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Drug compendia are excellent resources that are used either directly or indirectly by almost all stakeholders in the pharmaceutical industry. Two of the leading drug compendia providers are Wolters Kluwer (Medi-Span) and First Databank (FDB). Pharmaceutically equivalent products are those that share the same active ingredient(s), strength/concentration, dosage form, and route of administration. Both compendia group pharmaceutically equivalent products together. Medi-Span groups these products using the 14-character Generic Product Identifier (GPI) field, while FDB groups pharmaceutically equivalent products together using a five-digit Generic Code Number, or GCN. There are some therapeutic categories that drug compendia find challenging to code, and they require procedures outside of the normal categorization process.
Nutritional Supplements, Vitamins, and Devices
What happens to the hundreds, if not thousands, of unique vitamins, nutritional supplements, dietary management products, medical foods, and devices? Do the compendia create unique GPIs and GCNs for each of these slightly different products? The short answer is no. Due to the character-length limitations of GPIs or GCNs, it is impossible for the compendia to assign unique identifiers to each product formulation; thus, partial GPIs and FDB Supersets were born.
Medi-Span refers to partial GPIs as a general description of the product based on the therapeutic classification system. Partial GPIs can be identified and differentiated based on the presence of asterisks before and after the GPI Name, which is essentially the product's generic name. Examples of GPI Names for partial GPIs include *Nutritional Supplement Caps** and *Blood Pressure Monitoring – Device***. Placing products in a partial GPI indicates to users that products are like one another, albeit not pharmaceutically equivalent. Similarly, FDB has created FDB Supersets, which group similar but not pharmaceutically equivalent products together. This is most commonly seen in the device space, such as with GCN 94200 that groups Medical Supplies and DME (durable medical equipment).
Partial GPIs and FDB Supersets can cause confusion in the marketplace. For organizations doing GPI/GCN crosswalks, it can be difficult to map these products from one compendium to another. When doing a GPI to GCN crosswalk (or a GCN to GPI crosswalk), products with partial GPIs or FDB Supersets may have a one-to-many relationship. Additionally, some physicians may choose to search for products by therapeutic category, and this can prove challenging if a product is in a partial GPI for FDB Superset, due to the vast number of products appearing. Finally, a partial GPI or FDB Superset could serve as an indicator to a payer that a product is not a typical drug and may affect formulary placement and/or coverage.
Understanding partial GPIs and FDB Supersets is important for manufacturers, especially those making vitamins, dietary supplements, medical foods, medical devices, and/or durable medical equipment. Other stakeholders should be familiar with these product identifiers to properly code their systems to ensure the business intent is captured correctly.
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text: TV industry's ex-couple Urvashi Dholakia and Anuj Sachdeva are all seen in StarPlus's dance reality show 'Nach Baliye' 9 these days and they are winning the hearts of the people with their performances. In the upcoming episode of the show, the show's creators have called actors' friends and family, which has been revealed by a source.\r\n\r\nYes, in the next episode, Urvashi's sons Sagar and Kshitiz Dholakia are about to meet her on the show, and then something is going to happen that everyone is going to be surprised. According to reports, Urvashi's sons want their mother to return to her ex-boyfriend Anuj.\r\n\r\n"It's a regular car..." said Komolika, who bought a luxury car recently!\r\n\r\nYes, from the first episode, judges Raveena Tandon and Ahmed Khan are eagerly waiting for the two to take their relationship to the next level. Now, during the shoot of the upcoming episode, Urvashi said, "When I needed him in the early days, he didn't give me a satisfactory answer or was not clear on Anuj's behalf. Now that I'm self-sufficient, I don't want to depend on anybody anymore," says Anuj, "When the time will be right and it will take me to say yes now." In the episode, Urvashi's sons are about to appear.\r\n\r\nOn the acting debut of her twin sons, Urvashi said: 'Nothing will be...'\r\n\r\nExplaining his mother's relationship with Anuj during this time, his sons say, "Anuj is a very good person, he is the best for our mother. Whenever he bought anything for them, he always bought something for us. Anuj is like a family to us, but we never asked our mother about her relationship with Anuj. We all want her to be happy and if she is happy with Anuj, we will be happy for her," he said, so both sons of Urvashi want to see Anuj and Urvashi together.\r\n\r\nUrvashi Dholakia got injured amidst Dance rehearsals, shared the video!

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DeltaFoxWhiskyMike asks:
If you are going to claim to represent 99% of the population, you had better start asking them for their permission to do so. Run for office, put forth your grand ideas, and get elected. The people currently serving there are there because we elected them.
Nobody has elected or selected OWS [Occupy Wall St] to do anything.
Occupy Frankfurt answers:
This is not about representing somebody, not being a party, not being elected. You're not part of the 99% if you're a politician, a lobbyist, a CEO, a billionaire, somebody with power and money who can form the system so others are manipulated to serve in your interest and bend the law/politics to suppress others.
You're part of the 99% when your instincts are telling you, that something is terribly wrong, when you've realised that your life is controlled by a power you can't comprehend, when you're standing up for your voice, when you want to take a stand for your future and when you want to make a difference in this world.
NormaStitz says:
Can you please quickly make the penny drop that the Occupy protesters have exactly the same needs for housing, clothing, employment, food ... that your detractors have, and that this attempt to cut you off from dialogue by fabricating some spurious "difference" is pretty effing lame?
Is it frustrating that the rolling news cycle apparently requires you to have a concrete set of "demands", or even to engage - on its own terms - with the very political system that has proved itself to be so hopelessly embedded in the corporatocracy.
Occupy Frankfurt responds:
It's like you said: most/some of us have jobs, are students, have a warm bed at home, a family supporting us and structures and life. But exactly because we fear to lose those things is why we're taking this chance to fight for it.
We're putting our hopes in this possibility to make a change and are prepared to relinquish our comfortable life, until we've achieved our goal. Staying the whole night in the cold is, in my opinion, a preparation for how life could be if we're don't take a stand. Our camp became a village which now represents an average of Germany. We're starting with the unemployed, homeless, people with a hard life and poor prospects. And then come the students, the temporary workers, the blue and white collar workers, the bankers, lawyers and activists. We're men and women, families, pensioners, teens, students who are afraid but still have hope.
PrincePhilip comments:
I'd like to ask the camps whether they are being approached by more "established" political parties or pressure groups? I'm sure the camps must share a lot of common purpose with groups (eg War on Want) and could explore ways of co-operating for mutual benefit.
Occupy Frankfurt says:
Of course political parties try to benefit from our movement, but they've all been profiteers of the established system and supporters of continuing to suppress the masses. We're inviting the individuals of those parties to join us, but they have to leave their ideology and start to represent themselves. There are many answers out there and many who have missing information to comprehend the system, and solutions how to cope with the current situation.
People join our camp/village daily and can help to fill the missing links. We believe that if we're educating everyone about the system we're living in and how it functions unequally, people will rise and take back the future and life into their own hands.
mike944 questions the protesters' representation of the public:
Considering that there is very little public support for your cause (whatever that is), do you really feel you represent the 99%?
Why do you all feel the need to wear V for Vendetta masks? Is it not a bit of a cliché?
Occupy Frankfurt replies:
One of the things which are giving us drive IS in fact the overwhelming support we receive daily. We're not hungry, we're not alone, we're told that we're representing them and we're becoming more every day.
The Guy Fawkes mask comes from the Anonymous movement and serves as a means of covering their identity for the purpose of personal safety. Please inform yourself on whatis-theplan.org. There are also other personal reasons, but we can't answer for them ...
StrokerAce comes on to ask:
What are you doing to spread your message? Do you see this as important and if so/not why?
Occupy Frankfurt comments:
The media is less interesting to us. Three-quarters of our work effort is put into our internal organisation, only the last quarter is organising links with the media. Of course it's important to keep the press informed and to correct false articles. The latter happens very often and confuses our supporters and those interested. The media is our tool to get more people into our camp and keep momentum.
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In what ways do you believe the inclusive values of your camp have an advantage over the ever more exclusive, comparative value that drives corporate logic?
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If you want a better result you work better together and don't compete. We make the ideas of the others better and have no fear of giving our ideas to others. This happens because we are self-organised without any hierarchies or leaders. Important decisions are made by the working groups or in the main plenum. So it is very difficult to undermine us or corrupt us. In short our worldwide network will become much more intelligent than an corporation could ever be.


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Having tasted different types of food, I will say Chinese food is still one of my favorites. In fact, it is also American's number one option when it comes to eating out. Poultry, seafood, lots of vegetables and without cheese..looks healthy, but not really if you are not careful. In a typical day, a healthy […]
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April 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Talking about public toilet, either in office building, park or restaurants, most want to spend as little time as possible. I have seen many pushing door with elbow and flushing with shoes. So, I am wondering how many of you are covering toilet seat with toilet paper or using disposable toilet seat cover (if it […]
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Energy drinks are becoming more popular nowadays. In fact, instead of reaching a cup of coffee, people are drinking Red Bull for a quick buzz. Teenager is actually the biggest fan of energy drink. A highly active teen's schedule may be filled up with school, sports and other extracurricular activities. The routine can be even […]
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April 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments
The forearms do not usually need too much training as they get worked indirectly from other upper body exercise. However, training forearms directly has increased my grip strength and give better wrist support, not to mention more size. It is good to compliments a good upper arm with a matching forearm.
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I know that this is an old news. David Beckham left Real Madrid to join LA Galaxy in America. It is true that David and Victoria Beckham (also well known as Posh Spice) are celebrity couple in the UK. However, in the USA where soccer is less popular, this couple must do something drastic to […]
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You may have done many workouts to train for bigger biceps. However, the forearms are still lagging, making your arms look pretty much unbalanced. Even if you do not train it for aesthetic appeal purpose, strong forearms are still important in helping you to improve your workouts in deadlifts or games like tennis or badminton. […]
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Every now and then I run into a unique Mac app which does something that no other Mac app does. You know what they say, right? "Necessity is the mother of invention." That leads me to wonder what kind of necessity a Mac developer had to write an app that tracks how many miles your Mac's mouse travels.
Think about. We move the Mac's screen pointer (also, but somewhat inaccurately referred to as the 'mouse) all over the screen, racking up plenty of pixel travel, but probably not giving any consideration to how many miles the pointer has traveled over the years. It's like keystrokes. We all know we probably have a few million keystrokes after a few years, but who's counting?
Now you can. The Mac app that does the counting– clicks, distance, and keystrokes– is called Mouse Miles and it's free. What it does is what you think it does.
Mouse Miles lets you keep track of your mouse / trackpad miles (or feet, inches, yards, centimeters, meters, kilometers), and can also count keystrokes and mouse clicks.
Intriguing, no? All you have to do is install Mouse Miles on your Mac, select what you want to track– clicks, distance, keystrokes– from the single dropdown menu in the Menubar, and decide if you want total fee, inches, yards, meters, centimeters, kilometers or whatever, and you get totals.
That's it.
Do what you normally do on your Mac for a week. Even setup a Calendar event or Reminder to remind you to check the status once a week to see how far you've traveled. Well, how far the mouse pointer has traveled, or how many keystrokes you've, well, stroked.
There's nothing else to it. Mouse Miles resides in the background and the Menubar drop down menu displays the details. It even differentiates right and left clicks. All the data is stored locally on your Mac and not shared online.
Just one, and it's a minor nit, and not a real problem with Mouse Miles. The app requires access to System Preferences > Accessibility but it walks you through the changes necessary.
Otherwise, very cool. I don't right-click as much as I thought I did. There's also a reset button if you want to start over. Nicely done and free.


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Anger and frustration are an inevitable part of human life. Like rain on a Bank Holiday, traffic jams and politicians being really self-interested and deluded, they are part of the human condition.
Or are they?
The Stoics take a different view which can ultimately be both mood-enhancing and liberating.
A game-changing insight, a magic key to changing your life, is that we are not affected by things so much as our interpretation of them.
A second key idea is that we have control over some things and not others, and the wise person focusses all their energy only on what they can change.
This means that though rainy bank holidays, traffic jams and politicians are inevitable, our anger and frustration over them are not.
One of the best introductions to Stoicism's remedy for anger is Seneca's little book On Anger.
But how best to translate Seneca's ideas into a modern day set of remedies?
In this series of articles recently published on the Modern Stoicism website, I wrote about how someone struggling today with anger and frustration might be helped by conversing with a modern Seneca, a life coached well-versed in Seneca's Stoic ideas and also with a good understanding of how therapy can help people overcome bad habits like getting angry too often.
Stoic Therapy for Anger by Tim LeBon -part 1
Stoic Therapy for Anger by Tim LeBon -part 2
I hope you find them useful and help you take control over what you can - with practice - change (your anger and frustration) and accept what you cannot (politicians, traffic jams and the weather, for starters). Seneca, and the articles, also discuss why tackling anger and frustration is so important.


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Disney has released the first Guardians of the Galaxy TV show image from its upcoming animated iteration of the popular Marvel property. Well the property didn't used to be popular exactly, but ever since director James Gunn's Marvel Studios film smashed into theaters this August, it's become a bona fide phenomenon. And Disney certainly knows how to capitalize on interest in all things GotG while we await the 2017 feature film sequel. The animated spinoff will premiere as part of the Marvel Universe block on Disney XD sometime next year, and the first image of these animated iterations has landed online. Everyone looks quite similar to their movie counterpart aside from Drax, who appears to have gone through a minor redesign. Regardless, I'm sure young Guardians of the Galaxy fans will be eager to catch the team in weekly installments on the Disney spinoff network. I am Groot.
Hit the jump to check out the first Guardians of the Galaxy TV show image.
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Production has begun on "Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy," an upcoming animated-television series for Disney XD, featuring the hugely popular characters introduced in the record-breaking Marvel Studios film of the same name. The announcement was made today by Jeph Loeb, Marvel's Head of Television, at New York Comic-Con. Produced by Marvel Television, the series stars Peter Quill as Star-Lord, the brash adventurer who, to save the universe from its greatest threats, joins forces with a quartet of disparate misfits – fan-favorite Rocket Raccoon, a tree-like humanoid named Groot, the enigmatic, expert fighter Gamora and the rough-edged warrior Drax the Destroyer. The series will premiere in 2015 on the Marvel Universe programming block on Disney XD.
"The movie and franchise quickly became a worldwide phenomenon. We're looking forward to working with the great team at Marvel Television to deliver an engaging animated series that fans can enjoy each week," said Marc Buhaj, Senior Vice President, Programming and General Manager, Disney XD.
"This is a very exciting time for the Marvel Animation Studio as we get to explore the cosmic side of the Marvel Universe by developing the first-ever 'Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy' animated series," said Jeph Loeb, Head of Marvel Television. "After starring in the biggest movie of 2014, everyone wants more of Star-Lord and his crew – now they'll get it."
Produced by Marvel Animation, the series' award-winning creative team includes executive producers Alan Fine ("Marvel's The Avengers," "Iron Man," "Thor"), Dan Buckley ("Marvel's Avengers Assemble," "Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H."), Joe Quesada ("Marvel's Avengers Assemble") and Jeph Loeb ("Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."); co-executive producers Stan Lee ("Spider-Man"), Eric Radomski ("Spawn," "Marvel's Avengers Assemble"), Cort Lane ("Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man") and Stephen Wacker ("Marvel's Avengers Assemble"); supervising producers Marty Isenberg ("Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters") and Harrison Wilcox ("Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H."); consulting producer Steven Melching ("Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H."); and supervising director Leo Riley ("TRON: Uprising").
With the success of its recent theatrical release, Guardians of the Galaxy has joined the Avengers and Spider-Man as one of Marvel's most prominent franchises. Premiering in August 2014, Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" debuted to rave reviews and a $94 million opening weekend – the largest August opening in North American history. The film has become the most successful domestic release of 2014, topping the box office for four weeks since its release.


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National parks lodges plan way off track
THE great thing about Victoria's network of national parks is that they are, for the most part, pristine.
For hikers especially, the chance to get off the beaten track for a trek through the Victorian Alps or the Grampians for a wilderness experience is what makes the parks attractive.
Serious bushwalkers carry all their gear for multi-day hikes, camp, cook their own food and carry out all their rubbish.
Australia's hiking trails are distinct from those in other parts of the world in that there is nothing out there in the way of infrastructure and hikers seek them out for that reason.
On the high country trails of north-eastern Victoria, there are a handful of former cattlemen's huts that offer refuge in bad weather but that's about it.
The same goes for the walkers' tracks in the Grampians.
But all that might be about to change with a proposal for privately-operated hiker lodges for the Grampians designed to complement a new trail called the Grampians Peaks Trail covering 144 kilometres from Mount Zero to Dunkeld.
Up to seven lodges with showers and kitchens would be built and offered to private operators on 99-year leases.
According to the masterplan, the walk is expected to generate 32,000 visitor nights in 2015, increasing to more than 80,000 visitor by 2025, while the total number of walkers using the trail is expected to increase from 13,800 next year to more than 34,000 people by 2025.
The trail will go ahead with or without the lodges and the visitors will come regardless.
Lodges would detract from the hiking experience, take business away from existing accommodation and bed and breakfast options in the district and there is a real danger that once they are built pressure to expand will grow from the private interests running them.
Fast forward 20 or 30 years and what was once an untouched national park will be dotted with mini resorts.
No thanks.
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Launch of the Turners' Consort
Concert and Reception
Where: Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DT. (location)
When: Friday 29 March 2019 at 7.00 pm, with a reception for members only from 8.00 pm to 9.00 pm at Milton Court
Concert and Reception
Featuring the Turners' Consort of eight medieval-style recorders, this one-hour concert will showcase recorder music, instruments and performance from the 1400s to the present day. The concert will include works by Machaut, Byrd and Brade.
Then enjoy a short reception (8-9pm) at Milton Court across the road to meet the maker, players and tutors.
The Maker
Commissioned by the Turners' Company from Tim Cranmore, one of the UK's leading instrument makers, the Turners' Consort is the first set of medieval-style, wood-turned instruments to be played and used for teaching at a UK conservatoire.
The Consort provides a unique resource for students of woodwind and historical performance.
During the concert Tim will explain how he re-created the Consort to match those made in the 15th century.
Professor Ian Wilson, principal recorder professor, will discuss the pieces played by the students of the School to show the progression of recorder repertoire from medieval to modern.
The concert is free to all and will last one hour (7-8pm). Tickets will be issued from 6.30pm outside the Music Hall in the Silk Street entrance of Guildhall School.
The reception in Milton Court is for members of the Turners' Company and their guests (who will be guided for the two minute walk to the venue).
To book Reception tickets (£20), including a reserved seat at the concert, please email: email@example.com
About the Turners' Consort
The Turners' Consort comprises eight instruments in two different keys, to maximise the repertoire that can be played. The instruments are made from European pear wood giving the Consort a very warm sound. Professor Ian Wilson has described the Consort as:
An exciting tool for education, a vital aid to those at Guildhall School working in historical performance and an asset the School will be proud to show off through regular performances and its outreach activities.
A long history between the Turners' Company and Musical Instruments The Worshipful Company of Turners has long links with the tradition of music making going back to 1604, when both the Turners' Company and the Worshipful Company of Musicians received their Royal Charters from James I. Over the following 150 years of the Baroque period, Masters of the Turners' Company included leading makers such as William Shaw (1635), William Whitehill (1687) and Thomas Stanesbury Junior (1739). In the Classical period (1750-1830) Richard Potter created the famous Potter Flute and was Master of the Company in 1782.
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Most small trades business owners are very good at their job, fitting boilers, changing consumer units, building extensions etc…But many will openly admit they have had little to none business training.
I am no business guru, but I have some experience and feel a lot of people could really take what I am about to say in this article to really rocket their net profit!
What is Up-Selling and Cross-Selling
For those unaware of the term up-sell and cross-sell I will quickly explain,
Upselling is a sales technique that people use to maximise revenue from clients, Wikipedia's definition is –
"Upselling is a sales technique where a seller induces the customer to purchase more expensive items, upgrades or other add-ons in an attempt to make a more profitable sale. While it usually involves marketing more profitable services or products,[1] it can be simply exposing the customer to other options that were perhaps not considered (A different technique is cross-selling in which a seller tries to sell something else). In practice, large businesses usually combine upselling and cross-selling to maximize profit."
Up-selling is encouraging the purchase of anything that would make the primary product/service more expensive. For instance, when selling a Boiler Installation you could upsell the clients a better model of boiler or better control system to complement the performance of the boiler.
Cross-selling is the suggestion of any other product/Service to be purchased in conjunction with the primary product, for example, whilst selling the boiler installation you could sell the customer A system filter, maintenance plan or smoke/ CO alarms
So now you understand what up-selling and cross-selling is, let me explain how and why you should be utilising these very simple techniques to start maximising your revenue and net profit from every client!
How to up-sell/cross-sell
Depending on your business there are many ways to use up-selling/cross-selling…Let me start with a very simple example to start us off with-
Basic up-sell Example
You have just sold a boiler installation to your customer, you could then explain to them that for just £x extra they could have a better/higher output of boiler or all singing and dancing control system… Obviously with some added margin for yourself added on!
Basic cross-sell Example
You're at your customer's home carrying out a boiler service, the customer is already in a safety mindset so it would be a perfect cross-sell to mentioned to them is that you can provide smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms, Right there and then. These products are super easy to acquire at discounted rates via trade suppliers and online sources and can be sold by almost any trade on any job for solid mark up.
All you need to do is carry a few on your van and at some point on the job if you feel that it would be beneficial for your customer to have them, simply highlight the facts, ie, to protect their family and home, give peace of mind etc and make the sale.
The above examples are just to open your mind to the possibilities, see below some products/services that I up-sell/ cross-sell within my plumbing company-
- Sure stops
- Scale reducers
- Service/maintenance plans
- Smoke alarms
- CO alarms
- Inhibitor dosing
- Eco flush syphons
- Internet controllers
- Add a Boiler Service to your landlord safety
- System flushing
- Other services ie plumbing, electrics, plastering etc
The list could go on and on.
DO NOT offer multiple options to the customers, this will only turn them off to what you offer, be strategic in what you offer each customer, for example, you would be wasting your time trying to sell an internet controller to a 70+ retired person, but a Sure Stop isolate on the other hand would hold great value to this customer.
Up-Sell / cross-sell sales give a huge boost to Net profit because whatever mark up you make goes straight onto your net PROFIT! ( the most important pot of them all) As there is no new specific overhead to account for ( apart from the initial costs of goods/labour). I challenge you all to buy 5 smoke or CO alarms and make the decision to cross-sell them a soon as possible and see the results for yourself.
That said, as with anything you sell the customer has to see the value in what you are offering, so don't be 'the pushy salesperson type' this will only hinder your chance of up-sell/cross-selling and could damage your reputation. Only offer a product or service to someone if you feel it can bring value to that person otherwise, this may have a negative effect on your business
A lot of tradesmen feel uncomfortable when selling, but the easiest way to overcome this fear is to simply offer your customers something that you honestly feel would benefit them, it sounds simple and is… We as human beings have a habit of over-complicating things when in reality simple is the best way to do anything!
Up-selling/Cross-selling is used by all the big company's, its a proven way to increase profits from every sale. As with anything dont run before you can walk, simply try a few of the basic tips i mentioned earlier and build on from there.
Well, this has been Wayne Bettess writing his views on up-selling/cross-selling, if you found this article to be helpful please share it with anyone else you feel it could help.
Thanks for reading.


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Volcanoes and Ice: Winter
This tour offers you the chance to see 2 unique destinations in winter - Iceland and Greenland. Start from Reykjavik where you will enjoy a guided tour of the fabulous Golden Circle including Thingvellir National Park, Geysir geothermal area and amazing, Gullfoss waterfall. Continue on to UNESCO World Heritage listed Ilulissat, Greenland. This town is the perfect destination to see icebergs, with breathtaking views over the Inland Ice Cap and fjords, as you fly in. Witness the majestic beauty of Greenlandic nature and enjoy optional winter activities such as dog-sledding, a cruise on the Fjord to see gigantic icebergs, searching for the Northern Lights on a clear night and much more. Then return to Reykjavik for one further night.
Day 1 Reykjavik Arrrival
On arrival at Keflavik International Airport take the coach transfer to your hotel. Time at leisure to explore. The city centre is a small area characterised by eclectic and colourful houses, good shopping, dining and drinking. Reykjavík has recently established itself as a haven for food lovers, with numerous restaurants taking advantage of the abundance of local seafood, meat and game. Reykjavik also has many wonderful museums including the National Museum displaying artefacts from the first settlement to the modern age, giving an excellent overview of Iceland's history and culture, the Reykjavik 871+2 Settlement Museum, an archaeological museum based around a 10th-century Viking longhouse unearthed in 2001, the Reykjavik Art Museum and the National Gallery. 2 nights in Reykjavik.
Day 2 Reykjavik: Golden Circle Thingvellir National Park, Gulfoss Waterfall and Geysir Geothermal Area
Today visit the 3 most famed natural attractions in Iceland: Thingvellir National Park, the Geysir geothermal area and the amazing waterfall Gullfoss, collectively known as the Golden Circle. Start by driving around southern Iceland's fertile lands to visit one of the most magnificent waterfalls, Gullfoss. Onwards to the erupting geysirs, bubbling mud pols and hot springs in the Geysir area, before arriving at beautiful Þingvellir National Park. Here, the world's oldest parliament was founded in the year 930AD and the European and American tectonic plates almost meet in a spectacular setting.Tonight enjoy a traditional Icelandic Fish Buffet dinner at Resturant Reykjavik. 2nd overnight in Reykjavik.
Day 3 Reykjavik - Ilulissat, Greenland
Breakfast at your hotel. Then transfer to the Reykjavik Domestic Airport for your flight to Ilulissat. On arrival, meet your local guide and transfer to the hotel, for a welcome meeting followed by a guided town walk. Visit the old part of town to see the original buildings dating from the early settlement of this former Danish trading station, the busy fishing harbour, the old Zion Church and the museum. 3 nights in Ilulissat, with a welcome dinner at the hotel tonight.
Day 4 Ilulissat: Day at Leisure
A day for you to choose what you would like to do. Relax at the hotel, take a walk or add one of the great optional excursions offered. These are :
Search for the Northern Lights by snowshoe 2hrs: Experience the amazing Northern Light on this guided snow shoe walk. Provided with a headlight we will walk safely into the landscape, and your guide will tell you all about this natural phenomenon and the inuits legends and traditions.
*Husky Safaris 2 hrs or 5 hrs: leave the civilized world and enter an Arctic wonderland of low passes and ice covered fjords, where icebergs raise like sculptures and you feel you could have travelled back in time into the world of the old polar explorers. 2 persons share each dog sled.
Snowshoe Walk to View the Icebergs 5 hrs: A guided snowshoe walk following the Yellow Trail to enjoy the panoramic view of the Sermermiut Valley, the icebergs and Disko Bay. Duration 5 hrs.
The Icebergs of Sermermiut 2-3hrs: Travel by bus as far as the road goes then enjoy a beautiful guided walk along the UNESCO designated Ilulissat Ice Fjord to Sermermiut, where traces from the 3 old Inuit cultures can still be seen. Sermermiut is a fertile valley next to the Ice Fjord and here you can enjoy the snowy landscapes as well as the fantastic icebergs. (Only operated in March).
Day 5 Ilulissat: Day at Leisure
A day for you to choose what you would like to do. Relax at the hotel, take a walk or add one of the great optional excursions offered.
On Day 5 enjoy a Farewell to Greenland dinner at the hotel.
Day 6: Ilulissat - Reykjavik
Morning at leisure before transfer to the airport for your flight back to Iceland. On arrival at the airport, transfer to your Reykjavik hotel for overnight.
Day 7 Reykjavik Departure
Your tour arrangements end today with your transfer to Keflavik Airport.
2020 departures: every Friday from 21 February to 10 April
Includes: Return economy class flights Reykjavik-Ilulissat; transfers as specified in the itinerary; 6 nights accommodation in standard rooms with private facilities (3 nights Reykjavik, 3 nights Ilulissat); daily breakfast; dinner in Iceland (Day 2); dinner at the hotel in Ilulissat (Days 2, 5); guided Golden Circle excursion; Ilulissat guided town walk; services of a local destination guide in Greenland.
Excludes: Optional excursions
The price is based upon a certain class on flights to and from Greenland. If this class has sold out, the final price may increase, depending on the availability and cost of other classes at the time of booking. Solo driving supplements apply for dogsledding and snowmobiling excursions.
N.B. Flights to/from Greenland may depart from/return to Keflavik International or Reykjavik Domestic Airports.
*Solo driving supplements apply for dogsledding excursions.
Nordic Travel is 100% Australian owned and operated
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Includes: Return economy class flights Reykjavik - Iulissat; transfers as specified in the itinerary; 6 nights accommodation in standard rooms with private facilities (3 nights in Reykjavik and 3 nights in Ilulissat); daily breakfast; dinner in Iceland Day 2; dinner at the hotel in Ilulissat Days 2 & 5; guided Golden Circle excursion; Ilulissat guided town walk; services of a local destination guide in Greenland.
The price is based upon a certain class on flights to and from Greenland. If this class has sold out, the final price may increase, depending on the availability and cost of other classes at the time of booking.
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Your Ayurvedic path to Health
Discover how your lifestyle, diet, thoughts and environment are affecting your body and wellbeing - and let Colette guide you back onto a healthier path.
and herbs
You are as healthy as your digestive system. Food becomes medicine when it suits your nature - and herbs help you adapt and rebalance.
and optimise
When your system is clear, your body has space and energy to heal itself. Clarity of mind, emotions and purpose follow.
Health-promoting routines balance the body and mind within the context of your changing environment and the seasons.
Health Reboot
Colette will guide you through a comprehensive programme to clear out toxins, rebalance your internal systems (starting with your digestion) and make healthy changes to your diet and lifestyle.
Help with Specific Conditions
The combination of targetted nutrition, Ayurvedic herbs and other Ayurvedic treatments (including Shirodhara, Panchakarma and specialist massages) have been shown to help with a wide range of health issues.
Colette Park
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Hello everyone!
Yes, it really is the last day of the month!
So before we go into March, why don't we have a look at some blogs and blog posts?
A Blog: Delighting in Him
Why: Moriah is a young writer who encourages others, in particular young women, with her gift. And frankly, I've always been refreshed whenever I visit her blog, and I definitely recommend it if you're a young woman who just needs some encouragement.
A Blog Post: Takeover Tuesday: Taylor Bennett's Everything Wrong Can Be So Right
Why: Taylor has been such an inspiration to me as a teen writer, and her story just shows how when you work hard and have faith, a door will open for you in the form of a miracle, even if you're a teen writer,.
A Website: The Young Writer
Why: Whilst this isn't a blog it has a guidebook with tips from young and veteran authors and many people from the publishing industry and a Facebook community for young writers, i.e. 30 and under, all for FREE! As well as that, they also have a paid programme for young writers which opens for enrolment in January and June. Whilst I'm not part of the programme, the community and guidebook is AMAZING and I seriously recommend you visiting this place. Ok, so I've written a lot for this website, but I really, really love it soo…
A Blog Post: How to Write a Query Letter
Why: If you are writer who wants to be traditionally published, this is really useful as you Rachelle's experience with approaching editors and agents was not only encouraging, but it actually was successful, so we have an idea of what the agents/editors want.
How about you?
Which blogs/ blog posts have you enjoyed this month and why?
See you in March!


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Palmdale Health and Wellness Center
Palmdale Health and Wellness Center, LLC is constructing a three (3) story medical facilities building in Palmdale California. The facility is designed to house 31,000 square feet of leasable space. Palmdale Health and Wellness Center, LLC anticipates 80% to 85% occupancy by the time the certificate of compliance is issued by Los Angeles County. The first floor's 6,497 square feet of leasable space is expected to be occupied entirely by AV Surgical Institute. The 5,275 square feet of leasable space on the third floor will be occupied by the medical offices of Dr. Eugene Rajaratnam, M.D. The California Wellness Center will occupy part of the 7,381 square feet of usable space on the second floor leaving little available retail space. The unoccupied leasable space will be offered to area physicians.
The projected cost of construction is approximately $6 million with funding by private investors or financial institutions. Income is expected from the leasable square footage at $2.05 per square foot. The lease income combined with amounts collected for common area maintenance puts gross receipts at an estimated $50,000.00 per month.
The facility's location within blocks of the new Palmdale Regional Medical center makes the building a premier location for area physician practices.
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Mars 2020 is a Mars rover mission by NASA's Mars Exploration Program with a planned launch in 2020.[1] It is intended to investigate an astrobiologically relevant ancient environment on Mars, investigate its surface geological processes and history, including the assessment of its past habitability, the possibility of extant life on Mars, and potential for preservation of biosignatures within accessible geological materials.[2][3] The proposed landing site for the mission is Jezero crater[4][5] located in the Syrtis Major quadrangle at coordinates Template:Coord.[6]
Mars 2020 was announced by NASA on 4 December 2012 at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.[7] The rover's design will be derived from the Curiosity rover, but will carry a different scientific payload.[8] Nearly 60 proposals[9][10] for rover instrumentation were evaluated and, on 31 July 2014, NASA announced the payload for the rover.[11][12]
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The rover is planned to be launched in 2020.[7] The Jet Propulsion Laboratory will manage the mission. The payload and science instruments for the mission were selected in July 2014 after an open competition for payloads[11] based on scientific objectives set one year earlier.[14] However, the mission is contingent on receiving adequate funding.[15] Precise mission details will be determined by the mission's science definition team.[16]
Proposed objectivesEdit
The mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program,[17] and its Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG), as well as the associate administrator of science John Grunsfeld, endorsed a sample retrieval and return mission to Earth for scientific analysis.[18][19][20] Regardless, a mission requirement is that it must help prepare NASA for its long-term sample return or manned mission efforts.[3][20][21]
On 9 July 2013, the Mars 2020 Science Definition Team reiterated that the rover should look for signs of past life, collect samples for possible future return to Earth, and demonstrate technology for future human exploration of Mars. The Science Definition Team proposed the rover collect and package as many as 31 samples of rock cores and soil for a later mission to bring back for more definitive analysis in laboratories on Earth, but in 2015 the concept was changed to distribute the tubes in small piles across the surface of Mars. As a result, a secondary rover mission may be planned; it could trail its predecessor, picking up the samples left behind.[22]
In September 2013 NASA launched an Announcement of Opportunity for researchers to propose and develop the instruments needed, including a core sample cache.[23][24] The science conducted by the rover's instruments would provide the context needed to make informed decisions about whether to return the samples to Earth.[25] The chairman of the Science Definition Team stated that NASA does not presume that life ever existed on Mars, but given the recent Curiosity rover findings, past Martian life seems possible.[25]
The rover can make measurements and technology demonstrations to help designers of a human expedition understand any hazards posed by Martian dust, and will test technology to produce oxygen (O2) from Martian atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2).[26] Improved precision landing technology that enhances the scientific value of robotic missions also will be critical for eventual human exploration on the surface.[27] Based on input from the Science Definition Team, NASA will select final objectives for the 2020 rover. Those will become the basis for soliciting proposals to provide instruments for the rover's science payload in the spring 2014.[26]
As proposed, the rover will be based on the design of Curiosity.[7] While there will be differences in scientific instruments and the engineering required to support them, the entire landing system (including the sky crane and heat shield) and rover chassis can essentially be recreated without any additional engineering or research. This reduces overall technical risk for the mission, while saving funds and time on development.[28]
Among the leftover Curiosity equipment, a radioisotope thermoelectric generator—originally intended as a backup part for Curiosity—will power the rover.[7][29]
The new rover mission and launch is estimated to cost roughly US$1.5 billion, plus or minus $200 million, according to The Aerospace Corporation. The mission's predecessor, the Mars Science Laboratory, cost US$2.5 billion in total.[7] NASA was working toward coming up with its own estimate as of the day of the announcement.[30] NASA associate administrator of science John Grunsfeld said it was the availability of spare parts that will make the new rover affordable on NASA's lean budget. Curiosity's engineering team will also be involved in the new rover's design.[7][16]
Proposed scientific instrumentsEdit
- Planetary Instrument for X-Ray Lithochemistry (PIXL), an x-ray fluorescence spectrometer to determine the fine scale elemental composition of Martian surface materials.[31][32]
- Radar Imager for Mars' subsurface experiment (RIMFAX), a ground-penetrating radar to image dozens of meters beneath the rover.[33][34]
- Mars Environmental Dynamic Analyzer (MEDA), a set of sensors that will provide measurements of temperature, wind speed and direction, pressure, relative humidity and dust size and shape. It would be provided by Spain's Centro de Astrobiología.[35]
- The Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment (MOXIE) is an exploration technology investigation that will produce oxygen (O2) from Martian atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2).[36] This technology could be used in the future to support human life or make rocket fuel for return missions.[37]
- SuperCam, an instrument that can provide imaging, chemical composition analysis and mineralogy in rocks and regolith from a distance. It is similar to the ChemCam on the Curiosity rover but with four scientific instruments that will allow it to look for biosignatures.[38]
- Mastcam-Z, a stereoscopic imaging system with the ability to zoom.
- Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC), an ultraviolet Raman spectrometer that uses fine-scale imaging and an ultraviolet (UV) laser to determine fine-scale mineralogy and detect organic compounds.[39][40]
- Mars Helicopter Scout (MHS) is a solar powered helicopter drone with a mass of 1 kg (Template:Convert/round lb) that could help pinpoint interesting targets for study and plan the best driving route.[41][42] The helicopter would fly no more than 3 minutes per day and cover a distance of about 1 km (Template:Convert/round mi) daily.[43] It has coaxial rotors, a high resolution downward looking camera for navigation, landing, and science surveying of the terrain, and a communication system to relay data to the rover.[44] $15 million are being requested to keep development of the helicopter on track.[45]
Potential landing sitesEdit
The following locations have been selected as possible landing sites:[46]
- Columbia Hills, in Gusev Crater
- Eberswalde Crater
- Holden Crater
- Jezero Crater
- Mawrth Vallis
- Northeastern region of Syrtis Major Planum
- Nili Fossae
- Southwestern region of Melas Chasma
In reaction to the announcement, California U.S. Representative Adam Schiff came out in support of the new rover mission plans, saying that "an upgraded rover with additional instrumentation and capabilities is a logical next step that builds upon now proven landing and surface operations systems."[7] Schiff also said he favored an expedited launch in 2018 which would enable an even greater payload to be launched to Mars. Schiff said he would be working with NASA, White House administration and Congress to explore the possibility of advancing the launch date.[7]
NASA's science chief John Grunsfeld responded that while it could be possible to launch in 2018, "it would be a push." Grunsfeld said a 2018 launch would require certain science investigations be excluded from the rover and that even the 2020 launch target would be "ambitious."[7]
Space educator Bill Nye added his support for the planned mission saying, "We don't want to stop what we're doing on Mars because we're closer than ever to answering these questions: Was there life on Mars and stranger still, is there life there now in some extraordinary place that we haven't yet looked at? Mars was once very wet—it had oceans and lakes. Did life start on Mars and get flung into space and we are all descendants of Martian microbes? It's not crazy, and it's worth finding out. It's worth the cost of a cup of coffee per taxpayer every 10 years or 13 years to find out." Nye also endorsed a Mars sample-return role, saying "The amount of information you can get from a sample returned from Mars is believed to be extraordinarily fantastic and world-changing and worthy."[47]
The selection has been criticized for NASA's constant attention to Mars,[48] and neglecting other Solar System destinations in constrained budget times.
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- ↑ Staff (4 March 2015). "PIA19303: A Possible Landing Site for the 2020 Mission: Jezero Crater". NASA. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19303. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ Wray, James (6 June 2008). "Channel into Jezero Crater Delta". NASA. http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_007925_1990. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
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- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Brown, Dwayne (31 July 2014). "RELEASE 14-208 – NASA Announces Mars 2020 Rover Payload to Explore the Red Planet as Never Before". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/july/nasa-announces-mars-2020-rover-payload-to-explore-the-red-planet-as-never-before/. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ↑ Brown, Dwayne (31 July 2014). "NASA Announces Mars 2020 Rover Payload to Explore the Red Planet as Never Before". NASA. http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mars2020/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1678. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
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