let this much-abused sitcom get to the end of its merry road. ... "You did a terrible thing. It doesn't mean you're a terrible person." — Bailey to Owen on Grey's Anatomy, after learning of the tryst that has wrecked his marriage. Just try telling that to Cristina, the aggrieved lioness waiting for him at home, hurling her bowl of cereal in his face. And as milk drips off his sorry puss, we're teased with scenes from next week, which looks like quite the emotional workout for Sandra Oh and Kevin McKidd. I'm there.