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Designing User Friendly Landing Pages For QR Codes
A landing page is a vital tool for your online marketing. Also referred to as a lead capture page or lander, this single webpage appears in response to clicking on an ad, following an email link, or scanning a QR Code.
The general goal of your landing page is to convert visitors into sales leads. As such, it can be a make or break situation. Visitors who arrive at your landing page are no longer a cold lead. Rather, they have already initiated a relationship; they are pre-qualified and interested in what you have to offer. Don't let bad design ruin this amazing opportunity!
Your landing page needs to have the highest quality design. For professional designers, this probably doesn't sound like too big of a challenge. However, landing pages have a unique set of design elements. Likewise, the user experience is different from a typical web page.
Not All Landing Pages are Created Equal
Visitors arrive at a landing page from various sources. In the past, landing pages were primarily reached from a link in an email or after clicking on an advertisement. These days, there is a more popular mode of transportation to a landing page: QR Codes.
Visitors who arrive at a landing page via a QR Code have special needs. They will be accessing your landing page from a mobile device, which should be the starting point for your design.
When designing landing pages for QR Codes, remember that people will be accessing the site from a mobile device. Source
While helping you create a stellar landing page design for QR Codes, this article will focus on four key aspects: the call to action, content, appearance, and mobile interaction.
Call to Action
The main purpose of your landing page should be a clear and concise call to action. This is the only way to convert visitors into leads. Make it very clear what you want them to do and what they will get in exchange. If the visitor won't be receiving an instant reward, don't lead them to believe they will.
There are a variety of actions you can ask your visitor to take. However, don't try to add too many — one should be plenty. Do you want the facebook like or the email address? Trying to accumulate both might confuse the visitor.
Don't confuse your visitors and focus on one call to action only. Source
If you choose to use a form on your landing page, ask for a minimal amount of information. Typing lengthy responses to questions on a mobile device is enjoyed by no one! Also, let the visitor know which fields are mandatory. Otherwise, they might think their disinterest in answering a particular question will be a deal breaker.
Consider adding a second "sign-up" button at the bottom of the page. This is especially helpful for long landing pages where scrolling is involved. The call to action should always be just a tap away. If the visitors don't want to read all your information, they can simply tap the button at the top. If the visitors make it all the way through your witty repartee, they don't have to scroll back to the top to sign up.
Also, it might be a good idea to include a few helpful resources near the second call to action. Links to a "Learn more" page, or a "Live demo" might be appreciated. If visitors read all your information, there is a chance they did so because they weren't totally convinced about your product or service. They might need a bit more convincing.
To ensure the best possible chance of receiving a lead from your landing page, you'll need to add more than just a call to action. Take a moment to introduce yourself and share some information about your brand.
While it is important to tell a bit about your company, you don't want the supportive information to dominate your landing page. The content shouldn't draw attention away from the call to action.
No one likes a show-off. Double check to make sure your content isn't self-serving. Viewers want to know how they will benefit from your company's products or services — so tell them!
If you are struggling for ways to add more oomph to your page, throw on a bonus or two; something along the lines of an example, testimonial or video would be nice.
- Examples — People like to see what they are going to get; rarely do they buy things sight unseen. If you are designing a landing page for an app maker, include some screenshots. If your client is a hairstylist, add some before and after photos.
- Testimonials — Anyone who is reluctant to take the action you request might be reassured by testimonies of other customers. Include some genuine, friendly testimonials from people — not companies — near the call to action.
- Videos — Videos are a gold mine when it comes to landing pages. They are an easy way to share a lot of information quickly. Landing pages that are accessed via QR Codes are greatly enhanced by videos. A lot of times, people are on the go when they scan a code. Consider the following: a visitor scans a code on a bus bench and then watches the video during the commute to work. The visitor probably wouldn't be able to fill in a form on the bumpy ride, but a video is super easy to watch while in transit.
While video does have its advantages, there are some potential pitfalls too. A video's quality might be compromised by mobile internet. Therefore, the smaller the file size, the better the quality of the video. Also, visitors won't necessarily have headphones with them when they watch your video. Consider using videos that don't rely on audio to get the point across.
The appearance of your landing page can be greatly enhanced by giving special attention to two closely related topics: typography and color. Both factors greatly affect the legibility of your content.
Many designers dislike dealing with typography. It has gotten a bad rap for being time-consuming. That may be true, but it doesn't mean typography should be ignored. It is especially important because displays of mobile devices are small.
Use your typography to establish a hierarchy. Let viewers know where they should start reading. Then, tell them where they should go next. Typography can also help visitors pick out the most important bits of information.
Likewise, color can be used to establish a hierarchy by grouping different topics of information together by hue. However, you must be careful that your color selection doesn't interfere with legibility. Positive images — black on white — are easier to read than negative images — white on black.
Mobile Interaction
Being user friendly on mobile devices is perhaps the most important factor of QR Code landing page design. Every single viewer will be using a mobile device or tablet. No one will be seeing the landing page on a desktop display. That fact right there should be the driving force behind your design.
When designing your mobile-friendly landing page, ask yourself the following questions:
- Where will this QR Code be placed? Where the viewers access the landing page should influence what they see when they get there. A QR Code in a fast food restaurant isn't the best place to include a lengthy registration form. The visitor will be busy eating and looking to make a quick getaway. A simple facebook like, on the other hand, would be appropriate for that location.
- What is visible above the scroll? Once you have your landing page designed, test it out on the most popular smartphones. At what point do the visitors need to start scrolling? Were they able to see the most essential information? If not, move the important stuff to the top.
- Have I done everything possible to minimize load time? QR Codes will be scanned by a mobile device. That means the landing page visitors are using a cellular network or Wi-Fi. Slow downloads could cause visitors to exit before you want them to.
- Have I considered finger dexterity? According to the Apple iOS develop site, tappable areas should be 44 x 44 points or 0.6 x 0.6 inches. Are your tappable areas at least that size? Extensive typing on a mobile device can be challenging — especially for the older generation. When possible, use checkboxes and drop down lists. Also, don't include a list of links. Trying to tap the right one could be a nightmare!
The next time you design a QR code landing page, focus on the call to action, content, appearance, and mobile interaction. By doing so, your visitors will be much more likely to become leads.


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What began as the lofty but simple goal of cleaning up the nation's environment has ended in a maze of statutes, regulations and case law that reaches into every sector of the nation's economy. Among the hardest hit areas are those of construction and development, which have provided fertile ground for an excess of legal premises that expose contractors, developers and design professionals to environmental damage claims.
Most recent pressures come from the demand for more affordable housing. Limited by the amount of land, inner cities are recycling themselves, reusing former industrial and commercial sites for the development of housing. At the same time, to accommodate its rapidly expanding population, the nation is hard at work overhauling its roadways, railways and waterways. The inherent problem in these well-intended recycling efforts is that much of the land underlying these sites is toxic.
Myriad regulations aimed at protecting and cleaning up the environment expose everyone involved to potential liability. There is no broad protection for developers of brownfields - abandoned industrial sites stigmatized by real or perceived environmental contamination - and the threat of liability creates huge obstacles because the costs of remediation are often uncertain. Furthermore, if future contamination is found, nothing protects the developer from additional liability. Complicating matters even more, state voluntary action statutes and programs usually set forth statewide cleanup standards that allow for higher levels of contamination if a site will be used for commercial or industrial rather than residential purposes. Given the many federal, state and common-law theories, it is all too clear that developers, contractors and design professionals must arm themselves with the necessary tools to operate in a legally constrained and ever-changing, complex market.
Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the power to seek out contaminated sites that pose a threat to public health or the environment, and take action to clean up such sites. It also has the power to file civil suits to recover its clean-up costs, or force those responsible for the contamination to perform the cleanup. These powers continue to grow and the EPA of the 21st century will be very different than that of the past. Where the political climate will take the agency is, however, vastly unknown. EPA's continuing unpredictability serves to frustrate and encumber any private sector industry that relies on consistent and uniform national guidelines.
Growth Issues
It is a given that construction projects in older urban areas with an industrial past will need some environmental restoration. Heavy agriculture, mining and logging operations and landfills usually present challenges to rural area construction projects as well. While EPA and other state and local governmental watchdogs keep an official eye out for the toxic environments of former oil refineries, automobile manufacturing plants and metal plating shops, citizen's groups concerned with the protection of green space, endangered species and water and air quality, grow in number and influence. Their cries for sound environmental action, to be taken only after costly and time-consuming studies and reports are complete and months and years of negotiations are concluded, are strident and unrelenting.
To quiet some of the clamor for affordable housing, cities are undertaking the classic overhaul of scattered, isolated pockets of commercial and light industrial properties on which developers are building a few homes. The environmental problems encountered when building on the site of a former medical building, dry cleaning shop or gas station are usually solved, but only after a significant amount of time and money have been thrown at planning strategies, community meetings and site cleanup. In suburban and rural areas, concerned citizens waste no time proposing measures aimed at closing the development of those areas surrounding their communities that could support greater numbers of affordable homes.
Pressure from these efforts is exacerbated by the explosive growth of the Internet and telecommunications industry. Knowledge-intensive companies are changing the face of whole city districts as they transform former warehouses, some with a history of housing toxic substances, into data and call centers. Barely supporting these new companies and their growing workforces is an outdated and overburdened system of highways, bridges, rail, water and wastewater. To alleviate the stress on these critical structures, governments are springing into action with projects like the Alameda Corridor project in Los Angeles, the "Big Dig" tunnel/freeway project in Boston and the proposed span to replace the Bay Bridge in San Francisco.
The Tools - Liberal Studies
Whether it's government, business or private citizens exerting influence, the system protecting the environment is being tweaked constantly. And it's all too evident that the expensive and time-consuming process of cleanup is often performed at the whim of political expediency. The problem with today's provisional approach to cleanup is the difficulty that exists in reconciling arcane legislation with the reality of cleanup. Therefore, it helps to know the tools available to maneuver the rocky shoals of environmental remediation.
Almost every piece of environmental litigation over construction in urban areas stems from inadequate preconstruction studies. Owners, eager to see where their money is being spent, recognize the value of marble columns and bronze statues. The benefits of an environmental study are not as readily apparent - until the digging begins and workers, materials and equipment have to be demobilized because toxics are found.
The profound and costly effects of discovering contamination after construction starts are never worth the few saved nickels and dimes. Nowhere is this more evident than in the construction of Belmont Learning Complex, dubbed the most expensive high school in the United States, in Los Angeles. A 200-page investigative report found, among other things, construction on the 35-acre site was approved despite the fact probable cause existed showing hazardous waste had been disposed of at the site. What was the cost to the school district for a structure that will never be completed because it sits atop a site containing explosive methane gas? Between $200 million and $300 million. That number does not include the costs of litigation that is sure to plague the project's contractors, subcontractors and consultants.
Building Relationships
Offsetting such high-profile fiascos are the thousands of out-of-the-limelight sites that are being returned to productive use. Much of their success is due to good relationships with authorities who have jurisdiction over a project. Meeting with them well before cleanup begins, determining how they interpret findings, cooperating and finding out their history of enforcement and checking with others who have been in similar situations, go a long way in expediting the cleanup process. Owners and developer teams with experience in redeveloping brownfields know the importance of including the community and affected neighborhoods in their processes.
In the limelight is a $1 billion, 12-million-square-foot Atlantic Steel project in Atlanta, Ga., rising on the site of an old steel mill. EPA and the developer signed a pact to utilize EPA's Project XL (eXcellence in Leadership), which gives companies flexibility with environmental rules if the end result is better air, water or land quality. Remediation on the lead-contaminated site will pave the way for the transformation of the former 138-acre steel mill into 2,400 residential units - 4.8 million square feet of office, 1 million square feet of retail, 400,000 square feet of entertainment space and 800 hotel rooms. Cleanup includes groundwater treatment and removal of about 30,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil.
Community Support Systems
The cleanup of former industrial areas for the expansion of roads and transit systems differs greatly than sites for human habitation. Those cities with decaying industrial sites usually welcome the increased revenues that redevelopment brings, but their citizens are not always as happy. Any owner who hires a contractor to build on a site that is known to be contaminated is well served to do a thorough and exhaustive study of the site.
After more than two decades of lawsuits, the 21-mile, $2.4 billion Alameda Corridor Project in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles, which will link the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with high-speed, high-capacity rail, is well under way. Work on the three-phase project, which runs through cities created specifically for industry, will consolidate three railroads, eliminate at-grade crossings and alleviate traffic congestion. Begun in 1997 and planned for completion in 2002, the project has been the object of scrutiny by environmental groups, which have accused the project of fouling the air and dumping toxics into the water during construction.
Early last year, the Los Angeles Water Quality Control Board granted the project a waiver from new rules limiting the amount of pollutants the project dumps into the water. It voted to allow the discharge of as many as 18 million gallons each day of possibly contaminated groundwater into a nearby creek. The project may not be without its political wrangles and lawsuits, but it is happening because of the number of people who think it is a good idea. The wild card is the young immigrant families that are the area's primary residents. The issues of contamination, immigration and the potential for political repercussions here remain great.
As EPA implements its promised reforms to provide cleanup guidance, set clear objectives, foster program flexibility and practical approaches to cleanup, and enhance community involvement and access to its programs, it would be wise for those involved in environmental cleanup to take advantage of existing tools while going beyond the letter of the law to protect themselves from costly litigation.
This article appeared in the March 2001 issue of Environmental Protection, Vol. 12, No. 3, on page 70.
This article originally appeared in the 03/01/2001 issue of Environmental Protection.

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How do you feel about your smartphone? An infographic put together by OnlineColleges suggests that we, as a society, may be in love. We use our smartphones in place of other gadgets and we'd give up a lot before living without them–even sex. We party with our smartphones, watch sports with them and study with them. If you have an iPhone 4S, Siri may even tell you she loves you back.
Explore the infographic, then share your relationship story in the comments section below. Are you in love? Are you surprised by statistics?


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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal is the most recent to send her congratulations following the fantastic news of our £1.44million Heritage Lottery Fund award. In a letter addressed to Museum Director Libby Buckley last week, the Princess' private secretary, Captain Nick Wright CVO RN, wrote:
"The Princess Royal has asked me to thank you for your recent letter explaining that the Porthcurno Telegraph Museum has been awarded £1.44 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund and a further £125,000 from the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund."
He continues;
"Her Royal Highness was delighted to hear this excellent news and sends you and all your colleagues at the Museum her best wishes for your continued success."
The Princess Royal visited us in the summer of 2012 when she met with Museum staff and volunteers, before officially opening the Nerve Centre of Empire exhibition in Eastern House. We hope that Her Royal Highness' schedule allows her to make a return visit on completion of the capital project in 2014!


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Plans for a storage and maintenance depot on the HS2 rail line could cost 7,200 jobs, a Birmingham MP claimed.
Liam Byrne (Lab, Hodge Hill) said HS2 Ltd, the business created by the Department for Transport to build the new line, would face court action unless the proposals were scrapped.
He accused the firm of acting "irrationally" by choosing the land, in Washwood Heath, for the depot – against the express wishes of Birmingham City Council.
The authority is pushing a rival scheme to use the site as a high-tech business park, which it said could create 6,500 well-paid jobs.
It has identified an alternative site for the HS2 depot, near Birmingham Airport.
But when HS2 Ltd published maps setting out the final route of the Birmingham to London high speed rail link, it appeared the council's pleas had simply had been ignored.
And the company asked for more land than originally proposed, threatening 700 jobs at existing businesses, Mr Byrne said. "It is quite clear that if HS2 Ltd proceeded with this they would be open to legal challenge," he said.
"They have not used a rational process for choosing the site of the depot. There is no indication that they have considered other options."
The MP, along with colleagues Jack Dromey (Lab, Erdington) and Shabana Mahmood (Lab, Ladywood), is to meet Patrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary, to discuss their objections later this month, he said. The council also expressed concern at the company's plans to use a freight rail terminal at Jaguar's Castle Bromwich plant to move construction materials into the city.
The council asked for assurances that Jaguar would still be able to use the terminal and asked HS2 Ltd to make other arrangements if not.
The details were revealed in maps published by HS2 Ltd as the Department for Transport. This included details of a planned compensation package, which could involve paying more than a billion pounds to affected people.


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What is Over the Edge, you ask? Over the Edge is a proto-Unknown Armies, conceived at least six years before UA. The setting dispenses with the grittiness and gutter magic of UA, but maintains some high weirdness — David Lynch meets Erich von Däniken meets The Mikado.
Also notably: the game system uses the dice pool mechanic common to pretty much everything White Wolf does. Jonathan Tweet and Mark Rein·Hagen worked together on a project, having previously developed Ars Magica together, and then went off to develop Over the Edge and Vampire: the Masquerade. The dice pool concept remained common to both games.
At any rate, Over the Edge takes place in the small, Mediterranean island nation of Al Amarja. Conspiracies abound on the island — all conspiracies are true, and pretty much all conspiracies have a presence on Al Amarja. Skulduggery is so thick that it is common to serve guests snacks and beverages in their original containers (so as to assure them that they are not poisoned — it is also common to hold bottled drinks with one's thumb sealing the neck of the bottle for the same reason). Scheming, sorcery, and super-science converge to craft a frenetic setting — Sigil meets Night Vale is likely another apt description.
(Character creation supports this strangeness, not only being incredibly fast and freeform, but lending itself to character backgrounds such as "cult sorcerer" or "monster from another dimension.")
If any of this sounds interesting, check out the glut of stuff on Bundle of Holding before January 15, 2014.


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Big property sales are pretty standard in North Texas, with everything from skyscrapers to megamansions changing hands.
But here's your chance to buy an entire town.
Dallas real estate broker J. Elmer Turner is hunting a buyer for the tiny town of Mustang that's south of Dallas in Navarro County.
Located on Interstate 45 and 55 miles from Dallas, Mustang is only 76 acres.
"It's about 5 miles south of Corsicana," broker Mike Turner said. "You can buy the town and all of the real estate.
"You have endless opportunities."
Incorporated in the 1970s, Turner said Mustang was created as "a wet spot," or somewhere you could legally buy liquor when "dry" and "wet" communities were the norm.
"It was the only wet spot around until liquor sales changed," he said. "It had an illustrious strip club called Wispers."
A killing in the nightclub back in 2008 made headlines in the area.
The town of Mustang had a population of more than 50 people back when liquor sales fueled bumper-to-bumper business in the community.
But since liquor purchases have loosened up, Mustang has faded.
"There are only a handful of people living there now," Turner said. "There's a warehouse and a little store and some mobile homes."
Turner said the buyer of the town has to think beyond what's on the ground.
"The whole site could be repurposed," he said. "It could be a truck stop, a mobile home park, almost anything."
There's even a volunteer fire department. And the town has its own sewage plant and buys water from its neighbor, Angus.
Turner — whose Dallas-based real estate firm is one of the city's oldest — said he's selling Mustang for a client who is the general partner in the ownership.
"I've never sold a town before," Turner said.


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You might have read somewhere on here that I really don't like bananas. This aversion, however, doesn't hold up against banana bread. As long as there are no chunks of banana, I love it! And of course, it's especially great when there are chocolate chips involved!
Jem and I recently made the Lower-Fat Banana Bread from Veganomicon for the first time (with the chocolate chip variation). I was looking for a vegan banana bread recipe because we had some bananas needing to be used, and I actually had a difficult time finding one that didn't have huge amounts of oil and/or sugar. I'm so glad I remembered about this one in Veganomicon!
It came together really easily, smelled fantastic when baking, and tastes awesome! Especially when warm! Everyone in the house (vegan and omnivores alike) loved it so much that I made another one less than a week later!
We did make the following minor substitutions:
– Replaced the applesauce with pumpkin puree, simply because it was what we had. Either way, it's only a small amount and you won't be able to taste it.
– Replaced 1 1/2 cups of the flour with spelt flour one time and with whole wheat flour the second time. Both variations worked really well and tasted great.
– We used sucanat for the sugar in the recipe. Probably unnecessary because the recipe already has molasses in it, but I didn't have any regular sugar on hand.
To make sure there were no banana chunks in the bread, I pureed the wet ingredients in a blender (rather than just whisking by hand) before adding them to the dry ingredients. Though I've read warnings against doing this with bananas, as they tend to get gummy, this didn't seem to happen.
If you're interested in this recipe, here are a few other blogger reviews for your viewing pleasure:
Cupcakes and Quinoa, Vocal Vegan, The Baking Bird, Forkful of Food
I've realized that I've been making a lot of other people's recipes (from both blogs and cookbooks) recently. A lot more than I've been experimenting with my own recipes. This is mainly because my stove/oven hasn't been working for the past couple months. Luckily, I do have access to my Mom's stove/oven upstairs, but my cooking and baking habits have been altered accordingly. Let's just say that even with simplified recipes and less cooking, I've been making a whole lot of trips up and down the stairs with my arms full! Hopefully I should have a new stove/oven later this week.
In the meantime, I've realized the need to create a category or page on here to accommodate the growing number of reviews of recipes that aren't my own. I haven't quite decided whether this will be in the Recipe page or on it's own, but it is in the works. I will let you know when I have it up and running!
Do you have Veganomicon or any of Isa's other cookbooks? If so, what is your favourite recipe that you've tried? Feel free to link up to a review you've done if you have one.
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Wakatipu Youth Trust Objectives
The programmes and events that we are involved in throughout the year are defined and guided by the objectives from the WYT deed, which are as follows:
- To enable young people to achieve positive outcomes for themselves by providing support & advocacy
- To promote change in social structure and community attitudes that impact positively on young people
- To promote improvements in the mental, physical, physiological or cultural well-being of young people
- To provide a safe & supportive environment and resources for individuals, particularly young people, to discover their true identity and develop caring authentic relationships that enhance their spiritual & emotional well-being
- To provide such assistance primarily, but not exclusively in the Wakatipu area
Wakatipu Youth Trust Aim
We provide resources, opportunities, skilled people and safe environments, which help to foster confidence and challenge youth. By resourcing youth in this way, we believe they discover their true identity and develop strengths, attitudes and strong relationships, which enable them to contribute positively in our communities
Youth Development Strategy Aotearoa
All work for the Trust is underpinned by the principles of the Youth Development Strategy Aotearoa 2002 and the Code of Ethics for Youth Work in Aotearoa New Zealand 2011.
The 6 principles of youth development will provide the basis for all work with young people:
- Youth development is shaped by the 'big picture'.
- Youth development is about young people being connected.
- Youth development is based on a consistent strengths-based approach.
- Youth development happens through quality relationships.
- Youth development is triggered when young people fully participate.
- Youth development needs good information


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General Accounting
The General Accounting section is responsible for general accounting and financial reporting activities related to the General, Designated, Auxiliary, Independent Operations, Student Loan, Endowment, Plant and Agency Funds. This includes the preparation of the audited financial statements for these funds (along with the University's consolidated financial statements and the special University Public School financial statements) and support of the related auditor's activities. Other reports prepared include detail annual reports, special reports and Federal government Student Loan reports. This section is also responsible for non-student accounts receivable billings and journal entries; as well as the establishment, review, reconciliation (including bank statements), analysis and closure of accounts. Along with the Director of Accounting and Associate Controller, this section also takes the lead (with assistance from other units) in compiling the University's external audited financial report and in many comprehensive internal financial reports.
This section maintains the University's General Billing System (GBS), petty cash ledgers, and travel advance ledgers. It also processes bookstore billings and reviews cash receipts. Additionally, all detail billings (request for reimbursements) to the State for plant projects are processed by this unit. All records for plant projects, including construction activity, bond issues and related debt service records and reports are compiled in this section. This section is also responsible for conducting the FRS and GBS training seminars for University personnel.
In order to ensure proper accounting and internal controls in these areas, the section is involved in the monitoring, design, and implementation of new accounting policies, systems, and procedures.


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I personally think it is pretty brilliant.......and HD has plenty of tech and engineering behind them, they just build "exactly" what their buyers tend to want. My neighbor just bought a new 2011 Street Glide, and it is a seriously seriously nice bike!
I remember when the Evo engine came out the Faithful said it wasn't a real Harley. Now you can't even get them to look at a Shovel-they are considered to be junk. heck, most HD dealers won't even work on a Shovel engined HD.
I had a Harley guy that I work with say to me "I would never buy a water cooled bike, what if you blow a hose when you are miles from home?".
I think with most Harley riders, that's still walking distance.
Yup local yuppie HD dealer won't even change my oil- not that I would let them. I asked the question to their service manager in front of a bunch of their lemmings just to show their"history" and "legend" crap is BS. She's comming up on 325K
I like your bike......looks like new.
Its taken a few dollars to keep it that way. Gotta give props to S+S -most things inside motor have been replaced w/their excellent products. Whatever wore out I always tried to replace w/something better.
I would like to see a vrod engine in a touring bike.
The Nova was a V2, V4, and V6... if they would have stuck with that engine, they would have had a winner! They didn't have enough $$$ to support 2 engine platforms, so they are where they are now... http://www.bikerenews.com/AntiqueBikes/CodeNameNova.htm
Technically, it's hardly a HD anymore!
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SN 1 | EP 1 | Confessions From Space: Apollo
In celebration of that 50-year anniversary, Discovery Channel is sitting down with the Apollo astronauts still with us, for an intimate conversation about life in space, and after. In a series of discussions with famous astronauts like Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins (Apollo 11), Fred Haise (Apollo 13), Al Worden (Apollo 15), and more, learn what it was like to fly to the Moon before anyone thought that was possible.
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Accelerate insights from analytics with managed cloud services
Enterprises require fast, cost-efficient solutions to the familiar challenges of engaging customers, reducing risk, and improving operational excellence to stay competitive. The cloud is playing a key role in accelerating time to benefit from new insights.
Managed cloud services that automate provisioning, operation, and patching will be critical for enterprises to leverage the full promise of the cloud when it comes to time to value and agility.
Cloudera and Microsoft's partnership shows the benefits when a managed big data platform-as-a-service (PaaS) is optimized for the underlying cloud platform—in this case, delivering the cost and agility benefits of the cloud with scalable cloud storage that is optimized for the complex compute problems involved with big data analytics, data engineering, and machine learning.


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Check out the picture – it's SPF 60. I'm trying to get more physical activity in and so I walk every day. I've always worn sunscreen but when you're out and about for an hour or so, you need something a little more powerful.
I've always loved the Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Water-Light Sunscreen and come back to it again and again because it's super light, not white on my skin, and makes a great base for makeup.
I will say that it's not super matte – I find my my makeup is a bit more shiny on the days that I've used it and doesn't set as well as normal. I've always found that my bare, moisturized skin takes foundation the best, but sunscreen is a must and this one is great.
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AMC has so far been two-for-two with original series with Mad Men and Breaking Bad. The network will test their luck with the conspiracy thriller Rubicon this summer, but production began today for the forthcoming adaptation of the Robert Kirkman comic The Walking Dead. The six-episode first season is written, directed, and produced by Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption), and follows "a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, traveling in search of a safe and secure home after a zombie apocalypse."
AMC sent over a gruesome high resolution photo of one of "The Walkers", the moniker attributed to the zombies of the series. Check it out after the jump. [UPDATE: We've been sent a video introduction to The Walking Dead and more images. You can check them out after the jump as well.]
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The Iranian junior national freestyle wrestling team has produced awe-inspiring performances at the Junior Asian Wrestling Championships in Taiwan to clinch the title at the conclusion of the prestigious continental sports event.
The Iranian wrestlers earned 7 medals (three gold, two silver and two bronze) and 69 points to win the top honor. Athletes from Uzbekistan notched 67 points to rank second, and were followed by Kazakhs who racked up 53 points.
On Saturday, Nader Nasri downed his Thai opponent 10-0 by technical fall in the first round of the 55-kilogram weight category. He overcame a contestant from Turkmenistan 8-2 in his second bout, before losing to a wrestler from Uzbekistan in the semi-finals.
Nasri triumphed over his Taiwanese rival in the repechage round, and won the bronze medal.
In the 60-kilogram division, Younes Emami earned a silver medal for Iran after his Indian opponents downed him 9-2 by technical fall in the final challenge.
Amir Hossein Hosseini also snatched another silver medal at the sports tournament after he could not overcome a competitor from Japan in the 66-kilogram's final encounter.
Moreover, Mohammad Mottaqinia overwhelmed his Uzbek rival 14-3 in the final bout of 74-kilogram weight class, and earned a gold medal for the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Iranian freestyle wrestlers Ahmad Bazri and Danial Shariatinia struck two gold medals in the 84-kilogram and 96-kilogram categories respectively.
The Junior Asian Wrestling Championships kicked off in Taichung, Taiwan, on June 15, and wrapped up on June 18, 2017.
The tournament brought together dozens of male and female freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers from various Asian countries, including China, Chinese Taipei, India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea and Uzbekistan.
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Whoops. Been ages once again since I posted here. So, lets start the catch up with this review from the March issue of The Ocelot. This was a charity event organised from what I could only surmise was a first time promoter. Credit to her for doing it, but many mistakes were made (such as … Continue reading
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Buswell, Last Box Of Sparklers & Matt Adey Live Review
My Ocelot Magazine column this month was a review of a show back in regular haunt The Victoria in Swindon. Apologies, but it is back into Wiltshire I dive this month, although only because a show cropped up that was too good to miss. Any chance to see Buswell play has to be grabbed, for … Continue reading
Alexander Michael – Echoes And Whispers EP
One of the traps that teenage singer songwriters tend to fall into is, in their eagerness to get out there, to release ropey recordings and ill-considered YouTube videos. I have lost track of the times I have listened to an angst ridden teenage girl mangle a guitar as they wail through a barely audible home … Continue reading
Luke De-Sciscio – Happy New Year
I have been reliably informed by some people properly in the know that Swindon singer-songwriter Luke De-Sciscio has, despite being a relative youngster, been around a while, showing great promise and developing quickly. However, he is a new discovery to me, having had a recent dalliance with a full on rock n roll band (the … Continue reading


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Alexandria, VA (05/08/2012)—ASCD, the global leader in providing programs, products, and services that empower educators to support the success of each learner, has expanded support for Common Core State Standards implementation with a new two-day institute series and a PD In Focus® channel dedicated exclusively to the topic.
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LiquidFly Designs was born from a fiery desire to create media reflective in vision of both the designer and the client. Viewing this as a collaborative endeavor creates a unique mindset at LiquidFly which is tuned toward making visions into reality. Many factors come into play, the most significant of these is having experienced creative people listening carefully to your ideas and translating them into the media of your vision.
Brad Rushing
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With 20+ years of creative experience, Brad has worked in advertising, publishing, tech startups and manufacture/package design companies prior to starting LiquidFly Designs. He is instrumental in directing all UX and UI design in mobile and desktop solutions as well as company branding initiatives and web development. By working closely with each client, Brad brings their goals to life and ensuring their brand identity is preserved with every execution.
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Having grown up with an artist and mathematician (both my parents were teachers), Mariah has gained insight into both the organic and linear side of design work. With over 20+ years of experience in printing, advertising and marketing industries, Mariah along with her husband Brad, have made the bold decision to create what is now LiquidFly Designs.
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READ APRIL 20th 2009 UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST
April 25, 2008 – Recent rains has Lake Wylie looking full these days. See an earlier post called Lake Wylie at Full pond. So many local residents have been wondering when the stage 3 water restrictions set last fall would be lifted.
Rock Hill and Fort Mill have recently reduced restrictions so it was time for the Tega Cay City Council to decide if they would follow suit. Tega Cay Councilman Les Conner said although the lake is up, ground water levels are still low and challenged whether they should reduce restrictions. But the council voted last Monday to allow residents to water lawns again.
The revised ordinance will allow Tega Cay residents to water their lawns one day a week. Odd number addresses can water Saturdays from 12:01 am to 9am. Even number addresses can water Sundays from 12:01am to 9am. Vehicle washing is still prohibited. Click here to see revised ordinance 325.
UPDATE APRIL 20th 2009
Tega Cay has moved to stage 1 restrictions which is voluntary. Here is what is posted on the City of Tega Cay website:
All residents (TCWS and TCUD customers) are to
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Monday, April 20th. Customers on both systems
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This past year has been a complete whirlwind. In May of last year, I started seeing someone whom I had dated a few separate times over the past 10 years and that I've known since I was 16. He's a great guy, and while the timing never really worked for us before, it just clicked this time. When you know, you know.
After over a year together, we got engaged in May. I'm 33 and spending the rest of my life with someone is not something I've taken lightly nor have I wished my life away waiting for the person I'm going to marry. So, it's even more ironic that he's someone I've known for so long. Seth is a beautiful person. He doesn't complete me, in that sappy, V-Day card writer lingo, but we complement one another in really sweet ways, and it's a beautiful new chapter of my life.
Within days of getting engaged, we found out we're having a baby. Holy crap.
So. We planned a wedding in less than 2 months and got married at the end of July. Whirl.wind.
Eating disorders don't stop for you to celebrate life and the fun things that happen. You don't find out you're pregnant and suddenly stop having the urge to B/P. In fact, when it does happen, you feel like the most horrible person in the world. To everyone reading this that's struggled with an eating disorder while pregnant (or not) — YOU ARE NOT ALONE. I've read through forums for pregnant women and when someone posts about being bulimic and pregnant, you would not believe the haters out there and the harsh language whipped out against the preggo mommies. Call me the opposite of an internet troll, because every part of me wanted to hug these vulnerable women when their posts are met with a "how could you do this to your baby??" comment.
We need to sit with people. Be with people in their confusion and pain. Life is hard. Glossing over the bad parts doesn't make them go away. We can't always fix people, but we can let them know they're not alone.
It's been a crazy year. But one full of life-giving change. And full of hope.


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Below is our monthly funding round up of grant funding for the third sector in North Lanarkshire:
Barchesters Charitable Foundation – Small Groups or Local Charity Grants
Next Application Deadline: Not published
The Foundation's Focus is:
- Older people 65+
- Adults (18+) with a physical or learning disability
- Adults (18+) with mental health problems
They favour applications that help improve people's mobility, independence and quality of life. Their grants range from £100 up to £5000, with the average grant in 2017 being approx £950.
More details: https://www.bhcfoundation.org.uk/request-our-help
Scottish Children's Lottery – Chance to study
Next Application Deadline: No deadline published, submissions can be made anytime
This funding programme supports charities working in the area of educational achievement through school years. Projects they will support will work with the most vulnerable families with school aged children at a demonstrably high risk of being negatively impacted by poverty. Examples of projects or activities includes: provision of after school care/holiday cover ensuring time and resource for additional educational support; provision of specific IT/educational equipment for socially deprived children or children suffering from any form of physical or mental disability; one to one mentoring of children struggling within school because of family circumstances; provision of breakfast clubs providing nutritional and educational support.
There are three types of grants. Small grants(up to £2,000), medium grants (up to £20,000) or large grants (up to £50,000). They prefer to fund up to 50% of any specific project.
Trustees meetings are scheduled for around the end of January, April, July and October in each year.
More details: http://chancetostudy.co.uk/apply-for-funding
The Bairdwatson Trust
Next Application Deadline: 24th December 2018
The Bairdwatson Charitable Trust provides grants to registered charities in Scotland for work relating to training for employment, employment support and vocational skills. It is particularly interested in employment and skills training for young people who are unemployed, and in re-training and support for unemployed people to get them back into work.
Preference will be given to organisations which can demonstrate a connection to the communities of Ayr or Airdrie in Scotland and West Bengal, particularly Darjeeling, in India.
More details: http://www.bairdwatson.org.uk/
YouthLink – Cashback for Creativity Open Fund
Next Application Deadline: 25th January 2019 (1pm)
The CashBack for Creativity Open Fund has been established to support organisations seeking small amounts of funding to deliver creative activities for young people in Scotland – primarily those who have traditionally found it hardest to access creative opportunities.
Awards from the fund will be made to organisations in the arts, screen and creative industries, third sector and youth work sector. Applicants should be based in Scotland, working with young people and supporting the delivery of free community-based arts activities for those aged 10-24 who are living in Scotland. Applicants can apply for funding of up to £10 000.
More details: https://www.youthlinkscotland.org/funding/cashback-for-communities/cashback-for-creativity-open-fund
Corra Foundation – Scottish Government Challenge Fund
Next Application Deadline: 7th February 2019
This fund's principle aim is to help break down barriers for people accessing services for support with their alcohol and/or drug use and to make sure they can receive the right support at the right time.
This Scottish Government funding will support activities that tackle problem alcohol and drug use. This fund is in two categories, "Getting ready for Change" and "Implementing Change". The "Getting Ready for Change" category will enable local areas a small pot of funding which will support the reflection and review of their current operating systems. "Support for Change" is funding to test ideas that are ready for implementation.
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Water Damage Restoration in Bartlett is a very difficult task, especially if you are doing everything all by yourself. To avoid the problems and mistakes that could turn up to be a disaster, one should hire a Water Damage Restoration Service Company. If you go in for a company with experienced team of personnel it will be good for you in long run. They have the experience of restoring things from water damage very easily and try to Avoid the Big Losses.
The sooner your call, the lesser your losses will be. Water damage restoration companies especially in Bartlett and the surrounding areas will also guarantee you that their repair estimates will be accepted by the insurance company which means that you have almost nothing to lose by hiring professionals.
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Hiring a Restoration Company – Trust an Expert
Water-damage being a state where large number of possible losses is caused by water is not a pretty thing. It's hazardous to one's health especially where there is sewage leakage or even roof leakage. It's more disastrous when there are natural floods. This brings mud, debris, chemicals and other contaminants and more damage of property and infrastructure. This is dangerous, and the more hurried the response, the better the chances of keeping the damage to minimum levels.
Once a leakage or a flood occurs one should take care of the situation quickly and simply. It is a tedious action and one that you don't have to do yourself. Usually when you get help, like from a company, you get more done and in less time.
One, before entering to your house or business, make sure the property is structurally safe. If you are uncertain, call a professional to make the assessment as you understand the seriousness of the situation. Once certainty is assured walk in carefully. Do not take risk to walk in deep standing water, animals like reptiles and rodents might be taking shelter. They can be dangerous if irritated.
It is frustrating when water damages your wall. It causes bulging, discoloration, sagging and even cracks. Mold, the undesired thing of all develops and can be hazardous to ones health. Remove any mold, replace the damaged parts and fix any crack on the wall then using a powered fan or a dehumidifier, let the air circulate.
Dangers are not over even when the water goes down, so it's of utmost importance to make sure an expert comes to do the final assessment. The expert should make sure there is no health or structural risk before you resume back.
Water is a gift of nature and much profitable to living creatures but can be extremely harmful when uncontrolled.
Water Damage to Your Ceiling
Water damage cleaning involves numerous considerations. One of the most important considerations involved in repairing damage is that of restorative drying. Restorative drying incorporates four general principles: water removal (extraction), evaporation, dehumidification and temperature control. Understanding these water damage principles will help you ensure that your property is restored to its pre-loss condition properly and with the least amount of risk to your health, structure and belongings.
Drying requires that the affected property be brought back into a proper balance. This requires that water damage restoration professionals monitor and adjust air flow, humidity and temperature properly over time. The first principle of effective damage restoration involves water removal (extraction). You would be surprised how much water wet drywall, carpet and carpet pad can hold. These materials can soak up vast amounts of water. It is essential that as much water as possible be removed from these materials to facilitate the rest of the water damage cleaning process.
The second principle is evaporation. Evaporation is the wicking of water out of saturated materials. Rapid air movement is needed to maximize the evaporative process. Carpet water damage can be mitigated by first extracting as much water as possible, removing and discarding wet pad underneath, then using commercial air movers to facilitate rapid evaporation. The third principle of water-related restoration is dehumidification. This can be accomplished using natural or mechanical techniques. Humidity reduction reduces the risk of secondary damage to materials and contents in a property. Air with high relative humidity is more likely to reach a saturation point where water will form on surfaces, which may lead to microbial growth, mold and other bacterial contamination.
The fourth and final principle of flood water damage restoration and drying is temperature control. Warmer air can hold more water vapor and will better facilitate evaporation in a closed environment. It is generally recommended that water damage repair environments be maintained at approximately 80 degrees Fahrenheit, whenever possible, to optimize temperature-controlled evaporation. Applying these principles to your home or business restoration job will help facilitate the proper restoration of your structure and contents to their pre-loss condition. Failing to apply these principles may result in mold growth and contamination. Black mold removal can be very time-consuming, costly and even hazardous to your health if not done properly. Always consult with a professional water damage restoration professional when attempting conduct water removal or mold removal in a home.
Water Damage Causes: Water Heaters
One of the first things that you need to do as soon as you notice water damage to your ceiling is to locate what is causing this problem. In order to prevent any future damage you have to fix the problem. After the problem has been fixed then you can clean up the mess. The problem with water damage to your ceiling could be something as simple as drying the ceiling or as serious as removing mold from the ceiling. The last thing you do is focus on is any cosmetic repairs or structural damage to the ceiling.
Finding the problem
This is the first step in repairing your ceiling. Having leaking or busted water pipes or a leaking roof are the two more common problems of water damage on your ceiling. Other more noticeable causes can include bathtubs and sinks left unattended while on and overflowed. It could also be overflow from a clogged toilet. You may be able to find the cause for the water damage if you are familiar the structure of the home. If you cannot find the cause, you should contact a plumber to find the cause.
After the problem of the water damage to your ceiling has been taken care of, you need to see if it caused any structural damage and have it fixed by yourself or a professional.
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We are 100% focused on building great basements at the best prices!
O'Fallon Basement Finishing if the top choice for all basement remodeling and renovation projects. Whether you are finishing a basement in a new home or completely renovating an already finished basement that needs an update, we're here for you! We offer free, in home estimates so call us today for a free estimate!
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founded this company with an emphasis on providing our clients the level of service they deserve, and over the past 30+ years we have done just that. From the initial, free estimate through the final walk through, we have the knowledge required to get you the basement of your dreams.
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Basement Bars
You have reviewed several options for basement renovation and also the concept of an additional laundry room or guest room isn't appealing to your interests. A basement bar may be the thing you're seeking. O'Fallon Basement Finishing specializes in many areas and basement bars is one of these. Place them on paper and our design team will work with you to generate thoughts. We've a number of resources that people are able to give you as you consider the materials and equipment to produce your Basement bar pop; chairs, music gear, and acoustic insulation to identify a few.
Egress Windows & Wells
Having a fantastic Basement design can offer you additional useful area at home. We must do some strategic although cautious planning, before settling on a real design. You will find various thing to think about in regards to this sort of do-it-yourself job; what's the aim of the design? Just how much space can be obtained? What is my budget? By answering these questions, it'll provide us with a road map to a successful design.
Basement Flooring
You have reviewed several options for basement renovation and also the concept of an additional laundry room or guest room isn't appealing to your interests. A basement bar may be the thing you're seeking. O'Fallon Basement Finishing specializes in many areas and basement bars is one of these. Place them on paper and our design team will work with you to generate thoughts. We've a number of resources that people are able to give you as you consider the materials and equipment to produce your Basement bar pop; chairs, music gear, and acoustic insulation to identify a few.
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Are you really searching to include a home theater room, but you really do not know where to begin? As numerous individuals have already been in your position before you're not alone in this enterprise. Theatre rooms are a great improvement to the home and something that will bring a lot of entertainment to your own family and guests.
The genuine room design for the home theater room is more significant than you might think. Not only do we need the theatre room to look great – paint, stadium seating, projector, big screen; but it is crucial for the acoustics in the space to not sound bad for every single movie. So we could bring the theatre to you, call us today!
Basement Bathrooms
As you are going over basement thoughts that are unfinished, in nearly all cases a Basement bathroom is a requirement. You are adding more livable space to the house and raising its value, by finishing your basement. A fresh bathroom layout is something we love to do! Our design and planning team is especially trained to create your perfect bathroom. Do you want the full bathroom or a half? Where will the bathroom be located? What size will the fixtures be? It's possible for you to expect us to take a comprehensive approach to design and eventually assembling your basement bathroom.
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We're proud to be locally owned and operated right in the heart of O'Fallon, MO! Being owner operated helps us ensure a top quality finish for every basement we work on.
We offer free, in home estimates and our bids include design services so you can be sure you will love the finished basement you get from us. Call us today!
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May 4, 2009
Residents Report Difficulty Paying Monthly Housing Payments, Utilities
PHILADELPHIA-Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) releases its 2008 Household Health Survey housing information today for Montgomery County. Conducted by PHMC's Community Health Data Base (CHDB), the survey, which examines the health and health care experiences of area residents, is one of the largest regional health surveys in the country.
Overall data for Montgomery County
• 41% of Montgomery County residents report difficulty paying their housing costs, including utilities. For comparison, 48% of residents in the Southeastern Pennsylvania (SEPA) five county region report difficulty. To see a breakdown by county, please click here
• 54% of adults reporting difficulty are renters and 39% own their home
• 37% of households that report difficulty have children in residence, representing 27,000 households
Health and housing in Montgomery County
• 18% of adults who report difficulty paying their housing costs also report being in fair or poor health versus 10% of adults who report little difficulty
• 25% of adults who report difficulty paying their housing costs also have a chronic medical condition
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The HR Management Philosophy is not mainly about Human Resources Function. It is more about the leadership style of the top management, the current corporate culture and values. It is about the vision of the leader of the organization. The modern leader usually requires a modern HR Management approach and builds the environment suitable for the evolution of the modern HR Management. This is the HR Management Philosophy behind the scene.
The development of the HR Management Philosophy is a long term process. The philosophy is usually informal and respects values and opinions of the main stakeholders. The leader of the organization has a significant influence on the HR Philosophy. The HR Leader is the next one influencing the philosophy significantly.
The informality of the HR Management Philosophy is important. It differentiates it from the HR Strategy. The philosophy is the set of values, behavior and practices. The practices are extremely crucial for the leader. The leader is not interested in written formal HR policies. The leader is interested in the real decision processes in the organization. They can be really different from the written rules (as people do not follow them, they follow the philosophy).
The main factors influencing the HR philosophy in the organization are:
- Leadership Style
- Corporate Culture
- Corporate Values
- Market Competition
The leadership style is extremely important. The leaders of the organization are the role models for managers and employees. The manager always try to act as the leader does. The behavior is observed and spread across the entire organization. The leader sets the basic expectations from all employees and managers. They adjust their behavior to be fully compliant with the leader's expectations. The HR Management Philosophy is the same story.
The leader is usually the person, who starts the change or the re-design of the HR Management Philosophy. The leader observes the behavior in the organization and requests several changes. The leader usually calls a new HR leader, who is responsible for the leadership in the change management. The biggest task is to change the behavior of the leader.
The corporate culture and the corporate values define boundaries for the HR Management philosophy. The HR Management cannot be in the conflict with the corporate culture. It has to be a natural part of the culture. In case of the changes in the HR Philosophy, the HR team has to start influencing the corporate culture. It has to be adjusted as well. The change of the corporate culture is the joint effort of the leadership management and Human Resources. It has to be changes by changes of the living examples. The employees will follow the changes naturally.
The external market and the direct and indirect competitors have the influence on the HR Management Philosophy. The competitors define the industry standard. The completely different approach usually builds the organizational weakness. The HR Philosophy has to be better, it cannot be completely different.
The leader usually compares the performance of the organization with the direct competitors on the market. The leader identifies weaknesses and advantages. In case of the need, the leader provokes the change of the corporate culture and the HR philosophy.


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李亮神父 講道
正如St. Symeon the New Theologian所言:「在教堂裡面,我們總是看見聖母懷抱著襁褓中的耶穌。這個畫面是我們每個人的寫照。我們也要像聖母一樣,成為耶穌基督的母親,孕育耶穌基督在我們體內。」我們應該像聖母一樣,將耶穌孕育在體內、守護在懷中,直到我們獲得真正的轉化,變成耶穌基督的形象。St. Symeon the New Theologian的教導,傳遞了非常美麗的神學,然而,很不幸的,在台灣有些基督徒無法接受這樣的思想。前幾天,我向一位新教教會的女牧師提起這件事情,她有點不悅,因為她無法接受這樣的觀念。
正如St Epiphanius of Cyprus(Salamis的主教,卒於西元403年)所言:「創世紀第3章第20節告訴我們,上帝召喚亞當成為人類的父親,召喚夏娃成為人類的母親。這只是一則象徵性的預言、並非事實,它預言了聖母馬利亞將成為所有人的母親,而新亞當—耶穌也將出現。耶穌才是我們真正的父親,他是所有在聖水和聖靈中重生的人的父親。因此,我們並非亞當的後代,而是新亞當—耶穌基督的後代。」
2013.8.18 sermon by Fr. Jonah
First, I should remind you that every day we have liturgy at 10:30, so if anybody wants to come, you are very welcome.
This week we celebrated the death and ascension of the Holy Mother on the 15th of August, and I will say to you a few things about the Holy Mother. The very beautiful song for the Holy Mother that we sing that day says, "Oh Virgin, who are completely without any sin, the bounds and restrictions of human nature have been overcome in you, for even when you gave birth, you remained virgin, and through death you became the mother of life. A virgin after bearing a child and alive after death, Mother of God, save all of us and your inheritance." It is such a deep, beautiful and theological song. [Says a few words in Greek.] If I say it to you in the Greek language you cannot understand, but it is such deep philosophy, because the Holy Mother is the reason that God created everything because everything was created, not just to exist, but to grow and finally to open and become the Mother of God.
So all the world was created from the different creatures until finally God entered and was united with the world. But God is not abusing the world. God wants the world's cooperation, wants the world to say, "Come!" And finally the product of the world, the integration of the world – the Holy Mother – said to God, "Come!" And God came to her and He fulfilled the reason that He made the world.
So in the Holy Mother, now we can understand the different divisions that we have had since the beginning of the world: in your Mother everything is overcome. The thesis, the nature, the benzhi of things is divided, it is separated. We see the separation in gender: we have men and women. We have time; we have life and death. We have, for example, virginity, and then afterwards, giving birth. But the Holy Mother overcame these things. She gave birth but she remained virgin. She died (on the 15th of August, as we celebrate) but her son could not allow his mother to be dead, so He resurrected her and He took her to Heaven, where she is now.
The Holy Mother fulfills, as I say, the mystery of the death of gender because nature, which is divided, in the Holy Mother becomes a relationship. The relationship, this 'oneship' between each other and the relationship with God overcomes any division of nature. God became human, Jesus Christ, who is man but in this manhood there is no idea of man as we know to have children and a family. But also the Holy Mother, as a woman, is the acceptance of God in human nature. So now we understand the deep mystery of this gender, which is not divisions but is integration. And we also understand that God, of course, has no gender. And when he is called Father, this does not mean he is a man. Actually, in the Song of Songs, God once is called female.
But we understand also that the Holy Mother represents the Church, and she is the picture of the Church. And the Church says to the Lord, "Come Jesus, come to me!" So, again we see the relationships, how everything becomes related. Yes, Jesus arranged all these ways: how to come to the Church: how every time to be asked by some group of people: the Apostles and the successors to the Apostles, who do the sacraments, who give you the Holy Communion. But, who accepts, who receives the Communion? It is the Holy Mother, the image of the Church, who receives God and makes a relationship with God to be practical, to be active, to be dynamic.
So Mary is not a priest, she does not do this special service in the Church, but she has the total priesthood to offer herself to God completely, because nobody loved God more than the Holy Mother, and nobody opened themselves to God to allow God to enter than the Holy Mother. And this is the way that each of us should follow, because the Holy Mother started a new way, unknown even to the angels, to be with God and God to come to her.
And you see, this is the way that Jesus accepted the celebrations of the Holy Mother. In the Gospel that we read today, Mary and Martha were waiting for Jesus Christ and Jesus said, "Who is my mother? She who keeps the word of God." When a woman prays to the Holy Mother prays, she said, "Blessed is the womb from which you came out and the breasts that gave you milk." This shows the nature, because Mary is the mother of God. Jesus also said about the relationship, "More blessed are those who keep the word of God and believe in Him. These are my mother and my brother and my sister." We – you – are the brothers and the mothers of Jesus Christ. And as St. Simeon the New Theologian says, "When we see the Holy Mother, as we have in the churches, holding the baby Jesus, we must understand that she is the picture of each of us. We must become the mother of Jesus Christ and take Him inside me." We must grow Jesus inside us, and finally to transform us into her, His image on us.
I say this because this is the beauty of the theology which unfortunately in Taiwan is completely not accepted. This week I was in a meeting with other Christians and when I said this, one woman – a Presbyterian minister – scolded me because she does not accept that we are images of God, images of Jesus Christ, who must grow inside us.
The Holy Mother loved Jesus so much, and she gave birth without pain, but when this spear hit the heart of Jesus Christ [gesturing toward his heart with the knife used to cut the bread for Communion], it hit her heart as well. And it is very important that Jesus said to her from the Cross, "Woman, here is your son." So He gave her John, and through John, he made her our mother. And Mary accepted this motherhood. And he said to John, and through John to each one of us, "This is your mother." She is our mother because Jesus raised her to be our mother.
As St Epiphanius of Cyprus [bishop of Salamis, d. 403] says, "When it says in Genesis 3:20, when God made Eve to be called mother of all the human beings, it was not really Eve who was the mother of all of us: this was prophecy of the Holy Mother, who is the mother of all of us. Also, it is not really Adam who is our father because Jesus is the new Adam, and He is really our father, to those who are born again by the water and the spirit. So we are not children of Adam, but we are children of the new Adam: Jesus Christ.
We see in the"Revelation" that the Holy Mother is deeply identified with the Church. The woman who goes to the desert and a dragon wants to eat her children: yes it is the Church of course, but it is the Holy Mother, is the image of the church. The Holy Mother is not only opening herself, and this is the center and the deepest meaning of the priesthood. But she is always praying, asking her son for all of us, for all her children, for all the creatures. Living without sin in this world, with only just a few mistakes, like she did not understand that when Jesus was only twelve years old he went to the temple. But having such a clean mind, she became the real temple of God.
And these are all symbolized in the Old Testament. What was the Tabernacle, the most important thing of the Jews? It was a box, and inside the box was written the law. That was a symbol of the womb of the Holy Mother, who received the real Word of God. In the Liturgy, you see (and this is why I have here the altar open so everyone can see how we prepare the Liturgy) when we see that after we cut the bread, which is called the Lamb and symbolizes the body of Jesus Christ, then we cut the small piece of bread that represents the Holy Mother. Then we say, "The queen starts in your right hand." And you see in the liturgy, after the consecration, after calling the Holy Spirit to change the bread and the wine, then who do we praise? The Holy Mother.
We offer the Liturgy for the Holy Mother also, for this is joy of Heaven, and this is her joy. And we praise her as more honorable than the angels, greater than any angelic creature that is so close to God. In the Orthodox Church we have such beautiful and theologically deep prayers and songs for the Holy Mother. It is very good to study them by yourselves and sing them to the Holy Mother.
And we see how many time the Holy Mother is doing something to our lives. Some sign, some protection, some small miracle. In so many places, all over the world, she made her presence so strong to be there. And so, remember and pray to the Holy Mother, and meditate on her mystery , which is the way to love God. In every Orthodox church, above the altar is a huge, though here it is small, Holy Mother with outstretched hands, giving a big hug to everybody. Of course, we see insider her is Jesus Christ, so she is calling us to put Jesus inside each of us.
I will say only a few words for the Gospel today. In it the people had nothing to eat, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Give them something to eat." And the disciples said, "We don't have enough, just five small loaves and a few fish. It's not enough for so many people." But Jesus blessed the food, and it multiplied and was more than enough.
And remember, in our work, we feel our obligation is to find a job, give money to your family. But you may say, "God, I don't have a job. I have only a little bit of something." Don't be afraid. God can multiply the small things that we have. He will definitely multiply them to be more than enough for our beloved people and for society. This is our faith. So when you have difficulties, remember, say to the Lord, "I have only this." [Gesturing with open hands.] He knows what He will do. And in the Epistle today, we saw about those who divide the Church. I wish that the people who tried to split this church would read this epistle, which is to their condemnation. But for you, my people and my children, my children of God, always give to God your small things that you produce, and your small thoughts and your good heart, and God will multiply them.


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Establishment Methods to Improve Yields – The Scottish Farmer – David Howard
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More accuracy with seed rates can lead to better establishment in variably drilled crops – with higher yields being the main aim.
Seed establishment across different soil types, even in the same field, can be highly variable and growers should consider, rotation, soil health, nutrition, establishment method and a host of other variables, according to agronomy company, Farmacy.
Achieving higher yields is all about having enough plants, ears per square metre and creating and maintaining that crop biomass to push for the higher yields, pointed out David Howard, its technical manager. "We need to understand how we can manipulate the crop to achieve this through seed rates, nutrition etc on different soil types and the impact of varietal differences in growth habit."
Even though plants can tiller well at lower seed rates, that only goes so far, as every variety is genetically programmed tiller differently, and tillering is highly dependent on good conditions throughout the growing cycle, he argued.
"We know that soil type has the biggest impact on establishment, however, working out variable seed rate calculations for a soil type alone can be a rough science. If you start with the incorrect basic rate, adjusting this by 10 or 20% is not going to make the difference that is needed," he said.
Guessing is just not good enough: "If you use typical low seed rates on a light sandy soil, without knowing what your establishment percentage is, then you risk never having the number of plants needed in the spring.
"You have to get out there and work out the establishment rate by counting the number of plants/m2 and build up a picture over three or four years, which can increase yields. The difference in ear number between the lowest and highest establishment percentages in our trials given standard grain no and TGW equates to 1-1.5t/ha," he added.
Looking specifically at the impact of seed rates on varieties with different growth habits, Hutchinsons created a series of establishment trials at Little Ponton, in Lincolnshire. In this, the wheat variety, LG Sundance, which has a high tiller retention growth habit, was compared to the more standard tillering variety, KWS Siskin.
Both varieties were drilled at four different rates from 150 seeds/m2 up to 450 seeds/m2 in 100 seeds/m2 increments, and then the green area index and ear numbers were measured.
"We found that the tiller number for KWS Siskin was fairly static all the way up to 350 seeds/m2. This is most likely because as inter-plant competition increased, rooting was compromised, and uptake of water and nutrients, therefore, limited – Little Ponton is a shallow light soil site."
"However, at 450 seed/m2 the significant increase in plants meant that even when tillers were lost due to competition for resources, it still had enough plants to make up for it. That said, it equated to the same tiller number as 350 seeds/m2 of LG Sundance," said Mr Howard.
"LG Sundance responded well to higher seed rates and tiller number increased with each increase in seed rate performing best at 450 seeds/m2 producing more ears and a greater green area index. Interestingly, as the dry weather took hold, its genetic tillering potential came to the fore and howed very little loss of tillers between March and April by comparison to KWs Siskin."
"Ear length is a good indicator of stress, so this can start to tell us when the seed rate is too high so in a separate trial, we also looked at how seed rate influences ear number and length," added Mr Howard.
"We drilled KWS Silverstone in three separates 2ha blocks at different seed rates of 250, 350 and 450 seeds/m2. We found that the optimum seed rate for ear length and ear count for this site was between 350-375 seeds/m2 – again confirming that higher seed rates are not necessarily the optimum."
"Sites where access to water or nutrition can be challenging, it can be hard to support high plant populations as competition for resources outweighs plant potential. This confirms that in order to get the optimum ear counts and crop biomass, and eventually higher yields, variable seed rates cannot be calculated on soil type alone," said Mr Howard.
Each field had its own characteristics that will determine the best seed rate from variety, previous cropping, rotation, nutrition etc - "It's about finding out what this is by looking at the ears and overall establishment percentage, he said.
Sowing methods also influence establishment: "As many growers move to low soil disturbance systems that drill in wider rows, seed rates become even more important, particularly where they are already quite high as effectively you have the same amount of seed going down half the number of coulters," he added.
"So, whilst inter-row competition is reduced, competition between plants in the row is increased and may be way too high."


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Sunday, October 07, 2012
Taking on the Australian Christian Taliban, aka the Sydney Welfare Recipients' League
A month ago, I wrote a post that assumed there was at least one degree of separation between the Anglican Church in
head Archbishop Peter Jensen and hate-mongering fringe groups like the Australian
Christian Lobby. It turns out I was
wrong* – I had thought that the Anglican Church in
Sydney might function as most other Anglican church branches do; i.e. have a
reputation to protect, and so be conservative about making public statements on
matters well outside their natural bailiwick (since the Enlightenment and
general cessation of witch-burning, at least). Sydney
Fundamentalism latching on to long-established institutions such as the Anglican Church is always an interesting development. It may seem almost impossible that a main branch of an overall mainstream organism can grow so differently from the other main branches in Australia (and also the English "trunk" and "roots"), but if the branch has sent down a vertical feeder to do its own thing in the ground, then this makes more sense. So what is so different about what Anglican Church in
and Archbishop Jensen feed on, then? Sydney
My hunch is that this rich fertiliser has to be welfare (i.e. taxpayer dollars) – surely no one is otherwise capable of being so unaccountably self-righteous without actually spending the very dollars of the groups they so loudly despise. "Passive" welfare may be the current buzz-adjective, but active welfare is a much more insidious problem. By this, I mean welfare as a full-time job, diligently devoted to keeping itself "employed".
Of course, it would be a transparent sham to just have an Everlasting and Increasingly More Taxpayer Dollars For Me/Us campaign as the relevant "work", so the job at hand needs a cover-story. Enter the government school chaplain program. When I first heard of this John Howard initiative, I shrugged it off as "typical". Now, after nearly five years of Labor government, and the school-chaplain program apparently stronger than ever, I regard it as a cancer on civil society, whose time for surgical excision is now overdue – ridiculously so, in fact.
As with the Pakistan/Afghan Taliban, the school-chaplain program explicitly aims to conflate church with state. By muddying these waters, secular opponents – or in fact, anyone who hasn't (yet) been brainwashed, or is otherwise a financial beneficiary of the fundamentalist agenda – have twin hurdles to overcome. First, they have to take the "low" moral ground, and secondly (and less obviously), they have to stop feeding the monster.
Yes, I know that it is taxpayers (and other adults) who elect governments, and it is duly elected governments who have seeded, and then continued to propagate the school-chaplain program. But even in the most liberal Western democracy, the electoral process is just not equal to the task of voting out "I Hate You, But I Get Given Your Dollars Anyway" cashed-up lobby-groups. Ripping them up, root and branch, is the only viable way of returning our civil eco-system to health.
* "The good fight" [a profile of Archbishop Peter Jensen], by Caroline Overington, Australian Weekend Magazine, 6 October 2012 pp 22 - 25
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My background
I have been working in the field of complementary medicine for almost two decades, I started my career after graduating from Medicine College of Complementary Medicine in Israel (1998), where I qualified in Zen-Shiatsu and Reflexology. I then moved to London to start my Acupuncture training and attained my licence to practice in 2003. Prior to my professional training I travelled extensively in the far east, this inspired my interest in the eastern philosophy towards health and healing. Tai-Qi, Qigong and meditation are part of my daily practice -I strongly believe that increasing awareness and personal growth are an important life task on our spiritual path and I incorporate this philosophy in to my work.
Clinical experience
I have been practicing as a licensed Acupuncturist and Shiatsu practitioner in private practice for over seventeen years. Prior to this I have worked at various health retreats both abroad and in the UK including Grayshott Hall Spa in Hampshire and the Carmel Forrest Spa in Israel. I now have private practices in Weybridge and St Johns Wood Central London.
As a Five Elements practitioner my treatments are focuses on achieving harmony between the five elements, which promotes good health -body, mind and spirit. Both improving symptoms and offering preventative medicine. I am honoured to support clients along their journey towards better health, with personal and spiritual development through life's challenges.
Clinical Qualifications & Accreditations
School of Five Element Acupuncture. London. Accredited by the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC)
Medicine College of Complementary Medicine. Tel Aviv.
Medicine College of Complementary Medicine. TelAviv.