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Why would you try to change the subject again?
Are you American or something?
Again, what has the colour of the puppet got to do with its function?
I can explain the "rise" of China. But that would be off topic, so he ho you will have to want.
Here's an idea, start a thread about the "rise" of china, if its interesting enough I will come and destroy you
It was about maintaining the appearance of democracy. Mobilisation of the "black vote" and women too (good looking lad our Barry) to ensure the correct puppet was installed.
Just ask Americans how many of the promises made to the black community before the election were actually carried through.
In fact how many of his promises to anybody has he kept?
The Tories did the same here to get Mrs T into downing street, they just used the women though.
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For as long as humans have walked the planet, human preditors have been taxating human prey to keep themselves at the top of the tree.
They use......... paper.
Paper 'money', paper 'Acts'.
We are conditioned from birth to obey other people's paper as if it were the law of a God.
Capitalist: A man who has gained an unhealthy love of his money - the root of all evil according to the Bible.
Social-ist: A man who has gained an unhealthy love of other peoples money - but by then, the Bible has no effect on his conscience any more
You only have power over a man for as long as you don't take everything away from him. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power, he's free again. - (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
If and when guns are totally banned in this country the majority will say it is right; I would disagree - but I would hand mine in because that is democracy.
But when you are in the mindset (like most of our politicians are) that the majority can usually be ignored, as they are usually wrong, and when they disagree with politicians then the majority are ALWAYS wrong - that's when things are nasty and that's exactly where this country is now.
We are run by a narrow, unrepresentative clicque of upper middle class, elitist theorists, and doesn't it just show?


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A suspect in the stabbing death of a Mansfield woman Sunday was in critical condition at a Kansas hospital after a wreck Thursday afternoon on Interstate 35, authorities reported.Anthony Raymont Ford, 27, of Mansfield was being pursued by Kansas state troopers near the Oklahoma border, said officer Thad Penkala, a Mansfield police spokesman."When the Kansas Highway Patrol attempted a traffic stop, the suspect fled," Penkala said in a news release. "A short pursuit ended when the suspect was involved in a one-vehicle wreck."Ford is a suspect in the stabbing death of Devon Delarosa, 23, who was found Sunday night in her apartment in the 600 block of Kingsway Drive.Neighbors told police that they heard screams about 6:30 p.m. Sunday and saw Ford driving away in a black Pontiac Grand Am.About 10 p.m., police received a 911 call asking for someone to check on Delarosa. Responding officers found her body on the living room floor. Mansfield police got an arrest warrant for Ford and notified other agencies that he was last seen driving a 2004 two-door black Pontiac Grand Am GT with a missing right front hubcap. Kansas troopers spotted the car about 2 p.m. Thursday.The Tarrant County medical examiner reported that Delarosa was stabbed in the neck.Ford was convicted in 2004 of assault causing bodily injury in a Mansfield case, court records show. This report includes material from the Star-Telegram archives.
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November 24, 2014
Severe Thunderstorms Rake Region
It has been 3 days in the making, but finally the heavens opened up on Tuesday evening as thunder squalls ripped through the region.
Reports of wild clouds (see enclosed picture from Ashland) have been common.
The leading edge of the storm line was marked by a protruding shelf cloud since it resembles the shelves on a kitchen cabinet.
The larger scale circulation that swirls 360 degrees around for a mile or more is called a mesocyclone. These clouds are renown for high winds and on ocassion can spin up tornadoes (like the March 2012 event in West Liberty, Salyersville, Denver, Inez and Lawrence Ky, Scioto Ohio and Wayne,Mingo WV.).
Joe Kinzer from Pikeville, Kentucky, reported large trees down and sporadic power outs in Pikeville. Reports of power outs were common late Tuesday night with Lawrence Ohio having the most people in the dark (more than 10,000 at one point).
This tale started in Tennessee on Tuesday afternoon as storm clouds bubbled up in the semi-tropical air of last spring. By late afternoon dozens of reports of strong winds and hail storms had invaded the Volunteer State.
By early evening those storms had arrived in Southeast Kentucky and were racing into the Tri-State area.
By the time the storm line had passed east of the region it had unleashed a violent arsenal of strong winds, torrential rains and vivid lightning streaks.
Here's a look at the so called "meso-cyclone" that announced the arrival of the storm as it passed the Kroger in Ashland.
I think of these clouds as "huge towering" bleachers that surround a football stadium and they are a sure sign of high turbulence and often severe weather.
Old timers nicknamed this a Battleship Cloud and in weather vernacular, a Mothership Cloud title is often bestowed.
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I think the reunion depicts clearly how I feel about everything. However I think a blog with just the facts is the best way to sum up how I feel about everything.
Fact: Jim and Alexis are still married. Tamra and Vicki are getting divorced
Fact: Jim and Alexis have a loving, traditional relationship. Vicki never seemed to be respectful or truly loving towards Donn from the footage we watched all these years, and Tamra stated that she and Simon had a very tumultuous relationship the entire time they were married.
Fact: Alexis and I are great friends, but we will not make excuses for each other's bad behavior, and we will call each other out.
Fact: She had a lot to say about my relationship with Jeff, but never met him and never spent any time with him and I together.
Fact: She never came to the hospital and obviously did not care that my fiancé was dying, however she expects everyone to have compassion and feel bad for her and her situation when she went to the hospital.
Fact: Jeff died, Vicki went back to work the next day.
Fact: I was the ONLY person that showed up in the hospital when Vicki was there.
Fact: Her "concerned" friend Tamra stayed and drank at the bar with Fernanda after the fashion show and never even went to the hospital. When cameras went down she no longer seemed so concerned.
Fact: Although Vicki hasn't always been nice to me, I actually like Vicki and wish her nothing but happiness and the best for her future.


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Acme Roadhouse:DJ Jason (hip-hop)
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Elixir:DJ De Söl (hip-hop)
Fat Cats:Section 9 with DJs Nasty Nate & Send Units (electro)
Margarita Rocks:Club Roxy with DJ Steel (alternative rock, dance)
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Shepherd's:Ladies Night with DJs Earth & Statik (hip-hop, old school)
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On Wednesday night, the Caps again embarrassed the Canes. They walked away with a 5-1 victory. On Saturday, Carolina didn't put forth any effort, but on Wednesday the story was a little different.
Carolina put 50 shots on net against the second best goaltender on the second worst team in the East. FIFTY! Not 1-5. 5-0. Still, they couldn't score more than one goal.
The game wasn't televised, so I didn't see any of it, but all accounts are that the boys worked hard, but have absolutely nothing to show for it. For like the zillionth game in a row, they were skating shorthanded. Ray Whitney returned to action, but Andrew Ladd went down with his own "upper body injury". That meant that the Canes were still skating with only 17 healthy guys. Doug Weight and Nic Wallin and Bret Hedican should be back any day now. Josef Vacisek will be back on Monday.
I guess the bright side of this injury bug is that we're getting it out of the way now rather than in the first round of the playoffs. At least this current bout. All told, I think the total of man-games lost by the Canes this season is 233. Compare that to Tampa, who has lost something like 42 man-games.
Speaking of Tampa, I will be rooting for Atlanta tonight. We will need them to do the dirty work of defeating Tampa in regulation tonight. That will clinch the division for the Canes.
The thing about this Caps fiasco is that we still have to play them three more times. Thankfully, our post-season reservations are already set, or they might play the role of spoiler. Actually, I have a really easy solution to our Caps woes. I'll wager against the Canes next time they play. No, I'm not a betting man, but since you mention it, today is the first day of the North Carolina lottery. At least the scratch-off tickets. The real lotto (and the powerball) will start in a couple of months.
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A report from the National Park service shows visitors to its sites at both ends of North Carolina drew visitors who spent a lot of money in 2012.
The report shows there were 15.2 million visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway who spent $902 million in the communities near the park. The service said that spending supported 12,168 jobs in the region.
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On the coast, the park service said more than 3 million people visited Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial. Those visitors spent $175 million in the vicinity of the park sites to support nearly 2,500 jobs.
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The final tune-up for this Saturday's state meet at Brown University took place Sunday with the boys taking part in the 49th annual Hendricken Invitational while the girls took to the oval at Providence's Conley Stadium for the Mount Pleasant Performance Championship.
NORTH SMITHFIELD — When Cassandra Sherman played for the Rice Memorial High prep hockey team of South Burlington, Vt. from 2010-12, she picked up a passport for her team's various road trips through three provinces in Canada, but because her team went over the border almost every other weekend, her passport didn't need to be stamped.
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Hiv Caused By Small Amount Of Blood On Toilet Tissue
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After 3 months dating, she said she is not ready for a very serious relationship, what the heck?
So, maybe the question stands for it all. I have been dating this girl for a little bit more than three months. Everything was going pretty well (she even told me that she loves me one month ago) and suddendly from nowhere, she dropped the "I'm not ready for a serious relationship" statement in the following form: "I'm not ready for a very serious relationship, Of course I like you a lot but being very serious (for example thinking about the future together) is still a heavy burden for me." I am really confused since I fell for her, I really like her as well and everything was going on pretty well. I am sure she is not dating or seeing anyone else, and I also know that the "I'm not ready for a serious relationship" device is used for girls when they are not interested in the a new guy hovering, but what about being already 3 months dating seriuosly and by the way, we got to know each other like 10 months? Help to try to understand please!
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Is she younger than you? Sounds like she is since she's not ready for a commitment.
She is 3 years younger.
Maybe you should ask her what went wrong. Sometimes there are misunderstandings and people get hurt and start to pull away...
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Cats and dogs have a history of being portrayed as natural enemies yet, owners that have raised cats and dogs together can provide plenty of testimonials supporting that cats and dogs can get along and even live in harmony. The secret often is allowing them to grow up together, which means raising puppies and kittens together from a young age.
While this is the best and ideal method, adult cats and dogs introduced later in life can still get along together if given ample time to get to accept each other and if the owners provide timely corrections to any unwanted behaviors.
As much effort, however, as one may put into training cats and dogs to get along, in some cases, there is not much that can be done to prevent nature to take its course. Indeed, there are dog breeds that have an inherited impulse to chase, injure and even kill small animals regardless of the training methods involved.
This is called ''prey drive'' and many times it is genetically instilled deep into the dog's genetic core leaving small place for changes. High prey drive dog breeds are those that have been used for years by humans to chase and hunt small animals or that have inherited hunting attitudes because of their survival instincts. There are also some dogs that love to chase small animals just because they get a kick out of it, regardless if their intention is to kill or play a game.
While one cannot really generalize on which dog breeds are not suitable for feline households because there are exceptions especially when the dog and cats are raised together at a young age, there is evidence that some dog breeds have higher prey drives than other breeds, therefore upping the likeliness that it may be challenging to make them get along with your feline friend.
Dog Breeds with High Prey Drive
Afhgan Hound
Akita Inu
Alaskan Malamute
Australian Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Doberman Pincher
Jack Russell Terrier
Norvegian Elkhound
Shiba Inu
Yorkshire Terrier
The above are dog breeds that generally may not do well with cats. If they were raised with cats and trained to respect them, they still should not be left unsupervised with cats. Some dogs know they must respect cats in the owner's presence but once the owner turns around the dog may take advantage of its primal instincts.
More Tolerant Dog Breeds:
Australian Shepherd
Boston Terrier
Cavalier King Charles
Golden Retriever
Labrador Retriever
The above dog breeds are breeds that are generally tolerant of cats. Yet, no generalization can be done, as each dog has its own personality.
The above lists therefore, are not a black and white declaration, rather they just simply list breeds of dogs that are more likely to chase and view cats as prey and dogs that are more ready to accept cats as a friend. It is ultimately, the cat owner's responsibility to do good research on the dog's breed and temperament before adopting a dog and allowing him/her to co-habitat with cats.


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Five Points Park plans resurrected
Date: November 25, 2009
by: Robin Roy | City Editor
Three-and-a-half years after six separate plans to improve Five Points Park were created, they sit largely ignored. But, this week, the Downtown Improvement District discussed resurrecting those plans, and at least one city commissioner is on board.
For months, DID board members have talked about wanting to spruce up the park, saying, among other things, that the surrounding wall is uninviting and the grass is too sparse.
"Five Points Park is such an important part of our district," said DID board member Andrew Foley. "It's such a glaring example of something that needs improvement."
Githler Development Vice President Andy Door, who had originally worked on the park improvements, presented the plans to the DID.
"We envisioned connecting the park to Selby (Gardens) with a series of walks with gardens along the way," said Dorr.
The six concepts have several common elements, such as the elimination of street curbs to create a flat profile, the removal of the turn lane from Pineapple Avenue to First Street and expansion of the lawn area. (See below for complete list.)
Plan variations included flowers, sculptures, a gazebo, a fountain, game tables, benches and moveable chairs.
"(The Community Redevelopment Agency) made a redo of the park its No. 1 project," said Door. "But the project began to unravel, and it disappeared from the CRA's radar screen."
The Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board changed its priorities in May at the request of the DID, which wanted to align its project list with the board's to create a larger budget and have a greater impact on downtown.
The redevelopment of Five Points Park was moved down to fourth place on the project list. There was only enough money to fund the first two projects — a wayfinding system and downtown historic-district improvements.
When the six concept plans were created in 2006, the projected cost to implement one of those plans was $2.5 million, but Dorr said because construction costs have dropped since then, it's possible the price tag today may be a little more than $1 million.
Foley suggested the DID help pay for the park improvements, but do them in stages, so no one has to come up with the entire cost at once.
Commissioner Terry Turner agreed.
"Do a two-phase approach," he said. "Have something to do quickly and make an impact."
Turner suggested first removing the concrete wall surrounding the park's lawn to make it more inviting.
"Don't get lost in a big $2 million plan," Turner said.
For a document containing conceptual designs for Five Points Park, click here.
• Roundabout at the Five Points intersection
• Redesigned left/right intersection at Pineapple Avenue and First Street
• Additional row of oak trees paralleling the existing row of trees near the Pineapple Avenue curb
• Relocation of the palm trees to the new edge of the realigned Pineapple Avenue
• Elimination of curbs along Pineapple Avenue and First Street to create a flat profile
• Bollards to delineate the edge of Pineapple Avenue and First Street roadways
• Curbs at all corners with barrier-free ramps
• Brick pavers for Pineapple Avenue and First Street roadways
• Retention of the historic clock
• Retention of all trees within the park
• Retention of the donor bricks
• Expansion of the lawn area by approximately 10 feet
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Initial project scope for The Zone
Three Stagecoach North East bus routes had been updated with free WiFi and more frequent routes. Stagecoach North East commissioned The Brand Surgery to create an exciting fleet of bus livery for the Teesside area. We were advised that Teesside often gets left out when mentioning the North East, so we developed a 'Totally Tees' slogan. The client had already decided she would like to use the Brand name 'The Zone™' and wanted to use the word 'zone' within different sub-brands. 'ComfortZone™' and 'ZoneOut™' had already been provided by the client, and we created 'Ozone™' and 'TimeZone™'.
As with all our logo design, branding and business marketing projects, we carried out extensive market research. Who would be using the buses? What message would the customer respond to? The Zone™ would be travelling past various colleges and universities so we opted for a 'fun and funky' approach.
Logo design and branding for The Zone
First off, we designed a logo for The Zone™ and as standard practice, we provided a choice for our client to chose from. The Zone conjures up futuristic feeling, however we felt the futuristic fonts were too comlex with the design livery design, so we used 'Swiss 721 Heavy', and used our artistic licence to tailor the font to meet the brief. We used the Stagecoach 'brand' orange throughout the project to align the buses with the Stagecoach branding.
Branding and product name
We created silhouette elements with a 3D effect to reflect the four sub-brands. For ComfortZone™ we created people doing things that you can't do, or shouldn't do, if you are driving such as phoning, listening to music via earphone and reading books. For the TimeZone™ sub-brand we created a silhouette alarm clock, for ZoneOut™ we created a silhouette of someone listening to earphones and for Ozone™ we created a silhouette of hands cupping a planet with some butterflies. We created a glass-3D effect to add depth to the silhouettes.
Bus livery design
Once the concept had been agreed we applied it to the bus templates. As you can see there are many 'joins' and 'unsafe' areas to avoid on the bus and everything is printed at a huge scale so it is essential to use high resolution or vector images which magnify without losing quality. Photos can also look stunning when enlarged – think about the Sky van livery with cartoon characters. When designing vehicle livery, it is essential to be able to visualise patterns in 3D. The back of the Enviro 300 buses are curved so creating artwork that joins seamlessly on the curves is challenging.
Promotional launch products
We also created Adshel posters and promotional launch products for The Zone™. Promotional products included branded earphones for ZoneOut™, Eyemask for ComfortZone™, Mints for Ozone™, USB sticks for TimeZone™ and screen wipes for all four sub-brands. We also created a pre-launch and post-launch Facebook campaign, plus The Zone website banners for the Stagecoach Teesside website.
Bus livery through to mobile home livery and car graphics
Vehicle advertising works 24 hours a day and after the initial cost of design and print, it is free until the design is changed. The most important thing is to create a stunning visual brand identity. We love vehicle wraps because the only limit is imagination. Vehicle wraps allow your brand to stand out from the rest. If you can't afford an entire brand wrap, a part wrap as on the Zone is a cost effective alternative.
We also designed the Pulse bus rear livery earlier this year and you can see our other vehicle livery work by clicking here.
Vehicle livery, visual branding and corporate identity services for small, medium and large businesses
As you may have guessed, distance is no problem. We work with all types of businesses throughout the UK and in Canada. If you need a visual brand created for a new product or business, contact The Brand Surgery, Sussex's No 1 branding agency on 01903 824229 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Brochure design: Impact Report 2014 for Coastal West Sussex Mind
We have recently designed this brochure style impact report for Coastal West Sussex Mind. In previous years, the impact report was A4 size, however, this year we decided to change it to A5 to make it easier for people to store. Government cuts have also put pressure on charity marketing budgets and the A5 16pp is far more economical than A4. And of course it is more planet friendly! So before you think of resorting to online and completely cutting out printed brochures, perhaps investigate more cost effective printing options – there's nothing quite like picking up a nice brochure.
This is the first impact report published since the Coastal West Sussex rebrand, which we also worked on, so the theme for this year was the larger Coastal West Sussex area reach. We used photos of iconic landmarks across Coastal West Sussex to represent the merger. We hope you agree that this is an uplifting, bright, modern impact brochure.
If you would like a stunning brochure for your business, charity or not-for-profit organisation, call The Brand Surgery, No. 1 marketing and branding agency in West Sussex on 01903 824229. Don't forget we have an in-house Chartered Marketer who can advise on brochure content, copywriting and route to market as well as creative design.
The handy-size A5 impact reports are being presented at the Coastal West Sussex Mind Mental Health Day event this Friday.
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Come along to Coastal West Sussex Mind World Mental Health Day event – Friday 10th October 2014
World Mental – Health Day Event Programme
- 11.00am –12.30pm Mental health and well-being stalls and activities with light lunch served from 12-00pm
- 12.30pm –1.30pm Coastal West Sussex Mind AGM and Public Launch
- 13.30pm –3.00pm Mental health and well-being bitesize workshops including: Mental health awareness, Food and mood, Complementary therapies, Mindfulness
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We do enjoy watching Alex Polizzi's, "The Fixer" and this week was no exception. It was all about a family sausage business called Heck. It's run by Andrew and Debbie Keeble aka Andrew and Debbie's Sausages.
Alex advised Heck to upgrade its packaging to include: "who they are, where they're from, what they do and what they believe in". Heck Sausages is a family run business. Alex suggested that this fact should be stated on the Heck packaging. This is when it gets interesting …
Is it better to make your business look larger or smaller?
In this blog, our Chartered Marketer, Vicky Vaughan, asks the question: Is it better for small businesses to look larger than they are? Or like Heck Sausages, should small businesses promote themselves as a small, family run business?
Some smaller B2B businesses try to look larger because they think that's what their customers want. Large is perceived to be less risky to do business with, although this is not always true. My question to small businesses: Have you ever asked your customers what size of company they prefer to do business with? What do your customers perceive to the the advantages or disadvantages of small/large suppliers? Many businesses prefer smaller suppliers because they feel they have more power over them.
The independent high street deli and "Shopping local" has become fashionable again thanks to our celebrity chefs – we now like to know what is in our food and where it has come from. These delis do well to promote themselves as independent and perhaps as family run, although there is a fine line between looking like a professional business and home-made cottage industry. This is why it is essential to use a professional branding agency to work with your business.
So the answer?
I would suggest that it depends on what type product or service your business is selling and how long your business has been established. Would you buy a mobile phone from a brand new husband-and-wife-business-set-up with no track record? Buying a pack of sausages from a family run business is less risky – so long as you can be sure the sausage manufacturer has a good hygiene rating – we will discuss this and accreditations later on. Other businesses that can afford to promote themselves as small or family-run outfits are retailers such as jewellers, hardware stores, pet shops, insurance brokers and car showroom businesses which are part of a franchise.
Consumers and businesses have one thing in common. They want value and quality from their suppliers. Value may come in the form of customer service, differentiation or price, although research shows that customers are less interested in price these days. Mass marketing is long gone and most people prefer a tailored approach, so developing a marketing strategy is essential so you can gain sustainable competitive advantage no matter what size of business you are.
Small things come in beautiful packages and that includes businesses. If you are 100% sure you want to promote your business as a small business. Here are some ideas to get you past Go.
My advice is to think what annoys you most about large corporate companies and do something different.
Promote your customer care and service
Do you think that smaller family businesses are perceived to be more caring? I do. I recently went to The Range to buy a new jubilee band for my BBQ gas hose. Why The Range? Apparently The Range sells anything worth having including BBQ gadgets. Unfortunately, The Range's assistant could not assist as he had no product knowledge so I left the store feeling frustrated. I then trundled off to a nearby family-run hardware store – the owner was about to close up shop, but he let us in, was very helpful, he knew everything there is to know about jubilee clips and sold a variety of sizes. I made my purchase and left, smiling.
If you are a smaller business, get to know your products and everything about them. And train your team to do the same so they can be helpful during customer enquiries – this will give you competitive advantage. If a customer phones you five minutes before or after closing, then speak to them. Chances are that they called somewhere before you and the previous supplier was closed – this is your chance!
On the subject of phoning. How irritated do you feel when you speak to a computerised telephone system? I would advise against these. On-hold marketing is fine, if you have customers on hold when transferring them to colleagues within your team, however, I wouldn't want my customer to be holding for more than 10 seconds. Think how refreshing it is to phone and speak to a human straight away. If your business can be efficient without a computerised telephone system, you have a massive advantage.
Promote your flexibility
Large corporate companies can't often break the rules, unless its to their financial advantage of course! Smaller businesses can. Large corporates are trying to be more flexible and caring – have you noticed that some banks now advertise that computers no longer decide your fate when applying for loans?
Do the thing that corporates can't. Bend the rules. If a customer asks for a slight change in your T&Cs, then consider it. You can add extras into a deal to make it more valuable for your customer so they keep coming back to you.
The importance of accreditations
Whether you wish to be perceived as a family run business or a larger business, it is important to demonstrate quality. An excellent way to do this is to become accredited in your area of expertise. For example, The Brand Surgery® is a small Chartered Marketing and Design Agency and a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. That means that our MD is professionally qualified to be a marketing consultant and has to undergo vigorous training each year in order to stay Chartered.
There are hundreds of professional organisations for all sorts of industries. Find out if you can join a professional organisation who will help you with training and guide you to gaining accreditations such as ISO 9001.
Invest in professional branding and marketing
There are some things that corporates do better – they invest in professional marketing and branding services – that is how they grew big in the first place! It is essential to develop a online and offline marketing strategy so you can keep ahead of emerging trends and the changing needs of your customers – whether they are B2C or B2B. Consumer needs are unpredictable and being prepared will help you adapt to the latest trends and avoid the pitfalls that Woolies suffered. You also need to consider that the mass market is no longer relevant and today, one size no longer fits all, so you must find out who are the profitable customers for your business so you don't waste precious resources.
You need to find out and not guess what your customers wants and needs are. Find out where potential customers shop for products now and why. Do they like doing business with smaller businesses or larger organisations? Once you know the needs, your business can begin to develop an effective marketing strategy to align with its target audience.
It is also important to follow emerging trends. Look at Morrison's, whose pre-tax profit plummet by just under a third for the six months ended 3rd August 2014. Now anyone looking in Morrison's will see that they have attempted to recreate a less corporate feel with introducing greengrocer and fishmonger sections in an attempt to let customers think they are shopping at independent local stores, rather than supporting another chain. However, Morrison's have obviously missed something fundamental in their marketing strategy.
Once you have obtained the relevant information which will determine whether your corporate image is small business/larger business, then you should invest in professional corporate identity, logo, packaging, brochure and website. Once you have this, you will look professional and can promote the gems that set you apart from large corporates.
I hope you found this useful. Please do contact us if you would like to know more on the subject. Should you promote yourself as a large or small business? Call The Brand Surgery, Sussex No. 1 Chartered Marketing Consultancy and Design Agency on 01903 824229 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you would like a marketing strategy developed for your business, the Government is currently giving away £2000 to businesses for business growth on a random basis. Click here to find out more.
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The Brand Surgery® is now an official government growth voucher scheme service provider for marketing consultancy. This means that you can get £2000 towards an offline or online marketing, branding or marketing communications strategy developed by our in-house chartered marketing consultant.
Government Growth Voucher Scheme:
Are you self-employed or registered as a company?
The Government has launched the Growth Voucher Scheme which can give you up to £2,000 towards our marketing consultancy services. To find out if you are eligible, answer the following questions:
- Do you have 249 employees or less?
- Are you registered in England?
- Do you actively sell goods or services?
- Is your business independent?
- Do you have a turnover of less than €50 million?
If you can answer yes you are eligible to get strategic marketing advice from The Brand Surgery® for only 50% of the usual investment. Those taking part can access subsidies from £250 up to £2,000 to spend which must be match funded by your own business.
To find out more about Growth Vouchers, click here.
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Chippingdale Cricket Club and The Brand Surgery®
The Brand Surgery® recently enjoyed a fabulous, sunny and incredibly blustery Sunday afternoon presenting trophies it had sponsored at Chippingdale Cricket Club.
Chippingdale Cricket Club was formed in 1897 by local builder, the late Frank Sandell. Chippingdale Cricket Club currently plays in the West Sussex Invitation Cricket League. The Club is only one of a few in the area which still plays friendly cricket on a Sunday which reinforces that the main reason for playing this wonderful game is for enjoyment and also the social aspect which cricket brings.
Having been the first cricket club in Worthing to be awarded Clubmark accreditation in April 2007, this proves that the club has a strong desire to develop on all fronts both on and off the field.
It is wonderful to see children playing sports, and many of the parents we spoke to agreed how important team sports are for children as it not only gets them out in the fresh air, it teaches them team spirit and discipline.
Corporate Social Responsibility and The Brand Surgery®
The Brand Surgery® is an ethical design and marketing agency and as part of our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy, we volunteer our time, selected services and in-kind donations for a number of charities and communities in and around Worthing including Durrington High School, Go Youth Activities and Chippingdale Cricket Club.
Integrating a planned CSR strategy is essential to improve your corporate reputation which will increase your competitive advantage and bring your business healthy, sustainable business growth. Volunteering with community groups is one small part of CSR. Unfortunately, many businesses make the same mistakes when implementing CSR and wonder why their bottom line is decreasing. The Brand Surgery® helps businesses to avoid the common CSR mistakes because we understand how it works. We are qualified to deliver CSR training so call us today on 01903 824229 for more information.
Exhibition and Flag Banner Design
Do you like our funky flag banner? It stood up to some very windy conditions on Sunday and looked fabulous. This is a 4m high flag banner. We like designing BIG! Click here to see our exhibition and livery design page. We design bus livery for Stagecoach South and Stagecoach North East. We designed Suzuki GB PLC NEC Bike Show Graphics and also The Flying Wok shop livery in Worthing and Chichester. Call us on 01903 824229 or email email@example.com if you want some BIG funky graphics to grow your business
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Paula Rosa Manhattan Kitchen Fitter Jobs – Recruitment campaign
Our client, Paula Rosa Manhattan has been established for over 60 years. It holds a number of prestigious accreditations including the Royal Warrant which demonstrates its commitment to providing the highest level of quality in products and service.
Paula Rosa Manhattan is looking for experienced self employed kitchen fitters to work on new house build sites across the country. You are expected to have a CSCS Card, UTR and Public Liability Insurance, own transport and tools.
You must also be independent, energetic, a good communicator, a problem solver, safety conscious and have an eye for detail.
In return for providing these qualities, you will benefit from the continuity of working with the top UK house builders. You will be accreditation-trained and we will provide you with full corporate workwear. There are also career opportunities for you who may wish to progress to management.
Think you've got what it takes? Please call David Hedges on 01903 524300.
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Attract talent with effective recruitment advertising campaigns
Don't leave your recruitment campaign to chance. Recruiting suitable staff is key to the success of your company – whatever level of the hierarchy your vacant position falls within. You need staff with values who will enhance your business.
Recruitment advertising is a science. Do you advertise on social media, in the press, on leaflets, on your vehicle livery or on the radio? How do you know which avertising medium will work best? Don't make the mistake that many businesses make and waste your marketing and recruitment budget on a scattergun approach.
Our Chartered Marketer expertise will ensure that your recruitment adverts will generate a response from the right kind of candidate because we will work with you to create a recruitment advertising strategy. Only when this is agreed will we get to work designing and writing an advert that will engage with your audience, generating worthwhile candidate responses.
Call Vicky Vaughan, Chartered Marketer and Managing Director of Sussex's No. 1 branding agency, The Brand Surgery, on 01903 824229 to chat about your recruitment advertising campaign.
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Part time evening Marketing Course worth 14 Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours.
If you have always wondered how marketing works or if you want to create a professional marketing plan for business growth – then this ten week course which takes place at Worthing College is for you.
The course has been created for business owners, people looking at setting up a business and for those who are considering a career in the exciting world of marketing. The 10 week course is run by Vicky Vaughan, DipM MCIM, a Chartered Marketer who has run an award-winning creative design and marketing agency for eleven years. Vicky has 24 years of combined design and marketing expertise which is a powerful combination.
Vicky will take you through the fundamentals of marketing including marketing planning and brand development. By the end of the ten week course you will have created an impressive marketing plan which will help you grow your business and make the right marketing decisions, avoiding the most common marketing mistakes.
Vicky will also be running an intermediate marketing course in 2015 which will cover some of the elements from the entry level course in more detail – including how to increase your competitive advantage in a crowded market place.
The course starts on Tuesday 16th September 2014, 6.30-8.30pm and lasts for ten weeks. The course costs only £120 and you will receive a certificate of attendance at the end.
If you would like any marketing advice in the meantime, please call Vicky Vaughan at The Brand Surgery, Sussex's No. 1 branding agency on 07909 693172.
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Vehicle graphic design / rebrand / livery refresh
We recently created the concept and executed the graphics for this bus livery which you may have seen on a road near you over the last few weeks. Our brief was to refresh the Pulse bus rears, while matching the existing Pulse branding on the sides of the buses.
For this project we applied our Chartered Marketer expertise and focused on the benefits of bus travel over driving. Customers who travel by bus can enjoy a variety of activities such playing pocket computer games, reading a book, writing a book, phoning friends, snoozing, online shopping and much more. Customers can also save money when travelling by bus, especially if they purchase Megarider tickets. We created awards for Stagecoach customers including the Mr Multi-tasker Award, Star Shopper Award, Smart Saint Award, Smart Saver Award and the Smart Commuter Award. These awards can be converted into marketing campaigns at a later date.
Once the livery concepts had been approved, we set to work converting the ideas to graphics taking care to avoid non-printing areas. A great deal of technical knowledge is required for creating bus livery graphics, as well as professional marketing expertise. You may remember we also designed the Coastliner 700 bus graphics for Stagecoach South four years ago.
Vehicle livery – the essential tool for advertising and branding
Vehicle livery is one of the best ways to get your business noticed 24 hours a day and is relatively inexpensive. Vehicle wrapping and vehicle graphics are excellent for business branding and advertising – our professional design services will ensure your brand is remembered for the right reasons. Even when you are off work relaxing, your vehicle graphics will be working hard promoting your business to thousands of potential customers across a wide audience of consumers.
Call The Brand Surgery, No. 1 branding agency in Worthing, West Sussex on 01903 824229 for a no obligation chat about business branding and vehicle livery.
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Yesterday, The Brand Surgery® exhibited at the Adur and Worthing Chamber Business Showcase and wowed visitors with its branding, corporate identity and marketing expertise.
Brand management and marketing consultancy
Many visitors stopped by our stand for free brand management and marketing consultancy advice – everything from event launch marketing through to business branding for new businesses.
Paula Rosa Manhattan at the Business Showcase 2014
The Brand Surgery also looked after the Paula Rosa Manhattan stand – we are excellent at multi-tasking! We received a visit from the Mayor of Worthing, Bob Smytherman (see photo above by John Young), and we had fun chatting to him. There was lots of interest in the Paula Rosa Manhattan stand as this is one of the first times the company has exhibited since its merger.
Well done Worthing College – our prize draw winners!
Thank you to everyone who entered our prize draw. Anne Pithie of Worthing College is the lucky winner! The prize includes two hours design, print and delivery of a pull-up banner just like the one in the photo above (photo by Maria Scard). We look forward to hearing from you soon Anne. Thank you Sharon Clarke for the use of the Worthing Town Centre Initiative bucket and spade!
Choose The Brand Surgery for winning exhibition banner design
Exhibitions are a really good excuse to promote your business brochures and branding. How old is your business banner? Chances are it could be curling round the edges which doesn't create a good impression. The Brand Surgery has an excellent signage and livery portfolio which you can view by clicking here.
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The Defamation Act 2013 came into force on 1st January 2014 and it states that:
- A statement is not defamatory unless its publication has caused or is likely to cause serious harm to the reputation of the claimant.
- For the purposes of this section, harm to the reputation of a body that trades for profit is not "serious harm" unless it has caused or is likely to cause the body serious financial loss.
So what does this mean for small businesses?
It means that unless you can prove that defamation has caused you serious financial harm, you will unlikely be able to claim. It also means that defamation court cases will be be less expensive than in the past because a jury is not required to pass judgement so court cases will be faster.
So does that mean there will be more or less defamation claims?
We believe there will be more claims because they will be less expensive. People may be tempted to take online and offline "freedom of speech" risks believing they are protected. Therefore, some businesses may be at an increased risk of damage to their corporate reputation. It is more important than ever for businesses of all sizes to keep accurate financial records.
How the Defamation Act 2013 affects business marketing
The Defamation Act 2013 is good news for website owners because from now on they will not be liable for defamatory remarks posted by external users or where the author of the defamatory remark is sufficiently identifiable. Also the Act dictates that the complainant must make contact with the author before going to court, so hopefully some cases will be settled before going to court.
So does the Act mean it is safe to allow comments on your business blog or social media page from now on?
We would advise that third party postings be closely monitored so you can act swiftly if a defamatory comment is posted – we know too well the power of social media. To find out more about how the Defamation Act will affect your website, click here.
There are many arguments for and against The Defamation Act 2013. Some believe that it gives more protection to the media. There is no doubt that corporate reputation is the key to business success, and reputations can be destroyed overnight. The good news is that The Brand Surgery can help you to build your corporate reputation reserves, which will protect your business in the event of an act of defamation. Call us on 01903 824229 to find out more.
Vicky Vaughan, Managing Director of The Brand Surgery continues with her Professional Development which keeps up-to-date with the laws affecting marketing your business.
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Things were already thin for the defending Class 3A state champion Norwell Knights and didn't get any better when senior pitcher/infielder Jonah Patten was suspended for the season.
The Knights beat Jasper 2-1 in the 3A state title game last June, but the lineup was filled with seniors as well as Patten, an Arkansas recruit.
Among the players coming back are seniors Logan Dettmer and Colyn Torson and juniors Alex Hunter, Reggie Hayes and James Spera.
Despite the personnel losses, the Knights come into the season ranked atop the 3A state preseason poll.
Here's a look at the top area players, teams and storylines for this season:
Colin Brockhouse, Northrop: The senior hit .505 with seven home runs and 42 RBI last year.
Zach McKinstry, North Side: The senior is a three-time All-SAC shortstop and is committed to play at Central Michigan.
Matt Kent, Canterbury: The junior pitcher is a Xavier recruit who was 5-4 with a 1.91 ERA in 2013.
Cole Gerardot, Heritage: The senior hit .438 with 39 hits and 36 runs last year.
Aaron Jones, Blackhawk Christian: The senior hit .522 with 28 runs scored and 25 RBI.
Carroll: The NHC and sectional champion Chargers are ranked No. 10 in 4A and bring back senior Taylor Goshen, Matt Meihls; juniors Grant Inman, Trevor Snyder, Luke Brunner, Keegan Nichols; and sophomore Matt Owens.
Northrop: The SAC champs return Brockhouse, senior Joey Filosa, Trevon Wilson and Derek Smiley.
Adams Central: The Jets fell in the semistate to Northfield and bring back seniors Conner Lengerich, Isaac Soldner, Cooper Hill, Kyle Baker and Jaron Bitner.
Homestead: The Spartans lost in the regional finals last year and return seniors Tyler Zimske, Joe Ault, Ryan Stephens, Luke Landrigan, Kyle Mohsenzadesh, Justin Jones and MacLean Trieglaff.
Angola: The Hornets lost in the Bellmont Regional semifinals and have coming back seniors Markus Arnold, Tyler Kennedy, Justin Davis, Darius Hillman and Cody Nickols.
New position: Brockhouse will play first base instead of shortstop or pitcher after having Tommy John surgery last summer.
Experienced leader: New Huntington North coach Brian Abbott spent 18 years coaching at Eastbrook and is the executive director of the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association.
A first for Lakewood Park: For the first time in school history, the Panthers will field a junior varsity team.
Going for records: Bishop Dwenger senior Luke Palmer has career averages of .519 batting, .577 on-base percentage and is looking for the school record in both categories currently held by assistant coach Steve Devine (.434 batting, .635 on-base).
Bound for Parkland: Homestead's Tyler Zimske and Joe Ault are headed to Parkland Community College, which has been the destination for a lot of northeast Indiana's players over the years.


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Diagnosis and management of early prostate cancer. Report of a British Association of Urological Surgeons Working Party
Article first published online: 25 DEC 2001
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1999.d01-7263.x
BJU International
Volume 83, Issue 1, pages 18–33, January 1999
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Members of the Working Party: D.P. DEARNALEY, R.S. KIRBY, D. KIRK (Chairman), P. MALONE, R.J. SIMPSON and G. WILLIAMS (1999), Diagnosis and management of early prostate cancer. Report of a British Association of Urological Surgeons Working Party. BJU International, 83: 18–33. doi: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1999.d01-7263.x
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SENDAI, Japan (AP) -- As far as Pia Sundhage is concerned, her U.S. women's soccer team outplayed Japan in last year's World Cup final. The coach still thinks her American side should have won.
Sundhage says the U.S. has "something to prove every time we play Japan."
With the London Olympics just around the corner, the Americans will get a chance to do that Sunday, when they take on Japan in the Kirin Challenge Cup.
The exhibition tournament features three of the top four teams in the world. The U.S. is ranked No. 1 just ahead of Germany, while Japan is No. 3 and Brazil is No. 4.
After Sunday's opener, the U.S. plays Brazil on Tuesday. The final game, Brazil vs. Japan, is on Thursday.


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When university engineering departments advertise vacancies these days, they can expect "100 to many hundred applications for every tenure-track faculty opening. That's true in engineering nationally," says Joseph Helble, dean of Dartmouth College's Thayer School of Engineering. Where a doctorate once served as a passport to a comfortable faculty career, the majority of today's new Ph.D. engineers face a tough choice: They can seek temporary and comparatively low-paid postdoctoral fellowships, or look to industry, which has tended to view research-trained doctoral graduates as destined for academe and therefore an unlikely fit.Read Full Story
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Childress: Saints Defense Presents "Myriad" Of LooksPosted by on January 20, 2010 – 1:07 pm
The Vikings and Saints will bring with them the NFL's 2 highest scoring offenses from the regular season when they meet on Sunday evening in the NFC Championship Game. A couple of offensive-minded head coaches in Brad Childress and Sean Payton and then also a pair of high-profile and ultra-productive QBs in Brett Favre and Drew Brees are main impetus behind the Vikings and Saints offensive prowess.
While meeting with reporters at Winter Park on Wednesday, though, Childress' mind was on defense – the Saints defense. Perhaps that's the offensive side of him coming out – and focusing on the opposing defense – but it was still interesting to note that Childress spent more time talking defense than offense in his opening remarks.
"[I have] a little familiarity with (defensive coordinator) Greg (Williams) and that defense," Childress said, "most recently with Jacksonville last year and then two years ago he was with the Redskins when they came in with Joe Gibbs, and then the years in the NFC East."
During the regular season the Saints didn't rate impressively in overall defense (25th) or scoring defense (20th), but they are a play-making bunch that have given opposing QBs trouble. In fact, the Saints allowed just 15 TD passes this season – 5th best in the NFL – and only 2 teams (Buffalo and Green Bay) intercepted more passes. Also, opposing QBs have a passer rating of just 68.6 against New Orleans, 3rd best in the NFL.
Childress indicated on Wednesday that the Saints defense is versatile in the looks it can show and is also an aggressive bunch. A prime example of that aggression and play-making mentality is S Darren Sharper, a former Viking, who tallied 9 INTs this year and took 3 of those back for scores.
"It's a multiple defense and one that we've got to be ready (for)," Childress said. "They're an attacking defense and you've got to be ready for a myriad of different looks."
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Vikings Media Schedule For TodayPosted by on January 20, 2010 – 10:31 am
Vikings Head Coach Brad Childress and QB Brett Favre will meet with reporters at Winter Park today for their usual Wednesday press conferences. Childress' is scheduled to begin at 11:45 a.m. and Favre's will follow soon after.
You can watch those live by clicking here.
In addition to Childress and Favre, both DE Jared Allen and RB Adrian Peterson will meet with reporters at the podium, and you can watch those press conferences live on vikings.com as well by going to the same page.
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Avoiding Déjà Vu With Reggie Bush, Punt ReturnsPosted by on January 20, 2010 – 9:17 am
Last weekend while waiting for their team to play the Dallas Cowboys the next day, Vikings fans may have had a case of déjà vu as they watched the New Orleans Saints take care of the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC's other Divisional Round playoff game.
In that contest – a 45-14 New Orleans victory – Saints RB and punt returner Reggie Bush dazzled the audience and sliced through the Cardinals special teams unit with an 83-yard punt return for TD in the 4th quarter. As Vikings fans surely remember, Bush had similar success in Week 5 of the 2008 season, when he torched the Vikings punt coverage unit for a pair of TDs and 176 return yards.
In that game, the Vikings punt team did a nice job of limiting returns for most of 3 full quarters. But then P Chris Kluwe boomed a punt 48 yards down to the Saints 29 and Bush took it from there for a 71-yard score to cut the Vikings lead to 3 late in the 3rd quarter. Bush then took the Vikings next punt 29 yards to midfield, which set up a FG and tied the game at 20. Then on the next Vikings punt, Bush did it again, this time going 64 yards for a score to give his team a 27-20 lead and ignite the home crowd.
The Vikings wound up winning the game thanks to 10 unanswered points in the game's final 7 minutes, 3 of which came on a clutch Ryan Longwell FG. But that didn't take away from the Vikings frustration in terms of its punt team. Head coach Brad Childress wasn't happy after the game because Kluwe was instructed to punt the ball away from Bush.
"Both of those kicks are supposed to be out of bounds," Childress said at the time. "And when you say to somebody 'kick the ball out of bounds,' that's what you expect to happen. That's what I expect to happen with a professional football kicker."
Fast-forward to the 2009 playoffs, and Kluwe is coming off an excellent performance against the Cowboys in which the Vikings allowed 0 punt return yards and even pinned Dallas on its own 2 early in the 3rd quarter. A similar performance this week against the Saints – and Bush – is the goal for the Vikings.
"I think that we will go back and revisit our last trip we had to the [Louisiana Superdome] and probably have a little sit down about that to see if either one of us has evolved in our processes in communicating that," Childress said tongue-in-cheek on Monday when asked about Kluwe and punting to the Saints.
During the regular season with Bush as the primary return man, New Orleans averaged just 4.6 yards per punt return as a team and had 0 TDs. The Vikings were 12th in the NFL in punt return average allowed at 7.9 yards and they gave up 1 TD, a 67-yarder to Cleveland's Joshua Cribbs in Week 1.
With so much attention bound to be paid to both of these teams' QBs and explosive offenses, don't sleep on the special teams units and their potential to impact the outcome of this game.
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Setting The Table For The SaintsPosted by on January 20, 2010 – 7:48 am
Our weekly "setting the table" blog entries are designed to construct a context around the Vikings upcoming game by pointing out relevant factors and circumstances in the week's matchup.
But this week I'm fairly certain you don't need me to set the table too much – it's the NFC Championship Game and the conference's top 2 seeds will battle at the Louisiana Superdome for a right to represent the NFC in Super Bowl XLIV.
This is a great matchup on so many levels, and we'll dig deeper into this matchup as the week wears on. Ultimately, though, football fans are in for a treat with this game because the Vikings and Saints were the NFC's 2 best teams all season and they've arrived in the conference championship game after earning 1st round byes and then dominating legitimate challengers in the Divisional Round. Suffice it to say, these 2 teams left no doubt that they are the best the NFC has to offer.
New Orleans marched through the first 13 weeks of the season, going 13-0 before losing their final 3 contests. They finished the regular season as the league's highest-scoring outfit (31.9 points per game) and ranked #1 in total offense (yards per game). The Vikings, meanwhile, began 6-0 and improved to 10-1 before losing 3 of 4 in December and then finishing with an impressive 12-4 mark. They also have a top 5 overall offense and they are the NFL's 2nd-highest scoring offense at 29.4 points per game.
So offensively one might give a slight edge to New Orleans, but on the other side of the ball one might favor the Vikings. They dominated an explosive Cowboys offense last week in the Divisional Round, finished 6th in the league in total defense and ranked #2 against the run.
The Saints, meanwhile, don't rank as impressively in overall defense but they have play-makers who thrive when put in favorable situations. The offense has made a habit of staking the team to large leads and the defense has more than pulled its weight by registering big-time plays. S Darren Sharper, a former Viking and teammate of QB Brett Favre's in Green Bay, is the face of the Saints play-making style because of his 9 INTs, 3 of which he's returned for TDs.
There are interesting matchups on special teams as well, with both teams featuring explosive returners and both teams also holding slight edges in other areas of special teams play.
Anyway, that's enough setting the table for now. We have a lot more to get to, so stay tuned to vikings.com and the vikings.com Blog the rest of the week.
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The natural beauty of Nova Scotia is on display throughout the 18 holes at Eaglequest Grandview Golf & Country Club. A course rich with tradition, Grandview takes the best from golf's past – undulating terrain, majestic trees lining the fairways – and combines it with golf's newest advances. The championship layout of the golf course will challenge any player, while the course still remains accommodating for the novice.
In addition to the golf course itself, the club includes a complete Eaglequest-endorsed Learning Center, the delicious Creekside Grill restaurant, wedding & banquet facilities, and venues for corporate outings of most any size.
Take the short 20-minute drive from Halifax to come experience what has always made Grandview a local favorite, and a tremendous golf value.
Located at 431 Crane Hill Road, in Westphal, Grandview Golf & Country Club is a beautiful and challenging 18 hole regulation golf course just 20 minutes from downtown Halifax.
Sparkling ponds reflect the beauty of the well-groomed bentgrass greens and tees, wide bluegrass fairways and majestic trees, which abound on the course.
The fully irrigated course, with its professional layout and natural beauty, will delight both the new and experienced golfer.
The course was designed by Bill Robinson of Cornish & Robinson Golf Course Designers in 1988. Bill Robinson returned to Grandview in 2007 to help implement a redesign of the original layout. The total length from the blue tees is now over 6700 yards. The course rating is 71.5 (Slope 128) par 72.
A beautiful and challenging 18-hole championship golf course located just 20 minutes from downtown Halifax, Eaglequest Grandview Golf & Country Club was designed by Bill Robinson of Cornish & amp; Robinson Golf Course Designers. The par-72 layout stretches to nearly 6,700 yards from the back tees, with a course rating of 71.5, and a slope of 128.
Protected by mature trees, strategic bunker locations, and water features throughout, the course will challenge players of any skill level while still accommodating even the most novice golfers.