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Resort Operations Manager
Company Overview
Crystal Ski is part of the TUI Specialist & Activity sector which is the most diverse and unique collection of travel businesses in the world, with over 110 brands stretching from the USA and Canada, across Europe and out to Australia and New Zealand. As part of TUI Travel Plc, the worlds largest travel organisation, our employees have the opportunity for year round employment overseas or in the UK.
Role Overview
The primary purpose of this role is to ensure all Crystal, Thomson and First Choice ski customers are provided with an outstanding holiday experience. It is a broad senior management role that involves strategic and hands on leadership to ensure the delivery of great service at every stage of the customer's journey.
What You'll Be Doing
• To demonstrate sound commercial awareness and maximise all revenue streams
• To adapt our overseas commercial approach based on current market forces throughout the programme.
• To identify and maximise all potential revenue generation opportunities in line with current customer and business needs
• To ensure resort teams are trained, monitored and managed to complete resort accounts processes in a complete, accurate and timely manner.
• To analyse all resort based income, expenditure and financial results ensuring that the financial targets are achieved or exceeded.
• To drive forward financial performance through the research, implementation and sharing of new initiatives and best practise across the whole programme.
• To provide ideas and solutions where necessary to resolve any difficulties that arise in hitting targets.
• To initiate a more dynamic and timely approach to our product, sales and service offering in areas and at times where we perform with high margins.
• To provide the product department with complete, accurate and timely information to ensure margins are maximised.
• To strategically manage communication regarding in resort payments including in resort compensation and supplier reclaims to ensure quality issues are responded to in a cost efficient manner.
• To analyse and review expenditure and pre-empt and justify changes to resort structure or strategy during budgeting periods.
• To review the cost/quality balance of the operation on a regular basis across all departments.
• To reward and recognise exceptional performance against expenditure targets.
• To recognise areas of excessive expenditure and ensure necessary and appropriate training, development and education in best practise is effectively implemented
• To support the General Manager in creation, presentation and implementation of a realistic, achievable and effective operational budget across Resort Operations and properties.
• Ensure financial systems which are operational in resort are robust and efficient and provide us with a solid process that protects both our staff and the integrity of our finances in resort and the accuracy of our reporting.
• To lead and manage an integrated overseas service delivery team of people to ensure maximum synergy for TUI Travel plc
Customer Focus
• To deliver outstanding customer service
• To monitor, manage and continually adapt the overseas service delivery model, improving product quality and standards within all aspects of the holiday experience
• To have a proactive presence in resorts to ensure excellent levels of customer service are achieved, Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire targets are exceeded and complaints and compensation payments are minimised.
• To lead an approach where problems are pre-empted and resolved in resort in a consistent, timely and cost sensitive fashion.
• To ensure feedback to suppliers/3rd parties is accurate and timely and that this drives positive action.
• To proactively provide resort specific supplier information to influence future purchasing decisions.
• To manage, control and develop resort specific supplier systems to ensure optimum service and cost efficiency.
• To operate a programme that provides a safe environment for both internal and external customers.
• To ensure due diligence from Day 1 through ensuring complete, accurate and timely submission and recording of all health and safety, errata, building work and brochure editorial documentation
• To review current operational systems in resort and their effectiveness, produce ideas for changes and ensure their implementation.
• To identify and collate new product service related initiatives and drive the implementation of these forward through communication with the product department and other business teams
• To facilitate excellent service through creating, promoting and maintaining effective working relations with all with UK and Overseas operational departments to ensure the smooth running of overseas operation
• To take a lead in the in-country management of incidents
People Management
• To lead a positive and professional team.
• To ensure the recruitment and placement process is followed in line with budgeted staffing levels. Retain an interest in all of the members of staff from start to completion.
• To provide resort and skills profiles, assessment tools and local knowledge to support the recruitment campaign on an ongoing basis and ensure overseas operational needs are met.
• To discuss, review, coordinate and communicate management placements in an effective and timely manner.
• To provide a consistent point of contact for, and communicate regularly with returning management.
• To be actively involved in the recruitment, training, management, motivation, development and retention of a positive and professional overseas team.
• To coordinate the creation and implementation of pre season training course content to ensure all staff confident and competent in delivery of key objectives.
• To ensure consistently excellent delivery of training delivery through effective, timely allocation of management resources to departmental training.
• To assist the GM in design and implementation of relevant senior management training.
• To facilitate and guide the consistent, fair and effective management of performance across the programme and business
• To set up and conduct a performance review system to ensure business objectives are met and staff re aware of objectives and perform to their full potential.
• To implement appropriate action to improve the "employee experience" alongside business initiatives.
• To provide coaching, guidance, motivation, development and support to the country management team in order to achieve objectives and high retention of staff.
• To identify talent take a proactive approach to staff development to ensure a succession planning process is active throughout the programme.
• Ensure cross business communication is delivered to all overseas employees in a timely manner
What We're Looking For
• Minimum of 5 years management experience within the travel industry – including that of a large staffing resource
• A thorough grounding in all aspects of tour operating and overseas operations
• Ability to demonstrate and encourage strong teamwork across departments
• Adaptable and with an ability to think (and act) outside the box, proposing different ideas and concepts to those previously used/entertained
• Team player who can motivate their peers to work together to exceed targets
• Strong commercial skills – including the ability to formulate, manage and execute a business plan
• Ability to comprehend and use financial information and to demonstrate experience in delivering financial performance to a budget
• Some language is essential
• Exceptional understanding of, and commitment to, formidable guest service, with the ability to lead such an approach in parallel with commercial success
• Excellent communicator with strong leadership and motivational qualities
• People Management skills & experience including performance management, training, succession planning
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to make quick, balanced decisions, taking in to account all aspects
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Please, France
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Originally posted by dolphinfan
All you need to know about what is wrong with US military and foreign policy is captured in the title of this thread. What business on earth is Libya's future to the US? I guess that after engaging in an illegal, needless war, we need to but boots on the ground to facilitate the raping of both the Libyian and US treasurys by the military contractors.
They should have just sent folks from General Dynamics, Haliburton, Blackwater, CACI, Booz Allen and the rest of them over there, it would be the same thing.
Originally posted by ALF88
Regarding your second post:
I am not in your timezone and I gotta sleep somehow.
Apart from that it was the US who delivered the WMDs especially the gas he used against the Kurds. I never said that other countries didn't supply him with weapons.
Don't try to defend the US it is not working and both wars started with BIG TIME LIES by the US government!
Originally posted by CasiusIgnoranze
reply to post by SLAYER69
You are obviously unaware of the Rothschild Banking Family and Rockefeller Oil Family, hence your ignorant attack on my post.
But ofcourse, you wouldn't accept any old YouTube video as evidence, but you will from the BBC, CNN, CBS, Al Jazeera, Sky News etc. (who have an extensive track record of biased reporting and lying) or any other Government checked history book which obviously has a biased view of things.
And for the record, I never said "jews weren't massacred and that it was a lie", so please don't take my post out of context.
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Originally posted by wcitizen
The West has no experience of true freedom either....it's just a myth they sell you through the MSM.
What do you consider to be "true freedom" them?
Originally posted by wcitizen
Originally posted by nenothtu
Originally posted by wcitizen
The West has no experience of true freedom either....it's just a myth they sell you through the MSM.
What do you consider to be "true freedom" them?
Basically the God-given absolute freedom which I am born with - to do as I choose as long as I harm no-one else and do not damage the property of someone else.
Government is a massive control machine at the service of the oligarchs.
Originally posted by Cobaltic1978
reply to post by LadySkadi
However, there was more order than there is now. But hey, that's the price you pay for liberty!!
Yeay, three cheers for the U.S, Hip hip hooray etc....
PARIS, Aug 31 (Reuters) - World leaders meet in Paris on Thursday to discuss Libya's future, with hosts France and Britain hoping to show that a costly military campaign can lead to a political transition that avoids the mistakes of Iraq.
Big powers, gathered to coordinate the political and economic reconstruction of the oil-producing North African state, will also be jostling over business interests there.
Libya's interim council has promised rewards for those who took a lead role in backing the revolt against Muammar Gaddafi.
"The objective is to turn the page and get behind the new authority," a French government source said.


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Well, the finish last night wasn't what the Portland Winterhawks wanted, but looking back at the game, the Hawks did a lot right and to come from behind twice to earn at least one point is a positive.
The Hawks certainly generated enough chances and despite being held off the scoresheet, I was impressed (again) by the line of Ty Rattie/Chris Francis/Luke Walker. They continue to be a dominant line for the Hawks and they set the tone a lot of nights for the Hawks.
Also, the Oliver Gabriel/Stefan Schneider/Riley Boychuk were very good last night as well, scoring twice. Gabriel has been steady, if not spectacular, since returning from his spleen injury, posting 16 points in 24 games, which, if averaged over a 72 game season would be 48 points. Fairly impressive from a so-called third line guy.
Looking at the season series record, I guess both teams can say that they "won" the series as both teams went 2-1-1-0 with each team winning in overtime once. In essence, both teams pick up five points in the four games for an unconventional "split" of the series. Portland did outshoot Kamloops 181-111 in the four games.
Speaking of shots, the Hawks have now generated over 40 shots for three straight games.
Now it is time to move forward and get ready for Seattle for the home-and-home this weekend…the Hawks magic number to at least tie for a playoff spot is 5 wins or Seattle losses…two wins this weekend and the number drops to 1.
See you at the Garden tomorrow night…
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It's exciting to name your characters—it gives them solid identities that take shape in your mind, hopefully growing and developing into fully rounded, unique individuals as you write. Your first inclination may be to assign your characters your favourite names for boys and girls, men and women, but the responsibility of giving your characters names readers can relate to and identify with goes beyond your own personal favourites. While much of the process of naming characters is just common sense, it's a good idea to keep several naming principles in mind as you undertake this important task. Continue reading ➝
Characterization in fiction: writing realistic character reactions
Many complex aspects are involved in creating authentic characters in fiction, characters who evoke sympathy and empathy in your readers. Despite what you may read about the importance of plot—and I don't mean to detract from that importance at all—most fiction is primarily character driven. In other words, you may have a thrilling, original plot idea, but if you can't bring your characters to life for readers, they may put your book down in frustration without even knowing why. Continue reading ➝
Truth and lies in fiction—how to write an unreliable narrator
I'm excited about this blog post. While most of my articles are on common topics that you can find information about all around the Internet, the subject of unreliable narrators doesn't get a lot of ink. And that's probably because relatively few fiction writers know about the literary device of unreliable narration, and if they do, they haven't any notion of how to create it or use it to best effect. In this post, I'll get you started with techniques for successfully writing an unreliable narrator. Continue reading ➝


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12:00 pm
Chocolate at the Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills
Learn chocolate's history and how it's made at this interactive exhibit. Museum hours are as follows: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday noon-4 p.m. Sunday Find out more »
1001 Inventions at the Michigan Science Center in Detroit
During the period known as the "Dark Ages" in Europe, groundbreaking achievements were happening from Spain to China and the Michigan Science Center is showcasing some of those achievements during this award-winning exhibition. Hours are as follows: •10 a.m.-3 p.m. Find out more »
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Sunday Night Family Swim
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VideoGameCritic wrote:The original Xbox broke Microsoft into the console market in style, and the 360 put them on the top of the heap. Microsoft overplayed their hand of course, leading to a pretty dismal showing for the Xbox One so far.
Now they are trying to "change the rules" of console gaming, by introducing a PC-like, incremental approach to consoles.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/04/ ... al-future/
As usual, they are missing the boat. Before this bastardized generation, the whole draw of console games was easy plug-and-play with minimal fuss. By muddying the waters Microsoft is making a mistake on par with the Sega of the mid-90s.
I get it - they want their console to be perpetually on the cutting edge. But who are they catering to? PC gamers? Well, those people already have their fancy rigs and probably don't need a console. And based on the reception to VR hardware so far, I don't think that's going to get them back into the race either. Games for 4K displays will definitely be a thing next generation, but right now I don't think many gamers are chomping at the bit for it.
I think most of the console gaming community is more concerned with fun than specs. That's why the Nintendo Switch (and the Wii long before it) was an unexpected hit. I like to see competition in the console market, but Microsoft has developed a habit of shooting themselves in the foot. At this rate are going to push themselves right out of console gaming.
Your thoughts?
It really cracks me up when people say "the switch is an unexpected hit". What are you talking about? There are enough Nintendo fans out there to buy anything they put out. It is far too early to tell if the Switch is going to be a hit right now. Based on what I saw the PS4 is already outselling weekly Switch sales. However, I do agree that I am not sure the approach that Microsoft is taking is the correct one. But I must say the they have been much more successful as of late selling consoles then Nintendo.


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Prinova Puts CCM in the Hands of Business Users at DOCUMENT Strategy Forum '15
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
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Toronto, ON - Prinova, Inc., a leader in developing and delivering innovative software and services for the customer communications management (CCM) market, will be sharing insights on how business users can get full control over content and rule management for cross-channel communications during DOCUMENT Strategy Forum '15, May 12-14 at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, CT.
Visitors to booth #207 will get a first-hand look at how Prinova's unmatched Messagepoint software provides the ability to control the entire messaging lifecycle for print or digital communications independent of IT. In a business world where the focus of the enterprise isto improve the customer experience, Messagepoint makes it possible by giving business users an easy to use, centralized platform to add personalized and relevant messaging to multi-channel communications.
Messagepoint is a hybrid-cloud CCM solution unlike any other in that it works with existing composition and delivery tools to create, test and execute targeted, personalized customer communications from a centralized location.
"The focus of DOCUMENT Strategy Forum '15 is directly tied to next-generation content strategies that meet today's business requirements for delivering a superior customer experience," said Nick Romano, CEO of Prinova, Inc. "We are excited to show attendees attending the Forum that Prinova is ahead of the game when it comes to providing a solution that lets organizations control the entire messaging lifecycle for all print or digital communications, independent of IT to deliver more relevant communications to their customers."
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ABC News is reporting that enough Senators have declared opposition to a filibuster to assure Judge Alito's confirmation. Nevertheless, Democratic Senators including Kennedy, Reid and Kerry are still talking about mounting a losing filibuster effort.
It's easy to see why most Democrats have no stomach for a filibuster, given the state-by-state poll data collected by Rasmussen Reports. It's a little hard to understand what the point of an unsuccessful filibuster effort would be. The downside, I suppose, may be that if the Democrats try to filibuster an obviously qualified and highly popuar nominee like Alito, their credibility may be undercut if they mount a more serious effort against a hypothetical third Bush nominee.
UPDATE: Senator Feinstein has announced that she will support a filibuster. Feinstein previously had said that she didn't think a filibuster was justified.
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$40 per student
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High School Juniors and Seniors only!
A weekend retreat at camp devoted to connecting high school juniors and seniors to college ministries. College ministries from around the state of Florida will be represented by volunteers, workshop leaders, worship bands, and speakers.
A great weekend to bridge the gap between Youth Ministry and College Ministry.
This weekend is for high school juniors and seniors and is facilitated and staffed by college students and camp staff from around the state of Florida. Our staff of college students will provide excellent supervision in the cabins and during the retreat.
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The last few weeks saw me tagged with a couple of memes that I haven't been able to fulfil due to the 3 lengthy vacation posts that I published, but as promised, today is THE day, but just in case you haven't noticed that I already share my personal life quite freely with you, my advice to you is, don't hold your breathe – I have nothing 'juicy' to expose. I have also been fortunate enough to received four awards but have been unable to down load them onto my sidebar for some strange reason. Anyway, first things first – Here's a brief history of the 'Madeleine';
Madeleines have always been associated with the little French town of Commercy in the region of Lorraine. In the 18th century, the bakers of Commercy were said to have once, long ago, paid a very large sum for the recipe and sold the little cakes packed in oval boxes as a speciality in the area. Nuns in the 18th century France frequently supported themselves and their schools by making and selling a particular sweet. Commercy once had a convent dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. Historians think the nuns, probably when all the convents and monasteries of France were abolished during the French revolution, sold the recipe to the bakers.
In 1923, the Madeleine was made famous by Marcel Proust (1871-1922) in his autobiographical novel 'A la recherché du temps perdu', translated 'Remembrance of things past'. This novel was left unfinished upon his death and his brothers published the book in 1923. In it he wrote:
"She sent for one of those squat plump little cakes called "petites madeleines" which look as though they had been moulded in the fluted valve of a scallop shell... I raised to my lips a spoonful of the tea in which I had soaked a morsel of the cake. No sooner had the warm liquid mixed with the crumbs touched my palate than a shudder ran through me and I stopped, intent upon the extraordinary thing that was happening to me. An exquisite pleasure invaded my senses…
And suddenly the memory revealed itself. The taste was that of the little piece of madeleine which on Sunday mornings in Combray when I went to say good morning to her in her bedroom, my aunt Leonie used to give me, dipping it first in her own cup of tea or tisane… and the whole of Combray and it's surroundings, taking shape and solidity sprang into being, town and garden alike from my cup of tea."
Proust's reminisce of a happy memory associated with the madeleine is not unlike our own reminiscence that is almost always associated with food, after all, food is the basis of any one happy memory, well, for me anyway! Madeleines are traditionally made with eggs, butter, flour and sugar with the inclusion of the zest from the orange or the lemon, but in the recent years, other ingredients have been added to add interest to the flavour.
Makes about 30
100g salted butter
100g icing sugar
40g almond meal
40g plain flour
4 eggs
Zest of 1 large lemon
1tsp. vanilla bean paste
Caster sugar for dusting
Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius. Melt the butter in a small pot over low heat. Let it bubble briskly for about five minutes (you'll hear it crackle a bit as it loses water.) When it's a deep golden colour and smells nutty, turn of the heat and leave it to cool slightly. Strain the melted butter (using a paper towel over a mesh strainer) – you want to leave the solids behind.
Grease the madeleine molds and dust with caster sugar. In a medium sized bowl, mix together the sifted flour, almond meal and icing sugar and set aside. Put the eggs in the bowl of an electric mixer with a whisk attachment. Whip on high speed until thick. Fold in the lemon zest and vanilla, then sprinkle the flour mixture on top of the egg mixture and gently fold in. Now fold in the melted butter and stir only enough to bring everything together.
Spoon the batter into the molds, filling each mold 3/4s full. I use a small milk jug filled with batter to keep things clean and manageable. Bake the madeleines for 12-14 minutes or until the madeleines are golden brown. Remove from oven and unmold immediately on to racks to cool slightly. Serve warm.
Now, on to the Memes..
Big Boys Oven and Singairishgirl both tagged me with the '5 things' meme, so here 'tis…
5 things…
A. Found in my room
1. A Queen sized brown leather bed
2. Two nightstands on either side
3. Two table lamps, one on each night stand
4. Oil paintings on canvas
5. An Oil Burner
B. Found in my bag
1. A wallet
2. A tube of hand cream
3. A tube of Vaseline Lip Treatment
4. My mobile phone
5. My house and car keys
C. Found in my wallet
1. Cash
2. Drivers License
3. Bankcard
4. Loyalty Cards
5. A stack of receipts
D. I have always wanted to…
1. Be able to swim
2. Be slim
3. Be able to fit in nice clothing (Man! this is becoming depressing! Don't anyone tag me with a meme ever again!)
4. Be able to eat whatever I want without putting on weight
5. Be able to sing well
E. I am currently into…
1. Blogging
2. Watching Korean and Hong Kong soaps
3. Home Decorating
4. Watching my daughters dance hip-hop (they are SO good, I want to learn how to youtube them. Can anyone teach me??)
5. Lounge and Korean music
And now, I have the pleasure of tagging the following bloggers with this meme;
(If you have been tagged with this meme before, you may choose to not take this on)
1. Daniel of Messy Pastor
2. Ming of Ming the Merciless
3. Patricia of Technicolor Kitchen
4. Anh of Food Lover's Journey
5. Sylvia of La Vida en Buenos Aires y afines...
Daniel of Messy Pastor tagged me with the ' 7 things most people don't know about me' meme, so here goes…
1. I don't like crowded places – you'll never find me at a sale
2. I can't be under the afternoon sun for more than 15 minutes, I'd almost always have a headache
3. In my teens, I used to represent my school for singing competitions
4. I have terrifying stage frights – at a solo performance in Church with hundreds of eyes watching, my mind went totally
blank and I forgot the words to my song. (HORRORS!!) So, I made up some lyrics on the spot until the familiar chorus
kicked in. (ARGHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!)
5. That was the last time I sang solo on stage.
6. In 2000, I went on the Atkins Diet. I didn't have rice, noodles or any carbohydrates for a year. I lost 15kgs and dropped
to a size 6. After a year of eating meat, sausages and bacon with very limited fruit and vegetables, I gave up.
7. In 2001, I decided to Love myself more
I'm tagging the following bloggers with this meme…
1. Jaden of Steamy Kitchen
2. Belinda of Bel's Fish Bowl
3. Sunny of Big Boy's Oven
4. Rafe of Rafe New York
5. Bee of Rasa Malaysia
I want to thank the following bloggers for giving me an award, I'm humbled and honoured.
1. Nora B of Life's Smorgasbord for the Thoughtful Blogger Award. I have earlier passed on this award in a previous post.
2. Sylvia of La Vida en Buenos Aires y afines... for the Thinking Blogger Award. I pass this award on to the following bloggers:
Daniel of Messy Pastor, for helping me understand my faith better
Jaden of Steamy Kitchen, for being such a huge inspiration to me
3. Debra of Singairishgirl for the Creative Blogger Award. I pass this award on to the following bloggers:
Sylvia of La Vida en Buenos Aires y afines for her excellent food styling and photography
Bee of Rasa Malaysia for her fabulous recipe ideas
4. Debra of Singairishgirl (again!) for The Power of Schmooze Award. I pass this award on to the following bloggers:
Anh of Food Lover's Journey for always being helpful and obliging
Patricia of Technicolor Kitchen for her beautiful personality that shines through her blog
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Madeleines, Memes and Awards
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February 14, 2017
The commitment to providing all presentations online as open access educational resources is one of the most impressive aspect of the annual CROI meetings.
Options include to watch the presentations with slide, download audio only or as podcasts, pause, repeat, enlarge slides to catch the details -- and that the programme become available within 24 hours of the presentations.
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Workshop 1: Science and Cure
Martin Delaney Lecture: Good Practice in Research and Involving the Community
Workshop 2 Clinical Trial Design
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As you read in the first part of our blog on the Quality Assurance process at Transoft Solutions, the new features in software such as AutoTURN™ comes from real world engineers through the Product Management team. The next step is testing the software which falls to Carlo Pechuanco, Development Services Manager at Transoft Solutions Inc.
"We try to start testing as early as possible," says Carlo. "We've been testing since development started on AutoTURN 9 in November with all the new features. As soon as the developers started writing code, we started testing. We always want to do testing in parallel with development. This allows us to do two things: First, we verify that we're on the right track as far as requirements go and what Product Management wants out of a feature and two, to ensure that the code is actually producing correct results."
Carlo continues, "This results in a very high number of issues in the beginning. The Product Management guys tell us what they want the feature to do, the developers come up with a solution and then the testers test their solution against the PM requirements. This process repeats through several iterations for every single feature until all sides are happy."
In the past year, a new aspect of code development has been introduced to improve the future state of the products. To use a 1980s reference, it's like going back to the future. Carlo's group fixes code so future versions of the software will be that much better.
As he explains, "We are testing each new feature and its interaction with older features. The older features get tested throughout the course of development to make sure they are not breaking along the way. As we write new code, it can be shared with old code. Sometimes new features uncover deficiencies in older features so those things get cleaned up."
The new version of AutoTURN® incorporates a blend of tried and true functionality with the new innovations from the Product Management group. With each new update, the software captures more of what engineers are looking for. Users will notice improvements that produce results the user can trust.
"Path Control is a good example," says Carlo. "Path Control has been a part of AutoTURN since I started. In the latest version, we've totally revamped it and put a lot of effort into it. With that effort, we've made the tool more usable. In doing that, it revealed a lot of problems in Generating Arc Path and all of our simulation code. In the course of developing this improved path control, we had to re-develop a lot of our simulation code and make it more robust to handle more situations that didn't need to be considered before."


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The dollar rebounded against the euro and other major currencies Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced new plans to help boost the American economy.
The central bank said it will buy long-term Treasurys and sell short-term securities to help spur growth. The plan could lower rates for mortgages as well as those for consumer and business loans. The plan was expected by investors.
The euro slipped to $1.3667 late Wednesday from $1.3688 late Tuesday. The euro had been trading higher against the dollar for most of the day, reaching as high as $1.3797 before falling back after the Fed announcement.
Kathy Lien, director of currency research at GFT, said that investors were disappointed that the Federal Reserve didn't do more to help the economy.
"Part of the reason why they were so conservative was because they are holding onto the blind hope that this will be enough to jumpstart the U.S. economy," Lien said in a note to clients. "However investors clearly do not share the central bank's rosy sentiment."
Lien said investors began buying back dollars following the announcement because they are now expecting "a prolonged period of slower global growth."
Investors consider the U.S. currency to be a safe-haven currency, and they tend to buy it in times of global economic turmoil.
Elsewhere, the British pound fell to $1.5578 from $1.5732 Tuesday. It fell as low as $1.5556 early Wednesday, its lowest point since January 11. Weighing on the pound were minutes released Wednesday from the Bank of England's last rate-setting meeting. The minutes hinted that the central bank might buy government bonds to support England's economy. Policymakers at the central bank's September meeting said that weak economic data might make more action necessary.
Bond-buying would make the pound less attractive to traders. Interest rates would fall, limiting their returns on some investments. The money supply would increase, diluting the value of pounds held by traders.
In other trading Wednesday, the U.S. dollar rose to 0.8954 Swiss franc from 0.8889 Swiss franc. Published reports said that the Swiss central bank may set a weaker target exchange rate against the euro. The dollar also rose to 76.56 Japanese yen from 76.38 Japanese yen.
On Wednesday, the U.S. currency reached parity with the Canadian dollar for the second time this month. The U.S. dollar rose to 1.0035 Canadian dollar from 99.12 Canadian cents Tuesday.


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Bank Holiday Weekend full of Sunshine and Woe!
The bank holiday weekend was productive for BP First Eleven who took maximum points across two games and moved into second place with three to play. Playing at Hull on Saturday they avoided the weather and gained a march on their rivals. Tom Atkinson starred with a stunning 126no. to see the team through to an impressive 243-6. Pip Malloch with 3-54 helped see off Hull for 169. The second win was wrapped up at home against Woodhouse Grange and Jacob Green starred with bat and ball, 98no was a good start to the day and was finished off with remarkable bowling figures of 7-15 as Grange subsided to 131. With three games to go against relatively weak opposition Percy have a chance of winning the league as well as ensuring promotion.
BP Seconds fared less well. Rained off on Saturday when winning points was vital was followed by a dismal batting performance on Monday. After bowling out fancied Sheriff Hutton Bridge for 110 with a good all round bowling performance on a damp pitch, the batters continued the trend of poor application and inevitably much over a hundred proved again to be beyond Percy with the close coming at 89 all out. Percy lie bottom of Div.5 48 pts from the third bottom club with three to play and 90 points to win.
Firsts sizzle but Seconds stay in the cold.
BPCC firsts continued there all conquering run with a 10 wicket victory at Welton & Brough placing them fourth in the league but with only 23 points covering the 2nd 3rd and 4th clubs. Jacob Green had a fine all round game picking up 4 wickets and a half century ably supported by Jonny Pollick with the ball and Tom Atkinson with the bat, with Welton being dismissed for 112 and Jacob and Tom knocking off the runs without loss. With the top clubs to play it is in the hands of the Firsts to really push for promotion as the last third of the season starts.
The seconds suffered a heavy defeat to a handy Heworth side. Fielding first BPCC were lucky to get away with containing Heworth to 225-5 on a bouncy Percy strip. It was always enough though for a side lacking in confidence with nobody making runs at all at the moment. 118 all out was just about a fair reflection on the teams capability at the moment although Martin Pears with 25 did his best to delay the inevitable. Its difficult with an ever changing team as the firsts have the pick of the younger players but relegation is not a foregone conclusion as all the teams battling with Percy are still to play. Confidence will pick up and the points will come.
Firsts rise in table as Seconds continue to struggle
BPCC Firsts had a comfortable win against Thirsk making it four wins out of four and a rise to fourth place in the table. Thirsk were completely stifled by Tom Atkinson and Peter Houseman who sustained the pressure with long spells. They were then complemented by the spin twins Jacob Green and Suranga Uragaha who picked up the wickets, Jacob 4-27 and Suranga 3-39. 119 was never enough although Percy made heavy weather as three wickets fell with a handful of runs required eventually getting home with 6 down, being grateful to Tom Atkinson, Jacob and Captain Tom Malloch who all made it into the 20's. This was a very impressive performance with the ball as the ground fielding and catching were absolutely top class.
The Seconds continued to find life difficult, mustering only 10 players after a misunderstanding. Shot out for 98 at Welton and Brough the home side made it easily with two wickets down to give Percy a measly point from the game.
Disappointing Weekend for BP teams
It was a somewhat disappointing weekend for the two BP teams in the third round of this years fixtures.
The Firsts playing at local rivals Tadcaster escaped with a losing draw. Batting first Tadcaster, after being restrained for much of their innings cut loose in the last few overs and totalled an impressive 183-7 off 38 overs, rain having foreshortened the match to 76 overs. BP in reply made a reasonable start with Green and Atkinson, combined age 35, adding 25 but once Tom had gone wickets fell regularly, although the BP cause was not helped by "enthusiastic" umpiring. Nevertheless scratching along to finish 1110-8 was not an impressive performance. BP must remember that they remain unbeaten and well placed. The batsmen have got to start firing though.
The Seconds entertained Yapham who fielded a youthful side in comparison to BP who didn't. Asked to bat on a pitch that took seam BP struggled to score and at 55-6 seemed doomed to post a sub 100 score again. As the wicket dried out Mike Furze saw the team through to 110 all out. This was never going to be enough even though another valiant 5 wickets for Jon Anderson gave hope, poor catching and lack of runs meant defeat when victory may have been so possible with a little more application with the bat.
Mixed results for Saturday Teams
Honours this weekend to the First Eleven who took maximum points again and will sit proudly at the top of league 2 tonight. Welton and Brough batted first and failed to make good use of the wicket as they collapsed after a steady start at the hands of Jacob Green with 5 – 17 mustering only 96. A simple enough target made difficult by Percy's early batsmen. Acting captain Danny White was rather unimpressed by his batting colleagues performance and, at 5 wickets down, decided enough was enough striking 26 off 10 balls and that was that. Well done and a good start for the Firsts.
The Second Eleven were disappointing at Heworth throwing away an excellent position at 83-3 off 25 overs collapsing timidly to 120 all out. Only James Hodge with 24 and Giles Anderson with an impressive 21 showed any mettle as too many players gave their wickets away. Heworth got off to a flyer when they came to bat scoring at 7 an over until the openers were parted after adding eighty odd. Two late wickets for a bonus point were little consulation for Percy who need to add a bit of nous to the batting particularly as the wickets are firming up.
Sewerby rack up Gooch like score but Firsts hang on for a draw
Bolton Percy travelled to Sewerby on Saturday for a day at the seaside. The pitch looked hard and fast, a dream for batsmen. Sewerby batted first and made hay in the midday sun. They made 45 runs off the outside edge in the first few overs which meant the day had that sinking feeling early on. The wicket gave our bowlers no room for error and Sewerby made a monumental total of 333-6. Jacob Green was the pick of the BP bowlers; he successfully tied up an end for a consistent period of the game.
In reply Matt and Jacob got off to a good start with some delightful shots before Matt miscued one and was caught at mid-on for 26. Tom Malloch joined Green in the middle and faced a series of wides and full tosses. BP wickets then started to tumble. Jacob fell followed by Peter, then Joe, then Danny. The batmen will be disappointed with their dismissals. No outright good bowling but poor shots played across the line which gave the umpire no other option.
An injured Tom Atkinson came in late on and made a well calculated 45n.o. Tom may have learnt a lesson the hard way in that it's often best to try and field the ball with your hands rather than stick your leg in the way. James Rossington dovetailed attack with defence very well in the later stages of the game to leave BP on 197-8 at the close. Match draw in the loosest sense of the term.
Firsts Gain impressive first win of season v Thirsk
Bolton Percy started the day against Thirsk on a negative note by losing the toss and being put into bat on what looked like another bowler friendly track. The coin toss was the only negative note of the day. Matt Westwood powered forth with some expansive shots and Jacob cruised along serenely with some classy drives and trademark cut shots. Matt fell for 47 after picking out the cover fielder and Jacob will be disappointed to have run himself out for 39.
Joseph Hallam looked good and got stuck into some now wayward Thirsk bowling. Tom Malloch joined him in the middle but Joseph fell soon after. Joe White came in at five and pinged the shot of the day out of the park for six. Shortly after he played down the wrong line and was bowled. Malloch was joined in the middle by the evergreen Peter Houseman who batted with real purpose. The pair finished on 36 n.o. and 44 n.o. respectively giving BP a credible first half return of 219-4.
Danny White opened the bowling and looked in devastating form. Movement was prevalent from ball one which served to torment the Thirsk top order. Batmen tried to feel their way around off stump. Big mistake! Wickets were forthcoming with Danny taking one in the first over and then another shortly after, a good catch from Charlie Greenwood. Saturday marked a welcome return for Tom Atkinson who has spent the last year getting on the lash in Manchester and doing some cricket practise in between hangovers. Tom bowled full and up to the bat, which made it hard to score. The cauldron of intensity created in the field meant Thirsk finally took the bait and Tom got two crucial wickets.
Peter Houseman then bowled two devastating overs taking a wicket with what seemed like every ball. He ended the day with a return of 4 for 2 (no that's not a typo 4 for 2). Praise is due to everyone on an excellent fielding display with some excellent catches. Jacob took two beauties in the covers and Charlie completed the day with an incredibly sharp stumping leaving the visitors all out for 50.
On a general note it was good to see so many friends of the club and second team players showing their support at another great day down at BP.
BP Firsts sink in the wet!
A disappointing start for the Firsts as they got ambushed in the wet at Acomb. Losing the toss did not help as inevitably they were put in to bat on a pudding wet wicket. Acomb bowled to a plan, bowling off cutters and slow medium keeping the ball up to the bat with the fielders in the "V" pushed slightly back. The plan worked as scoring became very difficult and eventually the frustrations came out with a rash of poor strokes, some indifferent running, and produced the collapse and instead of setting out their stall to make perhaps 140, a good score possibly on this wicket, BP crashed to 89 all out. In response, BP did not bowl to a similar plan as Acomb, employing two slips, a gully and a third man when perhaps a little pace off the bowling would have allowed more fielders in front of the bat and would have slowed the straight hitting of the Acomb batsmen, who hit through the ball with relative safety, even though many of their shots were aerial. Taking three wickets did mean the first point of the season though.
Credit to Acomb for getting the game on and stealing a march on everyone else. BP will need to have a little steel and be more savvy in coming games.
BP seconds were rained off. The chemist in Tadcaster has refused to take back the large quantity of ice spray and heat spray sold to several members of the team last week. Worry not, it will come in.
First beat the unbeatable
The final game of what everyone thinks was the club's best ever season was the best game of the year. Albert Pattison visited BO for the second Saturday in a row to present the league trophy to Sewerby and the runners-up shield to Bolton Percy. Sewerby arrived unbeaten – 6 hours late they were beaten.
Sewerby were asked to bat on a fast-drying (where did that water come from) wicket and lost two early wickets to Danny White. There then came a 95 run partnership between Chris Chapman and Russ Robinson. The bowling struggled to keep on top and was not helped by some less than athletic fielding. Cries from the record crowd asking that Rosso should come on as a sub were both cruel and accurate – but it would have been difficult to decide who went off. At 35 overs it looked likely that BP would be chasing 280 or so on what was by now a benign pitch but regular wickets in the last 10 overs applied the brake and Sewerby finished on 255 for 8 with Danny adding 4 more wickets to give him an exceptional total of 67 wickets.
Should the club ever introduce a boob of the year list there were late entrants for dropped catch of the year and slowest piece of fielding of the millennium. Both were magnificent and unbelievable efforts.
Bolton Percy lost Jamie 4th ball of the innings. He was due a fail after some superb innings – 697 runs and 3 centuries. Matt and Tom Malloch scored quickly and put on 83 in 15 overs before a mini collapse reduced BP to 101 for 5 in 20 overs. Matt scored 57 to finish the season with 889 runs and 2 centuries before trying to look elegant (highly unlikely scenario) and guide the ball to third man. He was caught behind. Tom M scored 39 highly elegant runs before playing a Matt-type shot through mid-wicket. He missed it and was bowled.
The recovery was lead by Peter Houseman and Tom Atkinson in a stand of 79 in 11 exciting overs. After Peter (29) got out trying to hit a long hop out of the ground Tom was helped by Ali and Jacob who both scored useful and quick runs while Tom continued to smack the ball to all parts – well all parts called mid-wicket and mid-on. Jacob was out with only 8 needed in 2 overs. Sewerby sniffed a chance and were heard to say – lets make sure we keep the no. 10 on strike. Wrong – it was Jon Anderson who was surrounded by fielders trying to stop a single in the final over so he hit the ball straight back over the bowler for 4 to win a superb match. The crowd were ecstatic.
Tom Atkinson ended up with 89* – the best innings of the season and one of the best by a no. 7 for a long time.
A final word on the crowd. It was good to see so many wives, kids , retired, partially retired and ex-cricketers watching as well as almost all the 2nd team. It was also incredible that Sewerby brought so many supporters and many of the players stayed to chat after travelling such a distance. The result was a superb atmosphere and healthy profits for the bar and Tad curry house.
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Happiness, success, leisure, freedom, and fun are all words most people associate with money. Personally, I associate words like greed, hate, and death, with the term. Sure, money does bring good things to people, but I believe that money is the root of evil.
In today's society, there is no way you can survive with little or no money. There are plenty of Americans working hard and striving for a better tomorrow with little compensation. For example, my aunt goes to work Monday through Friday, works from 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M., and can still barely feed her three children and pay the mortgage on her two bedroom house. On the other hand, my grandfather has not worked in 40 years because he doesn't need to. He took an early requirement when he was 40, put his three kids through college, and lives in a million dollar house. This does not seem fair to me. I don't see how one person who works so hard deserves to struggle so much, while another person can sit on their nice leather love seat above Persian carpets, and wake up in their 1,000 thread count Egyptian cotton with not a care in the world.
If I were in my grandfather's shoes, I would not be so greedy. He may not seem like a greedy person, but when I see people suffering, like a good percentage of our country, it makes me sick. To see someone, especially someone in my family, struggling from a money issue, makes me want to be generous and give hope to other people. I just don't understand how greed can consume people's lives as much as it already does.
Other than greed, I have seen horrendous things like hate, torture, and death in relation to money. Hate is a strong word, but it is out there. Even some of my friends hate other people because they owe them money, or something worth money, that has yet been compensated for. This hate can and will lead to worse things, like torture. Just last week, a good friend of mine was severely injured and put in the intensive care unit because he owed someone money. It's upsetting that people will go to extensive lengths as to nearly beat someone to death for a little green piece of paper.
Death is probably the worst case of this evil that money creates. I would say that about 90 percent of murders in the United States today are related to money, or something worth money that someone wants. Over the summer, one of my cousins was in a bad drug deal and died because they demanded more money. He came up short and got shot in the chest. He died shortly after. I was devastated when I heard of this tragedy, and it upsets me that the society is blind to this huge dilemma. I hope that one day the world will come to peace and money will not be such a big issue.
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Take the advantage of calendar events, no matter if you're a financial brand or an FMCG representative – it pays back! The key to successful interaction and high brand exposure is to play smart – don't just simply post all sorts of sweetness all around the Facebook to get recognized, your brand surely won't get much attention, it's the domain of people. Imagine an engaging and unique form that will draw everybody's attention, suck people in voluntarily and bring tangible results, not to mention the multi-digit numbers in statistics panel. Think smart app right in Facebook user's News Feed, playable, engaging and not to pushy. Now, stay on top of the calendar and think St. Valentine's Day – love it or hate it, but you should scroll down to see a variety of interactive post we did recently for completely different brands with different needs and target groups.
On Saturday "the love" will cover us from tip to toes, but today is the day brands tease their communities on Facebook with hope to be noticed. Bank Zachodni WBK (banking service) and Nestle Fitness did their homework and today they're experiencing good deal of traffic though their interactive posts. We're juxtaposing the two brands on purpose. The first being a financial institution, a bit more innovative but with strict and traditional approach to user engagement, the latter a pure FCMG business, that could go nuts and engage people in the most crazy way they could imagine. Still, a calendar event was worth keeping in mind for both of them, no matter how cliché it seemed. Through our Post Sticker service they have used to create the smart apps they have published, the two businesses have come up with two completely different ways of interacting users.
Let's start off with Nestlé Fitness. The brand offers a selection of healthy products, so what would be really important for them in terms of interaction? Exposing products in a nice and smooth way. Here's how they coped with that: Nestle Fitness slide-showed their bars and asked users to pick the one they think their beloved would enjoy. Once chosen, users were asked to justify their choice and possibly win a month-size bar stock! Not to mention the fact that the products were served in a Valentine's scenery and users were invited, literally, to the Love Bar! 1-2-3 – that's how simple it was: pick the bar, justify, leave your email and follow the brand on Facebook if you don't want to miss the winners announcement.
Bank Zachodni WBK, on the other hand, of course interested in promoting their financial services "smuggled" their latest special pre-paid card offer in between a Valentine's contest. By clicking play on the publication icon in their News Feed, users were asked a short but meaningful question – 'how would they spent 100 euro on a dream date?' Why 100 euro? Well, because one of the awards was a pre-paid card with 100 euro cashed in! Clever enough? The main award was an iPad mini and it was supposed to be handed to a person who turned out to be the most reasonable and romantic at the same time. Users were entering their works in their News Feeds, accepting Terms and Conditions and providing their emails to give the minimum amount of personal data to adjust their creative works to them. Finally, as the results were supposed to be published on the bank's Facebook page people were asked to follow the brand and click-through to the pre-paid offer!
What people expect from the brands they follow or may start doing so? That is the question every social media manager would love to know the answer to. However, if you look closely enough you may get a gist of what people find attractive and worth trying out. In this case, we're talking smart apps created specifically for the St. Valentine's Day, but it could as well be any other noticeable event around the globe. Should you have similar ideas or want to come up with an engaging smart app for your brand, drop us a line – we create all those ideas most of the time together with our partners. For now, enjoy your St. Valentine's Day.


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CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks are headed to the White House — again.
The defending Stanley Cup champions will be honored by President Barack Obama Monday, according to the White House.
"Congrats, @NHLBlackhawks. Thanks for bringing the Stanley Cup back to Chicago," the president tweeted on June 25, the day after the team clinched the franchise's fifth Stanley Cup and second in four years.
The team on Monday will also pay a visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center during their visit, before heading to Winnipeg for a game Wednesday.
The Hawks were last invited to the president's abode in March 2011, after winning the Cup the previous year.
The ceremony is slated for 1 p.m. Monday.


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