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Irving Berlin's HOLIDAY INN: Blu-ray (Paramount 1942) Universal Home Video
Everyone is fond of quoting composer, Jerome Kern's assessment of his contemporary, Irving Berlin. When asked by a reporter to quantify Berlin's place in American music, Kern astutely replied, "Irving Berlin has no place in American music…he is American music." Indeed, for several generations yet to follow, Berlin's pop tunes would continue to resonate with an unbridled sentiment and patriotism few – if any – of his ilk or generation, toiling in the mid-20th century possessed. Berlin's innate love of America is distinctively celebrated in his vast canon of compositions; most ebulliently declared in the WWI stage extravaganza, 'This is the Army'; later, resurrected as a WWII Technicolor movie musical in 1943. But Berlin's success as a songwriter, producer of Broadway shows, and preeminent contributor to Hollywood's golden age goes well beyond the myriad of musical treasures he left behind. These endure and continue to lull us into daydreams with the promise of an America that, at least for Berlin – was – arguably, for the rest of us – could be, and might become again; his triumph over impoverished beginnings inside New York's tenement district (once described by noted author, Rudyard Kipling as more squalid than a brothel in Bombay), a lack of formal education, and no formal training as either a composer or musician, represent nothing less than the indomitable spirit of Berlin's nationality and generation, again, inspiringly praised by Kipling for its will "to survive and thrive against all odds and flags."
While working in a seedy saloon, Berlin began to recognize the type of songs that had vast appeal for the audience, "expressing simple sentiments." And Berlin, a very sentimental fellow, seemed uniquely positioned and qualified to plumb this archetype for all its untapped worth. Never learning to play in more than one key, from 1921 onward, Berlin utilized two special pianos made by the Weser Brothers to arrange all his compositions. Effectively, it was a register most anyone – from novice to professional alike – could sing and make sound competent to downright pleasing. After a few attempts at being clever, Berlin committed himself to writing 'plain' lyrics for the rest of his career; distinctly rhyming in the American vernacular: uncomplicated, yet direct in expressing basic human sentiments. Soon his tunes were not only hit parade favorites, but gracing big Broadway extravaganzas like The Ziegfeld Follies. By 1930, Hollywood could no longer resist Berlin's infectious rhythms and he came to town to write tunes expressly for the movies. Narrowly a decade later, he would pen what has since become the most standardized and time-honored smash hit of his legendary career. The song, 'White Christmas' is so straightforwardly written and palpably understood at a glance, it scarcely seems to have strained Berlin's talents. Indeed, Berlin thought less of it than another ballad, written in tandem 'Be Careful, It's My Heart' – which he considered more melodious and 'catchy' by far.
With everything written about the immortal holiday tune, 'White Christmas', many forget this million copy seller by 1954 was actually composed for Holiday Inn (1942), a picture project initially proposed by Berlin, and later, directed with an immaculately light touch by Mark Sandrich. The premise for the movie is, at once, elementary yet enticing; two sometimes friendly song and dance men part company over a spoiled romance (one, has stolen the other's girl). The jilted lover's decision to break up the act and establish a Connecticut retreat open holidays only is met with quaint indifference. But fate intervenes in the stolen love affair; the fickle girl running off with another man, leaving the second forlorn suitor to visit his old partner's bucolic sanctuary for a little sound advice, only to instantly fall in love with his new girlfriend instead. Berlin's brainchild would go on to become a runaway smash; its influence inspiring a hotel franchise named in its honor. Yet, Holiday Inn's otherwise remarkable pedigree was begun with the simplest of stories, fleshed out by screenwriter, Claude Binyon. To this scant, but very high concept, Berlin contributed one of his best loved and most memorable scores, drawing on an already well-established back-catalog stretching all the way to hits penned in the early teens and twenties. In should be noted, Irving Berlin was a master at marketing himself. Indeed, the forties represent a cornucopia of regurgitated pop tunes culled from the Berlin catalog – songs heard over and over again in movie musicals made at MGM, Fox, Warner Bros. and Paramount. But, for this movie, Berlin also agreed to contribute several new songs.
Of this new material, the composer had pinned his hopes for a smash single: 'Be Careful It's My Heart' - a melodious ballad written for the Valentine's Day sequence and meant to cement the romantic rivalry between these two old friends vying for the affections of the same girl. In fact, 'Be Careful It's My Heart' is given one of the most lavish treatment in Holiday Inn, staged for maximum effect as Fred Astaire and Marjorie Reynolds whirl about the dance floor to Bing Crosby's lyrical serenade, overseen by cameos and cupids draped in elegant silk bunting, and, art deco hearts back lit as a quiet snowfall dreamily sifts from the heavens in the background. As fate would have it, it was Berlin's 'other ditty', less punctuated by such obvious theatrics and more simply staged, that would go on to capture the public's fascination almost instantly. Berlin had written a verse preceding the chorus of 'White Christmas' - firmly establishing the locale as Los Angeles - not Connecticut, and speaking to the anomaly of celebrating Christmas without the luxury of snow. Indeed, Berlin wrote this perennial treasure while lounging poolside at the Beverly Hills Hotel, feverishly toiling on the score so he could rejoin his family back east in New York. His longing to go home inspired Berlin to uncharacteristic poignancy. Like all of his best-loved melodies, the strength of sentiment in 'White Christmas' derives from an almost transparent yearning for the comforts of kith and kin; Berlin's homesickness miraculously re-channeled into a universally experienced pang of separation between loved ones during WWII, though particularly amplified around the pending holidays. With its opening verse removed - a suggestion reportedly made to Berlin by Fred Astaire – White Christmas took on more prescient meaning in Holiday Inn; wholeheartedly embraced by G.I.'s fighting overseas, and, their mothers, wives, sweethearts and children left behind in America. And with Bing Crosby seated at the piano, periodically accompanied by Marjorie Reynolds – the pair cozily backlit by a roaring Connecticut fireplace on a frosty winter's eve – White Christmas perfectly embodies the sort of sad, yet hopeful resolve of an America at war.
Mark Sandrich, who had cut his teeth on a series of musicals starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers at RKO made the move to Paramount expressly for Holiday Inn. A skilled technician with an eye like a camera, Sandrich understood movie musicals as a very intimate art form unlike any other. Viewing Holiday Inn today, one can see just how far the Hollywood musical had matured by 1942. The elephantiasis of 30's musicals is gone, largely due to wartime rationing that prevented such extravagances, but also, replaced by a more centrally focused screen intimacy dedicated to individual performance, something Astaire had almost solely championed throughout the 1930's, but was only partially successful in achieving in his RKO tenure with Ginger Rogers. In retrospect, it is not at all surprising the only time Holiday Inn opens its creative floodgates for a true spectacle is during its' 4th of July sequence – Berlin's favorite holiday, furnished with two ditties sung by Crosby (Let's Say It With Firecrackers and The Song of Freedom), capped off by an electrifying dance solo for Astaire, tripping the light fantastic amid a myriad of pyrotechnic explosions triggered beneath the floor. For this flag-waving fête, the Russian-born Berlin, having adopted America for his own as one of her most ardent and sincere patriots, delivers a one/two musical knockout punch of flag-waving/star-spangled brilliance; Astaire's solo in particular, an incredible display of footwork and special effects; Astaire, quite unable to control his exuberance at its finish as the floor around him ignites in a spectacular array of sparks and puffed smoke.
One of Holiday Inn's true joys is undeniably its score. Another is its sublime casting of Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire as this pair of unapologetic hams. By 1942, each star was at the top of his game; Crosby, as Paramount's undisputed big box office moneymaker and an enduring presence, well on his way to becoming a legendary personage on the radio; and Astaire, having assuaged the initial assessment made by an idiotic RKO talent scout, who suggested in 1932, "Can't act. Can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little," to become one of the most highly regarded performers working in Hollywood musicals. Indeed, both Berlin and George Gershwin regarded Astaire as the preeminent purveyor of their song catalog. Modest to a fault, though equally a perfectionist when it came to his dancing, Astaire remained humble and, arguably, above all the sycophantism that would continue to dog his career. In Holiday Inn, Crosby and Astaire are fair-weather friends: song and dance men, Jim Hardy and Ted Hanover respectively. The team headline an act inside one of Manhattan's more fashionable nightclubs with their female partner, Lila Dixon (Virginia Dale) who has recently become engaged to Jim. One problem: Lila does not love Jim and begins to realize it after he has already bought a Connecticut farm for them to retire on after the wedding. In the meantime, Ted has seduced Jim's girl with promises of an exciting life and bigger, brighter career. Appealing to her greed, "think of diamonds, rubies, sable coats" Ted tells Lila she owes the world her talent "…the two of us, dedicating our lives to making people happy with our feet."
Resigned to his more simple pleasures he now realizes Lila wants absolutely no part of, Jim quits the act and moves to his farm where he fast discovers greener pasture require a lot of grueling dedication. Suffering a temporary mental breakdown after a year of trying to make a go of his 'quiet life', Jim rebounds with an idea, so simple it cannot miss. He will turn his rustic home into a swank out of town nightclub, open holidays only. The concept marginally appeals to Ted, whose relationship with Lila has been on the fritz in the interim. Enter Linda Mason (Marjorie Reynolds); a girl working nights at a flower shop, but who really wants the opportunity to sing and dance. After being given the polite brush off by Ted's oily agent, Danny Reed (Walter Abel) Linda becomes 'queen of Holiday Inn' and Jim's new romantic love interest. Unfortunately, Lila has left Ted for a Texas millionaire. Thus having consumed scotch and soda (a bottle of each) to drown his sorrows, Ted arrives at the inn on New Year's Eve, decidedly snookered. He performs a drunken dance routine with Linda before passing out. Unable to recall what Linda looked like, Ted informs Danny he is resigned to return to the inn for each subsequent holiday - convinced his future career and romantic prospects are tied to this mystery girl. Of course, neither Ted nor Danny has any idea Linda is actually working at the inn. But Jim is determined not to let history repeat itself. Besides, he is sincerely in love with Linda. So, for Lincoln's birthday Jim forces Linda to perform their routine in blackface. The ruse is successful. But when Ted and Danny arrive early for Valentine's Day they discover Jim serenading Linda with an engagement present: 'Be Careful It's My Heart'. Ted hijacks the orchestral portion of Jim's song to do a graceful pas deux, declaring at the end of the number he has decided to work each subsequent show at the inn to remain closer to his 'old' friend.
All does not run according to plan however, as Jim - no fool and no stranger to Ted's wily seductions, proposes to sabotage Ted and Linda's number for Washington's Birthday, interpolating jazzy riffs with graceful waltz strains, leaving the two perplexedly frazzled on the dance floor. Afterward Linda tells Ted she is engaged to Jim. Her declaration hardly sways him from his deliberate plotting to break them apart. Thus, for the 4th of July, Jim launches into his own bit of deception and damage control to stave off the inevitable; orchestrating a surprise reunion for Ted with Lila. He also pays his hired man, Gus (Irving Bacon) to fake car failure after picking Linda up at the train station, thus preventing her from working at the inn, but also sabotaging a rare opportunity to secretly audition for a pair of eager beaver Hollywood agents Danny has smuggled in for the occasion. Too late, Linda learns of Jim's deception. Nevertheless, she also manages to sabotage Lila's arrival at the inn, using Jim's underhanded tactics to her own advantage. The absence of both women from the planned festivities forces Ted to perform a solo dance to 'Let's Say It With Firecrackers'; an explosive (both literally and figuratively) routine to bring down the house.
And although the Hollywood agents are mildly impressed by Ted's solo, they have unexpectedly fallen madly in love with the concept of doing a movie based on 'Holiday Inn'. Jim reluctantly sells the idea to the studio, with Ted and Linda as part of its package deal. The couple is promptly whisked away to the magical mecca of filmdom where they embark on a whirlwind career and romance closely followed in the movie mags by Jim who remains back in Connecticut. During this brief interlude, Ted and Linda become engaged and Jim - having completed the final song for his score – sulks at the inn on Thanksgiving. Jim is tended by his devoted housekeeper, Mamie (Louise Beavers) who encourages him to stand up for himself and re-claim Linda's heart. Arriving in Hollywood on the eve Ted and Linda are bound for their quickie nuptials in Yuma, Jim sneaks onto the set - an exact replica of his inn - to quietly observe as a very unhappy Linda reprises 'White Christmas' for the camera; her feelings for Jim rekindled. Jim begins to accompany her in the song, thus ruining the take. But Linda suddenly realizes what a mistake it would be to marry Ted. She really does love Jim. We return to the 'real' inn for New Year's Eve; Ted, reunited with Lila, whom he devilishly refers to as "Miss Hit and Run".
A lot of Holiday Inn's enduring appeal must go to Roland Anderson and Hans Dreier's alluring set design. The inn is so rustically cozy it easily becomes a major character in the picture - almost by accident - or as Jim puts it "A simple little layout where we could do the best with the work we know without having any delusions of grandeur." From the moment we arrive at this fabled Connecticut oasis, actually constructed inside one of Paramount's cavernous sound stages, it immediately fulfills virtually every expectation as a fantasy destination for pure musical escapism; a place most anyone would want to either own or at least visit for a weekend respite from the cares of the world; the infectiousness of its faux reality, perfectly realized and embraced by the audience. Thus, even when the film's plot exposes the inn as nothing more than a three dimensional plywood cutout, built on a sound stage with artificial gypsum particles cascading from the cleverly engineered 'snow machines'; its fakery seems inconceivable.
As a matter of record, Holiday Inn contains two interesting anomalies; the first, regrettably not having weathered with changing times and tastes. 'Blackface' has become a bone of contention in more recent times. Viewed from our current cultural vantage, 'blackface' is widely regarded as racist; the homage to President Lincoln in Holiday Inn marred by the sight of Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds doused in greasepaint and delivering decidedly overblown non-Caucasian caricatures. Yet, it is important to place the concept of 'blackface' into its proper context; considered a legitimate art form from roughly 1830 to 1945, though perpetuating the stereotype of the simple-minded, happy-go-lucky 'darky'. 'Blackface' remained a main staple of travelling minstrel shows and the Vaudeville circuit well into the 1920's. As a natural extension of its popularity on stage, movie musicals from the early to mid-1930s embraced 'blackface' routines as part of their repertoire, with Holiday Inn being one of the last examples documented on film. Aside: as an interesting footnote: Joan Crawford would do a brown-face routine in blazing Technicolor for her MGM comeback, Torch Song (1953); a movie musical well beyond the 'acceptable' period and one in which Crawford's makeup is more garish and frightful than entertaining or even mildly amusing. At the time of Holiday Inn's premiere, no one thought any better or worse of its 'Abraham' number. But if Holiday Inn does have a flaw, it remains this moment. If not acceptable - then at least, it remains illustrative of a well-documented period in musical theater and film history; also, just how far race relations in the United States have evolved since.
The second anomaly in Holiday Inn offers no offense, though it remains no less of an oddity; having to do with then President Franklin Roosevelt's desire to expand the Christmas shopping season by petitioning Congress to bump the Thanksgiving holiday back by a week. Each segment of Holiday Inn begins with a stylized calendar and the holiday about to be celebrated clearly marked. The Thanksgiving calendar features a very confused turkey, frustratingly wandering back and forth between two dates proposed for the 'new' Thanksgiving. Today, it is often the audience more than the turkey that is perplexed by this reference. In the end, Roosevelt lost his bid and American Thanksgiving's permanent date stayed Nov. 26th. Holiday Inn was an enormous critical and financial success when it premiered. Today, it endures as a cherished Christmas classic, perennially resurrected on TV over a hot cup of cocoa and as lovingly embraced family time around an open hearth. Astaire and Crosby are so perfect together – so in sync and comfortable with each other's clever hamming – one can easily buy their act as fair-weather friends feuding over the same women. And both stars have the added cache of being legends in their own time; easily recognizable at a glance. The iconography of Astaire and Crosby's star power is arguably what sold the show then and continues to keep its' spirit bright today; neither playing to character, per say, but rather doing variations on themselves or, at the very least, the ensconced public persona hand-crafted for each of them by clever studio PR.
The women in Holiday Inn are less definable, particularly Virginia Dale's greedy gold digger, who all but vanishes into the woodwork after contributing two mediocre duets with Astaire on the dance floor. Marjorie Reynolds is more well-defined; a very pretty face, her vocals dubbed, her cherub-cheeked discipline genuine. She is no match for the eloquent Ginger, Astaire's most fondly recalled dance partner, though she nevertheless moves with a terpsichorean finesse complimentary to Astaire's relaxed grace. In retrospect, Holiday Inn is not so much an Astaire musical, or a Crosby one, as it remains thoroughly a Berlin show. Indeed, due to a clause in his contract, the film's full title is 'Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn'; creating no confusion as to the real star of our show. And despite only ever appearing before the cameras once (warbling with frail affectation 'Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning' in Warner Bros. This is The Army) Berlin had both a name and a following then, arguably, as big as either Astaire or Crosby. Regardless, the picture is a sheer joy to revisit over and over again. Because it runs the gamut of holidays, it is even possible to enjoy Holiday Inn as a mid-summer programmer, though undeniably, most will resurrect it as a perennial musical treasure to highlight the Christmas season and likely to remain so for many a good year yet to come.
Universal Home Video's restoration of Holiday Inn on Blu-ray has arguably, been well worth the wait. This new 'special edition' exhibits a cleaned-up print. We get both the original B&W and colorized editions of the movie. For the purposes of this review, only the B&W will be critiqued. As a film purist, I maintain the opinion colorization has NO place in the marketing of classic movies. Like the misguided attempt to 'pan and scan' movies shot in widescreen, colorization is an abomination of the film maker's original intent – period! Ah, but there is very good news for fans of this perennial classic. The B&W visuals tighten up considerably. Contrast is solid and the image is remarkably free of age-related damage. Better still, film grain at last looks indigenous to its source. Bottom line: a great effort worthy of the film. Interesting, the B&W image looks just a tad horizontally stretched compared to the colorized version; faces appearing ever so slightly plumper in B&W than in color. It's a negligible distinction, but worth noting. The audio remains in DTS mono.
Universal has merely ported over all the extras from their previously issued 'Collector's Edition' DVD. These include an audio commentary by Ken Burnes with pre-recorded excerpts from Crosby and Astaire reminiscing about their participation on the film. We also get two fairly dull featurettes: 'A Couple of Song and Dance Men' and 'All Singing, All Dancing Before and After'. The first is a poorly edited and contrived bit of scripted nonsense featuring Ava Astaire (Fred's daughter) and Burnes waxing about information readily expressed in the audio commentary. The second makes short shrift of the history of the Hollywood musical with still images and bootlegged clips from several films Universal does not own the rights to (most notably, 'Top Hat'). It would have meant so much more if Universal had actually taken the time to give us a 'making of' documentary with archival footage. Bottom line: it is impossible to deny Berlin his infectious score or Astaire and Crosby's professionalism as perfection itself. Holiday Inn on Blu-ray comes very highly recommended. It captured my heart…singing.
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Applicants to the MPA program are accepted both Fall and Spring. The Public Administration Admissions Committee will begin to review completed applications as of October 1, 2019 for the Spring 2020 admissions cycle. Applicants must submit all application materials by the November 1, 2019, deadline. The Public Administration Admissions Committee will begin to review completed applications as of March 1, 2020 for the Fall 2020 admissions cycle. Applicants must submit all application materials by the April 1, 2020, deadline.
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Cost of Degree
The cost to earn the degree is currently approximately $23,000 for in-state tuition and $39,000 for out-of-state tuition. The Bursar's Office maintains a complete schedule of tuition and fees.
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Degree Requirements
The degree requires students to complete 42 units and is designed to be completed in seven semesters, so that working professionals can take classes part-time. Students choose to specialize in one of seven areas of elective emphasis: Nonprofit Administration, Public Management, Public Policy, Urban Administration, Criminal Justice Administration, Gerontology and Environmental Administration & Policy, or they can self-design an area of elective emphasis. Degree requirements for the MPA program can be found in the University Bulletin.
Fourteen percent of incoming students in 2013-2014 finished the degree in 2 years and sixty seven percent had finished within 4 years. With eighty-one students initially enrolled in 2013-2014, fourteen percent of them finished the degree in 2 years and sixty seven percent had finished within 4 years.
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Intro to the podcast
Welcome back to the Marketing Automation Discussion where we showcase what is working in marketing and sales automation with today's tools and channels.
Intro to the episodes focus
Today is all about Sales Automation – we will cover some recent news, recommended software, intelligence tools, and as always, we will leave you with actionable tactics to take with you to use with your team.
Intro to Steve Benson
Who is Steve Benson? If you are an outside or field sales rep, or manage a sales team, you should know. Steve is the founder and CEO at Badger Maps. Companies like L'Oreal utilize Badger Maps and Steve's training to reduce training time, increase opportunities, and close more deals.
What is sales automation software?
Define sales automation:
Sales automation attempts to automate the time-consuming tasks sales reps and leadership do on a monthly/weekly/monthly basis with the goal of improving accuracy and accelerating the sales process.
Sales automation software are the apps and saas that help you perform many sales tasks faster, easier, and more efficiently.
The big players in the sales automation software space:
What sales automation tools you use and/or recommend:
- Badger is a mid-sized software company with an inside sales team.
- CRM – Close.io for calls as well.
- Reply.io for automated new lead generation
- We use Customer.io for Drip email for people who have already opted into our newsletters or signed up for our free trial or who are already customers.
- We use Zaps out of the CRM for the salespeople to run a hashtag command and have an email sequence start.
Alex's favorite sales automation tools:
- For myself – AgileCRM for customer emails and triggers, Drift for live chat, Hubsell for cold emails.
- For clients – anything built on top of Intercom – they choose their integration partners well so the CRMs and other tools with native Intercom integrations are pretty good.
- Lightweight CRMs like Agile and Active – Sales Seek too, but I am not as experienced.
- I like Aircall.io because of the Intercom integration and because it's extremely flexible. Their UI and mobile app for calling and SMS is also very clean.
If you are in B2B sales, what are the top 3 sales intelligence tools you just cannot live without, and why?
Steve – here are the larger companies offering sales intelligence tools:
- Linkedin sales navigator,
- Insideview,
- Zoominfo,
- Discoverorg,
- Clearbit…
Alex: Sales Intelligence tools –
- Quantcast,
- SimilarTech.
- My CRM – AgileCRM,
- my cold email platform – hubsell.com.
- Locals doing some big things in sales research automation: https://www.detective.io,
- And, although I haven't used fireflies.ai yet, founder Krish is coming on the podcast to fill us in on how their platform converts call conversations into notes during the call, then pushes the data into your CRM where you can not only store that data, but you can trigger automations based on what was said during the call. Oh, and it happens automatically. Very cool stuff from Krish and team at Fireflies.ai
What is an effective sales automation strategy and the tools (and integrations) necessary to pull it off?
- Really depends on what your go to market strategy (inside/ outside / ecommerce etc)
- There are things that everyone needs to have.
- Email automation systems for different segments of the sales cycle
- Ticketing systems
- Calendar systems
- Our App Badger Maps for your field sales team.
- The more you can carve up these different roles in your organization, the more that your salespeople can focus on selling. For example having a ticketing system that certain types of emails go to and open tickets that can be handled centrally instead of having your account managers do it.
Alex: I'd like to quickly mention an automation I've used in a few funnels which utilizes your CRM to notify your sales team when someone you are prospecting is browsing your site – with the page they are currently browsing and other pages in the session.
- This automation works via cookies so they have to have been to your site and/or clicked on a link from an email sent via that CRM.
- Trigger automations when users view certain pages on your site.
- This notification provides a timely action and reason for the rep to call that prospect.
Now, I am going to lay-out an example of a very good funnel I have run on three different clients' sites using Intercom – I created it to be a combination of two examples I found at the time – Gigster.com's funnel (they use it only for enterprise prospects on the site) and Lemonade.com's insurance Q/A funnel. Basically, it worked like this:
- You create a line of simple questions (less than a few options)
- Turn those into steps – they should not be on one screen like a form, they need to be broken up into steps. And, they need to all be on the same URL (consult your dev)
- Split contact info capture in half for large question sets (as for name and company first), then ask for email/phone at the end before the submit.
- Pass the answers to each question back to Intercom as custom fields
- Now, the important piece, when they click submit, they are redirected to a page where you actually embed the Intercom chat window onto the page – not a widget. That's key.
- Next to the chat window is a profile of your sales rep – this is also important to build trust. So it needs some details about that person – name, bio, title…
- In the chat window, because Intercom has that persons info, you deploy a custom message based on what they answered in the questionnaire – "Hi Tom, this is Natalie, I see you are interested in ____ and ___. I can help you get started.
- Taking that funnel a step further – you can redirect to a simple "thank you page" after hours…. And, you can redirect to the thank you page during business hours if they answer a specific question in the steps with a specific answer (disqualifying them).
The team at https://codingninjas.co/ actually built this funnel for me a few times and the founder, Alek, will be a guest on this podcast Thursday. Highly-recommend checking them out for dev needs.
Steve's final thoughts on when and where is best to start trying to automated practices;
(this may be a good place to highlight two specific situations –
- Anytime you are doing repetitive behavior in your sales process, there is often an opportunity to use a sales automation tool to do it automatically (reporting..)
- The App that my team built is a great example of this –
- (talk about what we generally do)
- (talk about specifically sending data to CRM)
- As a manager Ask your team discussion.
- As a rep, you can ask your teammates.
Great tips, recap of what steve said.
- Mapping out the sales system using tools not manual processes so everything is in sync and accessible in the CRM.
- Look into the repetitive tasks your team is executing on and see where an automation may work.
- Ask you team what they use and if it's good, have them deploy it and teach the team.
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CHEVY CHASE, MD, JULY 6th, 2016 - The Obama Administration announced today that it will raise the limit on the number of patients with opioid addiction that certain physicians can treat with buprenorphine to 275. ASAM applauds this long-overdue policy change as an important step to help combat the current epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths and urges the Department of Health and Human Services to evaluate the rule's impact on treatment access, diversion, health care costs and clinical outcomes to inform future changes to the patient limit.
"For too long, addiction specialists like me have had to turn patients in need away from treatment that might save their lives, not because we don't have the expertise or capacity to treat them, but because of an arbitrary federal limit," said Dr. Jeffrey Goldsmith, President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). "It has been heartbreaking to tell patients and their families that my hands are tied, and to see them continue to suffer from a treatable disease. ASAM physicians are grateful that we won't have to say that quite as often anymore."
ASAM advocated for several changes to the proposed rule that was issued in March, and the final rule issued today reflects the concerted advocacy of ASAM members, allied organizations and other stakeholders eager to see the Administration make a meaningful impact on the epidemic. In addition to raising the proposed patient limit from 200 to 275, the final rule revised the qualifications for the higher limit to include board certification in addiction medicine or addiction psychiatry from the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) or the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or certifications by the American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine, ABAM or ASAM. Additionally, the Administration delayed implementation of the proposed reporting requirements to seek additional comment before finalizing them.
"This new rule is a critical part of a comprehensive response to the current public health crisis we are facing. It takes an important step toward closing the well-documented addiction treatment gap, but won't be a cure-all," said Dr. Kelly Clark, President-Elect of ASASM. "We look forward to continuing to work with the Administration and Congress to further increase access to treatment by removing arbitrary barriers to care." ASAM is doing a careful analysis of the rule and will provide a more detailed summary in the next few days.
The final rule will be effective on August 5, 2016.
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Its too easy to fill a practice with a bunch of drug addicts when you're handing out their favorite drug. Since they've lifted the limit and started handing out the X license to nurses, the amount of Suboxone on the streets has exploded. There's a "Suboxone Doctor" on every street corner and its become the currency for drug addicts. Caviler prescribers are handing out 16mg per day scripts and the addicts are selling them on the streets for over a thousand per Rx. Cash Clinics are popping up all over the place.
I used to be able to keep these patients engaged in treatment using buprenorphine and now, they just walk out the door and go a block down the street to get a higher dose with no treatment requirements. Sad.
The simple fix is to stop all the drugs on the street. If the police is corrupt or afraid for their lives get the army guys come and clean up one town at a time. Within a month you will choke the supply chain. Most of the addicts will go through horrible with drawl which they deserve as a consequence of their own chosen action. But at the end of that grueling time America will be a Drug free society.
The system is so rigged.
The government is shedding crocodile tears.
Putting more regulations --PMP, E Rx and limits for acute pain management are all fine. The doctors are ready to helpteh government and do their job.
No one suggests to the government that the problem is so easily fixable.
They don't want the attorneys,th e judges and the police and the entire prisosn system to lose their , "Business"
Doctors also don't want to lose money.
We made money on opiate prescriptions and now on treating the problem which was created
Inefficiency breeds Jobs In America.
Please wake up!
Do the right thing which is so easy
I too am appalled at the idea of one physician treating 275 addicts!!
No way good care can result.
Please teach better assessment & better monitoring.
Too much take home too soon & too few UDS's done in these " mills"!
Drug policy in the US from the 1914 Harrison Act through the Reagan Administration "War on Drugs" shows government has ALWAYS been behind the curve. DEA ?...watch "Narcos" on Netflix to see how out of touch these bureaucrats are...many 100 wavered docs like myself are willing to step in and help...but it appears we have another turf war
I am a psychiatrist. I have been using buprenorphine to treat patients since it was introduced. At first I had 30 patients and then when the increase went to 100 I was easily able to increase this due to the high demand for treatment. There were only 2-3 doctors in the whole state. Now there are more doctors, yet the demand has continued to increase and now people are dying daily due to overdose with heroin or combinations of other opiates. There continues to be a wait list in most offices in my area of AL. My practice now has evolved to seeing nearly 85% of these patients every month. I am not board certified; putting it off due to $$ and time constraints. Now at 61 years of age it is not practical to do a fellowship. Every year I attend both addiction, pain, and psychiatric conferences for continuing education. Years of experience and continuing education is far greater than "taking a test" to prove appropriate levels of credentialing. I think this should have been left in the "physician requirements".
I also agree with many of the above comments. What is the difference between 100 to 275 patients; especially if that physician has been giving excellent care for years? Once again I have to say there is NO LIMIT on the amount of patients a pain doctor can see to my knowledge. Myself and others are trying to help patients with a majority of the problem starting in the "pain clinic".
I am very disappointed in this ruling and was hoping for something that was REALLY going to help the thousands of people who are trying to do this on their own "off the street" because they cannot find a doctor.
I'm good with raising the limit. It needs to be done. I don't currently have even 100 patients so it hasn't been an issue for me.
What I don't understand is why specialized training such as Board Certification is required for 275 patients but not 100. If addiction is really a medical disease , how does the number of patients treated change the quality of care.
If you do 100 appendectomies a year you don't need to be a board certified surgeon, but if you do 275 of them a year you do....? That's the guy who does it so much he's less likely to need the certification.
What's this nonsense of limits. Should'nt the treating physician know who to treat and how much he wants to work while still giving good care.
At first it made sense to limit while the technique was new and experience needed to be accumulated,but now and especially with the boarding IT MAKES NO SENSE.
As Gary commented, I am in total agreement. I run a private clinic where I supervise 7 other Drs. I am Board certified in Psych and by ASAM. I have no intention of increasing to 275 pts. I ensure that the new and sickest patients get as much care and are seen as often as needed where all pts pay a standard monthly fee that is not much more than the cost of a visit to see the cardiologist. This includes lab testings as well. There is no way I could see those clinic pts and an additional 175 of my own. I dont even really have 100 under my own care most months. To take care of 275 pts you must see about 14 pts every day 5 days a week. Good luck with that. The rule appears to read that a Dr Must meet "One of two requirements". It allows private Drs to continue increase if they are Board Certified or Drs who are not if they work in "an approved practice setting" and then it goes through 5-6 requirements for them including they take 3rd party payers.
This is what happens when you get in bed with govt. They get to tell you who can pay you for your services? Last time I looked that was called restraint of trade. My brother the periodontist has it right. No govt 3rd party payments in fact none from any 3rd party payers. The day I am forced to do this is the day my clinic closes and the day 600 people loose their doctor who treats their opioid use disorder.
This a political "football." We, that are in the "trenches," know the real truth about what takes to treat opiate dependent individuals. I am practicing Addiction Medicine in New York. I only treat with buprenorphine and have no other patients. I see my limit of 100 patients. It takes me four full days a week to manage my patients. The increase in patient load is going to increase my exposure, my responsibility, my work load. It will bind me to more government regulation. All for what reason? This new regulation is not going to help the "solo" practitioner at all. So, exactly who will benefit from this if solo practitioners would have to be out of their minds to meet all the requirements and then have to except Medicaid payment for their efforts.
The key to making this a successful venture is to decrease the regulations, decrease all the "hoops" that insurers put the physician through to "prior-authorize" their patients every few months, and to increase the re-reimbursement. One way you can increase re-reimbursement, for instance, is to allow the patient to pay out-of-pocket for their physician visits. These patients pay anywhere from $ 20.00 to $80.00 a day on their habit. They can surely pay for a doctor visit a few times a month. The patient needs to be a part of the solution!
I have so much to say, but I'll stop here. My first patient for the day has arrived.
I called SAMSHA twice today and they said they are not ready to have this in place by 8/5/2016 that they still consider as proposals to increase since the form to increase has not been created.
I was told will take 90 days for them to get ready. Also DEA inspectors were not aware of the changes. so no change coming for awhile.
Finally the use of IT is unclear and how many insurances must be accepted. At $30 a visit from MA most practices can not even break even.
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Hearthstone Tournament
Hi everybody (again), my name is Faust (kinda).
Just a small foreword, I run the DKTL (Amateur, Online SC2 Tournament for the Day9 Viewership) and it recently occured to me that there may be a large influx of the same crowd playing Hearthstone with the open Beta coming....soon I guess.
So I figured I could run a tournament for that too. But I wanted to test the waters first and see if I have the interest for that kind of thing that could generate a full on tournament. So let's talk about it. Are you guys in?


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Numbers and Counting: Number 2 Printable
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Kids learn basic numeracy skills when they visually see numbers in action. Your child will learn to read and recognize the number two with these two cuddly cats and their colorful balls of yarn. Print this coloring page: number 2, for counting and coloring fun!Grades: More Worksheets


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MANILA, March 15 (UPI) -- The Philippines seized and searched another North Korean vessel at one of its ports, but no weapons were found on board.
The ship was impounded about a week after Manila put the new United Nations Security Council sanctions into effect March 4, with the seizure of the Jin Teng at Subic Bay.
The chemical tanker Theresa Begonia had entered a port in the southern Philippine province of Misamis Oriental on March 10, Yonhap reported.
The ship, which weighs 4,893 tons, was carrying palm oil from Malaysia, and according to a source at customs, included 22 crewmembers that included a captain, who were "all North Koreans," according to the Manila Bulletin.
Customs officials failed to find banned items, including firearms or equipment that could go toward the manufacturing of weapons of mass destruction.
The ship was registered as belonging to Tuvalu, an independent nation in the South Pacific. Similarly, the Jin Teng, another North Korea-operated ship, was registered as belonging to Sierra Leone, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Pyongyang is known to use "flags of convenience" in order to hide their ships' identity.
The Theresa Begonia is not included on the U.N. list of blacklisted ships, unlike the Jin Teng, which has been the target of a U.N.-backed asset freeze.


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I've got a bunch of stuff posted on MTBR for sale. It's stuff I really don't feel I should throw away. Check it out.
Or at least a new frame. Titus has been so good to me. And they try very hard to do what they can to meet my strange requests. A year and a half ago, I had them build up a 29er hardtail frame for me. I had them put a steep head tube angle on it AND a high BB. Not such a good decision. I thought running 180 cranks would make the high BB work better, but combined with the steep front end….and steep seat tube angle, it made it extremely twitchy. In the slow techy stuff it shined, excelled, kicked ass, etc. I could pedal through any rock garden no problem. But the handling at high speed and trying to corner on loose flat stuff was sketch. I also was quite disappointed with the tire clearance. With a 2.55 Weir Wolf, I had about 1 mm on each side.
This new frame got broken in today with a 5 hour jaunt through our various riding areas here in the pass. I climbed it, did the spin coast spin thing on the flats, and sent it down the rock scree slope on the west side of Mundy's Gap. Handling was much better. Tire clearance is still a bit tight, but I ran a ragged out Nanoraptor on the rear today and that baby has plenty of room. A neighborhood test ride showed that the Weir Wolf 2.55 fits pretty good with just enough room to spare. It worked suprisingly well.
I had them build this frame with similar stats as the 23″ Specialized 29er hardtail. I'm glad I did it because the front end feels just like my Racer-X. Of course, the rear end is a bit….um…stiffer. Just because you are a big tall guy, doesn't mean you should try to tighten up a bike to make it handle quicker. Stick to the relaxed angles and it will fit better and handle better. I'm not sure what to do with my other frame. I think it might work really well with a 650b rear wheel. I've got one on order, so we'll see what happens. If it handles really well, I may just keep it.
With the three water bottle cages…all King Ti of course… I've decided to nickname this bike Desert Destroyer.
I also had Titus use the Paragon Sliders. These babies are beautiful. While they take a bit longer to set up, you can use a cheesy QR rear hub and not worry about it sliding forward. While I like the Titus interchangeables due to their light weight, I either had to crank the bujeezus out of a crossmax mavic skewer or use a bolt on rear hub. They did a really nice job welding these puppies on.
I ended up breaking my Mr. T starter kit. One of the pins was so loose I could almost push it through the links with my fingers. Luckily the closest shop in town to the trails does the BMX thing and I was able to score a master link.
It's totally hammering rain outside now. We got some good sprinkles on our ride this morning, but now it is really raining. The trails were in good shape today, we'll see what they look like tomorrow. Hopefully this will never happen again.
Bad thing about all the rain, besides all the crazy weeds that grow, is that in a few years these suckers will be MUCH bigger.
We saw both of these guys on Thursday. Luckily they were both mellow.
Sorry I've been so slack on the updates. Everytime I got on a computer, I either paid bills or just checked my email then moved on. Stops in town were for food or laundry.
My friend said I should make a list of all the trails I rode, but I can't remember them all.
Here are some of my favorites……
A River Runs Through It – sweet Whistler stunt line…slow …and low…no pictures
7 Summits (Rossland, BC) – full loop on the day…pics below
Larmamie, WY – a network of insane trails just off the rest area between Cheyenne and Laramie – home to the Laramie Enduro.
That place has endless riding.
After Laramie we discovered that we had an extra week, so we went to Crested Butte. The best part about summer in crested butte is the weekly Pinnacle race series on Thursday nights. $16 gets you a number plate, dinner, and beer. And if you win your category, you'll get a ti King cage like Jen and I did!
Reno-Flag-Bear-Deadman's is definitely the best. Lots of whoop-dee action thanks to the moto boys and girls. I'll be back there again soon.
We finished the summer off with a visit to Sante Fe thanks to the guys at Mellow Velo. They ponied up a $100 gift certificate for my win in the SS class at Los Alamos. Pajarito has excellent biking, especially if you like to go the lift served thing. They have some good DH runs and the lift tickets are only $20.


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When you live life in flow everything just works and it's that easy. Finances, love, laughter, happiness and health all just happen, they manifest right before your eyes.
But only if it's what you really want. And there is a little secret to it all happening right before your eyes…
BELIEF, with every inch of your soul you need to believe that everything happens just as you want them to. Once you believe it will happen the universe has this crazy ability to line things up for us because it hears our thoughts and provides it for us. It hears us then it gives us signs and messages all the time to let us know that we're on the right track. So there are two things you need to ask yourself once you 100% believe.
- What thoughts are you telling the universe?
- Are you present enough to hear and receive the messages?
The only way we can receive the messages is if we are present. So when you do something… anything focus on it and be in that moment.
Write down what you want to experience, do and have in 12 months…then 6 months. Do it from an inspired place so it really means something to you and remember- you have no limits.
For each "thing" you wrote down write down 3 action points that you can do that will make it happen. Each one you should be able to do or organise in 5 minutes and right now. You don't want to prolong anything by putting long deadlines on them because it won't happen.
Create a vision board and visualise the outcome everyday because remember the universe is lining up whatever you are thinking so make sure it's what you want!


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EMOTT five-piece sets; a set for all seasons
Have you seen our new EMOTT pens? Our new colourful EMOTT pen collection of fine line markers ensure your stationery stash is more stylish than ever. Plus there's a choice of colours for all seasons.
The EMOTT pen collection is ideal for people who like to set trends rather than follow them. The EMOTT's spectrum of 40 colours (from pretty candy shades and soft pastels to bold, vivid, primary hues and deep, evocative earth tones) suit a range of moods and are great for a wealth of seasonal creative projects.
EMOTT: pens to love and treasure
The pens' impeccable build quality make the EMOTT a dependable marker that you will love and treasure. While the pens look sleek and delicate, the EMOTT's durable tip doesn't bend or split. This ensures a consistent line-width at any angle or pressure. Plus, its clear line, excellent colour coverage and water resistant, non-bleed and fade-proof ink means work created with the EMOTT ever-fine markers looks crisp and will last an age.
Curated colour combos
As well as a 40-shade box, EMOTT pens are also available in a range of specially selected curated colour combinations in five and ten-piece sets that complement and illustrate seasons, moods and emotions.
Here we're showcasing some of our five-piece sets and how they work with the seasons. Each five-piece pack comes with a stylish stand that allows you to store and display your pens.
Spring: Candy Pop
Spring is the perfect time to embrace your softer side. The EMOTT Candy Pop five-piece set is just the ticket for precisely that. The pack contains light blue, emerald green, light pink, light violet and coral pink EMOTT fine liners. These colours are not just great for spring florals and patterns but these pastel style shades would be great for Easter cards and decorations.
Summer: Vivid and Passion
We love the Vivid and Passion five-piece sets. We think their colour combinations are ideal for bright and vibrant summer paper-craft, card-making and illustration projects. The Vivid set contains a bold, lively combination of yellow, green, red, black and blue and the Passion packs contains more subtle, softer, feminine shades of orange, fuchsia, pink, vermillion and lemon. So whether you opt for bold or subtle, these gorgeous tones are excellent for summer birds, tropical florals, graphics and hand-lettering.
Autumn: Earth
Don't you just love this Earth five pack? Featuring rich grown up shades of dark yellow, brown, sky blue, turquoise and pine green, this set is excellent for autumnal illustrations. Inspired by nature, these colours are great for landscapes, Scandi-style leaves (as featured here) and woodland style motifs.
Winter: Vintage
Speaking of darker, more earthy shades, check out the EMOTT Vintage five pack. This deep and evocative collection contains one each of khaki green, violet, dark brown, amethyst and grey. The deep dark colours make it amazing for richer illustrative pieces. The set's green, brown and berry tones make it perfect for Christmas card making and decorative projects.


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So many black people lack pride and feel they have change who they are and how they go about everyday in order to make whites and others feel comfortable. Isaiah Washington clearly wrote on his Twitter page, "I'm not black I'm human." That statement in and of itself implies that blackness is not human, which aligns with white supremacist thought about black people. He's perpetuating that negativity surrounding blackness.
Isaiah Washington doesn't want to be labeled anything but a human being, but was quick to label TR Knight with a slur against his homos*xuality. Isaiah Washington is a human being, yet he's still Black to the Police Officers who will continue to pull him over and harass him regardless.


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Contact Us
Coastal Pest Solutions Limited
Tel: 09 536 6020
Mob: 027 393 2125
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Being a family business my wife Janet brings a wealth of ideas with her background in sales and marketing and technical support. Janet is fully trained on the job doing many of our wasps and rodents call outs. Often she will be fielding calls in between caring for our two children, Jack 13 and Mackenzie 8
Tel: 09 536 6020 or 0272 536602
Mob: 0272 536602
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I've been doing pretty well with my depression and anxiety. I know I'm doing well because I myself feel brilliant. I feel like a completely different person. In the past 6 months I've changed jobs met new colleagues who've become friends. Come to like the job I'm doing and actually feel comfortable in what I do. I've been offered jobs and had no anxieties about turning them down. It's been excellent.
Then I lost one of my permanent journalism jobs. Which in turn led to me not having enough money to go for the house I want. I also realised that this time last year i spent every waking, and in some cases every sleeping, hour in a hospital watching my best friend die.
Yeah. In 2 days I turn 25 but in 8 days Jess will have been gone a year.
This is destroying me. I can't help it and I don't really want it to stop but it's making me a completely different person to who I've been for the past 6 months. It's made me feel like a fake because the new friends I have where I work really don't know anything about me. I'm now anxious all the time that it'll somehow make them hate me or see me as weak. I'm paranoid that i'll be watched closely because something might trigger me to be sad.
The friend I spoke to about all this isn't here anymore and I haven't seen my counsellor in 6 months because silly me thought 'hey new job, new me. I can totally pull all this off!' I was so wrong it hurts. I haven't felt like this in years. Before it's always felt like something I can snap out of, this feels like it's here for much longer. Mixing depression, anxiety and heartache together is a stellar combination and one which I don't think I'll come out of unscathed. I'm at the point where someone says the wrong thing and I feel like crying. I can't handle a situation at work and I go all quiet and retreat into my little dark place where no one can hurt me but on the outside I'm basically blank and ignoring you. Not good in a customer based environment.
As it get's closer to Jess' anniversary I think I'll get worse. At the moment I get teary eyed when her favourite songs come on and I'm having 2am conversations with another of our friends. It's bizarre but it's how it's all playing out.
In the end I'm stuck with depression and anxiety. I just wish I had a warning system for when it's going to strike and how bad it's going to be because let's face it thinking everyone is looking at you and you have no idea why isn't the best way to go about your day.


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'The Bulldog' is the CFAV's newsletter.
Each year, two editions of 'The Bulldog' have historically been produced and distributed to subscribing CFAV Members. The launch of the CFAV's new website in June 2016 enabled stories of interest to CFAV Members to be posted regularly on the website, reducing the need for two static editions of 'The Bulldog' to be produced each year.
The CFAV Committee continues to produce and distribute an annual edition of 'The Bulldog' to CFAV Members to record the year's events in a single document.
Back-issues are available to view by clicking on the relevant links below:


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How to Add Recommendations to Your LinkedIn Profile
Updated April, 2019
A profile that presents the best version of you is incomplete without relevant recommendations from clients and colleagues. I believe recommendations are as powerful as a client testimonial for your business or professional referee for your career. Once you are confident your profile represents your goals for LinkedIn, you are ready to request recommendations from your connections.
What is a Recommendation on LinkedIn?
A recommendation is a comment written by a LinkedIn member to recognise or commend specific skills or results of a colleague, business partner, or student. The best way to view profiles is to consider this: you are asking people not to just take your word for the fact that you have certain skills and experience, but are also providing evidence that others agree! Recommendations are a way for others to say they have seen you demonstrate these skills and results, and they commend or acknowledge you for this.
You have the option to feature your recommendations on your profile and viewers of your profile will view the recommendations you've received on your profile to see what others have to say about your work.
When asking for recommendations, I suggest you ask the most senior and influential people in the industries or roles that are most relevant or will have the most impact on other people viewing your profile.
Hiring managers and people searching for new customers and business partners prefer to work with people who come recommended by someone they know and trust. While there is no limit to the number of recommendations you can request or give, I tend to rotate my recommendations, depending on the current clients I am working with and who I am currently pitching to for business. Remember – if you want to leverage the power of LinkedIn, then use your profile as an active document that represents your current business and career goals.
Request a Recommendation
You can ask your connections to write a recommendation of your work that you can display on your profile:
To request a recommendation from a member's profile page:
1. Navigate to the member's profile page.
2. Click the … (more) icon in the top section of the profile, to the right of the picture.
3. Follow the prompts to request the recommendation.
How do you know this connection?
a. What was your working relationship?
b. What was your position at the time?
c. Write your message.
Note: LinkedIn will give you a default message. I recommend you tailor it and have showed you an example below of how I do this.
4. Click Send.
Are you in the process of updating your LinkedIn Profile?
Thank you for reading Think Bespoke's insights. As one of Australia's leading independent LinkedIn specialists and a Content Marketer who understands the value and importance of sharing your story, I enjoy helping individuals and organisations maximise their time online with LinkedIn. Find out more about Think Bespoke's LinkedIn Services. You can sign up to my newsletter here where you will receive a complimentary download of Think Bespoke's LinkedIn Profile Checklist to help you update your LinkedIn Profile.


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When seeking to purchase a journey blanket for the airplane, you wish to make your choice by looking for the best journey blankets accessible on-line to make your alternative. Six Mormon historic sites to visit in St.George Utah; the St. George Temple, the St. George Tabernacle, the Brigham Young Winter Dwelling, the Dowtown Historic District, the Jacob Hamblin Home, and the Mountain Meadows Bloodbath Monument. We are going to travel alongside Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway), to search out buying areas, eating places and touristic attractions while we admire lovely scenic views. These are some temporary solutions, but there are specialists out there, when you really need to have a memorable journey. Aw yes how sweet these memories are and of course with blogging and taking photographs all these years we are able to with a couple of clicks of a mouse immediately travel back to truly learn the words and see the pictures of every single day we were camped there…….
Vacationers have little control over the ambient temperature in an airplane cabin, train compartment, or bus, so frequent enterprise vacationers undoubtedly will respect a present of a nice-sized, tender, hygienic, personal journey blanket and pillow of their very own to tuck into one in every of their carry-on luggage. Enterprise vacationers wish to arrive at their travel destination rested, refreshed, and able to meet with shoppers, prospects, agencies, etc.
By bringing collectively the factors you need to take into account, you'll have a better, more educated alternative from the … Read More


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Dr.S. Chandrakumar
Anesthesiologist, Tiruchirappalli
- Dr.S. Chandrakumar is the founder and the Managing Director of Kavery group- multi-speciality hospitals which has a renowned brand value in and around Trichy and soon establishing in Chennai and Hosur
Practice Information
Kauvery Medical Centre, Tiruchirappalli
No.1, K.C.Road, Tennur, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu - 620017
Kavery Medical Centre Speciality Hospital, Tiruchirappalli
No. 6 Royal Road, Cantonment, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu - 620001
Patient Experience
Your participation in the survey will help other patients make informed decisions. You will also be helping Dr.S. Chandrakumar and his staff know how they are doing and how they can improve their services.
How was your experience with Dr.S. Chandrakumar?
Help other patients, and let the doctor know how he's doing
Achievements & Contributions
- He has been selected for the young Turks of Trichy Award by Periyar Maniammai Trust headed by Sri.Veeramani for the year 2008-09
- He has been bestowed with "Vocational Excellence Award for the Rotary year 2010-11" by the Rotary club of Trichirapalli Rock city
- He holds the membership of the Boards of many other health care companies
- He is a life member in Indian Medical Council and Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists


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Samsung Galaxy S4 has been announced this month only and the phone hasn't even hit the market yet and we started hearing about the mini version of the smartphone. After a few leaks and rumors, an official Leak just occurred which confirms that the Mini version of the mighty S4 is coming.
The leak shows the Samsung Website link showing 4 variants of the Code that is set to be the Code of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini.
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini will be a mid range phone coming in an external structure of the original s4 but with much lighter specs. It will have a 4.3" Super AMOLED screen of with 540 x 960 pixels and 256ppi. It will run Android 4.2.2 on a 1.6GHz dual-core processor.
Previous leaks of the S4 Mini hinted the GT-I9192 version to the Dual Sim and the GT-I9195 to the LTE.


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What We Believe
THE TRINITY: We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in power and Deity; by Him all things were created, are upheld and governed.
THE BIBLE: We believe in the Holy Bible, the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired, infallible and inerrant Word of God.
JESUS CHRIST: We believe in the Deity of Jesus Christ, His miraculous birth, His sinless life, His teaching, His miracles, His substitutionary and atoning death on the cross for our sins. We believe in His literal resurrection and ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His literal return to this earth to rule in power and glory.
SIN NATURE: We believe that all after Adam are born sinners by nature, under eternal condemnation. The Holy Spirit convicts man and regenerates all who repent of their sins, confessing Jesus as Lord and believing in His resurrection.
THE CHURCH: We believe in the Church as established by Jesus Christ. He is the head, and all who are regenerated by the Spirit are members of His body, united in the Spirit.
SALVATION: We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, as the substitutionary atonement in our place, and that salvation is found in none other than Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ's death on the cross was the sole and complete payment for sins, fully satisfying God's righteous wrath, for each person that turns from sin in repentance and places their faith in Christ alone by grace alone.


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January 1, 2018
HMM: Kuwaiti report: US gives Israel go-ahead to kill powerful Iranian general. "US intelligence agencies have given Israel the green light to assassinate the senior Iranian responsible for coordinating military activity on behalf of the Islamic Republic in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, according to the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Jarida." Well, that's possibly true. Possibly not.
But this, if true, seems bigger: "For the past 20 years or so, Qassem Soleimani has commanded the Quds Force — the branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards responsible for military and clandestine operations outside of the Islamic Republic. . . . Three years ago, Israel came close to assassinating Soleimani near Damascus, al-Jarida quoted unnamed source as saying, but the Americans tipped off the Iranians against the background of intense disagreement between Washington and Jerusalem. That was during the Obama administration, which, according to reports at the time, was so focused on securing the 2015 Iran nuclear accord that it chose to overlook and even obstruct efforts to clamp down on Iranian-backed terror organizations."
And sadly plausible. (Emphasis added).


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A university entrance qualification (such as Abitur or an international equivalent) is a requirement for admission to a Bachelor programme. There is no Numerus Clausus (NC - selection by grades). No portfolios, films, articles, etc need to be handed in before your application. And you don't need to do any internships before studying. However, a previous internship could help you when choosing your programme.
The most important requirements for success in your course are your own motivation and commitment. That's why we take into account both the formal requirements and the detailed information from your personal interview.
Before concluding your study contract, we offer:
- Have a personal interview with a student advisor.
- Take an entry test (mostly this is done right after your consultation appointment).
- Fill out your admissions application form.
Dates / Deadlines
All Bachelor courses start in the winter semester. Applications are accepted throughout the year, i.e. if you are interested in studying at DEKRA | Hochschule für Medien, you may submit an application for the upcoming winter semester any time of the year (before the start of that semester).
Application Deadline
The application period is the whole year until the beginning of the semester. In the succession procedure, even after the beginning of the semester, individual free study places will be awarded. However, to ensure that you receive your desired study place, we recommend an early application.
Semester Dates
- Winter semester (WiSe): 1 October - 31 March
- Summer semester (SoSe): 1 April - 30 September
Students recruit students
You would like to recommend your university? We would like to thank you for that. For each applicant, who, upon your recommendation, takes up his or her studies at DEKRA | Media university you will receive a € 500 bonus towards your own tuition fee.
And this is how the recommendation works:
- Inform us by e-mail, telephone or in person who you recommended our university to.
- If necessary, we will contact the person by e-mail and provide her with all relevant information about the studies and invite her to visit the university.
- If the person decides to study at our university, we we ask her to confirm your data (name, if possible also the matriculation number).
- As soon as the person has signed the study contract, you will receive a € 500 bonus towards your own tuition fee.
If you have any questions please contact Ms. Yvonne Roloff: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Are you hesitating which programme might suit you? You want to come by and try out some classes?
Then enter your number now and we will call you back for free.
Here you will find all information about your application and enrollment. After your application documents have been approved, you can enroll at our university.
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Courses at DEKRA | Hochschule für Medien are privately financed. A list of tuition fees for all courses as well as financing options can be found under tuition fees.
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I've been meaning to write about this for awhile. The original graphics were designed by a talented illustrator who put his portfolio on iStockphoto. His user name is KOSON.
One of my quirks is I like to representing everyone I know in their Chinese Zodiac sign. So when I found KOSON's art, the idea came to me and kept in the back of my mind until I found the right opportunity to make it!
I made this for my husband for his birthday a while ago. After the birth of our second child, we knew we were complete as a family. That's what he's all about, family. Everyone who seen this picture raved about it. My brother in law who has a digital artist background really liked it. This is the guy whose generally is indifferent and impressing him even on a small level is a great complement. It actually motivated me to dabble more into graphic design and take my interest of digital arts to the next level.
Thank you KOSON!


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We are excited to be supporters of these Missionaries through our Outreach offerings.
David Makabo N'shikala is a UMC Missionary in Senegal, working with local farmers to improve their crop yeilds and preaching in many Churches. Check out his facebook page at: David Makabo N'shikala
Nathan and Amy Schmidt are Missionaries in Bolivia through World Gospel Mission, overseeing church planting and doing evangelism. Visit their page at WGM: Schmidt and Nathan's facebook page at: Schmidt facebook
Mark and Estzi Landerholm serve in Hungary among the refugee population and in Churches through World Gospel Mission: Visit their profile at: Landerholm
Clara Mindula Biswas serves in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She works with the 'poorest of the poor,' especially children, in slum areas and garbage dumps to facilitate their transfers to relocation and rehabilitation centers. Visit Clara's page with the UMC Board of Global Ministries at: Clara Biswas


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I have a super easy yet super fun technique to share with you today - using gelatos as watercolours.
First, prepare your page with gesso, so you don't get a crumbly mess.
(This is a page I primed ages ago and it's been pressed against an completed page when my journal was closed, hence the specks all over it!)
Then, wet your paint brush and brush it on the tip of your gelato to release the pigments.
Then, just dab it on your page, no rhyme or reason, just keep dabbing til you see an effect you like. Get more water on you brush and pick up more colour from time to time.
Repeat the process with as many colours as you like for your project. Wait for one colour to dry before adding another colour over the top, otherwise the colours will just mix.
Once you've got the desired look for your page, you can create splatters. I just drag the brush across the tip of the gelato and keep the movement going above the page, and droplets of colour fall off and splatter on the page.
And there you have it, a background done and ready to journal on :)
Have fun experimenting with your gelatos, and don't forget to share with us on our Facebook page if you give this technique a go!
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