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Being new to this forum, I was interested to read this thread that was revived. I was a paralegal for 18 years in medium and large firms. I also taught paralegal courses as an adjunct instructor at two local colleges. When I first started out, I was asked in interviews how many words a minute I could type (not many) and did I know shorthand (no! anad some of you may not even know what shorthand is). Those firms needed a secretary and that wasn't me. I never thought of it as "just a job". I've been fortunate to work with great attorneys and learn fundatmentals from them. Through my career (notice I didn't say "jobs"), I worked in a lot of different areas and gained experience in real estate, worker's compensation, personal injury, complex litigation, RICO actions, fraud cases and employment discrimination. I had all the stress that the attorneys had and put in plenty of overtime. I worked myself into a great niche and with the last firm I worked in, I prepared cases for mediation/arbitration and trial and put together the presenations that were used to present our case. I sat in ADR and trial and worked closely with the attorney and client. There were many times I was in the office or working when the attorney wasn't. So to say that a paralegal inevitably works less hours depends on the kind of work that s/he does. I worked with some who were strict 8:30 am to 5:00 pm and that was it. I was accepted to law school 10 years ago, but it wasn't the right time for me. (My brother was fighting cancer and in that period of time, I had my own severe health problems to deal with). Now is a good time for me and I'm headed to the Class of 2012. And you know what? All the years in my paralegal career have prepared me and will make me a better attorney. Because of the exposure I've gained, I know exactly what area of law I want to practice and what I don't, I know what to expect day-to-day, and I know how to treat a staff.
FYI interesting study ranking paralegal assistants as being a better job than an attorney or a federal judge!...Much is made of the fact that federal judges must make substantial financial sacrifices when they leave private law practice.But the editors of a new best jobs list believe its better to be a federal judge, and better still to be a paralegal assistant. ...The list puts annual income at $109, 207 for lawyers, at $152,027 for federal judges and at $46,155 for paralegals.
Here is how I would compare themA lawyer is to a paralegal As a pimp is to a hoe.
Quote from: perezr8 on July 02, 2009, 09:47:36 AMHere is how I would compare themA lawyer is to a paralegal As a pimp is to a hoe.spoken like a person with no practical experience whatsoever
Ambition is everything but I think all of you who already worked as paralegals gathered a lot of experience so I wouldn't say all time has been lost. You will surely be better lawyers than your bosses

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Mayor & City Council
Mayor Gary Lorenz
Gary Lorenz has been serving the community as mayor of the City of Ankeny since December 2012. Prior to serving as mayor, Lorenz served two terms as an Ankeny City Council Member. After a three-year hiatus from the City Council, Lorenz was asked to fill the vacancy created by then Mayor Steve Van Oort's election to the Polk County Board of Supervisors in 2012. Lorenz accepted the call and was appointed by the City Council to fill the remaining balance of the term. Lorenz then ran unopposed for mayor in November 2013 and was re-elected for a second term in November 2017.
In addition to his responsibilities as mayor, Lorenz has served the community as a member of the Waste Water Reclamation Authority Board and Executive Committee, Metropolitan Planning Organization, BRAVO, Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau, Metro Advisory Council, Greater Des Moines Partnership Board and Executive Committee, Mid Iowa Association of Local Governments, currently serving as chair, Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce Board and Executive Committee, Ankeny Economic Development Corporation, Polk County Aviation Authority along with various other local and regional task forces and committees.
Prior to retirement, Lorenz was part of the ownership team at long-time Ankeny business, Lorenz & Jones Marine Distributors. In 2010, he was honored by the Ankeny Chamber of Commerce as its Small Business Person of the Year. In 2014, Lorenz was honored by the Ankeny Economic Development Corporation as its 2014 Person of Vision.
Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Lorenz has lived in Ankeny since his 1978 marriage to his wife Becky. They have three children and four grandchildren.
Term expires 12/31/21
Council Members
Mark Holm, Mayor Pro-tem
Mark Holm is serving his second term on the Ankeny City Council. As a council member, he serves on the City/School Subcommittee, Metro Waste Authority Board, and Ankeny Sports Complex Foundation. Mark also volunteers for the New Horizon Adult Care Center, Ankeny Summerfest Committee, Backpack Buddies and the Ankeny Service Center. Prior to his election to the City Council, Mark served on the Ankeny Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Mark and his wife Kari (Vogt) have three sons. Kari is a surgical nurse at Methodist Hospital. Kari is a graduate of Ankeny High School, Iowa State University and Grandview College.
Mark was raised on a farm near Corydon, Iowa. He has a B.A. degree from Iowa State University, where he majored in political science. He works for the Iowa Department of Transportation and holds the title of Public Service Manager 1 in the Office of Right of Way in Ames, Iowa. In his position, he administers the statewide right of way acquisition and relocation assistance programs.
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Kerry Walter-Ashby
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Bobbi Bentz
Bobbi Bentz is serving her second term on the Ankeny City Council. Bobbi grew up in Ankeny and moved to the community in 1980. She and her husband Adam have three children and are actively involved in a variety of youth sports and activities in Ankeny. Adam owns a small business, BAB Sports, Inc.
Bobbi currently represents Ankeny on the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitor's Bureau, the Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Metro Advisory Council. During her two terms on the Council, she also served on the Bravo Greater Des Moines Board of Directors and the School/City Committee and was a member of the Ankeny Comprehensive 2040 Plan steering committee. Bobbi spearheaded 100 Women Who Care Ankeny in 2017 and is a Board member of Art for Ankeny.
Bobbi graduated from Ankeny High School in 1997. She has an undergraduate degree from Cornell College in Economics and Business, two Masters' degrees from the University of Iowa in Health Administration and Public Health, and is completing her PhD from the University of Iowa. Bobbi is an Executive Account Manager at Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Bobbi is the current chair of the Congenital and Inherited Disorders Advisory Council for the State of Iowa and serves on the Board of Directors of the Iowa Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
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Jim McKenna
Jim McKenna is serving his second term on the Ankeny City Council.
Jim has been an Ankeny resident for more than 62 years. He is retired from the City of Ankeny utilities department after 39 years of public service, 36 of which he was an administrator.
Jim serves as the chair of the Central Iowa Regional Drinking Water Commission (CIRDWC), a group of metro area community elected officials and staff professionals who discuss current and future water needs and projects to provide adequate quality water supplies now and into the future.
Jim also serves on the DM Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority (WRA), which assists in planning and operational needs for wastewater treatment and pollution control in the metro area.
Jim and his wife Suzy have two children, Matt (Tracy), Mollie (deceased) (Dan) Vallejo, four grandchildren; Malin, McKenna, Daniel, Gracie and three step-grandchildren; Brittnee, Paeton, and Haydon. Jim's children are Ankeny graduates and reside in Ankeny. All grandchildren are currently in the Ankeny school system except Brittnee who resides in Oklahoma.
Jim is a 1968 Ankeny High School graduate and Navy Vietnam War veteran.
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Kelly Whiting
Kelly is serving her first term on the Ankeny City Council. Kelly grew up in Marshalltown, IA, and with various relocations for work, has chosen to live in Ankeny twice.
Kelly and her husband, Trever, have two children. Trever works in the golf industry and manages the couples' small business. The Whiting family likes to volunteer as a family and have served as a foster family.
Kelly is active in the insurance industry and is the Vice President of Business Development at RAS, a workers' compensation insurance company. She is a graduate of Iowa State University.
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With the explosive increase in cash rents and the continued decrease of interest rates, the savings by electing special use valuation for estate tax purposes may not be available in 2012.
One of the special estate tax provisions for farmers is the option to elect to reduce the value of the estate to reflect the value based upon capitalization of rental income of their farmland. If this resulting number is substantially lower than the normal fair market value of the farmland, the estate can elect to reduce the value to this number. The rules and regulations on this Statute are complex and the penalties for failing to properly make this election can be extreme, but the purposes of this post is to see how high cash rents and low interest rates affect this election.
For 2012, an estate can be worth $5.12 million and pay no federal estate tax. The estate can elect to use special use valuation on up to $1.040 million of value.
The IRS issues each year a list of the interest rates charged by the appropriate Farm Credit System bank for each region of the country. For example, AgriBank, FCB covers most of the Midwest states such as Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri, etc. The interest rate to be used for 2010 was 6.41% and for 201a, the rate was 6.12%. The 2012 rates will most likely be issued in a couple of months and I would expect these rates to be at least 50 basis points lower and perhaps even lower.
Let's assume we have a farmer living in Iowa whose only asset is 640 acres of good Iowa farmground that is currently worth exactly $6,160,000 ($9,625 per acre) if it was sold on the open market. The current federal estate tax for this property passing to his son who has farmed the property for many years would be $364,000. However, the estate could elect to reduce the value of the property by taking the comparable net cash rent for similar property, reducing this rent by any applicable property taxes and then dividing by the interest charged of 6.12% (using the 2011 rates). To get the value down to exactly $5.12 million, which is the amount where there is no federal estate tax due, would require a net cash rental rate of $489.60 per acre.
It is likely even with the rise in cash rental rates for 2012, the estate could make the argument that most cash rents, even for good Iowa farmland, are less than $490 per acre, net of property taxes.
However, if the 2012 interest rate comes in at 5.62%, this lowers the cash rental rate hurdle to $450 per acre and if the rate is 5.12%, it is about $410 per acre. Most of the cash rents that I am hearing about for very good Iowa farmland are approaching, if not exceeding $450 per acre. Therefore, instead of being able to fully reduce the farmland value by the full $1.04 million available, the estate may only get half that amount and still owe perhaps $200,000 in federal estate taxes.
In years past, it was usually easier to reduce the estate using special use valuation than it may now be with low interest rates and high cash rents.


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- Yellow MacLeod
The best known MacLeod tartan is "loud" MacLeod, illustrated on the right, a yellow tartan with three broad black bands and a narrow red line. The tartan was designed in 1841 as "MacLeod." It is sometimes called dress MacLeod and MacLeod of Lewis, but it was designed long after the family of the Lewes had ceased to be chiefs. Any MacLeod may wear the tartan.
- Green MacLeod
The other common MacLeod tartan, illustrated on the left, is a green, black and blue tartan, with red and yellow lines. The tartan was first recorded in 1831 but is probably older. It is sometimes called MacLeod of Harris, but any MacLeod may wear it.
The tartan can be purchased in dark, or modern colours; medium, or ancient colours, or muted colours.
There are several other tartans including MacLeod of California, worn by Chief John in his photograph, and Centenary tartan. More details of other tartans can be found in "The Tartans of Clan MacLeod", available from Clan MacLeod Society of Scotland.
Six Presidents of National Societies, Chief John and President of ACMS wear four different tartans. Four are wearing green MacLeod, two are wearing yellow MacLeod; one is wearing red MacLeod of Raasay and one, on the right, is wearing a yellow tartan from a portrait of John Norman MacLeod, 24th Chief, at Dunvegan Castle.


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Quest Haven Assylum&Elfin Forest
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We didn't go by the Church, so don't know about that. We mostly hung around a meadow that had trees in a semi-circle on one side and stones in a semi-circle on the other. The energies in that area were very strong in a positive way. Outside of that area we saw shadow creatures and strange lights and sounds like ppl talking but we could not find anyone.
Good Luck with your investigations.....
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COOLNESS...how far from Questhaven Rd was the spot you described...I know it was several years ago, but I'd love to find that area. From what I heard, the entire area had been used by the Native People to mediate tribal disputes and conflicts.
Well, guys, Union Tribune archives make no mention of a
sanitarium ever existing on the site...not sure if I want to just keep looking for an Institution in the area or chalking it up to Urban Legends-I do want to still check things out there
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I don't remember the name of the road :-[, i think we came up through San Marcos(sp?) and there was some horse trails that led to the meadow, we weren't able to drive there. I realize that is very vague, but hope you stumble on to it in your wanderings somehow . Good Luck.
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The Elfin forest is about 45miles south of San Diego, I know that's not much help unless you're familiar with the area, but its in Southern Cal
The church itself I'd like to sniff around, but the forest I think is very neat, I'd still hope to stumble across the grove that valkyrie found
Hope that helps a little,
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Which things did you mean? As far as the supernatural dangers, all I felt was curiosity about why I was there, at least from the Spirits. Do you know anything about the Church of the Holy Quest itself????
It does have a real rep with the local policia and I guess its still really popular with dealers and meth/crack production, lots of police spotter planes overhead
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Global superstar Jennifer Lopez lights up the Zappos Theater with her first ever headlining residency "Jennifer Lopez: ALL I HAVE", exclusively at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. The live concert experience featuring Jennifer Lopez in Las Vegas shows off her fierce talents and megawatt star power. From explosive dance numbers to raw, personal moments, Lopez keeps fans on the edge of their seats in this once-in-a-lifetime experience. Her combination of Hollywood glamour, rock star persona and Latin American heritage come to life on stage each night.
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Abuse isn't just about bruises. Not all forms of abuse leave bruises where we can see them,How Domestic Violence Act Protects Citizens in South Africa . Although physical abuse is terrifying and needs to be addressed immediately there are other forms of abuse that can cause significant damage. One type of abuse that is very difficult for outsiders to detect is financial abuse. Marriage should be a partnership but when one spouse completely dominates the finances to the point that the other spouse has no control and no options financial abuse may be occurring.
What Are Signs of Potential Financial Abuse?
Every married couple handles their finances differently. In some cases one spouse handles the majority of the finances. They manage the accounts, pay the bills and deal with creditors. That does not by itself equal financial abuse.
Financial abuse occurs when one spouse is treated like an irresponsible child and Domestic Violence Effects On Children . They are cut off from funds and their knowledge about the couple's finances is severely limited. Some signs of financial abuse include:
•Strict Allowances. This isn't an amount that the spouses have agreed to limit themselves to but is instead a set amount that is grudgingly handed out from one spouse to the other and is all that will be given.
Documents, documents, documents. Written evidence is incredibly strong and can range from credit card bills showing that there is a credit card but that you aren't named on it to emails from your spouse that show the financial abuse.
Other witnesses can be incredibly powerful on your behalf. Financial abuse is hard for people outside the relationship to detect. So when someone credible comes in and tells the judge that it is happening and they can see it the judge will listen and Domestic Violence Emotional Abuse .
How Domestic Violence Act Protects Citizens in South Africa ?
We're all capable of abuse when we're frustrated or hurt. We may be guilty of criticizing, judging, withholding, and controlling, but some abusers, including narcissists, take abuse to a different level. Narcissistic Abuse can be physical, mental, emotional, sexual, financial, and/or spiritual. Some types of emotional abuse are not easy to spot, including manipulation. It can include emotional blackmail, using threats and intimidation to exercise control. Narcissists are masters of verbal abuse and manipulation. They can go so far as to make you doubt your own perceptions, called gaslighting.
The Motivation for Narcissistic Abuse
Remember that narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) and abuse exist on a continuum, ranging from silence to violence. Rarely will a narcissist take responsibility for his or her behavior. Generally, they deny their actions, and augment the abuse by blaming the victim. Particularly, malignant narcissists aren't bothered by guilt. They can be sadistic and take pleasure in inflicting pain. They can be so competitive and unprincipled that they engage in anti-social behavior. Don't confuse narcissism with anti-social personality disorder.
The objective of narcissistic abuse is power. They act with the intent to diminish or even hurt other people. The most important thing to remember about intentional abuse is that it's designed to dominate you. Abusers' goals are to increase their control and authority, while creating doubt, shame, and dependency in their victims. They want to feel superior to avoid hidden feelings of inferiority. Understanding this can empower you. Like all bullies, despite their defenses of rage, arrogance, and self-inflation, they suffer from shame. Appearing weak and humiliated is their biggest fear. Knowing this, it's essential not to take personally the words and actions of an abuser. This enables you to confront narcissistic abuse.
Mistakes in Dealing with Abuse
When you forget an abuser's motives, you may naturally react in some of these ineffective ways:
1. Appeasement. If you placate to avoid conflict and anger, it empowers the abuser, who sees it as weakness and an opportunity to exert more control.
4. Set Boundaries. Boundaries are rules that govern the way you want to be treated. People will treat you the way you allow them to. You must know what your boundaries are before you can communicate them. This means getting in touch with your feelings, listening to your body, knowing your rights, and learning assertiveness. They must be explicit.
Don't hint or expect people to read your mind.
5. Have Consequences. After setting boundaries, if they're ignored, it's important to communicate and invoke consequences. These are not threats, but actions you take to protect yourself or meet your needs.
6. Be Educative. Research shows that narcissists have neurological deficits that affect their interpersonal reactions. You're best approach is to educate a narcissist like a child. Explain the impact of their behavior and provide incentives and encouragement for different behavior. This may involve communicating consequences. It requires planning what you're going to say without being emotional.
Get Support
To respond effectively requires support. Without it, you may languish in self-doubt and succumb to abusive disinformation and denigration. It's challenging to change your reactions, let alone those of anyone else. Expect pushback when you stand up for yourself. This is another reason why support is essential. You will need courage and consistency. Whether or not the narcissist makes changes, you'll get tools to protect yourself and raise your self-worth that will improve how you feel whether you stay or leave. CoDA meetings and psychotherapy provide guidance and support.
Warning: If you're experiencing physical abuse, expect it to continue or escalate. Get help immediately.
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Mother In Law Abuse - What You Can Do About It
When you have a brief encounter with a narcissist, you might not realize that the person has a personality disorder which is typified by being very self-absorbed and lacking in empathy for others. However, when you are a target of narcissistic abuse, and are in a relationship with this person, your every day life becomes confusing and painful.
Before getting into ways you can rebuild your self-esteem, let's take a moment to describe the behavior of a narcissist for those who might not be clear about what the term means. An individual with narcissistic personality disorder goes through life with an overwhelming need to be validated all the time, and told they are wonderful, smarter than anyone else and are entitled to only the finest treatment by everyone. They take offense easily, and get angry quickly if they interpret a remark as being an insult. In their craving for attention and approval, they are usually adept at being charming when they want something from someone else, and then if they are refused will have an almost instant transformation into being very angry. They are quick to judge other people as inferior, and enjoy using phrases that are racist, demeaning and derogatory of other groups of people.
For example, a narcissist, feeling he is superior to everyone else, will commonly say things like, "The masses are asses!"
While some people like to say that a narcissist is someone with excess self-love or vanity, that really doesn't do more than give a surface definition. To know more, you have to understand a bit about how this disorder began, and it is typically stated in definitions of the disorder that it began with trauma early in childhood, during the phase when the child should have been developing a healthy sense of self. Instead, the child formed the opinion, usually as a result of abusive treatment including neglect, that he was not good enough the way he was and needed to create a "perfect" persona to show to the world to gain that all-important approval the child craved.
4. Are you still breathing? A relationship with a narcissistic abuser can feel devastating, but notice that you are still alive, and that means there is more for you to do and enjoy in this life, free from abuse. Part of your birthright is that you deserve to enjoy a life that you truly love wherein you make your dreams come true and feel happier than you ever believed possible. You can achieve this switch from victim to victorious by refusing to let the abuser win. Dismiss all those negative things he or she assaulted you with.
5. Every day, repeat this affirmation to yourself several times, out loud if possible so that you hear a voice telling you this: "I do enough, I am good enough, I am enough." Use the power of positive affirmations to build high self-esteem so that you will gradually replace those old negative statements that you accepted as true just because an abuser said them so often with great authority.
It is not an overnight process to rebuild your self-esteem when you have been repeatedly abused by a partner or parent with narcissistic personality disorder, but don't give up. Keep your focus on building a life for yourself where you only attract loving people and loving events to you, and you will soon find yourself smiling and enjoying peace of mind and glowing, healthy self-esteem.


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When I get a call from some number I know I want to convert it into a contact. I expected to be able to do something like long press, then type the contact name, but when I long press and select add to contacts, it just kind of disappears into my contact list. I'm sure everyone does this all the time, and so I am missing a really obvious way, but perhaps someone can enlighten me how to do this easily.
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British actress Gemma Arterton has seemingly confirmed she has split from husband Stefano Catelli after just two years of marriage.
Rumors recently emerged suggesting the "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" star had separated from her Italian partner, and the star is said to have opened up about the gossip while at a party following the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards on Sunday.
Arterton misplaced a ring she was wearing while at Harvey Weinstein's bash at Loulou's nightclub in London, and told newspaper columnist Richard Kay, "It's true I've split with my husband but it's not my engagement ring. The ring is diamonds (sic) and it means a lot to me."
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CSC Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2012 Results
News Release -- May 17, 2012
FALLS CHURCH, Va., May 17 – CSC (NYSE: CSC) today reported fourth quarter fiscal 2012 revenue of $4.11 billion and fully diluted EPS from continuing operations of ($1.02) compared to fourth quarter fiscal 2011 revenue of $4.20 billion and fully diluted EPS from continuing operations of $1.01. Fourth quarter revenue declined by 2.1% and declined 1.5% in constant currency.
The Company also announced full year revenue of $15.88 billion and fully diluted EPS from continuing operations of ($27.38) compared to fiscal 2011 revenue of $16.04 billion and fully diluted EPS from continuing operations of $4.51. Full year revenue decreased by 1.0% and decreased 2.9% in constant currency. The reduction in the Company's earnings per share for fiscal 2012 as compared to fiscal 2011 is primarily due to goodwill impairment charges of $17.41 per share, a U.K. National Health Service (NHS) charge of $10.03 per share, a U.S. claims settlement of $1.06 per share, a restructuring charge of $0.88 per share, higher corporate general and administrative expenses, and dilution from acquisitions. These charges were partially offset by a lower tax rate.
The financial summary for the quarter and full year include:
- New business awards of $6.3 billion for the quarter, an increase of 40% year-over-year, and $19.3 billion for the year, an increase of 30%.
- Pre-tax margin of (3.79%) for the quarter and (27.38%) for the year.
- Operating margin of (1.73%) for the quarter and (7.88%) for the year.
- Operating cash flow of $496 million for the quarter and $1.18 billion for the year.
- Free cash flow of $231 million for the quarter and $59 million for the full year.
New Business Awards
Across the three lines of business, new business awards for the fourth quarter were $6.3 billion. The Managed Services Sector (MSS) reported $4.0 billion of new business, North American Public Sector (NPS) contributed approximately $1.2 billion, and Business Solutions & Services (BSS) closed $1.1 billion of new business.
For the full year, new business awards of $19.3 billion increased by 30% when compared to fiscal 2011. 2012 awards were comprised of $9.5 billion from MSS, $6.0 billion from NPS, and $3.8 billion from BSS.
Revenue by Line of Business
For the quarter, NPS revenue was $1.40 billion (down 6.6% from the fourth quarter last year), MSS revenue was $1.71 billion (a decrease of 2.3% from the fourth quarter of last year and a decrease of 1.3% in constant currency) and BSS revenue was $1.03 billion (an increase of 5.1% from the fourth quarter last year and an increase of 5.7% in constant currency).
For the fiscal year, NPS revenue was $5.70 billion (down 5.0% from last year), MSS revenue was $6.62 billion (an increase 0.5% from last year and a decrease of 2.2% in constant currency) and BSS revenue was $3.68 billion (an increase of 3.0% from last year and a decrease of 0.5% in constant currency).
CEO Commentary by Mike Lawrie
"We consider these results to be very poor as the Company is executing well below an acceptable level for CSC and its investors. There are many reasons for our under-performance – primarily NHS write-offs and challenges managing our cost structure, aligning our global organization, and in executing some of our MSS contracts. We are also experiencing some market headwinds in the Federal business and in Europe.
There were some positives in the quarter – namely our new business awards of $6.3 billion which showed particular strength in MSS and in North America.
As I said previously, our Company is in a turnaround situation and we are taking the first steps on that journey which include remediation plans for under-performing contracts, new leadership, revised compensation plans which reward business performance, implementing a more efficient operating model with updated lines of accountability, restructuring and cost re-balancing activities. This will be a multi-year journey, but we aim to place our business on a more profitable trajectory to the benefit of our employees, customers, and investors. I am confident that we can fix our current problems and start to deliver more acceptable results."
The Company is still evaluating the impact of the turnaround initiatives and will issue annual guidance for fiscal year 2013 at a later date, probably during the next earnings call which will be held in August.
Conference Call and Webcast
CSC senior management will host a conference call and Webcast at 11 a.m. EDT today. The conference call dial-in number for domestic callers is 888-378-0320. Callers who reside outside the United States or Canada should dial 719-325-4856. The passcode for all participants is 4283894. The Webcast and presentation slides can be accessed at www.dxc.technology/investor_relations.
Non-GAAP Measures
In an effort to provide investors with additional information regarding the Company's results as determined by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the Company has also disclosed in this press release non-GAAP information which management believes provides useful information to investors, including: operating income, operating margin, and free cash flow. A reconciliation of the adjustments to GAAP results for the quarter, and twelve months ended March 30, 2012, and prior periods, as well as the rationale for management's use of non-GAAP measures, is included in the tables below.
About CSC
CSC is a global leader in providing technology-enabled business solutions and services. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC has approximately 98,000 employees and reported revenue of $15.9 billion for the 12 months ended March 30, 2012. For more information, visit the company's website at www.dxc.technology.
All statements in this press release and in all future press releases that do not directly and exclusively relate to historical facts constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements represent the Company's intentions, plans, expectations and beliefs, and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the Company's control. These factors could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. For a written description of these factors, see the section titled "Risk Factors" in CSC's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2011 and any updating information in subsequent SEC filings. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update these forward-looking statements whether as a result of subsequent event or otherwise, except as required by law.


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Last month, OK Go took their high-concept video ambitions to the streets of Los Angeles. Armed with an app, they led a gaggle of loyal fans on GPS parade that spell out their name larger than the Hollywood sign.
What I'm struck by is how not only is every OK Go video impossibly creative and cool, they're each impossibly creative and cool in such distinct ways. For an independent band that relies on funding from a camera company or an insurance company or a Range Rover app to execute their vision, they keep pushing. Hopefully until they hit outer space.


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Editor's Note: The following story from The Boston Globe clearly shows how technology has invaded and transformed the campground.
Chris Szymczuk and his son Tommy were grilling bread for BLTs outside their camper at the Bay View Campground in Bourne, Mass., and with Tommy's XBox 360 and cellphone nowhere in sight, the Bridgewater father pronounced himself happy.
"It's a little bit of heaven," Szymczuk said.
That is how he sees technology-free vacation time together. Tommy, 13, enjoys undiluted family time, too, but only up to a point. "Half the time we're doing nothing," he said, recalling evenings spent around a campfire. "That's when I text or play some Xbox."
Father and son smiled at each other under the bright July sun. "I learn to deal with it," said Szymczuk, who works for a wine and liquor distributor. "It is what it is," Tommy replied.
Technology, having transformed the rest of life, is going after the family vacation. Parents and kids are equally guilty of clinging to their mobile devices, though for anyone who has learned about the night sky from an app — or answered a work e-mail from the beach — technology can enhance a vacation, or make it possible for some adults to get away at all. But the benefits of vacationing as a family may be lessened if each person spends the holiday physically present but mentally elsewhere.
How much of an impact is technology having? Even the age-old refrain from the back seat — "Are we there yet?" — is under fire.
"Sometimes, the kids are almost reluctant to get out of the car," said Brad Harrington, executive director of Boston College's Center for Work & Family. You reach your destination, but instead of hopping out, the children stay buckled in. "Just one more level," they beg, thumbs working their game players, or, "Let me finish this episode."
"There are times in the journey where you'd like them to unplug and interact," Harrington joked, "even if it's to fight."
Statistics do not exist on the percentage of teenagers who go an entire week on Cape Cod texting so furiously they do not even realize they are away, or the number of hours toddlers spend pleading with parents to stop checking e-mail and help with the sand castle.
But mobile devices have become so much a part of the family vacation that campground owners say offering Wi-Fi service is almost a must — and some guests prefer a spot with a strong signal to one with a view of the trees. Front-desk clerks report that families arrive with so many devices that hotels have had to add power strips to rooms. And some vacationers admit they are more interested in photographing the moment for Facebook than being in the moment.
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Elliott wrecks Ty Dillon for win
Chase Elliott wrecked Ty Dillon on the last lap Sunday to win the NASCAR Truck Series race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
Elliott, the son of former Sprint Cup driver Bill Elliott, plowed into Dillon on the final turn on the 2.459-mile road course to take the lead and went on to his first series victory. At 17 years, 9 months, 4 days, he became the youngest winner in series history.
"We only have so many shots to win these things. I really hate to win them like that, I really do," Elliott said. "That's not how I race and that's never been how I've raced before. I had a shot. I was up next to Ty and I knew he was going to try and chop me off. I tried to make up the difference. … Sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do to get to victory lane."
Dillon dropped to 17th, the last car on the lead lap, in the series' first race in Canada and first on a road course since 2000 at Watkins Glen.
"You've got to show respect," Dillon said. "I hope he runs Iowa (next week). He won't finish the race."
Elliott, driving for Hendrick Motorsports in only his sixth series start, further explained the wreck.
"Had two ideas that didn't work out for me and had an opportunity there getting into 10," Elliott said. "I felt like the 3 (Dillon) was sputtering. I felt like he was really, really close or he was out of gas or something and got to his right rear quarterpanel and tried to move him out of the way and unfortunately ended up putting him in the fence. …
"He obviously wasn't happy. He has a right not to be happy. I wouldn't have been happy, either, but at the same time, like we all three said, you've got to do what you've got to do."
Chad Hackenbracht was second, followed by Miguel Paludo, Darrell Wallace Jr., Ron Hornaday Jr., Max Papis, Ross Chastain, Timothy Peters, James Buescher and Matt Crafton.
Crafton leads the series standings, 47 points ahead of Buescher. Dillon is third, 63 points behind Crafton.
Ryan Blaney was the previous youngest winner, taking the Iowa race last September at 18 years, 8 months, 15 days.
The ending of the race was overshadowed by a post-race altercation between Papis and the girlfriend of driver Mike Skeen, who approached Papis after the race and slapped him across the face.
Papis and Skeen had been battling for third in the closing laps of the race until contact between the two on the last lap ruined Papis' finish. The two hit again during the cool-down lap, and Papis voiced his displeasure about Skeen during his post-race interview.
When he finished talking he was approached by a woman later identified as Skeen's girlfriend and slapped across the face.
Papis has complained to NASCAR officials about the incident and said on Twitter the slap dislocated his jaw.
Skeen, meanwhile, said Papis entered his team hauler after the incident and tried to pull his girlfriend down the stairs as he tried to get past her while looking for the driver.


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Cam Gigandet is included in OMG.Yahoo.com's list of celebs that are 2 HOT 2 HANDLE!
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The July 23, 1988 show in Los Angeles, CA did not happen according to:
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There was only one show. It was supposed to be 7/23, but was postponed to 7/24 because members of Van Halen were sick.
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bullis1 wrote:EDIT: In my experience, "all-in" resources tend to be lacking. You know what they say, "Jack of all trades, master of none." Also, Pouet is a great site for Atari ST scene productions and I use it all the time. There are some lesser-known forms on Pouet that will allow you to find great things that you never knew existed.
Heavy Stylus wrote:Oh - and I really don't want to cause trouble here - but the DBug/AL/AF situation will need to be resolved if AL is to eventually become a definitive source of all things Atari. Regardless of the difficult politics involved with this, no-one can deny the fact that DBug have done good things for the Atari scene with their hundreds of menus and falcon patches... As (of course) have Atari Legend as well.
Anyway - I'm looking forward to the extra areas being opened so I can help with contributing.
bullis1 wrote:EDIT: Also, regarding your request of a utils/apps section: You realize that this would be literally impossible to maintain, right? It couldn't be definitive, no matter what.
Heavy Stylus wrote:Why not? There's only a finite amount of apps for the Atari, and it would be great to have them all in one place. Sure, it would require a LOT of work, but if you opened up the AL system to *more* administrators then people could add entries for software that they use to save you from all the work.
We're both Atari users, yet I'm sure that we both use completely different tools and apps - and likewise I'm sure that some of the stuff you use is better than what I have on my HD, and vice versa. Having an online resource for all this where people could post comments/mini-reviews, screenshots, etc. would be really useful - almost as useful as the games DB in fact.
Heavy Stylus wrote:Group hug?
Heavy Stylus wrote:Anyway... back to the topic, when the AL doors are reopened for submissions then I'll try and do my bit to help on the side.
muguk wrote:If you can create a list of all the stuff on the Stax disks you've found that's not on AL into one nice list, then either myself, Bullis or anyone else in AL for that matter can create the entries dead easy. If you list what menu disk each one is on, then this makes the screenshots a lot easier too.
lotek_style wrote:It would be extremly cool if you would be able to do something like CSDB .... STDB ... and to intregrate this:
and this:
those databases are both abandoned but I have the DB from the second link... the database was maintained by SHAZZ/MJJ^TRSI.
lotek_style wrote:btw can the coder please fix the search function... I cannot search for games from the years 2006-2008 (if there are any)
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Woah, I Can Test Edge & IE on a Mac & Linux!
OS X and Linux are two very popular operating system choices for web developers but they still want to be able to test Internet Explorer and the new Microsoft Edge browsers. In this talk, we'll discuss the state of browser marketshare, the options available for testing these browsers on OS X & Linux and new tools that offer enhanced testing capabilities for mobile browsers.
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I have recently purchased an HP Chromebook and I am new to OS. I am also a student at Capella University. What do you recommend I download as far as having microsoft office word, power point, and excell?
Lisa: This might not be the best place to post your question, but I'm pretty sure that there are Word Online, PowerPoint Online, and Excel Online apps in the Chrome Web Store. Alternatively, you can use Google Docs. Take a look at http://www.pcworld.com/article/2691209/5-powerful-things-you-didnt-know-chromebooks-could-do.html for more information.
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Lavshuca by Kanebo, is one of the reasons why I fell so hard in love with make up, yet the brand has been missing the point, so to speak, for quite a few seasons. I have skipped a lot of the last few collections because they looked repetitive and somewhat dull.
But hey! The new palettes for Autumn sure look pretty:
I choose BU-1 which I paid about £10 for from Adambeauty:
There's no doubt about it – this is one of the prettiest quads Lavshuca has come up with for a while…There are four sections to the palette in a pretty swirl shape that reminds me of the wool symbol on the washing machine – not that I touch the thing.
There is the mix highlight shade, the contour shade (the green), a highlight and a dark, liner/shader colour. Its a shimmery palette but no chunks of glitter:
Then we go to swatch. Hmmm. It's still lovely but its' not quite as soft as I'd like. The two lighter shades are a little gritty. The darker shades are pigmented and lovely though:
See I compare all the Lavshuca palettes to their first quad, which is just heaven in a compact – palette PU2? A must have for everyone!:
I am hoping that the brand doesn't so so badly in the future that it gets discontinued, because its a very pretty brand that is affordable and to me has some kind of x-factor….I want them to do well, I want them to impress me.
This quad is jolly nice and I would recommend it although its not perfect. If you have never owned Lavshuca I say seek out the old palette – its gorgeous.
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Requests For Military Mailing Addresses
Responsibility for military personnel records falls within the jurisdiction of the military departments, not the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Therefore, requests for military addresses should be sent to the respective service of the individual whose address is being sought. There is no comprehensive source for e-mail addresses. Even if there were, military regulations and the Privacy Act of 1974 do not permit the military departments to provide home addresses or telephone numbers of service personnel. Moreover, regulations do not permit random dissemination of listings of names and addresses of service personnel. These regulations have been established to protect individual service men and women from commercial exploitation and to respect their right of privacy. Because of the large volume of requests that each service locator receives, please allow four weeks processing time for written requests.
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The following information is needed for all requests for all locator services:
Give as much identifying information as possible about the person you wish to locate such as full name, rank, last duty assignment/last known military address, service number, and Social Security number.
The locator service is free to immediate family members and government officials. Other family members, civilian friends, businesses and others must pay $3.50. The check or money order must be made out to the U.S. Treasury. It is not refundable.
United States Air Force
The Air Force can locate active duty personnel, as well as retirees, reservists and guardsmen. This information is not available for those who have separated from the Air Force or are Army Air Corps retirees. Information on individuals stationed overseas or in a sensitive position will not be released. However, the locator service will forward mail to that person for up to 90 days, as long as the correct postage is on the envelope and any required fee has been paid. Parents, spouses, and government officials may call 1-210-652-5774 for a recorded message or 1-210-652-5775 for non-recorded service. For locator service write to:
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The Army will help you locate individuals on active duty only, not retirees. The place to start is the Army World Wide Locator. The address is:
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The Navy's locator service helps locate individuals on active duty and those whose service ended less than a year ago. You can call the locator service at 866-U-ASK-NPC (866-827-5672).
Navy World Wide Locator
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United States Marine Corps
The Marine Corps can provide the duty station for active duty personnel and reservists. For retired individuals, the locator service can provide the city and state, but not an address. The service will provide the service member's current rank and unit address; however, due to the locator's staffing, the office cannot forward mail except in special cases. Telephonic requests to 1-703-640-3942/43 are free of charge to immediate family members and government officials calling on official business. In addition, telephonic service will be provided at no cost to any individual, business or organization, if the Marine locator decides the information would benefit the individual. Send written locator requests to:
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United States Coast Guard
The Coast Guard World Wide Locator has duty stations for active duty personnel.
Coast Guard Personnel Command does not have custody of crew lists or current addresses for former Coast Guard service members.
Separated Member Information
The Military Reference Branch, National Archives, Washington, D. C. 20408, holds copies of most deck logs. The Suitland Reference Branch, National Archives, Washington D. C. 20409 has custody of muster rolls.
The National Personal Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri has a repository of records for retired and separate military members.
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Gettysburg book wins $50,000 history prize
NEW YORK (AP) — A book about the Civil War conflict in Gettysburg has won a $50,000 prize.
Allen C. Guelzo's "Gettysburg: The Last Invasion" has received the inaugural Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History. The prize's sponsors made the announced Tuesday.
The award was established last year by the Harry F. Guggenheim Foundation and Lewis E. Lehrman, a businessman, former Republican candidate for governor and co-founder of the Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History.
Among the five other finalists: "The Guns at Last Light," the finale of Rick Atkinson's acclaimed World War II trilogy.
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Africa Leaders Boost Sciences
"This is a golden opportunity for establishing a knowledge-based African society," Hassan Abdel Aal Moawad, a professor of microbial biotechnology at Cairo's National Research Centre in Egypt, said.
The African Union summit of Heads of States and Governments this month in Addis Ababa offers a unique opportunity to focus on the role of science and technology in providing solutions to a myriad of problems facing the continent.
Science, technology and research are critical in resolving food security problems, disease control, access to clean water and environmental protection among other important issues.
African scientists and policy makers have for years made important contributions in the field of science and technology but their efforts had gone to waste due to lack of financial support and political will.
Africa has emerged as a major loser in the field of science as it has persistently failed to harness its scientific talent for socio-economic development.
African scientists who met in Egypt last October shared experiences, ideas and put forward recommendations for adoption at the AU summit on science and technology.
African scientists pushed African ministers of science to call on the head of states to create a Pan-African Intellectual Property Organization and to designate 2007 as a year for science, technology and innovation in Africa.
They are also calling African leaders to allocate at least one percent of each country's GDP towards promoting research and development and developing innovative strategies that can spur economic growth on the continent.
Among other issues that African scientists and policy makers have recommended to the summit in general are that: for the development of Africa, there should be massive investment in Science and Technology; governments in Africa should support national academies of science to enable them to contribute to the development of the respective countries; competent regional research centers should be set up throughout Africa; universities and institutions of higher learning in Africa should be given greater support for manpower development; mass media should be encouraged to promote the popularization of science and technology; governments of the various countries of the continent should address and redress the brain drain of scientific personnel and induce those in the Diaspora to return; governments in Africa should invest heavily on research and development of vaccines and new drugs based on biodiversity and indigenous knowledge; and, governments should support the roll out of currently used antiretroviral drugs until more effective and cheaper drugs are found.
"This is a golden opportunity for establishing a knowledge-based African society," Hassan Abdel Aal Moawad, a professor of microbial biotechnology at Cairo's National Research Centre in Egypt, said.
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Preferred Partner Programme
To join the Preferred Partner programme it says you have to reach a certain criteria and one of those is to have a review score of at least 7.
In Bridlington, East Yorkshire, England - All the guest houses and Hotels are above 7 and slowly they are all joining the Preferred Partner program.
How would this then benefit me if everyone in my area joined as well as me - How would i then be more visible?
I have worked very hard to get a review score of 9.6 - but what does that mean when others are now paying to be more visible?
Hi there!
I've recently also joined the Preffered Partner Programme on one of my properties because of everything that I've heard.
A lot of the people on this forum believes it's a Must have. Because it does boost your visibility a lot and also, guests who see the little thumbs up icon feels more at ease booking your property. It's like Booking.com is vouching for you and guests like that.
I hear what you're saying about how will it benefit you if everyone in your area already has it, it still benefits you. Because Booking.com spends effort to ensure you get viewed. My understanding is that you will even pop up in searches where clients wasn't specifically looking for your property but maybe for something similiar.
Let's see what the rest of the forum has to say, but it's a yes from me.
Keep well!
I too think that the preferred partner program is worth it. I am curious though Joey stated that it is free?? I thought I was paying an additional 3% to be a part of it, am I not? I am now confused!
Some times ago, I sign in to prefer the program. It did heart me. I did not get any reservation. To be in the preferred program you have to agree to a higher commission for the booking. I rase price to cover higher commission and the little thumb did not do any good to us. We are in a very competitive area and in order to get any clients from Booking, we have to keep the price very low. Recently Booking rased the commission and charge us for guests using credit cards. We're paying commission from the total payment which includes taxes and VAT.
I have been trying to get into Partner-program but it seems Im still far behind. I have 8.9 guest reviews but Im not sure what else needs to be done...
@Nicbritton It depend on where is your property located and depend on how many competitor hotel you have in that area. For some area there is no need to join Preferred partner program if they have a few page of hotel list. Which if your hotel already on high traffic demand you will be on first page properly on top five hotel list anyway.
I agree with leandre Klopper
Have you noticed any diffrence when joining the preffered partner program?
I am always fully booked so I don't think it applies to me.. I guess I would put prices a bit higher if joined!
It is very simple why you should join. If they don't see you they won't book you. There aren't many guests who will search multiple pages back to choose their accomodation. Especially if you want early bookings.
I joined it in July and I have seen a very big boost in reservations for this and for next year. My property immediately started showing in top 5 in my area and even showed up in searches for cities near.
For my country Greece it needs a 20% commision, which now that I see that every other country has only +3% sounds very unfair? What's up with this discrimination?
Anyway it is at least much better than the Genius program, which requires a full 10% discount and also from my experience, brings guests of often questionable quality. As soon as I joined I quit the Genius program immediately and never going back.
Unfortunatly it is very difficult to stay in the preferred partner program for long if you have few rooms.
SaKats- very detailed and useful information. Thank you
I fully agree, it worth it
What no one has mentioned, 70% of your inventory needs to be with Booking.com. I have had a 9.4 Review score over 5 years but since taking on Expedia as well - our sales are now:
1) Booking.com
2) Expedia
3) Direct Bookings
The issue now is that Expedia and Direct Bookings combined have reached 40% so Booking.com is writing telling me I now fail to meet the criteria. What am I to do - Expedia monitors our inventory and if we allow more rooms to Booking than them we run foul of our agreement with them - we are suppose to offer same rates and same spread.
What is happening is that Booking.com are failing to sell enough rooms in time and the slack is being taken by an increase in Direct Sales (commission free to us) and Expedia.
I work on the principle that although preferred partner is great, if I cannot be in it and Booking sell less, I will simply have more exposure in their competitor so it is a bit of a own goal by Booking.com in my view.
Hi Akwador ,
Thanks for posting. Does Booking.com need 70% off all the stock you have??? I didn't know that.
Where did you get that information? Where is it on the contract, or did they tell you this on email?
Hope to hear from you soon.
That information came from a Booking.com communication to me saying I was not meeting the criteria for preferred partnership programme. Not much I could do other than to restrict other agencies - I work on first come first served basis so it is totally possible for Booking to c70% - if they give me the guest bookings faster!
I have also joined recently the preferred partner program as soon as I had five excellent reviews from my guests. My property is showing on the top when searching and expecting more bookings.
M Adamopoulou,
Wonderful, Concratulations!
Oh I see Akwador , thanks that makes sense. I nearly had a small heart attack. I understood something else.
Well done M Adamopoulou ! You will not regret it. I've recently met with my account manager and he has advised that it really is a good program, and not just because he works for Booking.com and he has to say it.. but because he says it really does make the Performance difference.
Super congrats again! May it keep going well
Thanks Leandri Klopper for your comment. I hope my reservations go up because my property is located up in the hills away from touristic areas
Pleasure M Adamopoulou !
It should. Our one property is really far off, it's also up in the mountains (literally built on one) and is a hectic drive. But people LOVE it there. Funny enough, that resort is not on the Pref. Programme. Our quite, close to the city, resort is on the programme and has seen an increase in bookings.
Our account manager has explained to me that it's not just about appearing on the top part of the list that generated the bookings but people likes booking something that looks like it has some sort of "special" or is "valueable to obtain". So that little icon makes your property look Special, like Booking.com itself prefers your property. LOL okay I'm a bit excited by this, but I finally understand what the fuss is about.
Have a great weekend!
Many thanks
Kind Regards
Leandri Klopper thanks again for your support and incouraging suggestions, very helpful indeed.
Massive pleasure M Adamopoulou :-D Thanks for saying thanks. Joey's post has taken root :-)
Hmmm, preferred partner seems to be a double edged sword. On the one hand we are being charged more for qualifying....erm, what? We have, however, seen our listing storm up the "charts" for general searches.
On the other hand, we've also seen a decline in BDC reservations with Expedia and Agoda both overtaking in recent months, since joining PP. Seems a bit screwey.
Hey all,
You can see how much your property showed up in searches etc on the home page on the Extranet. And PP really did an excellent job of making those numbers soar. I'm struggling with the actually Bookings still. My property is currently showing up in 5600 search results, out of those I get 4265 property views, but the bookings are not so high. That means about 4 thousand people see the place and book somewhere else. . . which is discouraging.
I'm hoping the Genius programme will get more people to actually book. Doesn't matter if they have booked once of twice to get the status of Genius guest, as long as the Noddy Badge works to get people to book.
The way it was explained to me is, would you rather buy a Coke or the Coke that comes with a noddy badge for cheaper? It's supposed to be a marketing strategy.
Keep well
I find the preffered program very inflexible if you only have a few rooms. Even though my propoerty has a 9.5 star rating and is almost exclusivly booked through BDC they took me off the program because the conversion rate was "not high enough". This is the algorithm wagging the dog if you ask me!
Does not really work for vacation rentals.
I used to believe this program helped! It does!! It helps BDC, lots. As for the rest of us it does absolutely nothing unless you are in a very large city where there are many, many pages of places. For the rest of us we simply pay more money to BDC. I have had a 10 now after a year in business it is a 9.9. I had some lovely guests who stayed and loved it yet nmarked me down for things that I never claimed to have! Anyway Booking just kept harassing me to do this and that, which I did, to no avail! I have only one room and the algorithm does not like it because you are either 100 percent full or empty. The algorithm is set up for a business to maintain a certain percentage of occupancy. Most of us smaller places will not benift.
Hey Ccpddb ,
Thanks for sharing. You see our properties are large and have many competitors so the PPP works wonders. I wonder if BDC is looking into a programme for properties like yours?
I sincerely hope you sent this feedback to them, and perhaps suggest a program for properties like your own. This might help a lot of people.
Leandri very good suggestion for us having only one property. It will certainly help me.
Helloes M Adamopoulou ,
Are you on the Preferred Partner programme yourself?
Wondering if it works with a single 'smaller' property like it does with larger ones ...
I have found that if you have a single property it is very difficult to maintain a place on the preffered partner program. It's virtually impossible to meet the conversion rate criteria demanded by the algorithm, and so eventually you will be thrown off the program.
Despite several attempts to reason with BDC they would not change their position. My property remains off the program, however it is consistantly busy both with BDC and others so I guess it didn't matter?
either way BDC are completly inflexible.
Hi! Paul-Johnston and welcome to the forum. I have also joined PPP but as you said it's very difficult to maintain in.
Leandri yes I have joined the PPP and my appearing has improved but my property will be closed for winter and I don't think it will remain in for a long time.
Where can I post a new question ? I am also a preferred partner, within less than a month of joining.. But now I am reading about the genius program what exactly is that and would it benefit me in the US
k2u you're doing a great job. Go to your profile in the forum. Underneath you will find the tab bar "Get points create a new post " Write your post and submit it.
k2u check this out for the genius program . I have also joined the program./en-gb/help/growing-your-business/all-you-need-know-about-genius-programme
Good luck.
Thank you M Adamopoulou :) I will check the genius program out
Massive pleasure. Have a nice weekend k2u....
I've just deactivated preffered program, also my property is ranking quite high without the program so I guess it is not worth it. I think you gain more with activating genius program/extrass...
Thank you pibomarco !!
You as well M Adamopoulou
Have a nice weekend...
The PPP is still running here with no immediate view to change. However, the Genius programme is being lined up for the chopping block, just trying to time it with killing off another OTA's similar system.
We find these programmes attract more time wasters than genuine guests (most especially from BDC) and also interfere with any of our own promotions.
I have a other question, it would be very nice if there was a printable page what you could print out and hang on ur reception that you are enrolling in booking.com partner program.
Do we have something like this? some printable page?
please advise.
Hello to all.. It's been a very long time since I was on last. Extremely busy !!
Land House Deva ~ That is a great question. I would too love to hang something like that in our reception area. I believe it would be great for guests to see this.
Hope everyone is doing well !! Glad to be back on.
Bye for now...
Hi to all.... This is my problem!
With all due respect to all concerned, especially Booking.com, I really do not have time to sit in front of the computer all day and chat! I really, truely, dont mean to be rude, but i have a full day, everyday and cannot do this all the time. Please forgive me!
Keep well, Kind Regards
Hello everyone. If i may ask, does the Partner program atract extra charges? and if it does, what is the percentage? does it also overide any present promotion in place?
The commission is 18% with preffered program (+3%).
If you want to boost your visibility PPP is an excellent way to do it. Of course you have to pay higher commission as pibomarco wrote above.


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