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A Walk in the Dark
Do you remember what it feels like to walk in the dark? Do you recall how slowly you moved, how you tested every step before placing your full weight on the floor? Well that is exactly what it feels like to your team when you are not honest, open and transparent about your vision and your expectations as their leader.
Honest, open and transparent communications is NOT defensive. Defensiveness is reciprocal. When a person is threatened and begins to use these defense behaviors, others will tend to respond with defense behaviors of their own.
The following behaviors will bring on defensive reactions whenever the receiver perceives them as threatening—whether you intended them to be or not.
Evaluation: Evaluation is easy to spot. Thomas Gordon calls it "you" language because it is often prefaced with that word. Most of us dislike any situation where we will be evaluated—even positively—because there is always a chance that the outcome will be unfavorable.
Control: Communication that we sense is aimed at controlling our thoughts or behavior is always suspect. We are wary of anyone who "knows what is best for us."
Strategy: When someone tries to manipulate you into doing something for them, whee they have a "strategy" to get their way regardless of its impact on you. It is trying to trick you instead of just asking you.
Indifference: This is acting with a neutral attitude. It is implying that the others person or their problem is not important.
Superiority: This is using money, power, intellect, physical appearance, athletic ability, etc. to express superiority over others.
Certainty: These are people who already have all of the facts and need no additional information. These are people more interested in winning the argument than in solving the problem.
Honest, open and transparent communications IS supportive and gracious. Supportive behavior is easy to spot. It is often called "I" language. Saying what you think, feel, expect, did, or will do. It is being responsible for your own thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
Descriptive: This is putting the emphasis on describing the behavior or the problem. For example: "When you (their behavior), I felt (your feelings), and next time I (it) will (consequences)."
Problem Orientated: This is when you seek to find a solution together that works for both of you. Remember, not all problems have a single solution.
Spontaneous: Instead of always trying to develop a strategy to respond, try being spontaneous and honest. Be careful, even spontaneity can be a strategy.
Empathic: This is when someone shows that he or she cares for the feelings of another, there is little chance that a self-concept will be threatened.
Equality: People are not created equal, but people can treat each other as equals. Do you see others as having just as much worth as you?
Openness: Openness is defined as the ability to receiving new information and ideas. Once we judge we stop looking at data. Don't be too quick to judge.
How To Know If "It" Is A "Good Fit"
The Nine Box Grid provides a map for navigating an organization's strategic intent. It is normally presented in terms of manpower or leadership potential against measurable performance. As a leadership selection and development tool it helps decision makers (1) think ahead in terms of talent development and management succession, and (2) prepare for change by having the required resources at the ready.
The potential axis, is typically divided into low, medium, and high, and is best used with specific criteria. For example, as a personnel tool, potential can be used to assess potential for leadership, or potential for sales, or potential for any variety of workforce groupings. "Potential" labels can even be changed to "Well Placed" for "Low," Expandable" for "Medium," and "High Potential" for "High," giving managers the ability to graciously put employees in what would normally be a low potential column for one role, when they were, in fact very good employees or high potentials in another.
The performance axis is typically divided into poor, good, and outstanding, but can also be used to measure such things as culture fit or skills fit. The uses are almost limitless and can be used to bring the focus of management decisions regarding everything from hiring or selection, to development and resource allocation onto whatever are the two most important factors needed for effective decision making.
I have used matrix decision making tools, like the Nine Box Grid, for strategic planning, hiring, leader and emerging leader selection, project selection, program management, to mention a few. And while not all of the tools have had three options on each axis—as in the Nine Box Grid—each one has provided the decision making team with a simple way to facilitated dialogue, calibrate expectations, provide multiple perspectives, facilitate a shared sense of ownership, and focus limited resources.
The Nine Box Grid helps answers the question, "Is this (whatever "this" is) a good fit in terms of performance (how well it has done in the past) and potential (how well we think it will live up to the desired future)?
Having Love
The best description of church I have seen in years. And a perfect way to celebrate the importance of love at church, at home, and at work this Valentine Season. From Courtney Joseph, author of Women Living Well and host of a web site by the same name. Enjoy!
No one joins a Health Club and expects to walk in the first day and find perfectly fit people. If we see someone terribly out of shape and not using the equipment that isn't the gym's fault. The gym is filled with all types. They are there for different reasons and at different levels of fitness. Some want to be healthy or lose weight. Others need a place to belong or attention, to be seen as beautiful or to find a date. Some are young, some are old. Some are leaders, some are followers. Some seem to know everyone in the gym while others are newbies and clearly look uncomfortable in their skin.
In the same way, when we enter our church doors, we should expect to find people of all kinds. They are there for different reasons. Some are there to hear God's word, grow spiritually and serve. Others think of it more as a club for get togethers or to find a guy. Some are studying deep theology while others prefer to avoid anything deep. Some are looking for relief and a safe place to fall while others are looking for attention. Some are young, some are old. Some are leaders, some are followers. Some have been there forever and know everyone and others are new and uncomfortable.
We all have different personality types, family backgrounds, church backgrounds, sensitivities from our past, talents, giftedness, dreams, goals, fears and trials.
So as we come together – if we do not have humility and love —we clash like cymbals.
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal." ~1 Corinthians 13:1
One Model, Two Responsibilities
We use models to picture things we cannot otherwise see. We model homes before we build them. We model communities before we develop them. We model processes before we invest in them. We even look for model families, model schools, model everything. So it is not unusual for us to look for models of leadership as well. And we have many to choose from: servant leadership, situational leadership, tribal leadership, creative leadership, progressive leadership, self leadership, total leadership, participative leadership, transactional leadership, transformational leadership, appreciative leadership, even Disney leadership.
There is a leadership model much older than any of the ones listed above. Others have written about it, but most have done so in the context of church leadership. However, Shepherd Leadership applies to leaders in all walks of life, not just ministry. And it focuses on the two key responsibilities of a leader. Like a shepherd, a leader must do two thinks very well: provide direction and protection for the organization and team.
Provide Direction
Providing direction involves the creation of clarity around who you are, what you do, where you do it, when you do it, how you do it, why you do it, and for whom you do it.
Provide Protection
Providing protection involves the creation of constraints around what might go wrong, where it might go wrong, when it might go wrong, how it might go wrong, why it might go wrong, and who might make it go wrong.
If you are looking for a model of great leadership, look to a shepherd who truly cares for the sheep and you'll find everything you need to lead from your head and your heart.
So, What's Wrong?
That is a terrible way to start a discussion about fixing problems. We have been taught that we need to understand a problem before we can fix it. But, as Albert Einstein is credited with saying, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." What we need to understand is not what the problem looks like, but what the ideal or preferred future looks like. Instead of looking for what isn't working and trying to fix it, why not look at what does work and build on those things instead.
"Instead of looking for 'what's wrong' or 'needs fixed' the firm focuses on 'what's right' or 'what's working' and seeks to do more of it. In short, appreciative inquiry suggests that you can create change by paying attention to what you want rather than paying attention to problems" (Gervase R. Bushe in Five Theories of Change Embedded in Appreciative Inquiry, 2000).
Four Things You Must Get Right
Pat MacMillan in his book "The Performance Factor" lays out four skills needed to lead any team. If you don't get these right, nothing else really matters.
1. Picking Good People
You work with people the way they are, not the way you wish they were. So you can bet, if they don't fit now they won't fit later. Building a team takes time, so build in a lot of time into getting the best person fit you can. Before you start the hiring process, know what you are looking for. Look at past performance—it is the best predictor of future performance.
2. Setting Clear Expectations
It has been said that less than one-half of all workers claim to know what is expected of them. ASK: "What do you think you get paid to do?" And ask it often.
3. Recognizing Excellence and Praising It
Aubrey Daniels in "Bringing Out the Best in People" says every behavior has a consequence. Some are good and some are bad. We need to manage consequences. The following maxim has been attributed to many famous people, "What gets rewarded is what gets done." Regardless of it's origin, most of us know it as the Greatest Management Principle in the World and the number one reason why consequences must be managed.
4. Showing Care for Your People
Research shows that employees who feel cared about are less likely to have accidents, steal, miss work, quit, etc. Don't fake caring. If you don't care, go someplace where you can.
"The most effective way to invest your time is to identify exactly how each [team member] is different and then, as in chess, figure out how you can best incorporate these differences into your overall plan of action." (Marcus Buckingham)
Open Your Gift for Goodness Sake
Do you know your gifts? Do you find opportunities to express them every day? Your organization, your team, your family will only be at their best if you bring your best to the relationships each and every day. You were created for good works. Take time today to discover where and how you can open that gift and share it with your world. The following comes from "Forming a Sense of Mission," from The Path by Laurie Beth Jones. It is a reminder of the importance of knowing what we bring to any relationship or team.
Great leaders know their gift is not…
…their job. Your gifts are always larger than your work or your job.
…their role. Your gifts are never defined by your role in life.
…their "to-do" list. Your gifts are not the urgent, but the important.
Great leaders also know…
…they are already living it. It is highly probable that you are already using your gifts. Increase your awareness of them and use them to their fullest.
…they are important enough. You can't escape the responsibility—or the privilege of using your gifts.
…it doesn't help a lot of people. The most important gifts are often given one at a time, to one at a time.
…it isn't full of suffering. Your gifts should be a perfect "fit" for you—not a struggle.
…it isn't like anyone else's. Your gifts are yours alone–stop all those comparisons.
…it is in a humble place. Your gifts are not dependent upon where you were born or where you live.
…it is "out of the ordinary." Look out for imitations that look like, but are not, the real thing.
…it isn't an accident. Neither you, nor your gifts, were an accident.
The Degenerative Group Process©
You may have heard of the Nominal Group Process, an extremely efficient tool that allows everyone to participate equally in a problem solving discussion. It is simply a controlled version of brainstorming, but without the up front group interaction during the idea-generation stage. In nominal group process each person in the group writes down his or her ideas first, and then as a group the ideas are discusses and prioritizes. It is a great way to keep any one person from monopolizing the problem solving process. Also called Nominal Group Technique.
The Degenerative Group Process:
The Degenerative Group Process would be a fun, tongue-in-cheek play on words if it weren't so prevalent. Here are the five steps I use to describe the degenerative process I saw in a group forced to endure the agony of attending a training sessions lead by an incompetent instructors. May it never happen to you–or be you!
Step 1: Polite Non-listening
Several years ago I was attending a conference which included presentations by some of my colleagues who were very smart but couldn't teach their way out of a paper bag. I recall one particularly painful presentation where I checked out very early on in the session, and—in order to look as if I were engaged—I began taking notes on what I saw happening in the room. It all began when I asked the person next to me, "What did he just say?' To which he replied, "I don't know." This from someone who was sitting up straight, looking the presenter right in the eyes, and to me seemed fully engaged in the presentation. He was being polite, but was not listening at all.
Step 2: Quiet Sarcasm
Not many minutes passed when I saw this "polite non-listening" turn into something quite different. Audience members, still remained reserved, but would share their sarcastic comments under their breath speaking only to themselves, or speaking to someone nearby. This "quiet sarcasm" remained unnoticed to others in the room, mostly a private joke shared among friends, without interrupting the speaker or the room.
Step 3: Open Sarcasm
A third step in this "degenerative group process" was when the sarcasm got loud. Remarks about the speaker by people at one table were now being heard by people at another table. What was once hidden or quiet now became "open sarcasm," painful to watch and even more painful when you later realize you had played a part.
Step 4: Preoccupational Withdrawal
I next noticed that the presenter and the presentation was no longer just a joke, but was now a total waste of time. Newspapers came out, laptops were opened, texting — or game playing — was rampant. The audience just didn't seem to care about the indifference and boredom. This "preoccupational withdrawal" was now seen and shared by almost everyone in the room.
Step 5: Hostile Independence
In it final stage, participants began moving about, leaving the room, or carrying on conversations with others in the room without regard to the presentation. The group had not only become disengaged, they began to display a "hostile independence" towards the presenter and towards others in the room.
All of the presenters were very smart people. They knew their stuff, but didn't know how to engage their audience. Being smart is never enough, and connecting with people is never too much.
Picture Performance in a Dashboard
When you are driving down the road, a quick glance at your car's dashboard gives you a lot of information. In an instant, you know how fast you're going, how much fuel you have remaining and whether the engine is overheating.
Your dashboard tells you the total miles the car has been driven and often, the mileage of this particular trip. Your peek at the dashboard allows you to see the time of day, whether your lights are on (or bright) and if the turn indicators are flashing. All this information is available by a fleeting look at the dashboard.
Benefits of using organizational dashboards include:
- Visual presentation of performance measures
- Ability to identify and correct negative trends
- Measure efficiencies/inefficiencies
- Ability to generate detailed reports showing new trends
- Ability to make more informed decisions
- Align strategies and organizational goals
- Save time over running multiple reports
- Gain total visibility of all systems instantly
Questions we need to ask to identify the key measures you need to track in order to determine the health and vitality of your organization?
- How often do we need to update the dashboard?
- What would be the best way to represent/display those measures?
One of the advantages of using a "dashboard" to track organizational performance is that it is designed by you and your team rather than some external control. Because you build it, it contains the measures that make sense to you. Some indicators, like a speedometer, provide real-time data that measures the results of performance at any given time. Some, like an odometer, measure cumulative progress. Others, like warning lights, indicate a big threat or brewing problem.
Dashboards are based on two assumptions.
First, good management depends on good measures. Without good feedback on performance you cannot monitor progress toward a goal and there is no way to learn.
Second, measurement has no meaning without good interpretation and judgment. You can measure anything. You either count it or you judge it. "Dashboards" provide a visual way for the organization to count and judge those key indicators that let you know you are headed in the right direction.
The automobile dashboard metaphor makes sense as long as you keep it simple (e.g., speedometer, gas gauge, temperature, oil pressure). It becomes a burden when it looks like the cockpit of a 747. Some of the best indicators on your dashboard are simple excel spread sheets and graphs.
Here are some examples.
Radar Chart: The Radar Chart allows you to monitor performance on several measures. If several people are providing data or judgment on the measures, you can show the average score or the range of scores showing the variances in agreement.
Run Chart: The Run Chart allows you to study performance for trends or patterns over time.
Pie Chart: The Pie Chart shows how several measures are a part of a larger whole—share of a budget, breakdown on gender, or age, or education, etc.
Other indicators include Bar Charts, Scatter Grams, Histograms, Matrix Diagrams, the list goes on. Just pick the one that you can use to best illustrate the data important to you.
Steps in Building a Dashboard:
First, develop a set of indicators. This begins with a clear and shared understanding of your goals. Then ask each team member to develop two or three gauges that he or she considers most effective for monitoring his or her function area. Be open to hard and soft measures. Hard measures you can see and count. Soft measures are less obvious and require a judgment call.
Second, combine the measures into a dashboard and ask yourself if your "critical" objectives are included—if not add them.
Third, once you have all of the potential measures, ask yourself, "If we could track only five or six, what would they be?" The point is to avoid having too many indicators and indicators that are not critical to the success or failure of the organization. These five or six now become your leadership team's dashboard.
Finally, check your measures often.
You have three opportunities to solve a problem.
1. When you think of it, usually during the planning phase when you ask yourself, "What could go wrong, how would we know, and what could we do about it." This is always best.
2. When you detect the problem, usually because you are measuring and looking at those measures—the dashboard.
3. When the problem hits you in the face. If you wait till until it hits you in the face, the solution may be even worse than the problem.
The sooner you solve a problem the better. One advantage of having a good performance dashboard in place is that it helps you detect and solve problems early, before they hit you in the face.
If you are looking for help in creating performance dashboard, try these: Balanced Scorecards & Operational Dashboards with Microsoft Excel by Ron Peterson, and Excel 2007 Dashboards & Reports for Dummies by Michael Alexander.
The Importance of Projects
Processes pay the bills, save you time, and maintain quality products. Projects, however, are what make new things happen. A project is simply a problem scheduled to be solved. And the steps needed to move an organization forward are primarily projects. As a leader you must understand how to identify, develop and manage projects. Leading your organization takes on two forms. One is that of a process—doing the same thing over and over. The second is that of a project—doing something for the first time.
Almost everything you do in a new organization begins as a project—that is unless you can borrow or buy it from someone else. In older organization we tend to have too many process—we just keep on doing the same old things in the same old ways. Your job as a leader is to make sure you know the difference and that you make sure your organization is doing the right ones at the right times.


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The credit line is expected to support approximately 5,000 jobs across 17 U.S. states and has the support of the White House's National Security Council as well as the departments of State and Energy, Ex-Im Bank said.
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last night, good days. no. great days. so tired, tho. exhausted. think i'm going to sleep for a few days. nighty night.
ok, i need to write, so... i will.
sometimes you long to push the walls over. you beat on them, rail at them, take a hammer to them, and nothing. patience, little zen kitty. ask and, brick by brick, you on one corner, those you love, who love you in return, on the others, lifting them carefully from the very top, and setting them aside until there is nothing left but the scar where it once stood.
sometimes something just smacks you in the face when you least expect. lucky for me i have people in my life to hang on to for a bit until i'm upright again.
putting some word done "on paper". had a lovely day, spent it with friends, on and off line. had a few beers, went 'swimming' (more like floating), did something naughty just a very lovely day. mew.
sprite trivia #1 & 2 (just cause it's fun): no matter how hard i try, it's close to impossible for me to be ready to go anywhere on time & contrary to popular belief, i have an almost pathological need to be in control.
i am so full of love today - i am hoping it's contagious
romantic dinner with my wife, a nice walk, kisses, touching, a moonlight drive, more kisses, a warm bed, two girls in love, joy.
I need to fallScrape my kneesSkin my palmsLet meYou need to learn to watchAnd we both know how hard it isWhen I keep falling over and over and…SmackFace down on the concreteLip bloody and tears threateningGritting my teeth as I get back upAgain and againIt's called muscle memorySoon, I won't have to think about itI will simply stand upCatch my breath Knowing I will fall againAnd againAnd...I will let you know when I'm ready for you to catch me
experimenting with being visible again - see how long it lasts THIS time.
today was hard. i got a little lost for a while, a little sad. i shared it with friends, tho, and you know something? i'm not so lost anymore. did something scary too, big crowded theater, Ironman 3 - SO good. Tony Stark is the man (stay thru the credits!). things are ok. looking forward to going to sleep, dreaming, waking up. tomorrow is a new day. i am full of love and ready to share it.
sometimes even the darkest nights are beautiful for they allow you to see the stars. thank you for for being my stars. i'm going to try to count each and everyone until i finally fall asleep.
for those of you (all 3 of you lol) who've been waiting, Mrs V 5b is now up. http://www.lushstories.com/stories/bdsm/mrs-vandermeers-rules-5b.aspxwill there be a part 6? eventually, yes. when? i don't know - i've got a project i'll be working on for a while, so that's going to slow me down a bit, but this series, more than anything else, means a lot to me, and i know it means a lot to at least a couple of readers, so, until you come to a chapter with "The End" at the bottom, know that there WILL be another chapter in the lives of Shannon Spencer and Abby Vandermeer.
Mrs V 5b is done. i am too tired to do the final proof, tho, so it can wait until tomorrow...
i'm a bit worn out today. physically, really, but i find that's when i'm more emotionally vulnerable. that said, i was given a lovely gift today. nothing you can buy in stores. and that's beyond the gift i get every day of friendship from the people i care about here.
it's good to be alive, sometimes I wonder how I survived and in my minds eye when you're low no-one seems to know a fallen angel tonight, i feel no shame when I'm high it feels so good must be right, it feels so good insidei'd love to love you but i'm too impure an angel.
i just needed to say this; i try to always be upbeat, to be silly, to spread fairy magic around the place as much as i can. sometimes, it's just hard - this past year, especially. so thank you to everyone whose give me a smile, big or small, with a silly post, a sexy picture, or just by saying hi. i haven't been able to thank everyone in person, there's just too many of you and honestly, i've not been as outgoing or social as i could, i just haven't had the energy. anyways, just thank you to everyone who's touched my life in anyway since i've been here. i love you all. - rachel
good night, good morning, good life, happy kitty.
let's see.. the day started out well; an enchanted ball, complete with string quartet, lord, ladies, and a beautiful princess. oh, and i was there too. Kate has promised to take me out dancing tonight (she doesn't know that yet, so don't tell her - it's a surprise). why do i like lush? i get to spend time with some of my favorite people here, one of whom is a very sweet little kitty girl, while other are simply (simply, ha!) incredible writers, great friends, sexy sirens, or a combination of all three. than (see what i did there? she'll get it) there's Nicola, an evil task-mistress who chases me around all day with a whip - good thing i have my sneakers on! god knows what will happen if she catches me (although i've considered the possibilities once or twice )ok, i need a new mouse - the last straw has been laid upon the camel's back and stuffed it into the garbage disposal. god, i hope i don't need a new disposal as well... anyways, off the the mouse story.
for my kitten:
a little teaser for those who've asked when the second part of Mrs V will be posted:My hands trembled only slightly as I ran them over my breasts, feeling my nipples poking through the fabric of my dress, and along the curve of my waist and hips, gathering up the courage to curl them under the hem of my dress and peel it up my thighs, revealing twin black garters and my smoothly shaved, and dripping wet, cunt. Frozen like that, my gaze fixed on her face, I waited for some sign of approval, letting go of a breath I wasn't aware of holding when I got one of her rare smiles, followed by yet another click of the camera.i am hoping to have it up sometime next weeks -it's about 2/3s done, and i've already proofed what has been written. thanks your your patience and the comments, both public and private. oh, and a special shout out to Freshpet (and, for course, my OWN kitty) for reminding me how much i love this series.
red is my favorite color. my kitty knows why.
being a total girl - there's a big black spider in our bathroom - i shut the door, stuffed towels under it and am using the back bathroom until further notice. at least i didn't wake the girl up and make her go kill it for me. yet.
fuck. just fuck.
ok, this is totally stupid, and not something everyone will get, but something i'm very proud of me right now; lately, been getting out a lot more, as in out of the house, in public, and being ok with it. The airport was a biggie, wandering around Maui, went to the museum the other day, record store day today, yeah, K's been with me each and every time, but i've not been overly clingy, no panic attacks, a little nervousness, yes, but nothing i can't deal with. i think i've earned a milk shake, right? strawberry, of course!
going to try to catch up on a few PMs this weekend... yikes.
the only down side to rough sex is the morning after. the shoulder's not feeling quite right today. very thankful for advil right now
You're still in our hearts, Annie. There's ice cream in the freezer and an extra spoon in case you feel like dropping by.


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So, what are the numbers showing us?
Anyone implementing a digital transition has heard the staple resistance; "But lots of our customers are old and don't use computers." But a quick look at the stats show that older citizens – and even the Golden Oldies – are leading digital lives.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has investigated Australia's online behaviours and found that whilst there is a decline in digital usage with age, this decline is only significant after 64 years of age. 78% of persons between 50 and 64 years of age are online. However, even when that decline finally sets in, 46% of Australians over the age of 65 are online. If your audience are over 65 years of age, you could argue there is still a need to place equal emphasis on both digital and non-digital communications, sure – but otherwise, we have now reached a point in our digital evolution where every age bracket is officially digital. If your marcomms strategy targets under 65 and is not weighted towards digital, it's not your customers that are old… it's your marcomms strategy.
Need more convincing? ACMA (The Australian Communications and Media Authority) then looked at online frequency – a more in-depth indication of the difference between "using digital" and "being digital". OK, so older Australians can use a computer or a smartphone – but are they really integrating online into their daily lives? Yes. 40% of Australians over the age off 55 are online more than twice a day.
And what are they doing online? Surely, nothing too complex, right?
Wrong. The only thing older Australians are not doing in great numbers online is downloading music and videos, or playing online video games. Included in the ABS findings is that 66% of men over the age of 55 do their banking online and that half of women over 55 years of age use online for social networking.
And while we're on the subject of age, it is worth considering that at the other end of the generational spectrum, ACMA found that in 2013, 92% of children under the age of 2 had a digital shadow (meaning they have somehow interacted online – whether on mum's laptop or the family iPad). Anecdotal amazement from parents who watch their toddlers using home devices is commonplace, and now the data backs it up as a new norm. Your audience today may be predominantly digital – but just wait til you meet your audience of tomorrow!
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We have known for a while now that the business world loves its digital – time-poor and information-hungry, it's not exactly a surprise that budding wolves of Wall Street rely on the advantages of the digital age. Past statistics showed us that they were particularly fond of tablets and apps (what killed the Blackberry); and Forbes' latest numbers show another trend also catching on in the boardrooms…. video.
75% of executives watch work-related videos on business websites at least once a week. And moving beyond the business media brands and into the more mainstream channels once thought unrelated to the digital lives of business leaders, 50% watch business-related videos on Youtube.
What is fascinating about this shift is that the phenomenon of online video was originally correlated with concepts like poor literacy – in fact, many commentators are now even blaming online video content for further diminishing literacy amongst the masses. But here we have one of the most literate demographics, largely residing in older age brackets, and who have traditionally been seen as heavy readers. And yet ultimately, 59% of executives told Forbes they would rather watch an online video to obtain information than read text.
So, it is wise to remember that wise people are at the forefront of digital! In fact, here in Australia, the Bureau of Statistics found a direct correlation in education with digital use. The higher educated the Australian individual is, the more digital they are.
We often think we are more advanced in comparison to other cultures than in truth we are. This boils down to good old western arrogance – a kind of colonialist superiority embedded in our cultural psyche – and spills over into what we think we know about the digital era. I saw this on a recent trip to South Korea, where a group of Australians I shared the airport shuttlebus with wondered if South Korea would have "okay internet" (it has the very best internet in the world!).
Suffering from this kind of twisted logic, many Australian businesses presume the recent dominance of online video is yet to hit the wider world. But American statistics giant, Statista, have compiled global response rates to commercial online video (that is, online video produced as a commercial call to action) in the first quarter of 2013. Latin America is the region most responsive to online video advertising with positive response rates of a staggering 70%.
However, even though North America and Europe are the least responsive regions to online video, these numbers are impressively high across the board when compared to those of digital formats like eDM, which now generally linger around 29% impact at their best. And considering the steep curve upwards of online video trends, it is worth noting that these numbers would by now be considerably higher.
Let's start with one of the most crucial statistics I have for you. The dominance of facebook has been a sore point for a great portion of the marketing and online industries. The more facebook monopolises the market – which it has done by creating an ecosystem people no longer need to leave at all – the more external businesses and parties are being rendered obsolete. Because of this, an incredibly deceitful PR campaign has been waged against facebook by a variety of online channels and businesses, and the web is full of articles heralding facebook's supposed post-peak fade in relevance. Most use data that shows teenagers are less facebook-driven than young adults (because they share their social media time with teen fads like snapchat and instagram), and from this build what amounts to a smear campaign against facebook. They are agenda-ridden exercises – carefully spun prophecies by those who are financially benefited by facebook losing its hold over the modern digital user.
Google in particular is sweating the shift in search culture to internal facebook searching (which is now used by younger users more than the classic search engines). And google's beloved youtube, whilst certainly still a dominant part of our contemporary digital lives, has finally fallen to the rise of facebook. In 2013, facebook overtook youtube for social network activity. So take no notice of the "facebook is finished" brigade. Facebook has never been stronger.
Facebook had closely trailed youtube for a number of years now – so was there anything in recent behavioural trends where we can see something tip the balance in Zuckerberg's favour?
A comparison of video-view statistics by Commscore may have the answer. As youtube's video numbers began declining (and let's remember that, unlike facebook, video-views is literally all youtube "is"), facebook surged. The trend continued beyond the moment in early 2013 when facebook overtook youtube activity, to an even more astonishing feat. In August 2014, more videos were watched on facebook than on youtube. Videos on facebook were viewed an incredible 12.3 billion times, compared to only 11.3 billion on youtube (that's just in one month, and on desktop computers!). That would have been a somber day in the google offices.
Moving away from simply the format of online video and the software and channels we use to watch them "through", there have also been some interesting insights into the hardware (devices) we watch them on. However, before we look at this, let's familiarise ourselves with what people are generally using to connect to the internet. With the incredible rise of mobile platforms, there has been a valid rush for businesses to be mobile – but often at the expense of the broader perspective. The Global Web Index has the numbers. PC's and Laptops are still the most common online hardware.
Owned by 47% of internet users, tablets are now also an important part of your marcomms. Tablets have partly increased importance thanks to the explosion of online video. Smartphones are often used as the quick go-to device for information, but stats show that users will turn to their tablets for more in-depth engagement – such as video.
In 2013, Visible Measures explored one of the most debated factors of online video: content duration. The question we're all asking is "How long do people watch each video for?" When it comes to online advertising videos, the answer seems to depend on what the user is watching the content on. Even more intriguing, there was a visible difference between users on apple and android operating systems! The average time spent watching each video was:
Desktop (PC/laptop) 2 minutes
Phone (iPhone) 2.4 minutes
Phone (android) 4 minutes
iPad 5 minutes
This data supports the recent shift towards longer video times. Originally, online video was modelled off traditional above-the-line advertising where "short and snappy" was the order of the day. But over time, we are learning that users engage online video as a more substantial content experience than, for example, watching a television commercial. And this is great news for us! It means we can communicate more to an audience who are more receptive.
The traditional website continues to struggle, whilst social media continues to thrive as the trusted source for consumers. 2013 research commissioned by digital.gov.au found that 49% of Australians used social media at least once per day. In terms of commercial integration, 59% of Australians said they use social media to engage brands.
The era of authenticity that social media ushered in has drastically changed the nature of the relationship between consumers and brands. We now live firmly in the age of Peer Review. Social media has effectively extinguished the traditional models of marcomms where brands carefully constructed restrictive, non-interactive, and largely inauthentic messaging as the dominant communications engaged by the consumer. Today, online has allowed your customers to trust not what you're telling them, but what your other customers are. Search engine journal found that 72% of consumers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations.
But despair not! When asked to compare posts by friends and posts by companies on social media, all was not lost…
Rather, the ultimate take away here is that social media is now at the forefront of consumers' investigations. People trust social media. Remember that to flip those numbers, only around 20% said they were not influenced by social media posts in their purchasing decisions.
And while these surveys were conducted in America, ACMA (The Australia Communications and Media Authority) found similar numbers. It is also worth pointing out that contrary to the ideas some digital naysayers assert in regards to the dangerous negativity of the online space, most Australians were engaging in positive social media relationships with brands…
So, there you have it. Don't presume that just because your business crossed over into digital space, it can sit on its electronic laurels. The question isn't just "Are we digital?" but "How are we digital?" The world is moving fast. Keep up.


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We are settling into our off-season lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana where I (Clara) was born and where I still have family. Our project for the winter is starting up a hand puppet business on our Etsy page:
Monroeville (89 miles)
... safe box. Biking has started feeling good. I'm meeting so many sweet people. The scenery is beautiful. I'm getting good at things like navigating shortcuts and planning routes... I just love it. I started standing up on hill climbs a few days ago and I can already feel my legs recovering and rebuilding. I'm like a little biking machine. Warren was waiting out in the street and waved as soon as I turned in a block away. He's in his late 70s, and really adorably sweet. He ...
Family update
My grandma passed away peacefully surrounded by her family yesterday early afternoon. Thank you to everyone for their well wishes and prayers.
Today is John and my 13th wedding anniversary. A bit bittersweet, but pretty wonderful to spend it with family. Our family bought us a gift card to a local restaurant for an anniversary dinner tonight. There is so much love here right now.
Blog on hiatus
... notch, loving, supportive, and caring show, that doubt would have been dashed away last night when I told our road manager that we had to leave immediately (before the show was even over). John didn't do finale and friends all over the lot came out of the woodwork to give us hugs, prayers, and well wishes. Trucks were moved out of the way (even though tent crew was taking down the tent at the same time), financial support for unexpected road trip expenses ...
Eric Birthday RV Trip
... Delicious Brazilian Passion Fruit Lemonade! Afterwards we returned to the KOA and did the usual RV settle in - hooking up water, electric and sewer, leveling up and putting out the slide-out. This time putting out the slide-out tho, Roxie decides to take a closer look by sticking her head in there as it's closing!! Keep in mind this is how people lose appendages! Thankfully Kyle saw her and yelled. She pulled her head ...


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After weeks of intense heat, a sudden spell of pre-monsoon thundershowers inundated parts of the State on Wednesday evening and set temperatures plummeting.
Bangalore recorded 9.2 mm rainfall and Yelahanka received 35.2 mm within a couple of hours. Temperatures plummeted in Bangalore by 10 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night from 30 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night (at 8.30 p.m.), according to the meteorology centre.
Squally winds of up to 34 kmph felled two trees (in Malleswaram and V.V. Puram) and tree branches fell on Kanakanagar Main Road and Kumara Krupa Road.
The thundershowers, however, are likely to disappear as quickly as they arrived, said director of the meteorological centre B. Puttanna.
Several parts of coastal and south interior Karnataka recorded between 30 mm and 50 mm of rainfall on Wednesday, including Mudigere in Chikmagalur; Sargur and K.R. Nagar in Mysore district; Mani in Dakshina Kannada; Agumbe and Arasalu in Shimoga, and K.R. Pet in Mandya.
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Community Classifieds
(Deadline for submission is the Friday before publication. Most items are published for two weeks.)
MWS continues to recycle all toner cartridges and cell phones, just bring them to either office. Storage is easier if toner boxes are recycled at home. Thank you!
For Sale: Rectangular hard case for A-style mandolin. Brand new. $45. Contact Rebekah at email@example.com (01/15)
3/4 sized student violin for sale. Comes with case and bow. In good condition. Asking $150. Contact Jess Moore firstname.lastname@example.com (01/15)
My name is Merlin Komenda, I am a 20 year old alumnus of Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School. I currently live in Portland Maine attending SMCC and am offering tutoring for students from grades 5 through 11. In high school, I was in advanced math and tutored multiple students. If you are interested please call 518 567 3837 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. (01/15)
Milkweed Farm's CSA in Brunswick is now selling Farm Shares for the 2013 farm season. We offer Vegetables, Meats (Pork, Chicken and Turkey), Eggs and Medicinal Herb Shares. You can read all about our farm and our offerings at www.milkweedfarm.net. We are considering a Freeport drop off this year. If you are interested in having your share dropped off in Freeport please let me know. If you have any questions you can contact Lucretia Woodruff at firstname.lastname@example.com, or call 207-725-4554. (01/15)
Immediate Rental Needed: newly relocating MWS family of three looking for short or long term rental apt. or small house in the freeport-portland area. ideally sunny & quiet with access to yard or outdoor space. us: very responsible freelance professionals who own their own home elsewhere. just returning from living abroad. no pets. contact: Basha, email@example.com, cell: 646 872 7616. (01/08)
Swallowtail Farm and Creamery has openings in their special 10 week winter "good food" C.S.A. starting Wednesday February 6. Some things the C.S.A. include are raw milk, yogurt, cheese a pie and more. Details on our Facebook page or call Lauren at 837-3601.(01/08)
Needed: Yarn for hats. I am junior at Merriconeag High School, and I am organizing a donation to Hurricane Sandy victims on Staten Island. The donation is 10 to 20 high school knitted hats. In order to begin this project, I need yarn, so I am asking all Merriconeag families for old yarn that you don't want, or half used skeins that don't match anything. Size, color and material doesn't matter, I will accept anything and everything. I have placed a labeled container in Lisa's office and one in the high school building. Thank you, Emma Dolan. (If you have any questions you can reach me at firstname.lastname@example.com) (01/08)
Friday Afternoon Family Skate: Do you and / or your children have Friday afternoons free? If so, come skate with other MWS families that have Friday afternoons free. We have rented rink time at Falmouth's Family Ice Center (http://www.familyice.org/) on Fridays from 1:40 to 2:40 beginning January 18 until March 29th (excluding March 22). Anyone within the MWS community is welcome and encouraged to join. The cost for a family to skate all 10 weeks is $100. The cost for a single person (child or adult) to skate all 10 weeks is $50. If committing to skate each week seems to be too much, a family can drop-in to skate any week for a cost of $13 per family per drop-in, or a single skater can drop-in any week for a cost of $7 per drop-in. For those that would like to sign up you can either contact me (Julia Dodge, 829-3738, firstname.lastname@example.com) and I'll get you all squared away, or you can drop off a check, made payable to me, in either Lisa's office or Deeda's office. Any questions, give me a call or email.It is great fun. It is a super way to start the weekend, to get some exercise and to socialize all at the same time. I hope you consider joining us. See you on the ice! (01-08)
Full-Size Violin For Sale: Has your violin player sprouted up this fall and finally need a full-sized instrument? For less than the cost of renting, you could own your own violin! Gently used for several years, asking $400. For information, call Aly Fullagar at 274-0057. (12/18)
Swell Construction has a few openings for indoor carpentry/renovation work this winter. Please inquire with Adrian Bossi (MWS parent) at 841-1355 or email@example.com. (12/18)
G 2 Parent Evening:
Wed, March 25, 7:00 pm.
Public Talk by Jack Petrash:
The Challenges of Being a Good Dad: What Does It Take and How Is It Different From Being a Good Mom?
A public talk by Jack Petrash
This talk is open to all - moms and dads!
Friday, March 27, 7:00 pm
Community Hall, 57 Desert Rd, Freeport
Donation at the door.
A Fathering Workshop with Jack Petrash:
A Fathering Workshop with Jack Petrash
Saturday, March 28, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Community Hall, 57 Desert Rd, Freeport
Cost: $15
For fathers of children of all ages!
To Register:
There is limited space in this workshop. Registration is considered complete when we have received your $15 payment.
"The Mask you Live in" Film:
April 2, 2015, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Yarmouth High School Performing Arts Center.
Merriconeag Waldorf School is co-sponsoring this film, The Mask you Live in, with Maine Boys to Men and Yarmouth High School. The film explores American masculinity and it is from the team behind Miss Representation, a film we previously co-sponsored, . This event is recommended for audience members 17 and older. Admission is free but space is limited so registration is required. Register today by clicking below.
Tour of Grades 1 - 8:
Wed, April 8, 8-10:30 am, 57 Desert Rd, Freeport, Begins in Community Hall.
Tour of Grades 1-8.
An opportunity for adults to experience Waldorf education first-hand by observing our students & teachers in action.
This tour is for adults only. Please call 207-865-3900, ext. 103, to register.
Tea & Play Session:
Fri, April 10, 9 - 10 am.
Early Childhood Center, 60 Desert Rd, Freeport.
Prospective parents: Bring your child, share
a cup of tea with us and learn more about our
programs for young children. Storytime at 9:30.
For more info & to register: 207.865.3900,
Ext 163 or
Variety Show & Silent Auction to Benefit Tiered Tuition:
Saturday, April 11, 6:00 - 9:30 p.m. (Happy Hour 5-6 p.m.), Community Hall, 57 Desert Road, Freeport
Windows into Waldorf Early Childhood:
Tues, April 14, 9:00 -10:00 a.m.
Early Childhood Center, 60 Desert Rd, Freeport
This event is for prospective parents interested in Waldorf early childhood education. After a glimpse into a kindergarten classroom, we will discuss our unique
approach and answer questions. Adults only. Please register by calling 207-865-3900, ext. 103.
Board Meeting:
Tues, April 14, 6:15 pm
Community Hall.
"You Can't Take It With You":
Grade 8 Play
Wed, April 15, 1:00 pm.
Thurs, April 16, 7:00 pm.
Community Hall, 57 Desert Rd, Freeport.
The 8th Graders will present their play, "You Can't Take It With You." Please join us.
Bring A Friend Day:
Fri, April 17, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm.
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The animal gameDecember 21st 2014 3:39 am
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Ah bee's boyfriend suggested playing a word game. One person would name an animal and the other person would have to name another that starts with the last letter. Ah bee begged, can I start first, can I start first, ooh, please pretty please? Of course, replied the gracious boyfriend. Start away.
KaraokeDecember 20th 2014 3:52 am
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Fomfomfom went to karaoke with her friends last night and they all told her she should make a living as a singer. But what if a gangster or worse Kim Jong Un sees you and takes a liking to you, I asked her. Then he will kidnap you and we will never see you again!
DecemberDecember 19th 2014 8:01 am
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It's been raining nearly every day so I haven't been walking much. I spend a lot of time sitting around and shopping in the mini mart. I don't really like this December weather. The saving grace comes in the form of the crackling Fomfomfom went to order for me today.
DivorcedDecember 18th 2014 5:43 am
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Yesterday Jandelle told us that Mickey and Minnie mouse used to be married. We asked her if they'd divorced, but she didn't seem to understand what that meant, so she said, "But they still love each other very much."
What goodDecember 17th 2014 7:59 am
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It poured this afternoon and ah ma came home and asked why no one brought in the laundry. Cha said she didn't know there was laundry and fom just blinked.
CrispyDecember 16th 2014 5:36 am
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Crispy came today. He has grown up some and learnt to talk gibberish. He banged on the drums, played on the treadmill and threw all my toys about. And he rolled my red rubber ball under the sofa and now it's lost forever. My ah ma seems to love him very much. I'll reserve judgment on him for now.
When you're happy and you know itDecember 15th 2014 1:32 am
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Ah bee just noticed that I'll wag my tail when she kisses me. She was so excited and she proceeded to show fomfomfom by kissing me like 20 times. They kept saying I'm a sweet sweet honey pooches pie.
Pumpkin seedsDecember 13th 2014 11:28 pm
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My mamas, they have recently gotten into the habit of eating pumpkin seeds. Fomfomfom marveled at how nicely they come shelled, that whatever machines are used to accomplish that perfect shelling is beyond her. Ah bee, crunching away, informed fomfomfom that maybe no machines are used; maybe it's all done by toothless old women. Fomfomfom had to point out that the old women had to have teeth to do the shelling, but it was all too late.
Grandpa rabbitDecember 13th 2014 1:38 am
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Ah bee's friend went away on a holiday so she has been tasked with feeding her rabbit. The rabbit's really old and she's just really afraid he will die on her watch. Fomfomfom has been accompanying her on her rabbit feeding trips and her job is to go into the house and check if he's still alive before ah bee would step in.
Big dogDecember 12th 2014 2:14 am
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Today Eggroll peed on fomfomfom's foot like she's a common fire hydrant. So I shouted at her and told her to get her own Fomfomfom. I was going to defend my ownership by peeing over her pee but fomfomfom didn't let me.
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MILLSTREET, Ireland — An Irish singer beat out a Bosnian band to win the 38th annual Eurovision song contest, an event seen by an estimated 300 million television viewers across Europe.Ireland's Niamh Kavanagh won with her soaring rendition of ballad "In Your Eyes." A musicvideo for the Bosnian band's "The Pain of the Whole World," showed its lead singer, a Bosnian government soldier, wandering through besieged Sarajevo as backup singers sprang from behind the rubble.
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Pregame Preview: Hudson returns as Padres host Brewers
Orlando Hudson was activated from the 15-day disabled list Thursday and immediately inserted back into the Padres lineup at second base for the finale of the two-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers at Petco Park (7:05 p.m.; TV: 4 San Diego).
Hudson had been on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring since May 4. He played for Triple-A Tucson in two rehab games Sunday and Monday and played with Single-A Lake Elsinore Wednesday night – going 0-for-1 with two walks and two runs scored and a stolen base.
He was 3-for-5 in his rehab assignment with two doubles, an RBI, six runs scored and five walks in 10 rehab plate appearances.
Hudson was hitting .245 and had already equaled his career-high of 10 steals when he was hurt. Hudson had the highest home batting average among the regulars at .305. He will hit seventh Thursday night.
In the corresponding move, the Padres optioned right-handed reliever Evan Scribner back to Tucson. Scribner had a 2.45 ERA in six appearances covering 11 innings.
Center fielder Cameron Maybin (patellar tendinitis) is also back in the lineup and will hit fifth behind first baseman Jorge Cantu against left-handed Milwaukee starter Chris Narveson.
Will Venable (jammed index finger on his right hand) is also ready to play again, although Chris Denorfia will start in right against Narveson.
Aaron Harang will be going after his sixth win of the season as the Padres seek to halt a two-game losing streak and split of the short, two-game series that concludes their season play against the Brewers, who have won three of their first four games against the Padres.
The eight position players in the Brewers starting lineup are hitting a collective .325 against Harang (56-for-173) with eight homers.
The Brewers defeated the Padres 5-2 Wednesday night, although both teams had 10 hits.
BREWERS (21-22) at PADRES (18-25)
Time: 7:05 p.m. / Game 2 of 2
TV: 4 San Diego.
Radio: 1090-AM, 1700-AM, 860-AM (Spanish)
Pitching Matchups
Brewers LHP Chris Narveson (2-3, 4.00 ERA in eight starts).
Narveson vs. the Padres: 0-0, 9.00 ERA in one start.
Narveson at Petco Park: First appearance.
Narveson had his first full major league season in 2010 at the ager of 28. He was 12-9 with a 4.99 ERA in 37 games (28 starts) with Milwaukee. A second-round draft pick of the Cardinals in 2000, Narveson signed as a free agent with the Brewers in 2007.
Padres vs. Narveson
Jorge Cantu: .000 (0-for-3, 2 SO)
Chris Denorfia: .500 (1-for-2, 2B)
Alberto Gonzalez: .000 (0-for-1, SO)
Brad Hawpe: .00 (0-for-2, BB, SO)
Chase Headley: 1.000 (1-for-1, BB)
Orlando Hudson: .500 (1-for-2, BB)
Ryan Ludwick: .125 (1-for-8, 2 SO)
Cameron Maybin: .500 (2-for-4, BB, SO)
Padres RHP Aaron Harang (5-2, 5.05 ERA in eight starts)
Harang vs. Brewers: 5-5, 4.65 ERA in 21 games (20 starts).
Harang at Petco Park: 5-4 career, 4.06 ERA in 11 games, 10 starts (3-2 this season, 4.80 ERA in five starts).
Harang will be making his 21st start against the Brewers, who were N.L. Central division rivals when the right-hander was with the Reds. After winning each of his first four starts while posting a 1.88 ERA, Harang is 1-2 over his last four outings with an 8.46 ERA. All seven of the home runs he has allowed have come in his last four outings. Harang is 5-0 this season when he doesn't allow a home run. Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder have both hit three home runs off Harang.


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ProMinent - Reverse Osmosis Plants for the Desalination of Brackish Waterby ProMinent Group - ProMinent GmbH based in Heidelberg, GERMANY
We have designed the series BW especially for the desalination of brackish water for potable water supply as well as for industrial applications.
Azud Watertech - Model OSM - Water Desalination with Reverse Osmosis Membranesby Sistema Azud, S.A. based in Alcantarilla, SPAIN
Water desalination with Reverse Osmosis membranes. Water desalination plant Azud Watertech OSM SOX/SOW/SSW, to provide desalinated water for irrigation and industrial use, through brackish or sea water desalination with reverse osmosis membranes. The RO process is based on the application of high pressure to a concentrated solution of salts in ...
Model 1,000~10,000 GPD - Commercial Reverse Osmosis Systemby ForeverPure Corporation based in Santa Clara,, CALIFORNIA (USA)
TFC high rejection, high performance brackish water membrane.High pressure RO pump.High pressure gauge.Product flow meterSediment filter in 20' housing.Carbon block filter in 20' housing.Solenoid valve.PVC pressure vessels High pressure tubings Powder coated frame.Concentrate control valve
Model 25,000~100,000 GPD - Tap Water Ro Purification Systemby ForeverPure Corporation based in Santa Clara,, CALIFORNIA (USA)
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Model 5,000~10,000 GPD - Brackish Water Desalination Systemby ForeverPure Corporation based in Santa Clara,, CALIFORNIA (USA)
Brackish Water Commercial Reverse Osmosis System Specification 100 ~ 10,000 gallons per day
Model NDX 200-1500 GPD - NDX 200, 500, 800, 1,200, 1,500 GPD Reverse Osmosis Seawater Desalination Systemsby LIFESTREAM Watersystems Inc. based in Huntington Beach, CALIFORNIA (USA)
Direct Drive Systems - These high quality reverse osmosis watermakers produce superior water from seawater and brackish water. The basic design of these machines makes it uncomplicated to install, easy to operate while offering performance and durability at a value price. This equipment finds desalination application on land as well as in many ...
Trunz Brackish System - Model TBS 300 - Mobile Solar Powered Water Treatment System For Brackish Waterby Trunz Water Systems AG based in Steinach, SWITZERLAND
The mobile Trunz solar water desalination system TBS 300 is complete and ready to deploy. It provides up to max. 650 l of potable water per hour from any brackish water source. Depending on solar radiation and/or wind energy it can run up to 24 hours a day without ongoing fuel and fuel transportation costs. The system is complete with feed pump, ...
Grundfos - Model BMEX - Pump Systemby Grundfos Pumps Corporation based in Bjerringbro, DENMARK
The Grundfos BMEX pump system is suitable for water treatment applications handling seawater and brackish water desalination. Its special design to handle desalination features all wetted parts in seawater execution. For instance, all pump materials which are in contact with the seawater are made from 904L or duplex stainless steel. In addition, ...
Multipure, Midi & Multipure - Plus - Brackish Water Desalinationby Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies based in West Midlands, UNITED KINGDOM
Multipure™ Midi & Multipure™ Plus reverse osmosis systems are specifically designed to treat brackish waters. They reject over 99% of the salt contained within the feed water. Flow rates for standard systems range from 0.5 to 104.2 m3/hr for feed waters of up to 5 000 ppm (TDS.)
AESINC - Containerized Desalination Systems / Containerized Reverse Osmosis Systemsby Advanced Equipment and Services, Inc. based in Coral Springs, FLORIDA (USA)
AESINC Advanced equipment and Services build desalination and brackish reverse osmosis systems mounted inside standard ISO containers 20' and 40' facilitaring transportation and deployment in an expedite maner. ready to produce high-quality potable water within days of delivery.
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Baylor University's Department of Multicultural Affairs celebrates WHM through a series of on-campus events:
Women's History Panel
Thursday 3/5 6:30-8:00pm Cowden (3rd Floor SUB)
As a panel of Baylor faculty share stories of influential women in history, students will have the opportunity to hear how these women have impacted the world we live in today. Panel members will provide insights on how college students can use their voices to support women's rights. Free pizza will be provided to the first 50 students. This event is hosted by the Department of Multicultural Affairs.
Get Fit
Wednesday 3/18 6:00-8:00pm SLC: Room 308
Get Fit is an event aimed to promote and encourage women to become and or stay healthy during their years enrolled in college. There will be speakers and fitness instructors present at the event to help educate women on proper diet habits and proper exercise/relaxation techniques. Snacks and drinks will be provided, along with relevant health information pamphlets available to take home. This event is hosted by the women of Sigma Iota Alpha.
Lunch and Learn: Why we have too few women leaders
Tuesday 3/24 11:15-12:15 Houston (3rd Floor SUB)
A viewing and discussion of Sheryl Sandberg's (COO of Facebook) TED talk on the lack of women in high ranking leadership positions. Free lunch will be provided to the first 20 registrants. RSVP to email@example.com by 3/20 to secure your lunch.
Rosie the Riveter Ice Cream Social
Friday 3/27 3:00-4:00pm (Teal Residential College Lobby)
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