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Henry Ford was a genius and if not father of the automobile per se, he was arguably father of the automotive industry. As usually accompanies genius, Ford was a little wacky in some regards and some of his beliefs about ethnic groups and how to control the behavior of workers not just on, but off the job, certainly give one pause. There are many key principles in Lean Building that can be traced all the way back to Henry Ford so it is with no little irony that 100 years ago some of the techniques we labor to get builders to adopt today, were running full tilt in Detroit not more than 20 miles from where I sit. Ford is most often remembered for his industrial prowess, but he also left many memorable quotes about attitude and workplace culture. One that comes to my mind frequently goes like this:
"Whether you think that you can do a thing, or that you can't – you are usually right." - Henry Ford
Simple, eh? But can anything that simple be truly powerful? I have gotten around a bit in my nearly 40-year business career. Before coming to homebuilding full-time in 1989, I worked for U.S. Steel, Motorola, then two consulting firms where I did projects with more than 30 companies including John Deere, Cummins Engine, 5 entities of the old AT&T and a plethora of banks, insurance companies and publishing houses among others. (The guys who made stuff were by far my favorite.) After 8 ½ years at Pulte I launched TrueNorth 14 years ago and we have worked with more than 150 builders in the U.S., Canada and Australia, along with a large contingent of suppliers, trade contractors and manufacturers in the industry. Through it all, I have found that Ford's simple notion, that the act of making a clear decision and commitment to make something work – or not – makes all the difference, and is almost universally true in any business, in any culture.
I saw it at U.S. Steel just out of college. After going through the management training program you are sent on a round-robin tour, spending a week each in 20 different smaller mills or service entities within the complex. The difference between the "can do" groups and the "cannot do" groups was palpable. My next job at Motorola had me working with multiple plants around the country and I learned some of my greatest lessons at the Albuquerque plant, where a brilliant general manager named Doug Bosomworth never saw obstacles, only opportunities. Hence, his people saw things that way as well – a genuine "world of abundance" culture. The group at the Franklin Park plant, however, was forever mired in the "zero-sum-game" culture espoused by their general manager and fought every new idea that came down the line. I could not get out of that place fast enough.
During my consulting years I saw Henry's phenomenon in different John Deere and Cummins Engine plants, and even departments within plants. Interestingly, at the old AT&T operations, it seemed "cannot do" was company mantra, yet after Judge Green rendered his famous decision to break up AT&T in 1981, some of the old Baby Bells broke out of those doldrums with remarkable speed. It was all dependent upon the leadership.
At Pulte, the differences in can/cannot were evident in our (then) 28 city divisions. Some were a joy to visit and work with – Northern California, Minnesota and Tucson come to mind – while the goal of others was to get you to join in their depression as soon as possible. That was 20 years ago, and depending on the managers in those cities, the cultures could be wholly changed.
And now? I am frequently asked what makes the difference in the companies that get just decent results from our Lean processes, versus those that are flat-out wildly successful. We put together great processes and have great people, so I would like to believe that it's all on our account. Yet those very same processes, although I am proud to say always work, work a lot better with some builders, suppliers and trades than others. What accounts for the difference? Is it truly as simple as the attitude that Henry Ford described? Those homebuilders who exude the "can-do" attitude – which always comes from the top – and demonstrate a huge thirst to find whatever possible to learn and improve, invariably knock the cover off the ball. The other builders, those that just do "okay," are always stuck on something whether it's government regulations, the financial industry, their suppliers or just that it looks like rain today. There is always the "been there, tried that, won't work" current among some members of those builder teams. There is always fear of not looking good. There is always fear of retribution. All that combines to create the "cannot do" culture.
I understand that in this 5-year housing recession, it is at times a challenge to maintain the can-do spirit and I am with you there. There are days when I have to whack myself upside the head and repeat the Henry Ford mantra. Yet all I have to do is think of the best companies in my history, our best current clients and the exceptional people who run them, and the message comes clear again. If I think I can do a thing, I am right.


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A little while ago at the Cambridge Enterprise Search meetup, Nick Burch of Quanticate shared with us the fantastic story of http://www.npemap.org.uk/. This was setup in the days when the CodePoint dataset, containing the location of all postcodes in the UK, was tightly guarded and ludicrously expensive. It was also I remember a pain to deal with, and still remember the days when the pack of CDs would turn up, and the test server got to spend it's next few days chugging away to rebuild all the indexing.
The NPE project got round the cost element by scanning in all the old, out of copyright, New Popular Edition maps from the '50s and inviting users to pore over and enjoy them, while at the same time tagging areas where they knew the postcode. This provided them with a fantastic data set with a good rough approximation of most of the postcode areas in the UK, that they could then use to provide location and 'nearest to me' type services to various charity clients without breaking the bank on CodePoint.
Nowadays, after much excellent campaigning and the growth of the open data movement, the government has made OS give us all access to the basic version of CodePoint, so this rather fun dataset is no longer really that useful, since we've got the 'real' data. Still, I couldn't help but wonder how they did. How did the crowdsourced version stack up against the correct values?
So, step one, grab the data. The NPE maps site lists all their submitted data and provides it in handy CSV form. It's a bit more of a pain to get the CodePoint data directly (for some unknown reason you have to go through a 'shopping cart' type thing, but at least it's now free). It's also now nicely part of data.gov.
Step 2. Let's have a look. The first major problem is that while the NPE set contains both eastings and northing, and latitude and longitude pairs, the CodePoint set is just eastings and northings. The resolution of both is 1 metre, which is pretty handy.
Here is some python (from an iPython notebook, which by the way are very cool)
import csv
import re
from multiprocessing import Pool
import itertools
pool = Pool(processes=6)
# npe format: <outward>,<inward>,<easting>,<northing>,<WGS84 lat>,<WGS84 long>,<2+6 NGR>,<grid>,<sources>
npe_raw = []
with open('data/npemaps/postcodes.csv', 'rb') as csvfile:
reader = csv.reader(csvfile)
for row in reader:
if not row[0].startswith('#'):
postcode = row[0] + (' ' if len(row[0]) == 3 else '') + row[1]
npe_raw.append((postcode, int(row[2]), int(row[3])))
print "NPE count {0}".format(len(npe))
npe = sorted(npe_raw, key = lambda x: x[0])
del npe_raw
NPE count 53109
os_raw = []
with open('data/os/all.csv', 'r') as csvfile:
reader = csv.reader(csvfile)
for row in reader:
os_raw.append((row[0], int(row[2]), int(row[3])))
os = sorted(os_raw, key = lambda x: x[0])
del os_raw
import math
def get_distance(a,b):
return math.sqrt(math.pow(a[1] - b[1],2) + math.pow(a[2] - b[2],2))
# both inputs are now sorted, go down the list
start = 0
l = len(os)
results = []
with open('distances.csv', 'wb') as csvfile:
csvwriter = csv.writer(csvfile, delimiter=',',
quotechar='"', quoting=csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL)
for i in npe:
while j < l and os[j][0] < i[0]:
if os[j][0] == i[0]:
result = i+os[j] + (get_distance(i, os[j]),)
except IndexError:
print j, i, l
1692241 ('m23 5bt', 383256, 387352) 1692241
import numpy
dists = [row[6] for row in results]
ph = numpy.percentile(dists,75)
mean = numpy.mean(dists)
std = numpy.std(dists)
print "full set mean, std and 75 percentile", mean, std, ph
lower_dists = [row[6] for row in filter(lambda x: x[6] < ph, results)]
print "mean and std below 75 percentile", numpy.mean(lower_dists), numpy.std(lower_dists)
except ValueError:
print "error", len(dists), len(results)
full set mean, std and 75 percentile 3831.69351919 29458.8743255 367.554756011 mean and std below 75 percentile 107.704788278 81.0651732589
import matplotlib.pyplot
%matplotlib inline
(array([46555, 267, 131, 48, 23, 7, 6, 3, 0, 2]), array([ 0. , 111201.87964513, 222403.75929026, 333605.63893539, 444807.51858052, 556009.39822565, 667211.27787078, 778413.15751591, 889615.03716104, 1000816.91680617, 1112018.7964513 ]), <a list of 10 Patch objects>)
Taking out the upper quartile to give more detail to the lower end of the histgram:
(array([5561, 9980, 7026, 4207, 2651, 1799, 1342, 1099, 861, 755]), array([ 0. , 36.74914965, 73.4982993 , 110.24744895, 146.9965986 , 183.74574825, 220.4948979 , 257.24404755, 293.9931972 , 330.74234685, 367.4914965 ]), <a list of 10 Patch objects>)
So it turns out that the crowdsourced data is actually pretty accurate, give or take a fair number of outliers.
Step 3. Dig into the outliers. Which I may do at another time.


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Red Dress. No Straps.
1985. Tehran. Iran-Iraq war. For 'Marmar' it is another ordinary afternoon at the grandparents. The echo of 'Death to America' chants from school mixes with grandad's favourite program. 'The Voice of America' on the radio whilst Marmar is waiting for granny to make her a dress exactly the same as the American Popstar: bright red. no straps.
Director/Writer/Producer: Maryam Mohajer
Runtime: 8 mins
Country: UK


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The little ones and I were invited to attend today's opening session of the Jay Laga'aia: Family Time show at the Monkey Baa Theatre.
After making our way to the city and checking out the Darling Quarter playground, we headed for the theatre with excitement. Little Miss loves Jay on Play School so she couldn't wait to see the show. Upon arrival, we did a few puzzles before parking our pram and heading to our seats.
We didn't know what to expect from the show but Jay welcomed us into his home and with a little imagination we were all ready to play!
Everyone was invited to sing along with Jay to a mix of familiar nursery rhymes and other tunes while some of Jay's friends popped in to say hello. Little Miss' favourite being Tembo the elephant and Funky the Monkey.
Jay opened a special basket of instruments to show to the children and play along to familiar nursery rhymes like Head Shoulders Knees & Toes, Rain Rain Go Away and a mix between Three Cheeky Monkeys and the Gingerbread Man which was little Miss' favourite. My favourite part was when Jay asked the dads in the audience to stand up and sing along to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!
Funky the Monkey popped in and say hello and was very cheeky and lots of fun with his brother from another mother - ha!
Throughout the show, Jay included some funny jokes for the mums and dads to feel included which I thought were quite hilarious!
After a good 30 minutes of imagination, play, singing, dancing and laughing along, it was time to say goodbye with a special bath time themed song and endless bubbles to little Miss and little Mister's delight. A few cheeky members of the audience joined in the bubble fun but were quickly asked to sit down for safety reasons.
Little Miss was attentive the whole time which is pretty amazing to say the least while her wiggly little brother had a few smiles and was happy standing against the seat in front watching on.
With 16 years on Play School under his belt, his tv show Jay's Jungle, his music recording and being a father of eight children, Jay knows how to entertain children (and adults) with a few props and some great music and singing and a lot of fun! We loved the show and highly recommend it!


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With an intense hilarity factor going for it, the buzz surrounding Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean's post-Iowa caucus concession speech is a story that, to quote one pollster, "has legs." Even people who couldn't care less about the Democratic primaries have flocked to the Internet to watch and listen to various replays of the oration a florid-faced Dean delivered on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
On such clips, Dean is heard stridently reciting, with steadily increasing volume, a litany of the names of states he intends to go on to conquer. He then shouts hoarsely, "And then we're going to Washington, D.C., to take back the White House!" He tops off with a wildly enthusiastic "Yeeeaaah!" that has firmly captured the public's fancy.
The wide range of pundits weighing in on the political fallout from what is now popularly characterized as Dean's "I Have a Scream" speech have included James Carville ("It hurt him") and Pat Buchanan ("I don't think it's survivable"). Journalists have produced headlines like "A Scream Too Far" and "U.S. Alarm over Mad How Disease."
Even toy manufacturer Hero-builders.com Corp. jumped on the bandwagon, announcing the February roll-out of a talking, Confederate-flag-T-shirt-sporting "Mean Dean" action figure, one version of which will elicit a recording of Dean's high-decibel affirmation.
On Jan. 22, Dean, engaging in a bit of damage control, told ABC news' Diane Sawyer, "I was... speaking to 3,500 kids that had worked for me for three weeks in Iowa, all waiving American flags, all disappointed, and it was my job to make them go away from Iowa and feel like they'd done their work.... I am not a perfect person.... I say things that I probably ought not to say, but I lead with my heart."
Online, Dean's scream came on like an explosion-filling blogs and message boards with extensive commentary on, as well as audio and video remixes of, the infamous speech.
"It should be a political maxim that the sound bite is more important than the speech itself," reads a sample post on poliblogger.com. "[T]here is no doubt that the sound bites that I have now heard on NPR, Rick and Bubba and Michael Medved... all make [Dean] sound, well, insane."
MTV.com listed some of the more notable musical remixes circulating online, including two that combine Dean's speech with Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" and Guns N' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle," respectively
On his website DeanGoesNuts.com, Caner Ozdemir, who described himself as a 21-year-old university junior, has been adding remix links on daily basis since Jan. 21. A self-avowed independent and Dean supporter, Ozdemir proclaims on the site that he would still vote for Dean "when, and if, the time comes." The site also features a message board and link to "a video of the entire speech from the crowd's prospective"-albeit a version that lacks Dean's fascinating final holler.
Via e-mail, Ozdemir told CityBeat that he'd been following Dean's campaign since the former Vermont governor first entered the presidential race. However, he claimed that in registering the domain DeanGoesNuts.com, he initially sought to create not a support site for Dean, but a place to gather mixes discovered during Internet searches for a clip of Dean's original speech.
The speech "made my friends and I laugh so hard, I just wanted to hear it again," Ozdemir said. "I thought [the mixes] were hilarious, but was having trouble downloading a few because the websites hosting them couldn't handle the traffic, so I decided to use the webspace I had to host them."
Among his favorite remixes, Ozdemir mentioned Lil Jon's "Throw It Up" remix and the Hellraiser mix.
"But the ones I am posting from now on should be considered to be my new favorites," he advised, noting that the "We have the Power (Stand up for America)" mix (not based on the scream speech) "really made me think, and many [site] visitors have told me it changed them to Dean supporters."
Ozdemir said he became troubled "watching the media go to town, and watching people lose hope" over the Dean incident. As DeanGoesNuts.com's audience burgeoned, Ozdemir said interviews with a number of news sources followed. While not all his interactions with the media have been negative, Ozdemir said he felt some interviewers had twisted his words "to hurt Dean, which really bothered me."
Ozdemir asserted that such experiences have rendered him "absolutely tired of being told what is going to happen before it happens (not just with Dean, but everything)" and with pundits "who are completely out of touch with normal people."
Ozdemir also reported that he has dedicated DeanGoesNuts.com to a goal of raising $5,000 for the Dean campaign, giving as his reason, "I'm taking something that started off as a negative, and trying to make it a positive."


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Peaceful Valley
Peaceful Valley is located in Arcadia Valley and holds up to eighteen (18) male youth. It is a ranch type setting with a pond, fields, and animals to care for. Residents here attend the Arcadia Valley Alternative and if behaviors are appropriate enough, they are moved to the mainstream public school. Youth here care for farm animals as well as have a garden.


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The Police in Jesse, Ethiope-West Local Government Area of Delta state on Thursday afternoon shot dead an armed robbery suspect and recovered three AK 47 rifle, 192 live cartridges, two dynamites and an Audi car from the suspect, DAILY POST can exclusively report.
The Divisional Police Officer, CSP, Lawrence Olorunso declined comments on the matter when confirmation was sought from him.
However, a Police source, who craved anonymity, said, "At about 3.30pm this afternoon, information got to the DPO SP Lawrence Olorunso of the presence of strange guys in town with an Audi car."
The source said the Divisional Police Officer quickly mobilized his men to comb the town.
The source further claimed that, "The Police noticed the car parked at Mission road with three of the Suspects sitting in a shop besides it.
"On sighting the police, they flew and this made the police to be more suspicious. When they searched the car, they discovered the AK 47 and other ammunitions that was when they chased them into the bush and one of them was gunned down in that process."
When contacted, the Delta state Acting Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Andrew Aniamaka said confirmed the report, stating that, "the incident actually happened."
He disclosed that the police recovered three AK47 rifles and two dynamites from the suspect.
DSP Aniamaka explained that the suspect was shot dead during a hot chase by the police, adding that the Police will in due course make other information available to newsmen.
Source: dailypost.ng


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Plants have the power to eliminate various types of toxins from the body. Furthermore, based on the research, found that consumption of echinacea stimulates the body to produce white blood cells such as lymphocytes and interferon (element synthesis in the cells prevented the development of viruses and intracellular parasites) - substances that help prevent the development of malignant tumors. Furthermore, Coneflower increases resistance to sexually transmitted diseases and HIV. Skin lesions (eg boils, burns, wounds, psoriasis), gangrene, acne, kidney disease, cardiovascular system is another area that Echinacea has been proven effective. Blood purifier is excellent, Coneflower process to improve the microcirculation and also has the qualities to be a great cure.
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Danielle wallington, 32, owner and founder of milknfizz. Son- Eddie 14 months
Why/When did you decide to start a family?
My partner and I had been together six years and had always planned to have a family we just never felt we were 'ready' I wasn't always the 'maternal' type and was one of those people that had no idea what to do when someone handed you a baby, It wasn't until I turned 30 I started to think about it more and we said to each other one night, if it happens it happens! Little did we know I was already a few weeks pregnant!
How did it change your life? What was the biggest change/hardest thing to deal with?
At the beginning I found it the hardest time, it was a complete shock and I felt very flat for weeks, I remember just crying about everything, no sleep, struggling to breastfeed, but the biggest thing for me was worrying that our life together would never be the same again, we could never just walk to the local pub; or go for dinner and in a completely selfish way I felt like I had lost my old life; and it took a good few months for that to pass.
How was your pregnancy?
My pregnancy was fine actually, I felt slightly sick the first few weeks (a bit like a hangover) but after that it was a good experience when I look back on it. I found it strange that my body had changed and I didn't really feel like myself, I think that was the hardest part for me. People treat you differently too, I remember not being allowed to do certain things at work and I thought I'm pregnant I'm not ill.
Any tips on preparing someone for motherhood?
I don't think you can ever really prepare anyone as it's such a shock to the system and it's something you can't quite explain until you are in that position. So the only thing I would say to someone is 'it's ok not to be ok' especially those first few weeks, they are really tough and it's ok to feel crap abut it, don't keep it in, talk to people around you and tell them how your feeling. Everyone is always saying how amazing that time is and to treasure every moment and you feel like you have to keep up this act. Basically don't feel the dreaded 'mum guilt' if you don't enjoy everyday, or you don't bond with your baby the moment you give birth, or you feel bored sometimes being at home with the baby, it's all normal and its all about getting through it the best way you can. The rewards will come… honestly 🙂
Favourite thing about being a Mum
There are so many good things but I love it when its just the two of us and he giggles at something I have said or done, it doesn't matter how rubbish your day has been all they have to do is look at you and smile.
Did you return to work after?
I had been at my previous company for nearly nine years and I put in a request to work part time while I was still on maternity leave, but unfortunately it wasn't accepted so I felt I had no other choice but to hand in my notice. It wasn't a easy decision to make as I enjoyed my job but I couldn't go back to the same long hours and stress it caused me. That gave me the push I needed to set up milknfizz, I thought I would use the skills and experience I had gained to 'go it alone' and I now know it was 100% the right choice.
How does your work fit around being a mum?
Im finding it quite a challenge at the moment as my son isn't at nursery so I don't have set days when I'm working, I try and get all that I can done when he is napping or in bed during the evenings.
What childcare do you use?
Eddie was booked in to attend a nursery when my maternity leave ended but then I didn't end up going back so to save some money we are putting this option on hold.
Do you get out regularly for date nights/socialising
We are very lucky and have a good support network so we still manage to go out at weekends and have the odd week night off. Eddie loves staying with his grandparents or at his aunty and uncle's so this is a added bonus!
Have you got any tips for making family life work?
I would say just do the best you can, try not to stress, take each day as it comes and try and make time as a couple, thats really important! Especially if you want anymore kids 🙂
Join milknfizz for brunch on Friday 23rd March 10:00am – 1:30pm with the wonderful Anna Whitehouse (AKA Mother Pukka) to talk about all things motherhood and sign copies of the Sunday times bestseller 'Parenting the Sh*t out of life' that she co-wrote with her husband Matt (Papa Pukka)


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Accord removes threat of week-long rail strike
Belgian rail has been involved in efforts to increase productivity for a while. The drive triggered industrial action in recent months as the management pressed for a reduction in the number of holidays and compensation days enjoyed by Belgian rail staff.
The socialist union had announced strike action for next week, but that will now not go ahead.
The rail unions have agreed to drop the 15 November holiday. Next year one compensation day will be lost after 18 days of illness. Rail staff will then no longer enjoy 2 November as a holiday either. No further measures intended at increasing productivity are planned before 2020.
Rail passengers should be aware that a general rail strike is being called for Friday 24 June as the socialist union stages a general protest against government policy.


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Using the Developer Hub
1. Before you start
Read about the RESTful and XML APIs offered by HMRC.
Read our terms of use.
Read up on authorisation, especially the OAuth 2.0 specification (opens in a new tab).
2. Register for a developer account
Register for an account, activate it by email and sign in.
3. Test your application in the sandbox
Use the Developer Hub to:
- add your sandbox application for testing
- subscribe it to the APIs you want to integrate with
- get access to its sandbox credentials
- use its sandbox credentials for integration testing
4. Apply to go live on the Developer Hub
Use the Developer Hub to:
- add your production application
- subscribe it to the APIs you want to integrate with
- apply for production credentials and agree to our terms of use
We'll check your application, which takes up to 10 working days.
5. Start using live data
Once the check is successful, we'll invite you by email to collect your production credentials so your application can use live data.


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If you operated an ecommerce store, what would you rather your virtual shelves were stocked with: dozens of low-cost items that are liable to attract impulse buys or a selection of high-cost items that will be purchased less frequently? If you had to focus on one price bracket, what would you choose – high-ticket or low-ticket items? All businesses and entrepreneurs want to make as much revenue as possible, but which method will actually deliver the best results? In this blog post, I'm going to look at the merits of both high-ticket and low-ticket items to find out which is more valuable to your business. High ticket sales vs low ticket – which is more valuable to your business?
What are high-ticket and low-ticket items?
High-ticket vs. low-ticket items: the pros and cons
High-ticket vs. low-ticket items: the verdict
High ticket sales vs low ticket – which are more valuable to your business?
What are high-ticket and low-ticket items?
Most businesses, both online and bricks and mortar, usually sell a range of products or services. Some of them are cheap, some are quite expensive and of course, there are all of those in between. Low-ticket products are your cheapest products on offer and high-ticket products, of course, are your most expensive.
What are high-ticket items?
High-ticket items are high-cost and luxury products that are sold for high prices. If you were a life coach, for example, a high-ticket could be a 1-1 mentoring workshop worth $2000, while a low-ticket item would be a short mentoring call worth $100.
What are low-ticket items?
Low-ticket items are the cheap products you have on offer; for example, a $100 mentoring call if you were a coach or a $20 e-book you're selling.
Which would you focus on selling more of? Which products would you try to push the most through promotion and sales?
Let's go through the two types of online products to find out what each one has to offer.High ticket vs low ticket – which is more valuable to your #business? via @lilachbullockClick To Tweet
High-ticket items vs low-ticket items: the pros and cons
Based on my own experience, high-ticket items are the only way to truly build a scalable business. In the battle of profit margin versus volume, more often than not the profit margin is the winner. And when it comes to high-ticket items, that's the biggest draw: you can enjoy a huge profit margin as much as 10 times that of a low-ticket item, if not more.
The thing is, the cost of acquisition for leads is often the same for both high-ticket and low-ticket items. With low-ticket though, you're only going to make a small profit from that lead, which means that you will need to sell a lot more products in order to achieve your goals.
Think about it this way: if it costs you £100 to acquire a lead and your low-ticket item is £150, that means you've made a profit of £50. But if you sell a programme or product worth £1,000, you're making £900 in profit. If you were to make the same profit selling only low-ticket items, you would have to sell 18 products in order to make the same profit. That means 18 times more work and more hours spent finding leads, chasing leads and then trying to close those same leads. It also means more frustration for you and a much smaller chance that you'll be able to ultimately grow and scale your business.High ticket vs low ticket – which is more valuable to your #business? via @lilachbullockClick To Tweet
Focusing on high-ticket items can also mean less money spent on promoting your products. If you want to make sales of £50k a year and you're selling low-ticket products for £50, you would then need to sell 1,000 products to achieve your goal. But if you focus on selling a high-ticket product or service priced at £1,000, that would mean you would only need to sell 50 items to achieve your yearly goal. That means considerably less work for you and fewer expenses on promotional and marketing strategies like advertising.
With low ticket items, you'll need to constantly run ads and promote your products – after all, you'll basically need to sell almost three products every day in order to achieve your goal. That's not to say the high-ticket is always the winning strategy. It certainly has its downsides, not least the fact that you'll need to create a programme that is worth all of this money. Not only that, but there also needs to be a market for it before you can attract clients who would benefit from your programme or product.
Although I'm firmly in favour of high-ticket items (and my clients know it, too – I always push them to create high-ticket items and then focus on them so that they can grow), that's not to say that low-ticket items are worthless. Whether we're talking about a small online business or a sprawling global corporation, I strongly believe that everyone should have some sort of low-ticket item on offer. There's a big reason for this: low-ticket items help you get more people into your sales funnel. These impulse buys and pressure-free purchases get them hooked and give them a taste for the full fat version – the high-ticket items you can later upsell them to. Later, when they have more disposable income or are ready to take the next step, they're more likely to come back and buy a high-ticket item from you.
The thing is, most people won't be ready to buy something very expensive from a business they don't really know. High-ticket items are big investments, so if you want people to buy them, you need to first hook them somehow and then build on their trust. One of the best ways to achieve this is to first sell them low-ticket items and from there nurture the relationship until they're ready to make a bigger investment.
That being said, low-ticket items are simply not enough to build a scalable business. You should only look at your low-ticket items as a gateway to people buying your high-ticket items and nothing more. That's not to say that it's impossible to make money with low-ticket items, but the only way to make a respectable profit with these types of products is if you have a huge list that you can sell to and high levels of web traffic that coverts well. If you don't have a big list you will need to invest too much in acquiring clients and your profit margin will drop even more.High ticket vs low ticket – which is more valuable to your #business? via @lilachbullockClick To Tweet
So which is best?
As you'll have gathered by now, I wholeheartedly believe that high-ticket items are the path to success. I've learned this repeatedly with my own businesses as well as with all of the other entrepreneurs and SMEs I've coached and mentored over the years. I talk to a lot of entrepreneurs and small web-based businesses and the one thing the most successful ones have in common is that they all focus on selling high-ticket items – every single one of them.
Conclusion: High ticket sales vs low ticket
Both low-ticket and high-ticket items have their importance, no matter what business or industry you are in. Each serves its own role in developing a healthy, flourishing business, but at the end of the day, if you want to build a scalable business, high-ticket products and services are invariably the best way to go. You'll make more of a profit in less time, you'll spend less money on advertising and less time on closing deals. If you want to go big, you have to go high.
Whatever you're selling – be it high value, low value or somewhere in between – I can help you increase your volume and generate significant revenue. Click here to book a free consultation.


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Living in Perth?
Transport and Driving in Perth
Perth International Airport
Due to the city's location in the remote southwest of the Australian continent, you are probably going to arrive in Perth via plane. The airport forms a little suburb of its own, about 11km from the central business district.
Perth Airport serves regional, domestic, and international flights by 20 airlines to circa 50 destinations. In August 2016, Abu Dhabi, Auckland, Bangkok, Christmas Island, Cocos Island, Denpasar, Doha, Dubai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Mauritius, and Singapore all had direct connections with Perth.
You can reach central Perth via public transport or the airport shuttle. The former option is cheaper, but less convenient. First, you need to take a free transfer bus from the international terminal (T1) to the domestic terminals (T3 and T4). There you can change to the Transperth bus #40, which takes about 47 minutes to reach the business district.
The Perth Airport Connect service will bring you directly to the CBD, for a fare of 15 AUD (one-way ticket for a single adult). Of course, you can simply hail a taxi. But like everywhere else, going by taxi is the costliest choice, with prices ranging between 43 AUD to central Perth and 97 AUD to Joondalup in the northern metro area.
Public Transportation in Perth
Perth itself has a public transport network – called "Transperth" – which consists of a wide network of trains and buses. The suburban rail services include six lines to Midland, Armadale-Thornlie, Fremantle, Joondalup, and Mandurah. Trains run from 5:00am to 0:00am-2:00am at a frequency of every 30 to every 2 minutes (the latter during rush hour).
Bus routes in Perth mostly serve as links to central suburban stops or train stations or as direct connections to the CBD. In the central business districts of Perth, Fremantle, and Joondalup, there are also free central area transit (CAT) buses during the day. If you are on a shopping spree or a tourist trail in the city center, you should take advantage of this.
Frequent passengers on public transport should make sure to buy a smart rider card. It allows you to add money on it for your fares instead of purchasing a ticket every time you use public transportation. If you set up your smart rider card with Autoload, which creates a link to your debit account, you never have to worry about manually putting money onto your card. Autoload also gives you a discount of up to 25% on most fares.
Driving in Perth with an Overseas License
In case the public transport connections near your new home in Perth are rather insufficient, you'll have to opt for driving instead. If you already have a driver's license from your country of origin, you may wonder if it is valid in Perth.
If you have a tourist visa, a student visa, or a temporary work visa, you can indeed keep your overseas license as long as it is valid. If your overseas license is not in English, you need to have a certified translation or an international driving permit.
How to Get a Local Driving Permit for Western Australia
Everyone who has a permanent visa for Western Australia should apply for a local license after their first three months in Perth. The requirements for obtaining a driving permit in Western Australia may differ, depending on the country where your original license was issued, the type of vehicle you'd like to drive, and your personal health.
So, according to your specific situation, you may have
- to provide verification of your overseas permit;
- to take an eyesight exam;
- to take a road theory / motorcycle theory / heavy vehicle theory test;
- to participate in a practical driving test;
- to undergo a medical examination.
Once you have fulfilled all requirements, you can swap your old license for a local permit. Please bring along the following documents to the nearest driver and vehicle center:
- proof of identity
- proof of address
- current license and an official translation
- one document showing your personal signature
- the application fee (40.70 AUD for a standard transfer in 2016)
If you want to know more about driving in Australia, just check out this link to our InterNations guide. For specific questions concerning driving in Perth or Western Australia, make a local call to 13 11 56 (Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm) for further details.
We do our best to keep this article up to date. However, we cannot guarantee that the information provided is always current or complete.


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PARKER, Colo. — Authorities have arrested six juveniles in connection to a home burglary and party at a home in Parker, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
Videos surfaced on social media earlier this week of teenagers breaking into a home for sale and throwing a party inside.
Homeowner Mike Cox said the teens broke in while he was out to dinner. They trashed the home, leaving beer, liquor and wine bottles around the home.
"I'm thinking they thought our house was empty because it's for sale," Cox said.
Cox said he estimates there was around 200 kids in the home causing thousands in damage.
Authorities will not release the names or charges because the suspects are underage.
The sheriff's office is continuing to look for additional suspects.
Cox plans to hold the teens accountable for their actions.AlertMe


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From July 1st, there's better holiday protection for consumers. If you book a holiday with an online site where you pay for several elements in one go, it will be protected in the same way a package holiday is.
Better holiday protection for consumers
Up until now, if you've booked a flight and hotel or flight and car hire from a holiday website and have paid for them both in one go, you've not been protected if something goes wrong.
For years, people who booked package holidays through tour operators had protection if things went wrong. But those who booked a flight and hotel through a holiday booking site, didn't have the same rights. It might feel like you're booking a package holiday, but as far as the regulations were concerned, it wasn't!
Now new EU rules called the Package Travel Regulations have come into force. They say that people who book a holiday through a travel site should get the same protection as those booking a package holiday. The new rules mean that for holidays booked from July 1st, it's the online website's responsibility to sort out problems that arise. That could mean you get a refund if you're unable to take your holiday because of something like an airline strike. It also means that you can get your money back or be brought home if a holiday company goes bust.
When do the rules apply?
The new rules apply to holidays booked from July 1st. If you've already booked a holiday but you aren't due to fly out or travel until after July 1st, I'm afraid that you won't be entitled to this protection.
What's important is that you make one single payment to the online travel site to cover your flight or travel and accommodation and/or car hire.
Watch out – when you're not protected
If you book your holiday through an online travel site but you pay the hotel, airline and so on individually, you're buying what's called a 'linked travel arrangement' and you aren't protected in the same way. You will be protected if one of the companies goes bust, but the site you book your hotel with isn't responsible for holiday in the same way.
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Last Friday, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn received an award – jointly with world-famous author and activist Noam Chomsky – from the International Peace Bureau (IPB) for his "sustained and powerful political work for disarmament and peace".
It was ignored completely by the mainstream media (MSM) – even days later.
However, the SKWAWKBOX's article on it went viral.
The Establishment was forced to react. Right-wing bots, trolls and sockpuppets came out in force to defend the MSM – by attacking the article, the messenger, even the importance of the award and of the international organisation that made it – but made their agenda all too obvious.
Channel 4's FactCheck decided it was fair for the MSM to ignore the award because they usually ignore it – which itself ignored the pertinent question: would they have ignored it if Theresa May had (impossibly) won it?
The answer is, of course, straightforward: it's unimaginable that it wouldn't have been a half-hourly item on rolling news stations, as well as all over the print media and in flagship news programmes. That in itself became part of the story.
Right-wing MPs and some mainstream journalists also defended the silence and attacked the SKWAWKBOX for daring to suggest – even in passing, as in this case – that the MSM was behaving in an uneven way by its silence when the leader of the UK's official opposition party wins a peace prize from one of the world's most venerable peace federations.
Attempts by the Establishment to defend itself are nothing new. But one striking aspect of 'the case of the unmentioned award' is how clearly it exemplifies and illustrates the impact and importance now of the 'new left media' (NLM) to the UK's political landscape and narrative.
Before Saturday tea-time, almost nobody in the UK knew Jeremy Corbyn had won the IPB award – nor had any idea that the MSM were not telling them.
A single, very short – only 266 words – article, picked up later by NLM outlets Evolve Politics, the Canary and others, changed the narrative dramatically. By the end of the weekend, based on reads, shares, impressions of the NLM articles and social media trends, the information had reached millions of people.
And people were talking not only about the fact of the award, but about the MSM's failure – or decision not – to provide them with that information and the significance of that fact.
Small wonder, then, that this morning's press front pages are full of scare-mongering and smears about the dangers of social media. As well-known activist 'The Artist Taxi-Driver' and others observed, the Establishment really, really doesn't want UK people getting their information via social media and the NLM:
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Germans Are Baffled About This Triangular UFO
We love a good reality TV show, we love a good drama, but what we love most are the unexplained mysteries that keep popping up all around us. Whether it is UFOs or creatures never before seen, it seems like humankind just can't get enough of a good mystery. All over the world both regular people and conspiracy theorists alike, have been posting videos of sightings that look too real to diss, but thank goodness for the rest of the Internet, right?
The Internet is flooded with videos that claim that an unidentified flying object has been spotted in some remote area somewhere. Usually, they are grainy and terribly unfocused, but this one appears to be solid. A bit too solid, in fact. It is really difficult to separate the hoaxes from what could actually be genuine stuff and the advancement of CGI does not make it any easier.
Take this clip for example: someone was filming their kid at a jungle gym. The dad asks the kid if he is having fun, to which the kid answer enthusiastically, but then the dad pans out to the sky and does not sound at all surprised. Either he has seen this before or there is something else entirely.
Some say this is as genuine as it gets, given the shadows and the movement. Others say that it is precisely how the object in the sky behaves while the camera shifts up and down is a sure telltale that this is as fake as it gets.
It walks like a duck, it talks like a duck, but it ain't no duck.
Just to show you how terrible people can be, you have to see this clip that claims it shows an unidentified flying object and alien in Italy. We will let you be the judge of its genuity.


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The SEAT Live Store is launched as the first virtual showroom
Barcelona, 27/05/2016. - SEAT is offering potential customers a virtual showroom experience for the first time. Through the pioneering SEAT Live Store platform, SEAT experts take users on a personal, step by step visual tour to discover all the features of the new SEAT Ateca, at any time and from any place. With this innovative online communication system, the brand is taking the user experience to the next digital level, designed to make it easy for customers to select a car. This project falls within the scope of the digital transformation that the company is undergoing.
During the video call, a SEAT expert in the showroom takes the user around the interior and exterior of the cars with twelve stationary and four mobile cameras, all while answering questions related with equipment, technology and design of the Ateca as well as the Leon and the Ibiza, the three models available on this platform. In addition, any specifically requested feature can be highlighted, online product videos are readily available, the vehicle can be configured in real time and the nearest dealer can be located. The online showroom set is located in Barcelona and has been designed to serve the Spanish and German markets.
According to Gert-jan Geerse, head of Retail Development and Customer Experience at SEAT, "this is a new way to connect with our customers; they can access our virtual showroom from their tablet, mobile phone or computer". He adds that "the SEAT Live Store is a way for customers to make an initial contact, but in order to test drive the car or complete their purchase, we refer them to a dealership".
In this sense, the SEAT Live Store in no way substitutes dealers, but is an innovative communication tool that connects dealers to customers with a single click and offers a unique user experience. Following the call, the dealer will get in touch with the customer within 48 hours to arrange a visit or a test-drive.
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It's happened! After several months of negotiation, we are finally able to announce that we have found, secured, and signed the lease on our dream location for Nada's permanent storefront!
Update your address books. Plan your bike route. Shout it from the rooftops.
Nada has a permanent home at 675 East Broadway, northwest corner of Fraser and Broadway!
We are so in love with this space, and hope you will be too. Read along to find out WHY we love this space so much and WHAT you need to know right now and for the months up ahead.
Nada is more than just a grocery store. We believe in doing business better. We believe in making conscientious decisions in all aspects of our operations to support the health of both people and planet. Choosing a permanent location was no different, and we had quite the list of criteria for our space. We are confident this building and this location will help us serve our mission to cultivate a better world by inspiring people to change the way they shop for groceries. Here's some of the reasons why:
The Building
+ LEED Gold Certification: This building is so amazing for its social and environmental purpose. On the environmental side, it has LEED Gold Certification, the highest green-building certification. As a result of geothermal heating, energy efficient insulation, and heat recovery ventilation, our building comes with an anticipated 60% energy savings as compared to traditional buildings. It also has a mandate to achieve a maximum 10% end use energy from fossil fuels! Future developments include the addition of bee colonies to its rooftop urban agriculture space. To find out more about this award-winning design, check out this profile by Sustainable Architecture and Building Magazine or listen to a Green Building Audio Tour of the space!
+ Social Housing & Aboriginal Perspective: Named "Kwayatsut" (seeking one's power) by Chief Ian Campbell from the Squamish Nation, the building includes a supportive housing partnership between the Broadway Youth Resource Centre, the Vancouver Native Housing Society (VNHS), the City of Vancouver, and BC Housing. It provides housing to low-income individuals with designated beds for Aboriginal youth, LGBTQ+ youth, and youth leaving foster care. This is a truly wonderful initiative, and you can find out so much more about Kwayatsut from its profile on VNHS!
+ Values-Aligned Landlord: Our landlord is the City of Vancouver, which comes with a lot of amazing benefits. Most importantly it allows us to work with the city towards the Greenest City Action Plan goals, Zero Waste Strategy, and Vancouver Food Strategy.
The Neighbourhood
+ Local Accessibility: We know our customers come from all over Vancouver, and finding a location that makes a package-free option available to all Vancouverites is so important to us. Our storefront is located at a major intersection (Fraser & Broadway) in the central neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant. We love the area around this intersection. It is a rich and vibrant community full of wonderful people, small businesses, parks, cycling paths, and neighbourhood houses. We can't wait to discover more!
+ Transit Accessibility: This location was also chosen because it is highly accessible by transit. The 8, 9, and 99 B-line busses all stop directly in front of our store. It is 5 blocks west of the Clark-VCC Skytrain station, and two B-line stops East of the Broadway-City Hall Canada Line. This allows our current customers from all around Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, New Westminster, and Richmond to all access our store. And for our customers who don't use transit, this location has a walk score of 91/100 and a bike score of 95/100. Sustainable transport for the win! Stay tuned for the perks associated with using a sustainable method of transport to get to our store!
+ Complimentary Businesses: Community is at the heart of what we do, and this area not only has an amazing residential community, but a network of likeminded and supportive businesses. There are several values-aligned businesses all within a few blocks, including Matchstick Coffee and the Mount Pleasant Farmers' Market. There are currently no grocery stores with a focus on local and organic goods between Commercial Drive and Main Street, and we will fill this much-needed space.
We've signed and secured the lease – now what?
+ Permitting and Renovations: Our building & renovation permits are submitted and we're waiting on the City of Vancouver to work its magic before we can begin construction. We're really excited for the next stage, and have partnered with some fantastic people to make this store a reality. As in all things, we are focusing on working with values-aligned contractors and suppliers, including Cause+Affect, Naturally Crafted, and ZAS Architects + Interiors. Stay tuned for our opening date & launch party!
+ Crowdfunding: To help us complete our renovations, and to make sure that our buildout is done in the way that best considers the health of people and planet, we will be launching a crowdfunding campaign in November. As that date approaches, we'll be reaching out for your support in spreading the word and supporting the campaign in any way that you can.
+ Pop-ups: Don't think that just because we have a fancy new lease we're forgetting about our pop-up shops, because we sure as heck aren't! We will be continuing our monthly pop-ups at Patagonia Vancouver, and also have a few more pop-up locations to announce! Our next events are:
August 25th // 10:00am-6:00pm // Patagonia Vancouver (1994 W 4th Avenue)
Nada Pop-Up X Patagonia Vancouver: We're back at the #TempleOfStoke for our monthly visit! Check us out for our full line of products (and shoot some love to the Patagonia Vancouver team for always being such amazing hosts).
August 27th // 10:00am-2:00pm // Dude Chilling Park (2390 Brunswick St.)
Nada Pop-Up X Mount Pleasant Farmers' Market: Y'all know how much we love Farmers' Markets, and we are so stoked to be able to sell there, especially because it's only two blocks from our new digs! We'll have a small selection of our most popular dry goods, our entire range of home & body products, and plenty of reusable alternatives to single-use plastics.
Thank you always for your continued support for Nada. If you have any questions about this announcement (or just want to say hello), give us a shout at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Full Dissertations needed
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Can you provide the URLs for at least 5 Masters or PhD dissertations on the subject of "organic architecture" and/or "fallingwater house" I am looking for free aceessed and full dissertations rather than abstracts
Re: Full Dissertations needed
Answered By: pafalafa-ga on 11 Jun 2006 07:50 PDT
Here are links to a number of theses available online with a focus on organic architecture. In each case, the thesis title is followed by a link to an abstract, and a second link to the full thesis. Please let me know if there's anything else you need on this. pafalafa-ga =============== Architecture Alive: Buildings That Evolve in Response to Changing Needs http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1116000373 abstract http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/send-pdf.cgi?acc_num=ucin1116000373 full thesis SQUARING THE CIRCLE: The Regulating Lines of Claude Bragdon?s Theosophic Architecture http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03242005-155801/ http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03242005-155801/unrestricted/SquaringTheCircleEllis.pdf A Nudist Resort http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc_num=miami1114115398 http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/send-pdf.cgi?acc_num=miami1114115398 Architecture is Life... ...Life is Architecture http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04162004-000704/ http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04162004-000704/unrestricted/ThesisDefense.PDF [there are numerous other files for this thesis, all at the abstracts link] From The Ground up: Site-Specific Architectural Design From Analysis of The Natural and Man-Made http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1084198024 http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/send-pdf.cgi?acc_num=ucin1084198024 Human-Driven Extensive Greenroof Design http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07302003-101502/ http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07302003-101502/unrestricted/GreenroofThesis03.pdf Horizontal Forest: A Retreat on the AT http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10082001-094640/ http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10082001-094640/unrestricted/HorizontalForest.pdf MAN (in) NATURE : A HARMONY OF ARCHITECTURE AND SITE http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1082838559 http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/send-pdf.cgi?acc_num=ucin1082838559 search strategy -- Used bookmarked links to collections of online dissertations, and searched several of these for [ organic architecture ] or [ fallingwater ]
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Regular Meeting Minutes of Wednesday, January 22, 2013
Members present: Candi Moore, Chair, Larry Bicking, Stewart Dyke, Jurgen Pape, Keith Myers, Reed Fraley, Kris Burkett eand Bruce Cramer, Exec. Dir. The meeting was called to order at 7:10.
Public Comments: None
Minutes: Jurgen moved to approve the December 16, 2013, minutes pending corrected wording to go into executive session, and Stewart seconded the motion, motion carried.
Financial Report: Reed reviewed the financials as of December, 2013. Then he moved into budget discussion. Larry moved to accept the financial report and Jurgen seconded the motion, the motion carried.
- Budget – Reed's discussion was based on this past year's income and whether we should estimate next year at the same level and how much reserve we will maintain after the Carriage House renovation. Factors that will impact the budget include the water bill by an estimated $5,000, a change in rental rates for 2015 and the final costs of the renovation.
Executive Director's Report: Bruce reviewed his report – Have been very busy with meetings for upcoming programing and tours for new weddings. We conducted a count of the visitors that come through the facility, originally thinking that there were about 30,000 visitors but when doing a more accurate count we found that the number is double actually closer to 63,000. Bruce also reviewed the new utility bill and the usage was very varied and particularly high for November. He will investigate the possible causes of the variance.
Old Business: Carriage House plan – A meeting with Robertson revealed that they would be able to bring down project costs by about $10,000. The kitchen will now run about $30,000. There was discussion on whether we accept the bid on the kitchen now or wait to hear about the decision on state capital budget funding. Consensus was to go ahead and do the kitchen with the rest of the project but that we would defer the second floor phase till we hear about the state funding.
State Capital budget opportunity- Candi and Bruce met with Senator Schaffer, Mr. Stilwell and others and gave them a tour of the facility. Senator Schaffer requested usage information including probable economic impact including our own income generated. Candi estimated that the 63,000 visitors that utilized the property last year had an estimated 850 thousand dollar economic impact. We should hear back in February on the outcome of the capital budget funding. We then talked to Robertson Construction and they have agreed to wait till we hear from Senator Schaffer.
Community Garden update – Jurgen met with the community garden committee and has come up with a draft proposal. It is broken into phases. The board will review Jurgen's draft garden proposal for later discussion.
New Business: Keith looked into the economic impact study, and has found a person, Bill Lafayette, who would be willing to look into the study. Keith said that Mr. Lafayeete could put together a reasonable data collection. The board asked what fees would be associated and what data points will be needed that we could start putting something together early to assist in the study. Keith said he would report back.
Master Plan Discussion: - None
Executive Session: Larry moved to go into executive session for the purpose of voting on action previously discussed regarding compensation of public employees. Kris seconded the motion. The roll call for the vote is as follows: Bicking -yes, Pape –yes, Reed - yes, Dyke - yes, Moore - yes, Myers – yes, Burkett-yes. Staff was dismissed for the session.
Minutes for Executive Session Action: After returning from Exec session, Fraley made the following motion, which was seconded by Larry:
The 2014 compensation for Cramer and Koehler would be as follows:
a. Koehler's compensation would consist of the following:
1. Gross wage rate would be increased approximately 7.69% per hour and
2. Direct expense reimbursement for use of personal phone, which is used for periodic primary "on-call" duty, would remain at $25 per month.
b. Cramer's compensation would consist of the following:
1. Gross salary of would be increased approximately 7.3% per month:
2. Direct expense reimbursement for use of personal phone, which is used for primary "on-call" and regular secondary "on-call" , would be $175 per month; and
3. Bryn Du Commission would continue to contribute, via the Section 125 program, the full premium for family coverage for health insurance, which is $1817.50 per month for 2014.
Motion was unanimously approved.
Other: None
The meeting was adjourned at 9:14 p.m.
The next regular meeting is scheduled – February 26th