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KPMG in the UK embarked on a journey of transformation during 2013, in pursuit of our strategic goal to dominate professional services. Our Annual Review highlights how we bring real benefits to our clients, our people and society as a whole.
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BISMARCK (AP) - A North Dakota man has pleaded guilty to attacking two women.
U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon announced Monday that 21-year-old Lionel R. Jewett OF Fort Yates pleaded guilty to counts of assault with intent to commit murder, two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and two counts of burglary.
Prosecutors say Jewett attacked two women in January of this year. Jewett attacked one woman with a garden hoe and kicked both women. He also stole a vehicle, tools and some money from a local church in March and October of last year.
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Rachel Elizabeth Altmiller and Michael Ryan Escalona of Waco were united in marriage during an outdoor ceremony held on June 29 at Cathedral Oaks in Belton.
The bride is the daughter of Desley and Sherry Altmiller of Olney. She is the granddaughter of Wade and Edwana Fikes and Russell and Evelyn Altmiller, all of Olney.
The groom is the son of Roy and Lydia Escalona of San Angelo. He is the grandson of Juan Perez of San Angelo and the late Dolores Perez, and Paula Escalona of Olney and the late Lupe Escalona.
Guests were surrounded by a blue sky and oak trees several centuries old as the bride and groom recited their wedding vows under a chuppah adorned with ivory tapestry, flowers and a vintage chandelier.
Escorted by her father, the bride wore a delicately ruched A-line, embroidered lace gown featuring a soft sweetheart neckline. The bodice was trimmed in freshwater pearls, Swarovski crystals and crystal sequins. A scalloped hem completed the chapel train. As a special gift from her aunt, the bride wore a shoulder-length, two-tiered veil edged in dainty pearls.
She carried a bouquet of white peonies, soft pink roses, dark pink ranunculus and white and pink spray roses, all wrapped in an ivory stem with a lace overlay.
Maid of honor was Carrie McKamie of McGregor, cousin of the bride. Bridesmaids were Staci McKamie of Temple, cousin of the bride; Devin Goldsmith of Dallas; Becky Altmiller of Wichita Falls, sister-in-law of the bride; Kristen Escalona of San Angelo, sister of the groom; and Jodi Schwarz and Jerrica Escobedo, both of San Angelo.
Flower girl was Kailyn Altmiller, niece of the bride. Ring bearer was Hayden Altmiller, nephew of the bride.
Best man was Matt Brown of San Angelo. Groomsmen were Aaron Byrd of San Angelo; Jeff Jackson of Waco; Dustin Altmiller of Wichita Falls, brother of the bride; Garrett Sestric of San Angelo; Nick Johnson and Matt Gatherwright, both of Cincinnatti, Ohio.
Ushers were Curt McKamie of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Tyler Fikes of San Angelo, both cousins of the bride.
The groom's parents hosted a rehearsal dinner at Cathedral Oaks prior to the wedding. Following the wedding, the bride's parents hosted a reception at the Grand Hall of Cathedral Oaks.
The bride is a cum laude graduate with a bachelor of arts in psychology and master of science in psychology from Angelo State University. She is employed by Heart of Texas Regional MHMR in Waco.
The groom graduated from Angelo State University with a bachelor of arts in communications, and is employed by Glazer's Distributors in Waco.
Following a wedding trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the couple is at home in Waco.


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London's Largest Street Light Investment Drives Energy Efficiency Forward
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013Transport for London (TfL) has agreed on a new energy efficient lighting program to help reduce the cost of lighting the TfL Road Network (TLRN). It is one of the largest 'invest to save' strategic road lighting projects ever undertaken in the UK with the hopes of lowering operating costs and improving reliability. (more…)


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Modern Kid's Bedroom Design Ideas
A great selection of kids bedroom designs, for girls, boys, and teenagers, plus some gender neutral schemes for shared spaces.
Tips and inspiration on decorating kids rooms. Includes images of stylish room ideas from famous kids' room designers from around the world. For rooms for teens, see our category 'Teen Room Designs'
A great selection of kids bedroom designs, for girls, boys, and teenagers, plus some gender neutral schemes for shared spaces.
Play with the color pallet when decorating a kids room; this collection of room designs show you how.
Italian design company Clei makes the perfect addition for any kids room: beds and desks that fold, transform, and save space whil...
Built-ins in kids rooms provide much needed solutions to clutter and messiness. You'll find twelve built-in configurations for ins...
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A set of inspiring playrooms that also serve as a place for the whole family to while away the hours.
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How to create a stylish color palette in kids rooms without creating a headache!
Vibrant bedroom designs for kids and teenagers that incorporate practical study spaces and concealed storage solutions.
Sweet selection of bedroom schemes for girls, covering the color spectrum and displaying beautiful accessorizing ideas.
Fun packed bedroom designs to keep your kids exercised and entertained in any weather.
Elegant baby room designs to turn your child's nursery into a delicately soft but stunningly stylish haven.
Wallpaper a fresh new look into your child's bedroom or play space with these fun designs full of color and pattern.
Contemporary kid's room designs, complete with climbing walls, punch bag, and a mini basketball court!
As a parent you might be faced the dilemma of creating a kids room in a very small amount of space; check out these examples for i...
Brighten up your kid's room with bright, bold, poster printed furniture, like these examples from Cia International. Themes includ...
Customized study areas for kids and teens' bedrooms, including desks, chairs, bespoke shelving and storage units.
Another set of cool kids's room designs we came across recently.
Inspiring, playful children's room designs from Italian kids room furniture maker Columbini Casa.
Ideas for small spaced kids rooms. Pictures of furniture for kids rooms that utilize small floor space. (Lots of inspiration)
Inspirational room designs for classy young artistic people with excellent taste ;) (Lots of pictures)
Designers Mimolimit are creating a buzz with their originality in these kids rooms.
Beautiful themed bedrooms and study areas for both boys and girls
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Black Milk's One-Piece Game Boy Swimsuit
Would wear even if balls hung out leg hole.
Black Milk (wait -- like chocolate?!) is back at it, this time with a Game Boy inspired swimsuit. "I wanna play!" Haha -- SHE WILL NEVER LET YOU. It looks like the company is currently in the process of rolling out a new line of suits, although this particular model (the swimsuit, not the chicky) isn't on the website yet. Possibly because they don't have the proper licensing or -- OR -- because they're only selling them out of a van parked on the corner of 4th street behind a taco truck. F*** I love street burritos.
Hit the jump for an ass shot and a link to their product site with the new designs.
Black Milk Official Site
Game Boy swimsuit is the sexiest video game you have ever seen [dvice]
Thanks to Tori, who prefers two-pieces. Oh yeah? Well I'm into three-pieces SO THERE, I WIN.
Stussy, a company best known for producing the jeans I wore in high school (JNCO too!) apparently didn't go under after I went off to college and started wearing khakis. Khakis, ha -- I've never even owned a pair! Capris, absolutely. Anyway, the company has teamed up with Ma... / Continue →
Swimsuits: if you take yours off in line at a water park they'll kick you out. Thankfully, Black Milk Clothing, a company best known for the sessy-ass Space Invader tights I posted back in January, has you covered. Literally -- their stuff will cover your privates. Now, I kn... / Continue →
Captain America, best known for being the illegitimate lovechild of Captain Planet and Lady Liberty, likes to get around on a motorcycle. And now you can look just like him riding your bicycle with this replica suit from UD Replicas (who brought us the Batman, Star Wars and Ir... / Continue →


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Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) : From Concept to Reality {SEC(2005)1432}
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COM(2005) 565 final
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES): From Concept to Reality {SEC(2005)1432}
Introduction 3
Summary 3
1. The strategic dimension 4
2. GMES at the service of the EU 6
3. Implementation 7
3.1. Users at the forefront 7
3.2. Gradual introduction of pilot operational services 7
3.3. Candidate services for Fast Track introduction 8
3.4. Funding strategy 9
3.5. Building on existing capabilities 10
3.6. Impact assessment 10
3.7. Governance 11
3.7.1. Roles and responsibilities 11
3.7.2. Structures 12
4. Promoting GMES/Branding 13
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES): From Concept to Reality
The objective of GMES is to provide, on a sustained basis, reliable and timely services related to environmental and security issues in support of public policy makers' needs. GMES is an EU-led initiative, in which ESA will implement the space component and the Commission will manage actions for identifying and developing services relying both on in-situ and remote sensing data.
This Communication sets out a strategy for delivering GMES, beginning with the pilot phase of the three first operational GMES services by 2008. It explains the process for defining the scope of these services, in conjunction with the users, and sets out the Commission's goal to ensure continuity of service. It discusses the establishment of appropriate management structures linked to each phase of the programme.
At a time when command and appropriate use of information has important geo-strategic implications, Europe needs to have available a capacity which allows it independently to evaluate its policy responses in a reliable and timely manner. A comprehensive Earth observing system, using space-borne and in situ techniques (land, air and sea) through well-defined operational services, is key to ensuring the implementation and monitoring of environmental and security policies in the context of sustainable development.
Currently demand for Earth observation services in Europe is still fragmented albeit growing. Two factors can change this. First, decision makers at all levels have to be convinced that services are reliable as to their quality and continuity. Second, they need to see from experience that those services will contribute sufficiently to their organisation's objectives to justify meeting the cost of their long-term operation, maintenance and renewal.
On the supply side, Europe has developed world class assets and expertise. However, observing systems are run independently and coverage is incomplete for both the in-situ and satellite observing systems. Many satellites and in-situ observing networks are experimental and cannot guarantee the required quality and continuity of measurement to provide the basis of operational services now or in the future. While our international partners are investing heavily in the development of capacities for global monitoring, Europe is still working with different national capacities and different national standards.
Recognising the strategic importance of Earth observation and its growing potential, Europe will develop its own operational capability through the GMES programme. GMES aims at coordinating existing systems, producing services of guaranteed validity and, crucially, ensuring their future continuity.
GMES will be developed in steps through the introduction of pilot phase services, starting with three fast track services (land, marine, emergency) by the end of 2008. A total of eleven initial services have already been identified, which could be successively deployed to support a wide range of needs.
In the short-term, GMES will draw on existing in-situ and space-based observing capacities developed by EU and ESA Member States. In the longer-term, investments will be made in the deployment of new capacities to provide continuity of data sources and infrastructure in support of the development of GMES services.
Optimum complementarity should also be achieved in the management of GMES-related activities. The Commission envisages introducing an organisational structure for GMES Services to accelerate the aggregation of demand and improve its internal management arrangements. Investment in the space component by the EU and by ESA will be managed together by ESA, under the respective financial rules. Longer-term structures for managing GMES will be discussed with EU and ESA Member States.
Efficient data management and information sharing are a prerequisite for the producing GMES services. A continuous dialogue between stakeholders will be maintained to develop the needed spatial data infrastructures and the implementation of the INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe) proposal for a directive will be supported. As such, GMES will contribute to facilitating access, use and harmonisation of geospatial information at pan-European level. GMES will be an essential tool to increase interoperability of national systems, hence fostering the development of adequate European standards.
GMES will constitute a growing element in the EU's bilateral relations with international partners. It will be developed taking into account the activities of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). With its federating role, GMES will be the main European contribution to the global 10-year implementation plan for a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).
The command of information on environment and security has geostrategic implications. The political mandate has been expressed at the June 2001 Gothenburg summit and in the later Council Resolution towards[1] "achieving by 2008 an operational and autonomous European capability".
In its February 2004 Communication[2] the Commission has outlined the strategic role of GMES in the development of the EU's role as a global actor and identified elements for its implementation. The European Parliament has expressed support for the introduction of GMES[3]. The second Space Council has confirmed that GMES will be the second EU flagship of space policy after Galileo.
The need for reliable and timely information has been underlined by increased demand. Natural and manmade catastrophes in Europe, America, Asia and Africa, coupled with increased security needs, have further reinforced the case for improved monitoring systems. Global to local levels of requirements have now been identified.
GMES will make an important contribution to serve the EU's civil security needs[4]. In addition, it will provide opportunities for additional capabilities for the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). All possible civil and military synergies should be pursued to ensure a better use of resources, in full complementarity with the EU Satellite Centre (EUSC), which is already operational in this area.
GMES will provide important support for environmental monitoring and assessment and contribute to the implementation of the Shared Environmental Information System being developed by the Commission and Member States. It will improve the quality of environmental information, while making it more accessible, and streamline and rationalise environmental reporting.
GMES thus covers local, regional and global issues and is becoming instrumental in the further development of a European leadership role in the practical application of earth observation for climate and environment monitoring and civil security.
GMES will provide the EU with a tool for participating in the international efforts consistent with the July 2005 G8 recommendation to strengthen the global climate observing system. It will contribute to the EU Strategy for Africa[5], through the development of an African observatory and the implementation of the African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development (AMESD) initiative. GMES has been highlighted in the EU's dialogues with the USA, Russia, China and India[6]. The US recently published its Strategic Plan for an Integrated Earth Observation System. Russia and Japan are about to do the same.
GMES will become the main European contribution to the global 10-year implementation plan for the GEOSS. GMES will generate data and services related to both environment and security. The EU's participation in the GEOSS will facilitate data exchange with international partners, in the area of environment monitoring, and will encourage the increased use of Earth observation, as well as the development of a system of worldwide observation systems.
As an initiative of the EU, GMES will be at the centre of a series of partnerships. These need to be defined at the EU level, including the role of agencies, Member States, value added services industry (including SMEs), user communities etc.
GMES will stimulate economic growth by facilitating the creation of innovative added value services. It has been selected as one of the quick start projects in the Commission's Initiative for Growth[7]. GMES should stimulate the industrial sector to expand its service offer and to develop the innovative observing, communications and information technologies that will be required within a dynamic and evolutionary GMES capacity, creating opportunities for increased private sector usage of information sources. The European industrial base will be an important asset to maintain a European autonomous capacity and political independence in decision making.
GMES will substantially increase the ability of geospatial information to support a variety of EU policies, in particular:
- Europe's environmental commitments, within EU territory and globally, by contributing to the formulation, implementation and verification of the Community environmental policies[8], national regulations and international conventions;
- other EU policy areas such as agriculture, regional development, fisheries, transport, external relations, development aid and humanitarian assistance;
- Common Foreign and Security Policy, including the European Security and Defence Policy;
- other policies relevant to European citizens' security at Community and national levels[9], notably justice, home affairs and customs, including surveillance and management of external borders[10].
European Commission Services spend some tens of million Euros annually on the use of geospatial data across a wide range of policies; the EU Satellite Centre similarly acquires Earth Observation data to extract information in support to the CFSP including the ESDP[11]. Based on current and foreseen policy development, these expenditures are bound to increase significantly in the near future.
Some concrete examples include:
- in agriculture: the area acreage checks and agri-environmental measures;
- in fisheries: the Vessel Monitoring and Vessel Detection systems;
- in external relations: imagery acquisition in the frame of specific Community Instruments (eg Rapid Reaction mechanism);
- in environment: land-use and land-use changes, natural hazards (eg forest fires, floods, tsunami response) and global climate change monitoring;
- in development policy: water, vegetation and food security monitoring activities;
- in research: environmental research.
3.1. Users at the forefront
The goal of the current development phase is to build a strong user base for GMES information services. This implies that needs are identified and updated and that the services provided will be reliable and effective.
Users of GMES information services are involved in the development, implementation and monitoring of environmental and security policies from global to local scales. The European Commission is one key user. Its own needs are being identified and demand is progressively being aggregated.
Users need to be assured that the services will be available on a long-term basis. This requires action to guarantee the availability of the space-based, in-situ and data management infrastructures.
Assessment mechanisms have to be set up to validate quality, relevance and performance of services. The introduction of each service will be subject to a number of key milestones. The corresponding roadmaps will include the individual start up costs and the operating costs.
3.2. Gradual introduction of pilot operational services
By its nature GMES is complex: it will require, as appropriate, the integration of data from space-based and in-situ (airborne, water-based and ground-based) earth observation capacities into user-driven operational application services.
It is essential to move forward from the current project-based approach. The capacity has to be built up gradually, based on clearly identified priorities and by using existing elements wherever possible.
The gradual introduction of services will be based on:
- their maturity;
- uptake by the user communities (relevance for policy making and policy implementation); and
- long-term sustainability of demand and supply.
Pilot services and the required infrastructures will be funded by aligning Community, national and regional resources. The speed at which services are introduced will depend largely on the efficient leveraging and pooling of these funding resources.
The challenges are to achieve increased interoperability of acquisition systems; to harmonise and to foster the standardisation of data structures and interfaces; to overcome policy barriers to data sharing; to design quality assurance mechanisms; to achieve fusion of data from different sources at different levels; and to provide innovative, user-friendly services that are cost effective and sustainable. These developments should become part of a coherent, single overall programme, without losing the benefits of decentralised management and investments.
Near term opportunities need to be selected and their scope has to be defined. To meet the goal of operational services by 2008, these must receive fast track treatment.
3.3. Candidate services for Fast Track introduction
In the first step, the Commission judges that three fast track services are likely to satisfy these criteria and proceed into a pilot operational phase. It has established a process for confirming these and defining their exact scope and modalities. This process includes thematic workshops (to be held in October-November 2005) aimed at strengthening the participation and commitment of the relevant user communities. The three services already proposed to the EU and ESA Member States in the GMES Advisory Council are: Emergency Response, Land Monitoring, and Marine Services. They are described in Annex A.
The overall goal remains to develop an extended range of GMES services which meet user requirements and for which the economic and societal benefits justify the investment. Support to the deployment of further of these services will therefore be prepared in the course of 2005-6. Using the same validation process as for the Fast Tracks (see Annex B), further pilots will be introduced progressively with a view to providing a broader range of services, as indicated in Annex C. These will include, for example, services such as atmospheric monitoring, external border surveillance and crisis prevention, to which some Member States have emphasised the importance that they attach.
The objective is to gradually develop and validate a number of pilot operational services, based on selected R&D projects extending and strengthening the current actions. Accordingly, the Commission is ensuring that, under FP6, the ongoing GMES projects support the implementation of potential operational services. Remaining FP6 resources, yet to be committed, will be focused, as far as possible, on the fast track services, including the integration of the components parts – in-situ, space and data management – and the build-up of the GMES space component. The pilot phase of the fast track services should be ready for early delivery in 2008.
Crucial to the success of the GMES service component is the development of a European Spatial Data Infrastructure as envisaged by the INSPIRE proposal for a directive. Pilot services shall therefore in effect act also as INSPIRE pilots and be integrated in the INSPIRE Implementation Programme. Data policies will need to be developed, which should facilitate acquisition and exploitation by both service providers and users.
3.4. Funding strategy
Over the past 5 years about 230 Mio Euro have been spent at a European level on GMES related demonstration services: the EU is mobilising via FP 6 about 100 Mio Euro (from 2003 to 2006); ESA is investing over the 5 years 130 Mio Euro for the space, ground and service segments.
Whilst in the long-term, services should be funded by the users, the critical infrastructure and enabling technologies will need upfront investment for pilot services to be introduced.
The Commission is preparing the specific programme of FP 7. RTD activities through the framework programme of community research, in particular in the domain of environment, depend heavily on the availability of Earth observation data. As the second flagship of the EU space policy, it is envisaged that GMES will be allocated a substantial majority of the funding available for Space under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities[12] (FP7). From this allocation, it is envisaged funding a significant proportion of the budget for the space component for which ESA has estimated an investment of €2.3bn for 2006-2013[13]. Member States of the EU and of ESA are already planning to complement this investment with an ESA programme and, in some cases, programmes to develop national satellite systems.
The research projects funded through the "Environment" thematic priority of FP 7 will further assist to identify future GMES operational services. They will generate data and models which will contribute to the implementation of the nine societal benefit areas of GEOSS. The "Information society technologies" thematic priority will contribute to the data and information management element of GMES, to the implementation of INSPIRE and, hence to GEOSS.
An overall funding strategy for the in-situ and data management components is more complex to develop due the diversity and scattered responsibilities over many different agencies in the Member States. This will require better alignment of the financial resources and the leverage of new ones where gaps in infrastructure need to be filled.
The use of non-R&D Community instruments will be explored in relation to both in-situ and space components.
For the time being, bringing GMES to operational status involves a series of public-public partnerships on the supply side, supported by the intervention of research budgets. These will continue to play a major role but, in the future, where services become integral to development or implementation of public policies, they should be supported by the relevant institutional users. In some areas, GMES may also attract private sector customers, with appropriate cost-recovery mechanisms. This may make public-private partnerships possible, in due course.
This can only be achieved if Europe capitalizes on its strength through better coordination and pooling of all available resources.
3.5. Building on existing capabilities
GMES will use to the maximum extent possible existing capacities, national or European. It is necessary to map these, including actual and planned infrastructures that could contribute to fulfil the requirements, and to ensure their interoperability. Remaining gaps need to be identified and, along with the replacement needs of existing capacities, be discussed between the EU and its agencies, ESA, EUMETSAT, and the Member States of these organisations. The maximum use within Europe of existing and planned operational satellites, in-situ networks and spatial data infrastructures needs to be ensured. A better coordination and provision of resources is needed, including multiple use facilities.
In order to ensure autonomous capabilities, as advocated by the Gothenburg summit, Europe should progressively rely on its own capabilities. The mid to long-term strategy to do so needs to be defined, taking into account increasing inter-dependence with international partners.
Nevertheless, it is recognised that certain measures regarding the development of the space component of GMES have to be taken as a matter of urgency, to maintain data continuity in the next 10-15 years. The majority of GMES-like services currently rely on observations from a number of satellites which have already exceeded, or will reach within a few years, their nominal end-of-life.
As a way of meeting the most urgent satellite observation requirements, the ESA Director General has proposed to ESA Member States to secure an initial budget to cover the first phases of development of the future space infrastructure of GMES (including the related ground segment). The Commission welcomes this proposal which takes into account its plans for the initial services and, in particular, the three fast tracks. During 2006-2007, it will assess its contribution to the GMES space component in the light of:
- finalisation of user requirements;
- the definition of the initial services, in particular the fast tracks; and
- the approval of the FP7 programme proposal and budget.
Gap and efficiency assessments of the in-situ and spatial data infrastructures are being undertaken. During 2006-2007 the outcome of these findings will serve better to define future Community contributions.
3.6. Impact assessment
This Communication details strategy and near-term changes in the management of the GMES initiative. In line with the overall Commission policy, before substantial funds are committed to pilot operational services, GMES will require justification based on a solid impact assessment. In view of the related commitments expected to be made by the Member States of EU and ESA, this should be more specific to GMES than the impact assessment relating to FP7. The overall socio-economic case for GMES has been indicated in the first phase of a study by independent consultants. Member States have provided a team of experts to assess the methodology of the study as it progresses.
The study identifies a range of strategic benefits from implementing GMES. By their nature, many of the significant benefits are largely non-quantifiable . However, the report also identifies substantial quantifiable benefits over the period 2005-2030. A preliminary impact assessment has been prepared by the Commission Services. It will be finalised and published after the final socio-economic study report is available in the coming months.
The second phase of the study should be completed in November 2005. It will seek to further substantiate the total overall benefits through detailed validation and further stakeholder consultation. It will also identify which geographical areas and economic sectors are expected to secure these benefits and seek to differentiate between shorter-term and longer-term benefits. The impact assessment will be finalised at that point and published.
3.7. Governance
The appropriate division of work and the establishment of organisational steps are critical to the successful implementation of GMES.
3.7.1. Roles and responsibilities
It is essential to achieve optimal complementarity between the EU institutions, ESA and their Member States, based on clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
The EU will:
- define the priorities and requirements;
- aggregate the political will and user demand; and
- ensure the availability and continuity of services.
ESA will:
- support and define the technical specifications of the space component;
- implement the space component, coordinating centres of excellence across Europe; and
- advise the EU on future space component requirements.
Member States may:
- strengthen internal co-ordination of related data collection and management activities and federate national demand;
- contribute to the implementation of the necessary spatial data infrastructures and in-situ components;
- support the implementation of the space component.
ESA consequently will manage the development of those space infrastructures which are identified for support under FP7, in accordance with the rules of that programme, integrating these activities with its own in this area. The Commission will manage the development of GMES services supported through FP7, either directly or through externalisation. This will allow the optimal integration of data from in-situ monitoring. After the completion of the current ESA GMES Service Element projects, the further development and consolidation of such services will be the responsibility of the EC, as an integral part of its overall programme within FP7.
The operation of satellite and in-situ systems will need to be assessed on a case-by-case basis, taking into account ownership of the assets. It should maximise cost-effective use of existing expertise in inter-governmental organisations, Member States and industry.
As regards negotiating the supply of earth observation data required for operational GMES services, both during their pilot phase and when fully operational, it will be necessary to identify the most effective way for doing this, based on a coherent Europe-wide approach.
3.7.2. Structures
The management structure for GMES has to evolve according to the gradual development of new operational services and the evolution of the user requirements. It should be pragmatic, flexible and modular. The management structure needs, therefore, to be sufficiently open to be able to evolve towards each next step.
The successful implementation of GMES will require the active involvement of industry, with particular attention to SMEs and service providers. Participation of industry to such a project of common European interest remains an open option. It will be accompanied by a feasibility study/impact assessment.
In setting up its organisational frame, GMES will fully take into account the experience gained through the Galileo process.
a) Short-term
Existing demand at EU level will be progressively aggregated. The Commission will set up a GMES organisational structure, operating within the Commission, to strengthen the management of GMES. The Commission will also strengthen the relations between the advisory bodies with an interest in GMES and related areas.
The tasks of the new structure for GMES Services would include:
- identification of strategy for GMES, becoming the focal point for the coordination of the Commission's GMES-related activities and the consolidation of user needs;
- development of GMES pilot services, starting with the fast track services; and
- support to the management of on-going and future research and technology development activities.
The structure would have the potential to form the core of an embryonic GMES management body and could progressively work also on behalf of other EU institutions and agencies.
b) Medium-term from 2007 onwards
The start of FP 7 will see the establishment of pilot phase operational services. There will be further consolidation of user requirements, validation of GMES services, development of associated infrastructures, finalisation of negotiations ensuring long-term access to data and improved interoperability.
In this phase, if the Commission's organisational structure continued, it would be likely to expand, with additional staff seconded from national, regional or local authorities from EU and ESA Member States, in line with the progress of the operational services. This could signal a need to progress to a new structure which could involve moving closer to the structure suitable for the long-term. The Commission has already indicated[14] that a Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) for GMES may be one option to be assessed against others as a means of bringing together resources and mobilising a critical mass. Such an approach would be capable of bringing relevant user organisations into the programme. It would demonstrate that progressively the end user is willing to buy into the process.
Nevertheless, the most appropriate management structure will need to be fully evaluated. The Commission proposes to do this in association with the Member States through the introduction of a dedicated subgroup of the GMES Advisory Council. This will be able to draw on a consultants' study undertaken under FP6 [15] to identify the impact of potential organisational models.
c) Long-term – fully operational phase
In this phase a number of services will have completed successfully the pilot phase. Each should guarantee specified quality and availability of products. Continuing availability of services is likely to be the result of procurement arrangements stimulated by users, probably through a central body.
It will be essential to raise the public profile of GMES with users and the public generally. Recognition of Galileo in the media is strong and raising GMES to comparable levels will take a sustained effort.
An appropriate brand and clear brand values need to be established. Stakeholder involvement must be substantially increased, through a sustained public awareness programme. This should include securing public recognition, for example through a competition among schools to name the programme.
The Commission envisages organising in 2007 a GMES Summit. This Summit could bring together key public and private stakeholders with a view to highlight progress, exchange experiences and chart the way towards an integrated worldwide earth observation system.
[1] Council Resolution 2001/C 350/02 (13.11.2001)
[2] Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES): Establishing a GMES capacity by 2008 – Action Plan 2004-2008 (COM (2004) 65 Final)
[3] B5-0045/2004 European Parliament resolution on the action plan for implementing the European space policy
[4] Report from the Panel of Experts on Space and Security (March 2005)
[5] 'EU Strategy for Africa' COM(2005)489 Final (12.10.2005)
[6] The EU US summit ('The European Union and the United States Initiative to Enhance Transatlantic Economic Integration and Growth' EU-US Joint Declaration.) concluded "to promote cooperation using civilian space based technologies for sustainable development, science, exploration and deepening the knowledge society". The EU Russia summit in May 2005 adopted a set of road maps for four Common Spaces. In the road map for the Common Economic Space, the EU and Russia agree "to provide appropriate environment for fruitful cooperation on GMES programme." On the occasion of the China EU summit in September 2005 both parties agreed "to strengthening the EU-China Cooperation in Space, namely in joint activities in Earth Observation and Earth Science […]".
[7] "A European initiative for growth: Investing in networks and knowledge for growth and jobs: Final report to the European Council" COM(2003) 690 final/2 (21.11.2003)
[8] The 6th Environmental Action Plan (2004 to 2010) addressing climate change, nature and biodiversity, environment and health, natural resources and waste
[9] "A secure Europe in a better world–European Security Strategy" Javier Solana 12/12/2003
[10] Including the work of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States
[11] See the Council Joint Action of 20 July 2001 on the establishment of a European Union Satellite Centre, Article 2, Point 1: (2001/555/CFSP) The Centre shall support the decision-making of the Union in the context of the CFSP, in particular of the ESDP, by providing material resulting from the analysis of satellite imagery and collateral data, including aerial imagery as appropriate, in accordance with Articles 3 and 4.
[12] COM(2005) 119 final 6.4.2005
[13] Programme proposal by the ESA Director General to the ESA Member States
[14] European Space Policy - Preliminary Elements COM(2005) 208 final, 23.05.2005
[15] 'GOSIS Report (D3) on potential GMES organisational models' Specific Support Action under FP6
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You can get to Ganischgerhof by car via the Brenner motorway A 22 (exit Bozen-Nord); then drive approx. 500 m in the direction of Bolzano (Bozen) along the Brenner road (SS 12) to the new access road to Eggental; turn right, drive around the roundabout and turn off into the new tunnel leading to Eggental (SS 241).
Now continue on Eggentaler Staatsstraße; turn right in the village of Birchabruck in the direction of Deutschnofen; after approx. 5 minutes, you will get to another crossroads; turn right here again in the direction of Deutschnofen. Just before Deutschnofen, you will see Ganischgerhof on the left-hand side.
By train to Bolzano station. From the bus station (opposite the train station), several buses a day go to Deutschnofen all year round. For our guests we offer free transfer from and to Bolzano.
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Idlewilde Pet Cemetery - Hood River, OR
in Pet Cemeteries
This pet cemetery is tucked away in the Idlewilde Cemetery off Tucker Rd.
posted by: dkestrel
location: Oregon
date approved: 11/29/2013
last visited: 12/7/2013
Pet Cemetery - Alturas, CA
This small pet cemetery exists at the corner of East 4th St and North East Street in Alturas, CA.
posted by: thebeav69
location: California
date approved: 11/18/2013
last visited: never
Family Pet Memorial Gardens - Spokane, WA
This is a family owned and operated pet cemetery, begun in 1967 by a family of pet lovers.
posted by: BK-Hunters
location: Washington
date approved: 11/15/2013
last visited: 1/9/2014
Tierfriedhof Dortmund, Germany
A little pet cemetery in Dortmund near IKEA.
posted by: Amor war da ;-)
location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
last visited: 11/15/2013
Angels Haven Pet Cemetery - Linkletter, PEI
Angels Haven Pet Cemetery located on Highway 11 in Linkletter, PEI.
posted by: mTn_biKer65
location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
date approved: 9/21/2013
McDowell Pet Cemetery - Bismarck ND
Located in McDowell Dam Recreation Area.
posted by: tipete
location: North Dakota
date approved: 8/1/2013
Matteus Pet Cemetery - Noorköping, Sweden
This pet cemetery is located just outside the Matteus Cemetery in a corner of the neighboring city park, Folkparken.
posted by: DougK
location: Östergötland, Sweden
date approved: 7/23/2013
last visited: 8/16/2013
Psí hrbitov na zámku Kunštát, Czech Republic
Old dog cemetery at the castle of Kunstat.
posted by: Arne1
location: Jihomoravsky kraj, Czech Republic
date approved: 7/22/2013
last visited: 1/26/2014
The Pet Cemetery of Tucson - Tucson, AZ
A nice pet cemetery in central Tucson: 5720 E Glenn St Tucson, AZ 85712
posted by: tugies
location: Arizona
date approved: 7/12/2013
last visited: 11/22/2013
Pokopališce za male živali, Maribor, Slovenia
Cemetery for pets in Maribor
location: Slovenia
date approved: 6/24/2013
Centre funéraire Amicus - Laval, QC, Canada
Centre funeraire Amicus is located in Laval, QC, Canada.
posted by: tatie
location: Quebec, Canada
date approved: 4/27/2013
last visited: 10/4/2013
Psí hrbitov Strážná hora - Trebíc, Czech republic
Psí hrbitov zrízený mestem Trebíc / Dog cemetery established by city Trebíc.
posted by: Noe1
location: Kraj Vysocina, Czech Republic
date approved: 4/17/2013
last visited: 4/21/2013
Humane Society of Utah ~ Murray, UT
This Pet Cemetery is located on the grounds of the Humane Society of Utah located at 4242 S 300 West in Murray, Utah.
posted by: brwhiz
location: Utah
date approved: 3/24/2013
Lake Monjingup Pet Cemetery - Esperance, Western Australia, Australia
An extensive pet cemetery at Lake Monjingup Nature Reserve West of Esperance.
posted by: WanderingAus
location: Western Australia, Australia
date approved: 1/30/2013
Pet Cemetery - Fremont, CA
A pet cemetery in Fremont.
posted by: saopaulo1
date approved: 1/25/2013
Preston Bend Pet Cemetery - Preston, TX
Preston Bend Pet Cemetery is a small pet cemetery adjacent to Preston Bend Cemetery, the last major surviving piece of Preston, TX. It is easy to locate, at the base of two Texas Historical Markers commemorating Holland Coffee and Sophia Porter.
posted by: QuarrellaDeVil
location: Texas
date approved: 1/11/2013
last visited: 2/8/2014
Le cimetière pour animaux Mon repos (Québec)
Un cimetière pour vos compagnons à 4 pattes
posted by: gemeloj
date approved: 12/5/2012
last visited: 1/31/2014
A la mémoire de nos amis - Breakeyville, Qc, Canada
Cimetière pour animaux de compagnie, Breakeyville, Qc, Canada
posted by: lyturmel
date approved: 11/24/2012
last visited: 5/8/2013
Pet Rest Memorial Park -- Sachse TX
A permanent final resting place for beloved pets of all species and breeds in a growing suburb of Dallas TX.
posted by: Benchmark Blasterz
date approved: 11/18/2012
last visited: 10/20/2012
Levon Pieneläinhautausmaa - Lahti, Finland
Levo Small Animal Cemetery in Lahti, Finland
posted by: Jabozozo
location: Finland
date approved: 10/11/2012
last visited: 7/2/2011
Cimetière des Chiens - Asnières-sur-Seine, France
[FR] Avec les années, le cimetière se peuple de monuments et de sépultures importantes. [EN] Le Cimetière des Chiens is in Asnières-sur-Seine, a commune in the suburbs just to the northwest of Paris proper.
posted by: RakeInTheCache
location: Île-de-France, France
date approved: 9/27/2012
Pet Cemetery Memorial Gardens- Bowie County, Tx.
Pet Cemetery, southwest of Texarkana.
posted by: bro.bobby70
date approved: 8/16/2012
last visited: 8/16/2012
Tiffany's Memorial Pet Cemetery - Ogden, UT
Located in the Northeast corner of the Ogden City Cemetery
posted by: Lord Mot
date approved: 8/9/2012
last visited: 6/19/2013
Harrold's Pet Cemetery - Desoto, IN
A interesting find out in the middle of the country
posted by: dnrseekers
location: Indiana
date approved: 7/27/2012
last visited: 7/29/2012
Penrhyn Castle Pet Cemetery - Llandygai, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, UK
A small pet cemetery can be found in the grounds of Penrhyn Castle alongside the ruined church.
posted by: Dragontree
location: North Wales, United Kingdom
date approved: 7/20/2012


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I feel so revived it's ridiculous.
I feel so revived it's ridiculous.
all sunday i only ate a breakfast sandwhich it was wild
Yo I won't be home till late, so go to BK without me aight?
Your an absolutely wonderful man, any girl that is yours is lucky and I know that from personal experience. ~KMT
Ah, well, glad to hear you're feeling better.
What was wrong?
Allergies, headache, stomach virus, and several other symptoms. It was not fun.
I don't think ive ever gone more than 12 hours without food...
i remember one time when my mom left for the weekend and i didnt eat that weekend because i was to lazy to cook.
i seriously couldn't go 2 days without food. someone would die. if i don't eat i get really irritable. just ask qoorl
DON'T PUT THAT IN YOUR MOUTH! IT WAS MADE IN CHINA!!!- Alora Owens: Age 6
as soon as I was about to post I got raped... -Kirby: Age... whatever
It's six pm and I haven't eaten anything today. Don't even feel hungry. I could definitely go two days without eating.
If I don't eat three meals a day my blood sugar is fucked up and argument.
"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it."
- Guatama Buddha
That's an elongated death, not a living. After about 3 or 4 days your body starts to goes into survival mode where it'll try to decrease the amount of energy you use until you finally eat (ie turning off some functions) but at the 3 week stage I doubt food would even help the situation. A normal person would last a week at most.
i might could survive but i'd be a bitch the whole time, i'm sure. i don't wanna be a bitch.
DON'T PUT THAT IN YOUR MOUTH! IT WAS MADE IN CHINA!!!- Alora Owens: Age 6
as soon as I was about to post I got raped... -Kirby: Age... whatever
"Most doctors and nutritionist state that the average person can live about 4 to 6 weeks without food, but a week is a miracle without water."
you have to have the will to live though
I remember when I had some kind of stomach flu over thanksgiving, and I had to hide my face under the blankets most of the day to keep from throwing up, because the entire house smelled of cooking turkey.


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Date | 9/2010 |
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Launched in July of 2006, AmieStreet (pronounced like the name "Amy") allows artists to upload their music for promotion and sale. All songs are free to start, but prices fluctuate over time based on demand. The site, started by three Brown University seniors, gives artists 70% of revenues after taking the first $5 of revenue from each song.
AmieStreet has partnered with a number of labels including Nettwerk Music Group, INgrooves, Daptone Records and United For Opportunity (UFO). Music from these labels is sold in the same manner as all other music on AmieStreet. The service's closest competitor is SellABand, which also has a socially driven music monetization model.
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Launch Date | July 4, 2006 |
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AmieStreet is a music download service, where any artist can upload their music for download. Users then go to the site and purchase songs, with the starting price set at free. When downloads pick up, the price starts to rise, all the way up to $0.98. If a song gets to $0.30 or so, you know it's popular. Artists keep 70% of revenues as long as they have made at least $5. Additionally, artists are not required to sell their music exclusively through Amie Street and can remove it at any time.
On the user end, users can search, browse and listen to music for free (via streaming). Users who have purchased a song can recommend it to their friends using a limited number of RECs that they've received (users get one per dollar they add to their account). Once recommended, users will get account credit if the price of the song increases, giving them an incentive to find and recommend good music.


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Think you Need a Company Facebook Page? Think Again
Let's start this post off with a little quiz. How many daily users does Facebook have? Well, the most recent estimates from Facebook claim 400 million users, about 50% of which check their Facebook page each and every single day, so 200 million daily users sounds like a pretty reasonable estimate.
I can almost see the cogs turning in your head at this moment:
"Oh WOW! I've heard SO MUCH about Facebook. I need to make a Facebook fan page for my small business!"
No. Bad. Stop it! I can tell you that you don't need a Facebook page right now. You don't need a fan page or a profile page for promotions, (with a few certain exceptions) getting people to 'like' you on Facebook is nearly pointless, and those 239487 friends are basically worthless. Here's why:
1. Last time I checked, Facebook users weren't heading to the department store. They aren't there to purchase things. Facebook is a social website. Facebook's patrons use the site to chat with friends, tag photos, change their status, and buy chickens for their farm in Farmville. They aren't shopping. Does anyone remember the huge fervor over Digg traffic and Stumbleupon traffic? Tell me, when you get traffic from those sites, what do the users do? Do they purchase anything..?
2. You're dealing with a very young age set. Even though adults (especially parents) have been gradually migrating to the dark side, the greatest quantity of Facebook patrons are under 35 or so, with the biggest chunk of them college students or recent college graduates. You'll also find a very healthy high school age population.
Well, I've got bad news for you. College students won't have cash to buy your stuff! How wonderful your product is doesn't really enter into it. It will vary by exact product and case, but I'm put money on the honest fact that 60% or more of internet marketers are hawking products that just don't really compare to necessities like textbooks, car leases, rent payments, and Friday night alcohol. Oh and that gullible high school population? They don't even have credit cards.
3. People will only become a fan (or 'liker', since it's now 'like') of things they honestly CARE about. Every single day I am assaulted with literally hundreds of notifications on my news feed about my acquaintances liking things I really couldn't care less about. Each and every carefully, I carefully ignore these people. If they spam me too much with their garbage, I remove them from my news feed. You need to consider why you're making a fan page.
Are you hoping to raise public awareness of your plumbing business or direct mail agency? Facebook users will only 'like' things they already know and CARE about. If you're hoping to raise awareness by persuading them to 'like' something they don't even know or care about, you're just kidding yourself.
4. After you have the Facebook page, you've gotta maintain it. Invitations and friend requests have to made. New materials and promotions have to be updated. Junk you don't care about has to be deleted. In the end, the time you spend messing around with your Facebook page will never see a justifiable ROI.
You'll get so trapped in a routine of refreshing your promotions and news, updating your status, sending pitiful invitations to become a fan, and generally making a nuisance of yourself that you'll forget what your original business plan was: selling things that people want to improve their standard of living and make them happy. How could you have forgotten? By spending all of your day chasing after people who don't care about you OR your product, and are never going to be happy.
But Wait…What About?!?! (Exceptions)
I can hear you already. It worked for you this one time… You have this friend…You read in the news…
Yes, of course there are exceptions.
I know my 'rules' aren't all-encompassing maxims and it can work for certain circumstances. The most significant of those is Facebook's power to utilize a localized experience. Facebook lets you to find and target users in a certain city region or school network. This can be particularly useful when you have a small business located near a university, since you can laser target users that go to school at that university.
This can be efficient use of resources if you own a restaurant, bar or club. If you operate one of these businesses, you absolutely need to be promoting on Facebook. The key to an effective Facebook campaign is to keep new content going out constantly. Facebook users have developed or acquired a 5 second attention span. You need to give them reasons to immediately CARE about what your business has to offer via the Facebook page. Women's happy hour on Mondays? Buy one order of wings, get one 50% off? Complimentary VIP admission until 11 PM? Facebook is perfect for these sort of things, because it disseminates information rapidly to the people that most CARE about the products you have to offer to them.
That's all I've got for today. I know not everyone will agree, and I anticipate a lively response with lots of debate, so make sure to tell me how wrong I am in the comments section. Have you tried Facebook for your business? How did it work out?
About the guest author: David Fishman is a blogger, search engine marketer and food enthusiast living and working in Atlanta, GA. He is an employee at Response Mine Interactive, a digital marketing agency specializing in new customer acquisition. In his spare time, he is likely to be cooking and updating his blog about how to make sushi.
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13 Responses to "Think you Need a Company Facebook Page? Think Again"
If you own a small business (brick and mortar or online) you absolutely should WANT a Facebook page. If you're going to use it to market your business in the ways described above, then the author is right, your Facebook page isn't going to return a great ROI.
Why don't you instead use it to build an email list. You can actually use FBML for the time being or iframes in the near future to put a tab on your fan page with an optin box.
The marketing of your business on Facebook pages described above sounds very unimaginative. no wonder it's been a FAIL for many.
David Reply:
August 27th, 2010 at 9:37 pmYou're right Shawn. There are many things you can do with a Facebook page that are creative, unique, and attention-getting. There are many good examples that I can think of where I know that a Facebook page has been a huge boon to a company.
Unfortunately, I would argue that most companies' Facebook pages right now are the kind of dull, pointless blather that just represent a waste of at least one person's time.
I think a lot of people are operating under the assumption that I'm trying to say NO ONE needs a Facebook fan page, which I absolutely did not.
You don't have to manage friend requests if you set up a business page. Just let the people come to you. Keep them engaged with compelling conversation and it will most likely be worth your time.
The biggest growing demographic on social media is women aged 45+. Facebook is no longer college kids – its adults, with money to spend if you make a compelling enough argument.We use the Mail Chimp sign up FBML on our page and it has returned great results. Its worth putting in the little effort, especially if you are building a brand.
Appropriate use of Facebook?I think SEO Is a good way?
Billy Hahn Reply:
October 3rd, 2010 at 4:21 pmI have tried using my facebook account for SEO purposes, but I know I still have to learn more… That's why Im reading lots of things from this blog….
Disagree — as of this post we have 13k fans and we do about 20k a month in revenue.
You still think we don' t need a FB page?
Do I think "EVERY" biz NEEDS a page….probably not, but it's hard to rule out a 'free marketing' platform without testing the waters.
David Reply:
August 27th, 2010 at 9:42 pmSo basically what I said was "most of the time, pillows are soft" and you replied with "NO! my pillow is HARD!"
My argument is not that NO BUSINESS should have a facebook fan page, just that jumping on a trend for the sake of the trend is not a great idea for any business, and should make you think again. Social media is the hippest, hottest thing around, but if a company doesn't understand how to use it, what's the point?
Did you draw a relationship between the 13K fans and the 20K a month in revenue? Or are those just two independent facts that sound nice together?
I am not going to waste my time on a thought out response.
You obviously don't take criticism well.
Leave the guest posts to others and keep making sushi dude.
…and maybe leave this out of your next post…
"I know not everyone will agree, and I anticipate a lively response with lots of debate, so make sure to tell me how wrong I am in the comments section"
Not sure you really are looking for anyone to tell you how you may be "wrong".
Peace Out!
I'm sorry, but your criticisms made no sense.
I said in my original article that I know there are exceptions…
Then you told me you know an exception.Well don't you just take the prize for being obvious.
If you insist on telling me something I already clearly stated I know, I have no choice but to assume you either didn't clearly read the guest post, or more likely, just enjoy being antagonistic online.
If you want an example of how to respond with well-thought out criticism, I suggest you take a look at the most recent post on Daily SEO Tip, called "Your Company Actually DOES Need a Facebook". Russell took the time to actually think about the points he presented, instead of just citing a single personal example in a what amounted to little more than disagreeing because you can.
Everyone once in a while, I forget that I'm on the internet. Then something reminds me. sigh
Overall it comes down to what you have to say on it. and who you aim to say it to. There are so many companies out there who set up a profile, add a few status updates, and then sit on it for months upon months. Likewise there's the companies that jump on, say too much of the wrong thing, and set themselves on following all the wrong people. But if you can establish a clear gameplan for it then your company falls into the definitely need category.
I don't think this means you don't need a page. Exposure is always good.
I think Facebook company page is ok because you 'll get exposure and also with that work on SEO strategy to drive traffic to your website.
I think a Facebook page is a must for almost all businesses. So I disagree with you that it does not matter. So long as you know your target audience then you can find a way to turn them into your new and loyal customers.