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State Auditor Crit Luallen has referred Perry County's 2006 audit to the state attorney general. A review of the county's finances found that the Perry County clerk's official bank account had a deficit of $21,473.
Luallen said the investigation is pointing toward former employees of County Clerk Haven King.
"The clerk himself is cooperating fully with our office," Luallen said. "We have no reason to believe that he was personally implicated in any way."
The attorney general's office will determine whether there is any criminal wrongdoing.
In the audit, which was released Tuesday, Luallen also found that:
■ An accurate receipts ledger wasn't maintained. There were 131 instances, totaling $11,298, in which personal property tax receipts were not recorded in the ledger. Other licensing fees and taxes of nearly $8,600 were not recorded.
■ The county clerk did not have adequate segregation of duties over procedures for recording and reporting motor vehicle license fees, tangible personal property tax and usage tax. Too many people shared various duties of collecting, recording and depositing receipts, Luallen said, so it was impossible to spot irregularities.
■ More than $10,000 in checks was cashed out of office funds to former employees and third parties. In one case, $3,850 in checks cashed by a former employee was returned with insufficient funds.
Money is still missing, and the problems revolve around one employee who resigned after the audit started in 2007, King said.
"Whoever is guilty, we need to find them, prosecute them and get the money back," King said.
The county clerk's office has been using the same procedures and policies since King took office in 1996, he said, and when the state audit found problems, those procedures were changed immediately.
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The justifications used for closing the Dakota Womens Correctional and Rehabilitation Center in New England announced by Gov. Doug Burgum Dec. 6 are wrong.
By Brad Mosher
The Herald
That is the response by the current warden, Rachelle Juntunen, to public statements by the governor, Doug Burgum, and the lieutenant governor, Brent Sanford.
Juntunen said the state recently signed a contract to remain open through 2025. The warden said that the reasons claimed for the proposed closure were not accurate.
The warden has been at the women's facility for more than a decade and said that the fact that it recently passed an inspection by the Department of Corrections shows there is a problem supporting the claims which have been made in the media after the announcement in the governor's budget address.
Juntunen said she didn't even find out about the proposal until about a half hour before the governor made his statement.
She still is unsure of what is happening because the story she is hearing is still changing, she said Monday.
In the newspaper articles, the Director of Corrections first came out and said that we don't meet the contract. Then, I came back in the press and refuted all this. Then she said that it wasn't that we don't meet the contract. It is because we don't put things in the contract because physically we can't meet them. I'm not even sure what those are," Juntunen said.
The warden said that the whole controversy may be part of a plan to move the women closer to their families.
Whatever the justification, the people making the claims about the DWCRC have a big probem, Juntunen said.
"None of it is true.
"They (the Department of Corrections) audit us every year, so it really doesn't make sense that all of a sudden we aren't meeting the critirea that we have had to meet when we have met. We were just audited in April.
"None of these issues were brought forward," she added.
When it comes to the reasons being publicly provided to close the facility and move the inmates to Bismarck, they are not being truthful, the warden explained.
"The Director of Facility Operations with the Department of Corrections comes and does a walk-through every month.
"They have been doing that ever since the department was established several years ago within the Department of Corrections.
"Every month, he was coming here and there were no issues. Are there leaks in the roof? Sure. We fix them.
"Do we ever have plumbing problems? Sure. There is a lot of things that get flushed down the toilet that shouldn't be flushed down the toilet, but then we get a plumber and we fix them," the warden said.
"It is all maintenance issues. Have they happened? Yes. Will they happen sometime in the future ,,, Sure," she explained.
Even new buildings can have some maintenance problems, she explained, citing an addition in 2011.
"Within a year, the roof was leaking. We had it fixed," she said. The addition is being used for a visitors center and the control room.
"It is construction issues. Things come up, but is there constantly water dripping through the ceiling – no," she added.
Even if the announced plan succeeds in moving the women to the Missouri River facility, there will still be problems. "The facilities that they want to move the women to Missouri River Corrections Center which is now a minimum custody facility for the men, have been in the headlines quite a few times during the biennium. They actually want to tear it down. The wanted to rebuild it. I think in 2014 the Department of Corrections had requested $30 million to build a minimum security mens facility.
"Now, they want to move the women there so now there may be some issues," she added.
According to Juntunen, the planned move would be costing the state and taxpayers approximately $2 million to bring it up to where it could house the women.
There is more. "The three to five year plan in the Department of Corrections is that they want to build a whole new women's prison. That has been confirmed by two people in the DOCR," she said.
Facility too rural?
Among the public justifications that Sanford recently made to support the closure of the New England location were because it was in a rural area and doesn't serve the inmates.
But Jutunen claims those comments about the quality of medical and other services are false.
Access to health, medical services and treatment is not a problem, she explained. In addition, the facility also have licensed addiction counselors, psychologist, physician's assistants, nurses, case managers and teachers, she explained in an earlier public statement.
Juntunen also pointed out that the new proposed home for the inmates has even more problems than they claim exist in New England.
In New England, the facility has an infirmary, and several other items that are not at the MRCC.
In addition, there are no locks on the doors at the MRCC, she added, noting there is no fence either.
Never meant to be a prison
The lieutenant governor also claimed that the New England facility was flawed because it was never meant to be a prison.
The facility was converted from a former boarding school in 2003 before it was opened with fanfare by state officials.
Norbert Sickler, the director of the facility on Main Street, predicted that it would bring new economic development funds to New England when it opened.
"It is the kind of project that is going to prove outsourcing of jobs from the state to our communities," Sickler said in an interview before the facility opened in Nov. 2003.
Then, a conference committee in the legislature predicted it would cost the state about $1 million less than if they renovated a state hospital into a women's prison.
Sickler was right with his prediction of the economic impact, with people from Bowman, Reeder, Hettinger, Mott, Regent and Dickinson coming to work in New England.
Pregnancy problems?
The lieutenant governor has also claimed that as many as 10 percent of the women at the facility are pregnant at any one time.
He said in a recent interview that pregnancies are "typically high risk" and the immediate medical care needed is not available.
That is something the warden took exception to – strongly.
She said that is was offensive to the health professionals who work hard to provide quality services to the women in New England.
In addition, the 10 percent pregnancy rate was just a brief occurrence several years ago, according to Juntunen.
There is only one pregnancy currently among the more than 100 resident, the warden said.
Over the past year, the pregnancy figure has been about four percent she added.
Big economic impact
In New England, the local businesses and officials see a dramatic change in the economic fortunes of the community and the region if the governor and lieutenant governor are successful in the move to close the facility and relocate the inmates to Bismarck.
According to the warden, workers come from all over the region.
And the money the facility spends is spread throughout the community and region, Juntunen explained.
Bowman Dental in Bowman gets about $50,000 a year to provide dental services, she said. The facility and its personnel also spend money in the city's Co-Op Grocery, buying from the ocal drigs and convenience stores.
In addition if the facility is closed or moved, it would dramatically affect up to 25 students at the local school.
There would be a ripple effect, with the local real estate and rental market also being affected – throughout the region from Dickinson to the north and Bowman, Hettinger, Regent and Mott.
The facility is being operated by a multi-county consortium.
Members of that group are contacting their local legislators, she said.
Juntunen has been working in New England since 2006 and is the third officer in charge since it opened.
She said the facility has brought a lot of professionals to the area for employment. "We have a lot of programs offered in the institution," she added.
However, the lieutenant governor also claimed that economic development should not be one of the reasons to move it – or keep it in New England.
He did say it was not a priority for making a decision.
The local state legislator, Mike Schatz, has already said he hasn't seen a good reason for the move or for the money it would cost taxpayer.
'Official' reasons to close DWCRC in New England
According to Gov. Doug Burgum and Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford there are reasons they have stated publicly for closing the corrections facility in New England.
1) The facility is in a rural area which has demonstrated an inability to accomplish goals;
2) Inadequate medical facilities;
3) Plumbing problems, such as raw sewage coming into the shower;
4) Percentage of inmates who are pregnant;
5) Inmates better served in Bismarck facility.

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Charlie Hollar, Oklahoma Visionary Education Leader
Having enjoyed a successful business career, Charles E. Hollar elected to retire at age 55. He had established himself as an outstanding leader in his city and Oklahoma. Little did he realize he was about to discover an unbelievable passion--education.
Recognizing the need for improving the quality of Oklahoma public education, he began his journey. He devoured education and leadership books, asked a lot of questions, listened to educational and business leaders, and conducted extensive research.
He barely had the boxes unpacked from his business when he created an organization, which would later be named Great Expectations. A few he recruited for the initial board were Burns Hargis, Gene Rainbolt, Bill Brown, Sue Boettcher and Dr. Kermit McMurray. The intent was to create a high-energy program with emphasis on the classics, classroom management, mutual respect, high expectations, discipline procedures and increased teacher knowledge and skills. In 1990, he presented the idea to new State Superintendent Sandy Garrett. She gave her support. Teachers and principals at twenty-five "at risk" elementary schools were selected for initial training.
"During my twenty years as State Superintendent, Great Expectations
was the most innovative program in our state."
Sandy Garrett, State Superintendent
The lynch pin of Great Expectations is the Summer Institute. The initial training on the campus of Northeastern State University in 1991 attracted 175 teachers from the original 25 schools selected for this pilot program. Over the next 20 years over 35,000 teachers and principals have been trained. This year Summer Institutes will be conducted at 22 locations. Oklahoma attracts the majority of participants; Texas is second. There are Summer Institute graduates in 18 states. In Oklahoma over 30 percent of elementary students are taught by a teacher who has graduated from Summer Institute. There is also a large penetration at the secondary level.
Over the past 20 years, Hollar has earned the reputation of having visited more schools and classrooms than anyone in Oklahoma. He enjoys observing in classrooms and asking students questions. He visits with teachers and principals about their implementation of Great Expectations and asks what more can be done to support them.
Hollar serves as volunteer CEO and Dr. Linda Dzialo is the Executive Director. There are nine former master teachers who are mentors. These mentors teach and facilitate summer training and then spend the school year mentoring in the schools.
The results have been dramatic in schools fully implementing Great Expectations—test scores go up, discipline referrals to the principals' offices go down, students are excited about learning, parental involvement is increased, and teacher and student attendance improves.
Great Expectations is currently involved in its biggest challenge and opportunity. Oklahoma City has contracted with Great Expectations to train all teachers and principals in its 56 elementary schools. The poverty rate is high (86 percent free and reduced lunch) and demographics offer a special challenge. Hispanic growth has gone from 17 percent to 40 percent in the past 10 years. African American population is above 30 percent; Whites make up 20 percent and the balance is Other.
The initial 28 Oklahoma City schools have had leadership training given to their principals and five lead teachers. Many of the teachers have completed Summer Institute. Over 350 requested training over two long weekends this winter and the balance will be trained this summer.
In still an other case, a recent letter from Houston Superintendent Dr. Terry B. Grier said, "The district is committed to offering such an innovative and research-based program for the benefit of our students and we look forward to the development and expansion of Great Expectations across our district."
Nationally recognized researcher Dr. Ron Ferguson, director of the Achievement Gap initiative at Harvard, is including Oklahoma City in a national research study. In 1993, Dr. Ferguson stated in a research paper he wrote about Great Expectations, "As we follow this initiative over the coming years, it may become an important source of data from which to learn what it takes systemically to produce the learning outcomes that the twenty-first century will demand of America's schools."
Early Great Expectations experience revealed that there was a lack of quality leadership training offered to public school administrators by universities. While serving as Assistant to President Roger Webb at Northeastern State University, Hollar received the "go ahead" from the State Department of Education in 1994 to create Oklahoma's first Principals' Academy. The purpose was to offer training similar to that provided to mid and upper level corporate management. It was patterned after the Aspen Institute. Dr. Leo Presley, soon to become a nationally known facilitator and executive coach, developed and facilitated the academy training and future academies. The principals were starving for leadership training; the evaluations were glowing.
Word of the success spread among professional educators across the state and after in-depth studies, separate academies were created for university presidents and direct reports, public school superintendents and direct reports, and leaders from CareerTech. Once again, a responsive cord had been touched.
In these academies, as well as the Principals' Academy, there were four days of training in the summer and then five follow-up sessions at different locations in the state, e.g., Quartz Mountain Lodge, St. Crispin's, and Kerr's Retreat Center at Poteau.
Not willing to stop at these four academies, Hollar believed professors and teachers, as well, would value leadership training--after all, they were teaching the leaders of tomorrow. The Professors' Academy was launched in 1999 and the Teachers' Academy in 2000. Once the programs were firmly established, they were transferred in 2005 to the leadership component of University of Central Oklahoma.
The past 20 years have been anything but retirement years for Charles E. Hollar. Few have had such an impact on Oklahoma's society as this humble servant leader. In doing so, Charlie demonstrated a remarkable set of qualities and skills that enabled him, to vision, conceive, research, develop, syndicate, fund, staff with the right people, enhance on the run and sustain Great Expectations for over 20 years and to have it on the cusp of significant expansion beyond the borders of Oklahoma


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The front page of the New York Times (3/8/09) has a classic story of a foreclosure prevention scam. It shows how easy it is to get sucked into these things.
The victim in this case was a woman in Brooklyn who had worked all her life for the city, adopted four foster kids and now, in retirement, fell behind on the mortgage payments on the house she had bought in 1996. Rather than talk to her lender or get debt counseling help from Consumer Credit Counseling, she accepted advice from her neighbor and friend to go to a company called Homesaver.
What her neighbor did not tell her was that she was being paid an $8,000 finders' fee for introducing Homesaver to a new victim.
The deal was supposed to go down like this: Using a "sponsor," Homesaver would increase the mortgage enough to pay the monthly payments until the victim, Mrs. Brickhouse, could resume making them herself. Then they would take a small fee and turn the house back over to Mrs. Brickhouse.
What actually happened was that Homesaver arranged for a straw to buy the house, and pay off the old mortgage ($213,000) with one that was $130,000 more! Homesaver took the extra money.
Mrs Brickhouse went to the closing not knowing what was going to happen, and before she knew it, she no longer owned her house.
Normally what happens next is that the foreclosure prevention scam artists simply default on the mortgage, setting up a foreclosure on the former owner of the house, who usually does not know they are just a tenant.
This time the woman who was the straw for Homesaver felt guilty and returned the deed to Mrs. Brickhouse. BUT, the bank that issued the new mortgage for almost $350,000, wants to be paid, and there is no way Mrs. Brickhouse can make those payments.
She has found someone to help her and they are fighting to prove that the sale was fraudulent and contracts reached by fraud are not enforceable.
It reminds me of something my former sister in law used to say to me: "If you can't kick someone when they are down, when can you kick them?"


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Cam Newton Recovering from Accident
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers quarterback Cam Newton remains hospitalized but is still expected to be released on Wednesday following an automobile crash that left him with fractures in his lower back.
Carolina general manager Dave Gettleman confirmed in a telephone interview from Texas that Newton had not been released Wednesday morning. The quarterback was injured Tuesday afternoon when his truck crashed and overturned in a two-car accident.
Gettleman said he still has no details of what happened or when Newton would return to action.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have not released an accident report of the crash.
The GM was at the league owner's meeting in Irving, Texas on Tuesday when he received a call from his office about the crash.
"I'm just thankful he was wearing a seatbelt and everyone involved is all right," Gettleman said before boarding a plane back to Charlotte.
Gettleman said he was horrified by the photos from the accident scene and that it wasn't until sometime later he breathed a sigh of relief.
"You spend so much time with these guys and they become part of the family," Gettleman said.
The Panthers return to practice Wednesday to begin preparing for Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Derek Anderson is expected to take the first team reps.
The horrific-looking accident was the latest unfortunate turn in what has been a frustrating season for Newton.
He escaped life-threatening injuries in the accident but the crash has left his return to the field in question, and he was coming off perhaps his best game of the season.
"You look at the truck and you think, 'Man, I'm glad there was nobody in the passenger seat because it could have been bad," Gettleman said.
Newton has no internal injuries and will not need surgery.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo suffered the same injury description earlier this year against Washington and sat out one game before returning to action the following week.
However, Romo's injury came on the field, not in a car accident. Newton is also asked to run more than Romo and takes more hits than any quarterback in the league.
Dr. Andrew Hecht, chief of spine surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, said Tuesday the transverse process is the small bone that sticks out of either side of the vertebrae.
Hecht said while the injury can be extremely painful, the bones are "of no significance in terms of the overall structural stability of the spine" and there are normally no long-term issues.
He said Newton's return to football will largely depend on how the quarterback feels, adding that Newton could have additional soft tissue damage.
"It would be hard to speculate on when" he'd be able to play football," Hecht said.
The Panthers have three games left in the regular season.
They enter a crucial stretch one-half game behind the Saints and Falcons, both 5-8, in the NFC South. If the Panthers win their final three games and the Saints lose one game, Carolina will repeat as NFC South champions.
Ironically, Newton missed Carolina's first game against Tampa Bay in Week 1 while recovering from ankle surgery and fractured ribs in the preseason.
Anderson started the game and threw for 230 yards and two touchdowns as the Panthers defeated the Bucs 20-14 in a game that wasn't close until Tampa Bay scored two late touchdowns.
Anderson took to Twitter late Tuesday night: "My thoughts and prayers are with my brother @CameronNewton and his family. Positive thoughts sent ur way on such a scary day!#Wolfpack"
Carolina's quarterbacks collectively call themselves the "wolfpack."
The timing couldn't be worse for Newton.
He is having a roller-coaster season, but put it all together Sunday against New Orleans. The Panthers (4-8-1) catapulted themselves back in the NFC South playoff race with a 41-10 rout of the Saints. Newton threw three touchdown passes and snapped a string of eight straight games with an interception.
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The Funkoars are an Australian hip hop act from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.[1] The group is part of the Certified Wise crew of hip hop artists from South Australia (including the Hilltop Hoods, Pegz and Vents), who also collaborated on various recordings.[2] Funkoars are signed to the Golden Era Records label.
|Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
|Hip hop
|Years active
|Obese Records
Peepshow Entertainment
Golden Era Records
|Daniel Rankine (a.k.a. Trials)
Adam Baker (a.k.a. Sesta)
Matt Honson (a.k.a. Hons)
|Past members
|Daniel Yates (a.k.a. Reflux)
Consisting of MC and producer Daniel Rankine (a.k.a. Mr Trials or Trials), MCs Adam Baker (a.k.a. Uncle Sesta or simply Sesta) and Matthew Honson (a.k.a. Sketchy Hons or Hons), and DJ Daniel Yates (a.k.a. Reflux), Funkoars was established in Adelaide around the year 1999.[1] According to Trials, a "Funkoar is the dreg of society. It is the funnel in which all morals and conscious are drained into the river Styx."[3]
In March 2014, Sesta explained that at the time of the band's formation, notions of fame or success were not a significant factor in the creative process, and he thinks "that's what gave the local scene such a strong foundation. There was no promised light at the end of the tunnel that your average band would dare to dream of." Sesta further explained that artists at the time were driven by a love of hip hop culture, unconcerned by market trends, and they "enjoyed the process of making the songs" most of all. In addition to Gravediggaz and Akinyele, Sesta also identified Centrelink as an early influence of the band, as bandmate "Hons would come to my house on check day [welfare payment day] and we'd come up with a lot of ideas there, sort of."[4]
Funkoars' debut album, Who's Your Step Daddy, was released by Peepshow Entertainment in 2003.[citation needed] The band then released its second album, The Greatest Hits, in 2006 on Obese Records, an Australian hip hop label. The production on the second album is mostly credited to Sesta and Trials, both of whom have also produced for the Hilltop Hoods.[citation needed] The Greatest Hits featured guest appearances, such as the Hilltop Hoods ("What I Want"), Vents ("The Symphony") and Pegz ("Meet The Family").[5]
In 2008, Funkoars left Obese Records and returned to the Peepshow label for the release of the group's third album, The Hangover, on 29 November 2008. The first single from the third album, "Black Sally", features samples from single, of the same name, by Human Instinct, a psych-rock band from New Zealand—Human Instinct's vocalist/drummer, Maurice Greer, appeared in the music video for the single.[6][7]
As of February 2013, the group is signed to Golden Era Records, a record label founded by the Hilltop Hoods.[1] The group was first signed to the label in November 2009-as part of the deal, the Funkoars re-released its album, The Hangover, as The Hangover: Premium Edition.[8]
"Larry Emdur" was a single released in early 2013, included on the 2013 Golden Era mixtape,[9] and was a parody of the Australian television personality Larry Emdur, using a sample from the Larry David cable television program, Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO). The music video for the single featured clips of Emdur from TV shows including The Price is Right.[10] On occasion, Emdur joined the band during live performances of the song.[11]
On 9 June 2013, the band announced that DJ Reflux was leaving the group to move onto other projects.[12][13] Golden Era Records producer and DJ Adfu has performed with the Funkoars emcees in subsequent live shows.[14]
The Funkoars released the Dawn of the Head EP in February 2014 to build momentum for the release of their fifth studio album, In Case of Emergency. In an interview in March 2014, Sesta described the effect that the changes within the band as "we used less samples and focused more on playing instruments ourselves, it led to a much more enjoyable and dynamic chemistry in the studio".[4]
Sesta compared the EP to the forthcoming album by referring to the former as "six heavy, sweat-dripping pockets of nervous energy, tightly duct-taped together, and pressed really hard onto wax", while the forthcoming album "is like an aggressive foot rub from your neighbour, you're kinda familiar with how it's going to go down, but the closeness of it makes everyone a bit uncomfortable."[4]
Funkoars have performed throughout Australia, supporting or playing alongside acts such as the Hilltop Hoods, Milkbar Stars, Koolism, Def Wish Cast, Cross Bred Mongrels,[15] Gangstarr,[16] Apathy & Celph Titled,[17] and Public Enemy.[18]
Following the release of The Greatest Hits, Funkoars embarked on a national tour, between July 2006 and August 2006, supported by Awbs & Maundz and Cross Bred Mongrels.[19] In 2007, Funkoars performed at the Adelaide Big Day Out, as well as the 2009 Big Day Out in Sydney, Australia.[20]
To commence 2014, the band completed an east coast Australian tour over January and February to promote the Dawn of the Head EP. Supported by Australian duo Mr Hill & Rahjconkas, the three emcees received live DJ support from Adfu and the Adelaide launch show ended in a 20-emcee performance.[4][14] The Funkoars were also announced as part of the Big Pineapple Music Festival in December 2013 that will occur in May 2014 on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.[21] In regard to touring in 2014, Sesta explained: "We (kinda) drink a lot less on the road these days, which means people don't avoid us nearly as much, so yes, anything's possible. What we can guarantee is you'll see four humans go from ice cube casual to monster mash in 30 seconds or less for the duration of our set, fun for the whole family."[4]
Side projectsEdit
In June 2005, Mr Trials released a solo EP, entitled For the Ladies, which received distribution through Obese Records. Trials has also undertaken production for other Australian hip hop recordings, such as Vents' Hard to Kill,[22] a remix of the Hilltop Hoods single, "Clown Prince",[23] and Drapht's albums, Brothers Grimm[24] and Life of Riley. In relation to Life of Riley, reviewer, Shane Scott, proclaimed, "If you don't recognise Trials as one of Australia's finest producers by now you are a sleeping motherfucker, but in the end it's you who loses."[25]
- Who's Your Step Daddy - Peepshow (2003)
- The Greatest Hits - Obese (2006)
- The Hangover - Peepshow (2008) AUS #57
- The Quickening - Golden Era Records (2011) AUS #11
- Dawn of the Head (DOTH) (EP) - Golden Era Records (2014) AUS #18
- Yeah, Nah - Golden Era Records (yet to be released)
- The Greatest Hit (2006, Obese)
- Mr Trials - For the Ladies EP (2005)
- Hons - Hons Solo (2014)
- Black Sally - Peepshow (2010) AUS #56
- Where I Am - Golden Era (2011)
- It's All Good (Is Very Good) EP (2011)
- Mad As Hell (2016)[26]
- The Greatest Hits Live - Obese (2007)
Compilation appearancesEdit
- Culture of Kings Volume 2
- Funkoars - Centerlink Kings
- Hons - "Avoid Hangovers, Stay Drunk" (vinyl only bonus track)
- Triple J Hip Hop Compilation - "And Now for Something Completely Different" (2006)
- Golden Era Mixtape 2011 (2011)
- Golden Era Mixtape 2012 (2012)
- Golden Era Mixtape 2013 (2013)
- Golden Era Mixtape 2014 (2014)
- Golden Era Mixtape 2015 (2015)
Production credits (Trials)Edit
- Cross Bred Mongrels - Restore Your Faith (2006)[27]
- Reason - "Life's a Lesson" (2006)[28]
- Vents - Hard to Kill (2007)[29]
- Drapht - Brothers Grimm (2008)[30]
- Briggs - The Blacklist (2010)[31]
- Drapht - Life of Riley (2011)[32]
- K21 - Single Minded Civilian (2012)[33]
- Purpose - Where It Starts (2013)[34]
- Mr. Grevis - Game Over (2017)[35]
- ^ a b c "Artists". Golden Era Records. Golden Era Records. 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "Hilltop Hoods". Sputnikmusic.com. Sputnikmusic.com. 2005–2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ Xpose (14 August 2006). "Funkoars: Greatest hits and top 5 drinks". inthemix.com.au. inthemix Pty Ltd. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Greg Moskovitch (4 March 2014). "Funkoars: "There's A Little More Method To The Madness This Time"". Music Feeds. Music Feeds. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ Central Station album review - The Greatest Hits (31 July 2006)[dead link][dead link]
- ^ TheFunkoars (6 November 2008). "Funkoars - Black Sally feat. Maurice Greer" (Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ Shogun Distribution news Archived 22 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ allaussie hip hop (20 November 2009). "Funkoars sign with Golden Era Records". allaussie hip hop. WordPress.com. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ "Golden Era Records Mixtape feat. Hilltop Hoods, Funkoars, Vents, Briggs, K21 mixed by Jaytee featuring the friend Seth Sentry FULL TRACK LISTING:". Golden Era Records on Facebook. Facebook. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ TheFunkoars (22 January 2013). "The Funkoars - Larry Emdur" (Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ Ward, Mat (1 July 2015). "Funkoars super-producer Trials instils Black pride". www.greenleft.org.au. Green Left Weekly. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ Funkoars (9 June 2013). "Post". Facebook. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
Since being a member of the band shortly after its inception in 2003, always a versatile multitasker, DJ Reflux will now be moving on to other projects and departing from the group.
- ^ Funkoars (9 June 2013). "Post". Twitter. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
some news regarding the recent departure from the group of our long time friend & collaborator, Dj Reflux
- ^ a b "Funkoars Tour Jan-Feb 2014". Urban Channel. Urban Channel. 5 January 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ "Hilltop Hoods Return to Tassie". The Dwarf. The Dwarf. 28 February 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ Jim (4 February 2004). "Subject: Gangstarr last night". Oz Hip Hop.com. The XMB Group. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ Sophiska (2 March 2005). "Celph Titled & Apathy" (Forum post). Inthemix.com. Inthemix Pty Ltd. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ "Public Enemy Tour at Heaven". Resident Advisor. Resident Advisor Ltd. 9 December 2003. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "Funkoars - The Greatest Hits - Album Launch". Inthemix. Inthemix Pty Ltd. 4 August 2006. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ Cecbuzz (13 December 2006). "Final acts announced for Big Day Out". FasterLouder. FasterLouder Pty Ltd. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ Nastassia Baroni (4 December 2013). "The Big Pineapple Music Festival 2014 Lineup Announced". Music Feeds. Music Feeds. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ Xpose (9 August 2007). "Vents - Hard to Kill". inthemix.com.au. inthemix Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "2005, English, Sound, Recorded music edition: Clown prince / Hilltop Hoods. [sound recording] /". Trove. National Library of Australia. 2005. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ Patrick Taylor (17 June 2008). "Drapht :: Brothers Grimm :: Obese Records". RapReviews.com. RapReviews.com. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ Shane Scott (5 June 2012). "Drapht : The Life Of Riley". Beat. Furst Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Cross Bred Mongrels – Restore Your Faith". Cross Bred Mongrels on Discogs. Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ "Reason (2) – The Tides Are Turning". Reason on Discogs. Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ "Vents – Hard To Kill". Vents on Discogs. Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ "Drapht – Brothers Grimm". Drapht on Discogs. Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ "Briggs (2) – The Blacklist". Briggs (2) on Discogs. Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "Drapht – The Life Of Riley". Drapht on Discogs. Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "K21 (2) – Single Minded Civilian". K21 on Discogs. Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ "Purpose (5) – Where It Starts". Purpose on Discogs. Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ "Mr. Grevis - Game Over". Discogs. Retrieved 26 September 2017.


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NAVEX Global delivers the most comprehensive and integrated ethics and compliance platform on the market. Our suite of solutions help you identify, assess and mitigate risks at any scale and for any industry across issues such as harassment, bribery, conflicts of interest and data security. Define and distribute your code of conduct and policies, train key audiences, deliver 24/7 hotline and incident management analysis and extend your risk management and compliance across 3rd parties.
Decent Policy Control Functionality
Pros: This product has decent policy control functionality - with some areas that could use improvement. When used as intended, it has good policy/procedure control and predictability.
There needs to be some finessing of steps to get the final product to the end user for approval without so many interactions with others. Greater mid-level control, not so much administrative control.
Cons: When a procedure is "in progress" it is very difficult to determine who has the procedure, what has been done to it, and in which step it is. It takes a decent amount of searching to determine where everything is, in what stage, and what has been done to it.
I feel like the foundation of this product needs a functionality upgrade to assist with the hundreds of procedures we need to track and keep up to date. I should be able to determine, at any time, exactly how many procedures are in which state of modification.
End users do not like being hit with individual email notifications of the need to go approve final policies - functionality needs to exist where we can notify end users of bulk approvals needed. This does not appear to exist, and we currently use an internal work-around, which is time consuming.
Overall: Decent product - better than the manual, Word-based version we had created ourselves, however room for improvement for streamlined functionality.
P&P Software Review
Pros: Software extremely easy to work with; company frequently upgrades technology to expand features & increase ease of use; customer support is amazing - staff respond extremely fast with accurate solutions, friendly/helpful attitude & concerned follow-up; policy review reminders help us maintain up-to-date policies for general hospital operations as well as safe/efficient patient care; email feature ensures staff awareness of & compliance with new/revised policies; there are several efficient ways to search for policies - by department, by alphabetical title listing, by their status (e.g. Draft/In Review/In Approval/Approved/Archived) or by the general "Search" option, making it very easy to find policies; policy templates can be customized to the organization's preference; company took our status as a small rural hospital under consideration & worked with us to arrive at very affordable pricing; screen-sharing for trouble-shooting & learning the software so helpful!
Cons: Have experienced various "glitches" in the sytem that neither our internal IT staff nor Policy Manager Support Staff can figure out - don't know whether it's stemming from the software or developing internally from our servers. These occurrences are not very frequent & do not render the software unusable, it's just somewhat of a nuisance.
Overall: I have recommended this company to all of the people who have been referred to me and will continue to do so as long as the product meets our needs and exceeds our expectations - which I foresee happening for a very long time. Scott Dixon in sales was wonderful to work with from the beginning and still maintains contact with us - usually once the sales dept. in a company makes the sale, they're gone. Maria Poole and Cambri Longaker in Customer Support - WOW - awesome assistance!
This has been a great document management software
Pros: I love the traceability this software has. You can see who has reviewed approved and rejected documents along with what was said for each step of the way. It is very nice for seeing who in our department has read a given document or what previous versions looked like or were linked to other documents. This has been great to be able to show our accreditation body.
Cons: It can be cumbersome or clunky sometimes. As we are a large organization we have a lot of documents stored in this system as well as historical records of documents for at least 5 years.
Overall: Traceability of documents and ease of looking for previous version or changes that were made. As well as electronic approvals from required people.
Efficient, Familiar, and Succinct
Pros: NAVEXGlobal's document management solution, PolicyTech, is a wonderful system for any organization that is looking to implement controls over their documents without spending a fortune. The interface is user friendly and simple to learn for anyone who is accustomed to using folders on a computer. Navigation is straightforward and easy to understand. The approval workflow is customizable and allows for a wide range of variations. One of my favorite features is the Questionnaire that can be added to any document. This simple tool allows management to confirm that employees have actually reviewed the information that they need to know.
Cons: While the system has robust abilities for management of documents, the interface is not very customizable. What you see is what you get.
Use of PPM for Staff and DCAs
Pros: - User friendly
- Integration with Word and Excel
- Consistent with program intent (tracking/updating)
- Technical/customer support team (problem solving, courteousness, follow through)
- Help guides are excellent
- Ease of back up, user manager, other administrative systems
- Learning modules/webinars (although some are better than others)
- Policy Share access (though I am concerned that anyone can access the policies without having a relationship with PPM )
- When updates/upgrades are made, tend to be useful
- Use user feedback to improve/add features
Cons: - Some of the reports are cumbersome and not useful; improve filtering ability
- Inability to set up customize reports that draw from all available fields
- Basic document search features: having to go through each field to find documents (draft/in review/in approval) Note: this is somewhat resolved using the advanced Search function with all statuses, but could be improved upon
- The basic document search needs to include document owner in the show/hide list so reports can be run from this list by owner (Note: submitted a Feature Request on 7/6/2011)
Overall: - Highly recommended as with anything, the more you work with it, the easier it becomes
- Recognition by external surveyors have commented positively on the availability of policies, and the look of the policies. One surveyor questioned, Why isnt everyone using this system?
The Microsoft Word integration makes it worth it.
Comments: All in all, this program has worked very well for our small company. It does what it says on the box, but when things go wrong, it's hard to get them to work properly again.
Pros: The biggest pro is that PolicyTech integrates with Microsoft Word. It does have a small learning curve, but once you figure out how to do everything, it works flawlessly. We also like that there is the ability to audit if such a need arose. Being able to use it with mobile devices is very handy as well.
Cons: We just wish that support were a little bit better. We have had a few issues and they weren't resolved as quickly as we had hoped. The cost could always be lower, but it's at a fair price point for what you get.
Gets the Job Done
Pros: I wouldn't say policytech is the top notch software to house your policies, but it definitely gets the job done. It serves its purpose for our company and it is easy to run reports to see who has not completed their assignments.
Cons: Only complaint would be that I wish it had more features instead of just hosing our corporate policies.
Helps with updating documents on the web browser
Pros: PolicyTech integrates well with the Microsoft documents. The documents can be updated using a web browser and we do not need tom update these by installing MS office applications. PolicyTech helps us to review and understand who has viewed the document for the reporting purpose.
Cons: Great tool to manage online documents. Provides better security and revision control. Helps reviewing the users who has accessed the documents.
Easy as an Evite and It Automates Nagging!
Pros: When introducing PolicyTech to new divisions in my organization, I ask my audience if they've ever received an Evite to a party, clicked the link, seen who else was invited, and accepted or declined the invitation. Everyone always laughs and says, "Yes!" and I say, "Then you can master PolicyTech!" It really is that intuitive and user-friendly. Then, when introducing it to staff tasked with getting approvals on a document, I ask what they hate most about their current email-based process and they invariably say, "The nagging that I have do to do get people to review and approve the document!" So I tell them, "PolicyTech automates nagging, so you don't have to!" Then they fall in love with PolicyTech as quickly as I did. It automates the tedious and arduous process of document review, revision, and approval, saving countless FTE hours and expense.
Cons: Nothing comes to mind at the moment actually, so nothing to say here.
Recommendations to other buyers: Listen carefully to your staff about their struggles in document management to really understand how transformative PolicyTech will be in their work.
Policy Tech Review
Pros: The product is very user friendly. If you let it, it will walk you thru the step by step build of a document. The email notification is a great time saver with the weekly follow up emails until a policy is reviewed/approved, to remind each involved user of their remaining tasks.
Cons: We use the categories to define our manuals and their chapters. Right now you are required to select a department and then categories are an option you can select. This can be missed during the process so the document ends up unfiled until this ommision is corrected.
The reports are great and the vareity of ways to save the report is great. It would be nice to have a couple of other reports combined but I suspect they are coming.
Overall: This is a very easy product to install and start using. Very user friendly for most computer users.
The use of email notification for each person involved in the writing, reviewing and approving of a document is a tremendous help.
I don't know of a better way to track activity involved in building a document and then who has read the finished document. As well as keeping an archived version of the document for reference, if needed, in the future.
Excellent product!
The search feature is great
Pros: PolicyTech helps my team with a lot of inbuilt functionality. The search feature looks great and helps finding the required notes easily.
Good policy and document control system
Pros: Good tracking of policy versions and archiving of retired policies. Use it for forms that are used regularly. Also, for competency documentation.
Cons: The reviewers still have to read policies that they have worked on and know inside and out. Don't route it back to them again. Waste of time.
Easy Quick
Pros: Love! The ability to use a single platform for document storage is fantastic. A big pet peeve of mine is usage of old outdated items that are in binders for years. This is a fantastic digital storage that we can change a document once and know it will be accessible for anyone. Also that we can filter out certain staff from certain items.
Cons: I wish we could add tags to documents in a different way to make them more searchable. Sometimes a document can fit in to many different departments that need access. Also, training would be a nice feature to upgrade.
PPM survey
Pros: Email feature and sign off for reading assignments.
Targetting audience for required reading.
Word environment.
Search capability is excellent.
Auto updating of existing links from one version to another and sign off.
Archive capability and access.
You have knowlegable support staff and my experience with your technical team has been very good.
Excellent software
Cons: Adding additional groups or individuals to a series of procedures. To my knowledge this has to be done per procedure which can be time consuming.
We are experiencning an organizational restructure, so I am not sure how easy it will be to implement these changes.
Overall: I highly recommend this software. I have had two credit unions referred to me by Scott Dixon and I am happy to convey our positive experience.
We are still very much in a learning curve.
Five(+) Years with PolicyTech PPM
Pros: Excellent support and technical service, software worked upon download (original version was the stand alone demo with MySQL, we had it up and running on an old laptop within 30 minutes). Just enough customization built in to adapt to our document control system, without requiring us to recreate the wheel. Excellent tracking of documents through all phases (review, approval, reading and training).
Cons: New users may not consider their document system from a top-down perspective during initial setup, instead jumping right into document creation - not a software issue, more a learning curve challenge for the end user.
Overall: Have recommended PPM to both internal and external prospects. Many customers are impressed by the system during audits of our facility.
Great digital media manager
Pros: I keep my signed agreement documents on this App. It's a great way to keep agreements and I don't need to search for files anymore on various places. It seems a great digital media manager.
Cons: It works great and provides all required features to me.
Recommendations to other buyers: I like this to keep my important documents (Primarily PDFs). It keeps the document secure and makes these available on demand.
Backups can be made online now!
Pros: With policytech, I can keep my files backup online and access from anywhere. This software helps with keeping my important documents and images secure. No need to worry about keeping files on my local drive.
Cons: UI seems with old design. It can be improved with latest design approach.
Recommendations to other buyers: Great way to manage files. Can be used for anyone who wants to keep online file backups.
PolicyTech Review
Pros: PolicyTech has great features and allows us to manage over 300 policies and procedures. We are also able to house staff meeting information and maintain a record of dates read per individual for their HR record.
Cons: At times, the upgrades are a bit difficult to complete. Also we receive emails regarding downtime, which should only be sent to those companies PolicyTech is housing. This gets confusing when we receive them. Other than that the only negative in the software front is that the review months option has been hidden, which causes our company to miss this important step.
Overall: Great product that I would recommend to any company with multiple policies and procedures.
Best content management tool
Pros: It seems the best content management tool to me. Number of other tools provide a lot of features. But Policytech is easy to use and user friendly. I use it just because it is quick to learn and easy to use. The functionality works great and does not throw any performance issues as well.
Recommendations to other buyers: It's easy to use software. Great UI helps understanding the features and functionality easily.One of great tool to be used to manage content and related documents.
PolicyTech Remains a Vital Business Tool
Pros: We love the ability to put all of our documents in one place and ensure that they have been read by our staff. This is vital for our company to ensure that documentation is available to prove someone has been informed of certain policies, forms, meeting minutes, etc.
Cons: I have had really great experiences in the past with our account manager. He has moved up in the company, and we now have a new account manager. I was not notified of the change and have not had the best luck getting in touch with her.
Recommendations to other buyers: Test it out and see what a difference it can make in your organization.
Clean interface and well-made software
Pros: This is a well-developed and nicely designed software. It has a simple and clean interface and makes document and policy organization flow seamlessly. Highly recommend this product.
Cons: My only complaint with this product would be the slow response I received from customer service a few weeks back.
PPM Review February 2012
Pros: -Always know the status of a policy and who has acted on it.
-Eliminates constant checking of e-mails to determine where a policy is in the process
-Forces use of the correct template.
-Reminds "owners" when a document is due to be revised.
-All documents are in one place.
-Auto archiving
-Easy to revise a document
Cons: There is some "clunkiness" to the review process when there are several reviewers.
No place to put a "note of explanation" regarding decisions about a document
Overall: We highly recommend this software. It has enabled us to "clean up" our whole process and monitor compliance.
Certainly evolved in the past few years
Comments: The hosted application is very easy to configure and workflow development is a breeze once the user information has been set up correctly. The benefit I have seen with this software is that technical support is very fast to respond and eager to solve your issues as quickly as possible to keep your instance moving along. I appreciate the updates to the application interface to make everything as easy to use for primary power users. Definitely worth the investment for a large enterprise with multiple sub-companies and thousands of users. Keeping track of policies and being notified for updates is crucial to my industry vertical.
Pros: I think PolicyTech is a great resource for business and could potentially be utilized in a university level. I will be recommending it to my professors to utilize in their courses.
Cons: I think there is some work that could be done in the functionality to make it more efficient, but the concept is there.
Recommendations to other buyers: I think there could be a some effort put into the design aspect of the software to make it more welcoming to newcomers. It seems a little intimidating at first glance, but once you understand what you are getting into, it is easy as pie.
My data is backed up using this tool
Pros: This software helps me to keep my data backed up on the internet. I can use my data files when needed. The files are kept securely on the online servers (Not sure where exactly), but the good thing is that I can use them anytime. It also let me share files as needed and helps me with collaboration with others.
Cons: I guess everything is fine with this software. But the support system can be a little better. I would also like the price to be little less than what it is. Free trial time should be extended.
Recommendations to other buyers: You guys can keep your data backup using the online servers of this software. It is good to keep important data files when you don't have enough storage on your local computer or mobile devices.
Great support and effective management
Pros: This vendor has good support team and provides quick responses. It can be helpful to manage images and video documents.
Cons: I would like this to be integrated with CMS sites (like WordPress etc.) It will allow keeping images uploaded directly from the wordPress admin.
Recommendations to other buyers: They provide great features and provide good support as well.
CommuniCare Health Services (CHS)
Pros: Firefox problem and they fixed it in 2 days WOW! Any suggestions I have sent, they make/change on the new version.
Cons: IT (My IT group) would like to be able to to have a primary key that ties an EE to a specific e-mail address. Example we have 7K EE's and we don't all need e-mail addresses but we want to put in a Kiosk and do trianing but want a way that we can capture they individuals who will only log onto the system each quarter. Any suggestion we will accept and appreciate.
Overall: Yes, I have recommended your products to several vendors.
Selecting PPM
Pros: Very user friendly product
Great demo and follow-up conference calls
Ability to host software, which was a big plus for us
Ability to accept input from previous system
Willingness to work with us on contract language
Cons: None so far
Overall: We are just beginning our installation and conversion from another system, but so far we found the people at PolicyTech to be knowledgable and friendly. We look forward to having the system up and running in a short time with their help.
Helps with creating contractual documents
Comments: Nice application as it helps creating documents for the clients.
Pros: A right application to help manage documents including contracts with the clients. We are able to mange online documents and share with clients to get signed.
Cons: The interface has some challenges but the navigation is much better. Can be improved to improve actual page interface to create documents.
Zero developer support
Comments: I had to call back 3 times asking this basic question, "Do you support RESTful code" They sent me information that had NOTHING to do with my question.
Pros: Nothing, it's a file system with workflows... any document management system could do this.
Cons: They do not support any custom integration.... you can't write code to extract your own information!
Policy Tech has offered us a much needed solution for housing our policies and procedures.
Pros: The software is very intuitive. It is a great tool for not only centralizing policies and procedures but also for implementing controls that help keep things up to date and accurate. This helps keep employees informed and educated on the things they need to perform their job at the expected level.
Cons: The software does not appear to have the ability to "speak" to other documents that have been submitted. For example, if there is a company-wide policy or procedure that has been uploaded in multiple places, there is little chance that the "true" or most updated/correct version will be shared with everyone. The burden of determining redundancy or duplicate documents is on the users.
Overall: This product helped our company centralize our policies and procedures and implement a system of responsibility for keeping them in good order.
Nice file management with Auto reminders
Pros: Policytech is a great file management app. Managing huge files is even easier with policytech. I can also setup the reminders and get auto email reminders when needed. It helps me being on schedule. Recovering
Cons: Files recovery and revision history would be good to have there. Most other functionality looks great. But some more features can be added.
Recommendations to other buyers: The best feature I like about this app, is that it has auto email reminders. This is really great feature to have and it keep me on schedule. So I can recommend it.
Great for keeping the company policies and procedures all in one place.
Pros: I like that it has everything in one place. Every department used to keep there own, and I think that centralizing our policies and procedures in PolicyTech has been a great move.
Cons: The software takes a little getting used to on where the buttons are to read and approve the policies, but it just takes a little getting used to.
Overall: All of the bank's policies and procedures are kept in a centralized location.
Gets the job done
Comments: I've been using PolicyTech in an administrative capacity for the past three years. Overall I've been satisfied with the tool; it gets the job done. The major challenge we experience is the lack of consistency in our desktop environment that leads to various UI issues depending on the browser, WordPlus module version, etc.
Easy to use
Pros: Simple to use
tracking of document versions
electronic process throughout
easy to approve documents
quick response from support
Cons: On Mountain Time
Overall: If you are looking for a solution that is simple to use, user friendly and will document/track your policies and procedures this is a very good application for doing this.
Document management has been easier with Policy tech
Pros: Policytech provides flexible and easy way to manage the documents and the content. I have been able to manage contracts easily using this software. The mobile apps helps a lot to manage the docs using the mobile devices.
Cons: UI can be improved a lot. the functionality is great but interface is lacking.
Recommendations to other buyers: I guess you can start using it and see the functionality. Interface is not well so that could be a concern, but functionality works fine here.
Pros: Extremely easy to use. All aspects are user friendly for both the beginner and the experienced user. Easily customizable to individual site or organization. Customer support is OUTSTANDING !!
Cons: None at this time.
Overall: 5 stars !!! ***** We are extremely pleased with this product !!!
PolicyTech Review
Pros: Customer support is fantastic.
I appreciate the fact you ask your users to provide feedback.
Cons: The loss of being able to run reader reports has been a big problem.
Implementation was not easy- I was not given any suggestions as to how to roll the program out to over 500 users. Users have trouble setting up the system the first time to log in. I purchased a software program after this one to train 800 employees and it was a much easier program to use.
Overall: I recommended this program to the City of Sparks. I like the program, but it does have cons.
PolicyTech - Policy Management Software
Pros: The software is easy to use, and the customer support is top-notch.
Cons: The rollout of new software updates could be quicker.
Recommendations to other buyers: This is the best policy management software on the market. You will not be disappointed.
PolicyTech is great for our business!
Pros: I like its ease of use.
Cons: We would like the cost for cloud hosting to be less.
Recommendations to other buyers: Keep all documents in PolicyTech instead of various hard drives. That way, they are easily searchable and retrievable.
A Bit Old School
Comments: PolicyTech will give you all you need for the most part, and there is a 30 day trial to try things out before you commit.. But there seems to be no fixed pricing, it must be requested. (What is this, 2003?) But is customizable to fit your companies needs.
Compliance Officer
Pros: Easy to upload, create and send forward through the reviewal process
Cons: not sure yet
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As I made my way from Reading > Brighton on the morning of Friday 27th April, I found myself wondering; "What is in store for me at this wildly popular event for SEO-ers?", "Will I learn anything" and "Will they do flat whites?"
The answers were:
"An event brimming with millennials? In Brighton? Why did I even wonder."
The atmosphere was buzzing with the sound of people conversing about all things digital, the agenda reassuring diverse and topical, but with a delegate population disconcertingly younger than me.
So without further ado, here's a quick run-down of my takeaways* from this - my first expedition to Brighton SEO.
*Bearing in mind I'm mainly a content marketer, and not an SEO specialist.
#1 - Standing still is not an option
Berliner (thought not in the 'doughnut' way) Marcus Tober (Founder and CTO, SearchMetrics) reminded me about About.com during his slot.
Remember About.com? The place we all used to go to find out the best way to do x or y, or even find out what x and y was in the first place? With smiley SMEs fronting each subject matter area? Yeah them. They had a sh*t-ton of content on their site, and they enjoyed a lot of success and popularity in the SEO stakes for a time, but things evolved around them and they didn't adapt quickly enough.
They went from ranking really well for lots of things, to not ranking very well for lots of things.
Eventually they reacted by splitting About.com into different sub-brands, which I believe still exist today (e.g. thespruce.com), but really - who remembers them. The lesson is: Adapt, or slide off into the black hole of the unranked.
#2 - Don't be scared to delete content
Now this is one thing I wasn't comfortable with hearing. I admit it. People like me pour a lot of love and attention on crafting and editing and releasing content - we nearly give ourselves a hernia getting it out on time - and the fact you're telling me I should maybe think about burning it on a virtual bonfire upsets my insides.
However, I thought about it, and it makes sense, Eleni Cashell, UK Editor at Hotcourses.com. Obsolete, unwieldy and / or duplicated / spare content is bad for business. Niche, relevant, quality content is the way forward. Also, thanks for the Copyscape tip <adds to bookmarks> - really handy.
#3 - People are sharing via social media... less
Buzzsumo's Steve Rayson (Director) was on hand to talk us through the aforementioned company's Content Trends Report 2018; one of the main hooks being that people are actually sharing stuff on Facebook, Twitter et al, far less than they used to.
Instead, the largely BAU (in that we do it regularly and without a second thought) practice of 'dark sharing' has begun to surpass public sharing. Dark sharing being links shared via apps and sites like FB messenger, Slack, Whatsapp, etc. In fact, one of the key stats highlighted during Steve Rayson's slot was that 17% of industry news was shared via Slack (this was from a Hubspot report).
It's stuff that's notoriously difficult to track - and Google likes to throw it into the 'direct traffic' bucket in your Analytics stats when it can't identify the source.
Also, it appears that Clickbait is starting to lose its grip. And, in a world of continuous content overload and topic saturation, this can only be a good thing.
#4 - Search Console is your friend
I've always treated Google Search Console (formerly Webmaster Tools, I believe) like some kind of scary, sleeping animal. I tend to poke it a bit, stand back, and see if it does anything. Sometimes it does, and you feel a wave of "that. was. the. right. thing. to. do." relief - whilst at other times it can be like: "WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST DO".
Well, I've decided I'm going to make more of an effort with this tool from now on. Fili Wiese (SEO Expert at Searchbrothers, and ex-Googler) has reassured me that I can tame this clunky, clonky beast with a bit of care and effort and do some great things with it. I think he's right. As well as the features I already knew about (e.g. setting a preferred domain, indexing your site), there's also some interesting stuff to learn about setting URL parameters + deciding which actions Google should take, not to mention looking at past crawl logs with a view to identifying and fixing errors.
I, for one, am keeping my eyes peeled for ticket release for Brighton SEO's return in September 2018.


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The pink light of dawn ushers in another morning at the Grand Canyon. The Canyon is not the deepest canyon in the world, but it is known for its visually overwhelming size and its intricate and colorful landscape. Geologically, it is significant because of the thick sequence of ancient rocks that are well preserved and exposed in the walls of the Canyon.
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Radiologic Technology Clinical Coordinator/Instructor (Full-time Tenure-Track Faculty Position)
Job description
Start date of this assignment: Fall 2019
Radiologic Technology Clinical Coordinator/Instructor (Full-time Tenure-Track Faculty Position)
San Mateo County Community College District
Posting Number: 2014214F
Department: Science & Technology CAÑ (DEPT)
Location: Cañada College
Position Number: 3F0014
Percentage of Full Time: The work year is 175 days (10 month of service).
FLSA: Exempt (does not accrue overtime)
Months per Year: 10
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Salary Range:
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Position Type: Faculty Positions
Who We Are:
The San Mateo County Community District is committed to achieving educational equity for all students. As outlined in the District's Strategic Plan, "success, equity, and social justice for our students are longstanding goals." The District's "Students First" Strategic Plan is focused on "Student Success, Equity and Social Justice." We provide students with a rich and dynamic learning experience that embraces differences — emphasizing collaboration and engaging students in and out of the classroom, encouraging them to realize their goals, and to become global citizens and socially responsible leaders. When you join our team at San Mateo County Community College District, you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative and equity-focused community that approaches higher education as a matter of social justice that requires broad collaboration among faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners.
The College and the District:
Cañada College is part of the San Mateo County Community College District and is designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), enrolling approximately 11,000 students each academic year. Cañada College has a diverse student population that is a reflection of the communities that is serves. Detailed information about the student population, including data related to student success, can be found on Cañada College's Office of Planning, Research and Institutional Effectiveness (PRIE) website.
Who We Want:
We value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities and orientations. Therefore, we prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits diversity brings to a professional educational community. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded individual committed to collaborating with faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners who are also committed to closing equity gaps. An equity-minded individual is a person who already does or has demonstrated the desire to:
(1) Understand the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
(2) Reframe inequities as a problem of practice and view the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
(3) Encourage positive race-consciousness and embrace human difference;
(4) Reflect on institutional and teaching practices and aim to make them more culturally responsive; and
(5) Strategically build buy-in and participation among colleagues for equity-related initiatives.
The San Mateo County Community District seeks employees who value mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative environment, guided by a commitment to helping all students achieve their educational goals. All departments strongly encourage collaboration across disciplines to create inclusive, integrated, and interdisciplinary learning experiences. College faculty are expected to be knowledgeable about, and willing to use, different learning and teaching methods appropriate to the students they serve.
The Position:
The College seeks a full-time, tenure track faculty member in Radiologic Technology. The ideal candidate will share the College's commitment to educating a racially and socioeconomically diverse student population.
The Radiologic Technology Clinical Coordinator/Instructor serves as the primary liaison between the college and clinical affiliates.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The duties below are representative of the duties of the classification and are not intended to cover all of the duties performed by the incumbent(s) of any particular position. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the scope of work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to this classification.
1. Classroom instruction, including didactic, laboratory, and clinical courses in radiologic technology
2. Act as liaison between the college and hospital department manager
3. Chair and maintain minutes for monthly clinical instructors' meetings
4. Maintain master calendar of clinical education rotations
5. Submit appropriate documents to clinical facilities
6. Coordinate and evaluate student clinical experiences
7. Monitor and assure student health and safety during clinical rotations
8. Maintain student clinical records, and disseminate and control x-ray monitoring devices
9. Consult with students during regularly scheduled office and lab hours
10. Schedule adjunct clinical coordinator/instructor clinical assignments
11. Maintain expertise in current teaching methodologies and curricula and develop new instructional materials and techniques to meet the changing needs of students
12. Take a leadership role in assessing curriculum and keeping it up-to-date. Contribute to new course development
13. Take a leadership role in the development, assessment, and modification (as needed) of student learning outcomes for clinical training and in program learning outcomes
14. Participate in the development and/or selection of course materials, equipment, and technology that will enhance the offerings of the department
15. Assist the Program Director in the recruitment and training of new clinical coordinators/instructors
16. Assist in the development of accreditation documentation and comprehensive review
17. Develop and coordinate the preparation of a variety of print materials and electronic information about the program
18. Participate as a member of department, division, and college committees
19. Perform other professional duties as required by contract and general institutional needs
Minimum Qualifications:
• Possession of a any Bachelor's degree AND two years of professional experience OR an Associate degree AND six years of professional experience OR the equivalent (see below)• Three years (3) of documented full-time clinical experience in the field• Two (2) years of documented experience as an instructor in a JRCERT accredited program• Possession of current California CRT (Certified Radiologic Technologist) and Fluoroscopy licenses• Possession of an ARRT (American Registry of Radiologic Technologists) certification• Demonstrated cultural competence, sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff as these factors relate to the need for equity minded-practice both within and outside of the classroom
Physical Requirements:
Equivalence to Minimum Qualifications:
For persons applying for this position based on Equivalence, please answer the supplemental question on the online application choosing one or more of the following: Degree Equivalence
The applicant possesses a degree(s) with similar content to those listed for the relevant discipline. The name of the degree is close to that specified on the Disciplines List but the degree either has a different title or area of expertise or the coursework is slightly different.Academic Background Equivalence
Related to disciplines in which a Master's Degree is not generally expected or available. The applicant must have completed at least 24 semester units of coursework in the academic field and must possess at least the equivalent level of achievement and the equivalent in breadth, depth of understanding, and rigor in each of the following:
i) a broad cultural education usually met by the general education requirements for any Bachelor's or Associate's Degree, and
ii) a detailed study of the discipline in breadth, depth, and rigor, usually met by course work required for the degree major.
The applicant must have completed the General Education requirements for that degree and show evidence of outstanding professional achievement and/or substantial training in the requested field. The applicant must submit substantial evidence, which demonstrates that his/her preparation, teaching experience, work experience, and ability are equivalent to those expected from a person who meets the minimum qualifications.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Preference will be given to candidates with:
1. Successful experience in teaching or evidence of preparation to teach the full range of college Radiologic Technology coursesEvidence of outstanding ability as a teacher:
In addition to a classroom teaching demonstration, unit plan presentation, and written skills demonstration that will be part of the interview process, appropriate evidence includes, but is not limited to, experience, training, or achievement that the candidate has:
2. The ability to use teaching methods that emphasize cooperation and collaboration and engage students actively in their studies, encouraging them to become critical thinkers and independent learners
3. The ability to organize and explain materials in ways appropriate to students with differing abilities, levels of preparation, and cultural experiences
4. The ability to motivate students from a broad spectrum of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds
5. The ability to consistently and appropriately monitor and assess students' progress and provide substantive feedback
6. A commitment to the creative use of technology in teaching and learning in environments, such as computer-assisted or smart classrooms
7. A commitment to the scholarship of teaching and learning, including the ability to reflect on and evaluate the effectiveness of one's own pedagogy and to make such reflection public
8. The ability to teach in specialized programs designed to encourage student success and to utilize instructional support services for both faculty and students
9. A commitment to working with faculty as well as administrative and classified staff in the spirit of collegiality
10. An enthusiasm for, understanding of, and commitment to the role and purpose of the community college
11. A commitment to the teaching profession, its goals and ideals, and enthusiasm for the mission of the community college
12. The ability and desire to work collaboratively with faculty and staff to enhance instruction, curriculum, laboratory preparations, student learning support, and student success
13. A commitment to the professional responsibility of serving on participatory governance committees
Preferred Qualifications:
• Master's degree in a related field • Recent experience working with racially minoritized and other disproportionately-impacted students in the classroom and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups within higher education and particular fields shape patterns of participation and outcomes • Willingness to examine and remediate one's instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized and other disproportionately impacted students • Experience and skill with addressing inequity in the classroom and on campus • Experience and expertise in culturally-responsive teaching in radiologic technology • Demonstrated ability to address equity gaps within radiologic technology courses and classrooms • Demonstrated knowledge of the implications of the Hispanic-Serving Institution designation for institutional, departmental and instructional practices
Benefits include paid holidays, vacation and sick leave. The District pays all or a portion of monthly medical plan premiums (depending on the coverage) and pays all of the monthly dental and vision plan premiums for employees and eligible dependents. Additional paid benefits include life insurance, salary continuance insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program. Academic employees participate in the State Teachers' Retirement System, a defined-benefit retirement plan through the State of California (no contributions to Social Security). Optional tax-deferred 403(b) and 457 retirement plans are also available.
Open Date: 04/10/2019
First Review Date: 05/15/2019
Close Date:
Open Until Filled: Yes
Special Instructions Summary:
Required Application Materials All applicants are required to submit: 1. A completed online District application form (go to https://jobs.smccd.edu to complete the application and to apply for this position) 2. A resume that details all relevant education, training, and teaching experience (including courses taught), and other work experience 3. Undergraduate and graduate academic transcripts (copies accepted) Unofficial copies of all undergraduate and graduate academic transcripts may be submitted with the application; official copies will be required at the time of the interview. 4. A cover letter that includes discussion of the following questions: • What do you feel are the best strategies for supporting students who have been historically marginalized? • Think of the most successful class you have taught. What were the key factors in creating that success for racially-minoritized and other underserved disproportionately disadvantaged students? • How is your teaching approach culturally-responsive to the students you serve? If you have any questions regarding your application, please contact: SMCCCD Office of Human Resources 3401 CSM Drive, San Mateo, CA 94402 Tel.: (650) 574-6555 Fax (650) 574-6574 Web Page: www.smccd.edu/hr
Conditions of Employment:
Prior to employment, the selected candidate will be required to complete the following:
1. Submit official transcripts (applies to all faculty or educational administrative positions)Foreign Education completed outside of the United States must be deemed equivalent to that gained in conventional/accredited U.S. education programs in order for it to be considered for the satisfaction of minimum qualifications. Foreign transcripts must be translated and evaluated by a U.S.-based credentials evaluation service. The District currently accepts evaluations from agencies approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
2. Submit verifications of prior employment
3. Satisfactory references
4. Successfully being cleared for employment through the background checking process
5. Present original documents for proof of eligibility to work in the United States
6. Approval of your employment by the SMCCCD Board of Trustees
7. Provide a certificate of Tuberculosis exam for initial employment.
8. Have fingerprints taken by a Live Scan computer (Clearance must be received prior to first day of employment). Please note that the California Education Code requires, in part, that community college districts shall not employ or retain in employment persons in public school service who have been convicted of certain felonies, a misdemeanor drug charge (including alcohol offenses) or misdemeanor moral turpitude (sexual offense) crime. However, consideration may be given to those whose drug convictions occurred more than five years ago. A conviction for other crimes may not necessarily disqualify you from the job for which you may be applying.
EEO Statement:
The San Mateo County Community College District is an Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to employ individuals who represent the rich diversity of cultures, language groups, and abilities of its surrounding communities.
Applicants who have disabilities may request that special accommodations be made in order to complete the selection process. Accommodation request forms and a copy of the Americans with Disabilities Act applicant procedures are available in the Office of Human Resources.
Annual Security Report:
San Mateo County Community College District's (SMCCCD) 2018 Annual Security Report (ASR), required by the Clery Act, includes statistics for the previous three years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in certain off-campus buildings owned or controlled by SMCCCD; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from SMCCCD. Our 2018 Annual Security Report also outlines various campus safety and security policies, such as those concerning crime reporting, prevention and response to sexual and gender violence, alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, emergency response and evacuation procedures, and other matters. The 2018 Annual Security Report is now available. The Annual Security Report also includes important tips to help every member of the community remain safe and avoid becoming a victim of crime. You can obtain a copy of this report by contacting the Department of Public Safety at the District Office or any of the three Campuses (650) 738-7000.
To apply, visit: https://jobs.smccd.edu/
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The gluten-free market is one of the fastest growing markets worldwide. For the 18 million Americans who suffer from gluten intolerance, gluten sensitivity or celiac disease, gluten-free products are a necessity. To help assure customer confidence, the FDA issued a final rule on August 5, 2014, that defines gluten-free claims across the food industry. To enforce the final rule FDA may use its full range of routine post-market monitoring activities, including periodic inspections of manufacturer's facilities, food label reviews and gluten analyses of food samples.
Rotimi Toki, is principal of Rottoks Food Safety Management Consulting Services Limited. He has provided services to some of the top brands in food service and manufacturing sectors. Rotimi specializes in Quality Systems Audit, developing an integrated food safety management system based on HACCP principles. He has more than 20 years of experience. He works with industry in applying the principles of quality and food safety management. He has been an integral part of raising industry standard and helping manufacturers achieving Quality certifications.
He has worked at many senior Technical, Operational and Quality levels within the Food Industry in Ireland, Nigeria and the UK, namely, Brian Munro, Cuisine de France, Tesco and Marks & Spencer gaining valuable hands on experience which he brings seamlessly into every training course. Rotimi, is a Food Technologist, a certified food safety trainer and Safefood360 certified partner. He has a Master degree in Food Safety Management from Dublin Institute of Technology.


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Aloha Mark,
Last year, with the help of thousands of Turtle Island Restoration Network supporters, we urged Hawaiian state legislators to support a bill that would have ended the unsustainable aquarium trade in reef fish.
The aquarium trade snatches wild fish from coral reefs, puts them in plastic bags, and ships them off to be sold for private aquariums. As you can imagine, a staggering 99% of these animals die within a year and require replacement.
Some activists have estimated that half a million fish are caught every month by this industry. Our coral reefs simply can not handle this extraction – the fish need to stay on the reef where they belong!
The bill made it through both houses and ended up on Governor David Ige's desk where, much to our disappointment, he vetoed it.
Fortunately, a separate litigation track was underway by an allied organization.
Last week, in response to a favorable court ruling, the Hawai`i Department of Land and Natural Resources announced that no aquatic life may be taken for commercial aquarium purposes off West Hawai'i until an environmental review is completed.
Stopping the aquarium trade will help protect Hawaii's magnificent marine fish including yellow tangs, Potter's angelfish, blueline butterflyfish, moorish idols, and so many more.
Let's celebrate this victory!
But as with any victory, we must stay vigilant, especially as the environmental review is conducted.
Stay tuned for how you can help us watchdog the environmental review process to make sure that Hawaiian coral reefs are truly protected from this devastating industry.
Cheryl King, Hawai`i Program Director
Turtle Island Restoration Network
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