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Event Cleaning in Van Wyck, SC 29744
When planning an event, you'll want everything to be perfect; the guest list, decorations, menus, the entertainment - and you can't forget about the venue. Chances are, you're finding it difficult to make the time to clean before the event, after the event, or both.
Here at CKS Cleaning Services, Inc., we don't think you should have to! As a reputable cleaning company since 1985, residents and businesses continue to rely on CKS Cleaning Services, Inc. for event cleaning in Van Wyck, South Carolina. Whether you're planning a birthday party, wedding reception, business networking event, or any other special occasion, you'll want everything to be perfect, and the venue is no exception.
Call (704) 251-4158 today for event cleaning in Van Wyck. We have been the Van Wyck area's leader in providing superior cleaning services since 1985.
Pre-Event Cleaning in Van Wyck, SC
Planning an event can be stressful. The pressure to ensure the event is a success can be overwhelming. You assume the venue where the event will take place will be clean and ready to welcome your guests, but what if it's not? CKS Cleaning Services, Inc. understands that the details matter most. Cleanliness is a top priority when welcoming friends, family or coworkers to an event your planning. Simply call (704) 251-4158 to speak with our Van Wyck event cleaning specialists. We are happy to arrive prior to the event to clean the venue to your exact specifications. Knowing you have enough on your plate, CKS Cleaning Services, Inc. will work around your hectic schedule and tailor a pre-event cleaning checklist suited for your exact needs. Our event cleaners in Van Wyck have 34 years of cleaning experience and welcome the opportunity to help make your event a success!
Some Common Events CKS Cleaning Services, Inc. Offers Van Wyck Event Cleaning for Include:
- birthday party
- wedding reception
- business networking event
- anniversary party
- charity / benefit
- and much more!
Post-Event Cleaning in Van Wyck, SC
The party may be over, but there's still a lot left to do. If you've rented a space for your event, cleaning up once the event has ended is essential to make sure there isn't anything to deter getting your deposit back. Once the event is over, call CKS Cleaning Services, Inc.. Our Van Wyck event cleaning crew will follow a strict, thorough checklist leaving no corner missed. We will remove any debris on the floor, sweep and vacuum all hard and soft floor surfaces, wipe down all flat surfaces, dust, and fully sanitize the space. With over 34 years in the cleaning industry, event cleaning in Van Wyck has become a specialty of CKS Cleaning Services, Inc.! Rest assured that our skilled event cleaning professionals have the attention to detail to turn any space back into it's pre-event condition, or better! Call (704) 251-4158 today to schedule your event cleaning in Van Wyck, SC.
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Anonymous, Floor Cleaning in Monroe, NC2013-05-15
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Harry S. Truman Home
The Harry S. Truman National Historic Site preserves the longtime home of Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third president of the United States, as well as other properties associated with him in the Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area. President Harry S Truman took America from its traditional isolationism into the age of international involvement. Despite his power, he never forgot where he came from. Today, visitors can experience the surroundings Truman knew as a young man of modest ambition through his political career and final years as a former president.Address
219 N Delaware St
Independence MO, 64050
Tickets are offered on a first-come, first-served basis and must be purchased at the Visitor Center on the day of the tour. Tickets may sell out by early afternoon on weekends, around holidays, and daily during the summer season. Tour time availability is dependent on staffing levels.
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Goldman Sachs' (GS) second-quarter 2014 net revenue increased to $9.13 billion, up from $8.6 billion a year ago, with earnings per share rising to $4.10 from $3.70 for the second quarter of 2013.
This beat analyst expectations, with EPS beat by $1.05 and revenue beat by $1.16 billion.
"We are pleased with our results for the quarter in the context of mixed operating conditions during the period," said Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO.
"This performance was driven by the diversity, strength and breadth of our global client franchise. Good client activity in Investment Banking and Investment Management as well as a better environment for our Investing & Lending activities helped offset less favorable conditions for Institutional Client Services," he added.
Meanwhile, net provisions for litigation and regulatory proceedings for the second quarter of 2014 almost doubled from $149 million a year ago, increasing to $284 million.
Recent reports show that the U.S. Department of Justice is using some of the money from a JPMorgan Chase (JPM) settlement to speed up its cases against other big banks, including Goldman Sachs.
In its first-quarter earnings, Goldman Sachs reported that its first-quarter net income decreased 10%. However, earnings still came in above analysts' estimates.


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I've tried many, many different brands of BBQ sauce, and I've never thought that any one in particular stood out from all the others, until I tried Jay D's Louisiana BBQ Sauce. This is really good stuff we're talkin' about here! When Jay Ducote was kind enough to send us at 37 Cooks some samples, I was ready!
Everyone that knows me knows that I love to barbeque. I knew that I was gonna use Jay D's sauce on something on the grill or in the smoker.
I couldn't do plain BBQ chicken, that was too easy and kind of an everyday thing, if you catch my drift, so I decided to go all out and smoke a Fatty. Now before you call the cops, this isn't what ya might think. This is a smokey, cheesy, meaty, fatty, saucy, thing of beauty. There's plenty of how-to videos on YouTube for this. It's not something I would make for a dinner or on a regular basis, but it's a fun thing to do for when you have a get-together. A little goes a long way and if you do this properly, you'll forever be known as a Smokin' Badass!
Smoking a Fatty
by Matt the Butcher
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup Cajun seasoning
16 slices bacon
1 pound roll bulk breakfast sausage
16 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 bunch scallions, green and white part, chopped
1 large link smoked sausage
1 package pepper jack cheese sticks
4 jalapeno peppers, sliced in half longways, ribs and seeds removed
1 cup Jay D's Louisiana Barbecue Sauce
Mix the dark brown sugar in a small bowl with the Cajun seasoning. This will be your rub. Set aside.
Lay 8 slices of bacon side-by-side on a sheet of parchment paper and use the other 8 slices to make a bacon weave. I had to look up on YouTube how to weave it and its pretty easy. Set aside the bacon weave.
Put the breakfast sausage in a gallon lock-top plastic bag, close the bag and, using your fingers, press the sausage flat until it completely covers the bag. Set aside.
Mix the cream cheese with the scallions, and a few tablespoons of the rub. Using a teaspoon, stuff the pepper halves with some of the cream cheese mixture. Set aside.
Carefully, cut open the bag with the flattened breakfast sausage in it, and lay the sausage on a sheet of parchment paper and spread half the cream cheese mixture down the middle third of the sausage. Lay the smoked sausage link onto the cream cheese, and top with the remaining cream cheese. Lay 3 pepper halves longways along the bottom edge of the cream cheese, then a few strips of the pepper jack cheese, then another 3 pepper halves, then a few more strips of the cheese, until you use all the peppers, and all the cheese strips. then sprinkle half the rub all over the sausage log.
Now, holding both ends of the parchment paper, fold the edges of the sausage over the cream cheese and using your hands, seal all the sausage around the cream cheese and lay the roll on the bacon weave. Baste with the Jay D's BBQ sauce, and roll the bacon around the sausage, trying to get the ends of the bacon on the bottom, just 'cause it looks better like that! Tuck in any stray ends of bacon, baste with more BBQ sauce, and sprinkle the rest of the rub all over it.
Place the Fatty in a disposable pan, and smoke it at 225°F for about 3 hours, or till it's 160°F in the center. Let cool, slice it and be prepared to impress all your meat eating friends!


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Hollyoaks actor Gerard McCarthy has announced that he is to lead a 5k charity run in aid of Haiti's earthquake victims.
The 28-year-old, best known for his soap role as Kris Fisher, will fly home to Northern Ireland this weekend in order to support the Belfast4Haiti event, which takes place on Sunday.
Discussing his reasons for participating in the fundraising effort, McCarthy explained: "Haiti is the poorest country in the western world and has been victim to a host of natural disasters in the past. However, the earthquake that hit on 12th of January has not only left more than 100,000 dead but has, in its wake, left tens of thousands of people in imminent danger due to the shortage of food, water, shelter and medical supplies which are so desperately needed in order to prevent more death.
"This is the biggest humanitarian aid relief programme since the Tsunami and even though we are in difficult economic times, once again the international community has shown that when disaster strikes we will step up to the mark to help those who are most vulnerable and in need."
He added: "I am asking the people of Northern Ireland to come out and support Belfast4Haiti on Sunday to raise much needed funds for a country destroyed and to help save lives. Everyone has their part to play - no-one can do everything, but everyone can do something."
Former Olympic pentathlete Dame Mary Peters has also agreed to take part in the run.
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Dental and Vision Plans Dental and vision health play a fundamental role in your overall wellness. An affordable dental & vision plan can make these crucial services affordable for the whole family!
Dental Insurance Basics
Individual dental insurance in Texas is more affordable than you might think. There are many different insurance carriers, plan options and coverage levels to choose from to find the best fit for you and your family.
Dental Insurance Plans traditionally cover:
- Preventive care (periodic exams, X-rays and, for some age groups, sealants) — 100 percent coverage.
- Basic procedures (office visits, extractions, fillings, root canals (sometimes), and periodontal treatment) — 80 percent coverage.
- Major procedures (crowns, bridges, inlays, dentures and sometimes implants and root canals) — 50 percent or less coverage.Many plans even offer coverage of orthodontics!The benefit of fully covered routine preventative services and significant coverage on occasional additional services make maintaining oral health far more affordable. We offer many different plans offering varied levels of coverage and premium cost. This makes it possible to find the right fit for your budget and needs!
Vision insurance coverage is often a benefit that you can purchase along-side dental insurance coverage. However, there are stand-alone vision plans available.
Vision Insurance Plans traditionally cover:
- Routine Exams (regular annual eye exam) – 100% or require a low copay
- Lenses (medically necessary lenses, may not include premium upgrades to lenses) – 100% or a low copay
- Frames an annual/bi-annual allowance for frames usually applies, – 80 – 100%
- Annual Deductibles, Maximums and Waiting Period are in many cases restrictions that are not applied to a vision policy
Please contact us and we will help you review our various coverage options and find the right Dental and/or Vision plan for you and your family. With so many affordable options available you can be proud to protect and invest in your families dental & vision wellness!
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AC adapter conversion for Nature's Touch Cradle Swing is now done. I hated using and wasting all those D batteries!
Here are the parts I used:
- 6V 1A AC Adapter to dc Power Adapter 5.5/2.1mm $5.05
- 2.1 x 5.5mm DC power pigtail female $5.68
- SE 8019AC12 12-Piece Alligator Clip $4.85
- Soldering iron, solder, 2 x 4mm male banana plugs
I tested the terminals to find where the swing was expecting positive and negative energy (the batteries are in series, so there are only 2 ways this might work) and clamped the alligator clips to those terminals (you can pry the metal lip out just a tiny bit, which gives you a secure place to clamp the clips). I also used 2 x 4mm male banana plugs, which fit right into the alligator clips, although soldering them directly would probably have been fine.
Using these parts, it is also possible to make this integrated, giving the battery cover a female 2.1 x 5.5mm receptacle for the AC adapter to plug into, but I didn't have the energy.
Next, I will probably take the pigtail apart and solder in an extension. The AC adapter currently will reach a plug that is near the swing, but it would be more useful if it were just a bit longer.
If you are in the market for a swing, we purchased the Fisher-Price Snugabunny Cradle 'N Swing for my parents' house. It is $125, and features both battery and AC adapter operation. The existing cradle swing we have in our place was a hand-me-down from good friends.


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Youth Work 4.0 Series - 1) Lots of meaningful connection opportunities with actual young people
Big love to Sarah Fegredo for fully entering into the intended spirit and blogging her reflection here and with the page open for discussion perhaps you would like to add your thoughts?
So why might a Christian Youth Worker want to transition to be a teacher?
Point 1) Lots of meaningful connection opportunities with actual young people
In the last year I have had the immense privilege of talking to lots of other Youth Workers across the county to talk about the youth work they undertake. I have been incredible aware that many of my friends are no longer just responsible for the 11-18s in their church but many have had to become jacks of all trades and to tackle roles that support Children, Young People, Students, Families & Parents and even some now find themselves with titles like Buildings Manager! The reality of all this is that many Youth Workers are actually spending very little face to face time with actual young people (defined by 13 - 18yrs old as inline with NOS & JNC) & many are spending considerable chunks of their time in meetings, prep, admin & supervisions. Of course there are exceptions to every rule & I appreciate that many Youth Workers work above and beyond the hours they are paid to in order to deliver a quality meaningful package to young people. But I guess my heart says as the church is in decline, as funding is cut how do we retain that meaningful face to face contact time and not be sucked into the whirlpool of of being jacks of all trades and masters of none? How do we get the Church (wider church) to see that not all Youth Workers are natural Children Workers, not all Youth Workers place priorities in admin and that many of us have been called to specifically work with real actual teenagers.
Being a teacher generates lots of face to face time. Five days a week, 7 hours a day, 38 weeks a year teachers have open access to young people & I appreciate that many will argue with a ratio of 30 to 1, a prescriptive curriculum and the absence of voluntary participation is it possible for teachers to have the connections Youth Workers feel they have with young people?
I think they can! Hear me right, I do not think that all will or do, but I do believe that if you choose as a teacher to have a meaningful connection with young people aged 11 - 18yrs old than you will. I remember teachers who poured into my life at senior school, they took me to events, they put me forward for out of school opportunities, they wiped my tears and encouraged me to keep fighting against the estate I was born into. More over I live with an amazing teacher, this means that during the last week of July I physically saw young people crying and thanking them. I helped to eat & drink the room full of gifts that they received from grateful parents & students. I get that as a teacher this is hard to do, but I do not think that as Youth Workers we have all the bragging rights to this area. Do Youth Workers have direct face to face contact time of this proportion?
I have to keep a log of face to face contact hours for the JNC part of the MA, this means I know that in October 2011 I had 115 face to face hours with young people aged 13 - 18yrs old. I am genuinely interested to hear from other Youth Workers how much contact time they have? and what their thoughts are on how, as Youth Worker we keep this hours up and the other hours of our multi layered roles smaller.
Please note that this leads us to think about how we measure the success of our contact and I haven't forgotten that, it will be point 2 of this series :)


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Thanks to their artistic talents, a class of primary school children from Blythe Bridge will be all aboard for Derby on Friday 25 May 2012.
The children, aged 10 and 11 years from Forsbrook Primary School, have created a number of paintings of trains and stations for display at their local Blythe Bridge station. Their first set of artwork is now on display on Platform 1 and they are working on more creations to enable a rolling display at the station throughout the year.
As a thank you for the children's endeavours, the North Staffordshire Community Rail Partnership, Forsbrook Parish Council (who have adopted Blythe Bridge station) and East Midlands Trains are treating the whole class to a return rail trip to Derby station on Friday 25 May. At Derby the children will have a tour of the station with Station Manager Rob Burton and will be shown different types of rolling stock and all the various operations that go into managing this busy mainline station. Christine Snape, Clerk to Forsbrook Parish Council, said: "We are delighted with the children's artwork; it's eye-catching and colourful and has really added extra appeal to the improved environment of the station. The train trip and tour are a nice thank you from East Midlands Trains." Faye Lambert, Community Rail Officer, said: "Some of the children have never experienced being on a train, so we hope this trip and guided tour help to introduce them to rail travel and give them inspiration for their new artwork, which will be displayed at the station later this year." Rob Burton, Derby Station Manager for East Midlands Trains, said: "We're really looking forward to welcoming the children from Forsbrook Primary to Derby station. The artwork at Blythe Bridge is adding a welcoming feel to the station and we're hoping that their trip to Derby will encourage even more artistic inspiration for their next set of paintings."
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... Fox's buddy-cop comedy The Good Guys has been discharged. Fox has canceled the show, opting not to renew the program for a second season. After a quiet debut without much marketing, the show was re-slotted in a weird time slot following a break. Basically it got jerked around more than I did in junior high school. [DFW.com]
... ABC is remaking the Canadian series Being Erica, a dramedy about a woman who travels back in time to relive some regretful moments in her life and change them. Being Erica premiered in Canada all the way back in 2009, and the show is in English, so it makes perfect sense to retool the show for American audiences because so much time has passed and it has those painful Canadian accents. /sarcasm [Variety]
... Comedy Central is playing with fire. The network has announced the next celebrity who will be roasted as part of its series in which famous people are mercilessly made fun of. Donald Trump will get verbally poked and prodded in early 2011, with the broadcast version airing in spring. Expect Jeffrey Ross to turn up dead somewhere shortly after they film it. [Comedy Central]
... How I Met Your Mother will host a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reunion when Danny Strong, who played Jonathan in the beloved series, guest stars alongside HIMYM regular and Buffy vet Alyson Hannigan. Strong will play a bully from Marshall's past. [LA Times]
... TNT may proceed with its Dallas remake without original star Larry Hagman. The actor was set to reprise his role as J.R. Ewing, but is asking for more money than TNT is willing to part with. Why Hagman thinks he has leverage here is beyond me. [Deadline Hollywood]
... NBC will preview its new romantic-comedy series Perfect Couples after The Sing-Off next Monday. I'll be with the men watching Monday Night Football. [Deadline Hollywood]
... USA has found its leads for Eden, an upcoming drama about a pair of bros (actual brothers) who work as concierges in an elite New York hotel. Nick D'Agosto will play the younger brother, and Dollhouse's Enver Gjokaj will play his older con-artist brother. It's about time Gjokaj found a new role; the guy is too good of an actor to not be working. [Deadline Hollywood]


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According to research published by Dimension Data, in the 19th edition of its annual Global Contact Centre Benchmarking Report, organisations are unclear about who owns, oversees, and manages the digital channels in their contact centres
That's because there's a lack of management focus which impacts the effectiveness of the design of their digital solutions, and by consequence, how customers engage with their businesses. This year, 1,320 organisations across 14 industry verticals in 81 countries in Asia Pacific, Australia, the Americas, Middle East & Africa, and Europe contributed to the research.
"While telephone interactions in the contact centre are managed, tracked, and quality controlled, the same performance rigour isn't always applied to digital channels," explained Rob Allman, Dimension Data's group principal director, customer experience and collaboration. "This can lead to an inconsistent and degraded customer experience across a brand or services company."
Half (50 per cent) of the benchmarking report respondents said they track quality on digital channels compared to 89 per cent on phone. Some 82 per cent reported that they have processes to identify sales opportunities on phone compared with 60 per cent on digital. Measurement of cost and time per interaction is also missing on the majority of digitally assisted-service channels, which suggests an absence of consistency in management approach.
Allman stated new contact channels are being designed in isolation, and often without any involvement from the contact centre.
"Our research reveals that almost half (47 per cent) are excluded from, or are partially involved in the design phase of new technology solutions in contact centres, while 55 per cent have little, or no involvement in solution approvals. In fact, 2 in 5 (40 per cent) organisations said that their digital channel systems don't meet existing business needs, and 19 per cent are confident that their future requirements will be met."
Digital is driving business transformation and reshaping the way companies do business, which means that the role of the contact centre will become even more crucial to achieving an integrated customer experience strategy. It's therefore important that IT and business function teams collaborate more closely and more strategically.
"New digital technologies must be designed with how they'll be consumed in mind. Organisations also need to understand the user experience and customers' expectations if they want successful adoption of the technology and achievement of the desired business outcomes," added Joe Manuele, group executive of Dimension Data's Customer Experience and Collaboration Business Unit. "The complexity of providing customers with a connected experience frequently spans multiple channels including Internet, web chat, social media, and phone. This requires greater capability and understanding of the customer journey when engaging with an organisation's contact centre. To be effective, the technology solutions need design, ownership, and especially a human touch."
While telephone interactions in the contact centre are managed, tracked, and quality controlled, the same performance rigour isn't always applied to digital channels.


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Let the dead bury the dead. – Yahusha Hamashiach (Jesus Christ) Although a dead and living body weighs the same, there's a noticeable difference when lifting the two. Have you ever had to lift someone who was unconscious? It takes a lot of effort because the unconscious body hangs loose and limp, absorbing our attempts…read more


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"1,000+ Peer-Reviewed Papers Supporting Skeptic Arguments Against AGW/ACC Alarm" (wow, snappy)
The title says it all. Popular Technology has released links to over a thousand peer-reviewed papers it claims support skepticism about ManMade Climate change. Either they question the theory itself, or question the theory of positive feedback that would make the warming dangerously extreme. The pro-AGW blog "Carbon Brief" (READ IT HERE) claimed (or at … Continue reading


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François Hastir began his active involvement in the co-operative movement in 2010. He was Vice-President, then President of the F.Q.C.M.S. (COOPSCO) and spokesperson, co-organizer and co-host with Monique F. Leroux at the first Co-operative and Mutualist Engagement Job Fair in Montreal in 2015.
Passionate of the cooperative and mutualist environment, François has been actively involved in several Boards of Directors. He was Treasurer of the "Fondation pour l'éducation à la coopération et à la mutualité", Representative of the regional committee of Quebec within the Co-operators Group Limited Resolutions Committee, Member of the Concertation Table for mutual and co-operative development of Montreal-Laval and of the Supervisory Board for the "Caisse populaire Desjardins Centre-est de la métropole". In addition, he was active in the Youth Forum of Montreal Island and in the "Youth" Advisory Committee of the Commission of Labour Market Partners and with the Fides Publishing House Board.
François has also been the recipient of several awards, including the Entrepreneurship Awareness Award (LOJIQ, 2012), the Co-operative Engagement Award (COOPSCO, 2013) Emerging Co-operator Award (CMC, 2015).
François Hastir holds a Bachelor's Degree in Communications and Political Science. After Having served as Regional Manager for Northern Ontario and Members' Support and Strategic Relations Administrator at the "Conseil de la coopération de l'Ontario", he now is Executive Director of the Association des francophones du Nord-Ouest de l'Ontario. He is also President of the Canada's Emerging Co-operators and Director at the Sudbury Workers' Education and Advocacy Centre (SWEAC). M. Hastir is also on the Board of the Sudbury's Funeral Co-operative and on the Board of the coopérative du regroupement des organismes francophones de Thunder Bay Inc.


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I'd just gone on holiday when the report of the House of Commons Transport Committee, "Cost of motor insurance: whiplash" emerged but have now had time to study it. What a cracking good read, especially for those of you who wonder about the integrity of the statistics you hear and see about the cost of the 'compensation culture'.
For a long time motor insurers have battered us with stats to prove that vast numbers of fraudulent claims are generating unnecessary cost to the motoring public, making fat-cat lawyers fatter and generally wreaking havoc within a system that the insurance industry could otherwise run in a scrupulously fair and efficient manner…
The Committee set itself the question, amongst others:
"Whether it is correct to say that the costs of whiplash claims add £90 to the average premium and, if so, what proportion of this additional cost is due to "exaggerated, misrepresented or fabricated" claims?"
Having looked at various data gathered by government departments the Committee observed:
"It is apparent from the information now provided by the government that the number of whiplash claims has fallen since 2010-11 and is now lower than at any time since at least 2007-08."
So, what did insurer representatives have to say? Some of the exchanges between Committee Chair Louise Ellman MP and, first, James Dalton, head of motor insurance at the ABI are highly entertaining:
"Q147 Chair: …We have heard very loudly over a long period of time from the Association of British Insurers that a large proportion of claims are fraudulent or exaggerated. Are you telling me that you can't give us a figure?
James Dalton: I can give you a figure for fraudulent claims.
Q148 Chair: What is that figure?
James Dalton: The figure for fraudulent claims is around 7%. That doesn't take into account exaggerated claims. In terms of the issues that we are focusing on in this Ministry of Justice consultation in relation to improving medical evidence—
Q149 Chair: Mr Dalton, you are not talking to the Ministry of Justice; you are talking to the Transport Select Committee. I am putting a question to you because I want more information about statements that the Association of British Insurers, whom you are here to represent, has made.
James Dalton: As I said, 7% is about the number of known fraudulent claims, but we don't know and it is very difficult to capture how many exaggerated claims there are very difficult to capture how many exaggerated claims there are."
Perhaps David Fisher, catastrophic and injury claims technical manager at AXA Insurance might be more help:
"Q154 Chair: You are taking your information from your reading of medical reports rather than an examination of claims that have been made to your company.
David Fisher: Obviously all the claims will be examined.
Q155 Chair: Have they been examined?
David Fisher: Yes; well, not all the claims. We do sample claims and that drives the low-speed impact and the phantom passenger figure that I have given of 15%. Exaggeration claims, unless they go to court, are more difficult to identify.
Q156 Chair: But, in your evidence, your company or you talk to us about the compensation culture.
David Fisher: Yes."
So, no. The Committee reached the conclusion that:
"There is no authoritative data publicly available about the prevalence of fraud or exaggeration and no consensus about what constitutes fraud. The government has described the UK as the "whiplash capital of the world" but this cannot be conclusively proved or disproved from the information available.
There is scope for the insurance industry to provide better data about fraudulent or exaggerated claims so that there is a better evidence base for policy decisions."
It's nothing new to those of us in the industry that insurers create their own statistics one way or another. Director of Claims at Aviva, Dominic Clayden was questioned by Karen Lumley MP:
"Q182 Karen Lumley: How do they get the information that these people have had accidents? Do they get them from you?
Dominic Clayden: No. Whether it is a claims management company or whatever, a fraud ring doesn't—
Q183 Karen Lumley: I am not talking about a fraud ring; I am talking about people who get whiplash. How do people get hold of them?
Dominic Clayden: You are probably best to ask the people giving evidence later. My understanding is that it is by advertising.
Q184 Karen Lumley: You don't sell details on to them?
Dominic Clayden: Not to accident or claims management companies, no.
Q185 Chair: Are you absolutely sure about that?
Dominic Clayden: Do I refer claims to solicitors? Yes.
Q186 Karen Lumley: Do you sell those details on?
Dominic Clayden: Not since the change in the law in that situation. I do not receive a referral fee.
Q187 Chair: But you did before then.
Dominic Clayden: Absolutely. We have been a strong advocate of the ban on referral fees and the reduction of the legal fees that go with it. It is the nature of the system. The reality is that, to remain competitive in a market where something is legal, we referred and took a referral fee. We still refer people to solicitors but we do not take a referral fee.
Q188 Chair: We have had quite a lot of evidence saying that insurers themselves often generate claims. The Government have said that they would like to see you, the insurance companies, address behaviours that encourage excessive and unnecessary claims within their own business models. It appears that the Government think that you are the people who are generating the claims. Are they wrong?
James Dalton: As Dominic has said, the system has changed very recently.
Q189 Chair: But before it changed you were guilty of this, were you?
James Dalton: The industry has long said that there is a dysfunctional compensation culture in the UK and that we are part of the problem.
Q190 Chair: What I am putting to you is that part of that dysfunctional system is the behaviour of the insurance companies. That is what the Government say.
James Dalton: Yes; and we have admitted that the insurance industry has played a part in that dysfunctional system, which is why we made a very strong case for the banning of the payment and receipt of referral fees."
To put it another way, having been caught with their hands in the cookie jar, as Karl Tonks described it (See Business as usual) insurers have now cleaned up their act?
Er, well…no. The Committee went on to hear about pre-med offers and reported:
"We were surprised to hear that insurers will sometimes make an offer to personal injury claimants even before a medical report has been received. We also note that our previous recommendation on making the links between insurers and other parties involved with claims more transparent has been ignored. Insurers must immediately get their house in order and end practices which encourage fraud and exaggeration. If not, the government should take steps to protect motorists.
Although it may make economic sense for an individual insurance firm to settle a claim without medical evidence or to pay out even if fraud or exaggeration is suspected, the industry as a whole is damaged, and motorists pick up the bill in the form of higher premiums."
Still market-making, then. Little surprise that the Select Committee was sceptical about insurers' claims that premia would fall as a result of the costs cuts they had urged upon Government:
"We recommend that the Government explain how it will monitor whether or not motor insurers honour their commitment to ensure that any cost reductions resulting from proposed legal reforms are passed through to consumers in the form of lower premiums."
Will the ABI respect the view of a cross-party select committee? Apparently not. Dalton insisted in his blog following the report "We don't need the Government to monitor whether insurers are delivering on our commitments.."
No, they don't – because they already have ministers prepared to shut out any other views and dance to insurers' tune. Not only was the Committee surprised at what the Government had been prepared to do without any reliable statistical basis, but it said:
"We were disappointed to hear from witnesses from the legal profession that they had not been invited to the Prime Minister's summit and nor are we aware of any substantive contact with DFT ministers. This is particularly surprising given that legal reforms were clearly under discussion."
The big agenda here is to raise the small claims limit and get lawyers off the scene so that insurers can take advantage of unrepresented claimants and undersettle their claims (see Whiplash backlash). The Committee recognizes the serious menace here:
"We believe that access to justice is likely to be impaired, particularly for people who do not feel confident to represent themselves in what will seem to some to be a complex and intimidating process. Insurers will use legal professionals to contest claims, which will add to this problem.
It would be financially difficult for many solicitors to assist litigants fighting personal injury claims using the small claims procedure, given the limited fees available.
…we are concerned that some claims management firms might find a way to enter the process, fuelling another boom in their activities."
This has so long been the agenda of insurers. Third party capture is another subject in itself but for an overview on the importance of the small claims limit see Five grand.
Anyone who thinks perhaps this may have been a catharsis should take into account the claim by Dalton in his post-roasting blog that the report "reflects how finely balanced views are on whiplash reform".
And this truly is the problem. Little wonder that the verdict of the parliamentary select committee is:
"Transparency breeds trust and confidence in the market. Unfortunately, the motor insurance sector remains as opaque as ever. This needs to change."
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Archive for November, 2010
Stepping Stone.
Hi lovelies!
I hope you are well. Just a little heads up, I'm shifting to my very own self-hosted site, thanks to my boyfriend who helped me set it all up for my 21st as a gift. :)
Please do kindly change your blog links, or if you haven't linked me, you could now. ;) I apologize for the little trouble but a huge, huge, thank you, loves. This new site is a little different because its main focus will be my photos, so each photo posted on the main page represents a post by itself. Do click away on the photos, and I'd definitely love to have all of you there with me as well. I'm lovin' the new site, and I'm hoping that all of you would too!
This isn't goodbye, but this is yet another milestone for yours truly, hence the major shift. Updates on my wonderful 21st birthday celebration will be posted there. So do check in!
Am really looking forward to seeing all of you over at the new site. So yes, I shall see you lovelies over there. ;)
Turning, Turning, Turned.
Hello beautifuls!
Turning twenty-one is definitely a milestone for me (and most of others), and I've made some decisions and to-do lists to accomplish, now that I've officially turned the big two-one. While it's a milestone, I'm taking it as a stepping stone as well, to further improve myself in the various areas of my life that need much attention. No easy feat, but this is a step forward in realizing my dreams. :)
With all that, here's to a wishful, and hopeful memorable twenty-first birthday! Have a sweet, sweet weekend, loves.


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Next month marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Otaki, a defining moment in the history of Matt's local community.
Matt has been involved in the commemorations, creating a spectacular bronze work of the ship which will be opened by Governor General Patsy Reddy on March 10th, 2017.
The ceremony will mark 100 years to the day since the merchant ship SS Otaki (named after the Otaki River) went down in the Atlantic during a battle with German cruiser SMS Moewe in 1917.
The commemorations will be quite an event with representatives from the British High Commission, the German embassy, and the Royal New Zealand Navy all in attendance.
The process of creating a detailed bronze is arduous and complicated, but along the way Matt has managed to take a few pictures. The final work will remain under wraps until it is revealed to the public.
A lot of plasticine goes into a bronze work.
While the below may not look like much, the casting process is where the piece starts to come to life.
Detail of waxwork badges.
Bronze work isn't fast work!
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Chopper Squad
Steve and I both had birthdays recently, and Mum and Dad gave Steve a gift voucher for a half hour helicopter ride along Perth coastline. As it sounded like fun, I used my birthday money and bought a ticket as well.
It's interesting how different your city looks from another perspective, and how beautiful - you take where you live for granted sometimes I think. Perth has a wonderful coastline and the colours were gorgeous.
This photo is specifically for my friend Kerry. Kerry, this is the shrine of WA football - Subiaco Oval. I took this a few hours before Hawthorn came along and beat the Dockers on Saturday.
This is the Causeway at the eastern end of the city, and that piece of land in the middle is called Herrison Island. I never knew how big it was. That white dome thing behind Herrison Island is the Burswood Dome, and the tall grey blob in front of that is Burswood Casino and Resort.
One of Perth's fantastic beaches, although in the excitement of the helicopter ride, I've quite forgotten which one it is! We have fabulous white sand.
Further north up the coast is Hillary's Marina, which is heading towards the northern point of Perth suburbia. I was surprised how picturesque this was from the air, all those lovely colours. The diamond shaped white building to the left of the red roofs is what used to be called Underwater World, but I have an idea it's now called AQWA. It's a place worth visiting if you are ever in Perth.
This is the port of Fremantle, and this part here is where all the containers get stored from off the big ships. This is the start (or is it the end?) of the Swan River, where it meets the Indian Ocean.
This is the city of Perth, by gee we don't have many tall buildings compared to Melbourne or Sydney. See that long flat thing in front of the buildings? That is our controversial Convention Centre that everyone hates. If I have my facts right it's meant to represent a gum leaf, but with the appealing (not) concrete sort of colour that it is, that concept has failed dismally. Personally I think it needs some fantastic Indigenous art all over it. The bridge in the foreground is the Narrows Bridge, spanning the Swan River that you can see snaking off into the distance.
Steve is smiling, he and I had a good time. Nothing like a bit of an adventure from time to time!


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This quote is also from my addendum (supplement) to my first report:
Please make PSD engineering add this essential BAC spec to all PSD drawings that install duct hose, all TAI (Thermal Anti-Ice) boot installation drawings in the struts, and all pneumatic duct boot installation drawings in the struts. Also make BCAG issue the necessary Service Bulletins to inspect all of the installations that required this spec to be added, to ensure that these critical parts to cooling of engine accessories, in the case of the duct hoses, and fire protection of the struts and engines, in the case of the boots, are installed in the correct position on the ducts to ensure retention in service, have their band clamps positioned correctly to ensure they won't slip off and loosen and/or perform no function in service, and have the band clamps torqued to the correct value (as who knows where the mechanics at PSD got the torque from to install them), per the spec. I think I'm pretty much the only inspector that inspects to this spec, so you can be sure that any installations that I didn't buy off were not inspected per the (process specification I.D.) specification requirements, and need a Service Bulletin. I remember the sad state these accessory cooling duct hoses were installed in when I first started inspecting on the 747/767 EBU (Engine Build Up) line. Some band clamps were installed on top of the bead, some were loose, some were not even picking up the metal duct underneath the duct hose at all, if I remember correctly.
(Yet more evidence that points to why I later called myself "The Last Inspector" when starting my web site.)
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In your own consumer experience, think about how often you pick up the phone to call a company whose products or services you are considering. Or the last time you let a sales person cold calling you get five words past hello before hanging up. You're probably much more likely to use your phone or computer to contact the company in writing. You're not alone in this preference, and businesses wanting to increase their lead conversions need to consider using text marketing as part of their overall sales and marketing strategy to keep up with current technology use trends.
Why Your Business Needs to Add Text Message Marketing: The Stats
In 2015, two-thirds of Americans were smartphone owners, and their most used smartphone feature was text messaging1. Just how often are Americans using their messaging features? Well, they exchanged more than 4 million text and multimedia messages every minute2. So, yeah, pretty often.
What's your email open rate looking like these days? If you're getting over 20%, then you're doing pretty well. And email is certainly still an effective marketing tool. But text marketing gets a whopping 98% open rate3. Not only are people opening your texts, but they are also converting at a rate 40% higher than leads who have been sent no texts4.
Still need some convincing? Millennials (those born in the 1980s or early 90s) send an average of 67 texts per day5 and say they would rather receive a text over a phone call6.
All this lays out a pretty strong case for why you should include text marketing in your overall marketing strategy, but perhaps you're not yet convinced because you're not sure exactly how it should be incorporated. We can help.
Putting Your Dollars to Work: Having a Text Marketing Strategy That Delivers Results
There are many ways to incorporate text marketing into your sales strategy, but you have to know which way will work best for you, your business, and most importantly, your customers.
As noted earlier, studies have found that texting your customers at the right time can lead to huge increases in conversion rates, while texting when the customer doesn't want it can actually cause the customer to have a negative experience with your brand and decrease their likelihood of converting4.
It's important to understand the goals of your business and what role text message marketing can play in achieving those goals:
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1. http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/04/01/us-smartphone-use-in-2015/
2. http://www.ctia.org/your-wireless-life/how-wireless-works/annual-wireless-industry-survey
3. http://mobilemarketingwatch.com/sms-marketing-wallops-email-with-98-open-rate-and-only-1-spam-43866/
4. http://pages.velocify.com/rs/leads360/images/Text-Messaging-for-Better-Sales-Conversion.pdf
5. http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-number-of-texts-sent-2013-3
6. http://www.pewinternet.org/2011/09/19/americans-and-text-messaging/


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Active families appreciate that frozen meatballs can be enjoyed any day of the week, because all the prep work has been done for you. The meatballs are already seasoned, making them an even-more-delicious (and possibly less expensive) addition to a recipe or sauce than unseasoned, plain ground beef. Once they're defrosted, you can use the meatballs whole or dice them up, even grind them in a food processor. They can be stirred into favorite recipes, whether steamy soups and stews, hearty casseroles or flavorful pasta plates. They really stand out in a succulent meatball sandwich. Pick up a package of high-quality, frozen meatballs and use them in recipes much as you would ground beef.
You can get Casa Di Bertacchi meatballs from Sam's Club frozen in a 6-pound bag, and keep them on hand for a quick dish when a hungry crowd suddenly appears, such as this tasty recipe for meatball nachos.
Easy Meatball Nachos
16 Casa Di Bertacchi fully cooked meatballs, thawed
1 medium onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 envelope taco seasoning
1 can (14.5 ounces) sliced stewed tomatoes, with liquid
1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
1 bag (10 ounces or larger) tortilla chips, any variety
Grated cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese
Sour cream (optional)
Makes 8−10 servings.
Variation: Meat filling can also be served burrito style, in warm flour tortillas.
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I'm not going to lie, when it came time to write about the NHL's Southeast Division, I considered moving right along to the Western Conference and hoping that none of you would notice. None of you probably would have, but in doing the preparation for writing this piece, I realized that I'm actually a little excited about watching these five teams play hockey. There's a lot of solid youth in this division, as well as a relocated franchise, a team that flung money at the salary cap floor and eventually got there, a recent Cup champ looking to get back to playoffs, a returning conference finalist, and the Washington Capitals. Considering we don't have to watch any more Atlanta hockey crowds, this division might not be a bad product this year.
We'll start with the obvious.
1st: Washington Capitals 2010-11: 107 points, 1st in division
The Caps have won the Southeast four years in a row, and I'm picking them to run it to five this year. Washington started last year with a dud — so much so that they were actually the "can this talented group turn it around" team during the lead up to the Winter Classic in Pittsburgh. The Caps won that game, and sprinted to the conference's top seed.
But gone is the goaltender who shined on that day. Semyon Varlamov was shrewdly dealt to Colorado, or the goaltenders' Bermuda Triangle, in exchange for a first and second round pick, which was amazing considering an offer sheet would have only cost the Avs a second rounder. But yet again the Avalanche did what they do, and I'm still laughing. Losing Varlamov isn't a positive for the Caps this year, but the loss was offset by the free agent acquisition of veteran Tomas Vokoun from Florida. Vokoun signed a one-year deal for $1.5 million, which is far less than many assumed he would get on the open market. Vokoun cited winning and playing in the playoffs as reasons he wanted to join the Caps, and he should do a bit of both for them this season. Backing him up / competing for the starting job will be last year's starter, Michal Neuvirth, who was solid all the way around in his first full NHL season. The Capitals have to be considered as having one of the three or four best goalie tandems in the league, and that's before we even consider likely AHL starter Braden Holtby, who seemed to rock a subzero GAA last year for the big club.
Forward Eric Fehr and defenseman Scott Hannan are both continuing their careers elsewhere this season, as well as a few other bit players. Brought in to "replace" Hannan is Roman Hamrlik, who spent the last four seasons in Montreal and placed fourth in the league last season in blocked shots. Also new to the Caps is fourth line center Jeff Halpern, who played last season in Montreal with Hamrlik. Halpern is solid on faceoffs and should give the Caps a solid 12 minutes a night. Washington also added two wingers who should be able to contribute in different roles. Troy Brouwer played his first three full NHL seasons in Chicago, winning a Stanley Cup in 2010. He now gives the Caps another top ten hitter in the league to add to Alex Ovechkin. Ovie ranked 10th in the NHL last season with 241 registered hits; Brouwer came in 5th with 262. Brouwer chipped in with 36 points for the Blackhawks last season after scoring 40 points in the 2009-10 Cup year.
The final free agent addition for Washington so far was winger Joel Ward, who like Brouwer, is entering his fourth full season in the NHL. Ward came over from Nashville and is now scheduled to cost the Caps $3 million for each of the next four years. Surprisingly, he hasn't outscored Brouwer in either of the past two seasons. Instead, Ward made his money in the 2011 playoffs, where he registered 13 points in 12 games to help Nashville win its first playoff series in franchise history. Ward appears to be pretty strong and fast when he gets going, although I think he lacks the agility and puck command of a top-level forward. But Ward won't be expected to be a top-level forward in Washington, and he should be a great fit for a team that needs playoff success in a bad way. Ward and Brouwer both have shown the grit needed to help their teams achieve in the playoffs, and should fit well into their likely third line roles for the Caps.
Offensively, the Caps boast two of the most dynamic players in the entire league in center Nicklas Backstrom and left wing Alex Ovechkin. Ovechkin's "full speed ahead" offensive mentality has won him many fans, but Backstrom possesses a more creative, finessed approach that gives Ovie the freedom to do what he does. Both stars had their point totals drop last year, but neither of them had bad seasons. The team decided to go with a more defensive approach in an effort to set up postseason success, and the change was looking good right up until the Caps were swept by division rival Tampa Bay in the conference semifinals. Backstrom could have done more in the playoffs, and should live up to heightened demands in his fifth NHL season.
On defense, the Capitals appear to be pretty deep. Everyone knows about Mike Green, who likes to pretend he's a winger and has taken a lot of flack for that over the past year. Green blew up in 2008-09, scoring 31 goals and adding 42 assists in a season that moved him to the head of the class of fantasy defensemen. Green tacked on 76 points the following year before facing scrutiny for his lack of defensive awareness and accountability throughout Washington's blown 3-1 series lead against 8th-seeded Montreal in the first round of the playoffs. Green struggled with injuries last season, and has essentially been taken off the radar as far as "great defensemen" go (which Green never was to begin with). It is interesting to me that the Washington team as a whole was able to shift its playing style and still achieve the east's top seed last year, and yet nobody seems to think Green can practice some defense and change his own game. I've been very critical of Mike Green in the past, but now it seems everyone has figured it out and overcompensated on the hate. Let's see if Green can't put the work in this summer and come back as a more complete defenseman.
Aside from Green, the Caps have a lot of options on the blue line. They resigned Karl Alzner to a relatively cheap deal. Alzner will be 23 throughout the upcoming season, and was tabbed by some of the sharper hockey minds as one of the few restricted free agents that could have actually been worth an offer sheet. Alas, no offer sheet was given, and the Caps now have Alzner back in the fold. Younger and skating even more minutes will be 21 year-old John Carlson, who has shown the offensive potential in his 120 NHL games that has Capitals fans less concerned about Mike Green than they otherwise might be. Carlson has shown flashes while quarterbacking the Caps' power play, but he still needs to hone his game, which can be said of almost any 21 year-old player.
Washington isn't all youth on the blue line, as aside from adding Hamrlik, they also bring back Tom Poti, Jeff Schultz, John Erskine and Dennis Wideman, who once upon a time was the next big thing on the Bruins' back line. Wideman had a solid year in 2010-11, scoring 10 goals and adding 30 assists. All four of the latter mentioned players should compete for playing time on the Caps' defense. It is very possible that the Capitals shed one of these contracts in order to get under the cap and move a player that may not get much playing time. Of course, the easiest way to get under the cap is to move winger Alex Semin, who I did not address earlier because I get bored talking about one-trick ponies who don't play defense and turn the puck over constantly. Semin's hands seem to only be soft when he's shooting the puck, as he reverts back to an ECHL puck-handler most other times. Semin's goal-scoring can't be argued with, and he fits in a particular role, but for $6.7 million the Caps could do better. I think they know that, but the problem is, so do most other teams. Semin could be a rental for some other contender, but teams like Washington who are out to win the Stanley Cup rarely are the ones selling the rental players.
2nd: Tampa Bay Lightning 2010-11: 103 points, 2nd in division
The Lightning had a playoff run last season that sets the bar pretty high in GM Steve Yzerman's and head coach Guy Boucher's second season in charge. Tampa Bay came back from a 3-1 series deficit at Pittsburgh and followed that with a series sweep of Washington. The Lightning then took a scoreless tie into the third period of Game 7 in Boston before surrendering their season-ender to Nathan Horton. It's hard to tell a fan base to expect second place and that a trip to the second round of the playoffs would be a good encore, but that's the way I feel about Tampa Bay right now.
Tampa Bay's forwards are extremely talented at the very top. Steven Stamkos was second in the league in goals, while Marty St. Louis was second in the league in assists and points. However, after those two, one must wonder where the offensive consistency will come from. Teddy Purcell caught fire toward the end of the season and through the playoffs last year. Vinny Lecavalier continues to be enigmatic as everyone continues to wonder if he'll ever up his game to his pre-concussion level. He has nine more years left at $7.27 million per, so the Lightning better hope to get some consistency out of him.
After that it's rather thin. Gone are Simon Gagne and Sean Bergenheim, the former actually being a consistent offensive contributor, while the latter showed grit in the playoffs and was rewarded with a nonsensical contract by the Florida Panthers, who needed to overpay to get to the cap floor. In to replace those two are Tom Pyatt and Ryan Shannon, who are limited offensive players but can help a team win games.
On the blue line is where I'm interested to watch the Lightning this year. They have a budding star in Victor Hedman, the 20 year-old who was the 2nd overall pick in the 2009 entry draft. The 6'6" Swede is entering his third NHL season and will anchor this defense someday soon. I say "someday soon" because the Lightning locked down Eric Brewer to a new four-year contract in July. Brewer was the captain of the St. Louis Blues last season before being traded to Tampa Bay and playing a key defensive role in getting the Lightning to the brink of the Stanley Cup Finals. Two new additions to the Lightning defense are Matt Gilroy and Bruno Gervais, who both are physical and probably third liners for this Tampa Bay squad. Ahead of them should be finesse guys Mattias Ohlund and Pavel Kubina, and competing for dressed spots should be Brett Clark and Marc-Andre Bergeron. Of course, things will change from now until October 6, but those are the eight that Tampa Bay has right now. Of them, Hedman and Brewer are clearly the ones to watch.
The Lightning's once vomit-inducing goaltending situation got more aesthetically pleasing with the trade acquisition of Dwayne Roloson last year, and the team signed the soon-to-be 42 year-old goaltender to a fresh one-year deal before letting Mike Smith walk to Phoenix. Tampa brought in Mathieu Garon from Columbus to serve as Roloson's backup. Garon started out last season about as hot as Tim Thomas, but faded to a .901 save percentage while being beaten out by the crowned prince of Columbus' nets, Steve Mason. Roloson and Garon make for one of the least sexy goalie tandems in the league, but assuming Roloson can stave off aging for another year, the Tampa crease should be alright.
3rd: Carolina Hurricanes 2010-11: 91 points, 3rd in division
Picking Carolina to finish ahead of Winnipeg after losing big, goal-scoring winger Erik Cole seems ill-advised, but it is based largely on two players: Cam Ward and Eric Staal. Ward led all NHL goalies last year in games played, shots against, and saves (by over 200). His .923 save percentage tied Carey Price and was only bested by three goalies who had 50+ games played: Tim Thomas, Pekka Rinne and Roberto Luongo, who were the three Vezina finalists in 2011. I think Ward is a tremendous NHL goaltender who can be counted on to carry similar peripheral numbers this season while potentially getting more than 8 games off, which is what he got last season while starting 74. The Canes signed Brian Boucher from Philadelphia, who no longer had need of the player after signing Ilya Bryzgalov to his big nine-year deal. Boucher is much-maligned, but he gives the Canes a veteran presence at the backup goalie position that they didn't have last year. Youngster Justin Peters started the eight games that Ward didn't, and Peters did not progress at all in having an .875 save percentage. Even with Boucher though, I would expect Ward to start 65 games this season.
Staal gives Carolina an elite center that Winnipeg and Florida do not possess. If hockey teams are built through the middle, as the old adage goes, then Carolina is building well. After Triple Gold Club member Staal, Carolina has Brandon Sutter and Tuomo Ruutu, both of which contribute offensively while Sutter continues to develop as an NHL center. Behind them Carolina has new addition Tim Brent to center the fourth line. The Canes hope that center prospect Zac Dalpe can get some action with the big club as well this year, but he'll only get an extended opportunity if he can help the team win, as the Canes are coming off a 9th place finish in the east last year, and are only three seasons removed from making the conference finals (and six removed from winning the Stanley Cup). So while building for the future is very important, the Canes definitely want a return to the playoffs in 2012.
On the wings will be newly-signed Alexei Ponikarovsky, Jussi Jokinen and returning rookie-of-the-year Jeff Skinner. The Canes also brought in the older brother of St. Louis Blues stud forward Chris Stewart, whose name is Anthony. The elder Stewart appears to be a JV version of Chris, but can contribute offensively at times. Younger but more talented are prospects Drayson Bowman and Zach Boychuk, who like Dalpe, the Hurricanes would love to be able to develop at the NHL level this season as well. It all depends on how the youngsters play and what the team's goals are as the season moves on.
The Hurricanes are led on defense by Joni Pitkanen, who skates, scores, hits and blocks. Carolina signed recent Cup winner Tomas Kaberle, who said that his brother Frantisek's advice played a role in signing with Carolina. Frantisek Kaberle scored the game-winning goal for Carolina in Game 7 of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals against the Edmonton Oilers. Carolina has three more D men to compete for top-four spots in Tim Gleason, Bryan Allen and Jamie McBain. All three blocked at least 103 blocked shots last year, while Gleason recorded 215 hits. McBain had the most offensive success last year, and is only 23 years old. My best guess is that Gleason and McBain join Kaberle and Pitkanen on Carolina's top four.
A playoff appearance is possible for the Hurricanes this year, but so is a regression after the loss of Cole and the difficulty that Cam Ward will have to repeat his awesome 2010-11 season.
4th: Winnipeg Jets 2010-11: 80 points, 4th in division
This is just exciting. Winnipeg has an NHL team again. In fact, it had been about as long that Winnipeg had been absent from the NHL as it was that they were around (1979-1996 as the Jets; 1996-2011 absent). But it's good to have them back, mainly because they provide another venue where the people care a lot about hockey. No matter how well the Thrashers played or who was in town, it was hard to watch their home games on the NHL package for more than five minutes. If nobody in the building cares, why should I from my living room? That problem is now solved for one franchise.
On the ice, the Jets should have the opportunity to compete. For one, they play in the one division in the east that could yield some easier victories. I think the Southeast should get better, but it certainly isn't the division the Atlantic is. It could compete with the Northeast, but if we had to say one of the two divisions would get three teams into the playoffs, I think more people would go with the Northeast than the Southeast. If Winnipeg can take their divisional opponents and find a home-ice advantage that they lacked in going 17-17-7 in Atlanta last year, then the Jets can post a solid point total this year.
The most important swing player for the Jets this year is goaltender Ondrej Pavelec. Pavs memorably fainted a few minutes into the season last year against Washington, but came back and played pretty well for a good stretch of the season. Pavelec didn't free fall a la Mathieu Garon, but he did end with a .914, which was only good enough for 23rd in the league. When the Thrashers traded super-talent Kari Lehtonen to Dallas near the end of 2009-10, they did so with the thought that Pavelec had talent close to Lehtonen's, and could figure out the mental and consistency parts of being a starting NHL goaltender. As Pavelec enters the final year of his contract, this is the year that he has to put it together. He'll be given every opportunity to start ahead of backup Chris Mason, and I think Pavelec is the key to helping this Jets team establish an identity early and push for third place in the division in year one. Ultimately, I have them coming up just short, but Pavs is the one guy who can up his level of play and get Winnipeg over an important hump.
I like Winnipeg's defensemen. Tobias Enstrom is shifty and provides the offense a lifeline, while converted winger Dustin Byfuglien set the league on fire early last year before petering out. Byfuglien needs to improve his fitness level to be able to play over 20 minutes a game while not costing the Jets too much defensively. The Jets should have Zach Bogosian back on D, and he helps more defensively than the two offensive-minded blue liners in front of him. Winnipeg will have other options defensively, including Johnny Oduya, Ron Hainsey, Mark Stuart and the newly-acquired Randy Jones, who comes over from divisional opponent Tampa Bay.
Winnipeg's forwards lack superstar talent, but they are solid and can succeed playing the right kind of hockey. First off, Andrew Ladd is a hell of an NHL player. I was happy to see him get off of that Chicago team that was disgustingly good in 2009-10. Ladd captained the Thrashers last year and should do the same for the Jets this year. He is a banger who creates goals through hard work and a physicality that Southeast defensemen were unwilling to match last season. That softness should largely go away this year, and Ladd will have to do even more to develop his offensive game and help the Jets score goals. Ladd has Evander Kane, Nik Antropov and Blake Wheeler to help fire some goals home. Alexander Burmistrov should be exciting to watch in his second NHL season. The 19 year-old was the 8th overall pick in the 2010 draft, and played 74 games last season as a true rookie. If he can speed up his development into the player that the Jets think he should turn out to be, there's no reason he can't be a contributor for Winnipeg this season given the rookie successes of Taylor Hall, Tyler Seguin, Jeff Skinner and others from that 2010 draft class.
5th: Florida Panthers 2010-11: 72 points, 5th in division
This is sad to do, but I have to take Florida fifth in the division at this point. They went out and added ten players in the last month, and while many of them are overpaid, it doesn't really matter when you're around the cap floor anyway. The Panthers have the roster to finish third in this division; I have no doubt of that. But I don't love them at goalie this season, and I think it should take time for a team full of new faces to find their identity and jell as a squad.
Defensively, the Panthers have a couple big names and a couple young guys who they hope can earn their way into increased roles this season. GM Dale Tallon brought in Brian Campbell from Chicago and Ed Jovanovski from Phoenix to anchor the blue line, and in doing so actually gave Florida one of the better top-twos in the league, should they play together. Dmitry Kulikov was the 14th pick in 2009 and is entering his third season. Kulikov now has a couple of really solid guys to learn from, and these acquisitions should only bring Kulikov along faster. The Panthers also gave a big entry level contract to Erik Gudbranson, who was the 3rd overall pick in 2010. They expect Gudbranson to compete for a spot on the roster in camp, and there's little doubt that he's a big part of Florida's future. But as far as this year goes, we're looking at a rookie defenseman who has increased his per game output in both points and penalty minutes in his three seasons with Kingston in the OHL. The Panthers also have Mike Weaver and Keaton Ellerby on defense, but the player I like more than either of them is Jason Garrison, who enters the final year of his contract and looked to me like a guy who can succeed in the NHL last season when he skated 22:17 per game and totaled 136 hits and 127 blocks.
The Panthers weren't able to score any forwards with the talent that would equate to a Campbell of Jovanovski, but they did bring in some guys who should be able to give them something. But in my opinion, their best offensively player is David Booth, a guy they already had on the roster. Joining Booth are Tomas Fleischmann, Scottie Upshall, Kris Versteeg, Tomas Kopecky, Sean Bergenheim, Marcel Goc and Matt Bradley. Returning for the Panthers are Booth, Stephen Weiss, Mike Santorelli and a few other players of expected lesser consequence.
In net, the Panthers are expected to roll out another new acquisition: 2002 league MVP Jose Theodore. Also on the roster is Scott Clemmensen, who certainly can be seen as competing with Theodore for starts due to the fact that Clemmensen has a heartbeat. In the long-term, neither of these players should have a huge role in the future of the team thanks to the fact that they are just keeping the throne warm for super-prospect Jacob Markstrom. The young Swede is returning from injury but should be fine for the upcoming season. It is conceivable that Markstrom could make the Panthers this season, but I'm not sure that Florida brass will want to have their future sitting on the bench rather than starting in the AHL. It would be fun to see Markstrom at the NHL level this year, but I think it's unlikely that they will want to trot him out behind a group of skaters that have no experience together. Expect Markstrom to be the starter in 2012-13, but maybe not until then. Of course, if things go south again for the Panthers, they may let the kid take the reigns late this season.
Conclusion — While the Southeast may not carry the year-to-year intrigue of most other divisions in the NHL, this season might be a good one to start paying more attention to these teams. But when all is said and done, I'm picking an order of finish that mirrors 2010-11.


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