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Proverbs 1-9: Anchor Yale Bible Commentary [AYBC]
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In addition to the translation and commentary proper, Fox includes several extended thematic essays on "Proverbs 1-9", covering such themes as the origins of personified wisdom, what wisdom is, and where wisdom can be heard, plus an appendix of textual notes. The format of the commentary makes it accessible to the general reader and also provides materials of special interest to scholars. This is the first of a two-volume commentary that accords Proverbs the depth of study it deserves.
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Number of Pages: 496
Vendor: Yale University Press
Publication Date: 2007
Dimensions: 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.25 (inches)
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Series: Anchor Yale Bible Commentary
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-- "For the Lord grants wisdom, at his behest come knowledge and good sense".
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In "Proverbs 1-9", Bible scholar Michael V. Fox translates and explains the meaning of the first nine chapters of this profound book. A thorough introduction to Proverb, highlighted by an examination of the Egyptian wisdom tradition, as well as a survey of ancient Near Eastern wisdom literature, provide the basis of detailed and insightful comments. In addition to the translation and commentary proper, Fox includes several extended thematic essays and textual notes on Proverbs 1-9, covering such themes as the origins of personified wisdom, what wisdom is, and where wisdom can be found. This substantive book, the first of a two-volume set, at last accords Proverbs the depth of study it deserves, and will assure it a life in print at least as long as the original 1965 Anchor Bible Commentary, Proverbs/Ecclesiastes.
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A former Shorewood School District secretary was charged this week with stealing more than $310,000 in federal special-education funds to buy personal household items and vacations for her family, according to federal documents.
She has agreed to plead guilty.
Donna Sternke of Slinger has been charged by assistant U.S. attorneys with issuing unauthorized checks totaling $310,263 between January 1998 and June 2011. She is accused of creating bogus invoices that allowed her to spend federal money earmarked for Shorewood's students with disabilities on everything from big-screen televisions to gift cards for the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells.
Sternke was allowed to resign in June 2011 once the district discovered her unexplained purchases of the Kalahari Resort gift cards, according to the plea agreement.
A conviction carries a maximum sentence of 10 years, and federal sentencing guidelines call for 21 to 27 months in prison.
Sternke was hired by the district in 1979 and was making a salary of about $40,000 when she resigned, Shorewood Business Manager Mark Boehlke said Friday. He said she is not receiving retirement or post-employment benefits from the district.
Sternke's attorney, Kathleen Stilling, said explanations from her client's side will come out once a court date is set. She added that the plea agreement is the government's position on how and why things happened.
According to court documents:
In her role as a secretary in the district's Instructional Services and Special Education department, Sternke handled some purchasing duties from a fund that included grants for the federal Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act.
In one incident, Sternke used the district's computer system to create a bogus $1,564.49 purchase order for American TV.
"Ms. Sternke falsely wrote on the (Shorewood) invoice that the purchase was for an HP laptop, when in fact it was for her own 50 (inch) TV console and 37 (inch) Sony TV," according to the plea agreement.
"After preparing and submitting a false invoice, Ms. Sternke picked up a check from the business office - not the normal payment process - and typically mailed the check to the vendor, but occasionally used the checks to make in-store payments for purchases at Menards, Penneys, Target, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Kohls," the document says.
Sternke also admitted to agents that she prepared false orders in the fall of 2010 for other products totaling $8,000, according to the agreement. When the district issued checks, she used them to make payments to her credit cards.
Boehlke was not able to say Friday how the district became aware of Sternke's activities, or why no audits flagged anything over the 13 years that federal prosecutors say Sternke was stealing from special-needs funds.
The plea agreement calls for Sternke to pay restitution in the amount of $310,263.44 to Shorewood.

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Sam Peckinpah weighs in on World War II--and from the German point of view. The result is as bleak, if not quite as bloody, as one expects, in part because the 1977 film was cut to ribbons by nervous studio executives. The assorted excerpts that remain don't constitute an exhilarating or even an especially thrilling battle epic. The war is grinding to a close, and veterans like James Coburn's Steiner are grimly aware that it's a lost cause. The battlefield is a death trap of sucking mud and barbed wire, and the German generals (viz., the martinet played by James Mason) seem to pose a bigger threat to the life and limbs of Steiner's men than the inexorable enemy. Not even Peckinpah's famous sensuous exuberance when shooting violence is much in evidence; the picture is a depressive, claustrophobically overcast experience. The bloody high (or low) point isn't a shooting; it's a wince-inducing de-penis-tration during oral sex. For a fun time with the men in (Nazi) uniform, try Das Boot instead. --David Chute --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Ok, I am new to medicaid and am really nervous about what happens after the baby is born. I am on the pregnancy medicaid because our income is too high to get regular medicaid. After the baby is born, he will be covered but I won't after 2 mos post partum. How do they go about transfering this? Is it automatic? Do I have to re-apply? I have attempted to call my case manager, but I can never get her or get her to call me back. I just want to make sure my LO is covered after 2 mos post partum.
Medicaid, adding baby after birth
When I had DD the hospital actually took care of calling for me. But I think you just have to call your case worker or medicaid department to let them know you had the baby. We didn't have to do any other paperwork until DD was a year old, because then I guess atleast here they switch over to a different kind of medicaid (but by then we had private insurance so didn't have to use it).
Me (38) + DH (37) = A 4/16/08 and K 7/12/11.
I dunno., When I had my second one I called the case worker upon returning home and he said not to worry because hte hospital tells them and gives them the info. But he was a good case worker who would move the kids from newborn to kid medicaid without having to be called and redoing paperwork but he isn't there anymore and I don't like the people I've been dealing with since. It's hard to get them to do anythign sometimes. I didn't even know I was suppose ot move my kids because it had happened on its own before and then I got a letter saying my second wasn't covered anymore because she wasn't a new born and it took a bit to get fixed. I figure I'll call my caseworker after this baby just to make sure.
Mistyjune-- The mommy
Here in Louisiana, the hospital takes care of that for you. The baby is covered for a full year before you have to reapply.
CDing, SAHM to Cameron (5/22/07) and Alivia (12/19/09)
I had to call and add him, but the process was not involved at all. I just had to give his name and date of birth
Im in Ga
�Forward facing, soda drinking liberal. never BF'd and I'm glad! You can sue me, but you'll have to get in line with everyone else�
I was told to call and add them but by the time we got home he had been added.
So its best to call to be on the safe side and to make sure the info is correct.
I had the same fear after my DS was born, and while I was given the wrong information I was able to get ahead of the game. I was told on the phone that I needed to go down and add him on, even though he was actually covered for 2 months.
Anyway, all I had to do was bring in proof of SS# (or application for one, since my DS was only 4 days old at this point LOL) and the hospital's birth certificate (again, because he was only 4 days old and I hadn't applied for the official one yet), fill out a change of circumstance form and we were good to go. I got his approval and medicaid card in the mail about two weeks later.
~*~Alexis & Ray since 2007~*~
DS born 5/1/2010~*~DD born 9/30/2013 ~*~
I called from the hospital to the insurance company to let them know I had the baby and gave the information. The hospital automatically sent the information too. You would think getting the information from 2 places would be fine but they still got the doctor's info wrong. lol.
Then when we went to the doctor 2 days after getting home I just showed a copy of my card and then they sent me a bill so that I could call and give the baby's insurance info.
It is very easy, don't worry. :)
Kendra.� Mommy to Brendan (14), Bryant (11), Brooke (8), Brianna (19 months), and Jayden (16 months).
i called my insurance company while in the hospital, then called my caseworker shortly after, but they had already heard of the birth from the insurance company.
I called the main medicaide number and told them the baby's name and birthday, so I could get a card for her but they already knew she was born. I also had to send in a copy of her SS card when I got it, that was all I did until she was a year old. then I had to do a page of income. The income limits are higher for kids, I do not get medicaid but my kids do.
Mommy to DD-15, DS-13, DS-10, DS-7, DD-5 ^Joshua^@ 19.4 weeks on 12-13-12 ^Hope and Faith^ @ 17.2 weeks on 08-11-13
im in alabama. the gift of life program girl at my hospital came by one morning and took my info and baby's info. she gave me a piece of paper apparently instructing me to call the medicaid office.....of course, silly newly post-partum me completely forgot. at her 1 week pedi appt i filled out my info and her info on a form at my pedi's office and they filled in their info saying i chose their practice as her pedi and then they sent it off for me. gift of life called me for my PP follow up (i was listed as high risk b/c i quit smoking right before i got pregnant, and they just wanna keep tabs and make sure i still quit and offer assistance if needed) and asked also if i had called medicaid. huh? i was sposeta call? lol. so when she was 2 months old i finally alerted medicaid she had been born. =p and she has a card to prove it! lol. hopefully you can stay more organized than me. =)
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Hi ladies, FTM here in need of some advice...
My husband and I love to travel, and we take lots of road trips. We live in Orange County, CA, but he grew up in Chicago and has never been to the Grand Canyon. His birthday is coming up, and I'd like to plan a June trip to the GC as his present (we usually plan events rather than exchanging physical gifts).
The Grand Canyon is about a 9 hour drive, and I'm thinking we'd stay 3 nights to give us two full days there. My question is, is this crazy to do with an infant? On the one hand, I'm thinking it's not that big of a deal to be in a car with a wee one - they're too little to need to be entertained and mostly sleep and eat anyway, so why not do that in a car? I realize it will be a big production to pack up everything she needs, but in my head, it can still be a fun trip. Any advice on whether this is do-able or not?
I don't want to plan a birthday trip that's meant to be fun but turns into a burden, but I'm also hoping we can still enjoy things like this, just with a little more patience and understanding of what the baby's needs are. Thanks for any advice! Oh, and if anyone's been to the GC recently and has any specific travel tips, that'd be great, too! :-)


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Duken Courtyard Cottage - Self Catering Holiday Co
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Flipkey - Courtyard Cottage, a self-catering holiday cottage set in glorious Shropshire countryside near Bridgnorth
• Sleeps up to 4/5 (2 adults + 2/3 children)
• Large double bedroom (can be twin)
• Sitting room with double sofa bed
• Can add cot or childs bed in bedroom
• Fully fitted kitchen with dining area
• Bathroom with bath & double shower
• 37" TV, DAB HiFi with iPod dock, WiFi
• Spacious gardens set in country lane
• Near Bridgnorth, Ironbridge & Ludlow
• 4 tourism stars
The spacious bedroom has a large linked king size double bed which can be separated into two single beds. A cot or child's single bed can ...Read more
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Wootton is a small rural hamlet set in beautiful Shropshire countryside 5 miles from the market town of Bridgnorth. The area offers excellent walking, and with the popular destinations of Bridgnorth, Much Wenlock, Shrewsbury and Ludlow within easy reach, it is ideal for a visit any time of the year. There are a wealth of country parks, great houses and picturesque Shropshire villages, as well as easy access to the World Heritage Site at Ironbridge.
On the river Severn, Bridgnorth lies in two distinct halves - High and Low Town, connected by winding streets, steps and a funicular railway for more weary travellers. A bustling Saturday street market provides an ample excuse to explore the town and examine the castle ruins. Flowing below is the river Severn, with many pleasant riverside walks. The Severn Valley Railway between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster runs a variety of steam trains through picturesque country stations. This is a great day out for the family and you can include a visit to the new exhibition centre at Highley and a visit to Bewdley on route.
On our doorstep less than a mile away is Dudmaston Hall. Unusually the house provides a classical setting for a collection of modern and contemporary art assembled by diplomat Sir George Labouchere. And near Shrewsbury is Attingham Park built for the 1st Lord Berwick in 1785, was owned by the same family for more than 160 years.
About 10 miles away is the Ironbridge World Heritage Site, set in the river Severn gorge. Ironbridge boasts several museums including Blists Hill victorain Town, Jackfield Tile Museum, Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron and the famous Iron bridge built by Abraham Darby.
Well worth a visit is the RAF Museum at Cosford. This award winning site boasts 3 hangers packed with aviation history and the new Cold War hanger with aircraft suspended above the visitor. The site is also home to the Cosford air show held every year in July.
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Is it easy to do business with you?
In the last of our series of blogs on 'Making life easy for your customers' we look at performance management.
In the last of our series of blogs on 'Making life easy for your customers' we look at performance management.
Have you noticed how everybody's talking about omnichannel? It's a big buzzword at the moment in the contact centre industry.
This series of blogs has been focusing on how to make things easier for customers and provide a fast and seamless service. One of the biggest obstacles to achieving this for many businesses is trying to work efficiently with a mixture of legacy IT, newer architecture and existing processes. This is particularly evident on the contact centre desktop, where accuracy and compliance are vital.
Continuing our series of blogs looking at how customers' lives can be made easy we consider outbound contact. Before you provide an outbound service to your customers ensure that it will improve your relationship with them. Because outbound contact should be about making it effortless and easy for customers.
Continuing our series of blogs looking at how customers' lives can be made easy using all areas of the contact centre, including Inbound, Outbound, Desktop Optimisation and Managing Performance.
Save customers from 'repeat street' and being passed around the contact centre.
In this series of blogs we look at how customers' lives can be made easy using all areas of the contact centre, including Inbound, Outbound, Desktop Optimisation and Managing Performance.
Deal with those massive queues to get through!
At the recent Customer Contact EXPO in London, many people seemed to be stating the obvious – that today's customers expect their dealings with contact centres to be easy.
As part of its continued growth Rostrvm Solutions is pleased to welcome Matt Ryan to its Support team.
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rostrvm for Housing is a proactive contact solution specifically for the Housing sector to address the financial challenges created by Universal Credit (UC)
Rostrvm Solutions has developed a specialist outbound and inbound contact centre solution for landlords. This is particularly relevant as the roll-out of Universal Credit (UC) to replace Housing Benefit will mean that landlords will have to chase their tenants on UC for payment of rent.
We're delighted to welcome Dr Matt North PhD, MPhil, BSc (hons.), who has joined our Research & Development team as a developer and mentor.
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Following our successful bid at one of the top Housing and Care Associations in the UK; Rostrvm Solutions is proud to be sponsoring the Northern Housing Consortium – Customer Contact Centres Conference.
From 6 April the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) no longer has to prove that cold calls or nuisance text messages caused "substantial damage or substantial distress" before they can impose fines of up to £500,000 on companies. It will be down to the ICO to decide when a serious contravention has taken place.
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Whatever your customer contact challenges you can use poweredbyrostrvm to become the contact centre you need to be.
Another thing for you to think about this year is the change in call charges that come into play soon.
Predictive dialler use is regulated by Ofcom. The policy and regulations are kept under review and last autumn Ofcom asked for input from the industry.
The most popular areas of our web site are the Planning tools and the Rules of thumb. These sections deliver free advice for anyone planning to start a new contact service or enhance a call centre.
In recent months we've seen 2 apparently contradictory themes – "I want my call centre to be easy to use with agents working from anywhere" and "I'm worried about security and need to lock down the call centre technology".
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This quiet period between Christmas and New Year is a great time to contemplate what you have told us in our conversations and rostrvm Prophet consulting reviews and to make your plans for 2015. The cloud contact centre is a recurring theme.
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Emerson Peacey, Managing Director at Heritage Health, says, "We offer UK Private Medical plans, International Medical Insurance for expatriates and specially-designed schemes for individuals, groups and businesses. With poweredbyrostrvm we've managed to increase our telemarketing performance, without using more staff or data, and this is expected to rise still further."
Rostrvm Solutions, the customer service hub software provider, has teamed up with Pythagoras to provide flexible contact centre and desktop software that's integrated with Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
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If you're using Microsoft Dynamics and are looking for a high-performing contact centre/desktop solution, we're pleased to announce that MS Dynamics CRM can now be integrated with rostrvm.
Nick Darke has joined Rostrvm Solutions, the contact centre software developer, as a Business Development Manager. He will be instrumental in accelerating the company's growth through spreading the word about Rostrvm's innovative products.
This month, Oscar Rickett of The Guardian wrote an article which suggested that: 'Customer service is becoming more Kafkaesque by the day, with rounds of Muzak, the endless repeating of your name, address, birth date and maybe name of a childhood pet, the name of the street you grew up on …' It rightly stated that this leaves people feeling somewhat frustrated.
Rostrvm Solutions sponsored the Dynamic Scripting & the Unified Desktop chapter of ContactBabel's recently published UK Contact Centre Decision-Maker's Guide 2014.
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With customers using everything from mobile, to email to webchat to communicate with contact centres and expecting a fast and helpful response, speakers concluded that technology should play a large part in meeting their needs, as must well-trained staff.
Having a multichannel environment can involve several departments – IT, marketing, corporate – not just the contact centre. Consistency can only be achieved if everyone involved is briefed properly and methods and processes are integrated. This may sound obvious but it doesn't always happen. The organisational structure, responsibilities and required skills needed should be considered as one big picture when planning strategy.
You may have heard about the outrage caused in the past week when a mobile phone company introduced a new charge for contacting its call centre. Basically it's offering customers the choice of paying an extra 50p to skip the queue when calling customer service.
Providing scripts to your contact centre team to base their conversations with customers around can really boost their performance in a variety of situations and ensure compliance – and not just during training.
Scripts can also help to achieve higher first call resolution rates; a well-informed customer service advisor who is confident about how to handle a call because all the key elements are in their script is likely to make the customers' experience more positive and resolve the interaction faster.
The latest edition of our customer newsletter is available. We look at the latest rostrvm release which incorporates multi channel features including a suite of Email Supervisor reports allowing call centre managers to better understand service level delivery in the email channel.
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An outbound live marketing call is a
Your contact centre's purpose has changed from transactional activity to an environment where your customers can contact you for a wide range of reasons and through a variety of communication channels – you can talk to your clients on the phone, by email, text message, chat, social media … the list goes on.
Gales, floods, illness … disruptions to daily life this winter have massively impacted contact centres, some of which are struggling to cope.
Call volumes have rocketed – and so have customer complaints, which have become increasingly vocal, through the use of social media.
You've seen our website…………
You've followed our posts on Twitter…………
Now you can follow our "Pins" as Rostrvm has now joined Pinterest.
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The contact centre's purpose has changed from transactional activity to one where your customers can contact you for a wide range of reasons and through a variety of communication channels – you can talk to your clients on the phone, by email, text message, chat, social media … the list goes on.
The use of social media in the contact centre has been on everyone's radar for a long time and as our research shows social media in the contact centre is starting to happen.
As simple customer transactions shift channels to self-service your contact centre "conversations" – phone calls, emails, text messages…. – become more complex with an ever-increasing proliferation of systems used by the agents to complete the activity.
One thing that we know for certain is that predictive dialler use will continue be a focus for Ofcom and the Information Commissioner's Office; this will drive predictive dialler users to look again at the dialler's role in customer relationship management.
In this short series of articles we will be looking at 4 customer contact trends that we expect to see taking centre stage during 2014.
We'll be going into more detail and pointing you to supporting materials and tools over the coming days but in summary we expect to see:
The continued transition from 'blind' Predictive Dialler
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rostrvm 9.1 includes support for user applications such as rostrvm AdVisor , CallGuide and ControlCentre on Microsoft Windows 8 desktops.
rostrvm 9.1 is now available with extended features including a new tool to simplify the creation and management of CallGuide and DeskTop scripts allowing them to be constructed as a graphical flow diagram.
Here at Rostrvm Solutions we are committed to developing strong strategic alliances with partners who provide complementary products and services that differ from our core offering.
Our latest newsletter is available. As call centres come under increasing scrutiny we look at the tools and resources that can help with predictive dialler performance.
Rostrvm Solutions, customer service hub software designer and developer for the contact centre and back office, is expanding. You may hear new voices on the phone as it has recently appointed two new telesales executives, Simon Gaut and Naila Khan to its growing team.
Simon Gaut previously spent five years working in a contact centre, working his way up to become the Manager. Naila worked in various Retail Management roles for nine years and then did a year in a Business Development role prior to joining Rostrvm.
Some users of the iPhone version of our Call Centre Calculator app reported operational problems using the tool with new and updated iPhones. A new version is now available to support iOS 7. Expect to receive notification from the App Store.
Our latest newsletter has been published delivering multi channel contact answers.
Since we published our research into Desktop Applications & Social Media we have seen increased interest in multi-channel contact centre operations – integrating emails and social media with established telephone customer service.
The contact centre has a long history of managing and measuring activity and rostrvm is a leader in providing facilities to support this key aspect of delivering excellent customer service.
We know that providing great customer service needs to happen outside the contact centre too. Whilst all contact centres measure performance, many back office operations do not have any criteria or metrics to do the same.
Microsoft Lync delivers a unified communications environment, connecting people across different locations and multiple media from their PC, phone, browser and tablets. The rostrvm suite of applications complements Lync to provide a comprehensive, purpose- designed platform for contact centre operations.
One particular issue that affects all parts of a business is managing multiple IT applications on the desktop.
Increasingly, there are times when contacting prospects and customers promptly is imperative.
Recently the contact centre's purpose has changed from transactional activity to one where your customers can contact you for a wide range of reasons and through a variety of media.
Rostrvm Solutions has renewed its membership of the Oracle partner community.
Our latest newsletter has been published including details of Precision Dialling to deliver effective contact for inbound and outbound contact centres.
Providing excellent customer service whilst keeping to budget, meeting targets and complying with regulations is a challenge for most contact centres, especially if the type of services required increase.
This situation happens to many organisations and they find that, although their workload has evolved and grown over time, their existing IT infrastructure only offers them the
Meeting the customer service cha££enge
We've published an updated case study for Nottinghamshire County Council's expanded rostrvm deployment in the Customer Service Centre, the Council's Business Support Centre and its internal ICT Service desks.
We have joined the newly formed Network Answering Machine Detection (AMD) Working Party as founder members.
Our recent survey reviewed how the Back Office is using both Desktop Applications and Social Media.
Our findings show that, although the Back Office is now handling much more and has become increasingly complex, it doesn't get monitored so much as the call centre.
This month's rostrvm news reports on a flurry of activity from the regulators surrounding outbound call centres and predictive dialling.
Our recent survey has highlighted that agents are having to battle with a large number of applications to handle call centre telephone calls.
We've recently carried out a survey of UK contact centres as part of our research to see where and how Social Media is being used to interact with customers.
We've had plenty of reports of difficulties in contact centres because of the snow. Staff have struggled in, some sharing lifts, which often leads to in-day shift changes; some centres have closed early and customers have endured increased queue times.
We have added a video illustration of our call centre calculator to our video channel.
Tom Fyvie has joined us as a First Line Support Engineer.
Simon Gaut has joined the sales team at contact centre software developer Rostrvm Solutions.
The February edtion of rostrvm News is available online. If you would like to receive rostrvm news as soon as it's published please register.
Following user feedback, we have started to provide our 'Rules of Thumb' in video.
Following a recent audit we have again been awarded BS EN ISO 9001:2008 and the TickIT Guide Version 5.5 for the design, development, testing, installation, support and maintenance of software products, applications and professional services.
We've launched our new, easy-to-use web site.
Last time we conducted our call centre desktop applications survey we found that call centre agents use an average of 4 software applications to process a call.
In our previous post we mentioned that we were waiting for additional devices to test with our Contact Centre management information system….
We've been running ocassional articles describing the wide range of devices you can use to access rostrvm Contact Centre management information, While we wait for Father Christmas to bring us some new toys to try we thought we would share quick roundup of the devices we've used
Rostrvm Solutions is an active supporter of the Professional Planning Forum. As we approach the end of the year we have a few of our copies of the Planning Forum's 2012 Best Practice Guide to give away.
A predictive dialler is a powerful tool for contacting customers and prospects. It is tempting to load your dialler with a list of numbers and start dialling over and over again until you make contact.
Continuing our series describing the wide range of devices you can use to access rostrvm Contact Centre management information we've checked out the latest version of Google Chrome on the iPhone. And as you would expect, just make an IP connection to the rostrvm server, enter your security details and your call centre management information is available to you.
We've published our Rule of Thumb: Calculating the number of agents needed in an inbound call centre.
If your contact centre is being flooded by phone calls and messages and you're short of resources, make sure you're making the most of your available agents with innovative use of call centre technology. Try these solutions from software developer Rostrvm:
We've launched a handy and useful app for mobile devices, to assist busy managers in calculating inbound call centre staffing needs.
As the pace of change in the contact centre and back office increases and our software supports a broader range of technology platforms, media channels and business applications we are expanding our software and system test team.
We've been running articles describing the wide range of devices you can use to access rostrvm Contact Center management information – from a standard PC to an Internet TV.
We've published our Rule of Thumb: Calculating the number of trunks (telephone channels) needed in an inbound call centre.
Does the name Richard Herman ring any bells? He might be a customer of yours – or he might be on your list of potential customers. What you should know though is that he has won his argument against AAC, which sells referrals to management companies, for receiving nuisance cold calls.
Rostrvm Solutions is sponsoring the Outbound Stream for the Professional Planning Forum's National Best Practice Seminar being held next week at Old Trafford Football Stadium, Manchester. This is a must attend event for planners and analysts who want to keep up to date.
More information and booking details are available here.
Implementing a call centre from scratch or making changes and additions to an existing contact management operation requires careful thought and planning.
Our latest newsletter is now available including details of our outbound dialler case study with Equity Insurance Partnerships.
If you would like to have rostrvm News delivered to your inbox as soon as it is published please do not hesitate to contact us.
The winners of the 2012 North West Contact Centre Awards have been announced. Over 450 guests representing 37 companies attended the Hollywood-themed gala dinner, held at the Palace Hotel, Manchester on Friday 12th October – with table wine sponsored by Rostrvm Solutions!
This year's Call Centre & Customer Management Expo at London Olympia focused on the delicate question 'if the customer is king, how can the contact centre industry afford to foot the royal bill?'
The effectiveness of your call centre and its supporting processes can be the difference between a successful business and a failure. The rostrvm suite ensures contact is handled as professionally and efficiently as possible.
CallNorthWest's Annual Contact Centre Awards take place on 12 October, Manchester 2012 – that's next Friday. We are the table wine sponsor and are looking forward to meeting and greeting old and new friends.
Our latest newsletter is now available including details of our customer contact case study with One-Sure Insurance.
We are exhibiting at Call Centre Expo in conjunction with our partner Adtech Global and Celuis Networks.
Gary Thompson, Operations and Support Manager who joined software developer Rostrvm Solutions recently, says, "Successful contact centre solutions include the right price, efficiency, functionality, robustness, user-friendliness … and they've all got to integrate and work with other systems. Not only that but, of course, every business requirement is different so the product has to be configured to match the need. That can be a pretty tall order unless you're working with suppliers who have got the experience to achieve it all … and then a contact centre still needs a support team who won't leave them high and dry once installation is complete."


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Leahy says large numbers of untested rape kits have languished at police departments, never making it to a crime lab. He says the new legislation is designed to give police agencies the tools they need to reduce backlogs.
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This terraced front garden is one of the three private gardens on the Paris Gibson Garden Walk this year. / TRIBUNE PHOTO/RION SANDERS
This beautiful Great Falls backyard garden can be toured next weekend as part of the Paris Gibson Square Garden Walk. / TRIBUNE PHOTO/RION SANDERS
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The Paris Gibson Squares Garden Walk is June 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. and June 22 from 9 a.m. to noon.
The tickets for the walk are $10. They are good for both days. They are available at The Square, Bundi Gardens, Flower Farm, My Viola, as well as Tilleraas Landscape and Nursery.
For more information call The Square at 406-727-8255 or visit its website at www.the-square.org.
The Sun River Valley Garden Tour is June 23 from 1- 6 p.m.
Visitors can pick up maps at Parker Farms Greenhouse in Fort Shaw.
For the Sun River Valley Tour, see Linden Gardens website at www.lindengardens.net.
Bighorn sheep skulls decorate the rock work in one of the gardens on the Paris Gibson Square Garden Walk. / TRIBUNE PHOTO/RION SANDERS
The Paris Gibson Square Garden Walk starts next Friday. Tickets are $10. / TRIBUNE PHOTO/RION SANDERS
Connie Klingaman strives to create restful places throughout her garden. / Amy Grisak photo
Dame's Rocket is one of the flowers in bloom in June. / Amy Grisak photo
The homestead cabin nestled among the flowers at Linden Gardens in Simms is on the Sun River Valley Garden Tour. / Amy Grisak photo
Celebrate the longest day of the year by strolling through some of Great Falls most inspiring gardens during the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Arts 20th Annual Garden Walk. Or, make it a botanically themed weekend by continuing the Walk on Saturday, as well as visiting more landscapes in the Sun River Valley on Sunday.
The Squares Garden Walk is June 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. and June 22 from 9 a.m. to noon. The Sun River Valley Garden Tour is June 23 from 1- 6 p.m.
For years the Garden Walk was in June, said Tracy Houck, executive director of Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art. This annual fundraiser was typically planned for a June date with July as a backup if significant rain was in the forecast or if the gardens suffered hail damage. This year they decided to go back to the June tradition.
This year promises to be stunning.
The summer solstice will be a gorgeous night to be in gardens, Houck said. Weve had the perfect mix of moisture and seasonal temperatures. As a result, everything is green and the blooms are full.
Houck noted they have three private gardens and two public displays on the tour this year. While the specific names of the private gardens are a closely guarded secret, the descriptions offer tantalizing tidbits that entice anyone interested in seeing what incredible landscapes are possible in Great Falls.
One garden has a rock terrace created by Mike Hollern, the renowned landscape artist known for his eye-catching work around the Staybridge Suites and the Rivers Edge Trail. Even the vegetable garden has a unique twist incorporating rebar, willow and other materials to form a windbreak around the bed.
This homeowner also has a passion for birds, and specifically incorporated bird-friendly features into the landscape. As a result, meadowlarks, burrowing owls, a number of finches, and many more interesting species frequent the garden.
Its everything all in one garden, said Houck.
Another garden is nestled in town, demonstrating how powerful visual appeal can happen in a small space.
The garden is amazing, and its only about 2 years old, she said. You can take some really great tips home from this garden.
And the third is an example of a family-friendly space where a play set and childrens toys are right at home in the structured landscape. Poppies, peonies and ornamental trees adorn the area.
The two public gardens offer a wealth of information, as well as beautiful botanical displays. Many people know Mike Dalton of Sunburst Unlimited as Captain Compost, as well as the impetus behind the Community Orchard. Visiting the community orchard will give participants a chance to see their progress in creating greater food security in the region.
The gardens at Gibson Park offer a unique experience not available at any other time of the year. During the Garden Walk a team of Master Gardeners will have marked points of interest and will be available to answer questions during the tour.
Houck said years ago they marked the plants, and its back by popular request. People want to have a question-and-answer time, she noted.
Traditionally, garden goers picked up the map of the gardens at the Paris Gibson Square Museum before venturing on their botanical journey. This wont be necessary this year.
We have another unique twist, said Houck. The map will be available digitally Friday (starting at 4:30 p.m.) and Saturday. They will be available on Facebook and our Web page (www.the-square.org) so people dont have to drive all the way to The Square.
You must have a ticket (to enter the gardens), she said, but at least by having the map in hand, it is easier to best plan the route in order to see all of the gardens.
Along with touring the garden, visitors can purchase garden art created by the Mud Club, a group affiliated with the Center for Mental Health, to raise funds for their pottery and ceramics classes.
Its just a fun night to walk through the gardens, she said.
Sun River Valley Garden Tour
To continue the garden-inspired summer theme, a group of avid gardeners from Fort Shaw to Simms decided to invite people to see what grows in their area. There is no cost for the tour.
Connie Klingaman of Linden Gardens in Simms said, We have six good gardens, and two people are going to have their houses open.
Visitors pick up maps at Parker Farms Greenhouse in Fort Shaw. This is an ideal starting point with their bountiful perennial beds that demonstrate the rich tapestry of options that can be grown in the region.
Klingamans own gardens are a peaceful retreat. She and her husband Lyle revamped the homestead cabin into a charming place for a guest to sleep, and the pre-Depression era wooden granary is an ideal space to relax.
Visitors can also stop in to visit Eric and Audra Bergman at Groundworks Farm in Fort Shaw. There theyll see the new calf, as well as plenty of pigs and chicks. The 3-acre market garden will be flush with growth.
Linda and Terry Schott have a yard replete with fruit trees, an immaculate vegetable garden and established perennial beds. They make it look effortless and are quick to answer questions.
Diane West-Mott and her husband Ed spent two decades planting trees and creating gardens in their oasis in the middle of the prairie.
Twenty-one years ago we got this place. Its an enormous house that was surrounded by a dying shelter belt, she said. There wasnt a tree in the yard. But there were lots of weeds. We planted about 90 trees around the yard, and have an enormous yard.
They also have 17 flower beds. West-Mott firmly believes, You create the world you want to see.
Its not perfect, but I work on it. Im a crazy old lady who is not going to give up, she said.
Not all gardens have to be mature to be beautiful. After leaving the area for several years, Ida and Bruce Wallace had to practically start from scratch.
My garden is only about 3 years old, said Ida Wallace.
But the short time has been productive as her garden is filled with perennials and trees. She said she loves her colorful lupines, as well as the butterfly bush and salvia. She also has a number of hardy shrub roses that bloom throughout the summer.
I work and work on it. Im always planting something, she said. Even if she doesnt have space for a plant shell wander around the garden until she finds one.
Wallace is also an avid collector of old pieces that catch her eye. She said, I throw all kinds of things in my garden.
The Wallaces home will be open for people to see their antique collection.
This weekend proves to be the highlight for anyone who enjoys catching a glimpse into peoples creativity put forth in flowers and shrubs. It only happens once a year so dont miss the opportunity to stroll the gardens and ask questions of enthusiastic gardeners.


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For women, more time in the spotlight at E3
It seems the Electronic Entertainment Expo is no longer a man's world.
It seems the Electronic Entertainment Expo is no longer a man's world.
The start-up MindMaze has opened up a new dimension in the world of video games: moving with thoughts through a virtual environment or even directly interacting through certain emotions. Introduced earlier this month at the ...
Internet giant Google is making a version of its Android operating system to power virtual reality apps, the Wall Street Journal reported.
At the Game Developers Conference, it's easy to imagine what virtual reality will look like when it eventually hits the marketplace. What it will feel like, however, is an entirely different matter.
An increasingly diverse fan base is challenging the video game industry to shake off its "boys only" image and better reflect the demographics of its exploding ranks of players.
Independent studios are boldly taking on blockbusters in a gaming world being transformed by smartphones, tablets, and online access to play.
Sony plans on putting its virtual-reality headset on consumers' noggins next year.
With tens of millions of gamers now regularly spectating video games online and in real-world arenas, game developers looking to create the next "StarCraft" or "League of Legends" might learn a few lessons at this year's ...
While the lines to try virtual reality have been among the longest at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the buzzed-about technology isn't necessarily a dominating force at the game industry's annual gathering, not when there ...
The promise of virtual reality in the living room is coming closer to, well, reality.


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Alumni networking app takes big prize; all teams get funds, feedback
Everybody won something at the University of San Diego's third annual Venture Vetting competition on Thursday, but landlords and universities may end up the big winners if the top-funded businesses succeed.
Alumni engagement platform Alumnify, cofounded by USD alumnus AJ Agrawal and current student Eghosa Aihie, won $40,000 of the $50,000 in seed funding earmarked for companies from USD.
The goal of the app, Agrawal said, is to solve the problem of university alumni who move away and lose touch with their alma maters and their networks. Alumnify aims to reconnect them with each other via common interests and spark in-person social gatherings. The bonus for universities, who will pay an annual fee of $5,000 to $10,000 for the service, is the potential for more alumni donations through the app.
Alumnify, a graduate of the Velocity Indiana accelerator and a participant in South Carolina's T Minus 6 accelerator, already has eight universities waiting in the wings when it launches this year.
In the Mexican track of the binational competition, online rent collection app NewHaus, in development by Cetys University students Enrique Guadarrama and Adrian Gallardo, won $30,000 in office space and consulting to develop its platform for landlords who own between two and 20 houses or apartments. NewHaus's closest direct competition is the U.S.-based Lovely, which RentPath recently acquired for $13 million.
The four USD student teams and three Mexican teams that pitched Thursday were finalists in a contest that attracted 64 applications this year, the first time it was open to students from Mexico.
Each business gave a seven-minute pitch to a panel of judges with investment experience, in front of a full house of spectators at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice. The teams then broke out into one-on-one meetings with the judges, where they delved into the details of the technology, expertise and finances behind their ideas.
All but two of the pitches, from both Mexico-based My First Watch and SweetBook, were tech-related. And all seven teams took home at least $1,000 and a wealth of advice and feedback from the judges.


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HOUSTON (AP) Halliburton says it has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle a substantial portion of plaintiff claims arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
The settlement, which is subject to court approval, will be paid into a trust until appeals are resolved over the next two years.
Halliburton was BP PLC's cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf in April 2010, killing 11 workers and triggering the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
The deal will settle claims assigned to Halliburton as a result of BP's settlement in 2012 and punitive damages from the loss of property or commercial fishing activity resulting from the oil spill.
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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2014 Article IV Consultation with the People's Republic of China
Press Release No. 14/369
July 30, 2014
On July 25, 2014, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation1 with the People's Republic of China.
China's economy is expected to grow at around 7½ percent this year. Domestic demand has been moderating, reflecting slower investment and rising risks of a deeper adjustment in real estate activity. However, measures taken by the authorities to support growth are expected to bring it in line with the annual target of around 7½ percent. Consumption and the labor market are holding up well, and the global recovery is expected to support activity going forward. Inflation is forecast to remain below 3 percent.
Fiscal policy has been accommodative, with stimulus mainly through off-budget spending at the local-government level. As of end-2013, general government debt is estimated to have risen to close to 40 percent of GDP. Although credit growth is still rapid, it has decelerated considerably. Growth in total social financing—a broad measure of funding to the private sector—decelerated from 22 percent in May 2013 to 16 percent in May 2014. This coincided with a series of steps to strengthen regulation and supervision—especially relating to shadow banking—and a rise in interbank interest rates in the second half of last year, although much of it was subsequently unwound earlier this year.
External imbalances have fallen, with the current account surplus declining to 1.9 percent of GDP last year. The adjustment reflects the past Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) appreciation, weak global demand, worsening of terms of trade, and strong domestic investment. On domestic rebalancing, while investment was the largest contributor to growth in 2013, consumption growth has been robust, urban household income has been growing faster than GDP, and the share of services in output and employment has been rising.
Executive Board Assessment2
Executive Directors noted that heavy reliance on capital spending and credit has sustained rapid growth, helped reduce external imbalances, and provided a welcome lift to the global economy. However, declining efficiency of investment, a significant buildup of debt, income inequality and environmental costs are threatening growth prospects. The challenge is to shift gears, reduce the vulnerabilities that have built up, and transition to a more sustainable growth path. In this regard, Directors welcomed China's Third-Plenum reform blueprint and agreed that the implementation of these reforms will help China achieve more balanced and inclusive growth.
Directors underscored the importance of strengthening the financial sector to safeguard stability and improve the allocation of credit. Key reforms include further strengthening regulation and supervision, freeing up bank deposit interest rates, increasing reliance on interest rates as an instrument of monetary policy, and eliminating implicit guarantees across the financial and corporate landscape. Directors also emphasized the need to reform state-owned enterprises with the aim of leveling the playing field between the private and public sectors. This can be achieved by opening up more sectors—particularly services—to competition, improving resource allocation and financing, increasing dividend payments to the budget, and hardening budget constraints.
Directors agreed that fiscal and social security reforms are needed to strengthen public finances, boost consumption, and foster more inclusive growth. Key reforms include reordering local government finances by better aligning local revenues with expenditure responsibilities and strengthening the management of local government borrowing; reducing social security contributions; and continuing to improve pension and health benefits. To ensure the sustainability of public finances, this should be combined with reforms to the social security system, shifting the legacy and welfare parts of pensions to the budget, improvements in the tax system, and cuts to lower-priority spending.
Directors considered that demand management should focus on reducing vulnerabilities while preventing growth from slowing too much. In particular, cutting off-budget spending, further reining in credit expansion, and containing investment growth would help mitigate risks, but would also affect growth. Nevertheless, Directors agreed that vulnerabilities have risen to the point that containing them is a priority and broad-based stimulus should only be deployed if growth risks slowing significantly below the authorities' target. If such stimulus becomes necessary, it should be applied through fiscal policy, on-budget, with measures aimed at protecting the vulnerable and advancing reforms. Regarding the growth target for 2015, while most Directors concurred that a range of 6½ to 7 percent would be consistent with the goal of transitioning to a safer and more sustainable growth path, a few other Directors considered a lower target more appropriate.
Taking note of the staff's assessment that the renminbi remains moderately undervalued, Directors agreed that a successful implementation of the reform blueprint will support continued domestic and external rebalancing. Directors supported the authorities' policy of moving toward a more flexible, market-determined exchange rate, with no sustained, large, and asymmetric intervention, which will allow greater degrees of freedom to monetary policy.
Directors welcomed the authorities' efforts to enhance data quality and encouraged them to make further progress in this area, including by subscribing to the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS).News Source : IMF Executive Board Concludes 2014 Article IV Consultation with the People's Republic of China
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Definite way for checking for pre-emphasis, Is there a method?
Definite way for checking for pre-emphasis, Is there a method?
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Is there a definite method for checking pre-emphasis on CDs? Many of the CDs with pre-emphasis don't even light up the EAC flag.
Is the track peak a reliable gauge to pre-emphasis? Those with pre-emphasis have a large drop in track peak after running through Sox.
Brothers in Arms drops from 1.00 to 0.77
Toto IV drops from 0.86 to 0.66
Tried a modern CD
Oasis' Dig Out Your Soul drops from 1.00 to 0.98
I've tried other files which I thought had pre-emphasis but the track peak doesn't drop much.
Never Mind the Bollocks drops from 0.87 to 0.83
U2's Boy and War drops from 1.00 to 0.98
These sounded a bit murky as well after the de-emphasis
Can I safely conclude these have no pre-emphasis?
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I don't think there can be a reliable way to detect preemphasis from the audio itself.
You can reliably detect preemphasis on the original CD by scanning subchannel information, as all hardware CD players do.
Unfortunately, EAC doesn't do this, and relies on the CD TOC, which often doesn't contain such information.
So you'll have to wait untill EAC team fixes this, or until i finish CUERipper
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The way I look at it, if I can't record it on the negative, it can never be on the print. And slide film is a special case, with only 5 to 7 stops of range depending on the film you use.
If I take a camera out for nighttime street photgraphy, you can bet I'll be hoping for some wiggle room - in this case to ensure I get printable negatives at all.
The safe approach for exposure is to leave yourself some room; if you are making a negative of a scene with say 8 stops of brightness range, why not put the exposure in the middle, so you get a stop or so of insurance on each end? Making a succesful print is like going through a series of doors, each one smaller. If the errors are bigger than the doors, you eventually get stopped before you reach your goal.
As for me, my printmaking hasn't quite caught up with my negatives. But when it does, I'll have the negatives.
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He was unable and unwilling to explain the math behind his $5 trillion tax cut favoring the wealthy, refused to say what rules he'd put in place to protect consumers after repealing Wall Street reform, and didn't offer a single idea to protect families from insurance company abuses after repealing Obamacare
Melissa, off topic much?? This is about FrankenDodd.
@Melissa - thanks for staying on topic. It's at least something that he feels some need for regulation of the banking industry. His proposed idea falls way short of the need, but it's about time the moderate Romney starts to emerge.
Romney provided clear problem areas witht he bill as banks are not lending because of this bill. Sure, dont let the banks get into derivitives but protecting the larger banks is wrong. Repeal portion sof Dood Frank and get more banks lending again!!!! Romney in 2012!!!! Mitt knocked it out of the park last night!!!!!
"it's about time the moderate Romney starts to emerge."
Romney recognizes that legislation originates and works its way through Congress with give and take. He outlined his broad proposals and indicated he'd work with Congress to achieve his goals--unlike the President who ignores the other party and forces legislation down the throats of the American people.
An interesting turn of events when the President is asked tough questions --questions he's not been asked for the past 4+ years by a fawning media---when you can't defend your record you distort your opponents positions. Watch for the Chicago bunch to regroup and pour on the racial and class warfare.
There is a reasonable, and indeed needed, place for regulation, so that a few who are in the know don't take the rest of us honest slobs to the cleaners. How about that.
Obama complained the Romney didn't provide enough details. What a hypocrite!
We're four years into Obama's presidency, and he still hasn't given us details on HIS ideas! Dodd-Frank and ObamaCare legislation was passed years ago, but they still haven't finished writing their rules! How can Obama ask Romney to give him regulation "details" when Obama, after four years in office, still doesn't have HIS details!
Amazinf how the liberaltard mainstream MSM media keeps going on and on about how Obama beat Mitt Romney in the debates. Can the leftits communist news media in this country get any more communist?
"Watch for the Chicago bunch to regroup and pour on the racial and class warfare"
No matter what it is, it won't top the last couple nights of race bating by the Faux News Corp. Pretty shameful.
"Race-baiting" is trying to garner a race's support by portraying your opponent as a racist. Fox was (correctly) accusing Obama of doing that. Fox was not race-baiting, itself.
"trying to garner a race's support by portraying your opponent as a racist."
That is literally what Fox was doing. Whether you think it's correct or not is irrelevant.
In fact, Fox has been portraying Obama as an angry black man who "has a deep seeded hatred of white people" since 2007.
Obama does not have a clue. He has spent the last three and half years complaining about George Bush and everyone else who disagrees with him. He spent days here in Nevada instead of studying the issues. He is not the smartest guy out there and it is apparent that he is no match for Mr. Romney. Remember that the boys in Chicago are running the show behind the scenes. Their golden boy is not so golden.
What do you fish in, the sand?
Romeny why r u being the Republicans puppet? Our lives r serious and he's playing with our lives! Its a shame that people value money & power than human lives! Our creator didnt give his only begotten son to be playing with human life! U reap what u sew! U cant buy ur way to heaven remember that! And that goes for all greed! Its says though shall not Lie! Romeny needs to think long n hard for hisself not for the onesin his ear! For he will have to deal with god on judgement day! Because everyone will b judged including me!
Fact-checkers have said that Mr Romney's proposal to lower taxes by 20%, abolish estate tax and the alternative minimum tax would reduce revenue by $5 trillion (£3 trillion) over a decade.
Melissa – Your performance here is worse than Obama's lies last night as what part about Romney saying he was not going to give a $5 trillion tax cut don't you get? That failure to listen and elsewhere throughout the debate suggest you had your mute button on whenever Romney spoke, something I could no longer resist in pushing when Obama launched into his scripted close.
Plenty of sites offer the opportunity to replay, read debate transcripts and you should as you'd learn much as no doubt, Obama did. Starting with basic economics as Romney did a great job schooling a president who frequently and smugly used the "teachable moment" for us all right up to the realization that his teleprompter and media enablers couldn't shield him from tough questions despite trying to get Lehrer to do it.
Frankly, last night summarized what the last four years have clearly taught to those paying attention: we can't afford four more years of Barrack.
Teachable Moments A Plenty - Romney and the team (I hope well paid beause they did an excellent job and earned every penny), in any case, the team that put together those theatrics and recreated a Romney you would drool over without even knowing why, really got over on you. I would suggest that you take your own advice and view the debate again. This time don't get caught up in Romney's highly energetic, presidential looking, in command behavior. Don't get caught up in the theatrics. Take all of that away, try not to see it and really listen to everything he said last night. And don't just listen. Take notes, and check everthing he said. Please don't go to Fox or CNN or MSNBC, but really check. Go to whatever proper agencies you have to, go to information on his state, do whatever you have to do. Whether you like Obama or not, is not the question. This is a democracy and that is your choice. But I think when you look at that debate with open eyes, you may actually start to fear a Romney presidency.
Nice attempt @3:10 PM, but I'm very comfortable in my professional assessment of the performances last night, especially in being able to see through it and the surrounding noise to hear what each said.
Obama's words showed contempt, a lack of effort, offering the same questionable talking points of failed plans that are indefensible to anyone with even a modicum of intellectual honesty. Romney's words showed effort, a respect for what made this country great and for sharing truths, even if some were unpopular. Romney's were even kind as he let a number of opportunities slide, some of which include:
• ObamaCare – No mention of how Obama signed a bill that was not deficit neutral as promised; one that's $1 trillion plus in being underfunded; a point Ryan told Obama directly in 2010 .
• Getting Things Done – No mention of how Obama waited two-years to invite the minority leaders of both the House and Senate, and I believe even the head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, to the White House. Yet SEIU's leadership and others had scores of unfettered visits. Romney also didn't mention how Obama told the GOP leadership that "he won…elections have consequences" just days after being sworn in and how Obama agreed with Rahm Emanuel…."F---- them (GOP)…we have the votes."
• Medicare – No mention of how even Bob Woodward is saying now that Obama does indeed plan to cut it as we know it…. by at least $250 billion more beyond the $716 billion he took already took for ObamaCare.
• Home Sales – No quantification of how many billions of dollars in sales, values and local tax revenues have been lost because the Obama admin has yet to define what a "conforming mortgage" are so more loans can be given. That, and of course, how state senator Obama sued to force banks to loan monies to those who couldn't afford homes and how the majority of the people he represented have since defaulted.
• Trade – No mention of how the THREE trade bills Obama signed were the lowest on record for a president, bills whose authorship began before he was sworn in.
Romney could have easily finished Obama off even more with those points, points that would have carried well beyond the normal 24-hour reporting period for an events like these. All add to why Obama needs to go so spare me with your empty fear appeals about Romney as frankly, given what Obama's done to this country, we'd be better off with leaving a help wanted sign at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave than to give Obama four more years.
It's likely that the majority of the voters have no idea what D-F is other than it got something to do with the
banks. They can't make any judgment on the issue. In the same way, most of these numbers (tax cut, deficit,...) do not mean a lot unless they have been immersed in them. For those who understand, most have
made up their minds, with or without the debate.
Kill Big Bird
Make executives liable for losses as general partners and stockholders as limited partners. Problem with the financial mess was none of the players had money to lose.
Flat tax with no exemptions and no deductions is the only fair tax. The tax code should not subsidize people's behavior.
There is too much regulation in the mortgage industry. Having done a recent 30 year refinance, I experienced numerous delays for meaningless issues. Even though I have a very high FICO score, it took almost 3 months to do a refinance that was suppose to be 30 days. The Dodd Frank Act is responsible for over-regulating the mortgage industry. According the the Orange (CA) Register, the average FICO score of those rejected on mortgage loans was 719. If they loosen up a little on lending standards to a reasonable level, real estate activity will begin to flourish. I'm not saying to not regulate, just regulate to a reasonable level.
Pres. Obama failed to deliver his promises. He lost focus on solving the economic problems. Instead creating a partisan arguments with Congress for the new bills, Obamacare and etc. There were numerous federal regulations already in place and just need to implement it. Like banks are covered under Fiduciary Law, but why Banks are engaged in risky business? The FEDeral reserve must monitor the bank activities to protect investors. Bank management must be accountable in any deviations from their policy. Pres. Obama was just listening to the lectures of Mitt Romney during the debates for his failed governing in four years.
i agree with the flat tax
you don't think we need regulations on the banks - there were a lot of corruptions going on in the banking and stock world - that what got us into this mess. especially lending to to those that could not afford to repay the loan
what happened to the jobs bill
can anyone tell me what how Romney is going to pay for creation of 12 million jobs -
he has not been able to tell the american people
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