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2 may 2016
Shock The Garden
Symbols are true, because they are there.
Your solemn ache
proud of failure
traces a circle.
Dark and eternal, in all its purity
punishment becomes an award for life.
It is not difficult to know
whether a god exists.
You commit suicide to become a god.
Inoculating falsehood
dying daily unto death was not my pitch.
Your mind breaks the moon in dark,
into hundred bright crumbs.
Each bit becomes a metaphor
To shock the garden.

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The Current Most Popular Undergraduate Courses in The UK
Thousands of international students enrol at UK universities every single year. You might be considering joining the ever-increasing student crowd, but are still unsure about what course and subject area to study.
So we wanted to have a quick look at the statistics for the current most popular undergraduate courses in the UK, based on data gathered from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), to help you make the best decision.
Most popular male choice
According to data from HESA, the most popular course favoured by male undergraduate students were business and administratively related subjects.
Engineering and technology related subjects came in a close second, whereas veterinary science was statistically the least popular undergraduate course.
Data showed that in 2016/17, as many as 113,505 male students enrolled in business and administratively related courses.
The top 5 courses for male students were:
- Business and administrative studies – with 113,505 enrolled
- Engineering and technology – with 96,665 enrolled
- Computer science – with 67,445 enrolled
- Biological Sciences – with 66,630 enrolled
- Social studies – with 60,690 enrolled
Most popular female choice
Amongst female students, it was undergraduate courses in subjects allied to medicine that was shown to be the most popular.
The data gathered from in 2016/17 revealed that as many as 135,535 female students enrolled on a subject allied to medicine. With the second most popular choice being similar to male students, in business and administration subjects.
Also, much like male students, veterinary science was again the least popular choice for undergraduate courses in the UK.
The top 5 courses for female students were:
- Subjects allied to medicine – with 135,535 enrolled
- Business and administrative subjects – with 106,510 enrolled
- Biological Sciences – with 111,520 enrolled
- Social studies – with 99,060 enrolled
- Creative arts and design – with 93,645 enrolled
Most popular subject areas for international students
In terms of the most popular courses currently favoured by international students, the top ten subject areas are as follows: Business Studies
- Accounting and Finance
- Law
- Economics
- Art and Design
- Computer Science
- Mechanical Engineering
- Politics
- Electrical Engineering
- Biological Sciences
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The evidence suggests people who want to eat well use nutrient lists to choose healthier options. Interpretative labels help them when they find the labels hard to understand. Nutrition labels also create incentives for food manufacturers to reformulate their products, so helping populations more broadly by increasing the availability of food of higher nutritional value.
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In 2015, the Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD) introduced the voluntary Weqaya food programme which allows food producers to use the Weqaya logo on products which satisfy the criteria set out in the Specification for using the Weqaya food programme (ADS 13/2015). The logo consists of a heart shape in which the word 'Weqaya' is written, meaning 'prevention' in Arabic. The specifications require that products must adhere to maximum levels of calories, total fat, saturated and trans fat, sodium, added, total and naturally occurring sugars, and cholesterol. In addition, they may not be deep fried or contain artificial sweeteners and flavours. Flour, rice and grain-based products must contain minimum amounts of whole grains and fibre to be permitted to bear the logo. The only beverages allowed under the programme are unsweetened 100% vegetable juices, and unsweetened low fat milk and other fermented dairy products.
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Innovation in Low-Tech Firms and Industries
Edited by Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen and David Jacobson
Chapter 3: Standard-setting Competition and Open Innovation in Non-HT Industries: Mechanical Engineering and Machinery
Alexander Gerybadze and André Slowak
Alexander Gerybadze and André Slowak THE NEW DYNAMICS OF OPEN INNOVATION IN NON-HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES This chapter describes the new dynamics of innovation and the complex interrelationship between R&D strategies, inter-firm alliances and standard-setting agreements. In most high-tech as well as in low- and medium-tech industries, new products and services increasingly build on a complex configuration of technologies and complementary assets. Even the largest corporations need to set up cooperative agreements with suppliers, complementary service providers, research centres, regulators and the like in order to manage complex innovations successfully. There is a growing stream of research on open innovation and new forms of alliances. Most of these new studies address case studies and critical issues in high-tech industries, with a strong focus on information technology and the new role of the Internet. In a recent survey on the state-of-the-art in open innovation, Chesbrough (2006b) has emphasized the need to extend this new research programme to the study of non-high-tech industries and to include more case studies on innovation in different European countries. The European research group on the study of innovation in low-tech industries thus provides an ideal platform for the study of new forms of open innovation which are typical of more traditional industries in European countries. Our research focuses on industries that can be considered medium-tech and play a strong role in Europe: mechanical engineering, metal-working, machine-tools, measurement and process control. Products and systems are highly complex and innovation depends on strong linkages between industrial...
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Wash and spin dry basil leaves. Set aside. In the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal chopping blade place the garlic cloves, lemon juice and walnuts and puree into a smooth paste. Next pack in the basil and pour in the olive oil and puree until smooth. Makes one pint.


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Estaleiro Atlântico Sul (EAS) is making an effort to ensure its operations beyond 2019, when it is slated to deliver the last ship of an order from Transpetro, the logistics subsidiary of Petrobras. EAS signed last week a memorandum of understanding with South American Tankers Company Navegação (Satco) to build at its shipyards in Ipojuca, Pernambuco, five Suezmax ships. If confirmed, the order should translate into a $1.7 billion contract for EAS through 2022.
The deal includes the possibility that ships build for Satco can be later leased to Petrobras, including Transpetro, today the sole client of EAS. In a statement to Valor, Transpetro said that "regarding the alleged leases [of Satco ships], Transpetro doesn't have anything plan at the moment." A person familiar with Petrobras says that building the ship is a "business decision."
After signing the MOU, EAS started talks to ensure financing for the ships from the Merchant Marine Fund, which offers long-term loans for the shipbuilding industry.
Earlier this year, Transpetro confirmed some orders to EAS but also canceled seven ships with dynamic positioning technology that it was supposed to build. These ships, which can correct deviations caused by the sea and wind, are the ones to be resumed for the contract with Satco, which would then register as a Brazilian navigation company (EBN).
Legislation allows EBNs to import foreign flagged ships to operate in Brazil as long as it's building other ships in domestic shipyards. This rule allows Satco to later expand its operating fleet in Brazil.
Market sources say Satco is controlled by Singapore-based EPS. They say that going with ship leases – instead of investing directly in building them – is interesting for Petrobras because it guarantees transportation capacity but clears the investments from its balance sheet.
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BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Ciphergen CIP.H, +0.00% said that it will delay filing its third-quarter 10-Q earnings report with the Securities and Exchange Commission due to accounting problems uncovered by its audit committee. In particular, Ciphergen said the committee was investigating whether $500,000 in revenue recorded during the second quarter was properly recognized. Ciphergen said it will be filing a Form 12b-25 late notice with the SEC.
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I couldn't see Mt Olympus from my window, not even when the air was clean enough. A medieval wall was in the way. I could see the tiny house where Olga lived, just a roof and sides made of tin and wood, stuck like a barnacle to the giant masonry. The old lady lived by herself. Olga was her real name. She must have died a long time ago.
Her house always looked the same. It was perfect, the sort of thing that tourists photograph. There were a lot of Germans strolling around up there.
Our hovels eyed each other from across a road. There was only space for one car to go by at a time. People mainly walked. Olga looked down on me, literally, and when I went to see her, she'd repeat what I'd been doing in my room a few hours earlier. Like a real-time biographer. Ela! She just called across when she had something to say.
Inside her house was perfect too. You can do that to the place you live in. I enjoyed those visits. It felt like she was looking after me. She had her little ceremonies. When she began the one which ended in a cup of Greek coffee and a piece of syrupy fruit from a jar, I couldn't think of a place I'd rather be. It was always the same. The fruit would change, that was all.
We even said the same sort of thing each time. I didn't know much Greek, and Olga only mentioned certain types of news. The details would be different, like the fruit she gave me.
She told me when a girl put her fingers on my head. A Greek girl who said she was seventeen. I don't remember why she touched me. There must have been a very ordinary reason – who makes love in front of an open window? – but it looked romantic from across the road where Olga was sitting. The old lady told me what had happened. It wasn't much. She even showed me, as far as her hip allowed, as if she was a girl again, although she didn't touch me. She placed her fingers in the air, where my temples would have been. I remember that as clearly as the girl.
I visited Salonica two years ago. I went up to see if the hovels were still there, but just stood at the end of the road.


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Why the Banks Need to Keep Property Prices Up
Australia has learnt a lot form the American Banking experience. The staggering number of foreclosures, plummeting property prices and overdevelopment leading to an oversupply of housing in the United States, massively contributed to the collapse of banks and insurance companies. If prices were to dramatically fall in Australia the Banks and insurers would stand to lose hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars, given the number of loans that were written requiring little if any deposit.
The American experience has terrified Governments and developers around the World. In Australia there appears to be an undersupply of housing as development approvals never reached the heights of those in the US. This will help steady pricing but it will not push prices up anytime soon, especially given the pending interest rate increases.
If properties in Australia were sold for less than was owed to Banks the shortfall would need to come from somewhere – from insurers or be written off by lenders. This scenario has not escaped the attention of our politicians. They have not publicly announced this concern but their actions are showing that they realize there may be a problem.
When the Government extended the first home owner grant (FHOG) it was not to help first home buyers but to covertly assist the Banks, giving them time to reorganize and prepare for life without the grant. The Government is aware that buyers are overpaying for properties under $500,000 and that the (FHOG) has added to the housing affordability crisis rather than acted to solve it. The real reason the grant was extended was to help the banks – not the first home buyer.
The Government is hoping that China via its enormous stimulus package will maintain demand for our resources and more importantly help to maintain national employment. If unemployment significantly increases, the bad lending practices of our banks would be exposed and require enormous Government intervention. Neither the Government nor the Banks want property prices to plummet.
The Government does not want property prices to increase either, because that would create a whole new set of challenges. Firstly housing affordability is already a major problem and infrastructure projects have been delayed or ignored for over a decade. These projects would have greatly assisted housing affordability by allowing people to live in affordable areas and rely on quality, fast trains to quickly and efficiently get them to and from work. So instead of addressing the problem the FHOG was a band aid solution when the problem needed radical surgery.
We elect our politicians to solve problems and provide solutions to improve our lives, standard of living and access to facilities. This has somehow been lost along the way. Rest assured property prices will not collapse in Australia – this is good news but we certainly shouldn't be thanking the Government or the Banks. Just don't expect price increases anytime soon.


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Wow, this summer is already off to a crazy start! Last week was very hectic and I am glad to be back to my normal routine this week. Here's what we are having for dinner:
Monday: Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches
Tuesday: Spaghetti
Wednesday: Beef Burgundy
Thursday: Pork Verde
Friday: Tacos
Thanks for stopping by for Menu Plan Monday! Be sure to come back next week!


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42 Below Because We Can
42Below, the world famous New Zealand vodka brand, has commissioned a set of online films using the tag line, "Because We Can". 42Below decided to create a web based movement to celebrate people who live by their own rules and those who follow their own dreams. They wanted a platform to unite the free thinkers, the independent spirits, the creators and the artists of the world. Australian creative collective The Glue Society was commissioned to start the movement with a group of actors in white suits, online at today's site of the day, www.becausewecanonline.com
The Because We Can campaign has been launched online at www.becausewecanonline.com (available for people of legal drinking age), Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube.
42Below is offering USD$4200 for the best submission of a video of events and activities that have been created to capture the sense of "adventure, curiosity and the concept of "Because We Can." Film directors have until 12.00GMT time on the 31st November to create and submit their own video at www.becausewecanonline.com.
Beach Dolls
Men in white suits use the cover of night to position a squad of sun soaking dolls on Bronte Beach, NSW Australia, ready for the morning. Music is by "Sunshine Recorder" by Boards of Canada. Click on the image below to play the video.
Mountain Chair Arch
The white suits create an arch of plastic chairs on top of Cardrona, in New Zealand's South Island. Music is by "And Then Patterns" by Four Tet. Click on the image below to play the video.
Car Wrap
Random acts of kindness in the middle of the night. Music is Gyroscope by Boards of Canada. Click on the image below to play the video.
Crate UFO
In August residents of Glenorchy in the South Island, New Zealand, were mystified by the antics of white-suited figures who seemed to be attached to a weird light-emitting UFO. When they got close enough to look, the white suits were gone. The UFO was made of milk crates. Music is Felix Laband. Click on the image below to play the video.
The Cycle of Power
A white-suited beach goer discovers what it would have been like for Gulliver in the Land of Lilliput. Click on the image below to play the video.
Sand Surfers
A stop motion animated exploration of sand surfing, complete with sand waves. The video clip was made by an experimental videographer Steve McDonald based in South Africa. He and his crew shot the clip over an 8 day period on Cape Town's Clifton 4th beach. Click on the image below to play the video.
Look out also for Cupcakes, Harbour Reassurance, and a host of other videos emerging on the site.
The Because We Can campaign was developed at The Glue Society, Sydney, with editing work done by Mark Burnett at The Editors and production at Radical Media with director of photography Rob Marsh, still photographer Derek Henderson, photography producer Benjamin Hams at MAP. Music is being produced by Anton Hiscock at Trailer Media.
Jonathan Kneebone of The Glue Society said: "Our approach is all about bringing brand's personalities to life – but it is rare that we get to use our experience in the art world to create something for a commercial client."
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Tagged: Derek Henderson, Glue Society, Jonathan Kneebone, Radical Media, Rob Marsh, The Editors
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Game development is often a stressful career, whether you're working in a studio or working for yourself. For developers with chronic illness or mental health issues, the pressure can be even more intense.
As Gamasutra points out in this outstanding article, the best thing you can do if you're trying to thrive as a game dev while coping with either is to find the environment that works best for you. Alex Wawro interviewed four developers about managing their health and their careers, all of whom had different approaches.
Game designer Mike Stout spoke about trying to go indie while dealing with a panic disorder, a combination that he found to be untenable for his mental health.
"I was a much worse boss to myself, and I worked myself constantly. I agreed to do too much, contract-wise, and was barely keeping my head above water," says Stout. "By mid-January, I was having panic attacks for 45 minutes out of every hour. I had pretty much stopped seeing friends and family entirely. I couldn't take care of bills, or really do much of anything. When we called for help, and friends and family came, they found the house as a war-zone and found me shell-shocked and barely functioning."
Stout says he's in a better place now. He had to relearn how to continue a career in game development with a chronic condition, one that makes it very difficult for him to be available to other people and capable of working under stress for long periods of time when a project requires it.
He recommends other devs in similar situations be proactive about finding a medical professional who can treat their needs, and then also schedule time with a talk therapist who can help them learn coping strategies.
"I've learned how to ask for a break. How to stop conversations and resume them later. I've learned the warning signs that panic is coming on," he says. "And when I notice them, I can take a break and use all the things I've been learning about how to take care of myself."
Two of the developers Wawro spoke to found the opposite, that going indie was the only way they could find the flexibility their health issues necessitated. But each of them echoed the same fundamental idea: that there are many ways to have a game development career, and some of them may be just what the doctor ordered.


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Supreme Court deals big setback to labor unions
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers can't be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to organized labor.
The justices are scrapping a 41-year-old decision that had allowed states to require that public employees pay some fees to unions that represent them, even if the workers choose not to join.
The 5-4 decision fulfills a longtime wish of conservatives to get rid of the so-called fair share fees that non-members pay to unions in roughly two dozen states. The court ruled that the laws violate the First Amendment by compelling workers to support unions they may disagree with.
"States and public-sector unions may no longer extract agency fees from nonconsenting employees," Justice Samuel Alito said in his majority opinion for the court's five conservative justices.
President Donald Trump weighed in minutes after the decision was handed down, while Alito still was reading a summary of it from the bench.
"Big loss for the coffers of the Democrats!" Trump said in a tweet.
In dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote of the big impact of the decision. "There is no sugarcoating today's opinion. The majority overthrows a decision entrenched in this Nation's law – and its economic life – for over 40 years. As a result, it prevents the American people, acting through their state and local officials, from making important choices about workplace governance. And it does so by weaponizing the First Amendment, in a way that unleashes judges, now and in the future, to intervene in economic and regulatory policy."
The court's three other liberal justices joined the dissent.
The court split 4-4 the last time it considered the issue in 2016 following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Organized labor is a big supporter of Democratic candidates and interests. Last year, unions strongly opposed Justice Neil Gorsuch's nomination by Trump. Gorsuch was in the majority on Wednesday.
The unions say the outcome could affect more than 5 million government workers in about two dozen states and the District of Columbia.
The case involving Illinois state government worker Mark Janus is similar to the one the justices took up in 2016. At that time, the court appeared to be ready to overrule a 1997 high court decision that serves as the legal foundation for the fair share fees. But Scalia's death left the court tied, and a lower court ruling in favor of the fees remained in place.
The unions argued that so-called fair share fees pay for collective bargaining and other work the union does on behalf of all employees, not just its members. More than half the states already have right-to-work laws banning mandatory fees, but most members of public-employee unions are concentrated in states that don't, including California, New York, and Illinois.
Labor leaders fear that not only will workers who don't belong to a union stop paying fees, but that some union members might decide to stop paying dues if they could in essence get the union's representation for free.
A recent study by Frank Manzo of the Illinois Public Policy Institute and Robert Bruno of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign estimated that public-sector unions could lose more than 700,000 members over time as a result of the ruling and that unions also could suffer a loss of political influence that could depress wages as well.
Governor Malloy said, "Today's ruling is a blow to the principles of collective bargaining – but more worrisome, it is a blow to the ability of unions to effectively represent the interests of the workers they are charged with defending. It is another troubling milestone in a long-term effort to diminish the efficacy of organized labor groups – and by extension working families. It is no coincidence that as union membership has declined, income inequality has drastically increased, and today's Supreme Court decision will only exacerbate that trend."
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy said, "This court continues to side with the wealthy and powerful, stripping away protections from workers and the disenfranchised. Deep-pocketed special interests want nothing more than to nickel-and-dime our firefighters and police officers, so they can keep on getting their millionaire tax cuts. It's up to us to stand up and fight back," said Murphy.
"Yankee Institute believes all Connecticut's people should have as much freedom over how to spend their hard-earned paychecks as possible," said Yankee Institute President Carol Platt Liebau, "and of course that includes our state employees. For us, Janus is a case about government workers having freedom of choice. And we support any decision that upholds the rights of Connecticut's citizens."
"This decision is yet another example of how billionaires rig the system against working men and women," said Juan Hernandez, Vice President of 32BJ SEIU Connecticut. "We will stay united, help working men and women who are fighting to form unions and call on our elected leaders to do everything in their power to make it easier for working people to join together in unions."
"Make no mistake, this decision is about more than just public sector unions – it's about chipping away at the entire labor movement. The strength of one is the strength of all, and undermining one type of union has ramifications that threaten the rights of workers everywhere and our goal of building a stronger middle class – a sad and cynical consequence of the Court's decision," said U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal.


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By Venkat Gopikanth, VP, Digital Services, CSS Corp
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connects sensor equipped machines and systems, derives intelligent insights from sensor data and analytics for better market and operational strategy, and controls operation of machines and other assets for better business outcomes. IoT applications in industries ranging from manufacturing and transportation to retail, travel and healthcare, to name a few, have promising benefits in terms of increased revenue and operational efficiencies and delivering new services.
Gartner predicts that 20.8 billion connected things will be in use worldwide by 2020. Predictions for the value created by IIoT range as high as $15 trillion of global GDP by 2030.Despite the increased adoption in IoT, enterprises face significant challenges in managing, securing and optimizing their IoT initiatives and investments. The key to unlocking the value of IIOT is to remove silos and integrate with enterprise eco-systems for better business outcomes. Data-driven decisions play a vital role in transforming the operation models of industries by optimizing the performance of systems and processes significantly.
Key drivers of IIoT solutions:
1. Business Outcome Definition and Alignment
Defining the desired business outcome whether it is operational efficiency by reducing costs or defects, or increasing revenue is key to designing the right IoT solution.Aggregate the data and align your project with the business objective in mind.
Key questions to ponder for designing an IIoT solution are:
1. What devices, endpoints and hubs are the source of usage for my product or service?
2. How are my customers and partners interacting with these touch points and what does the usage data tell me? For example, think about a household appliance or a HVAC or a machine in an industrial setting being used over a period of time. By collecting usage data through sensors, manufacturers can gain tremendous insight about usage patterns and even have the ability to detect wear and tear from the sensor data and offer proactive and predictive maintenance services to the end-user and stay engaged throughout the product lifecycle with service add-ons and upgrades.
2. Increase in Customer and Business Engagement
Enterprises have a window into customer usage patterns of their products, and they can provide better service if there was a service request during the warranty period and have the opportunity to proactively address future issues.
Analytics and Machine Learning algorithms in smart connected products can improve output, utilization and overall efficiencies of the product. Improved first-time fix rates and reduced service calls are a few key benefits of an analytics driven, algorithmic approach to addressing issues.
They can offer product-as-a-service model with subscription based services, and have better insights about usage patterns and potentially address new market segments.A well designed IoT solution can result in creation of additional value-added services as well as sales opportunities for recurring revenue, such as equipment uptime guarantees that can be sold to customers.
3. Better Design
Manufacturers can gain insights into product or equipment usage, which can be used for additional insights into product design of future versions. Usage data monitoring, for example, could provide valuable insights and reduce over engineering costs. . The underlying principles of solution design should support product upgrades, extensions and customizations that allow quick turnaround of a batch productionto selectively enable new features in specific markets. These could be enabled by software or even small incremental hardware modules designed to provide features, gleaned from insights of product usage.
4. Expand the Ecosystem
Asset tracking can be enabled with sensors and supply chain and inventory data can be shared with suppliers and partners to enable a nimbler digital supply chain that tracks high value assets and movement of finished goods and components. Manufacturers and other players in the value chain are in a unique position to leverage the aggregate data of their products and see if their partners can benefit from them by improving the components that go into the product, be it software or hardware and see what incremental efficiencies can be achieved. By knowing the wear and tear and usage pattern of each component through sensor data, products can be efficiently engineered with the goal of maximizing performance and the component suppliers can build better components.
IoT technology has had a major impact in enterprises on improved equipment uptime and availability, remote diagnostics, reduced operational costs and new channels of revenue spurred by product-as-a-service models. A whole range of benefits can be realized leveraging IoT solutions, resulting in new business models and services.
IIoT can help companies across industries utilize the insights from their applications, infrastructure, systems and assets in advanced ways to offer new services that can accelerate business operations and customer engagements that deliver additional revenue streams.
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Phones are a big part of our world and there are a lot of things that we need in order to try and keep everything organized. How can you be sure that you're doing as much as possible in order to get ahead of everything? Are there options for you to get dental phones denver that are going to make sense for your dental office? And how can you be sure that you're getting a system that is up to date and that is going to work well no matter what it is that may come your way?
Thankfully, there is still a lot of support out there for all sorts of office phone systems. A lot of people still find that they're the easiest option for medical offices and, many times, you will find that there is a lot of discussion about how you can make this older option even better. New phone systems last longer than the older ones used to, so it's really not surprising that a lot of people have taken the time to see what is going on and to make sure that everyone can get what they need for them.
Taking that time to see what options that you can get for your phone system can be a little stressful, and you want to make sure that you know what you can find to take care of everything. By taking a look at what's out there and determining just how you want to get what you need, you can actually make your in-house phone system last a lot longer than other options that are out there for you to consider. In the end, that's going to help your office be much more efficient and effective.


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What Makes Business Christian?
When someone thinks about their work being "Christian," all kinds of disturbing images come to mind. Opening a beauty salon called "A Cut Above" or a coffee shop called "He Brews." Working awkward evangelism moments into sales calls. Defiantly saying "Merry Christmas" rather than "Happy Holidays" in the checkout line or sneaking a "have a blessed day" into a salutation. Putting up posters about Bible study options at lunch or sending out group emails about sightings of the Virgin Mary in Equador.
Perhaps you remember the 2004 incident of an American Airlines Pilot who, in his pre-flight announcements, asked all the Christians on board the plane to raise their hands. He then suggested that that during the flight the other passengers talk to those people about their faith. He also told passengers he'd also be happy to talk to anyone who had questions. Understandably, it freaked a lot of people out: the pilot of your airplane talking to you about whether or not you're ready to meet Jesus?[1] While they might admire the guy's zeal, many Christian businesspeople think, "I just don't think I could do that and keep my job."
Many Christians think that you just can't serve the Kingdom of God at work, and that Kingdom work happens "after hours;"—volunteering at the church nursery; attending small group; going on a mission trip; serving at the soup kitchen. Our work is a necessity that must be endured to put bread on the table. God's interest in the fruit of our labors is primarily that we tithe off of it.
The Bible offers quite a different perspective. Scripture teaches us how to serve God through our work, not just after work. The Bible speaks clear and radical words to people in the workplace, showing us that even the most menial of jobs have an essential role in the mission of God.
In fact, it is surely not coincidental that most of the parables that Jesus told had a workplace context, and that of the 40 miracles recorded in the book of Acts, 39 of them occurred outside of a church setting. The God of the Bible seems as concerned with displaying His power outside the walls of the church as He does within it.
I want to suggest five qualities that make work "Christian." "Christian," of course, means "done through faith in Jesus Christ," but work that is Christian will have 5 qualities: (1) Creation-Fulfilling; (2) Excellence-Pursuing; (3) Holiness-Reflecting; (4) Redemption-Displaying; and (5) Mission-Advancing.
Christian Work is Creation-Fulfilling
When God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden, He didn't just tell Him to keep away from certain bad apples. God placed Adam in the garden "to work it and keep it" (Gen 2:15). Remember that God said this before the curse, indicating that work wasn't a punishment inflicted on Adam for his sin, but was a part of God's original design. The first purpose God had in mind for Adam wasn't to read a Bible or pray, but to be a good gardener.
The Hebrew word translated "work" shows just what God means. The word is 'abad,' and it has the connotation of preparing and developing. Adam was placed in the garden to develop its raw materials, to cultivate a garden. Christians can fulfill the created purpose of God in the same way, by taking the raw materials of the world and developing them. In principle, this happens all the time: Architects take sand and cement and use them to create buildings; Artists take color or music and arrange them into art; Lawyers take principles of justice and codify them into laws that benefit society.
This isn't just an accident; this is God's plan. Martin Luther, the famous German reformer, put it this way: "When we pray the Lord's Prayer we ask God to 'give us this day our daily bread.' And He does give us our daily bread. He does it by means of the farmer who planted and harvested the grain, the baker who made the flour into bread, the person who prepared our meal."
What this means is that a Christian's secular vocation helps to bring God's presence to the world. God is active through a person's work to ensure that families are fed, that homes are built, that justice is carried out. Too many Christians begrudge their work when they ought to revel in the fact that God is using them, in whatever small part, to fulfill His purposes.
Another great example of this comes from the classic movie, Chariots of Fire. The movie follows a Christian track athlete, Eric Liddell, in his preparation for the 1924 Olympics. At one point in the film Liddell is confronted with an objection to his career, since there are more pressing matters in life for a Christian than merely running. Liddell responds, "I believe God made me for a purpose, but He also made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure." At some point or another, while working at something we love or are good at, many of us have had a similar feeling. It is as if we feel inside of us, quite literally: this is what I was made for.
Christian Work is Excellence-Pursuing
If our work is done "unto God," it should be done according to the highest standards of excellence. Paul says, "And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him" (Colossians 3:17). That should be true whether we receive any reward for our work or not, or whether anyone ever notices.
Let's be honest—it is demoralizing to work for someone who doesn't give us credit for what we've done, or worse, only ever responds by offering critical feedback. A bad boss can make otherwise satisfying work an absolute terror. In a situation like that, most people lose the motivation to work with excellence. "After all," they may think, "what is the point of working hard? No one will notice either way, and even if they do, I certainly won't get the credit for it." A reasonable response it may be…but a Christian one it is not.
Christians ought to pursue excellence in their work, not because they want to impress their boss, or because working hard leads to better pay, but because they work first for Christ. C. S. Lewis once noted how valleys undiscovered by human eyes are still filled with beautiful flowers. Who did God create that beauty for, if no human eyes would ever see it? Lewis' answer was that God does some things only for His own pleasure. He sees even when no one else does.
This perspective adds new significance to every task believers perform, even if they know they will never be recognized. They no longer require the approval of others in their work, because they no longer work primarily for others; they work first for Christ, and He deserves their best.
In reality, however, very few jobs go unnoticed, especially if done poorly. A Christian with a poor work ethic or sloppy academic performance gives the world a terrible testimony of Christ. He may say with his mouth that "Jesus is Lord," but when he doesn't care to turn in assignments on time or respect his boss, he is saying even louder, "I myself am lord." In working with excellence, Christians not only serve God, but also display an attitude of service to the world.
Christian work is Holiness-Reflecting
If Christians work for God, that should inherently make them work with excellence. But knowing that God sees everything we do should also make us with integrity. Work that is "Christian" will conform to the highest standards of ethics.
Paul goes on in Colossians to explain that everything we do is done with respect for our watching Master in heaven to whom we will give an account. That means, Paul says, even when our boss is a jerk (many of the people to whom Paul is writing were literally owned by their boss!), Christians do their work unto God. Our work ought to make it obvious that we serve a God of justice and kindness. This means that Christian bosses ought to be less concerned with what they can get away with and more concerned with the fact that they are accountable to a heavenly Master. Christian employees ought not to cut corners or lie about how much work they have been putting in. Business ethics really matter because in them we mirror the character of God. God says that "unjust balances,"—cut corners, fudged balance sheets, skimped time cards, and etc—are an abomination to Him (cf. Prov 11:1). Poor business ethics are no trifling matter.
Christian Work is Redemption-Displaying
If Christians were to act in their jobs with equity and fairness, that alone would set them apart. But those who have been touched by the gospel do not merely attempt to hold to high ethical standards: They live lives with a radically altered perspective of gratitude. What Christ has done by redeeming us to the Father produces a natural response of grace towards others.
I recently heard a story about a young college graduate who landed a job on Madison Avenue, in one of the advertising world's most prestigious firms. Shortly after she got there, she made a mistake that cost the company $25,000. Madison Avenue is not a world defined by grace, and she expected to be fired by the end of the day. Her boss, however, went before his board of directors, convincing them to allow the blame for her mistake to fall on him instead. When this young woman heard what her boss had done, she came to him crying. In tears, she asked him why in an atmosphere as cutthroat as that of Madison Avenue advertising, he would choose to cut his own throat for her. He answered by sharing how 15 years earlier Jesus had done a very similar thing for him, stepping in the way of the wrath that he deserved. Because of the great grace that Jesus had shown him, he felt to do that for others when he could.
When we work to display redemption, we no longer angle for position, shrewdly networking so that every relationship we have and every activity of our day serves our bottom line. In fact, Christ's grace changes our desires so that we seek new bottom lines. If truly touched by grace, Christians in business begin to leverage their resources to bless those in need. If truly touched by grace, Christians in business consider ways to use their work in taking the gospel to places where it is not known.
Some Christians may object to a perspective like this. Grace is something that applies in the spiritual realm, they may say, but not in business: "I worked for what I have—I earned it!" they might say. A person may certainly feel like she has earned everything that she has, but where did she get her tough-minded work ethic? Her intelligence? These were the grace of God. By whose decree did she grow up in the United States instead of in a Brazilian favela? Certainly not by her own—this also was the grace of God. The very air she breathed and food she ate were provided to her as gifts of grace. Jesus taught that the kingdom of God belongs to those who are "poor in spirit"—who recognize that all they have is a gift of grace. The "middle class in spirit"—who believe they are merely reaping through fruit of their labors, will know nothing of the Kingdom of God, because they have no concept of the magnitude of the grace of God in their lives. When someone understands how much they are indebted to grace, they will begin to see every situation they are in, whether in business or the church, as a place not to be served, but to serve.
The call to leverage our lives for the Kingdom of God is not the special assignment of a sacred few. All disciples of Jesus are called to see their lives as seeds to be "planted" for God's kingdom. Jesus said that if our lives were a party, it should be thrown for those who can't pay us back. Sometimes I think we've invented this whole language of calling to mask the fact that the majority of people in our churches are not living as disciples of Jesus.
Christian Work is Mission-Advancing
Work done by disciples of Jesus should be done with a view toward the Great Commission. In Acts we see that God used business people to get the gospel around the world even faster than the Apostles could. Luke seems to go out of his way to make this point. He notes that the first time the church "went everywhere preaching the word," the Apostles were not engaged (Acts 8:1). He also notes that when Paul finally arrives in Rome to preach Christ there, he is greeted by "hospitable brothers," who seem to have been there for quite some time (Acts 28:7). As Steven Neill notes in his classic History of Christian Missions, of the three great church planting centers in the ancient world (Antioch, Alexandria, and Rome), not one was founded by an Apostle.
In the same way, Christians in the marketplace today are able to gain access more easily to strategic, unreached places. Globalization, revolutions in technology, and urbanization have given the business community nearly universal access.
Secular skills are needed to give Christians access to countries that would otherwise swiftly reject their presence. The countries most in need of a gospel presence—those in the so-called "10-40 window"—are devastated by poverty and joblessness. These places need both the words of the gospel and the tangible reflection of God's love that businesses can provide. Millions in this region are without work and without the knowledge of Christ.
One example, though dozens could be provided, is the nation of Iran. As a country, Iran is an unreached area in desperate need of the gospel. As of today, there are 10 million seeking employment in Iran, a number that could eclipse 20 million within the next 15 years. How are places like this to be reached? Iran can be reached through the efforts of average Christian businesspeople taking their skills and expertise overseas. This may not be the path for every Christian, but perhaps God is challenging you to consider leveraging your work for his mission-advancing purposes.
Not every Christian, of course, will be led to perform their business in an unreached people group. But disciples of Jesus should always do their work with a view toward the Great Commission. A "missional vision" for Christian work is to do it well, and to do it, if at all possible, somewhere strategic. Proverbs 22:29 says, "Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men." Believers who do their work well can be greatly used in the work of the Great Commission; their excellence in business can give them audiences with the "kings" and influencers of the most unreached peoples in the world.
God is interested in how Christians do their work, and He wants to be involved in it. Your work can make an eternal difference in the lives of those you work with, those you work for, and those you serve through your job. Allow the transformation of the gospel to change the way you look at and do your work. You were redeemed by grace—now live out that grace in the context of your job. You may never look at work the same way again.
[1]http://www.travelkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/air/2002/American-Airlines-Preaching-Pilot Found in Dickson, The Best Kept Secret of Christian Mission.
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That was just what I needed to read right now. Thanks for being faithful in a faithless world.


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A case study has shown that the risks incurred with multiple exposures are
still not well understood.
Over the period 2002 2004 workers constructing an air emissions recovery
boiler in Dryden, Ontario (Canada), were exposed to emissions from other stacks
in the area. These contained chemicals including methanol, sulphur dioxide,
hydrogen sulphide, nitrogen oxide, ammonia and lead manganese.
Despite assurances from the Labour Ministry that there were no health risks
workers reported a range of problems and a later clinic assessment led to
diagnoses of multiple-chemical toxic encephalopathy for many.
The Labour Ministry has committed to monitoring the site and taking corrective
action if air quality becomes a problem.
A case study into numerous illnesses at a Dryden boiler project proves more
work still needs to be done about the perils of multiple exposure, states a
provincial trades official.
"Dryden is an example of a complete failure, a perfect storm, says Carmine
Tiano, Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario WSIB
training and advisory services director.
"It was a complete occupational health and safety system breakdown.
From 2002 to 2004, more than 300 workers constructed an air emissions recovery
boiler in Dryden. On a regular basis, the workers were exposed to plumes from
adjacent stack emissions blowing into their work area. The emissions contained
chemicals such as methanol, sulphur dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, nitrogen oxide,
ammonia and smaller amounts of lead manganese.
On a number of occasions, Ontario's labour ministry was called in to address
the exposure and it stated there were no health risks. This contradicted the
numerous worker complaints of respiratory, gastrointestinal, cardiac and skin
ailments, says Tiano, who reported the findings of his case study at the recent
provincial trades convention.
"They were told everything was within limits, notes Tiano. "Three hundred
claims were submitted (under WSIB's Program for Exposure Incident Reporting),
14 were accepted for loss of earning and only one for permanent impairment.
The Northwestern Ontario Building Trade Council sponsored an intake clinic in
November 2004, which was organized in collaboration with the Sudbury
Occupational Health Clinic of Ontario Workers, to assess the health of workers
on the site.
The 350 workers who attended the clinic answered a medical questionnaire and
were assessed by occupational health physicians.
The diagnosis of the workers was determined to be multiple-chemical toxic
encephalopathy, which indicates a mixture of neurocognitive, neurobehavioural
and autonomic nervous system changes.
"This demonstrated how impoverished intellectually - in understanding
multiple exposure - people can be, says Tiano.
Though the WSIB did not allocate enough resources to cluster claims, with only
one adjudicator for all 300 Dryden fies, the provincial trades council also
learned some lessons in this case, adds Tiano.
"The building trades were ill prepared to deal with mass exposures and complex
issues as well, says Tiano. "Although potential health risks were identified
in pre-job work-up, the building trades had little ability to resolve issues
short of work stoppages and walking off the site.
The Northwestern trades council has developed a health risk protocol since the
Dryden exposure case. Discussions have also been held with labour ministry,
WSIB, employers and the medical community. The protocol is being tested at a
Fort Francis Abitibi Project currently in its initial phases.
"Also what came out of Dryden is that WSIB has consulted with local doctors
about multiple exposure (symptoms and diagnosis), notes Tiano.
The labour ministry has committed to monitoring the Fort Francis site and
taking corrective action if air quality becomes a problem. The WSIB has
committed to allocate additional resources if cluster claims happen again.
"Over the years we have heard of other cases like this. We have to get our oar
in the water with the government, this type of thing has to stop, adds
Patrick Dillon, Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario
business manager.
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I've been a little off all day because of a dream I had last night. It sort of messed me up. Ever have a dream where you've done something wrong, and it's so vivid that you feel incredibly guilty when you wake up? I can't get it out of my head.
And all of this makes me wonder, where do dreams come from? Are they based on truth? What the fudge is my psyche trying to tell me? Can I please ignore it and go back to my regularly scheduled life?
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
3 comments:
- Suzie said...
Oh you poor thing! I've been very upset at people without knowing exactly why, and then I remember they did somethign in a dream.
- Maria said...
I want the juicy details. I'm just so curious. Just remember, at least it's a dream and you have a choice.
- KB said...
I have dreams where my high school math teacher shows up at my job to tell my boss I didn't really pass trigonometry. As a result, I lose my job because that, of course, voids my college degree and I obviously know nothing.
I think dreams are usually triggered by something going on in our real lives, but I can never figure out what. Ignore them, I say. You'll just have new ones.
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WE are a family of schools who exist to INSPIRE each pupil to believe in themselves so they experience great SUCCESS through our commitment to EXCELLENCE. Our philosophy is one of boundless aspiration...the sky is the limit!
WISE in short stands for 'We Inspire Success and Excellence'.
Prudhoe West Academy has a fully inclusive ethos where all members of the school community are encouraged to have high aspirations for themselves. Learning, leading to high academic attainment, is at the heart of each academy with all
children, irrespective of inherent ability, striving to fulfil their potential. Learning experiences are woven into an exciting curriculum which is broad, balanced and relevant, where children develop core basic skills which are transferable to everyday
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Children develop as confident individuals, successful learners and responsible citizens in a safe, high quality learning environment which is up-to-date and equipped with the necessary technologies to prepare them for life in the twenty-first century. They have a strong voice along with their parents and wider stakeholders.
Comprehensive, extended provision supports children in developing specific gifts and talents and places the school at the heart of the community which it serves.
Prudhoe West Academy operates an open-door policy with parents, carers and the local community. All are welcomed into the Academy so that all can participate and share skills and experiences with the children.
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Prudhoe West Academy is a non-selective school for the local community. As such, the admissions policy reflects the locally co-ordinated admissions scheme. After admitting students with a statement of SEN, followed by 'Looked After' children, the admissions policy for the Academy prioritises brothers and sisters of children at the school and those living closest to the Academy. Our admissions policy is available below.
Please note: the allocation of a Nursery place DOES NOT guarantee a Reception place and parents must still follow the admissions process detailed below.
Admissions for Nursery are handled by the school.
Application Forms are available from the school or from the Form Downloads section of the website. This should be completed and returned directly to the school in paper format.
Usually children are admitted to Nursery the September after their third birthday. Application forms are accepted from birth.
The policy for allocation of places is available from the school by request.
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Admissions for Reception, and transfers from other schools, are co-ordinated by the local authority.
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In order for co-parenting to succeed, there are some important rules that all co-parents should follow:
1. Do not use your child as a go-between. It's not fair to your child, and could damage parent-child relationships.
2. Do not discuss your feelings about the other parent with your child. It's not fair to put your feelings about your ex-spouse or significant other out in front of your children. If you need to vent, call a girlfriend - after the kids are in bed and out of earshot.
3. Always remember that your child needs time with both of you to grow up healthy and happy. Your child needs a relationship with both parents, and poisoning your child against your ex isn't going to make things any better for your child.
4. If possible, never argue in front of your child. Send them upstairs to play video games or go outside, but don't argue or curse at each other in front of the kids.
5. Be flexible whenever possible. You'll want your ex to work with you, so you have to be flexible when possible. If swapping weekends will work for you, then do it. Don't just be difficult to spite your ex.
6. Think of parenting time as benefiting your child, not you or the other parent. Your child wants time with both parents, and depriving your child of time with the other parent just because you're angry isn't fair.
7. Envision yourself and the other parent as a team. You may not be in love anymore, but you're still in charge of parenting your child together. Work together as a team and things will run much more smoothly.
8. If you are the residential parent, include the other parent as much as possible. If your child only sees the other parent once or twice a month, involve the other parent in as many activities as you can. Plan holidays and birthdays together, or plan time to spend together (platonically, of course).
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I can't think of anything worse in the morning than having to take a cold shower. But having a rotten egg smell in your shower water from a decayed anode comes in a close second. If you're looking to replace a water heater or choose one for a new residence, you have a world of options. Let's look over a few.
The most conventionally used type is a storage water heater. These units have up to an 80-gallon capacity (if you can afford to heat it) and are fired by natural gas, propane, electricity, and fuel oil. Other choices include a heat-pump water heater, where the water is heated on-demand, but the heater has a limited rate of flow.
There are also solar powered water heaters, tankless coil heaters that power off your home's heating system, and electric-powered on-demand water heaters, a common choice around the globe.
Evaluating Your Water Heating Needs The U.S. Department of Energy has established some simple guidelines to help you choose the right water heater for your needs. You'll want to evaluate the fuel source options to power the heater, the capacity you'll need for your family, and the operating costs (along with energy efficiency).
In addition to electricity, fuel oil, natural gas, and propane, homeowners with geothermal heating systems can tap into that unique resource with a pump system.
When shopping for your system, evaluate the Energy Guide label on the appliance that stipulates the annual operating costs and energy efficiency. Size alone is not necessarily your best guideline.
If you have a large family with constant hot water use in showers and appliances, you'll want a heater with a rapid recovery rate. Beware of your cost to heat water all day. Remember, you want to consider BTU input and first-hour recovery rates. The higher the BTU rate and smaller the tank, the shorter the time to a tankful of fresh hot water.
If you have only three members in your family, you may be comfortable with a 40 gallon capacity tank.
Water Heater Accessories You should consider water heater accessories that can help with efficiency and home protection from leaks. These include alarms, pressure regulators, heater stands, tank capacity extenders, insulating blankets, overflow pans, and system timers.
Insulating blankets are a great idea if your heater is in a cold basement or garage and you live in a cold climate.
Finally, let's look at that rotten egg smell. It's caused by bacteria that forms in the water after water heater anodes reach the end of their service life. When that happens, you need to change out the anodes with zinc-alloy replacements, treat your water, or replace the entire water heater.


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The holiday season will be here before you know it, and now is the perfect time to map out your digital-marketing campaigns in order to drive the most revenue for your business.
Waiting too long puts you at a severe disadvantage — you need to be ready to capitalize on the increased traffic and the mindset of consumers during this period. They will be ready and willing to click that buy-now button, so run through this quick six-step checklist to make sure your online business is ready for the fast-approaching holiday season.
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1. Analyze previous holiday-season data.
This is something so simple, yet many businesses completely ignore the gold mine of data they have available to them. Where did the majority of your holiday traffic that lead to conversions come from last year? Was it email marketing, social media, paid search or organic traffic?
2. Build out holiday-specific landing pages.
You will want to have several landing pages to split test, so rather than scrambling to get them done at the last minute, build them out now. This allows you to start your holiday marketing with a large group to pull data from.
The sooner you are able to clip the poorly performing pages and identify your highest converting landing pages, the sooner you can push the majority of your traffic to the best performing landing pages. You want to make sure you have identified your best performers before the peak of holiday season.
3. Set up your holiday email-marketing campaigns.
There is a good chance that your holiday email offers and funnels will be slightly different than your traditional email campaigns. For example, your traditional conversion funnel might reach the consumer every 10 days with an offer, but during the holiday season you will want to be a little more aggressive. Consumers are in the buying mood — if you wait too long you might lose those potential customers to a competitor that reached them sooner.
4. Ensure your website is mobile-friendly.
It's been said a million times — you need a mobile-friendly website. While running your site through Google's mobile-friendly test is a good start, you need to also test your user experience with real visitors.
Ask friends, family, employees and complete strangers to access your website via their mobile devices and have them navigate your pages, access your offers, submit your forms and attempt to contact your business. You need honest feedback — if something sucks they need to tell you. Holiday visitors are in the buying mindset, so you need to make sure they don't get frustrated or annoyed while on your website.
5. Map out your holiday content marketing.
It's never too early to start planning your holiday content. Start chipping away at it now and you can have all of your blog posts scheduled ahead of time.
You will also want to consider increasing your posting frequency during the holiday season. This should be something that you start discussing early with whomever is handling your SEO. You will often want to create your content around holiday specific keywords.
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If you aren't using an automated social-media tool, now is the time to look into it. I use Hootsuite — it costs me less than $120 a year and allows me to schedule posts far in advance. You never want to automate all social media, but it's nice to know that you always have posts scheduled that can spark interaction and drive website traffic.
Holiday-specific images, hashtags and messages are key — your approach will be a bit different during the holiday season. During peak holiday season, don't be afraid to throw some direct offers out there — people will be searching for deals and using the correct hashtags and keywords can help attract purchase-ready consumers.
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I arrived in Breckenridge last night and had my first day on snow today. This kicks off my 4 month season based here. I am excited to learn some new tricks. I am looking forward to my comps this season including my first world cup at Copper Mt in Mid-December. I am also hoping to compete in world cups in Canada and Austria. I am now part of the Shadow Team for the 2014 Olympic Games. Check out my article in the Border Mail: http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/1917373/winter-olympics-within-reach-of-border-boarder/
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If last year was Apple's entry into the large cellphone format market (or, if you will, phablets) was storming the beach that was held by Samsung, this year is the company is reinforcing its position with the iPhone 6S Plus. On the outside, it looks exactly like the previous year's model. This is to be expected, as there's never been any major change to the form factor of previous iPhones on an "S" year. But in many ways, there's a plethora of improvements if you know where to look.
Using its experience from the Apple Watch, the iPhone 6S Plus uses a harder, more resilient form of aluminum. If you want to get technical about it, it's 7000-series aluminum, which according to metallurgical experts, is what you'd find in aircraft. In addition, Apple's using a "dual-ion exchange" process with its glass, making it harder and more scratch resistant. Both are changes most people would miss, if they didn't know they were there.
Apple's taken another cue from the Apple Watch and incorporated it into the new iPhone with 3D Touch. It operates much like Force Touch in the watch and in the newer MacBooks. Essentially, they harder one presses down, the more options pop up on your screen. For the time being, 3D touch works on most first party applications and a few third party apps, but it actually is very useful and it's something most developers are sure to find a use for.
Additionally, Apple's refined the camera that goes into the iPhone 6S Plus. It's bumped up to 12 megapixels from 8 megapixels (a sensor Apple's been using for a long time). The new camera allows the iPhone to do some new tricks such as Live Photos, which shoots video with audio a second and a half before and after a photo's taken, making it much like a motion GIF. It also shoots in 4K, which is curious because the new Apple TV, which is probably how most people will get their videos on their TVs, isn't compatible with this format.
Even more curious is how Apple continues to sell a 16GB iPhone. With the added data demands of 12 megapixel photos and 4K video, in addition to apps and other miscellaneous bits and bytes, 64GB (at $100 more than the base 6S Plus) is the real minimum most users should consider. A 128GB option is also available, priced $200 more than the 16GB model.
What ties most of these improvements together is one more piece of refinement, Apple's A9 processor, designed in-house. Reviewers have marveled at the benchmarks it spits out, with speeds rivaling desktop and laptop chips and in real world applications, iOS 9 and apps run buttery smooth. Apple's also added another 1GB of RAM to the phone (bringing it up to 2GB), meaning browser tabs don't have to reload and everything, overall, just runs easier and with fewer glitches. There was some controversy about A9 chips sourced from Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, but subsequent tests found there's no real difference between the two regarding performance or battery usage.
The only way you really could tell someone was sporting a 6S instead of a plain old 6 is by the new color introduced this year, rose gold. Some people are put off by what's essentially a shade of pink while other individuals simply love the new color. If you're not as concerned about people knowing what sort of phone you're using (or rocking pink as a choice of color) space grey, silver and gold are still available.
I've chosen the iPhone 6S Plus as being a better phone than the iPhone 6S for two reasons. First, the screen size of the Plus at 5.5 inches makes for a much more usable device. It's probably eating into Cupertino's sales of iPad minis, but Apple's been afraid of cannibalizing its own sales. The Plus also features optical image stabilization (OIS) for its camera so images stills are more likely to be crisp and sharp the first time they're taken, something the Plus is missing. The OIS also works with videos as sort of a poor man's Steadicam.


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