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UnionPay airport promotion takes off
China's UnionPay has launched an upgraded campaign at 100 airports internationally, providing discounts and services at retail outlets.
Exclusive privileges and value-added services will be offered UnionPay cardholders at international airports across about 30 countries and regions until the end of next February.
The UnionPay airport promotion is one of a range of themed campaigns launched each year, which have included "Famous Business Districts" and "Selected Tourism Destinations". It has also launched a cross-border marketing platform for mobile internet.
There are three highlights in the "Global Airports" campaign…
Firstly, it is more extensive. Participating airports include not only popular tourist destinations such as Australia, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, North America, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Taiwan and the Middle East, but also Mactan-Cebu International Airport in the Philippines, Plaisance International Airport in Mauritius and Nadi International Airport in Fiji.
Secondly, the campaign covers more types of merchants and provides value-added services. As well as exclusive discounts at airport restaurants, bookstores and gift shops, it offers such privileges as VIP lounge access, airport shuttle bus, car rental and tax refunds.
Thirdly, the exclusive privileges of mobile QuickPass and U Plan have been made available in the Chinese Corner at Melbourne Airport, Relay Book Store at New Zealand Airport and food streets at five airports in Taiwan. Also, King Power at four airports in Thailand, JR Duty Free at eight airports in Australia and New Zealand, and Travel Pharm at three airports in New Zealand offer special discounts for U Plan users.
UnionPay has expanded to more than 160 countries and regions outside Mainland China, with more than 20 million merchants and 1.3 million ATMs accepting UnionPay cards.


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About pages are always awkward. You give your name, your information, astrology sign and wait to find someone interested in anything you have to write about.
Well, hopefully you, dear reader, will stumble upon this blog and find my words so delightful that you will bookmark and come again and again. Maybe check it like Facebook, getting more frustrated during finals when I don't post, and read with anticipation when I finally find time to write something relatively stimulating. Or maybe you'll laugh at me and forget the link and never return. Such is life.
My name is Sepra, which is not so much a pseudonym as it is a name I made up for myself when I was a teenager. It's essentially a shake up of my name, with a twist. I am a corporate drone and a current slave to The Man, and work hard every day in order to serve Him better. Please don't judge me too harshly when I say I love my job and I think I'm pretty good at it.
If you do crash your surfboard into this site, please leave a comment. I always love to read what people have to say.

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We are a local charter bus company in Washington DC area. we serve Maryland. Virginia and the whole East Coast from Canada to Florida. We Own and operate our own motor-Coaches and Mini-buses. Thus , you are eliminating the middle man by working directly with us. Thousands of people every month travel to Virginia and Washington DC area. they choose to hire United bus Charter which is a maryland charter bus company with highest customer satisfaction rates in the Bus rental industry .If you are looking for a DC charter bus or DC tour bus. you are in the right place.
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Realistically, what can I say of Dietrich Bonhoeffer without sounding trite? Because any description I give you in words will not stack up to the life he lived. I just finished Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Prophet, Martyr, Spy by Eric Metaxas. My belief in God has been invigorated, and yet, I have also been reminded—not only does Satan exist, but he is a very present force on earth.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor in Nazi Germany. He was also an aristocrat, born into a wealthy family, bred for success. Imagine his father's surprise (psychologist Karl Bonhoeffer) when his son studied religion! Bonhoeffer went on to become a much-loved theologian and mentor. He could have grown old, serving the Lord; instead, a guy named Adolf Hitler showed up and Bonhoeffer's calling changed.
I studied World War II in high school and college. I've seen The King's Speech (an interesting refresher on Hitler), but Bonhoeffer is a look at the odious Third Reich from the inside, through the eyes of a stunningly intelligent Christian who knew Hitler was a madman from the start.
As a writer, the following passage made me ill:
"That spring [1933] the German Students Association planned to celebrate an 'Action against the un-German Spirit.' … At midnight the whole thing roared to grand effect in a great [cleansing] where huge bonfires were lit and into which the students hurled thousands of books. Thus Germany would be 'purged' of the pernicious 'un-German' thoughts of authors such as Helen Keller, Jack London, and H.G. Wells."
One of the most prophetic quotes I've ever heard followed this horrible scene. Heinrich Heine said, "Where books are burned, they will, in the end, burn people, too."
Hitler didn't only attack books; he violently attacked the German church, too. Although he played the part of dedicated Christian for the newspapers, Hitler was an atheist. He hated God; he wanted to replace God with his own image. Over time, he succeeded; the Bible was removed from churches, pictures of Christ were removed, and pastors replaced "God" with "Heir Fuhrer."
Bonhoeffer wouldn't stand for it. It was suggested that he try and infiltrate the church and take it over from the inside. In response, he said, "If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction." Instead, he would protect the church head-on, with no concern for his own life, and by the late 1930s, he was a deeply involved member of the conspiracy against Hitler.
Things got worse … "In August 1939 every doctor and midwife in the country was notified that they must register all children born with genetic defects. In September, when the war began, the killing of these 'defectives' began. In the next few years five thousand small children were killed." I suppose you know the rest: yellow stars, concentration camps, and mass homicide.
As I read what Bonhoeffer (and Germany) observed in the 1930s and 40s, I could not understand how this happened. How did Hitler do it? He was a funny looking vegetarian from Austria! How did the government let Hitler revoke what we know as First Amendment rights? How did the Jews let him put yellow stars on their chests? How did so many assassination attempts on Hitler fail? This is where Satan comes into play. Bonhoeffer knew it wasn't always God who made bad things happen; the devil has a hand in things, too, and for me, Hitler's survival proves it without a shadow of a doubt.
Bonhoeffer and his compatriots went to battle, and he wasn't quiet:
"There is no way to peace along the way of safety. For peace must be dared, it is itself the great venture and can never be safe. Peace is the opposite of security. To demand guarantees is to want to protect one-self. Peace means giving oneself completely to God's commandment, wanting no security, but in faith and obedience laying the destiny of the nations in the hand of Almighty God, not trying to direct it for selfish purposes. Battles are won, not with weapons, but with God. They are won when the way leads to the cross."
I suppose you know how the biography ends. I'm not ruining the ending by telling you Bonhoeffer doesn't make it out alive. You know this from page one. When the death sentence came down (purportedly from Hitler himself), Bonhoeffer turned to his cellmate and said, "This is the end … For me the beginning of life."
I cannot give a higher recommendation to this book. It was interesting (and horrible) to read about the rise of Hitler and how no one said a word to stop him. I am happy to be well-informed on how things played out, because I hope that if another Hitler shows up, I will be ready to fight back.
It was more interesting, though, to make the acquaintance of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. No, I'm not as strong as Bonhoeffer. I'm not as trusting in God's providence (although I should be). But Bonhoeffer was not a superhuman. He was just a man.
He believed in the beauty of this life. His "theology had always leaned toward the incarnational view that did not eschew 'the world,' but saw it as God's good creation to be enjoyed and celebrated, not merely transcended." He suffered from the occasional bought of depression; knowing this made him more approachable, as I, too, am familiar with what Bonhoeffer called his "darkness." Yet, his view of things—in the light of God—can be summed up in a letter he wrote to his beloved fiancé while in prison: "You mustn't think I'm unhappy. Anyway, what do happiness and unhappiness mean? They depend so little on circumstances and so much more on what goes on inside us."
The spirit of God was inside this man. I can only hope that as I grow I become more like Dietrich Bonhoeffer—a Christian who knew his beliefs, knew his Lord, and knew when enough was enough in a time when so many Germans turned a blind eye to the atrocious monster, Adolf Hitler.


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The renovation of the Kivalina Community Center took six weeks to complete with the support and committed dedication of the local Kivalina crew (Reppi Swan, Charles Adams, Oran Knox Jr., and Robert Hawley), JADE Craftsman Builders (Dan Neumeyer, Taz Squire, and Micheal Cox), and Re-Locate directors (Michael Gerace and Jen Marlow). Funding for the renovation was made possible by ArtPlace America's Creative Placemaking Grant.
See also photos of the community center in winter taken by architect Klaus Mayer on March 3, 2018.
The community center renovation, while directed by the process of architecture and design, was a community-making project. And a political project. Its purpose, as stated by the Kivalina Relocation Planning Committee Chairman Enoch Adams, Jr., is to "give our community its first visible, viable evidence of our endeavors towards relocation, and our effort the beginning of its confirmation."
The space will house village relocation planning meetings, a physical and digital Kivalina Relocation archive, beds for guests and relocation collaborators, and includes a space to test innovative components of an end-to-end nonsewered water and sanitation system, which the City and Tribe initiated by collaborating on the development of the Kivalina Biochar Reactor.
Here are before and after photos of the community center:
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Fremd Valhallan Yearbook
Weekly meetings are held with the staff. Layout, style, and theme are planned and pages are developed. Stories are written by students to summarize each event and organization included in the yearbook.
The yearbook is a full color, 272 page, student publication that is printed and distributed each spring. All students are welcome to join yearbook club and editors are chosen each year to oversee sections of the book. Yearbook club meets each Wednesday and Thursday from 3pm to 4pm in Room 222.
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Don't just take our word for it – here's what students say about what it's like to study at Kingston University.
Name: Andrew Rutherford
Course: Film Studies MA
"As well as helping me to continue developing my academic writing skills and personal interest in the diversity of cinema, this course gave me the opportunity to study and contribute within an intimate, mature working environment with a group of like-minded people week after week, which made a welcome change from previous years of being part of a crowd. The tutors in particular were always accommodating and willing to help me shape essay ideas and understand initially difficult theoretical concepts. They consistently struck me as being knowledgeable and enthusiastic about their respective subjects."
Name: Patricia Pérez Álvarez
Course: Film Studies MA
"My year as a film student at Kingston University has been a very positive experience. We studied a wide variety of interesting modules, from European Film to Asian cinema, and I enjoyed every single one of the classes throughout the year. The fact that we were such a small class allowed us to fully participate and made the modules even more interactive and interesting. To sum up, this masters has been a very interesting and enjoyable experience that I would not hesitate to repeat."
Name: John Sells
Course: Film Studies: Contemporary Developments (previous title for the Film Studies MA)
"It is difficult to imagine a film studies course with more to offer... The wide and varied range of notable guest lecturers is just one aspect of this course that demonstrates the care and planning taking place behind the scenes. You'd be hard pressed to find a better course in this particular field."
Name: Mari Zadeh
Course: Film Studies: Contemporary Developments (previous title for the Film Studies MA)
"The MA is a rigorous academic programme that offers a great deal of intellectual stimulation. I've really enjoyed the research element and getting together with fellow students for discussions. Many of the students are younger than I am, and are aiming to use the MA to progress their careers. I was not planning a career change, but it was always fun working with the younger students.
"I've had a lifelong passionate interest in 'movies' but my first academic exposure came about when I took some film modules whilst studying for my undergraduate degree in sociology and art here at Kingston.
"At undergraduate level we looked at Hollywood cinema, and examined genres such as horror, melodrama and film-noir. When I continued to read for my MA we got to look at European, American and Asian cinema, from Bruce Lee to Wong Kar Wei.
"This global perspective gave me the opportunity to look at Iranian cinema, which held special interest for me as this is my husband's country of birth and a place where we lived for several years. A number of Iranian films have received the highest international acclaim recently, and I decided to make the work of some of these Iranian film-makers the subject of my dissertation, focusing on Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abbas Kiarostami and Samira Makhmalbaf.
"As I work full-time, studying in my spare time was quite onerous. But after two years' hard work I've achieved an MA and it was worth it."
Name: Shweta Sharma
Course: Film Studies: Contemporary Developments (previous title for the Film Studies MA)
"I had a wonderful time while doing the MA at Kingston University, all thanks to the course director and other lecturers on the programme, who painstakingly worked to familiarise me with the academic standards in the UK. It was because of their efforts and wealth of knowledge that I found myself doing the best I could in each of the modules, even securing a distinction for my dissertation.
"Lessons and knowledge gained while doing the MA motivated me to opt for a PhD. My dissertation supervisor and many others assisted me even while I was working on my PhD proposal. The end result was a proposal that was appreciated by academics from universities across the UK and I secured five scholarships/teaching assistantships. The truth is that the Film MA at Kingston University changed my life!"
Name: Steve Mayhew
Course: Film Studies: Contemporary Developments (previous title for the Film Studies MA)
"I thoroughly enjoyed studying for my MA in Film Studies at Kingston, particularly as all of the lecturers were obviously well-informed experts in their chosen field. The course gave me the opportunity to study aspects of cinema that I would have otherwise not have been exposed to, specifically independent films and gender performance in European cinema.
"My aim is to eventually teach film studies on a full-time basis. To that end I have now started research on a PhD thesis to study the silent films of John Ford."
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Pleasanton, California (EastBayDaily) — WORKTERRA will be exhibiting at the 16th Annual HR Technology Conference and Exposition, October 7-9 in Las Vegas, NV. Register on the web at http://www.hrtechnologyconference.com and join over 6,000 HR professionals for educational classes, demonstrations and networking.
"For 16 years, the sole purpose of the HR Technology® Conference has been to teach Human Resources leaders and practitioners how to get the business benefits from technology," says Co-Chair Bill Kutik, technology columnist for producer Human Resource Executive®. "The increasing awareness of how critical that is to HR is the reason the Conference has continued to grow in size and popularity."
Attendees are encouraged to visit WORKTERRA booth #318 for information on the industry leading, cloud-based application, which consistently provides clients a real-time, single-key environment to enroll in and manage the following facets of benefits administration: Online Enrollment Administration Decision Support Human Resources Payroll Integration Security Reporting Premium Billing Communication
"We have participated in the HR Technology Conference for the past 4 years, and it never ceases to amaze. We look forward to sharing new developments with attendees and providing demonstrations of the WORKTERRA application." – David Rhodes, President and CEO of WORKTERRA
About EBS – WORKTERRA Founded in 1987, Employee Benefit Specialists, Inc. (EBS) provides state-of-the-art online enrollment and benefit administration services. In 2005, EBS used its considerable experience in benefits administration and technology knowledge to create its proprietary WORKTERRA⢠online eligibility system. WORKTERRA is a HIPAA compliant, SAS70 certified, cloud based platform that utilizes the latest technology to bring together all functions of benefits administration into one application. Our proprietary, flexible approach supports automated integration to carriers and payroll systems, which creates a single key, paperless environment for our clients. It allows clients to manage their human resource functions more smoothly in an easy-to-use, technologically forward system.


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The Logistical Services Department is a unit of the Office of Business and Finance of Western Michigan University. Logistical Services is comprised of Purchasing, Surplus, Maintenance Stores, Mail, Receiving and Distribution.
The Logistical Services Department is proud to support Western Michigan University through the services we provide to the community.
Our vision is to become a leader among Western Michigan University colleges and universities in innovative and effective logistics and customer service.
Procure and provide supply chain management resources and services in an efficient and effective manner for the Western Michigan University community.
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- On February 19, 2019
- By Beehive HRMS
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How to choose the right HRMS system for your business
Traditionally, the human resource department in every organization was bogged down with a number of seemingly daunting processes and distinctly disparate systems in place. Modern day organizations however demand a lot from technology and due to this technological revolution they are able to manage all aspects of human resources within one – single consolidated system known as HRMS (Human Resources Management Software). This usually contains a number of modules that include payroll, performance management, leave management and attendance management etc.
Today, such a system is no longer seen to be a 'nice to have', but has almost become a mandate, irrespective of the size of your organization. So, while you select the right HRMS system for your business, here are a few pointers to consider:
Agree on your needs
Before you go about shopping for the perfect HRMS system, it is of utmost importance that you agree on what your business needs the most. Many of these available software have a number of modules that you can add to your software as per requirements. So, it is necessary that you first outline the purpose of the software. For example, if the core functionality you require is leave and attendance monitoring make sure that you add it to the list of features. If performance management and salary modules would be nice to have too; make sure you add it to your features list. In short, create a consolidated list of features you would like in your HR software.
Consider the integration of a number of different modules
As mentioned earlier, once you have created a list, talk to various vendors and check how you can integrate the various modules that you specifically require for your organization. To begin with, make a list of all the available modules in the market, and check which can be included for your business' unique requirements.
Focus on leading technology
It's also important that you research a little on the leading technologies that are used for these software. Check out software that use the more advanced forms of technology such as direct access, mobile technology and social media. Make sure that the software you select is in line with the latest technology to avoid an immediate upgrade in the near future.
Keep customization in mind
Well, although there are some standard processes, each organization has a unique way of functioning. They run their departments as per their business logic and their business requirements. So, ability to customize is an important factor in any HRMS system.
Check out product demonstrations
Before you finalize any one, make sure that you check out product demonstrations of at least a few of them. You will get a feel of what the product is all about.
Consider the implementation time
Finally, consider your time frame for implementation and then decide which software can comply.
Once you have considered all the above points, you can select the right HR software for your company.


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Branding and Marketing
There are two key components to any business. The first is to create a brand, or message, that communicates what you do and why you are the best option. Secondly, you have to find the right ways and places to get that brand in front of the people that need to see it.
Marketing is equally as broad, with print, digital, and signage just to start. We will evaluate what your business does and who you are selling to so we can provide the right solutions for a great return on investment.
If you need print materials, Nate, the owner, has designed everything from return address labels to 40-foot street banners. We have some very reasonably priced products. Let us get started with your business cards and move up from there.
Contact us today for a free evaluation of your current brand and marketing.
We provide great options for:
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Give your Easter eggs a boost with this flash tattoo Easter egg decor tutorial. I love the hint of glam that these metallic tattoos give your eggs and they're super easy to do.
For this tutorial, you can use real eggs but I used plastic decorative eggs because you can then use them for years on end. You can also get creative with different paint colours, I really like pastel colours right now so I decided to use pale pink and blue paint.
White Plastic Decorative Eggs (I bought mine at Walmart)
Martha Stewart Satin Paint in Ballet Slipper and Cloud
Paint Brushes
Flash Tattoos
Paper Towel
1. Paint your decorative eggs and leave to dry.
2. Once your eggs are dry, prepare your flash tattoos. Remove protective sheet from flash tattoos and place them with the design face down on your eggs.
4. Using a wet paper towel, soak the flash tattoos making sure the paper is wet thoroughly.
5. After 45-60 secs, gently peel off the paper backing.
6. With your wet paper towel, gently dab the tattoo and let dry.
How are you decorating your Easter eggs this year? Let me know in comments below!


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Concrete Floor Installation Northern Virginia
A crawl space with exposed gravel or dirt subjects a house to different forms of rot. The most common issues seen today are mold, mildew, radon, and raised humidity levels, which all contribute to an unhealthy home.
Installing concrete over the exposed dirt or gravel in your crawlspace instantly creates a healthier environment for you and your family by sealing off the main source of rot. It also can be used as a great place for storage!
Foundation Medix recommends replacing your cracked basement floor with a new floor that is better suited for future basement finishing. We also recommend installing a new Drain Tile System. This added feature will prevent future basement seepage. These installations provide considerable savings when performed together instead of at separate times.
Interested in learning more about basement & crawl space concrete floors, Foundation Medix, or the foundation repair services we provide? Call our office at 877-327-3819 or contact us for all your foundation and basement structural issues. We are foundation repair experts!
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News Release
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Government Officials Launch Great ShakeOut Earthquake Preparedness ExercisesWHAT:
Two news conferences in conjunction with the "Great ShakeOut," a series of earthquake preparedness drills throughout Southern California
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
8 a.m.- Media check-in begins
10 a.m.- Exercise begins
12 p.m.- 1st News Conference
2:00 p.m.- 2nd News Conference
Bishop Alemany High School
11111 N. Alemany Drive
Mission Hills, CA 91345
1st News Conference
City of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Deputy Chief Michel Moore
Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Deputy Chief Emile Mack
Other federal, state, county and city officials
2nd New Conference
California Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger
LAPD Deputy Chief Michel Moore
LAFD Deputy Chief Emile Mack
Other federal, state, county and city officials
To facilitate and practice exercises for emergency medical treatments that maximize casualty survival rates in the event of a major earthquake. Visuals include medical tent and equipment, including hundreds of volunteer "victims" from Bishop Alemany High School.
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Additive free vitamins for best results in the Klenner therapy0
We are constantly trying to find new data and articles to back up this therapy, and to help patients to be able to absorb the important supplements. Most supplements in the market are tablets, capsules and/or soft gels, many of them containing additional "additives" such as magnesium stearate or stearic acid, beeswax, soy products, natural colors or flavors etc. Even though most patients find the vitamins we suggest very helpful, it is always better to try to eliminate unnecessary substances and find the purest form possible, one that is the most absorbable. Tablets and pills always lack a suggested one percent in absorption. There is a lot of discussion throughout the internet regarding the safety of these substances, or the possible harm that they may do taken on a daily basis and for long periods of time.
Since the original protocol was written, the vitamins that were available at that time have become much more widely available with many different forms available. With the popularity of taking supplements throughout the world there has been a huge market opened in selling supplements, and many new strengths, purities and chemical or "pure" forms have become available.
At the time that Dr. Klenner was prescribing vitamins, a limited number were available to choose from, and many were extremely expensive. It was very difficult to find anything that was "better quality" combined with low prices. With the exploding markets of sales of supplements, there are many types to choose from now, and we always want to make sure we are trying to obtain the best and most absorbable with an eye towards purity to ensure the effectiveness of the therapy. We think that after all these years it is a good time to make some suggestions on the vitamins and supplements on the protocol. Some of those taking the supplements who are having digestive problems or gastrointestinal issues may want to consider some of these suggestions, they are listed as being 100% pure, and some come in liquid forms.


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[sny-box]"What, who? What indiscipline? Indiscipline? Do you really expect me to ?blame my guys for playing hard? I cant call out my players when?the refs made up a few calls here and there. We worked hard to get back in ?the game and we probably deserved better than that."[/sny-box]
Another moment was picked up by MSG's microphone as the Islanders left the ice at the end of the third, victorious 6-3 against the Canadiens. Goalie Evgeni Nabokov had some words for the referrees, who were standing near the Isles tunnel.?
Tags: evgeni nabokov, Islanders, michel therrien, News, Editorial Aside, video, Videos, youtube
Two of the commercials feature the pair of Islanders checking a giant ice skating bear, which I guess is or was SGI's mascot. Somewhat inexplicably, the third ad takes place on a baseball field, so if you've ever wanted to see Clark Gillies play second base, here you go:
Tags: bryan trottier, clark gillies, Islanders, News, Videos, videos, youtube
Preview -- Box Score -- TOI -- Highlights
Tags: Islanders, john tavares, News, travis hamonic, Videos, videos, youtube
Tags: david ullstrom, Islanders, Videos, videos, youtube
In Toronto, they've seen this all before. So much so that they're chanting for the hometown baseball team only three games into the season:
Tags: evgeni nabokov, Islanders, News, Editorial Aside, videos, youtube
Tags: fights, Islanders, joe finley, matt martin, News, Videos, videos, youtube
The funny thing about this particular game is you could tell a little bit about who was in game shape and who had extra motivation. The Sound Tigers for the most part had both of those things, as they're in the middle of the season and if you were on that roster, you didn't get a camp invite (save for the two junior invitees). One particular player who skated like a bat out of hell was Nino Niederreiter. Newsday found Nino after the game:
[sny-box color=E6F1FF]"Of course I was disappointed, but I've learned that there are things you cannot control and you can't worry about those," Niederreiter said after scoring a nifty goal for the Sound Tigers in the scrimmage with the Isles . "I promised myself I wouldn't get frustrated about those things this year. All I can control is what I do on the ice."[/sny-box]
Tags: howie rose, Islanders, john tavares, News, nino niederreiter, Editorial Aside, Prospects, videos, youtube
Finley will be on this team for the right now, too. The hometown paper of the Rochester Americans, where Finley was playing, seems to think that he'll have to be on the Islanders roster for at least 30 days.
[sny-box color=E6F1FF]Assuming this particular clause of the waiver rule did not change in the new CBA, I believe the Sabres still would have the first right to claim Finley back if the Islanders try to send him to Bridgeport of the AHL in the next 30 days. Finley?s arrival gives the Islanders nine defensemen in training camp.[/sny-box]
Tags: Islanders, jack capuano, joe finley, john tavares, lubomir visnovsky, News, Editorial Aside, ty wishart, videos, youtube
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We missed it earlier in the week, but Ryan Strome picked up another goal for Canada against the US on Sunday. Next up for Canada is another game against the US tomorrow morning at 4 AM ET. Finland takes on Slovakia Friday at 8 AM in their next game. For full schedules and standings, check out TSN.
Tags: News, Prospects, ryan strome, videos, ville pokka, wjc, youtube
Also of note were the Canadians getting two game misconducts for hits on Slovakia players. The second, when Anthony Camara lit up Patrik Luza, looked like an especially painful shoulder-to-head hit.
In other Isles news, Griffin Reinhart picked up an assist as did Ville Pokka, although Pokka's Finns lost 3-1 to the Czechs.
Tags: griffin reinhart, News, Editorial Aside, Prospects, ryan strome, video, ville pokka, wjc, youtube
And it's a nice give and go. Strome follows the puck after nearly cycling out of the offensive zone and gets rewarded for going to the net. Canada's next game is Friday morning at 4:30 EST. While we're at it, here's Ville Pokka's assist.
Tags: News, Prospects, ryan strome, video, youtube
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBXvqkkbDM4&w=420&h=315]
Tags: al trautwig, History, Islanders, pat lafontaine, retro video, Videos, videos, youtube
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One of his latest goals came last week against GE Servett, which was in a 4-3 win for Bern. Tavares scored Bern's second of the game -- and assisted on the first -- with this nice spin move in the low slot:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trE6y49DkTc&w=560&h=315]
Tags: Islanders, john tavares, News, video, youtube
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Nearly a month earlier, on December 25, 1985, Potvin broke Orr's record for points by a defender. He currently sits in 5th on the all-time goals list and 7th in points, behind many of the great defenders of the 80s and 90s such as Ray Bourque, the all-time leader in both categories, Paul Coffey and Al MacInnis. However, Orr and Potvin are still impressively first and seond on the list of goals per game, scoring their goals at an impressive pace.
Tags: bobby orr, dennis potvin, History, Islanders, News, retro video, video, youtube
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R3-MI9j_i8?list=UUgIBna2kU-S3y248uwm2Siw&hl=en_US&w=640&h=360]
You can check out all the fights from the weekend here.
Tags: brett gallant, fights, News, Sound Tigers, sound tigers, Videos, videos, youtube
Tags: Islanders, News, Video, Sound Tigers, sound tigers, travis hamonic, video, youtube
Isles top prospect Ryan Strome is among the Canadian junior players named to the OHL squad, and he scored the first goal in last night's matchup in Sarnia, Ontario. Strome also assisted on the OHL's second goal, which is all they would need winning the game 2-1. Kids, this is why your coach tells you to follow the play.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWsnDIb439I&w=640&h=360]
Tags: News, ohl, Prospects, prospects, ryan strome, Videos, videos, youtube
(picture via GreatestHockeyLegends.com)"One of the things that people didn't understand; they always thought there was this hatred of the Oilers and the Islanders," explains Wayne Gretzky in the video below, from the documentary Ultimate Gretzky. "That really wasn't the case. As a team and as players, we idolized the Islanders."
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UFbWlByZdo]
As you well know, the Islanders swept the Oilers in four games in 1983. The next year the Oilers would turn the tables and win the series in five games, ending one dynasty and starting one of their own.
Tags: 1983 finals, 1984 finals, billy smith, dynasty, Islanders, mike bossy, News, video, Videos, wayne gretzky, youtube
Poulin and his opponent on the other side of the ice, Paul Dainton, put on quite a show tonight stopping most everything that came their way. For the Sound Tigers netminder, it was his second game in a row and he played very well, stopping 37 of 39 shots plus a few more in the skills competition. Dainton made 32 saves and was named first star of the game for his effort.
Video of the full shootout competition is below. You can forward along to the 7:45 mark of the video to check out Poulin's save, followed by Ullstrom's goal. I didn't cut the video down more, figuring you could use a good hockey fix during the lockout.
Tags: News, Editorial Aside, recaps, Sound Tigers, sound tigers, video, Videos, youtube
If you're a fan of enforcers or early-90s Islanders, then you'll surely know the name Mick Vukota. Vukota was the Islanders' enforcer of the era, spending a decade in the system and playing 60+ games on Long Island for five seasons between 1989 and 1994. In his career, Vukota racked up more than 2,000 penalty minutes and more than 150 fights; and that's only from what HockeyFights.com has on record.
One of the most memorable moments of his career didn't come via his fists, though. On October 20th, 1989, he scored a natural hat trick -- three consecutive goals -- against Don Beaurpe and the Washington Capitals. Up to that point, he had notched only three goals in his NHL career.
Tags: dale hunter, dino ciccarelli, gilles thibaudeau, History, Islanders, jack capuano, mick vukota, natural hat trick, News, Editorial Aside, retro video, sports, video, youtube
It's nothing spectacular, but it's more hockey than we currently have... This is the winning shootout goal from Bern's 4-3 victory over the SCL Tigers last Saturday.
Tags: Islanders, john tavares, Video, Videos, youtube
The Sound Tigers lead the CT Whale tonight 5-2 after two periods of play. All five BST goals came in the second. Nelson, John Persson, Nino Niederreiter and Casey Cikias (2) had the goals (don't turn up your speakers, there's no audio -- sorry). The video above is Nelson's goal, the Sound Tigers' 4th, and his first as a professional.
Tags: brock nelson, Exclusive, News, Video, Sound Tigers, sound tigers, video, Videos, youtube
In the following video he talks about that very subject at the 1:40 mark:
"In the back of my mind, I'm always wondering what's gonna happen next; if the Islanders are going to sign me, if I'm going to go back in the draft or what the deal is."[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Va7tkIYsQ&w=640&h=360]
Tags: Brenden Kichton, Islanders, Editorial Aside, Prospects, video, Videos, youtube
Tags: clark gillies, fights, Video, retro video, Videos, youtube
Tags: matt donovan, new york islanders, NHL, Video, video, Videos, youtube
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqr17fSd8hw&w=480&h=360]
An interesting find from the gang over at LHH is this video the CBC produced that goes inside the NHL in 1997. The video starts with then GM Mike Milbury trying to deal on the phone and then takes us to the the '97 draft where the Islanders have the 4th (Kenny Jonsson trade) and 5th overall picks. The video follows Milbury around -- always looking to make a trade -- as he tries to coax other teams into trading for #5 after taking Roberto Luongo at #4. Despite the video reminding us of some bad times and a bad GM, it's still a very interesting behind the scenes look at how the league operates. It's also 45 minutes long, so there's also a lot more to it than just the Islanders.
Tags: cbc, Islanders, kenny jonsson, mike milbury, new york islanders, NHL, Video, roberto luongo, video, Videos, youtube
Last week, WTNH Channel 8 in Connecticut did a follow-up segment on me and MetsBlog.com, during which we talk blogging, new media, doing on-air work with SNY, and being a full-time, professional blogger.
To watch the two-minute segment, click play below:
Tags: Video, YouTube, Matthew Cerrone
Marcus writes:
"He may have finished his career hitting .251, but he was much more valuable than that."
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...carlin was an absolute comedic genius...r.i.p., mr. carlin...
Tags: MetsBlog, Mike Nichols, Ralph Kiner, YouTube
According to the Associated Press, a video of Pedro Martinez and Hall of Famer Juan Marichal taking part in a cockfight in the Dominican Republic was posted and then quickly taken off of YouTube last night.
The report writes, "Cockfighting is both legal and popular in the Dominican Republic."
…but, that doesn't make it right, said Little Jerry Seinfeld…
Tags: Pedro Martinez, YouTube
The following is a parody of Lisa Loeb's Stay, about John Maine, by Kuff and the Buttheads…
…excellent, job…that first line alone keeps making me laugh - let alone the rest of the song, which is hilarious…
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…this is priceless…so, so odd to watch…
The following is a video clip from WABC-TV in New York reporting on the firing of Joe Torre as manager of the Mets, complete with on-air responses from then-GM Frank Cashen, OF Lee Mazzilli, and several man-on-the-street reactions…
…by the way, hat's off to mazz for rocking that stylish mustache…he looks like my dad at that age…outstanding…
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?the Willie Randolph facial expressions are pretty funny, but i don?t get what is going here?is it that they?re speechless?like the rest of us, frankly?


text: The former Roc-A-Fella representative drops off a brand new video for "Let You Know" off his forthcoming project Freedom Of Speech. Teaming up with Rocksmith and Karmaloop, Freeway lets us know he still got plenty of fuel in his delivery in the video. Over the soulful instrumentation of Thelonius Martin, Philly Freezer gives a shout to all his supporters in the heart of New Orleans. Freedom Of Speech will serve as a preview to his new studio LP, Diamond In The Ruff, coming soon.


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Teaching Children Tawheed – Part 3
Aboo Hafsah said: 'Ubaadah binus-Saamit (radiyAllâhu 'anhu) said to his son: "O my son! Indeed you will not find the sweetness of the reality of Eemaan until you know that whatever afflicts you was not going to miss you, and whatever missed you was not going to afflict you. I heard the Messenger of Allâh (sallAllâhu 'alayhi wa sallam) say: 'Indeed the first thing that Allâh created was the Qalam (The Pen), so He said to it: Write! It said: O my Lord, and what should I write? He said: Write the decrees of everything until the Hour is established!' My son, I heard the Messenger of Allâh (sallAllâhu 'alayhi wa sallam) say: 'Whoever dies upon other tan this then he is not from me'."
[Aboo Daawood, Declared saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaanee]


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HVAC technicians report that Source Refrigeration & HVAC, Inc. has not paid them for all hours worked. Defective time recording devices at the heart of the overtime violation. Mandatory meetings and drive time also uncompensated.
We currently represent employees who worked as HVAC repair and maintenance workers for Source Refrigeration & HVAC, Inc. The company, based in California, employs over 1,000 HVAC technicians and repair workers nationwide.
Certified refrigeration technicians perform electrical and mechanical inspection and maintenance on refrigeration equipment nationwide. They are generally known as HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) service technicians and their duties include:
- clean equipment, including belt adjustments, oiling, and greasing,
- perform maintenance inspections,
- determine service requirements for equipment.
Many employees who work for these refrigeration companies are not paid according to the FLSA and they are frequently not compensated for off-the-clock work.
Nature of the violation
Our clients inform us that Source Refrigeration did not compensate them for the following work-related activities:
- Time spent on jobs that are not recorded by the company PDA
- Attending company meetings
- Cleaning company vehicles
- Travel time between jobs
- Training
- Clocking in after starting jobs
Who is affected by the lawsuit?
Workers affected include all HVAC repair and maintenance workers with overtime and wage violations, including:
Refrigeration service tech II, Refrigeration service tech III, Refrigeration service tech IV, Refrigeration service tech V, Commercial refrigeration technician, dispatch manager, Refrigeration Construction Journeyman
Geographical Scope of Investigation
Source Refrigeration locations:
Texas - Austin, Dallas/Ft Worth, Grand Prairie, El Paso, Houston, Tomball, San Antonio
Arizona - Phoenix, Tucson
California - Anaheim, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Fernando Valley, Visalia
Florida - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando, Tampa
Colorado - Colorado Springs, Denver, Grand Junction
Idaho - Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Boise, Twin Falls, Pocatello
Oregon - Portland, Medford, Salem
New Mexico - Albuquerque
Nevada - Las Vegas, Reno
Montana - Billings
Seattle - Washington, Kennewick
Utah - Salt Lake City
Wyoming - Cheyenne


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Health Information Technology
Author : Neha Salian
Co-author : Malvika Hake
Health IT is the technology that enables patients and providers to support better health and health care by providing targeted information meant to inform, educate or generally allow for improved decision making.
With health care costs and quality assurance taking central roles in the health care arena, increasing attention is being directed towards the potential of health information technology (IT) to lower health care spending and to improve efficiency, quality and safety of medical care delivery. One of the primary motivators for adopting many health IT applications is the belief that they improve the quality of patient care. Health IT holds enormous potential to propel the health care system to higher quality.
Diffusion of IT in health care is generally low but surveys indicate that providers plan to increase their investments. Drivers of investment in IT include the promise of quality and efficiency gains. Barriers include the cost and complexity of IT implementation, which often necessitates significant work process and cultural changes.
This paper focuses on quality issues in health IT, including the types of quality problems information technology can be used to solve and implementation strategies to ensure that quality objectives are met.
Keywords: Health Information Technology, diffusion of IT, quality issues, implementation strategies, quality objectives. INTRODUCTION
Health Information Technology (HIT) provides framework to describe the comprehensive management of health information and its secure exchange between consumers, providers, government and quality entities, and insurers. HIT in general is increasingly viewed as the most promising tool for improving the overall quality, safety and efficiency of the health delivery system. In general, the various IT applications fall into three categories viz. administrative and financial systems that facilitate billing, accounting, and other administrative tasks, clinical systems that facilitate or provide input into the care process and infrastructure that supports both the administrative and clinical applications. Broad and consistent utilization of HIT will improve health care quality, prevent medical errors, reduce health care costs, increase administrative efficiencies, decrease paperwork and expand access to affordable care. Interoperable health IT will improve individual patient care, but it will also bring many public health benefits including early detection of infectious disease outbreaks around the country, improved tracking of chronic disease management and evaluation of health care based on value enabled by the collection of de-identified price and quality information that can be compared. Objectives
Quality issues in health IT, including the types of quality problems information technology can be used to solve and implementation strategies to ensure that quality objectives are met.
Applications and Benefits
Usefulness of implementing HIT must take into consideration several factors viz. the potential of this technology to improve health care quality, safety, and patient satisfaction and how this potential has been demonstrated. The cost-effectiveness of the technology the business case for adoption of the technology including the total costs of implementation (both financial and in terms of resources) and any cost savings that accrue. Concerns exist that those who bear the greatest share of such costs are not able to recoup those costs. The ability to generalize the effects of an HIT intervention on costs and benefits in existing systems (using published experience with or research on these systems) to the technology's use by other health care organizations.
Type of IT Applications
and financial Billing
General ledger...
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Since it's National Stationery Week I thought it would be nice to share my favorite online stationery shops with you. I like to collect stickers, tapes, pens, notebooks and even notepaper as long as the design is irresistible. The downside is that these items are often too precious to use #firstworldproblems.
1. Janet Store is based in Taiwan and sells very reasonable priced items. She's probably got more items listed than any shop I know, ranging from cute Taiwanese characters like Miki and Q-mie the Sheep to bigger brands. Shipping can be a bit steep, so it's relatively cheaper to order a lot at once.
2. Artbox sells items online but also has a couple of retail shops in the UK. I've visited the one in Covent Garden (London) and spend quite some time there 🙂
They sell cute stationery from the Korean brand named Artbox, but also from Moomin, Sanrio, San-X, Q-lia etc.
3. Tout Mignon is an online shop from Japan and I believe it's run by a French couple. I've ordered twice from them and their service and products are great. Next to stationery they also sell cute kitchenware and even clothes. Shipping is only 7 euro per order.
4. Paperchase was featured on kao-ani earlier this month. You can order products online, but they also have small international stores. Luckily there are a couple in the Netherlands as well and I like to have a peek whenever they've got a new collection. Paperchase creates it's own products with the help of designers and illustrators.
5. Modes4U is a shop from Hong Kong. To be honest I haven't ordered from them before, but they've got quite some positive reviews. The shop offers many cute products from well-known brands and although the prices are a tad on the higher side, the free international shipping (for orders from €60 / $78) makes up for that.
6. Kawaii Shop Japan is run by Miki and she updates the shop about twice a month. The prices and shipping costs are very reasonable and I love the items and great service. Sometimes she even sells Takochu's and harder to get items, but they do fly out the store, so better stay tuned.
Happy Stationery
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Max Zhitnik scored for Fordham to take the initial lead. Fermin Moraiz added the conversion. An interception by Greg Zovas gave Fordham the chance for its next score, which was added by Moraiz. Fordham increased the lead with a score by Fin McCarrick.
In the second half, West Chester got in the scoring column with a try by Mie Salloum from a pass by Max Bryson. The conversion was off the mark, making it 19–5 as the final quarter of play got under way. West Chester looked hard done by a penalty not being played for an advantage. In the end, Moraiz scored once more to make it 24–5 for your Freedom Cup winner, Fordham.
Fordham: #6T, #10T, #10CC/#12T/#10T
West Chester:#7T/


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For a good chunk of ye olde internets Minecraft is a phenomenon that isn't new at all. In fact I have several friends who are dedicated Miners (or Crafters? Steve-Heads?) and while the game always seemed interesting I have a pathetic laptop so I resigned myself to admire the work people were putting into things like HyruleCraft and just not play the game.
Then Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition was released. On May 9th. I tried the demo on the 10th. Paid the 1600 MS points for the full game on the 11th. Spent hours and hours and hours mining and building and dying in lava. It is fairly safe to say, I just might have a Minecraft problem.
With the latest update for Minecraft 360, that problem just got worse.
There's a good reason this post has taken me so long to get around to it, I keep getting distracted. By distracted I totally mean lost in yet another ravine. While we're still missing quite a bit from the PC version the addition of random villages, ravines, abandoned mineshafts and strongholds are a lot of fun to explore. My creative world has 5 villages, and so far 2 ravines with mineshafts in them, but no strongholds yet. I'm hoping to eventually connect the villages via a rail system and then build them out.
The one issue I've found with the latest update is my two pre-update survival maps are being taken over by ice and snow. The Starks aren't crazy, Winter really is coming. I vaguely remember some early PC players talking about this winter spread after an update years ago, so hopefully it will be fixed with the next big update. Until then I'm scrambling to greenhouse all my farms so they don't get iced over. I'll castle in and survive the winter. The stackable food changes helps with this a lot. As well as being able to get more than just feathers and leather out of chickens and cows.
Despite the appeal of building ALL the things, Minecraft popped up at very opportune time for me. I don't want to go into to much detail lest this turn into a "Very Special episode of BigFatGeekGirl" but things were not so good in my world and Minecraft provided a very necessary sense of order. When everything around you is chaos, it really helps to have a place you can go to where you are in complete control. Even as odd as the water and lava physics can be, once you learn how they work they are easy to manipulate. And so Minecraft became a haven.
With that I'm off to hopefully find a stronghold in my creative map. If I do I'll share the seed because then it will really be the best Minecraft 360 seed EVER. Until then check out this awesome creative build from Redditor Colonel_Popcorn: MouseCraft!


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Book: Secrets in San Remo by Susan Peterson Wisnewskicategories: Book, Romance, Woman, Gardens, Herbs, Friends, Romantic Suspense
Susan Peterson Wisnewskiabout this book: This book is about the trials we all face when our lives are turned upside down. Comfort is not always a good thing and can lead to stagnation. Every once in a while life has a way of kicking you in the butt to make you get up and do something you've only dreamed about.
Secrets in San Remo came to me when I left a position and was facing a major birthday. I was writing another book but was having trouble finishing it. I put that book aside and in the heat of the summer came up with a quick read fun book that follows a woman whose job was her life and when that suddenly ended she had to make some decisions on where the rest of her life was headed. She hit some bumps along the way with a nutty family and some strange things happening to her friends but in the end love conquers all!
what to read next: if you read and liked this book...
Other book by Susan Peterson Wisnewski
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Learn More:
Tourism to North Korea: Unethical or an opportunity for engagement? (brookings.edu)
""What is it like inside an American nightclub?" The question from a young North Korean woman startled me. "
How to travel to North Korea (travel.cnn.com)
"Despite tense relations between the United States and North Korea, and increased rhetoric from Pyongyang, the isolated state remains open to U.S. citizens, among other travelers."
Eric Talmadge is the only Western reporter regularly in North Korea. Here's what it's like. (washingtonpost.com)
"The first thing to remember about reporting from North Korea, says Eric Talmadge, is that the answer to almost everything is no."


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BGC encompasses 7,900 square feet of laboratory and office space one block north of the University of California campus in Berkeley (UCB). Physical proximity to UCB enhances BGC's use of library and laboratory facilities at the university, joint participation in seminars, classes, and colloquia, and provides easy accessibility of BGC to students and faculty in the Departments of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Integrative Biology, Physics, and Astronomy.
Uranium Thorium Helium Laboratory


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Top 10 BPO Interview Questions & Answers
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) jobs are among the most coveted jobs for graduates.
There are many reasons why BPO jobs are so popular:
-Great earning potential. Companies pay very well to BPO employees.
-You don't need any specific qualifications to get a BPO job.
-Free food, free commute and lots of other perks and benefits with the job.
-Your communication skills greatly improve while on the job.
-The work culture is ideal.
While you don't need any specific qualifications to be eligible for a BPO job, you have to do your bit to stand out from the competition. There are countless BPO jobs out there, but the number of contenders is equally high.
Related: Going for your first job interview? 6 things to keep in mind
Apart from honing your communication skills, make sure to prepare for your BPO job interview adequately.
We've curated a list of commonly asked BPO interview questions (along with our suggested answers).
1. What do you know about BPO? How does the industry work?
BPO stands for Business Process Outsourcing. When a company wants all its non-core activities to be handled by a third party, they outsource the same to a BPO firm. BPOs take care of these peripheral functions for the company at a reduced cost.
Related: How to answer the toughest interview question- Why should we hire you?
2. What are the major sectors that opt for outsourcing?
IT and Communication, Insurance, Medical and Health services, Finance, Law and Jurisdiction. These sectors typically require their customer service operations to be outsourced.
3. What is off-shore outsourcing?
When the project is allotted to a foreign country that is far from the country in which the company is located, then it is called off-shore outsourcing. Anything outsourced near the country is called shore outsourcing.
Related: How to answer commonly asked interview questions
4. What is a call centre?
A call centre is where customer care calls are handled in large numbers. There are two types of call centres: inbound and outbound.
5. What is the connection between call centres and BPO?
Call centres were one of the very first processes of a business that were openly outsourced.
Related: 8 customer service skills for every call centre employee
6. What are the two types of call centres in the BPO sector?
Inbound and outbound call centres. Inbound call centres only receive calls while outbound call centres make calls. Typically, inbound call centres received customer care calls, while outbound call centres make calls related to product enquiries and other sales calls. A third type of call centre can be used for data capturing and analyses purposes.
7. What is the difference between KPO and BPO?
KPO is Knowledge Process Outsourcing and BPO is Business Process Outsourcing. KPO provides knowledge-based services such as medical billing, insurance or other documentation related services. BPO, on the other hand, is all about customer service.
Related: Modi's BPO Scheme- Be a part of the revolution!
8. Why do companies outsource?
Companies outsource their business services for primarily three reasons:
- To save time and money
- To focus on their core product
- To engage a third party in quality customer care services
9. Why do you think you will be a good fit for a BPO job?
I have chosen BPO as my career because this is a fast-growing industry with many opportunities to grow in your career. Additionally, this will give me a chance to improve my communication skills, which I believe is crucial for any kind of career success.
Related: The 6 soft skills you need to succeed in your career
10. Will you be comfortable handling customers on the phone?
Yes, I can handle customers on the phone and will make sure never to disappoint the customer or the company.
If you are a fresher, you can say that you will take some time to get used to customers on the phone, but always maintain that you will be able to do it.
In addition to these top 10 BPO interview questions, there are some more questions that you may asked in the job interview.
11. Are you comfortable working night shifts?
Most BPOs have to work according to the local time of the country from where the work is being outsourced. It is therefore crucial for you to be open to working night shifts.
12. What are the various computer softwares that you can use?
Be specific about your knowledge of the computer. BPO jobs usually don't require more than basic computer skills. However, you must specifically mention all the softwares that you are comfortable with. You must also maintain that you are open to be trained to use new softwares, if the job requires it.
13. What are the core activities of a BPO job?
A call centre is primarily engaged in handling customers to their satisfaction over the phone. Working as part of a team and keeping the customer happy are the main objectives.
Related: Empathy is the key to outstanding customer service!
14. Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?
In 5 years, I see myself in a responsible position where I work as part of a team and heading some crucial activities for the company. In the next five years, along with my personal career growth, I'd also like to see the company grow and I'd like to play a key part in the same.
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With over 300 million users globally, Skype is one of the world's most loved and recognized brands. We worked with Skype to create a sonic identity system that would unify communications, build brand equity and increase affinity through the consistent use of music and sound.
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