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Purr-fect Idea for All Pets: August 22nd is Bring Your Cat to the Vet Day
You and your family visit the doctor yearly for your check-ups. Your kids get vaccinated and some of you will need to get your flu shot too. As pet owners, we cannot forget that our pets need to see their own doctor, a veterinarian.
Take Your Cat to the Vet Day is to remind people about taking proper care of their cats, but this day should also extend to all pets. Some people may feel that since their cats are indoors all the time, they have little to worry about. However, if your cat or other animal does get outside, they become exposed to harmful germs and bacteria. That is why an exam, immunization, parasite protection, and getting blood work done are important for not only cats, but all household pets.
So, set up a veterinarian appointment today because the more care you give your pets the longer you and your pet have with each other.
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Microtomes/Cryostats and Automated Stainers Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2017 - 2025
Global Microtomes/Cryostats and Automated Stainers Market: Snapshot
Microtomes are instruments that are used for making extremely thin sections of a specimen for applications in pathology or histology. A microtome comprises a blade holding unit and clamped blade. It also consists of an object clamp and an advanced procedure for adjusting section thickness. The blade used is made of glass, special metal, or diamond depending on the sample type and the desired thickness.
Saw microtomes are used for slicing hard and brittle materials such as teeth and bone. They cut through the sample by pressing the specimen across a recessed rotating saw. Sled microtomes keep the specimen in a fixed holder which moves back and forth across a blade or a knife. Rotary microtomes are designed to slice thin sections of specimen that are visible only with the assistance of a light microscope.
Cryostat refers to ultrafine deli-slicer placed in a freezer. They are rotary microtomes for slicing samples that have been frozen in liquid nitrogen. Reducing the temperature of this nitrogenous chamber raises the sample's hardness, which allows slicing the sample with very specific thickness. Microtome cryostat provides the most reliable method for obtaining permanent frozen sections of high quality. Cryostat are used in medicine for sectioning of histological slides. They are generally used in a process called frozen section histology.Automated slide stainer are used for routine staining of a multitude of slide racks with varying staining protocols. The desirable characteristics are high-throughput staining capabilities needed for a busy histology laboratory. They should also be suitable for Papanicolau staining and Hematoxylin and Eosin staining.
Global Microtomes/Cryostats and Automated Stainers Market: Summary
A microtome is a tool used to cut materials into extremely thin slices. In medical science, microtomes are used in microscopy, aiding in the preparation of samples for observation under transmitted light or electron radiation. Since the tissue is first required to be dehydrated and fixed with paraffin before sectioning it to a microtome, which increases the time required for analysis since the sectioning cannot be performed under treatment is performed, the alternative concept of cryostats has been developed. Cryostats, which are flask-like vessels wherein water is freezed and then thin sections are cut with microtome placed within the chamber, are used in case quick sectioning is required. Though cryostats offer quick sectioning of tissues, they provide inferior quality of sections when compared to those cut using microtome.
With the increasing demand on laboratories to deliver test results in the quickest turnaround time (TAT), both microtomes and cryostats are now being utilized, depending on quality or reduced TAT is of optimum requirement. Automated stainers, on the other hand, are very useful in such cases by allowing system automation for situ hybridization (ISH) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) in histopathology. The global market for microtomes, cryostats, and automated strainers will witness immense growth in the near future.
The global market for microtomes, on the basis of products, can be segmented into rotary microtomes, sliding microtomes, and ultra-microtomes. Along the same lines, Cryostats can categorized into optical, non-optical, compact, ultra-high vacuum (UHV), open top (OTF), and low open top (LOTF) cryostats. Automated stainers are divided on the basis of how the clides are loaded and processed. While on type of device involves placement of slides in a rotary carousel, the other type of automated strainers are described as array because slides are placed in racks which are oriented either horizontally or vertically.
Global Microtomes/Cryostats and Automated Stainers Market: Trends and Prospects
The need of the physicians to reduce the patient's stay at hospital, which not only means happier consumers but also creates opportunity to serve more patients, is the primary driver of the global market for microtomes or cryostats and automated stainers market. The automated stainers were earlier associated with large commercial labs while the smaller labs used to stain manually. However, today most of the laboratories utilize the automated stainers as they offer benefits such as reliability, and repetitiveness in staining independent of the operator involves in the process.
However, the initial investment required to shift from manual operations to automated processes is seen as the factor that will hinder the growth rate during the forecast period.
The key players in the global microtomes, cryostats and automated market include Bright Instrument Company Ltd., JASCO, Inc., Cryomech, Inc., Energy Beam Sciences, Inc., BioGenex Laboratories, Inc., EXAKT Technologies, Inc., Leica Microsystems AG, Bruker Corporation, Hacker Instruments, Inc., Oxford Instruments plc, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., MEDITE GmbH, Microm International GmbH, Triangle Biomedical Sciences, Inc., Sakura Finetek Europe B.V., Janis Research Company, Inc., and Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
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Blain is the founding shareholder of Strategis CPAs & Consultants—formed in 1988 to help business owners take control of their life and their business. Blain maintains a focus on helping clients apply technology and strategic planning to accomplish their personal and business goals. Blain earned a BS in Accounting from Missouri State University and is a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Trinity Cafe which serves 250 meals a day, seven days a week to the homeless and working poor of Tampa.
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Sylvie joined Strategis in 2006 and became a shareholder in 2015. Sylvie excels at helping small business owners effectively implement tax planning opportunities and minimize their tax burden. She earned a MS in Accounting from the University of Tampa, a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from Concordia University, a BA in Accounting from St. Leo University, and is a QuickBooks ProAdvisor. Sylvie supports various and served on her church's Finance Council. More than anything, Sylvie enjoys spending time with her family.
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Karen joined the Strategis team in 1988. As Office Manager and QuickBooks Specialist, Karen performs internal accounting and administrative functions, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll and QuickBooks setup, implementation and consulting. She earned a BS in Office Administration from Northern Illinois University and is a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor. Outside of the office, Karen enjoys bible study and scrapbooking.
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Tina joined the Strategis team in 2009. As a Tax Accountant, she specializes in providing support for all aspects of tax compliance and financial accounting and has more than thirty years of professional experience, working with both local and national accounting firms in the Tampa Bay area. Tina earned a BS in Accounting from Florida State University and is a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor. In her free time, Tina volunteers at Hillsborough County Public Schools and enjoys the beach, reading, cooking and spending time with family.
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Sarah joined Strategis in 2012. Her responsibilities at the firm include bookkeeping and accounting for individuals and businesses as well as assisting with administrative duties and social media marketing. Sarah earned a BS in Marketing from the University of Central Florida College of Business Administration. She also received a tax preparer certification from the H&R Block income tax course and is certified in QuickBooks Online. In her free time, Sarah enjoys the beach, crafting, baking and spending time with friends and family.


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Rocket Mass Heaters Boast High Efficiency in the Blustery North/
While we still have some cool weather ahead, here's a great look at the unbelievable efficiency of rocket mass heaters even against an icy, frigid backdrop. A lot of people assume these wood stoves are only Southwest appropriate—not so!
Important note: Building departments in most towns still don't recognize rocket mass heaters—which presents a bit of a blockade for a lot of applications where you'd need a building permit or, for insurance purposes, would want everything built in your home or office to be up to code and compliant. Still, this heating model is gaining ground in a big way throughout the United States and world... maybe it's only a matter of time? We like to think efficiency would be rewarded. Let's just hope the heating fuel companies don't buy up some rocket mass heater patent, a la Big Oil and the electric car.
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About Keep Lexington Beautiful
Keep Lexington Beautiful's mission is to engage
individuals, businesses and organizations within Fayette County
to take personal responsibility for improving our environment.
We believe that each of us holds an obligation to preserve and protect our environment. Through our everyday choices and actions, we collectively have a huge impact on our world. It's really a simple concept, but one with far reaching effects.
Keep Lexington Beautiful follows a practical approach that unites citizens, businesses and government to find solutions that advance our core issues of preventing litter, reducing waste, and beautifying communities.
The Keep Lexington Beautiful Commission is an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. Our mission is to engage citizens to protect and improve Lexington's environment through personal responsibility. We unite individuals, businesses and government to find solutions that advance our core issues of preventing litter, reducing waste, and beautifying our community.
The Great American Cleanup is a giant, nation-wide spring cleaning that happens March 1st to May 31st every year, all across the country in which millions of pounds of litter is removed from our communities. In Lexington alone, volunteers have cleaned parks and neighborhoods picking up close to 100,000 pounds of litter and debris.


text: Just outside my door the sky was beautiful but when I looked to the east the way I was planning on going there was patches of thick rain clouds in the sky. I was hoping for an open sky near where I wanted to go and as I drove that were dark areas and then there would be these patches of beautiful light that made me not want to turn around. When I got to Eagle Creek Trails. I was back under dark gloomy skies but since I had already drove an hour in a half I decided to hike the trails anyway. As I hike up the path was covered with thick trees and there wasn't much to see. Thank GOD for the trees more on that later. However, there were a few clearings where I could take a shot or two. When I stop to take the last set of photos on the trail I could see the top but when I looked behind me I could see rain clouds blowing my way. Rain gear in the car, I decided it was time to turn back. This would not have been such a great K2 movie. As I was walking back down I heard the rain but I wasn't getting wet. Remember above thank GOD for the trees. Well made it back to the car and was ready to head home. As I got back on the interstate I saw the most amazing sunset in front of me..I stopped that first state park I came to and got out, there was a photographer there taking pictures of his dogs with the sun to his back. He asked me, so you saw the rainbow and I was like what rainbow. Just opposite of that sunset was a beautiful double rainbow. He asked If I wanted a shot with his dogs in the frame and yes I did. So, after I got my shot he pack up and left. I stayed there for about 5 minutes more getting more shots of the rainbow and the sunset. Then back on the interstate where the sunset made me stop at the next two state parks. So, all in all it was a four park day and it all started with a hope of seeing one.


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I am now four weeks into plant-based eating, and aside from some sleep deprivation due to the kids taking turns with the midnight flu, I'm feeling great.
You may object, and point out that my plant-based eating experiment isn't all that scientific, and my increased energy levels may be attributed to my increased mileage in running.
However, even after a long day, I don't have to drag myself begrudgingly into the cold, gray winter, or banter with the demon on my shoulder about whether I should run or bake cookies. Instead, I find myself asking, "When can I run and for how long?"
This is something new for me, and it seems to have a direct correlation with what I have for lunch, or more specifically, what I've been drinking for lunch. You see, I've started supplementing my diet with freshly-pressed juice. And although I never thought I would be one of those granola-crackpots drinking spinach juice from a plastic cup…here I am.
Take Tuesday, for example. After getting up at 5 am, tidying up, feeding people, getting everyone out the door, having a full morning at Bible study, two hours of driving, and feeding people again, I found myself bursting with energy. I couldn't wait to take a short run, which ended up to be six miles. Instead of sprawling on the couch afterwards, I still had energy to attend to my usual duties around the house.
Can energy be bottled? Apparently so!
Joe Cross, from the documentary "Sick, Fat and Nearly Dead" made up a juice called "mean green," the primary ingredient of which is kale. But since there is only one kale farmer in Germany, and it is not currently kale season, I've opted for spinach instead.
The recipe: I put 2 granny smith apples, one cucumber (or two), a stalk of celery, a thumb-sized piece of ginger, one lemon, a few leaves of romaine, and 4 to 6 cups of spinach (one big bag) into the juicer, and out comes something I like to call "Lean Green," which my son says it tastes like grass. However, his taste buds have been chemically altered by 14 years of macaroni & cheese, so he's not a very good judge. I think Lean Green belongs in the lemonade family; and it gives me a real boost–no artificial ingredients required!
There have been other changes in my physiology besides increased energy. I've also noticed I'm not using as much "firming" cream on my face; nor do I need the special tube of eye de-puffer for those big, black bags I normally wake up with. (Yes, the closer I get to 40, the more of this junk I seem to purchase).
But perhaps the strangest thing that has happened this month is that my hair is curly. I've always had enough natural wave in my hair to make it frizzy, and I usually have to blast it with various forms of heat to tame it. But lately, I simply wash it, add a little mousse, and let it dry, which results in some nice wavy locks. I'm not a nutritionist or a beautician, but this seems to indicate my hair wants to be vegan.
While I can't guarantee you can forego that next permanent wave, I can heartily recommend investing in a plant-based diet. Produce, especially organic, can be expensive. But it is worth it when you think of the money you'll save by not having to do things like buy heart medication or anti-aging cream.
Some juicers on the market cost as much as a SmartCar, but we opted for one with enough horsepower to do the job without having to rob our life savings–and it didn't cost any more than a few fancy tubes of eye serum.
The Magic Refrigerator
With all of this juicing going on, and considering the fact that our German fridge can fit inside a kitchen cupboard, and the freezer is smaller than a shoebox (and not your husband's size 13 combat boots–we're talking ladies size 8 ballet flats), we needed some place to store our produce, just above freezing, so it wouldn't spoil. Thus, we found the Magic Refrigerator.
Why is it magic? Because in our house, anyone can have anything out of it at any time.
Plus, it's cute and is filled with such colorful things, it seems magical. Remember Dorothy stepping into Technicolor for the first time? That's kind of what it's like to open the door of the Magic Refrigerator.
Not only does the Magic Refrigerator keep our produce from rotting, it encourages the kids to eat healthy foods. I don't mind if they snack on fruits and veggies–and as long as they're still eating their vegan dinners every night.
I'm not pushing them nor cajoling them: I am simply making certain choices more appealing.
I wish some of you could have known me in the early days of being a wife and mother. I don't know how many chicken nuggets and toaster waffles my kids consumed. It was fast, cheap, and easy; three qualities which should come as red flags.
Eighteen years ago, I never would have imagined that I would be some kind of "health nut." But now, after years of pumping our bodies with things that are harmful, we are starting to fuel ourselves with foods that God intended for us.
My point is that if my family can make these changes, then any family can–no matter how "far gone" you feel.
I pray it's not too late for my kids.
I want them to have their own Magic Refrigerators someday.
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The Most Epic Red Brick Ever
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Retirement Home Concert Promo
The Ultimate Engagement
The Amazing Engagement Race: Ryan And Daisy Wedding Reception Edit.
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The Most Epic Red Brick Ever"Sell me a brick" project for a college class.
2018 AUDL Championship VII Weekend PromoI've been filming the main camera angle for the Los Angeles Aviators since the team started playing (minus their franchise opener, I was out of town that weekend), and this is the first year that they have made it to the American Ultimate Disc League Championship Weekend. The championship weekend, championship VII this year, includes the 2 semi-final games on Saturday August 11th, and the finals game on Sunday August 12th. This project has been made outside of any responsibility or obligation to the league. I initially was not going to make this project until this past Friday, August 3rd. I have been an inspiration to a friend of mine, who is going to school for film. Ironically, I did not get the song stuck in my head from listening to it on the radio. She used the song in a class project, and that is what got it stuck in my head. I chose the song because it speaks about being made for the battle, and that is what is happening this weekend. Some of the athletes that compete in this league were just made to play Ultimate, kind of like how people in the Olympics were made for their sports as well, as I have heard that the song was used for that promotion as well. It has an amazing beat. Yes, I did contact the publishers "Made For This" (edited for length) by Carrollton used with permission Song ID: 201835 Song Title: Made For This Writer(s): Joel Rousseau, Jordan Bailey, Justin Mosteller, Michael Loy, Rebecca Lauren O lds, Solom on O lds Label Copy: Copyright © 2017 Centricity Music Publishing (ASCAP) Centricity Songs (BMI) CentricSongs (SESAC) (adm . at CapitolCMGPublishing.com ) / Soul Glow Activator Music (BMI) / Bulletproof Stiletto (BMI) / Moon And Musky (BMI) All rights reserved. Used by perm ission. Capitol CMG Percent Control: 50%
lanceiliev.com promoJust a small promo with my first wedding and first engagement vids.
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The Ultimate EngagementI unknowingly filmed this engagement, but this was my edit!
The Amazing Engagement Race: Ryan And Daisy Wedding Reception Edit.In February 2016 my friend Ryan got engaged to his wife Daisy, and his idea was to plan out an amazing race event. He, myself, and a couple of other friends planned the event, and I filmed it. Due to the secrecy of the event, and our other friends not knowing about the engagement, Ryan, Daisy, and myself returned to the locations at a later date and re-shot some of the video that I was not able to capture on the day of. This video was shown at the wedding reception after the entrance of the wedding party and right before the grand entrance of the newlywed couple. Overall, this was one of my first wedding projects, and I was honored to be Ryan's best man at his wedding (in which I also produced the video of their ceremony for them).
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Go back and look at the newspaper magazine advertisements created in the 1800s. (Yes, that was way before I worked in advertising.) In those ads, the text marches along in a straight line without swerving toward or moving around the images.
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Diadema is one of a series of designs from the great Venetian glass company, Vistosi, intended to be used in a wide variety of ways – both as standard catalogue items (chandeliers, pendant lights, floor lights, wall lights) and for custom pieces.
It consists of glass rods, as above at Le Tre Gazelle in Milan, where they are forming the spectacular chandelier, as well as the simpler wall lights.
Diadema can be made into simple pendants, like these, for Bulgari in Paris:
Though more often, the rods are of different lengths, as here, in these suspensions over a bar at the Hotel Dorint in Zurich...
...which match the Diadema wall lights there:
Back to a larger scale, here's a Diadema chandelier at the Hotel Regina Baglioni in Rome:
The effect is quieter when two colours are used:
The standard glass colours are clear and topaz (as above). But blue can look very cool – in both senses! – for example.
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Lily & Leo Turn One!12:16 AM
Happy Anniversary Lily and Leo! Even though a year has gone by our adventure is still fresh on my mind. From the wedding day to the Encore shoot in Philly, you two kept being a source of awesome inspiration.
Believe it when I say that couples like you are the reason why I love my job!
Lily & Leo's thoughts:
Ever get that gut feeling or intuition that someone is just so right for you? Well that was how I felt when I selected John Yao to be my photographer on my special wedding day. John is one of those photographers who has a deep seated passion for the art of photography itself, but also manages to balance expertise with a very REAL knack for listening to what the client wants! His pictures are high-class, sophisticated, yet brings out the natural beauty in everyone (www.simplytwo.com).
At the end of the day though, it's also all about the experience you have with your photographer. I had a spectacular time with John. I wanted to share a couple of highlights:
-My wedding took place in California while I actually live in Boston, so it was already hard enough to plan an event from afar. When I was in town 3 months before the wedding, John agreed to come visit my wedding venue with me. He really didn't have to, but he did, and we had a blast. It mentally prepared us for the shots we would take on the big day, and more importantly, his willingness to spend time with me and my fiancee proved to me that he was truly passionate about capturing the best pictures possible, and he genuinely wanted to get to know the bride and groom.
-I am the first person to get married out of all my bridesmaids, so you can imagine that on my wedding day, there was naturally some confusion among us about what to do. John was such a good sport -- he was pleasant, skillful and flexible, and very calm and collected. He calmly reminded us when it was time to leave, strategized about when to do what and even helped me hold my dress, our dozen coats as we migrated from one photo spot to the next outside in the chilly 50ish degree weather (abnormal for Cali!)
My groomsmen, bridesmaids, and both parents LOVED john as well, and when the people close to you give you their mark of approval, you know you've picked the right person! Thanks John and SimplyTwo for such a wonderful experience. Future brides-to-be, if you pick John you can't go wrong! :)


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I love this range, and being silicone free means I can use this on my curly hair without frizz or weighing my hair down. Smells great too.
16 January 2018
Smells Gorgeous!!
I have just bought this because I wanted to try something to really clean my hair as I felt it was getting weighed down using other products and this did the job! It smells absolutely gorgeous as if you've just left a salon as well! Recommend!!
02 December 2017
not what it says
although it does make your hair appear thicker, it also makes it heavy and greasy after a short time. I also found it makes my hair knotted all day. Wouldnt recommend
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Business is not a zero-sum game struggling over a fixed pie. Instead it grows and makes the total pie larger, creating value for all of its major stakeholders, including employees and communities.
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23 October (Part 2) - Overview and Scrutiny
unreported two week old meeting is getting a bit long in the tooth and time
is, as always, in short supply. People Scrutiny is in any case a difficult meeting to follow
because the Table Snatcher forces the public to sit in a place not well
served by the loudspeaker system where the view is mainly of the backs of heads.
The possibility of augmenting the inadequate sounds with a bit of lip
reading is eliminated. The alternative to hairy craniums is often hairy legs.
But before we abandon 'People' and move on to 'Places' a couple of things from the notes taken at the time. i.e. not a review of the recording.
For all the undoubted effort put into recruiting foster parents, Bexley Council did not even reach 50% of their target last year. Nine out 20 new foster homes. Unfortunate for some poor kids.
Bexley Council has now bought 150 houses on the open market to house the homeless. That's 75 up on six months ago.
Usually the most interesting part of a Places Scrutiny meeting is Jane Richardson's Growth and Regeneration report but this quarter it didn't amount to much and was easily outclassed by the annual Parking Services Review presented by Mr. Ben Stevens.
If you have ever wondered what it is like to be a parking enforcement officer (CEO) bringing misery to so many lives you will not be surprised to hear that their boss takes a similar delight in vindictive behaviour. He casually slipped out remarks like "catching motorists out early" and "sending in the bailiffs at four o'clock in the morning". Such phrases should not be part of a formal Council report but the fact that they were provides a telling insight into the way the brains of power crazed tyrants work. Why four o'clock in the morning?
The parking report covered the period April 2016 to March 2017, the final year of NSL involvement in Bexley.
The monthly average of mobile payments rose from 14,408 in the previous year to 19,307.
There were eleven assaults on CEOs and the police had not been a lot of good. Councillor Gareth Bacon related the case of several witnesses to "a physical assault" with "racial abuse" all recorded on the body worn video which Councillor Bacon felt sure, and most people would agree, result in "a slam dunk conviction in Court" but the police were not seriously interested and the assailant was merely given a caution.
Mr. Stevens said that his department usually responds to enforcement requests such as those I made over a period of three days within 30 minutes and often much less. "The service is growing and becoming more popular."
Blue badge enforcement and the resultant prosecution of abusers has gone up. Providing more evidence of parking infringements has reduced the number of appeals. Did Mr. Stevens really withhold some of the evidence before that change?
Referring to the London wide 'ticket table', Mr. Stevens said "Bexley remains the fifth lowest borough which is where it has been for a number of years in terms of PCNs" which I found to be an odd thing to say.
I still have last year's report so comparisons are easy.
The 2015/16 report clearly shows that only two boroughs, Greenwich and Sutton, issued fewer tickets than Bexley. This year Greenwich and Sutton were joined by Havering and the City of London. So yes Bexley is 5th lowest in 2016/17 but that is up from 3rd position the year before.
What is perhaps of even more interest than the sort of deception which is the norm in Bexley is that the total number of tickets has gone up from 48,447 to 64,048. Up by a third in a year. What better illustrates Bexley council's aggressive pursuance of money?
Councillor June Slaughter (Conservative, Sidcup) was the only Councillor not taken in by the attempt to confuse the statistics.
Councillor Hackett (Labour, Lesnes Abbey) queried the claim that parking enforcement requests are usually met within 30 minutes and not usually longer than an hour. I assumed it was a reference to my situation on 1st September when a report first made on the Friday had to be repeated over three days before action was taken. Councillor Hackett did not get an answer, the average is under 30 minutes, (in another breath 40 minutes) and nothing more was forthcoming. There must be an awful lot of instant responses to balance out a three day delay.
Councillor Lynn Smith (UKIP, Blackfen and Lamorbey) referred to a case involving one of her electors who was confused by a partially handwritten temporary parking sign but Mr. Stevens said "I am not aware that we were using handwritten signs last year, they are certainly printed now."
One must wonder how this wholly handwitten sign (See Photo) came into existence if the practice was stopped the year before last.
Mr. Stevens said that if a handwritten sign was posted last year "it must have been an isolated incident". Excuses, excuses, the truth is rather different.
Bexley's parking machines are still accepting old pound coins and when the decision is taken to update them it will take two to three weeks to get around to them all. It is currently too expensive to adapt parking machines for use with contactless credit cards.


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So much has been said about new trends in photography , especially about arranged trend. Well, as commercial photographers we done it, all the time ,except it was not called art but JOB.
So much sweeter it feel, when you do a real photo, which miraculously looks like it was
arranged. This one from my recent trip to South Carolina.


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A couple of weeks ago, Sophia – the beautiful and expressive robot created by Hanson Robotics - became the first robot to be granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia. She uses artificial intelligence to connect with people and is designed around human values like kindness, wisdom and compassion.
Able to answer questions, make jokes and mimic human facial expressions, Sophia is just one example of how much the field of artificial intelligence has evolved. And although it might take several years to see robots like Sophia interacting with humans in banks or supermarkets, AI can already be used for automating tasks, analyzing data and enhancing customer experience and customer service.
For business owners and marketers, the use of artificial intelligence can mean more flexibility, faster data retrieval, improved interactions with customers and fewer human interventions. And it doesn't even have to cost a fortune!
Small businesses can take advantage and benefit from the advancement in this field by using accessible tools like social media bots, which are virtual robots powered by AI.
What are social media bots and how do they work?
Although they don't have a body or a face like Sophia, social bots are able to interact with humans and to answer their queries without getting tired. They can sound very human, but are nothing but accounts that are automated and controlled by code.
Social media bots are algorithms, pieces of software that use artificial intelligence to automate tasks and carry conversations with humans, with the purpose of assisting them. They can help in building stronger relationships with customers by delivering targeted content and anticipating user reactions.
Depending on the niche and platform they are used on, social bots can be programmed to perform tasks like answering and sending direct messages, helping human users find information online, liking posts or following other users and so on.
Although apps can also perform such tasks, they usually do it via a menu with several answer options, while social media bots try to carry a "conversation" for helping the human users.
How can bots power social media growth?
In the field of online marketing, the purpose of artificial intelligence and social media bots is not to entirely replace the interactions between humans, but to support business owners and marketers in connecting with customers more efficiently.
Sectors like retail, travel, entertainment and even health and finance can use social bots as assistants. Bots can help you grow your social media page by providing real-time customer support and simplifying buying procedures.
For example, if you have a brand that sells shoes, you can use a bot for allowing customers to order within seconds by simply guiding them through the available options, or offering recommendations. If the user is searching for a specific type of shoe but in a different size, the bot can easily find that product and facilitate the sale.
The same bot can answer questions regarding an order and can suggest blog articles that explain how to take care of leather shoes and so on. If you own a hotel, a social media bot can assist users with bookings and can offer them information regarding the city they're planning to visit, or the weather conditions during their planned holiday.
For a company that sells flight tickets, a bot can send customers their purchase confirmations, reminders for checking in, alternative options in case of cancelled flights and so on.
Social media bots can therefore power the growth of social media pages by:
- acting as customer service agents
- answering simple user questions
- delivering relevant content based on context
- sending personalized messages
- facilitating sales
- sending account or order notifications
- providing real-time reports for analytics
- collecting valuable information about customers
Bots can be integrated with email marketing services for nurturing campaigns, and can send traffic to your website by delivering personalized content to users. They can be used for upselling and cross-selling products, and can assist in improving conversions.
Can anything go wrong when using bots for business?
As amazing as this all sounds, the use of social media bots is not risk-free. Poorly developed and programmed bots can do more harm than good, as they can annoy users and waste their time instead of assisting them and helping humans solve their problems.
If you use bots for following new users who interact with your social pages, or for retweeting messages tagged with a certain #, keep in mind that bots don't understand context like humans do. They might like or retweet messages that do not reflect your brand's positioning and voice, and this might alter your credibility and reputation.
Bots can also alter analytics data by artificially inflating your follower count, or sending bot traffic to your website. To some business owners, it may seem smart to artificially increase the numbers of followers and likes, but these bots are not as helpful as chatbots, which are used just for helping customers.
Finally, bots can participate in spreading fake news and their activity can be so intense that it can influence the general perception of a social or political event. Bots that are created to deceive can participate in spreading malware and can steal data from other accounts. Of course, the purpose and behavior of a social bot will depend on the way it is programmed.
Companies that are using social media bots for good
Vodafone uses TOBi, an artificial intelligence system that assists users by providing real-time answers to simple questions. When needed, the bot can transfer calls to human operators.
SnapTravel uses a chatbot that helps you find hotel deals based on your date, budget and preferred destination. Once you give this information to the bot, it can message you some deals that can be booked directly on the SnapTravel website.
The bot of 1-800 Flowers, one of the first used in Facebook Messenger, allows you to order flowers online and to send them to a desired address. The bot gives you more options, and you can easily click through and pick the bouquet that you like the most.
Using the Lyft chatbot in Facebook Messenger or Slack, you can quickly request a ride. All you have to do is tell the bot your location, and the virtual robot will show you the location of the driver, the car model and even the license plate.
The branded Tommy Hilfiger chatbot helps users find outfits based on their preferred style. By asking a series of questions, the bot guides the user and displays outfits that fit the customer's options. The products can be added to the shopping cart directly in the messenger window, and when users are ready to check out, the bot just sends them the link to the checkout page.
Another helpful chatbot available in Facebook Messenger is the HealthTap chatbot, which allows users to ask questions regarding health issues. You can also get test results assessed and if you're not happy with the answers provided by the bot, you can choose to receive premium advice in less than 24 hours by paying a small fee.
The Transport for London chatbot allows users to check bus arrivals, route statuses and service updates, to check maps or get in touch with a customer service agent. Domino's Pizza uses a bot that makes ordering pizza fast and easy.
Fandango's Facebook chatbot enables users to find local theatres, see what movies are trending, watch trailers and buy tickets. With Mastercard's social bot you can check account transactions, and Staples' chatbot can answer questions regarding products and orders and can check stock availability for you.
Tools for creating your own social bots
If you're looking for a safe and tested service for creating your first social media bot, you can start with Facebook's Messenger platform itself. Although the process is a little more complicated than with other services, there's a lot of documentation and resources online.
Other services for creating social bots include:
- Chatfuel - allows you to build Facebook messenger bots without having to code. It is used by companies like Adidas, MTV, BuzzFeed or British Airways.
- Botsify - doesn't require coding knowledge and is pretty straightforward to set up.
- FlowX O - is useful for creating chatbots that will also analyze data from orders and customize the replies based on that data.
- Wit.ai - this bot tool is more suitable for developers, and provides more functionality and features.
- Conversable - also a powerful tool, is suitable for enterprises as it includes analytics, conversation flow modelling and training. It's used by brands like Marvel, Whole Foods or Pizza Hut.
Are you already using social media bots to assist your customers and grow your pages?


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The Plastic Surgery Clinic is a fully equipped surgical facility. We have the most modern medical equipment available including several lasers and high technology patient monitoring equipment. We are innovators in many areas of plastic surgery including such advances as endoscopic brow and eyelift which improves the droopiness of the upper lid with tiny incisions above the hairline.
We are one of the first surgical facilities to offer Micoraire Power Assisted Liposuction which performs liposuction with less bruising and faster healing. Breast augmentation advances include almost invisible incisions in the armpit, bellybutton or around the edge of the areola. The clinic operates sophisticated lasers such as the Feather Touch laser for wrinkle removal and the Cool Touch laser which improves wrinkles without any redness or down time.
Dr Lista is Past Chief of Plastic Surgery at the Trillium Health Center (The Mississauga Hospital) so patients may choose to have their surgery at our clinic or at the hospital. The clinic meets standards for elective and emergency care similar to those in place at the hospital. All surgeries at The Plastic Surgery Clinic are performed by Dr. Lista, who is a certified specialist in plastic surgery. This means that patients benefit from the knowledge and experience of a highly trained plastic surgeon.
If your operation requires a general anesthetic, then other doctors who are certified specialists in anesthesia will give you the anesthetic, stay with you while Dr. Lista performs the entire operation and be with you when you wake up.
Plastic surgery is a constantly evolving medical science. Changing techniques, sophisticated technologies and new ideas make plastic surgery an exciting and ever improving field of medicine. Dr Lista has traveled to symposia and meetings all over the world. He has visited surgeons in many other countries to keep abreast of developments in his field. Since 1987 Dr Lista has given over 50 presentations and lectures on plastic surgery at medical meetings, conventions and to lay organizations. He has been asked to appear on radio and television on many occasions to discuss the latest developments in plastic surgery.
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Cooking Tips That Will Spice Up Your Life
A task that nearly everyone does is cooking. For some, cooking is an enjoyable experience, filled with chances to try out and experiment with new ingredients and recipes to create masterpieces. For others, cooking is a mundane and sometimes complicated task. The tips in this article should help anyone turn cooking into an enjoyable task.
Cooking with skewers may seem easy; however, there are some tips that will make your skewer cuisine delicious every time. Twisted or square shaped metal skewers hold the food better than round ones will.
Cook your pasta one minute less than the package suggests, then finish cooking it in a pan with sauce. Your pasta will absorb more of the flavor of the sauce without having an over cooked texture. This can be a quick and effective way to prepare a pasta meal.
Think about buying large beef roasts or pork shoulders to make during one of your weekend nights. After you have this for dinner, store it in your fridge so that you will be able to create many different types of sandwiches, as the week progresses. Maximize your value and limit your expenses by conserving food.
Purchase a quality loaf of bread that you can use as a side piece to a variety of meals. Bread goes great with any dish that has sauce or cheese, as you can dip it in a variety of different toppings. Include a loaf of Italian or French bread with your next meal.
After you have cooked mashed potatoes, make sure that you return them to the hot pan so that they can steam for the next ten minutes. This will allow for the potatoes to dry out so that you can get a rich texture when you are applying your milk and butter.
Do a little research and find out if there is a farmers' market within shopping distance. These markets – usually held on a weekly basis – are your ticket to purchasing the very freshest ingredients available. Treat food from a farmers' market with respect; usually, the less cooking you do to such ingredients, the better-tasting the results will be.
When you are making fish or meat, make sure to sprinkle seasonings equally. You can compare the sprinkling to falling snow. By doing this, you are avoiding clumping. Also, the spices will be spread evenly so that one side of the meat or fish does not have more seasoning than the other.
When you feel like your dish is missing something but it isn't salt, consider something acidic. Lemon, wine, and vinegar can all be great ways to add acid to a recipe. Healthy acidic balances out the flavor of anything sweet. It can also be a wonderful way to add a "salty" flavor if you're on a low salt diet.
When working with poultry, use this useful tip to let your poultry shine. Soak the poultry in a brine solution composed of salt and water overnight before cooking the poultry. Soaking the poultry in brine will help to unlock the flavors buried in the meat and make the poultry succulent and moist, creating an incredible poultry dish.
If you plan on making an elaborate meal for dinner, prepare a few elements of the dish that can be refrigerated or left out the night before you want to cook. This eliminates stress and frenzy in the kitchen so you can focus on giving your family a meal worthy of the finest five-star restaurants.
Avoid dry sandwiches by making sure the spread reaches every corner of the bread. Whether its mayonnaise or a cucumber cream cheese spread, it rids the sandwich of the dry taste of bread, meat and cheese. A quick dollop in the middle leaves only a well moisturized middle and less flavored and prepared edges.
To give your pasta sauce some additional flavor, use some of the water that the pasta was cooked in. Save about one-fourth of a cup of water after draining the pasta. While mixing the sauce and pasta, add the pasta water into the mix. Through a process known as amalgamation, the starch in the pasta water creates a creamy texture in your sauce.
As stated in the article above, nearly everyone cooks. Many find cooking to be an enjoyable and experimental process, while others find it mundane and difficult. Using the cooking tips found in this article, anyone can shed their previous negative conceptions of cooking and turn it into an enjoyable experience.


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The battle between the city of Naperville and its most famous homeless resident took a new twist on Friday, after Scott Huber had to retrieve his confiscated belongings from the police.
Huber, who has been staging a protest against Naperville's city council for the past eight years, says police confiscated his property on Thursday night, including a generator used for electronic equipment, the Chicago Tribune reports.
"It was just an outright theft," Huber told the Tribune. He says he plans to file a complaint with the DuPage County state's attorney.
Huber said the police took his belongings while he was eating dinner at a fast-food restaurant, cutting the cable he used to lock his rickshaw to a bench inside a downtown parking garage.
The police had warned Huber a week earlier that he was in violation of a new city ordinance passed at the beginning of October, prohibiting anyone from sleeping, camping and stowing personal property downtown.
In addition, Huber was handed a formal complaint by the police with a summons to appear in court Dec. 17. If found guilty, the judge would make it mandatory for Huber to comply with the city ordinance. The penalty for reiterating the offense could cost the man some jail time.
Huber is protesting a long list of grievances, including the failure of his electronics business.


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Book: Path Of Initiation The Fivefold Pattern Of The Witching Way by Robin ArtissonMost people have the understanding that to claim to belong to a traditional witch "group", one must go through a period of learning, join a group, be vouched for, and be initiated. This is how many modern groups do work.
I think this is a very problematic formula, however, because most people fail to see beyond it. They seek out groups or join them for the sake of membership- but groups don't make witches or mystics; Fate makes witches and mystics.
This standard formula of "joining the group" fails to take into account that the true purpose of "Traditional Groups" is not to build membership and share rituals. The purpose of a serious spiritual grouping is to achieve Wisdom and Illumination. No wise, thinking person would ever make the claim that Illumination and Wisdom ONLY come from membership in a special group. (Robin Artisson)
Books in PDF format to read:Shanddaramon - Self Initiation For The Solitary Witch
Lover Of Truth - An Open Entrance To The Closed Palace Of The King
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Prior to the 1980s almost all companies built their own software applications to handle their needs. Every company believes that its business processes and challenges were so unique that only software built by its own business and IT staff would be adequate to solve the problems. Surprisingly this process extended to applications such as General Ledger and Payroll. An interesting example is the case of PG&E, the energy firm on the west coast. PG&E actually built its own operating system.
Over time, with application vendors such as Dun and Bradstreet, Oracle Applications, PeopleSoft HR, SAP R/3, QuickBooks, Peachtree etc, most business applications have been standardized and created as installable packages. Still the choice between Build and Buy is often debated within many companies. This article considers the choices in the context of the need to have a working sales commission application.
'Buy' typically defines the purchase of a standard vendor package for the application, being used by other companies in the marketplace. 'Build' typically defines the building of the application with internal resources, external resources or a combination of both. This article discusses the benefits of a Buy choice compared to a Build choice.
Sales Commission
Sales commission, unlike many other applications tends to be fairly unique from company to company, though there is significant commonality within an industry. The other unique aspect of sales commission is the flexible nature of customer needs. It is fairly common for a company to change its commission plans year to year or even within the year. This is unlikely to happen with applications such as General Ledger and Payroll. This critical need for a high level of flexibility requires a very dynamic application that can accommodate itself to changing needs. To make this possible the sales commission application is normally built around a rule-based architecture.
- Requirements: Understanding the business requirements and documenting
- Vendor review: Reviewing vendor information and comparing to requirements
- Purchase: Choosing the appropriate vendor and purchasing
- Testing: Testing the vendor solution in the customer quality assurance environment
- Implementation: Going live with the vendor solution
- Maintenance and Support: ongoing support for the application for the life of the application
Most resources typically come from the application vendor. Internal resources are limited to the business subject matter expert (SME), project manager and if really necessary, technical resources to do simpler tasks such as report writing, extracting data etc.
Buy timeframes are typically shorter, since the software is already built and ready to go.
- Requirements: Understanding the business requirements and documenting
- Resource sourcing: identifying internal resources or reviewing external resources and selecting
- Knowledge transfer: business will have to teach the technical resources about the business application
- Design: Design of the application
- Development: Development of the application
- Testing: Testing the solution in the customer quality assurance environment
- Implementation: Going live with the vendor solution
- Maintenance and Support: ongoing support for the application for the life of the application
Build projects typically require a business SME, a project manager, developer resources to code the application, other resources for report writing, extract of data, etc. The developer resources can be internal or sourced from external contract firms. The time requirement on the SME and project manager will be far higher because of resource sourcing, knowledge transfer and design functions.
Build timeframes are typically much longer, because of the effort and time involved in Knowledge Transfer, Design and development.
Business Knowledge
The amount of domain knowledge and experience as it relates to sales commission is a strong factor to consider in the choice of Build vs. Buy.
Application vendors, who have built the packaged application, typically have dedicated resources that have studied the particular application area. They would have gathered requirements from a lot of customers and prospects to build the application. Even though the vendor resource, may not know the subset of business needs that makes any customer unique, they tend to know the vast majority of business practices involved in the concerned business area. They do not have to be taught many of the concepts and practices involved.
In the sales commission area, the typical application vendor resource will already be aware of concepts such as compensation plans, splits, overrides, draws, SPIFs, etc. As a matter of fact, customers typically rely on the vendor's expertise in the broader areas of sales commission to help them determine the correct business practices to follow.
The developer resources used for building the application can be chosen to make sure they have the right technical background to use the underlying software. But invariably, they will not know most of the business processes, terms or requirements involved. In most cases the entire basic concepts of sales commission, crediting of transactions to payees, calculating flat commission rates vs. tiered rates, calculating commissions on order, invoicing or payments, etc have to be explained to the resources involved. This typically takes large amounts of time from the SME, who normally already holds down a full-time function.
One customer explained it like this: "I asked for a car to be built, but I got a car that could go from A to B, but did not have the ability to reverse or have rear view mirrors". The custom-built application for this customer could not handle negative numbers in returns and consequently did not process them at all. The customer paid out more commissions that he should have.
Not knowing the domain of sales commission also means that the resource has no experience in the typical problems that can happen within the domain. For example, what happens if product is returned? At what commission rate should the product be taken back, especially if the commission rate varies over time? What if today commissions vary by client industries and tomorrow they vary by product families? This rigidity can at best cause time delays, or worse, calculate erroneous commissions.
Clearly there is a compelling business benefit to having knowledgeable people staff the project. It will save a lot of valuable business resource time as well as avoid future problems.
Total Cost of Ownership
A key factor in contemplating a build-vs.-buy choice is to reduce costs. Superficially, there is a sense that build projects will cost less. But careful analysis shows that many costs are overlooked in making a decision.
Application vendors' costs are typically very clear and upfront. The three components, licensing, maintenance and development can be known with a fair amount of certainty and budgeted for. Typically vendors have room to negotiate on one or more of these components.
Even though the initial cost of license and services could be high in comparison, over time, the cost tends to be less than the maintenance involved in custom-built projects. Implementing a packaged application typically takes considerably less time and effort than a custom-solution.
For custom projects, the amount of internal resources dedicated to the project tends to be far higher than packaged products. Much of the effort goes into the business people teaching the custom developers the business, before it can be automated. This affects both business and IT and there is an opportunity cost of this resource not being able to handle their own responsibilities.
A media firm decided to build their commission solution in-house. They hired a Visual Basic (VB) programmer at $85/hr for two months and expected to be complete with their application. Inevitably, the project took longer than anticipated and after four months, the total cost ended up to be almost $60,000. The application was too brittle to handle the subsequent commission plan changes and they ended up buying a packaged sales commission solution where, the license and services ended up costing less than $40,000.
In the case of custom development, the design, development are additional phases in the project and tend to add to the time line and resource costs. Over time, the custom application needs to get modified to accommodate the business changes continuously and the costs involved are high. The application also gets more complex and the maintenance costs tend to grow with time
When all the costs are taken into account, packaged applications tend to be less costly to the customer than custom-built applications.
Application Functionality
The comprehensive nature of the functionality in the application being implemented has to be considered in the Build vs. Buy choice. Customers tend to have very specific requirements surrounding their current business problem and tend not to be conscious of future needs. When their needs change, they are looking to their current application to accommodate their needs. If the live application is unable to meet those needs, they end up either curtailing their business changes or spending more money on replacing their systems.
In the sales commission area, applications tend to be able to calculate commissions for many different industries and use many different methods. For example, it will be possible to calculate commissions in many ways: flat rate; tiered rate; tiered rate based on quota; different rates by product; different rates by customers, etc. Another example would be where the customer can calculate commissions and bonuses on revenue, gross profit, quantity, etc. Customer will start with one kind of a plan and very likely move to a different type of plan over the next few years. So flexibility and rule-based application architecture will be important requirements for the software.
Application vendors would have gathered requirements from a lot of customers and prospects prior to building the application. It is not uncommon to have the solutions built to handle the requirements of many different industries. So most of the business practices a customer will tend to use, now or in the future, will already be available in the application. In addition, the vendors get constant feedback from their customers and prospects as to gaps in the application and make constant upgrades to the application.
In addition, application vendors attempt to reduce support calls and so provide a lot of additional tools to help the customer be self-sufficient. Tools such as report writers, data extractors, email capabilities, logging facilities, etc, all tend to be built into the application.
Applications vendors would understand the amount of change in sales commission plans and will build in a lot of flexibility into the software. In addition it is common to see sales commission plans expressed as rules, in this kind of an application.
The developer resources will do their job diligently in asking questions and understanding the customer requirements. And the business SME will provide the exact requirements necessary to solve their current problem. But the operative word is 'current'. The solution will tend to match the current needs well. The solution normally does not take into account possible future changes. But sales commission plans change frequently. So very soon after the implementation, the customers find themselves calling in the resources for further work or abandoning the application altogether, for another attempt.
A computer hardware reseller built a commission solution to pay his reps commissions, on sales revenue. Within a year, he found that, sales people were discounting prices to get sales and impacting his profitability. He decided to change his sales commission plans to calculate commission on gross profit rather than revenue. But unfortunately the custom-built solution had no facility to handle gross profit.
The average custom development resource is not charged with building all the tools necessary to have a productive application environment. It is rare that customers ask the developer for report writers, data extractors, PDF generation, etc. The custom-built applications tend to rigidly satisfy the expressed requirements and won't be flexible to handle future changes. Rule based programming is complex and takes significantly more effort, and is typically not part of the charter of a custom project.
A comprehensive application preserves the options of the customer for future changes and reduces business impact and total cost of ownership of the product. Buy solutions will provide this in an economical manner.
Resource Risk
Customers invest in the product choice they make and the resources that support the product choice. To support their ongoing business, they have a reasonable expectation that the resources involved with their product and especially the knowledge of the product is available to them.
Application vendors are dependent on ongoing revenue from their products for their business survival and success. To that extent they invest considerably in research, development, consulting, support, sales and marketing functions. Their success depends on their expertise in their products.
Continuous availability of knowledgeable experts allows them to serve their customers effectively, reduce support costs and increase the possibility that the customer will buy additional products from them. So there is very little risk that the vendor will not have resources that understand and handle the customer's problems.
Customers choosing the build option either use their internal resources or hire resources with the right technical background for the job. After the job, the internal resource may be assigned to other projects that consume their time. External resources will generally be assigned to different projects for different customers. Worse still, the internal resource may leave and likewise the external resource, leaving the customer with an orphaned application with no way of modifying it.
A staffing firm had its technical resource build a very complex commission plan application in Visual Basic and Access. The resource quit a few months after the application was live and went to a competitor's firm. Very soon after, the application had to have some bugs fixed and some of the plans changed. The staffing firm was placed in a bind, with no easy way to correct the situation.
In the case of external resources, any time the application has to be modified, the resource has to be rehired. If the resource is available at that particular time, the customer has to pay for the time necessary to refamiliarize the resource to the application as well as the actual change. This typically tends to be a significant proportion of the original cost.
Resource risk is reduced significantly when the software is bought from a packaged application vendor. Application vendors can ensure future support and maintenance of the application.
Software development is a complex endeavor and almost all software ends up having a significant number of bugs. Companies are also growing continuously and require their systems to have the ability to handle their growth. The better the quality of the software, the easier the user's experience will be in the long run.
Application vendors invest a lot more into building their software than the average customer will. It is not unusual for vendors to invest millions of dollars into software that retails in the tens of thousands. The research and development process typically includes a quality assurance component. Software is typically released into the marketplace only after the quality is verified. The vendor is also getting bug reports from many different customers and typically have a bug fix and patch release program to continuously get the fixes out into the marketplace.
Applications are also designed to operate across many different sizes of customers and all customers get the benefit of performance goals specified for the largest customers. The customer gets the benefit of tried and tested code with high performance characteristics.
One of the biggest problems with custom projects is that the entire code base tends to be brand new. So the customer lives through the identification of resolution of bugs in the software over time, but in the real live production environment.
A manufacturing firm created a custom project to handle its commissions, where the commissions were paid by the client industry. Commissions were calculated on the complete invoice, so they only required one record per invoice. This worked in an acceptable manner for the few thousands of invoices they processed every month. Then their business dictated that they shift to commissions based on different products, which required that they calculate commissions at the individual invoice line level. This increased the amount of transactions they had to process ten-fold, and the custom-built system bogged down, unable to process the huge transaction load increase.
Because of the change inherent in commission plans, it is not predictable how much of a volume the application has to process. Growth can be rapid; the types of plans can change dramatically; so the typically custom project may not be robust enough to handle these performance needs.
Vendor built applications tend to have higher quality and can definitely handle higher performance needs.
Even though business operations have consistently moved towards packaged applications in large, medium and small enterprises, some companies still consider building their own application. Sometimes this happens even for standard business applications such as sales commission applications.
It is clear that in the case of most applications- and sales commission applications in particular- it is a much better decision to make the choice to Buy a packaged application, rather than the alternative.
Gopi Mattel, an executive at CellarStone, Inc., a provider of sales commission solutions and services.
www.qcommission.com, www.easycommission.com, www.qxchange.com, www.cellarstone.com.


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