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§ 175-159Applicability.
§ 175-160Classification.
§ 175-161General regulations.
§ 175-162Signs authorized in all zoning
§ 175-163Signs authorized in residential
zoning districts.
§ 175-164Signs authorized in commercial
and industrial districts.
§ 175-165Billboards.
The regulations contained in this article shall apply to all signs in all zoning districts.
Signs in all zoning districts shall be categorized according to the types and classes described below and shall comply with the requirements for those types and classes described in this section.
Classes. Signs are classified by physical attributes into the following categories.
Freestanding. A sign supported on a foundation or by one or more uprights, poles or braces permanently affixed to the ground and not attached to any building or other structure, including:
Pole sign. A freestanding sign which is supported by one or more poles, uprights or braces and which has a minimum clearance between the bottom edge of the sign and the adjacent ground level, as specified by this chapter.
Ground sign. A freestanding sign which is affixed to the ground by means of a permanent foundation and which provides a maximum clearance of 18 inches between the bottom edge of the sign and the adjacent ground level.
Wall. A sign attached to and erected parallel to the face of an outside wall of a building, projecting outward no more than six inches from the wall of the building.
Arcade sign. A sign suspended beneath a ceiling of an arcade or a covered pedestrian walkway containing only the name of a business for the purpose of assisting pedestrian traffic traveling under the arcade or covered pedestrian walkway to identify the location of establishments within a shopping center or similar building containing several businesses.
Bulletin. A type of changeable copy sign constructed to allow letters or symbols to be changed periodically, such as those used by places of worship and schools to announce events.
Roof sign. A sign erected and maintained upon or above the roof of any building which projects no more than six feet above the roof.
Overhanging. A sign, other than a wall sign or arcade sign, affixed to a building or wall whose leading edge extends beyond such building or wall more than six inches, including awnings, marquees or similar structures used for business identification.
Billboard. An off-premises sign which advertises an establishment, activity, person, product or service which is unrelated to or unavailable on the premises where the billboard is located.
Changeable copy. A sign that is designed so that characters, letters or illustrations can be changed or rearranged without altering the face or surface of the sign.
Indirectly illuminated. A sign which is lighted by means of lamps or lighting devices external to, and reflected on, the sign, which lighting is stationary and constant in intensity and color at all times and which is shielded so that the illumination is concentrated on the face of the sign and there is no spillover of illumination or glare beyond the face of the sign.
Internally illuminated. A sign which is lighted by means of lamps or lighting devices internal to the sign, which lighting is either behind the face of the sign or is an integral part of the sign structure and the advertising effect.
Types. Signs are categorized by use, function or purpose into the following types:
Residential identification. A sign containing only the name and address of the occupant of the premises.
Home occupation or home office identification. A sign containing only the name and address of the occupant of the premises and his or her occupation. No logos or other advertising shall be permitted.
Residential plan identification sign. A permanent wall or freestanding ground sign containing only the name and address of a plan of subdivision or a multifamily building or development.
Real estate. A temporary sign advertising the sale or rental of premises. The signs may also bear the words "sold," "sale pending" or "rented" across their face.
Development. A temporary sign erected during the period of construction and/or development of a property by the contractor and developer or their agent.
Construction. A temporary sign announcing the name of contractors, mechanics or artisans engaged in performing work on the premises.
Notification. Signs bearing legal and/or property notices such as "no trespassing," "private property," "no turnaround," "safety zone," "no hunting" and similar messages and signs posted by a governmental agency for traffic control or the safety of the general public.
On-premises directional. A sign which directs and/or instructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic relative to parking areas, proper exits, loading areas, entrance points and similar information on the premises on which it is located.
Off-premises directional sign. A sign, other than a billboard, which advertises or directs the public to an establishment, activity, person, product or service which is not sold, produced or available on the property on which the sign is located.
Political sign. A temporary sign which indicates the name, cause or affiliation of anyone seeking public office or which refers to an issue concerning which a public election is scheduled to be held.
Business identification sign. A sign which contains the name, address and goods, services, facilities or events available on the premises.
Temporary special event display. A banner, flag, pennant or similar display constructed of durable material and affixed to the wall of a building erected for a period of not exceeding 30 days whose sole purpose is to advertise a special event.
Memorial/historical plaques. Commemorative plaques placed by a recognized agency of the Township, county, state or federal government.
Window display. A sign or group of signs affixed to the inside of a display window in a commercial establishment which advertises a product or service available on the premises or which announces or promotes a special sale or special event.
The following regulations shall apply to signs in all zoning districts.
Restricted signs. The following signs shall not be permitted in any zoning district:
A-frame or sandwich board signs.
Portable or wheeled signs.
Banners and pennants, other than temporary special event displays authorized by this chapter.
Inflatable structures of any kind.
Moving or flashing signs, except for that portion of a permitted sign which indicates time or temperature.
Signs on trees, utility poles or official traffic control devices or signs.
Signs which imitate traffic control devices.
Signs painted on chimneys of a building or on fences or freestanding walls.
Off-premises directional signs, as defined herein.
Roof signs.
Overhanging signs, as defined herein.
Signs mounted or supported by any vehicles or temporary structures.
Exempt signs. The following signs shall be permitted and shall be exempt from these regulations:
Residential identification signs, as defined herein;
Holiday decorations displayed for recognized federal or state holidays, provided they do not interfere with traffic safety or do not, in any other way, become a public safety hazard;
Memorial/historical plaques, as defined herein;
Window displays, as defined herein, provided they shall not exceed 20% of the gross surface area of all windows in an establishment;
Signs erected by a governmental agency, including street signs and official traffic signs; and
Notification Signs, as defined herein.
Lots with multiple street frontage: In all zoning districts, lots fronting on more than one street shall be permitted to have one sign which is authorized per lot on each street frontage.
Temporary signs. In all zoning districts where authorized by § 175-162, real estate, construction and development signs shall be considered temporary signs which shall be removed within 30 days of the completion of sales or construction.
Visibility. No sign shall be located in such a position that it will cause a hazard by obstructing visibility for traffic on a street or obscuring a traffic signal or other traffic control device. No sign, other than official traffic signs and off-premises directional signs, shall hang over or be erected within the right-of-way of any street.
Illumination. Illumination, when authorized by this chapter, shall be directed upon the sign face and not towards adjoining properties or streets. Flashing or oscillating signs shall not be permitted. Lighting shall be stationary and constant in intensity and color at all times. The intensity of any source of illumination of any sign, whether indirect or internal, shall be controlled so as to not create glare and to be compatible with the intensity of ambient light and illumination on surrounding properties.
Maintenance and inspection. All signs must be constructed of a durable material and maintained in good condition. Any sign found to be in an unsafe condition upon inspection shall be declared to be a public nuisance, and the Zoning Officer shall give notice to the owner in writing to repair or remove the sign within 10 days. Upon failure of the owner to comply, the Township shall remove the sign at the owner's expense.
Removal of signs. Whenever any business is discontinued or vacated, all signs relating to the discontinued or vacated business shall be removed within 30 days of the vacation or discontinuance of the business. Upon failure of the owner to comply, the Township shall remove the sign at the owner's expense.
Permits required. No permit shall be required for the following types of signs as described in § 175-160B above: Real estate, construction and development signs, as defined herein. Permits shall be required for all other signs authorized by §§ 175-162 through 175-164. The Zoning Officer shall issue the required permits upon submission of an application which complies with all applicable provisions of this chapter and payment of the required fee established from time to time by resolution of the Township Supervisors.
Expiration of permits. Any permit issued by the Zoning Officer for erection, alteration, replacement or relocation of any sign shall expire automatically within six months of the date of issuance if work authorized by the permit has not been initiated and diligently pursued.
Sign location. Except for billboards and political signs, as defined herein, where authorized by this chapter, all signs shall be located on the premises which they are intended to serve.
The following signs are authorized in all zoning districts:
Bulletin sign. One bulletin sign which is nonilluminated or indirectly or internally illuminated and which does not exceed 24 square feet in surface area, shall be permitted in connection with any place of worship, school, library or similar public or semipublic building.
Real estate sign. One nonilluminated temporary real estate sign shall be permitted on each lot provided the surface area of the sign shall not exceed six feet in height. The real estate sign shall not exceed 12 square feet in surface area when located in any residential zoning district and shall not exceed 32 square feet in any other zoning district. Such sign shall be removed within 30 days of the sale or rental of the property on which it is located.
Development sign. One nonilluminated temporary development sign shall be permitted on each lot, provided the surface area of the sign shall not exceed 32 square feet in surface area. The development sign shall not exceed six feet in height when located in any residential zoning district and shall not exceed 10 feet in height in any other zoning district. Such sign shall be removed within 30 days of the sale or rental of the last lot or completion of the proposed construction in the development.
Construction sign. One nonilluminated temporary construction sign announcing the names of contractors, mechanics or artisans engaged in performing work on the premises shall be permitted on a lot, provided the sign shall not exceed 12 square feet in area and shall be removed within 30 days of the completion of the work.
Temporary special event sign. One nonilluminated temporary special event display sign, as defined by this chapter, shall be permitted to be erected on the face of a public building, place of worship or building housing a nonprofit organization, provided that the area of the signs shall not exceed 40 square feet and provided the sign is displayed for a period no longer than 30 days and is removed within five days following the event that it is erected to promote.
Home occupation identification sign. One nonilluminated home occupation identification sign shall be permitted for an approved home occupation, provided that the surface area of the sign does not exceed one square foot and the sign shall contain only the name, address and occupation of the resident and shall not contain any logo or other advertising.
Political signs.
Nonilluminated temporary political signs erected during a political campaign shall be permitted, provided that they are not of a type restricted by § 175-161A(1) of this chapter and provided that the surface area of such signs shall not exceed four feet by five feet. The signs shall be erected no sooner than 14 days prior to the election and shall be removed within three days after the election for which they were erected.
Permits for political signs shall be obtained by one person from each political party who shall assume responsibility for all of the political party's signs during any campaign.
Political signs shall not be erected within 10 feet of the Middlesex Township Municipal Building. Political signs which create a traffic hazard shall be removed by the Township immediately and shall be stored for a reasonable period of time at the Township Municipal Building until the responsible person removes them during regular business hours.
On-premises directional signs.
On any lot which contains two or more multifamily or nonresidential buildings and/or on any lot which provides more than 100 parking spaces, on-premises directional signs shall be permitted, provided that the surface area of any one sign shall not exceed four square feet.
On lots with areas of less than one acre, a maximum of four nonilluminated or indirectly illuminated on-premises directional signs shall be permitted. On lots with areas of one acre or more, a maximum of six nonilluminated or indirectly illuminated on-premises directional signs shall be permitted on the first acre. For each additional acre or fraction thereof over one acre, two additional on-premises directional signs shall be permitted.
The following signs shall be permitted in all residential zoning districts:
Residential plan identification sign.
One nonilluminated or indirectly illuminated permanent wall or freestanding ground residential plan identification sign containing only the street address and/or name of a residential subdivision plan or multifamily building or development which shall not exceed 24 square feet in area.
A sign identifying the name of a residential subdivision may be affixed to a freestanding decorative wall, rather than to a building wall, provided that the decorative wall meets all applicable chapter requirements and does not obstruct visibility for traffic entering or leaving the plan.
Business identification sign. One nonilluminated or indirectly illuminated wall or freestanding ground identification sign for any business use, other than a home occupation, which is a legal nonconforming use or which is authorized as a conditional use or use by special exception in a residential zoning district which shall not exceed 12 square feet in area.
The following signs shall be permitted in all commercial and industrial districts:
Temporary special event display. Temporary special event displays, as defined by this chapter, shall be permitted, provided that:
No more than two signs or banners shall be permitted on any establishment at any one time;
The temporary special event display signs shall be securely attached to the building or to the supporting structure of a freestanding pole business identification sign;
Temporary special event display signs shall be displayed for a period not exceeding 30 days, either consecutively or cumulatively, in any twelve-month period;
The aggregate surface area of all temporary special event display signs shall not exceed 40 square feet per establishment. In the event that there is more than one establishment on a site, the maximum aggregate surface area of all temporary special event display signs on the site at any one time shall not exceed 100 square feet;
Portable signs shall not be considered temporary special event display signs; and
Temporary special event display signs shall be nonilluminated.
Changeable copy signs. In addition to the authorized business identification signs, one nonilluminated or internally illuminated changeable copy sign shall be permitted per lot, regardless of the number of businesses on the lot, which shall not exceed 30 square feet in area and which shall be permanently affixed to the wall of the building or to the supporting structure of an authorized freestanding sign on the lot.
Business identification signs.
Wall signs. Illumination, if provided, for any sign in the TC and C-3 District shall be achieved through an indirect lighting source only. No internally illuminated signs shall be erected.
Freestanding signs.
Ground sign.
No freestanding pole sign exists or is proposed to be erected on the lot.
The maximum surface area of the ground sign shall not exceed 24 square feet in the C-1 and C-2 Districts and shall not exceed 64 square feet in the I-1 District.
The height and location of the sign shall be designed so as not to interfere with visibility for vehicular traffic entering or leaving the lot or traveling on any street, and in no case shall the total height exceed six feet.
Ground signs shall be nonilluminated or indirectly illuminated only. Internally illuminated ground signs shall not be permitted.
All freestanding ground signs shall be located at least 10 feet from any property line, except where property abuts on a public right-of-way, the ground sign shall be set back at least 20 feet from the right-of-way.
The maximum surface area of the ground sign shall not exceed 40 square feet in the TC District.
The maximum surface area of the ground sign shall not exceed 64 square feet in the C-3 District.
The maximum height of a ground sign shall be eight feet.
Pole sign. A pole sign shall be permitted only if all of the following criteria are met:
No freestanding ground sign exists or is proposed to be erected on the lot.
The pole sign shall be nonilluminated, indirectly illuminated or internally illuminated.
The maximum height of the top of the pole sign shall be 20 feet.
The minimum height of the bottom edge of the sign shall be eight feet.
The maximum surface area of the freestanding pole sign shall not exceed 40 square feet if there is only one business on the lot and shall not exceed 64 square feet if there is more than one business on the lot. Neither dimension of such sign shall be less than five feet.
No portion of any sign shall project over any public right-of-way.
All freestanding pole signs shall be set back at least 10 feet from every property line, except where property abuts on a public right-of-way, the sign shall be set back at least 20 feet from the right-of-way.
No pole signs shall be permitted in the Town Center District.
Arcade signs. In shopping centers or office complexes which have pedestrian accessways covered by a roof, marquee or exterior arcade, one arcade sign, as defined herein, shall be permitted for each business in the building, provided that the maximum surface area of each sign shall not exceed eight square feet.
Permanent minor signs. The following are considered permanent minor signs and do not require permits, provided the sign area of each sign does not exceed six square feet.
Directional signs. A sign conveying instructions with respect to the use of the premises or a portion of the premises on which it is located; i.e., internal directional signs for traffic, parking hours, business hours, reserved parking spaces, etc. Such signs shall not include advertising copy. An unlimited number of directional signs may be located within the interior of a lot so long as the sign copy is not legible from an adjacent public right-of-way or lot line. Directional signs shall be a maximum of three feet in height.
Information or public service signs. A sign advertising availability of rest rooms, telephone, or similar public conveniences, or a sign advertising the meeting time of nonprofit service or charitable clubs or organizations, provided that such signs do not advertise any nonresidential or industrial establishment activity or organization. Signs shall be a maximum of three feet in height.
Auxiliary advertising signs. Signs which are vital to the operation of a business, such as certified auto inspection stations, recognition of credit cards, issuance of premium stamps, restaurant associations, etc., may be displayed. Signs shall be a maximum of three feet in height.
Nameplate signs or directories. Signs at entrances to buildings, provided lettering does not exceed five inches in height.
Automated teller machine signs. Signs mounted or built into the ATM machine.
Billboards shall be subject to the requirements of Article XI governing conditional uses and the specific standards and criteria of § 175-98. A permit for a billboard shall not be issued until the conditional use application has been granted by the Township Supervisors, following recommendation by the Planning Commission and a public hearing by the Township Supervisors, provided all of the following requirements are met:
Location. Billboards may be authorized as a conditional use only in the C-2 and I-1 Districts, provided all of the following requirements are met:
Billboards shall not be erected within 500 feet of the boundary line of any R District or within 500 feet of any public or private school, place of worship or cemetery, said 500 feet being measured along the radius of a circle from the centermost point of the billboard structure extending in all directions.
On interstate and limited access highways, billboards shall not be erected within 500 feet of an interchange or safety rest area measured along the interstate or limited access highway from the beginning or ending of the pavement widening at the exit from or entrance to the main-traveled way.
Billboards shall maintain a lateral minimum spacing between any existing or proposed billboard structures of 1,000 feet. Required spacing shall be measured along both sides of the same roadway frontage from the centermost point of the billboard structure along a line extending from the centermost point of the billboard which is parallel to the center line of the roadway to which the billboard is oriented.
No billboard shall be located closer than 10 feet to any public street right-of-way.
The minimum side and rear yard requirements applying to a principal structure as set forth within the zoning district in which the billboard is to be located shall apply to each billboard structure.
No billboard shall be erected in such a manner as to block the view from the road or street of any existing business identification sign, residential or nonresidential structure, or limit or reduce light and ventilation requirements for adjoining uses.
No billboard shall be constructed within the clear sight triangle of the public street or road on which it is situated and shall not in any case obstruct or impede traffic safety.
No sign shall be erected over any sidewalk or public right-of-way.
Billboards shall not be part of a roof or wall nor shall they be mounted on the roof, wall, or other part of a building or any other structure.
Size and height. A billboard shall have a maximum allowable gross surface area of 450 square feet per sign face. This gross surface area shall be permitted, provided all of the following additional requirements are met:
A billboard shall have no more than two sign faces per billboard structure which may be placed back to back or in a V-shaped configuration having an interior angle of 90º or less.
The dimensions of the gross surface area of the billboard's sign face shall not exceed 20 feet in total height or 25 feet in total length, provided the total allowable gross surface area for the sign face is not exceeded.
A billboard structure shall have a maximum height above the curb of the roadway from which it is intended to be viewed of 40 feet.
Construction methods. Billboards shall be constructed in accordance with all applicable rules and regulations of Middlesex Township and shall meet all of the following additional requirements:
A billboard structure shall have a maximum of one vertical support being a maximum of three feet in diameter or width and without additional bracing or vertical supports.
A billboard sign face shall be independently supported and have vertical supports of metal which are galvanized or constructed of approved corrosive-resistant, noncombustible materials. Structures constructed with galvanized metal shall be painted.
The one vertical support shall be capable of enabling the entire sign face to be able to withstand a minimum one-hundred-mile-per-hour wind load. Structural design computations shall be made and certified by a registered engineer and shall be submitted to the Township with the application for conditional use.
The base shall be installed using a foundation and footings approved by the Township Engineer for the type of construction proposed.
The entire base of the billboard structure parallel to the sign face shall be permanently landscaped with suitable shrubbery and/or bushes of a minimum height of three feet placed in such manner as to screen the foundation of the structure.
Landscaping shall be maintained by the sign owner in an attractive and healthy manner in accordance with accepted conservation practices.
No bare cuts shall be permitted on a hillside.
All cuts or fills shall be permanently seeded or planted.
A billboard with display lighting shall be constructed so that it does not glare upon adjoining property and shall not exceed a maximum footcandle of 1.5 upon the adjoining property.
Display lighting shall not operate between 12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m., prevailing local time.
No billboard structure, sign face, or display lighting shall move, flash, or emit noise. No display lighting shall cause distractions, confusion, nuisance, or hazard to traffic, aircraft or other properties.
The use of colored lighting shall not be permitted.
A billboard structure shall be entirely painted every three years, unless constructed of an approved corrosive-resistant material.
Every 10 years, the owner of the billboard shall have a structural inspection made of the billboard by a qualified Pennsylvania registered engineer and shall provide to the Township a certificate from the engineer certifying that the billboard is structurally sound.
Annual inspections of the billboard shall be conducted by the Township to determine compliance with this chapter.
Billboards found to be in violation of this chapter shall be brought into compliance or removed within 30 days upon proper notification by the Township.
Billboards using removable paper or other materials shall be maintained in such condition as to eliminate loose or frayed material protruding or hanging from the structure. All paper and other waste materials shall be removed from the site and disposed of properly whenever any sign face is changed.
Liability insurance. The applicant for a building permit to erect a billboard shall provide a certificate of insurance for public liability and property damage which holds the Township harmless. The amount of insurance to be maintained shall be determined and adjusted from time to time by resolution of the Township Supervisors. The insurance certificate shall contain a clause stating that the insurance shall not be canceled or reduced without first giving 10 days' notice to the Township.
Prior to submission of an application for a building permit, the applicant for a billboard shall obtain and submit with the application approvals from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), when applicable.
Approval of the conditional use shall be valid for six months from the date of action by the Township Supervisors granting the conditional use. If the applicant fails to obtain a building permit for the approved billboard within the six-month period, approval of the conditional use shall expire automatically, without written notice to the applicant.
The issuance of a building permit for a billboard which has been granted approval of a conditional use shall be conditioned upon the approval of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) for billboards along state highways. If the applicant fails to submit evidence of the required approval by PennDOT within 30 days of the issuance of the conditional building permit, the building permit shall be revoked by the Township Zoning Officer who shall provide written notice to the applicant.
The applicant may reapply for the required building permit, upon submission of evidence of PennDOT approval, without payment of any additional building permit fee, provided the application is filed within the six-month period during which the conditional use approval is valid.
Application fees. Said application shall be accompanied by an application fee in an amount equal to that set from time to time by resolution of the Township Supervisors.
Nonconforming billboards. Any billboard which does not conform to the requirements of this section shall not be enlarged or moved unless the billboard complies with all provisions of this section.
Any billboard which is damaged or destroyed by more than 51% of its replacement value at the time of damage or destruction shall be reconstructed only in compliance with all provisions of this section.


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Win Time To Live Customs Borg Cube
In Loving Memory
Published: 16th October 2013 | Source: TTL Facebook |
So if any of you don't know the background of how Time To Live started it would be a great idea for you to see the article Bryan wrote here. This will give you a better understanding of the competition we are holding here now.
Essentially it's far to easy for us to slip into a depressive state when an anniversary of a loved ones death comes around. I've learnt that keeping busy and keeping positive is the best therapy or tonic that you could ask for.
So this year I have decided to base a competition in my old dears honour and bring you all a chance to win something 100% unique. I had some ideas for the Corsair Air 540 when it first arrived and it seemed perfect for a Borg styled theme.
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PHILADELPHIA -- A row house collapse today severely damaged neighboring houses and hurt eight people, including a baby and a critically injured contractor.
PHILADELPHIA -- A row house collapse today severely damaged neighboring houses and hurt eight people, including a baby and a critically injured contractor.
The collapse happened shortly after 11 a.m. at an unoccupied home being remodeled in the middle of a south Philadelphia street lined with connected two-story brick homes.
The contractor was working in the basement of the destroyed home, police said. Investigators were trying to figure out what happened, but neighbors reported hearing an explosion.
Bricks showered onto the small street and nearly covered a car parked out front. The houses on either side of the destroyed home were standing but badly damaged, with large sections of their masonry walls gone.
Rescue crews combed through the rubble for victims. They said early this afternoon that the search was complete and no one was unaccounted for.
Nearby gas service was turned off and the area evacuated. Residents with nowhere to go were taken to a nearby school, which was being used as a temporary shelter.
"I was in the shower and I thought my house was about to fall down," said Christie Scibblo, a 26-year-old mother of four who lives four houses down from the collapsed home. "I ran outside and I saw a firefighter rescuing an infant."
Scibblo said she also saw firefighters hosing down a man who had been burned.
Daniel Killian, 19, who lives across the narrow street from the house that collapsed, said he smelled gas shortly before the collapse.
Joseph Szymborski, 33, was jolted from his bed when he heard what sounded like an explosion and ran outside to find "the house was in the street."
He ran down the street and said he helped neighbors and rescuers look through the rubble, though he was worried about the remains of the damaged buildings falling on him.
"It's situations like this, you just come together as a neighborhood," he said.
Gas and electrical utility crews were on the scene. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission spokeswoman Jennifer Kocher said the agency also had two inspectors there but that it was still unclear what happened.
The state regulatory agency would have jurisdiction if the explosion occurred outside the home but not if it occurred inside, Kocher said.
Last month, a collapse at a downtown Philadelphia demolition site killed six people and injured 12 when a large wall fell on an adjacent thrift store. A machinery operator is charged with involuntary manslaughter and a grand jury is weighing whether anyone else should be charged.


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"There's a beast in every man, and it stirs when you put a sword in his hand."
This is not a quote from last night's Girls episode. It's from the Game of Thrones promo that aired before Girls. So why do I bring it up? Mostly I'm just stoked for the new season of Game of Thrones. That show is badass. But also, if you'll overanalyze with me for a second, it's a fitting thought to keep in mind this week as poor little neutered Adam Sackler discusses the merits of Sandra Bullock rom-coms and has boring, normal-people sex while taking lots of instructions.
Not that guys necessarily dislike a little instruction. Maybe it's because I recently moved and I'm buying new furniture, but I'd like the IKEA version of sex instructions—you know, no words, just cartoon characters with gigantic heads showing me how to get it all done properly. And all of the sexy maneuvers would have Swedish names, so an erotic pickup line would be something like, "Girl, I'm gonna Poäng you in the Knutstorp, and it's going to be Magiker." And halfway into it, we'd realize that a part was missing or the Allen wrench was the wrong size, so we'd just end up stopping and awkwardly eating meatballs with lingonberry jam. (Note to self: work on sexier, less tragic IKEA fantasies.)
OK, so my point about Adam: You had to know the dude was going to free the beast on his normal new girlfriend—and boy did he. Pretty graphically, in fact. I could have done without that visual. If you're unfamiliar with the concept of the pearl necklace, I recommend taking your query to the Internet. It's more of an Urban Dictionary thing than an Ann Taylor Loft thing. Just FYI.
But if you really want to see some deviant behavior, look no further than Ray. Did anyone else notice that he was wearing Shoshanna's peace sign Snuggie like a robe?! Is that supposed to be ironic, Ray? Flip that thing around and enjoy a fleece sleeved blanket the way the as-seen-on-TV gods intended.
I don't even want to talk about Hannah, who is completely bonkers. Butt splinters and Q-tip stabbings and walking home from the hospital all twitchy and pantsless. Is it time to stage an intervention? Are we bad friends? Do you remember that episode of Hoarders about the woman with 100 dead cats in her refrigerator? Hannah makes her look quirky in a delightful, Zooey Deschanel kind of way.
So Hannah has the Bat-Shit Insanity Lifetime Achievement Award all locked up…but, wait, what's this? It's Marnie doing a soulful rendition of Kanye's "Stronger" at a totally inappropriate time, leaving everyone speechless. Well, except for Charlie, who decides that, even though that type of behavior usually necessitates a CAT scan, some good old-fashioned boning will be a suitable substitute. So maybe it's Charlie who's gone the farthest afloat in Girls' endless sea of crazy.
What the Flört is going on, you guys?
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Patriots cornerback Alfonzo Dennard is due in court on July 31 for a hearing to determine whether he violated probation by getting arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that Dennard needs to be in court in Nebraska for the hearing, which will take place while the Patriots are in training camp.
Dennard was placed on probation in April after he was convicted of assaulting a police officer last year. Dennard was also given a 30-day jail sentence, but the judge allowed him to wait until after this season to serve that sentence. It's possible that the judge could rule that the DUI arrest constitutes a probation violation and could order him to jail immediately.
Just days after his arrest for the incident with the police officer, the Patriots selected Dennard in the seventh round of the 2012 NFL draft. He played well as a rookie and is expected to be a starter for the Patriots this season — if he's still on the roster and not in jail or suspended.


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It seems that only the Allentown Morning Call, and Harrisburg Online are the only news/information sites paying any attention at all to the Grand Jury investigation underway into the alleged mob connections to Louis DeNaples, the apparent owner and developer of the Mt. Airy Lodge Casino. Thomas Marino, the Middle District of Pennsylvania's US Attorney recused himself from any connection to the investigation as he is listed as a reference on DeNaples application. There are inklings that Marino will step down as US Attorney but hold your bets on that for now. The FBI and state law enforcement personnel are investigating. Stay tuned on this one folks. We would remind you of a previous post over a year ago that forewarned of this issue with DeNaples. For a retrospective, take a look at our post, "Remembering Don Michael Corleone!" from back in early 2006 before the licenses were granted.
Circus Circus at Cumberland Township!
A semi-secret meeting [only selected press were invited!] two weeks ago left the Clowns running Cumberland Township thinking they had finally evaded a stinking issue that would have made them look even worse than they already do. The folks from Cali Enterprises of Cumberland County decided to withdraw their request for a curative amendment to allow a water park in Cumberland Township. With the Supervisors all sighing with relief, Cali explained it would only build a mammoth water park indoors, thus avoiding an issue involving water disposal! Well, that's a relief, isn't it?
Hardly. Even though the Circus show at the latest Supervisors' meeting on Tuesday night past made the withdrawal official, it still doesn't answer a number of questions like:
- Where is the Environmental Impact Study for this project?
- Where is this project going to find a water supply that does not endanger the water rights of others?
- If there is an issue with water disposal for an outdoor water park, why isn't there one for an indoor water park?
We still would like to know how Cali is going to cram all those buildings – a huge indoor water park, a 400 room hotel, retail shops, and an outdoor botanical garden, plus parking for all of these venues, on 100 acres in the Marsh Creek watershed along Emmitsburg Road not far from Boyds Bears and the Eisenhower Resort.
Frankly, there are two killer issues here: water in and water out. Water out encompasses run-off. Where's it going to go? Where else? Marsh Creek!
So, again, we want to know where the Environmental Impact Study on this project is? Why has it not been made public, who wrote it, based on what investigative studies, and who paid for it?
This project stinks. It stinks to high heaven. So do the actions of the Clowns that call themselves the Cumberland Township Supervisors. They will attempt to approve this project after it was already rejected by two other townships in Adams County. They have recently approved the demolition of the hotel on Baltimore Street between the Pike Restaurant and the Evergreen Cemetery and its replacement which is scheduled to go to four stories in height. Obviously the Clowns have a short memory. How long ago did the Park Service exercise Eminent Domain and take the National Tower from its owner, and then demolish it? We are talking about a four story hotel yards from the old tower site. The National Tower was obtrusive, as was the music that blared from it as much as 14 hours a day, washing over the graves in two cemeteries. It offered a helluva view, but intruded on what the Park Service calls its historic viewsheds. What makes the Cumberland Clowns think the Park won't take a similar dim view of a four story hotel nearby?
See what we mean? These folks got themselves elected so they could assist developers any way they could to pave over the township. It is the same in Straban, and apparently in Butler Township as well. Mt. Joy Township is right up there, as is Freedom. [Why in the world would Butler Township authorize a housing development to hold a larger population than Biglerville, and which offers no plan to carry off the sewage the new residents will generate? Where is their water coming from?]
People! Pay Attention! You are letting your county slip away! And while the housing market is a bust, the developers will build commerce parks and malls.
Only responsible candidates, who will be answerable to the voters are acceptable. Get the Clowns and the Strabaddies out of office. Send them back to their day jobs where they can't do any more damage! Unload the Jay McDannells, and the Weikerts, the Shealers, the Gregors, the Underwoods, and the Waybrights – send them all home! They operate in secret, they answer to no one except the developers, and are accountable to no one. They are in office solely for the benefit of the developers: the Monahans, the Sites', the LeVans, and people like Cali who want to exploit Adams County because it gets plenty of tourists and the taxes are low. That's why they won't build in Cumberland County where they are based.
Wake up Cumberland Township residents! Time to take back your township before it is all gone.
Start with this: Where are the plans for the Township's expansion project? Who approved the plan? Were any township residents consulted? Where is the environmental impact study for the expansion project? Who did the study? What impact does the project have on Willoughby Run?
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Could it be a motocross track at the site of the proposed casino? Nah, that wouldn't qualify him for a casino license. Would it?
We wonder what award they will give LeVan for bringing 20,000 plus motorcycles to Gettysburg during a weekend in the first half of July? How about the "Golden Hearing Aid Award??"
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Bill Quinton
Mr. Bill Quinton, age 73 of Jasper, passed away early Friday morning at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Quinton; sons and daughter-in-law, Dale and Lisa Quinton and Kim and Craig Quinton, all of Jasper; and sister-in-law, Faye and Bill Collins, Jasper. Five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. from Talking Rock Baptist Church with the Revs. Jason Hamby and Chris White officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were: Cale and Kirk Quinton, Randall Simmons, Jimmy Cagle, Hugh Gravley and Glen Mullinax. The family did accept flowers or donations may be made to Pleasant Union Baptist Church in Dawson County.
Erma Herendon
Mrs. Erma ?Nell? L. Herendon, age 82 of Talking Rock, Ga., passed away Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at Wildwood Health Center.
Mrs. Herendon was a member of Arbor Hill Baptist Church in Pickens County.
Survivors include her children, George, Tammy and Jimmy L. Clark, Randy Reed and Kathy Bishop, all of Jasper; sister, Sara Eubanks, Ball Ground; and brothers, Grady Gayton, Ellijay, and T.J. Keener, Nelson. Thirteen grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11 from Arbor Hill Baptist Church with the Revs. Keith Cook and Mike Byess officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Sosebee Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Mrs. Evelyn Childers, age 81 of Jasper, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 at her home.
Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Pat and Debbie Childers, Jasper, Greg and Debbie Childers, Cumming, and Norman and Jacqueline Childers, Jasper; sister, Winnie Mitchell, Jasper; brothers, Johnny Satterfield, Woodstock, and George Satterfield, Macedonia; and sisters-in-law, Dot Satterfield, Clayton Community, and Olga Satterfield, Loganville. Seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service was held at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6 from the Chapel of Roper Funeral Home with the Rev. Larry Johnson officiating. Interment followed in Lake Forest Memorial Park. Pallbearers were: Todd and Barry Satterfield, Jason Williams, Patton and Michael Childers and Billy Roper.
Sherry Poole
Ms. Sherry Ray Poole, age 52 of Jasper, passed away Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at her residence.
Survivors include her daughter, Jodi Poole, Ball Ground; parents, Howard and Rebecca Ray, Ball Ground; sister and brother-in-law, Jorene and Billy Cleghorn, Canton; and nephew, Jacob Cleghorn, Canton.
A memorial service was held at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9 from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with Bishop Lance Johnson officiating.
Nelle Allison
Nelle Allison, age 98 of Winterville, Ga., formerly of Cherokee County, passed away Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 at Winterville Assisted Living.
Survivors include her daughter, Harriett Allison, Winterville; and sister, Sybil Waites, Atlanta.
The funeral service will be held Friday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. from Darby Huey Funeral Home Chapel in Canton, Ga. with the Rev. Nathan Brandon officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 2-8 p.m. and Friday from noon until the funeral hour. Interment will be in Sharp Mountain Baptist Cemetery in Ball Ground.


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A winner was selected from 122 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
We are a collection of implementers and researchers. All of the work we do is open source. Our #1 goal is to help strengthen community health programs in subSaharan Africa.
We are developing software that runs on phones to help community health workers-- but we are more inspired by the idea of providing useful tools for community health than any of the specific technology.
While the tool could be applied anywhere, we are mostly focused on rural areas of subSaharan Africa and have spent a lot of time working on these systems in Tanzania.
Targeted towards NGOs that want to use our tools in the field, potential funders, other researchers and similar projects. Some examples of each of those categories follows:
NGOs: For example CARE, BRAC, Pathfinder, Partners in Health, etc...
Potential funders: Gates foundation, IDRC, Rockefeller foundation...
Other researchers: Groups like TIER from UCB, MSR-India, the MIT media lab...
Similar projects: RapidSMS, FrontlineSMS, OpenMRS...
We want a logo, primarily for website, though we'd also like to be able to scale it down and put it on the phone (on a splash screen or login screen). The phones we currently use have either 128 × 160 or 240 x 320 resolution (we use 2 different models), so there's not a lot of space for a very busy logo.
Examples of similar projects:
Potential inspiration:
Looking for something much more subdued, but I like the healthcare & community aspect of this. If it were not at an angle and incorporated a phone in some way, it seems like a good starting point. We work with both muslim and christian populations, so the cross is probably not great either. That all sounds like a pretty busy logo, so it might not work, just trying to help.
It could try to incorporate the letters CC, but doesn't need to. We have other projects that CommCare integrates with, so it would be beneficial if this logo was simple enough that it would be easy to combine with other logos by putting them side by side.
Note that we work closely with all the organizations listed in the target audience, so we do not want anything too similar to those orgs.
Things we do not want:
- Maps of Africa
- Religious symbols
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Feb. 29, 2008
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - UC Santa Barbara senior Marta Simic won her match at No. 1 singles, and teamed with Charlotte Scatliffe to win at No. 1 doubles, as the Gauchos improved to 4-2 win a 4-3 win at Northern Arizona on Friday.
In a match that lasted six hours, UCSB parlayed the doubles point and three singles matches into the victory. Simic and Scatliffe edged the Lumberjack duo of Orsi Golovics and Edit Suhajda in No. 1 doubles by a score of 8-6. Simic then outlansted Golovics at No. 1 singles, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
The No. 2 and No. 3 doubles contests were even closer than the decision at No. 1. NAU took the No. 2 doubles point when Aimee Oki and Stephanie Vallejos edged Jill Damion and Asagi Onaga, 9-8. The Gauchos clinched the point when Tova Hausman and Brittany Kausen narrowly nipped Stacey Pinchbeck and Leslie Vial, 9-8.
In addition to Simic's win at No. 1 singles, UCSB players logged wins at No. 4 and No. 5 singles. At No. 4, Onaga needed three sets to defeat Pinchbeck, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. At No. 5, Hausman nipped Porter, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4. Damion, Scatliffe, and Kausen each dropped their singles matches.
The Gauchos, now 4-2 on the year, return to action on Saturday, when they travel to Tucson, to face the University of Arizona in a match that will begin at 10:00 a.m. (PT).
UC Santa Barbara 4, Northern Arizona 3
Complete results listed below.
No. 1 Marta Simic (UCSB) def. Orsi Golovics (NAU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 Edit Suhajda (NAU) def. Jill Damion (UCSB) 6-1 6-4
No. 3 Stephanie Vallejos (NAU) def. Charlotte Scatliffe (UCSB) 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 Asagi Onaga (UCSB) def. Stacey Pinchbeck (NAU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
No. 5 Tova Hausman (UCSB) def. Paij Porter (NAU) 3-6, 7-6, 6-4
No. 6 Kim Van Ginkel (NAU) def. Brittany Kausen (UCSB) 6-1, 6-1
Singles order of finish: 2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 5
No. 1 Simic/Scatliffe (UCSB) def. Golovics/Suhajda (NAU) 8-6
No. 2 Oki/Vallejos (NAU) def. Damion/Onaga (UCSB) 9-8
No. 3 Hausman/Kausen (UCSB) def. Pinchbeck/Vial (NAU) 9-8
Hasegawa/Porter (NAU) def. Mutzke/Ojeda (UCSB) 8-2
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New Orleans Three Performances of Note
Trouble Up Front
Coming into the game, we told you that a key for the Saints would be how left tackle Jermon Bushrod handled Tamba Hali. While Bushrod allowed five pressures, perhaps we shouldve focused on the matchup on the other side of the line, where Zach Strief (-2.7) was on the opposite end of Justin Houstons monster game. Strief was responsible for five pressures, including two sacks. None of these pressures was worse than the sack allowed for a safety late in the game. On the play, Strief didnt even slow Houston as he went around the edge far too easily, giving Brees little chance to get rid of the ball.
Inconsistent Offense
Three games, three largely uninspired performances from Drew Brees. Although he played better this week, Brees (+3.8) still wasnt quite as sharp as he needed to be. Early in the game, he underthrew a wide open Devery Henderson. Henderson still caught the ball for a 36-yard gain, but it was underthrown just enough that Brandon Flowers could recover and make the tackle. Another miss came on a throw to Pierre Thomas in the red zone when Brees, under pressure on the play, just tossed the ball short, though Thomas almost made a spectacular catch. Like the other two examples, his lone interception was also slightly underthrown, allowing the defender to make a play on the ball. On this particular play, Henderson was well covered by Stanford Routt, but a perfect pass to the outside shoulder could have gone for a TDa pass weve seen this QB make many times. Even though these misses were slight, they were misses that Brees cant afford to make given the teams other problems.
Speaking of other problems, the receivers dropped four passes, with Jimmy Graham (-1.5) adding two for the second straight week, while the offensive line allowed pressure on 15 of Brees 40 drop backs. The run game never got going either; outside of a 47-yard run by Darren Sproles, the Saints were held to two yards per carry on 18 attempts.
Worn Down Defense
A lot of the blame for the loss can be put on the offense, which repeatedly put the defense on the field with little rest and in poor field position toward the end of the game. However, there were plenty of errors on a defense that allowed over 270 yards on the ground. While LB Curtis Lofton (-3.1) contributed seven stops included in his 11 overall tackles, he took himself completely out of plays with terrible angles, looking nothing like the player we saw in Atlanta and in the first two weeks. By no means were the issues unique to Lofton, as Saints defenders repeatedly overran plays and took poor angles, creating big holes for Jamaal Charles.
One of the bright spots was the play of rookie DT Akiem Hicks, who put in his second strong performance in a row, logging 42 snaps. The third-round pick out of Canada, predicted to be a project, has contributed quicker than expected and looks to be developing into one of the better players on the New Orleans defensive line.
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Last weekend, I did something I've always wanted to do — I rode a train.
Last weekend, I did something I've always wanted to do — I rode a train.
It's one of those things I've put off time and time again, but when the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum scheduled a run from Chattanooga to Attalla and back on a train pulled by an actual steam locomotive, I could put it off no longer. I ordered a ticket the morning I saw the story in The Gadsden Times.
So, early Saturday morning found me on the road to Chattanooga to catch the train. I wrote pages of notes about the ride, but the one thing I took away from the whole experience was something I realized later. I expected many things from my inaugural long train ride, but the sense of "disconnect" from the whole experience was not one of them.
The first disconnect I noticed about the train was sort of strange. To get to my seat, I had to walk a good little way inside the train.
The interior of the train was almost a maze; I had to walk through a couple of cars to get to mine, but the route kept crossing back and forth across the train. At one point, the passageway was so narrow that I had to turn sideways a little to pass.
Space is at a premium on trains and I am a fairly big man, but it surprised me a little.
The next disconnect came as we got under way. Trains have this peculiar motion to them that takes a little while adjust to.
I worked on the riverboat Alabama Princess here in the 1990s, so I'm accustomed to pitch, roll, and yaw, but the gentle, rocking sway of a train differs quite a bit from the motion of a riverboat.
Honestly, the first time I got up from my seat, I very nearly fell back into the seat before I got my balance. As I walked through the car, I had to hold onto anything in reach to make progress.
After a while, however, I was fine and could move about with only minimal adjustments. I did "feel" a "phantom" sway long after I got home Saturday night.
The next disconnect was the sense of time. Steve Freer, the TVRM employee who served as a sort of combination host and tour guide in my car, told us that steam locomotives are restricted to a "speed limit" of 40 mph. It seemed that the train was going so much faster, though. I would have estimated our speed at 60 mph at least for much of the trip. However, a couple of my fellow passengers measured the speed — one using the GPS on his phone and the other by timing our passage between mile markers — and both reported speeds between 35 and 37 mph. There's just something about the motion of the train and the landscape passing by that creates the illusion of greater speed, I guess.
Another disconnect was the sheer civility of it all, for lack of a better word. It didn't take long for all of the passengers in my car to start talking to one another. I lunched with another set of passengers and found them to be equally cordial and charming. Honestly, how often do we just start talking to strangers these days? It was quite disarming. Everyone seemed to be just about as excited about the whole experience as I was.
I've arrived in Attalla I don't know how many times in my life, but I've never been so very proud to arrive in Attalla via train. Kudos to Attalla's city officials, businesses, and citizens. All the passengers I was with were impressed by the reception. Several said they would visit us again.
There are so many things in my notes that I didn't have space to cover — the food, the scenery, the "trainchasers" (I never knew there were such people). Those will have to wait for another day.
After I got home Saturday night, I was standing on my front porch, still sort of swaying from the ride. A train whistle sounded a ways up the track and I just started laughing. It was that fun of a day.
I'm definitely going to go back to the TVRM and take another of their tours, and I hope the train will start making regular trips to Attalla. That would be a yearly tradition for me. I'm hooked.


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Many small business owners and sales representatives need a better way to manage customer relationships and leads. They recognize that a CRM system can improve their efficiency. However, many independent business people such as freelancers, contractors, architects, real estate agents and others don't need or want a costly and complex, subscription-based CRM system in the cloud. Or, sales professionals need a good way to store their own contact and CRM data if they were ever to leave their current company and lose that important information.
Today, we're focusing on high-value CRM recipes for independent business owners and sales representatives. These recipes are meant to help you prospect, engage, plan, acquire and retain happy customers who refer your business to others.
Building Prospecting Lists, Forming Relationships and Engaging with Customers
Many leads come from marketing efforts such as website, digital advertising, social media, events and other types of media such as print, radio and television. These marketing activities vary depending on a company's budget, type of business, sales process and other factors. Additionally, business owners and sales representatives regularly practice prospecting on their own in order to generate quality leads and to fill the pipeline. Keep reading to learn about CRM recipes for managing leads, building prospecting lists and forming relationships with customers and contacts through engagement.
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Business owners and sales reps use relationship-oriented strategies to build their prospecting lists. Some strategies include:
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- Following up with warm leads
- Networking with friends
These strategies are highly effective for discovering new leads. It's important to use a CRM or contact manager that supports easy organization of this type of prospecting data. In this post, I'll discuss the many ways to organize contact data with examples.
In addition to the above list, there are many effective strategies for utilizing social media, which are outlined below.
CRM Recipe 2: Mine Social Networks for Leads
Smart business owners and sales reps hang out where their customers and potential customers come together, and they know that social media highly impacts decisions when making purchases. In fact, according to Invesp.com, 71% of consumers are more likely to make a purchase based on social media referrals. Social media strategies include:
- Reaching out to potential clients on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and other social networks
- Becoming part of groups and online communities where buyers congregate
- Sharing knowledge across social networks
- Branding themselves as experts or thought leaders
Finding where your customers "hang out" online is a great way to generate leads, but can be challenging. Let's say you build marketing solutions for Realtors and you want to find new clients. You can start by listening to their social media conversations. Get to know these people by monitoring common real estate keywords and lists on Twitter. For example, monitor hashtags, such as #realestate and public real estate lists. Eventually you will discover people to follow and with whom to interact.
The LifeTopix app includes an "Inboxes" view for monitoring information that you wish to gather in one place. Examples of the Inboxes view, how to configure social results for keywords from hashtags, and how to configure results from public lists (within specified timeframes) are shown below.
CRM Recipe 3: Organize CRM Data for Efficiency
Keeping track of contact data can be challenging. For example, how do you keep all this information in one place and how do you remember to follow up in a timely manner. CRM features that can be helpful for doing this include:
- Custom contact groups
- Custom statuses
- Custom filters based on your business criteria
- Custom fields based on status or groups
- Alerts, such as reminders
The table below shows an example of how groups, statuses and form fields for contact data might be set up for a small sales organization or individual. Every business is different, but this gives you an idea of how you can organize contact data. The below representation is a very high-level division. You can further divide contacts by areas of focus, size of companies, demographics and other segments.
|Vendor, Partner
|Orders (date and price); Customer Satisfaction (1-5)
|Top Clients
|Orders (date and price); Customer Satisfaction (1-5)
|Won, Suspect, Ready to Buy, Prospect – Hot, Not Ready to Buy, Lost, Dead Lead
|Decision Maker (Yes/No)
|Personal Contacts
|Colleague, Friend
|Sales Team
|Current, Past
|Territory (East, West, North and South)
Below, you can view examples of contact data in LifeTopix and how it is organized. The images show examples of groups, statuses, forms and fields that can be used for customer acquisition and retention.
CRM Recipe 4: Filter Using Custom Form Fields to Find Leads to Work
Sales reps and business owners are more efficient and productive when they easily know which leads to work. In addition, customer retention and renewals are also an important aspect of sales. For example, customer interaction should not be a one-time event. You should know the right times to contact current customers for renewals or referrals.
Filtering is an excellent way to find the leads to work and customers to contact. For example, setting filters that include criteria such as "Ready to Buy" and "Decision Maker" can help easily determine who to contact, first. Furthermore, setting time-based filters to display current customers that require follow-up can ensure that these customers become return customers.
For example, you might set up the following types of filters:
- Leads who haven't been contacted in a specified period of time
- Customers who haven't been followed-up with to check on customer satisfaction or who might be a source for referrals
- Leads who are ready to buy
- Customers in a focus area that purchase seasonally (e.g. wedding seasons, holidays or during the start of a school year)
An example of a filter for "Hot Leads" who are "Decision Makers" is shown below.
CRM Recipe 5: Plan Schedules and Actions Around Contacts
If you want to be productive and efficient in sales, it's helpful when your calendar is closely integrated with your contact manager or CRM system. This way, you can plan and view scheduled appointments and other activities associated with your contacts. Many CRM systems synchronize with your Google or Outlook Calendar; however, they are not tightly integrated.
You're more efficient when you can view actions and supporting information such as reminders, appointments, expenses, tasks, notes, files, and bookmarks directly from contact records, as opposed to searching for that supporting information elsewhere.
CRM Recipe 6: Engage With Customers and Potential Customers for Acquisition and Retention
As mentioned earlier, customer engagement is an important aspect for keeping customers happy and turning them into advocates for your business. Ways to keep customers engaged is to:
- Conduct customer satisfaction surveys to find VIPs
- Offer loyalty programs and rewards for referrals
- Offer a way for customers to provide ongoing feedback
- Provide free, educational content
- Offer fast and quality customer service
- Follow-up with customers frequently
Engaging with contacts who are leads is also important for new customer acquisition. A contact manager with Social CRM features can help you engage with your contacts and listen to what they're saying over social networks. Information is power. When you know more about the people you are working with, you can have meaningful conversations.
The following images show examples of social CRM features in the LifeTopix app. Essentially, I'm showing enriched customer contact records with the ability to make real-time engagement. In addition, you can view different ways to communicate with a selected user over social networks directly from the app.
LifeTopix is available at the Apple App Store
In-app purchases are required for some features described in this blog post.
Marilyn Rogers
Marilyn is the Marketing Director at LightArrow, Inc., the makers of LifeTopix, a complete productivity app and organizer available on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. She is a regular contributor to the Life Blog from LightArrow, which is a blog dedicated to sharing tips and tricks about LightArrow products, personal productivity, time management, organization, and getting things done.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Ah, Shadowmourne!
As a dedicated rogue in the Burning Crusade, I thought that the Warglaives were the 'coolest things ever,' but somehow never thought I would see them. As I worked myself up from Complete Noob to Noob Raider to Raider to Hardcore Raider, I began to appreciate the weapon for its stats, its art, and its color (ah yes, orange, mmm). As I mentioned before, lore was an inconsequential part of the game for me, so I paid little heed to the weapons' origins. Nor, somehow, did I think that to aspire to such legendary weapons was a goal within my reach. I came quite a bit closer than anticipated, participating in numerous kills of Illidan on my rogue before and after Sunwell came out, but there were always rogues (and warriors, meh) ahead of me on priority. As such, I never really dreamed of getting them, and never got incredibly excited about them either. Unlike the guildie in my first Illidan kill who literally screamed for 5 minutes after being given the main hand weapon – and I'm pretty sure – crying real tears and peeing his pants as well.
Ulduar's legendary was for healers – never my main function, and I missed most of Ulduar due to my short-lived 'retirement.' I saw a few fragments here and there, but since the farthest either of my guilds got pre-TOC was Yogg, the mace was really only a dream for the healers in the guild, and I felt sorry for them.
Thus, when I found myself reading the lore regarding Shadowmourne – and paying attention this time in accordance with my vow – I was surprised to find the stew of excitement bubbling higher and higher within me! I realize that it will be a 'Fragment of Frost' or some such situation and that Shadowmourne can only be re-fused in some heroic encounter with Arthas on heroic mode, but oh, yes, 'the weapon to end the war for Northrend' is starting to sound pretty exciting to me!
And now…. and now….
Who better to wield the weapon of Arthas' demise than a fallen and redeemed Death Knight? Who better to shatter his throne and end his rule?
Nobody better than Hinenuitepo, Death Goddess, I say!
Yeah, I'm pretty excited.
5 comments:
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Yeah, that post was sweet. I'm really looking forward to seeing the stats for the axe though. Heck, I'd be happy with just the Shadow's Edge to start :)ReplyDelete
No doubt, no doubt. :)ReplyDelete
For the first time, I'm extremely competitive to get the axe, since I'm an officer in my guild, and the most consistent melee dps attendance-wise. Dunno who I have to pay to get to the top of the list, but I'll pay, I'll pay! :)
I'm looking forward to the day a legendary gets me interested too. I wasn't a tank back in Thunderfury days. So give me another chance; a legendary tank weapon, yes please.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 20, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Orange pixels can do strange things to people, that is for sure!ReplyDelete
But, I do have to agree that the lore behind this one is extremely well done. I'm foaming a bit at the mouth, and I can't even use the darn thing!
I did a write up a couple of days ago outlining what factors we are reviewing when making the decision on how we should distribute it :) Hopefully you all have already started discussing it within your guild!
Good Luck!
Yah, it's a difficult process; we're looking at it too.ReplyDelete
Given that we ended up with 3 different people with Fragments in Ulduar, attendance is a pretty significant part of it! :)


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While International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde was sounding the alarm over the damage a U.S. debt default could do to the world economy, Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda remained relatively calm.
Speaking in the stuffy confines of the Council on Foreign Relations' headquarters just off Park Avenue in New York, Kuroda was asked about the threat of default. He answered that he doesn't expect the U.S. to do any such thing.
That said, even if a default did occur, it wouldn't affect how the Bank of Japan treats Treasurys for collateral purposes, he added.
Japan is the second-largest creditor to the U.S., notes Reuters, holding $1.135 trillion of U.S. Treasurys. No. 1, of course, is China at $1.277 trillion.
Financial markets were enjoying some relief on Thursday on reports House Republican leaders were set to offer a proposal that would give the government an extra six weeks or so under the debt limit in order to provide room for more negotiation.
Kuroda's comments don't mean Tokyo isn't looking on at the U.S. spectacle with concern. Both Tokyo and Beijing have made clear that they fear a default could destabilize global financial markets. And that's a point U.S. Treasury Secretary Lew was making in congressional testimony Thursday morning.
Kuroda, meanwhile, cited the fiscal impasse as one of a number of risks that could slow the global economy and, thus, complicate Japan's own efforts to stimulate its economy and vanquish a nearly two-decade bout with deflation. The U.S. economy is on track to achieve 3% annualized growth in the near term unless the budget troubles derail it, he said.
At the same time, Europe appears to have bottomed out but is poised to keep growing very slowly. China and emerging economies round out the risks to the global growth outlook, he said, in a largely self-congratulatory speech focused on the impact so far of the Bank of Japan's aggressive quantitative easing strategy.
Kuroda said "animal spirits" are finally starting to return to the Japanese economy after a long slumber. He hailed the sharp (36.5%) year-to-date rise in the Nikkei index , a rise in inflation expectations and the BOJ's ability to keep bond yields relatively under wraps.
Japanese interest rates have been near zero for years. Past QE efforts have failed to do much to fight off deflation. The aggressive approach put in place by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after taking office late last year -- an approach that included appointing Kuroda to the central bank -- is aimed at boosting inflation expectations and shaking loose investment and spending. By boosting inflation and inflation expectations while containing bond yields, the BOJ is focused on cutting the real interest rate (the rate minus inflation).
In reply to a question from economist Martin Feldstein, Kuroda acknowledged that keeping down the yield on longer-dated bonds while simultaneously boosting inflation expectations is a tall order, but is achievable as inflation expectations creep up slowly and the BOJ continues to conduct massive purchases of government bonds and other assets.
The yield on Japan's 10-year bond stands at just 0.651%. The yield has fluctuated as the Japanese stimulus efforts have gathered pace, starting the year around 0.85%, dipping to around 0.46% in April as the BOJ fired up its revamped bond-buying plan, then rising to more than 0.9% by late May.
After the New York stop, Kuroda is on his way to Washington to join Lagarde, Lew and other international officials gathered for the annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank. But Kuroda didn't sound like he was about to spend too much time pushing policy prescriptions.
While tight coordination of global monetary policies is warranted in the wake of major shocks, current conditions are at least close to "normal," he said. That's not a surprising stance from a policy maker who is keen to brush off criticisms of Japan's own yen-weakening policies as being solely focused on the domestic economy rather than on the exchange rate.
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