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Peter Fisk
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Peter Fisk is a global business thought leader on leadership and growth, innovation and marketing. He is a bestselling author, expert consultant and keynote speaker, helping business leaders to develop innovative strategies for business and brands. Having trained as a nuclear physicist he went on to work with brands from Coca Cola to RedBull, Microsoft to Pfizer, Virgin to Vodafone. He is a professor at IE Business School where he is Academic Director of their flagship executive leadership program, runs his own innovation company, GeniusWorks, and is Thinkers50 Global Director, which brings together the best ideas in business.
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Peter Fisk is a global thought leader in leadership and strategy, innovation and marketing. He is a bestselling author, expert consultant and keynote speaker, helping business leaders to develop innovative strategies for business and brands.
He is a thinker, advisor and practical entrepreneur. He is Professor of Leadership, Strategy, and Innovation at IE Business School, one of the world's top ranked business schools, whilst also founder and CEO of GeniusWorks, a boutique consulting firm, helping clients around the world to make sense of fast-changing markets, and find new ways to think, compete and win.
He is Director of Thinkers50 Global which brings together the best ideas in business by working with the world's top academics and business leaders, and hosts the European Business Forum each year. He also features on the Thinkers 50 "Guru Radar" as one of the world's top business experts.
Having trained as a nuclear physicist, Peter moved to managing brands like Concorde at British Airways, helping Microsoft to adopt a value-based marketing model, and Virgin to launch into new markets. He has worked in every sector and region of the world. As CEO of the world's largest marketing organisation, the Chartered Institute of Marketing, he became a global authority on what's best and next in business and markets.
Finding his own space, he founded GeniusWorks, with offices in London and Istanbul. He works with businesses in every sector, food to fashion, skincare to stock exchanges – brands as diverse as Aeroflot and Coca Cola, DSM and GSK, Mars and M&S, Philosophy and Red Bull, Sabre and Santander, Tata and Turkcell, Virgin and Visa, Vodafone and Yapi Kredi – to think bigger and smarter, develop innovative strategies, bolder brands, and accelerate growth.
Peter's new book "Gamechangers: Are you ready to change the world?" explores the next generation of brands, shaking up markets, innovating and winning in new ways. Based on 100 global case studies, it explores the challenges of new markets, changing customers, brand building, new business models, real-time marketing, harnessing social media, inspiring leadership and positive impact. It has been nominated for MT Business Book of the Year.
His other books include "Marketing Genius" explores the left and right-brain challenges of success, and is translated into 35 languages. It was followed by five others – "Business Genius" on leadership and strategy, "Customer Genius" on building a customer-centric business, "People Planet Profit" on sustainable innovation – and most recently "Creative Genius" defining what it takes to be Leonardo da Vinci in the 21st Century.
Growing up in rural Northumberland, in the north of England, Peter has a love of running that has taken him from a youthful mile champion to still running every day, 30 years later. He now lives in Teddington, to the west of London, surrounded by the Royal Parks of King Henry VI and his hunting deer. He is married with two teenage daughters, who keep him real and in touch with the Snapchat, Netflix lifestyles of Gen Z.
Inspired by his first job in the airline world, he loves to travel far and wide, indulge in Asian food, together with a very cold Sauvignon Blanc. His favourite brands range from Ashmei running gear to Rapha cycle club, Paul Smith's fashion design and House Café in Istanbul, New York's MOMA to New Zealand's great Moa Beer. And not forgetting, of course, Apple and Nespresso, Nike and Tesla!
Peter was described by Business Strategy Journal as "one of the best new business thinkers". His advice is sought after by business leaders around the world, he adds specialist expertise to key projects, combining new ideas with practical action, inspiration and impact. Helping you to find your own space, to be leaders of change – to be bold, brave and brilliant.
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Peter grew up in the rural countryside of Northern England, a small town called Rothbury, where his first love was to run. From schoolboy one mile champion to long distances, he loved the freedom of the outdoors, of working your body hard, and achieving the best you can be. He continues to run almost 40 years later, maintaining a deep interest in the sport, whilst also applying it to his current work.
He started his business career at British Airways, after an initial foray into the world of nuclear physics. In the airline, he worked across sales and marketing, including development of the Executive Club relationship marketing programme, brands such as Club World and Concorde, and a new business strategy to address the new challenges of globalisation, low cost entrants, and new technologies. Some of the innovations which he worked on included exploring new ways to create flat beds on aircraft (learning from a yacht designer), to improve the airport experience (fast track through baggage and security), and setting up a low-cost airline (Go, as a subsidiary business with a new business model).
He then joined PA Consulting Group, helping some of the world's leading companies to develop more innovative business strategies and customer-centric businesses. As leader of PA's global marketing consulting team, he led the creation of market-shaping strategies, the repositioning of brands, and introduction of new products and channels. He led PA's approach to customer-centric business transformation, and also established the Centre for Customer Excellence, developed a spin-off venture business, Active, and a transformational leadership programme, Mission Possible.
Peter has addressed the key issues in almost every sector, from Silicon Valley to Singapore. Examples of his experience includes introducing a customer-centric change programmes at BT and Orange, value-based marketing framework for Microsoft, the reinvention of food for Marks & Spencer, a new customer strategy for Sainsbury, services strategy for O2, and a new brand strategy for Shell. He helped Virgin enter the financial services market, American Express to embrace new approaches to innovation, Vodafone to enter new international markets, also BT to develop its Marketing Excellence programme and community, Royal Mail to prepare for competitive markets, and Philips transform from product-driven techies to market-shaping innovators.
As CEO of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Peter became recognised as a leading expert and commentator on marketing worldwide. Representing over 60,000 marketers in 130 countries, he challenged existing perceptions of marketing, and championed new practices and standards. He drove significant change in the profession introducing new capabilities and qualifications, supported by a Knowledge Hub, an online learning product, a new journal The Marketer, and the Shape the Agenda thought leadership programme. In particular he encouraged marketers and business leaders to embrace customers and brands as the most important source of long-term shareholder value.
He became a Partner of The Foundation, a customer-centric strategic innovation firm, where he continues to work as Associate Partner, and was also Group Managing Director of Brand Finance, the specialist brand effectiveness and valuation firm. During this time he also wrote the Marketing Society's Manifesto for Marketing, and an industry wide approach to business reporting of customer and market metrics, called Customer Capital.
Peter's bestselling book Marketing Genius (Wiley/Capstone, 2006) is currently being translated into 22 different languages. It describes how a more left and right-brain approach to business can achieve extraordinary results – what today's businesses can learn from Einstein and Picasso, and their modern contemporaries such as Steve Jobs and Philippe Starck.
Business Genius followed (Wiley/Capstone 2008) and explores the challenges of leadership and strategy in turbulent times. He has authored around 40 published papers, is the co-author of The Complete CEO (Wiley/Capstone, 2006) and contributing author to The FT Handbook of Management (Pearson, 2004), Business: The Ultimate Resource. (Bloomsbury 2006).
Customer Genius (Wiley/Capstone, 2009), focuses on how to build a customer-centric business, one that embraces customer insight at the heart of strategic decisions and learns to do business on customer terms – "outside in" – what, when, where and how they want. This is supported by a new range of toolkits, blueprints, and live events.
People Planet Profit (Kogan Page, 2010) describes how to embrace social and environmental issues to drive smarter innovation and profitable growth – to make money by doing the right thing. It was written in collaboration with Diana Verde Nieto (founder of Positive Luxury), Anthony Kleanthous (WWF), Hannah Jones (VP Nike Sustainability) and many others.
Creative Genius (Wiley/Capstone 2011) rethinking innovation from the future back, learning from Leonardo da Vinci, and some of the most inspirational artists and musicians, designers and innovators in the world today.It includes a complete innovation process, the Genius Lab, and lots of creative, design and evaluation tools.
Peter is an inspirational speaker on all aspects of marketing – customers and brands, strategy and innovation. He is thoughtful and considered, provocative and entertaining, and has delivered keynote speeches for companies and conferences, from London to Paris, Istanbul to Singapore.
His business GeniusWorks is all about "accelerated innovation" – helping business leaders and market managers to rethink, refocus and recreate their businesses for the fast changing world – customer-centred, future-proofed, more creative and commercial.Strategic consulting is driven by the issues and ambitions of each client, however are typcally based on a range of proven, successful approaches – FastFutures (business futures, vision and strategy) , BrandStrategy (brand strategy, definition and development), Innolab (creativity, design and business innovation), and CustomerWorld (insight, proposition and experience design)- accelerated and collaborative process that embraces insights, innovation and impact – applied to everything from strategic innovation and brand strategies, to value proposition development and customer experience design. Recent clients include new strategies for Philosophy (new global direction for inspirational beauty brand), Cinnamon (new brand strategy for boutique Asian hotel chain), Davidoff (reinventing a classic men's luxury brand), Marks & Spencer, launching new beer with Fosters Group, developing a green brand with Vodafone, a new brand narrative for Tata Steel, and many others, particularly in finance, retail and technology sectors.
Peter also delivers a wide range of executive development, coaching and consulting services, helping companies to apply the ideas in the books in a relevant way to address their issues and drive profitable growth. Most recently Marketing Genius was adopted by The Coca-Cola Company, where Peter helped their senior marketers worldwide to establish the new Coca-Cola marketing DNA . Other recent clients include the leading ethical bank Cooperative Bank, supporting their customer-centric strategy, travel firm Lastminute.com as they develop new European markets online, and innovative brand Red Bull to think more innovatively.
Peter was engaged by The Marketing Society to create a new Manifesto for Marketing, which he built around the pillars of marketers as Growth Drivers, Business Innovators and Customer Champions. To help companies make it happen, he launched The Fast Track which is an accelerated executive development programme, bringing together the best and emerging practices in all aspects of marketing, innovation and business. It is delivered in fast, inspirational workshops by Peter and a team of experienced business and marketing professionals. It is available as open programmes, and also as customised in-house programmes, to meet the needs of individual companies. InnoLab is a workshop-based approach to accelerated innovation, a consulting process that helps clients to address strategic challenges in more insightful, collaborative and faster ways.
In 2008 he launched Brand Genius, to focus on the "yin-yang" challenges of strategic innovation which brings together the strategy and creativity of the Genius Works with the analysis and business cases of Brand Finance. Zoom Ventures was launched as an innovation incubator to support "social entrepreneurial" businesses in partnership with leading investors and brands, and including sustainability experts Clownfish. 2009 saw the launch of the Gamechanger Lab to deliver inspirational executive retreats that help business leaders to refresh, rethink, and reenergise themselves – and to harness the new opportunities of new markets, social networks, sustainable innovation and more – the new opportunities, rules and aproaches that will drive success in 2010 and onwards to 2020.
Peter Fisk joined the Thinkers 50 Guru Radar in 2013, recognised as one of the best emerging business thinkers in the world. In 2014 Peter became a Visiting Professor of IE Business School. IE is ranked the number one business school in Europe by both Bloomberg and FT. It takes a more contemporary, experiential and applied approach to business education, and in particular helping business leaders to accelerate their own careers as well as their business growth. He leads IE's flagship executive leadership program, the "Global Advanced Management Program", and also a range of other open and custom programs focusing on strategy, innovation, brands and marketing. He launched a number of open programs including Rethink Business, Gamechanger Strategies, and the Business Innovation Program which is delivered across multiple locations with Hasso Plattner Design School and Nordic Executive Academy.
Gamechangers (Wiley 2015) is the culmination of a 24 month research program, to understand what the most innovative companies are doing today – how they bring together all the best ideas and approaches to shake up their markets and win in new ways. The frameworks and content are built on the insights from 100 disruptive companies, winning in 10 different sectors from every part of the world. The book was nominated for marketing book of the year before it was even launched. The book is brought to life through keynotes, workshops and consulting projects, delivered by himself, as part of GeniusWorks, or with partners like business schools. It is also kept fresh through ongoing regional competitions to find the best new innovations (in Central Europe, for example, the Gamechangers competition unearthed Aeromobil, the flying car from Bratislava!), as well as co-creation and community online.
Peter is 50 years old, married to Alison with two wonderful daughters, and now lives in Teddington, just outside London. He is a passionate Newcastle United supporter, never far from his iPad, and whilst a committed and successful long-distance runner, still has a taste for good food and drink. What you can be sure, is that whether listening to Peter speak, or working with him to solve problems and improve your business, he brings boundless energy and inspiration, together with lots of deep insight and practical experience.


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SunSed Cloud Editor, allows you to edit multiple files at the same time in one window. It looks very much like Sublime Text or Atom editor, where you have a list of files on the left hand-side and can easily switch between different files in one window.
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Hosta 'Pineapple Punch'
Clump Size: (M) 30" x 12"
Leaf Size: 8" x 3.5" -- Vein Pairs: 8 - 9
Description: Leaves are lance-shaped, wavy, medium to dark green in the center with a yellow to creamy yellow margin. (PP#18318)
Blooms: Medium lavender flowers bloom in summer.
Comments: Hosta 'Pineapple Punch' is a reverse sport of Hosta 'Pineapple Upsidedown Cake'. It is an excellent grower, spreading from underground rhizomes, and would be useful as a border plant or groundcover. Hosta 'Pineapple Ripple' is a similar sport, plus we have had the same sport growing at our nursery for several years though we never named it.
Light: Light sun to full shade. -- Soil: Humus-rich, moist, well-drained.
Related Plants: Pineapple Juice, Pineapple Poll, Pineapple Upsidedown Cake
Zones: 2 - 8


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Winter is coming…this spring. Anticipation for the third season of HBO's wildly popular fantasy series Game of Thrones began just seconds after season two came to an end, and now the network has announced the season three premiere date with a crafty teaser poster. We know that the upcoming 10-episode season will cover roughly the first half of George R.R. Martin's third book in the "Song of Ice and Fire" series, A Storm of Swords, and Irish actor Ciarán Hinds (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) portrays the highly anticipated Mance Rayder (aka "The King Beyond the Wall"). I'm plenty thrilled to delve back into the Game of Thrones world, so March 31st can't get here soon enough.
Hit the jump to check out the teaser poster, and click here, here, and here to peruse our previous set photos from season three, and click here to watch Steve's recent interview with Jon Snow himself, Kit Harington.
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Gift baskets can be prepared for any kind of occasion. Creating it is truly enjoyable and fun. But unless you know what you're doing or anything about wine, you probably don't have the knowledge to really create the most perfect wine gift basket. If you're searching for ways to make a wine gift baskets but don't have the information that you need, you've found the one stop shop for all your wine information needs.
A little bit of Background Info
It is true that wine has become increasingly popular in the last 10 years it has also become the most popular gift for the holidays. Today, parties aren't complete, holidays aren't really celebrated, and laughs aren't truly had unless wine is present. But because wine has become such a popular gift it is becoming a tiny bit boring. Utilizing the idea of a wine gift basket makes the gift of giving wine a lot less boring.
Wines and Their Origins
|Barefoot Wines
|Sauvignon Blanc
|Pinot Noir
|Malbec Wines
|Stella Rosa
Places to Buy
You can purchase anything you want online, a cigar, bulk packs of the every yummy Godiva Chocolate, Cheese, coffee, fruit and even beer and wine! Either option that you choose, you get the wine that you want.
|In Store
|Your Local State Store
|You Local Grocery Store
|Any Wine and Spirits Store
In Store vs. Online
The pros of buying in store: Buying in store is great for those that really like to have the interaction, the ability to ask questions to those with high knowledge of the products. You also have the luxury of finding just the right wine and being able to actually try it. For example, if you know someone with a gluten allergy, more than likely you'll be able to get all the knowledge you need and you'll have the ability to try the wine as well. In addition to being able to try the wine, more than likely, you'll also have access to coupon codes to make for a more inexpensive, custom gift.
The cons of buying in store: Buying in store has it's perks, but the only negative is having to actually drive there and get the sweet nectar in which ever location, where you choose to go.
The pros of buying online: The biggest perk of buying online? You don't have to leave your house. It's like you're Houdini of the wine world. The drink is just delivered to your address without leaving your house. You can also utilize coupons or a code to get a discount. Maybe free delivery or a percentage off of your order. The internet is literally a catalog for anything, including wine.
The cons of buying online: Some states don't allow you to deliver to your house. You may have to make the long drive to your local Wine and Spirit store. This is nuts, if you ask me. They won't send you your order due to state regulations, but sometimes, if the promo or discount is worth it, then go for it. The other thing that you have to consider with buying online? You've got to pay for shipping.
Fun Facts
1. Portugal is know for their port wines.
2. Napa Valley is known for their cakebread. You'd think that Napa Valley would be known for their wines due to all the wine lovers there.
3. The French are the ones that take the cake and gets the jobs done when it comes to producing red and white wine.
4. There is a legit thing called Wine Island. It's located in Australia.
5. Three famous Italian wines are Prosecco, Zinfandel, Moscato.
Ultra Specific Gift Baskets
Wine gift baskets are great for men and women. Each wine basket that you make can be super specific to one person or ultra specific to one gender. The ideas are endless. You can provide everything from, aside from the ice, in your gift basket. The gift that never goes "over the hill", the gourmet wine basket. Who doesn't want to sit down and relax in the evening with a glass of wine? You can find tons of pictures online or you can come up with original ideas that allow you to end with a fine gift. You can have a themed basket or just a miscellaneous bunch to put together.
Gift baskets for Women
Go for an earthy theme wine, K. Vintners Motor City Kitty Syrah 2014, would be perfect, it's organic and earthy. Pair that with bunch of flowers and a gift card to a local spa to give a total and unique homemade gift.
Gift baskets for Men
Say hello to number one in the county with this great DIY! Find some kosher meat to go along with a bottle of wine to make for a great evening of grilling. You know how much men like to grill. Go with the expensive steak, provide a whole meal in the basket to provide a wonderful date night. Maybe even include a flower for his lady to make for a great date night in.
For all occasions, wine is appropriate, spruce it up with little additives!
Wedding or bridal shower– Provide customized wine glasses with a customized label on their favorite wine.
A Valentine Gift– Any gift that involves wine sets the mood for lovebirds, but try adding some chocolate in with the wine!
Sympathy– Include a poem and a bottle of wine to make for a better day.
Thank You– The reviews are in! Utilize you handwriting abilities to write a small note to let the person you're thanking see your sentiment.
Corporate Gift– While some corporations don't allow alcohol in the work place, they have to know that their employee's enjoy a glass or two every evening. Try giving a wine gift card to purchase their favorite wine of choice to thank them for putting up with you.
Christmas– The holiday's are the time when wine is consumed, mostly because it's a religious thing, but others just have the tradition to drink wine around the holidays.
Birthday-Grab some cheap tags and buy a bottle of wine. Place the number of tags, for the age they are turning around the same bottle. On each tag, write a compliment to them or something that you like about them. This is a thoughtful gift that not only takes time, but also shows your sentiment.
The Ultimate "Things to Do" List
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|Calgary Rocky Mountain Wine & Food Festival
|Calgary, Canada
Food, Wine & Nightlife in Vancouver
|Vancouver, Canada
|Wine Deliver Service
|Toronto, Canada
|MA Wine Tastings and Tours
|NYC Wineries
|New York
|Best Wine Bars in Philadelphia
|Philadelphia, PA
|NJ Wine Growers Association
|New Jersey
|Virginia Wine Festival
|Wine Making, Miami Style!
|Miami, Florida
|Wineries You Must Visit in MI
|Tons of Wine Tasting Events
|Chicago, Illinois
|Make Your Own Wine
|Denver, Colorado
|Top 10 Winery Visits
|Seattle, Washington
|Fullerton Wine
|The Texas Wine School
|Houston, Texas
|Wine Tour
|San Antonio, Texas
|Food and Wine Festival
|Las Vegas
|The Ten Best
|Los Angeles, CA
|Temecula Wine Tours
|San Diego, California
|Sonoma Valley Wine Country
|Sonoma, California
In conclusion, just remember to take note of the personality as well as the particular likes of the person that you are giving the basket gift wine to. This makes the gift personalized and more special. For example, if the person likes champagne, you can choose to include it in your gift. If he doesn't, then don't. There is a risk that you can offend the person by bringing that gift. The most thought-of and personalized gifts are the best ones you can give to your loved ones on a special holiday.


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About L.E. West International
L.E. West International is a leading supplier of pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, consumables and first-aid supplies worldwide
About L.E. West International
L.E. West International is a leading supplier of pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, consumables and first-aid supplies worldwide
Medical supplies and equipment are vital to the marine and other industries. Established since 1948, L.E. West International's origins date back from a small East London pharmacy providing medicines to vessels calling London's then thriving port, to where it is now – a global supply business providing advice, UK medical supplies, pharmaceuticals and UK medical equipment to the marine industry, oil and gas companies, hospitals, the aviation industry and remote locations world-wide.
Over the years major growth developments outside the once core business of the commercial maritime sector have seen key clients developed in the subsea/offshore sector, the manufacture of life-raft first aid kits, clinic 'set-ups', the manufacture of aviation first aid kits for both corporate and commercial clients, and new-build contracts for the turnkey supply of complete medical centres to the cruise and yachting industry.
Our premises are registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council; we hold Certificates of GDP and GMP Compliance, a Wholesale Distribution Authorization and Manufactures License issued by the MHRA, and the appropriate Controlled Drugs Licenses issued by the UK Home Office. Our pharmacists are registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and are members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. In addition our sales team consists of pharmacy technicians, university graduates and other persons all with a wealth of experience within the industry.
L.E. West International is part of MedSupply International group of companies.
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This one is for the Haiku Farm party tomorrow. I would have delivered it in-person, but the thesis, the thesis. AareneX kindly offered to lend me a chapter of her novel in lieu of the Very Scientific stuff that I am supposed to write, but I am too chickenshit to accept. Instead, I counter-offer this virtual rhubarb pudding cake.
If I ever become a real farmer I'm going to be a rhubarb farmer. We have five incredibly healthy plants despite our near-complete neglect. The stuff sells for $3.99/lb in grocery stores around here -- we could be rich! This is a completely simple and completely tasty recipe for you rhubarb lovers out there. As directed it comes out a little bit sweet, a little bit creamy and quite tart -- it tastes sublime when served hot with vanilla ice cream.
- 1 package of white cake mix, extra moist
- 6 cups chopped rhubarb
- 1/3 cup of sugar
- 1 cup whipping cream (don't try half and half)
- preheat oven to 350
- prepare cake mix as per instructions and pour into greased 9X13 pan
- toss rhubarb in sugar...use more sugar if you don't like it tart
- spread rhubarb over cake mix
- pour whipping cream evenly over top
- bake for ~50 minutes until top browned and toothpick comes out clean


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By Bertiefox
Maine et Loire, France
Any ideas? All I can say is it was from a packet marked 'lottery mixed' and was for greenhouse plants. Can't find it on my Internet searches.
- 12 May, 2012
You haven't shown much foliage, nor told/shown us how high it is, but it looks like Phacelia, possibly P campanularia, hard to say without extra info.
12 May, 2012
Spooky - was just wondering if you were still on Goy - hadn't seen anything from you for ages. I am interested to know what this is - what a beautiful blue.
12 May, 2012
It's Phacelia campanularia, Cammomile - if its taller than about 6-8 inches, it'll be the same name but with the varietal name 'Blue Bonnet' added to it. Annual in this country.
12 May, 2012
Thanks very much for that Bamboo. I can see from the photo on Wikipedia that that is exactly what it is. Says it grows in desert regions so that suggests I should keep it fairly dry I guess. Very pretty flower. Having grown Phacelia tanacetifolia as a green manure and general plant for bees and insects for so long, I hadn't realised there were so many different species.
12 May, 2012
Such a lovely dark blue this one - all the other Phacelias are paler blue.
13 May, 2012
It's an annual most places, Bamboo. Here, where it's a native, it's a winter annual, so don't be surprised if it dies out during the hottest part of summer, Bertie. Easy to save the seeds, though, and easy to start. If the winter temps don't go much below -5º C, it might decide to seed itself, especially on sandy soil.
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Hines Ward In Handcuffs And Italy Prepares For Jersey Shore – Levack Rant [AUDIO]
On today's 'View From The Couch" Hines Ward from the Pittsburgh Steelers and "Dancing With The Stars" earns my respect. Plus I am impressed by Italy and the way they are preparing for the "Jersey Shore" invasion. The Italian's are proud and refuse to be lumped in with the jokes from the shore. Kudos to them! Listen here.


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"I think the financial remuneration (as a lobbyist) is such that it makes people think, if you're trying to make ends meet with $60,000 a year, you want to offer me a job for $120,000? I'll leave tomorrow. If you have a chance to go out and better yourself both financially and professionally, these are the times to do it."
That was a simple, honest answer. If someone of modest means has a legitimate opportunity to improve his finances, you can't blame him for taking it. Most people would do the same.
Since the start of the current session in January, 2013, twelve members of the House have either left the chamber for more lucrative jobs or announced they will not seek re-election. So it was not surprising that WBZ-TV's Jon Keller asked House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Monday if an effort to increase legislative salaries might be in the offing. The Speaker quickly answered, "Not yet, no."
Base pay for members of both the House and Senate is $60,032 per year.
For a moment, let's consider a question more profound than why a legislator quits mid-term to take a better paying job. Let's think about why we pay legislators $60,032 in the first place.
That figure implies that a legislator is a full-time employee. As performed by the majority of Massachusetts legislators in recent decades, the job does seem to require at least 40 hours a week.
As Senate President Therese Murray commented to the State House News Service last year, "I know people think that it's a good salary, but when you're working sometimes 18 hours a day, 20 hours a day and not seeing your family, it takes a big toll financially and time-wise from your family."A position with full-time pay, benefits and pension attracts people who need exactly that.
In earlier times, legislators derived most of their incomes from enterprises, trades and professions. Being a legislator was more like an avocation or, more precisely, an extra burden taken up for the public good, personal glory, or both.
The world is obviously much more complex than it was one hundred or two hundred years ago. We can't bring back the old days, and I don't want to. I'm also not suggesting that a typical incumbent's service is worth less than $60,032.It's just that I see greater sacrifices for everyone up ahead. We will have to contribute more over the next 10 to 20 years to preserve the public services and infrastructure that underpin the quality of life in our Commonwealth. If we want future generations to have a life as good as we have had, and who doesn't, we will need to spend more on public higher education, more on public transit, roads and bridges, and more on the preservation of the natural resources that keep us healthy: clean air, water and soil.
We the people will be more willing to make those sacrifices, I believe, if our elected leaders are making demonstrable sacrifices, too.Let's have some inspiration here.
The last office holder I'm aware of who refused to accept his salary was Mitt Romney, who was also noteworthy for eschewing patronage hiring.
We need more rich men of strong character like Romney (and rich women like that, too) who'll serve in elective office while declining their salaries.We need more men and women of average means who'll put their careers on hold for two, four or even six years to serve in the legislature while accepting only a small portion of their salaries and returning the rest to the public coffers.
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So this week, I'm still reading my two but I also stopped by one of my favorite bookstores, a local independent one that is unfortunately going out of business. I'm pretty saddened by this because bookstores closing will always make me sad and I met both John Scalzi and Maureen Johnson there. So I walked around to say goodbye and picked up a few things. Kinda felt like grave robbing to be honest.
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At the risk of beating the issue to death, I offer yet another post on the question, "why don't scientists comment on scientific articles?" Previous reflections stood within the larger context of scientific impact and article-level metrics, and I've also attempted some superficial analysis of commenting behavior at PLoS, BMJ, and BMC. More recently (and this is why the topic is on my mind again), a room full of bright minds at the PLoS Forum (including Cameron Neylon and Jon Eisen) scratched their heads over it and came up with pretty much the same conclusion as everyone else who's ever thought about the problem — the costs simply outweigh the benefits.
The costs, in principle, are minimal. You might need to register for an account at the journal website and be logged on, but then all that's needed is little more than what most of us already do multiple times a day with our email — type into a box and click "submit". (In practice, there may be nonsensical, hidden costs that make you wonder what the folks at those journals were smoking.) So the perception that the cost-benefit equation doesn't work speaks more to the lack of benefit than anything else.
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BONNE TERRE (AP) - A Missouri man is dead after law enforcement officials executed him for the death a gas station attendant in 1994.
56-year-old Leon Taylor was pronounced dead minutes after receiving a lethal injection early Wednesday.
Taylor was sentenced to death for the April 1994 shooting death of 53-year-old Robert Newton in Independence. Authorities said he also tried to kill the victim's 8-year-old stepdaughter but the gun misfired.
Taylor had been scheduled for execution in September but the court withdrew that execution warrant after his lawyers argued for more time to work on his case.
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A little background: There were those who thought Alain Passard was going mad when he announced several years back that he would turn L'Arpège's focus to the vegetables he was raising at his biodynamic farm just outside Paris. Now, in 2015, it seems the epitome of fashion.
After nearly three decades of cooking at the highest level, Passard's influence is more keenly felt than ever. An army of chefs who were touched by his vision are staking claims to the upper echelons of gastronomy, whether in the wilds of Sweden (Magnus Nilsson at Fäviken), the streets of Sydney (Mark Best at Marque), by the sea at Menton (Mauro Colagreco at Mirazur), or back home in Paris at the new-establishment (L'Astrance) or the just-plain-new (Tatiana Levha at Le Servan).
In Passard's world grapefruit and almonds form the surprising but effective complement to the sweetest of peas. His brilliant reimagining of the tarte tatin doesn't deconstruct the dish, but improves it, forming the apple slices into rosettes atop the pastry to maximise the surface area for caramelisation and texture. Rather than being an understudy, beetroot steals the limelight when it's substituted for beef in a tartare replete with perfect, golden gaufrette potatoes, or in place of tuna in a take on nigiri, glistening with geranium oil. Passard is rightly considered a culinary genius but, more importantly, his food tastes sensational.
My visit: There is no doubt that Alain Passard is amongst the greatest and most influential chef. It's the only three Michelin star restaurant that I know of where the menu is focused mainly on vegetables. L'Arpege is currently ranked 12th in S. Pellegrino's World's Best Restaurants list.
For the above reasons, L'Arpege was added into my bucket list. I made a reservation online 3 months in advance for lunch since they offered a lunch degustation menu that was half the price of the dinner menu. While lunch was still very pricey at 145 euro per person, the dinner desgustation was priced at 380 euro.
Our meal began with a puff pastry filled with apple, garlic and fennel. The pastry was light and flaky with the perfect amount of filling.
Next came the trio of crispy tartlets with the following fillings: carrot and radish; beetroot and honey; and lastly celery and Parmesan. These mini bites were an absolute delight and a fun way to showcase the contrast of flavors between each vegetable.
The artichoke velouté with hay cream was absolutely divine. The smokiness from the hay cream paired well with the sweetness of the creamy soup.
The signature L'Arpege hot-cold egg was a true masterpiece and possibly the best egg dish I've ever had. It was created by Passard in the early 1980s. At the bottom of the eggshell was a gently poached, warm egg yolk, which was covered by a light cool cream, balanced off with a drizzle of sherry vinegar and maple syrup. Then finished off with a sprinkle of finely chopped chives. I loved the contrast of temperatures and the mix of sweet and savory flavors. It was pure deliciousness.
Next up was the Mesclun salad with hazelnut praline, Parmesan and coriander oil. How can something so simple taste so amazing? The mixed greens were fresh and crispy and I loved the nuttiness of the light dressing.
We continued with the vegetable ravioli with a carrot consommé. Each ravioli was made perfectly. The pasta was delicate and paper thin. The broth was light and flavorful.
The onion gratin was another stand out dish. The subtle sweetness and silky onions melted in my mouth and it matched with the aroma and the crunch of the toasted hazelnuts.
The scallops were sweet but I would have preferred the geranium oil and lemon to be a little less acidic.
Following was a medley of carrots and radish in a sweet and sour sauce made with honey, olive oil, lime and pepper. The vegetables were cooked to perfection and the sauce added brightness to each bite.
The emulsion of potato, black olive, fried Jerusalem artichoke was another highlight of the day. It was textually pronounced and very well seasoned.
Afterwards we were served a dish of carrot and orange puree, spinach and candied lemon.. The puree had a smooth and light consistency and the carrot married perfectly with the orange. Both the puree and the spinach were great on their own, but when combined together with the candied lemon, the flavors were brought to a whole new level.
Next came the beetroot tartare with horseradish and potato chips. The creamy quail egg offered a lusciousness to each bite while the salty potato crisps provided seasoning and additional texture.
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Noting that Dennis Wheeler "has served the AGA with distinction in the capacity as online tournament director," the American Go Association's Board of Directors issued a special commendation to Wheeler last week, thanking him "on behalf of the nation's go players." Wheeler is retiring from his post as the AGA's main online tournament director after several years on the job. The Board also issued Wheeler complimentary year's membership in the AGA for his service.
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Minimizing average handling time in contact centers by introducing a new process: Rowan Support Desk case study
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Call centers--Management; Customer services--Management
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Quality of a call center performance is an important factor in insuring customer satisfaction. Customers, the "callers", want their requests solved quickly, permanently and to their satisfaction. Often, there are staff constraints, budget or cost limitation, and the Service Level Agreement (SLA) which is resource availability to accomplish a task within a deadline. The purpose of this research is to analyze feasible approaches to minimize the long-lasting open requests and enhance a call center's performance. Multiple challenges that a call center often faces in handling requests are studied to identify key bottlenecks in the process of handling requests. Rowan University support desk is used as a case study. The focus of this study is on over-extended unsolved requests under set of specific constraints. The following two alternative solutions were investigated and compared. One involves reorganizing the routing procedure, which would allow a ticket to be rerouted to the specialists. The other scenario investigates an increase in staff and efficiencies that would come with it. The research will show that with minimal effort in rerouting the unsolved tickets, we can decrease average handling time which simultaneously increases the total number of resolved tickets and minimize total processing time.
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The Chairman of Openreach plans to make Ofcom's monitoring of the legal separation between the infrastructure provider and parent BT a "non-issue" as he looks to create a more independent company.
But Mike McTighe also says that increasing wholesale prices and finding a way to retire the company's copper network are key to ensure a workable business case for FTTH.
The Chairman, a former Ofcom board member for over eight years, has been in position at Openreach since January as part of an ongoing shake up that sees BT revert to the role of a shareholder.
Alongside the setting up an independent board of directors and forcing Openreach to consult with its biggest customers and critics, the UK regulator set up a monitoring team to ensure the separation goes to plan.
Its Openreach Monitoring Unit opened in July, with a remit to prepare annual reports to check on whether "the letter and the spirit" of the reforms are adhered to.
Ofcom said it would become clear whether within three years whether the legal separation was working but McTighe hopes to make it largely redundant from the start.
"I'm going to make [the monitoring] a non-issue," he tells European Communications at this week's Broadband World Forum in Berlin.
"If they have to monitor us then shame on us. I'm not being complacent, we are going to do the right thing.
"Ofcom know this, I've been very clear with them… they can monitor whatever they want, I don't care."
Openreach's critics, of which there are many, will say the proof of the pudding will be in the eating but McTighe makes a largely compelling case that things will be different from now on.
He says the changes Openreach is making are "absolutely necessary" and give the company "the opportunity to rebase the relationship with stakeholders".
He opens up on two of these stakeholders in particular – customers and employees.
A "clear sense of purpose" means Openreach can now have "very different conversations" with customers, according to McTighe.
"I can quite openly have a confidential conversation with Sky or Vodafone which is starting to drive a different dialogue...a much more traditional supplier-customer relationship where you can come up with products and services that are more aligned," the Chairman says.
The large service provider customers, which also include TalkTalk, are desperate for Openreach to invest in more pure fibre technology.
The company has connected over 300,000 premises to FTTH and plans to reach two million by 2020.
Openreach CEO Clive Selley said in July that 10 million UK premises could access pure fibre technology by the mid-2020s if "the right conditions" prevail.
McTighe says Openreach is "committed" to building such a network but adds: "We cant do it on our own.
"We need conditions put in place by stakeholders to enable us to come up with the economic justification.
"We need to be in a position where we can put a compelling business case to our shareholders."
Inconveniently, this means BT, but leaving this aside the Chairman says there a number of things that need to change.
He picks out two in particular – the need to retire the company's existing copper network so that it's not paying for two sets of infrastructure and an increase in wholesale rates.
Neither will be easy.
Another area that has garnered media speculation of late is co-investment, whereby Openreach joins forces with a Vodafone or a Sky, for example, to build a network together.
But McTighe is sceptical.
"We will do some of it to demonstrate a new way of working [but] it will be tactical," says.
By way of explanation he adds: "What's in it for a co-investor if it's immediately offered to everybody else? The answer is nothing."
A "more interesting" proposition is getting certainty from customers on adoption rates, the Chairman says.
This would entail a "different commercial model" whereby customers buy a certain number of ports and guarantee demand.
McTighe says its FTTH consultation is designed "to flush all this out and assess industry appetite to support us".
The consultation closed last month and anonymised results will be published in the next few weeks.
The Chairman is least excited by the prospect of customers getting more access to Openreach's infrastructure in order to build their own networks.
"I'd rather they didn't because I'm trying to preserve a business for Openreach," he says.
[Read more: Open up Openreach infrastructure to stimulate investment]
Rather, McTighe wants Openreach to return to serving the purpose it was originally set up with – creating competition at the retail level.
With some 580 customers today, the Chairman adds: "I think we can be a model for the rest of the world."
Beyond working with customers, McTighe is aware he has work to do on changing the culture at Openreach.
"Openreach was somewhat passive, it had been beaten up a lot," he says of his first impressions on joining the business.
"In many instances it's about liberating people. I think many people have felt constrained by previous structure.
"Clive [Selley] has been very clear about our three priorities – service, coverage, speed. It's about the independence we now have, not some dead hand somewhere that's going to stop us."
He says BT is not who he is referring to here.
"When you have conflicts of interest, perceived or otherwise, it creates confusion in peoples' minds," McTighe continues.
"What we've done is to lift that fog and make it clear what people are responsible for."
Ultimately, the Chairman says is trying to introduce a "get on with it ethos" that he hopes will feed though to stakeholders "eventually".


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Generate MS Word document files with Codeigniter and Phpword library.
Hi everyone ,this tutorial is special and exclusive for you, the first reason is I decide to attach demo example for every tutorial because I figure out that many students don't know how my project look like and I think that have a live example will help them to make full vision about what is going on,
The second reason is I decide to give my students full downloaded example not only screens from the code, therefore I make exclusive simple Codeigniter theme with minimum design files and with very well structured to help you to be very comfortable when to use this code
My simple Codeigniter version built by the latest version for Codeigniter 3 and I will update it continually, also the design theme built with bootstrap 3 latest version and also will update continually.
The third reason is this the first tutorial in the internet which teach you how to integrate the latest version from phpword library and how to use it to build MSword files with PHP, yes you will see many tutorials for how to build Microsoft word files but many of them not work well or not compatible enough but phpword library is very professional library and also it was a free open source library.
But the problem is that many tutorials focus on the old version of this library – it was 0.16 phpword version and this old version lacks many features, you cannot have free to build dynamic Microsoft word reports with your application just using preset file template, but in this tutorial you will have full working example by how to build dynamic word file with .docx extension.
Note: phpword is a part of Phpoffice package, you can use this package for many targets like to read and write RTF, HTML PDF files if you want to read the full documentation for more details you can read it from here
Update : the next version of this tutorial about export data to excel in php codeigniter
1- Download the project from the bottom link page and extract it in localhost
2- Create new database, name it as (demo)
3- Import tables from application/tables
4- Go to the URL http://localhost/codeigniter_demo/
Project structure:
In this app we have
1- Phpword controller
In this controller, we have two methods Index to show news table and download to generate Msword files from news table
2- Phpword model
To select our news from news table
3- Phpword library
Import phpword original file from third party folder
4- PhpWord third_party
The original files for PhpWord library, you can also download this package from their GitHub repo in this link, but I recommended to use it from my full example directly
5- Global folder
Contains assets file like bootstrap 3 main framework and starter theme with JavaScript , HTML , CSS files
6- Views folder
Which contains views file for our layout templates with header and footer and content
How it works?
When you see the demo page you will find the download link on the bottom of the page, when you click on it you will invoke download function.
In this function :
* We load phpword library
* Fetch news and pass it to the variable $news
* Remove compatibility mode on the file title, we pass number 14 and 15 to point to word 2010 and word 2013
* Add path to the variable $targetFile and filename to $filename
* Start foreach loop to fetch all news and make dynamic word content
* AddSection function to start new page
* addText function to add new text (i use it to add a title but you can use it in titles or paragraphs),you can pass style to this function.
* Add addTextBreak to add break after text in other words to start new line
* Add addImage function to add new image ,we can pass styles to this function
* Add another addTextBreak function with another addText to start the paragraph
* Use save function to save the docx file as temp file on the fly and then use header to download this file and exit the function
aldi rizaldiwhen trying to download word : Fatal error: Class 'PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord' not found in C:\xampp\htdocs\codeigniter_demo\application\controllers\Phpword.php on line 24Reply
firstname.lastname@example.com the installation and it will works good,you can check demo with yourselfReply
neerajwhen trying to download word : Fatal error: Class 'PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord' not found in C:\xampp\htdocs\codeigniter_demo\application\controllers\Phpword.php on line 24 - See more at: http://webeasystep.com/blog/view_article/Generate_MS_Word_document_files_with_Codeigniter_and_Phpword_library#sthash.7fPmGZSp.dpufReply
KirinoThank you for the wonderful sample for integrating PHPWord into CodeIgniter. I am working to upgrade our legacy system from PHPWord 0.6 to 0.13 and not at all familiar with Composer or Namespaces so this is a great jumping off point! However, after much struggling I've found that while it's working great in PHP 5.6 and fails in PHP 7.0. The error that I'm getting is: "Fatal error: Cannot use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\String as String because 'String' is a special class name in C:\wamp7\www\codeigniter_demo\application\third_party\PhpWord\Style\AbstractStyle.php on line 20" Checking on the internet there is a reference to this bug in the issues area of the PHPWord project on github. https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/issues/736#issuecomment-191300938 which seems to indicate that it's a problem with the version of PHPWord you are using in your demo. However, upgrading to the most current build is generating all sorts of other errors which I imagine is due to my ignorance of how to properly upgrade. Any possibility of upgrading your demo to see if that makes it function in PHP7? I'm running WAMP (wampserver3.0.6_x64) under Windows7. Thanks for the great resource!Reply
email@example.com Kirino, you are welcome About your wondering,Codeigniter 3.0 not full supported for PHP 7 also PHPWord.,so I decided to not support or test any demos on PHP 7 Untill codeigniter 4 came. The current version I supported 5.6,but you still can find some help in phpword github repository and codegniter.com forum thanksReply
Pavel JHi, I use this tutorial to create docx document. On localhost (win10 XAMPP) there is all OK. But in production (PHP 5.6 a MySQL 5.5) dox document is corrupt. Look at: "http://www.ralton.cz/create_order_doc/227". What can bee reason. Thanks.Reply
email@example.com,Pavel J sorry man But there is no way for suggestions here,sure to follow all steps and it will works good as you see in the demo. the best way to do this is to open log and generate new file and see what recorded in log file after file generationReply
Tiago Scalco de MelloDownload link is out Oops, you've found a dead linkReply
firstname.lastname@example.com Tiago ,Link was fixed , if you see any broken links tell me and i am ready to fix it you are welcome my friendReply
ojchrisWill this work in codeigniter 2? I mean is it the same set up for implementing it in codeigniter 2? ThanksReply
firstname.lastname@example.com ojchris, it is the same no differenceReply
Mohamed Augustin Sesaynice tutorial hope we will have more to improve our learningReply
firstname.lastname@example.com are welcome mohamed , for sure i am working onReply
RanjeetFatal error: Class 'PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord' not found in C:\xampp\htdocs\companyenc\application\controllers\Phpword.php on line 23Reply
Trisnoadi WikantoroI fixed the "Fatal error: Class 'PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord' not found" How to fix it: 1. Change your controller name. For example CPhpword.php 2. Add "use PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord;" before the class declaration It should look like this (CPhpword.php):Reply
rifqiFatal error: Cannot use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\String as String because 'String' is a special class name in C:\xampp\htdocs\codeigniter_demo\application\third_party\PhpWord\Style\AbstractStyle.php on line 20 mohon pencerahannnya minReply
Sangramsinh SambhajiRao desaiType: PhpOffice\PhpWord\Exception\Exception Message: Could not close zip file test.docx. Filename: /application/third_party/PhpWord/Shared/ZipArchive.php Line Number: 161Reply
FabricioFor those who are still looking a way around this issue with PHP7, here is a page (is in indonessian so use a translator), I tested it, it worked and I am using it.Reply


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Tivoli is a magical place of adventure for the whole family. Please follow the link and get inspired to find your favorite Tivoli moment.
Inspiration for a fun family day in Tivoli.
You will find our well-equipped baby changing room near Rasmus Klump's World (the playground), where among other things you can heat up baby food and milk. There are also baby changing facilities in the following toilets:
There are trained nurses on duty at the Nurses Station, which you will find close to the Glyptotek entrance and the Golden Tower, at the edge of the Gardens near Tietgensgade. Find the Nurses Station on the map of the Gardens, and ask Tivoli staff for help,
It might be a good idea to put a wrist band on small children, so that you can rejoin each other quickly if you get separated. If you are unlucky, our staff are naturally ready to help you find your child. You are also welcome to go directly to the Service Centre by the Main Entrance, where you can also buy the wrist band.
Hand carts can be hired at the Service Centre. Price: DKK 50 (+ DKK 100 deposit). You must show proof of identity, which will be returned with the deposit at the end of the hire period.
Please note that hand carts cannot be hired at Halloween and in the Christmas season.


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Bots are complicated. They're made to process repetitive actions autonomously and can be fairly easy to build, but they aren't always working on the side of good. Here's what you need to know.
Each year, EContent magazine compiles a list of the 100 companies that matter most in the digital content industry.
Voting is now closed. We'll announce the results of the first-ever EContent 100 list chosen by the people!
Jul 07, 2010
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose Tony HsiehBusiness PlusHardcover$23.99
The visionary CEO of Zappos explains how an emphasis on corporate culture can lead to unprecedented success.
Pay new employees $2,000 to quit. Make customer service the entire company, not just a department. Focus on company culture as the No. 1 priority. Apply research from the science of happiness to running a business. Help employees grow both personally and professionally. Seek to change the world. Oh, and make money too.
Sound crazy? It's all standard operating procedure at Zappos.com, the online retailer that's making more than $1 billion in gross merchandise sales every year.
In 1998, Tony Hsieh (pronounced Shay) sold LinkExchange, the company he co-founded, to Microsoft for $265 million. He then joined Zappos as an advisor and investor and eventually became the company's CEO.
In 2009, Zappos was listed as one of Fortune magazine's top 25 companies to work for. It was acquired by Amazon later that year in a deal valued at more than $1.2 billion on the day of closing.
In his first book, Hsieh shares the different business lessons he learned in life, from a lemonade stand and pizza business through LinkExchange, Zappos, and more. Ultimately, he shows how using happiness as a framework can produce profits, passion, and purpose both in business and in life.
The Referral Engine: Teaching Your Business to Market Itself John JantschPortfolio HardcoverHardcover$25.95The power of glitzy advertising and elaborate marketing campaigns is on the wane; word-of-mouth referrals are what drive business today. People trust the recommendation of friends, family members, colleagues, or even strangers with similar tastes over anything thrust at them by a faceless company.
Most business owners believe that whether or not customers refer them to others is entirely out of their hands. But science shows that people can't help recommending products and services to their friends—it's an instinct wired deep in the brain. And smart businesses can tap into that hard-wired desire.
Marketing expert John Jantsch offers practical techniques for harnessing the power of referrals to ensure a steady flow of new customers. Keep those customers happy, and they will refer your business to even more customers.
The secret to generating referrals lies in understanding the "Customer Referral Cycle"—the way customers refer others to your company who, in turn, generate even more referrals. Businesses can ensure a healthy referral cycle by moving customers and prospects along the path of Know, Like, Trust, Try, Buy, Repeat, and Refer. If everyone in an organization keeps this sequence in mind, Jantsch argues, your business will generate referrals like a well-oiled machine.
This practical, smart, and original guide is essential reading for any company looking to grow without a fat marketing budget.
Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd Youngme MoonCrown BusinessHardcover$26If there is one strain of conventional wisdom pervading every company in every industry, it's the absolute importance of "competing like crazy." Moon's message is simply, "Get off this treadmill that's taking you nowhere. Going tit for tat and adding features, augmentations, and gimmicks to beat the competition has the perverse result of making you like everyone else." Different provides a highly original perspective on what it means to offer something that is meaningfully different—different in a manner that is both fundamental and comprehensive.
Moon identifies the outliers, the mavericks, the iconoclasts—the players who have thoughtfully rejected orthodoxy in favor of a more adventurous approach. Some are even "hostile," almost daring you to buy what they are selling. The MINI Cooper was launched with fearless abandon: "Worried that this car is too small? Look here. It's even smaller than you think."
These are players that strike a genuine chord with even the most jaded consumers. In fact, almost every success story of the past 2 decades has been an exception to the rule.
Different shows us how to succeed in a world where conformity reigns … but exceptions rule.


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The ultimate minimalism
CHR15 has been designed with a minimalistic idea in mind. The aim is to give the user the maximum of comfort with a minimum use of materials: inox and leather. For the inox frame, which measures only 10 mm diameter, parallel lines connect basis and back of the chair. Thanks to those lines, the chair invites to settle down in serenity. The frame also forms the armrest in only one line. Seat and back consist of a double layer of 1,8mm leather. Between the two layers, we provided a flexible metal plate for the reinforcement and stability of the chair. Leather, being the second material in this design, takes to a certain extend the form of the user, which will benefit the comfort. The design of the chair keeps the happy mean between a sitting chair and a relaxing chair. Together with the aperitif table (TBL16), it should be placed in a quiet and peaceful room in the house in order to show to full advantage.
The beauty is in the details
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2005-2010 Ford Mustang Fuel Inertia Switch Reset Location
2005-2010 Ford Mustang Fuel Inertia Switch Reset Location – Fifth-generation Ford Mustang by Ford in 2004 to 2014 in the city of Flat Rock, Michigan, Flat Rock City assembly plant to build a small carriage. The fifth-generation Mustang began in 2005, then received a facelift in 2010. This concept car was developed in two trial between February 2002 to November, a convertible version and a coupe version of the car. These two concept cars introduced by Ford at the Detroit Auto Show on January 5, 2003.
2005 Mustang on September 7, 2004, to begin production. US market launch and customer delivery will start at the end of October 2004. 2005-2009 Ford Mustang equipped with a cast-iron block 4.0 l SOHC Cologne V6 engine replaces the 2004 and other old models used a 3.8-liter V6 engine, OHV Essex. This engine can produce 10 horsepower (157 kW) at 3500 pm and 40 lb-ft (325 N · m) of torque at 5300 pm.
2005-2010 Ford Mustang Fuel Inertia Switch Reset Location:
Time needed: 7 minutes.
Fuel pump shut-off (inertia) switch is a device that stops the fuel pump of the fuel delivery to the engine. If your engine cranks but does not start, this switch may have been activated. Here's how to find and reset the switch:
- On the 2005-2010 Ford Mustang, the fuel pump shut-off switch is located in the driver's footwell, by the hood release.
- Make sure to turn off your vehicle
- Pushing in the Fuel pump shut-off (inertia) switch
- Turn the ignition to the on position and wait a few seconds and return the key to off position.
For more details, please watch the following video:
This tutorial is based on the Ford owner's manual. This procedure works on a Ford Mustang 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 model years. Hopefully the article of 2005-2010 Ford Mustang Fuel Inertia Switch Reset Location useful for you.


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Last year – I didn't know it at the time – but I used teaching as an escape, or at the very least, a distraction. Looking back, I didn't have much support with developing my project in my first year, which meant I went into my second year with grand plans but zero scaffolding to ensure I wouldn't completely fail, or would actually know which direction I was going and how that fit into my thesis. As such, I was a great teacher, dedicating 15+ hours to developing the course material and making sure everything was organised so it was a smooth ride for my student. They loved it, and I think to some extent, actually liked me as a teacher.
Cue me as a final year PhD student. I need to get out of here, I need to finish. Teaching is no longer an escape, because I don't want to have to have an escape, or want to be distracted. I need to finish. On time. I have been in my current research group for five years this year, and so I am looking forward to leaving and finding a new research group – or, a new job out of academia. And so, I am balancing on that ever so delicate tightrope of teaching at one end, and research at the other. My class is smaller this year, and I am trying something that was/is quite challenging for them – and with a, let's say, high maintenance, cohort, it didn't go down so well, at least in the first half of the year. They were not forgiving in the least, with any small error. That is when I noticed that those 15+ hours a week really made a difference, but I could no longer manage that.
This semester, with even fewer contact hours (and sadly, a smaller paycheck), I am managing that balance better, and am having an impact across two cohort, working hard to make sustainable change within their program, and for their student experience. I am very glad that I was able to develop such a rapport with most of the students last semester, as that has made a huge difference in connecting with them, particularly when I compare to my experience of teaching a four-week intensive course with students from across the world.
Developing rapport, and caring about my students' learning and development, as both students and people (although, they aren't mutually exclusive), are my strengths as a teacher. And now I have been able to optimize time expended and impact, which, has come from practice, necessity, confidence, and maturity.


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Last week we talked about the back porch and what an awesome place it is to rest and unwind, whether it's an actual back porch, a deck, or simply a lawn chair behind the house. I loved your comments. I felt like we had a nice visit — on the back porch!
This week I wanted to share some pics of my back porch flowers. Nothing fancy here. Basically things that survived my UN-green thumb. What about you? Leave me a comment about your favorite flower, and we'll draw a winner. (Last week's winner was Donna B.)
Announcements for this week:
- I learned that Anna's Healing is a finalist for the Christy award. I'm excited and humbled and thrilled. Winners will be announced in June.
- Shelley Shepard Gray and I are finalizing plans for our Girlfriends Getaway in Charm, OH. We hope to see you there, but if you can't come–we'll be having on-line prizes for those who follow us on Facebook and twitter. Keep an eye out over the weekend of May 20th!
- Deep Shadows is now available for pre-order. This is the first book in my new dystopian series. Don't know what dystopian is? Read the blurb for Deep Shadows here. For Amazon, the pre-order price is guaranteed, so if the price goes down before the item is released, you receive the lower price. **Amazon ** B&N ** CBD.
- My May rafflectopter giveaway is now live. Check here for details. This week's giveaway includes something I picked up in Shipshewana, a $10 Starbucks card and more!
Time to stop working, pour myself a glass of tea and head to the back porch. I hope you enjoyed today's pics, and I'd love to hear about YOUR gardening efforts. Leave a comment on the blog, and I'll draw a winner to receive a complimentary copy of the book of your choice from my book list.


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Project 3 of Part 4 introduces the concept of Open Narratives (in preference to closed narratives, as often used in movies to make the plot 'self contained' within the movie itself). Like a soap opera this approach works well for photograpy wher it allows room for the viewer space to create their own conclusions and outcomes.
A second key idea is that of using text in a semi fictional way, working in partnership with the visual image to invoke a deeper, more serious message.
I've been drawn quite heavily in recent weeks to rediscover the landscape I walked and played as a young boy, with now lost family members and old friends. An inspiration for this has been the books of Robert Macfarlane, especially The Old Ways and the writings and poetry of Edward Thomas (The Road Less Travelled). I also have discovered an old diary from when I was a young boy. This approach gives me the freedom to make the diary excerpts semi-fictional to work in partnership with the images to raise questions about our relationship with the landscape that forms our character.
We live in this landscape and constantly make choices that determine how our future lives turn out. Like Thomas' poem, we never know how our lives would have turned out should we have taken the other path. At the time the decision may have seemed trivial and of no consequence. It may have felt dramatic. We will never really know which is true.
I'm inspired to explore this question further using photographs that suggest choices and decisions from the landscape of my youth while inspiring the viewer to reflect on how this might be a factor in their own lives.
By re-walking these paths I, in a sense, have an opportunity to explore 'the road less travelled'.


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Details You Need To Know On Window Blinds
To choose a window blind, you have to account for many things. There are a lot of things to consider when selecting the blinds like the furnishings you have in your home, the furniture, and other construction material in your office or home of choice and also do not forget the beauty. Choose a single design and stick on it. You need to know where to put which design since different rooms require different designs. put window blinds that will match the place; like play areas and children's rooms.
But the most important thing is to note is that design and stile of the window blinds will certainly depend on the individual's tastes and preferences. Make your house look more beautiful and organized, use same design all over.
Before you settle on a single design, you should know all there is to know about the blinds. Instead of moving from shop-to-shop searching for window blinds, you can learn a lot just by surfing on the net wherever you may be. You can learn through the net and buy there and have them delivered at your doorstep.
Some people still consider using curtains. In the long run, one gets tired of seeing drapes and old curtains dangling from the window sills. Washing and ironing them will become a burden to you. Curtains give the room a warm atmosphere and a good appearance but keeping them in shape is the main problem. With continuous use, the curtains become worn-out and your ounce elegant colors fade and become old.
Shift to blinds. Blinds work in the same manner as curtains. Apart from deflecting the heat coming from the outside, they do control the amount of air coming into the room, diffuse the amount of light coming into the room, or just change the mood in the room by darkening it.
Blinds are made of different types depending on type material used. There are blinds that are made from materials like plastics, wood, or faux wood. It is your choice to go all natural or synthetic. You can also opt for fabric on your shades. To add character to your rooms, you can opt for plain or pattern designs on the fabrics.
Combining more than two designs and using them as one on the blinds can personalize your room. Shifting your attention to the windows can save you cash. This is because you won't be forced to change the type of the furniture you have more often.
Window blinds are not difficult to maintain. Do not let dust accumulate on them, just dust them regularly an this will keep them fit for long. Unlike curtains which you have to wash severally while maintaining its fabric and texture, window blinds are not prone to staining.
Give your rooms a lively look; shift to up-to-date window blinds.
Details You Need To Know On Window Blinds


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February 7, 2012
A young, former Army infantryman, wounded in Afghanistan, rehabilitates himself for a chance to play college football. Plus, western businesses invade the new Libya in search of riches.
Click below for two preview clips:
Dan Rather Reports airs Tuesdays at 8pm ET.
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so softly you float above me.
For over 2 weeks I have watched,
with admiration,
your movements across my sky,
showing me your village,
your people who walk around inside of you.
You show me that you carry your family with you
and I see the others who have come to join you.
I am mesmerized by your beauty,
your touch on my world,
by the way the golden light shines through you.
And I love the way you make the blue melt into you.
I love the way you make
while you show me the magnitude of your depth.
Beautiful you,
enchanting me on my drive home from work,
so dark the night,
but still I saw your light,
your moving swirls of dance around me.
If I could have I would have stayed there
all night embracing your beauty,
Days slipping by,
I photographed you,
taking pictures of you.
your movement through my sky.
Whisps of love embracing my tender side,
looking out to see you looking back.
I see you,
massive body you,
who carries your family with you.
Gentle soft sway,
you tickle my sense with your quiet motions.
No word spoken,
I wait for you to speak,
but so softly you sail over.
And still there is more
while my world dances for you.
So many day passing
as I stand watching you,
you carry within your body,
all the while I am snapping pictures of you.
Then rings the phone
grand-daughter exclaiming with excitement,
"Grammy the rain has come in!"
she is telling me what you are doing..
and suddenly
in that moment
to carry your family with you.
We touched each other through you.
My excitement grew
to know you would be coming with a great wind,
to know that you would break your silence
I threw open the blinds
to watch your dance,
threw open the door
to listen to the song of the wind blowing with you,
threw myself into bed to dream with you,
to tell you how much
I enjoyed this walk with you..
2 week journey walking with you.
I found you so lovely,
O Beautiful You.


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25 Days of Baking: Day 3
As you well know, candy is seen everywhere during the holidays. Toffee happens to be one of my favorites. It doesn't hurt that it is easy to make in large batches. I put a spin on this well-known candy treat and made them into dessert bars.
Just throw them in a tin or a decorative bag with a bow and voila! You have just treated yourself to the perfect Christmas movie snack. Or you could gift them I suppose… in which case I would wrap them in a box with heavy-duty tape because these bars are seriously addictive. So share them with your friends, they will thank you and probably ask for the recipe.
Sing along to: "Carol of the Bells"
- 11 tablespoons butter room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup chopped pecans (or peanuts)
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat butter, baking powder, and salt until well blended. Gradually add flour.
- Add brown sugar and vanilla extract until blended. Scrape down the sides when needed. Lastly, add the egg and mix well.
- Spread mixture into a greased 13x9 baking pan. I found that a regular knife works better than a rubber spatula for spreading.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes, until edges are lightly browned and surface is dry.
- Immediately after taking the toffee out of the oven, sprinkle the chocolate chips evenly. Let stand for 5 minutes so they melt. Spread chocolate over bars. Sprinkle with nuts and let it stand until chocolate is set.
- Cut into squares and then in half into triangles. Store in an air tight container in the fridge.
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The Boerne ISD maintains a program for the possession and use of epinephrine auto-injectors by the campus nurses. In addition to the nurses, numerous faculty members are trained and instructed on their use as well.
For more information about epi pens, their use, and their availability, please contact your student's campus nurse directly.


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So often we focus on the bad days with IBD. But there are good days. Good days with no flare ups, few symptoms – days when IBD sits quietly in the background.
The next time one (or hopefully a long string) of these days roll around this summer, take a minute to celebrate and appreciate it. Even if it's only to pause and make a mental note that good days happen.
Here's a song/video to help you celebrate the good days
Black Eyed Peas Perform 'I've Got a Feeling" at Oprah's 24th Season Opener (complete with flash mob)


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Philadelphia University is committed to fostering a safe living and learning environment for all students. This includes freedom from any form of discrimination, including sexual harassment and sexual violence. We expect community members to engage in relationships that are characterized by mutual respect and affirmative consent. The Philadelphia University Non-Discrimination Statement details the obligation of the University and all its members to respect the rights of all individuals.
The University's response to any sexual misconduct seeks to balance the rights, needs and privacy of victims and those of the accused, while maintaining the health and safety of the campus community. Special emphasis is placed on violence prevention, providing support for those who may have been victimized, and ensuring a vigorous enforcement of institutional policy and law.
If you or someone you know may be a victim of sexual harassment, sexual violence, or any other behaviors prohibited under this policy, you are strongly encouraged to seek immediate assistance from The Dean of Students Office, Safety and Security, The Counseling Center or Health Services.
Students who may be victims of sexual misconduct will be provided counseling and medical referrals; assistance with safe housing and academic concerns related to the sexual misconduct; and information concerning victim's rights. Individuals will also be provided information concerning University, civil and criminal complaints, including how to file such complaints.


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Happy Sunday! We're about to kick off the week of festivities by having a cook-out by the pool with the bride and groom to be. Six days, everyone! To say we're excited is an understatement. I hope you all are enjoying your extended weekend with the ones you love as well. I'll get to it and take as little time as possible from you all by getting to the freebies. Two, in fact! Take a peak at the newest goodies in the shop before you scroll down to your downloads...
And now I have your first freebie of the weekend - a "School's Out" coordinating alpha and Word Strips. Double the freebies!
Now I must try and tear myself away from BRAND NEW Arrested Development, and see the happy couple!