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Style and Technique (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
The story is filled with irony and symbolism. Shiftlet's name is appropriate because he could certainly be considered shiftless or shifty. His saviorlike pose at the beginning of the story is surely symbolic, but the title, taken from a road sign that he later sees as he drives, suggests that Shiftlet should be concerned more for his own redemption than for being anyone else's savior.
O'Connor often uses peacocks as symbols of the unrecognized beauty and mystery of grace; it is thus significant that innocent Lucynell's eyes are described as "blue as a peacock's neck." The turnip-shaped cloud must also hold some significance: Turnips grow in the ground, conceivably among that slime of the earth with which Shiftlet is so obsessed. The fact that the cloud is exactly the color of the hitchhiker's hat emphasizes the hitchhiker's role as deliverer of Shiftlet's moment of grace.
When Shiftlet speaks to the hitchhiker about his mother, he uses the same phrase that the restaurant boy uses to describe Lucynell: "an angel of Gawd." Indeed, Shiftlet's next tearful comment about his mother, that "he took her from heaven and giver to me and I left her," could be describing exactly what has just taken place with Lucynell. Perhaps Shiftlet is becoming aware, if only slightly, of the weight of his transgression.
This story exemplifies O'Connor's gift for ironic humor and her ability to capture the natural speech...
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Historical Context
Unlike many other works of fiction, which explicitly address historical events or implicitly attempt to wrestle with aspects of a particular historical era, much of O'Connor's fiction—including ''The Life You Save May Be Your Own''—has a timeless quality to it. Aside from small details, such as the presence of an automobile, this story could just as well have been published in 1853 as in 1953. There is no mention, for example, of the Korean War or the post-World War II flight to the suburbs, important American social phenomena which took place in the early 1950s. Similarly, O'Connor does not appear to be making any explicit statements about the changing role of women in American society through either Lucynell or Mrs. Crater. In short, O'Connor's stories are dominated by spiritual rather than historical or political themes. Nonetheless, some of the themes which appear in this story do lend themselves to a historical perspective.
Postwar Affluence and the Rise of the Automobile
When placed in the context of post-World War II America, this story can be seen as an implicit critique of an increasingly wealthy and mobile America that has become more concerned with money than with individuals. A key symbol in this story is the automobile, which was rapidly changing American lifestyles in the early 1950s. Suburbs were popping up all across the country and highways and expressways were being constructed, all because of the...
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Literary Style
Point of View
O'Connor employs a detached yet observant third-person narrative in ''The Life You Save May Be Your Own.'' Shiftlet is a stranger without a fixed identity who wanders into the Craters's lives. He soon moves in with them and takes an interest first in the Craters's automobile and then in Lucynell, Mrs. Crater's mute daughter. Shiftlet and Lucynell are married, but he abandons her at a roadside diner.
While Shiftlet clearly emerges as the central character, O'Connor offers enough glimpses into both his and Mrs. Crater's psyche to provide insight into their motivations. For example, the reader learns that Shiftlet ''always wanted an automobile but he had never been able to afford one before.'' This passage, late in the story, confirms his desire for the automobile and the importance he places on money and material goods. Furthermore, O'Connor includes careful details in several descriptive passages which establish the natural world as an important aspect of the story. The reader might not perceive such details if the story were narrated from the point of view of one its characters.
The characters' dialogue works in tandem with her descriptive passages to reveal their moral emptiness. For example, the cold, abrupt way that Mrs. Crater responds to Shiftlet's elaborate soliloquies on sunsets and innocent women suggests that she intends to land Shiftlet as a husband for Lucynell. Readers...
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Compare and Contrast
1950s: In 1950, the U.S. produces 6.7 million automobiles and sells over 13 million used automobiles. In 1956, The Federal Aid Highway Act proposes the construction of approximately 42,500 miles of roads, particularly interstate freeways, to connect major cities. The federal government is to pay for 90 percent of the proposed 33.5 billion effort.
1990s: With approximately 70 percent of the Interstate Highway System having been finished by 1976, the system is now essentially complete. In urban centers it provides major arteries for daily commuting traffic. However, it is now worn from use and in need of repair and continuous upgrading.
1952: The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission explodes a hydrogen nuclear fusion bomb at its testing site at the Eniwetok proving grounds in the Pacific. In the following year, the U.S.S.R. will explode a hydrogen bomb designed by Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov.
1989: The Berlin Wall, built in 1961 and separating Democratic West Germany from Communist East Germany, is torn down. In the next two years, NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and Warsaw Pact countries will agree to reduce their military armaments, the leaders in Russia will agree to give up the monopoly of power held by the Communist party, and Russia will lose control over 15 of its member republics.
1953: O'Connors's character Shiftlet mentions the removal of a human heart by a...
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Topics for Further Study
Research aspects of Christian theology—specifically, passages or stories from the Bible— and compare them with the themes in O'Connor's story. Start with Jesus's disruption of the market in the temple or Judas's betrayal of Jesus.
Research the automobile's effect on American society in the early 1950s. Include such aspects as the way it was advertised on television and in magazines to demonstrate its effect on our modern lifestyle and culture. Based on your research, how might readers from the 1950s have greeted O'Connor's somewhat critical depiction of the automobile in ''The Life You Save May Be Your Own''?
Is O'Connor's depiction of young Lucynell Crater insensitive to people with disabilities? Why or why not?
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Media Adaptations
''The Life You Save May Be Your Own'' was filmed for television in 1957 as a segment included in ''Playhouse of Stars'' and starred Gene Kelly, Agnes Moorehead, and Janice Rule. This adaptation has a different ending than O'Connor's story.
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The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, and Rabbit, Run, by John Updike, also explore the search for meaning in a seemingly empty and cruel world. Salinger's novel was published in 1952 and is particularly interesting since its main character, Holden Caulfield, is a teenager. Updike's novel was published several years after O'Connor's story. Both of these novels are set in the Northeast, rather than the South.
James Joyce published several stories and novels which depict religion quite differently than do O'Connor's stories. His novel Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and some of his stories in Dubliners often depict religion as oppressive.
''The Church and the Fiction Writer'' is included in Mystery and Manners, a collection of O'Connor's essays and prose. This piece explains O'Connor's concern with what she called the ''added dimension'' of religious spirituality in her fiction.
O'Connor's other fiction complements this story. Her works include two novels, Wise Blood (1952) and The Violent Bear It Away (1960). All of her short fiction was reprinted in The Complete Stories.
As I Lay Dying, a novel by William Faulkner published in 1930, is another example of Southern Gothic fiction. Told from several different perspectives, it follows a family's journey to another county to bury their dead wife and mother....
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Bibliography and Further Reading
Further Reading
Desmond, John F. ''The Shifting of Mr. Shiftlet: Flannery O'Connor's 'The Life You Save May Be Your Own,''' in Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 1, Winter, 1974-75, pp. 55-9. A close reading of Shiftlet's character, in which the author argues that his motivations devolve during the course of the story from good to bad.
Gentry, Marshall Bruce. Flannery O'Connor's Religion of the Grotesque, University Press of Mississippi, 1986, pp. 112-18. A reading of the religious themes and O'Connor's use of the Grotesque in ''The Life You Save May Be Your Own.''
Giannone, Richard. Flannery O'Connor and the Mystery of Love, University of Illinois Press, 1989, pp. 54-7. A study on O'Connor, which concentrates on Shiftlet's denial of spiritual grace.
Kessler, Edward. Flannery O'Connor and the Language of the Apocalypse, Princeton University Press, 1986, pp. 141-47. Through analysis of language in O'Connor's fiction, Kessler develops a largely negative reading of ''The Life You Save May Be Your Own,'' finding the story unnecessarily ambiguous and shallow.
Westling, Louise. Sacred Groves and Ravaged Gardens: The Fiction of Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers, and Flannery O'Connor, University of Georgia Press, 1985, pp. 144-55. This work identifies O'Connor with two other Southern writers and pursues her work from a...
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Bibliography (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
Asals, Frederick. Flannery O'Connor: The Imagination of Extremity. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1982.
Asals, Frederick. "A Good Man Is Hard to Find": Flannery O'Connor. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1993.
Caruso, Teresa, ed. "On the Subject of the Feminist Business": Re-reading Flannery O'Connor. New York: Peter Lang, 2004.
Lake, Christina Bieber. The Incarnational Art of Flannery O'Connor. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2005.
O'Gorman, Farrell. Peculiar Crossroads: Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and Catholic Vision in Postwar Southern Fiction. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2004.
Orvell, Miles. Flannery O'Connor: An Introduction. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1991.
Paulson, Suzanne Morrow. Flannery O'Connor: A Study of the Short Fiction. Boston: Twayne, 1988.
Rath, Sura P., and Mary Neff Shaw, eds. Flannery O'Connor: New Perspectives. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996.
Robillard, Douglas, Jr. The Critical Response to Flannery O'Connor. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2004.
Spivey, Ted R. Flannery O'Connor: The Woman, the...
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As you may have seen in media reports, legislators are considering raiding the Legacy Amendment's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund to pay for a new stadium for the Vikings. This is certainly not what the voters were told this money would be used for when they passed the Legacy Amendment in 2008. Raiding the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund for a stadium will reduce the funding available for arts and cultural programs throughout Minnesota, including those offered by libraries.
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It was July 14, 1847, in the muggy port town of Apalachicola, Florida, and the stores of ice from the North had run out. The French consul Monsieur Rosan was celebrating Bastille Day, the story goes, and his guests were fearing a dreadfully uncomfortable afternoon. As if on cue, a local doctor complained theatrically about the necessity of drinking warm wine. Monsieur Rosan rose. "On Bastille Day," he announced, "France gave her citizens what they wanted; Rosan gives his guests what they want, cool wines! Even if it demands a miracle!" Suddenly, waiters appeared carrying large silver trays piled with bottles of champagne nestled in ice. But where had it come from? Had a shipment come through from the North? Mais non. The ice had been created right there in Florida.
"Let us drink to the man who made the ice," one of the guests declared. "Dr. Gorrie."
Local physician John Gorrie had spent more than five years tinkering with a mechanical refrigeration machine, a contraption that could both make ice and cool air. For years, he had used it in his infirmary, to make his fever patients more comfortable.
Within a few years of Rosan's soiree, Dr. Gorrie's artificial ice machine would be patented in London and the United States, and the doctor would largely forgo his practice, devoting himself to promoting his device.
In a corner of the National Museum of American History, now closed off for the creation of a new exhibit, there stood for many years a case labeled "Mechanical Refrigeration." It held the patent model of Gorrie's invention—the first machine of its kind—along with the U.S. patent and a portrait of the earnest-looking Gorrie.
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Hello Steve, I am the manager of the John Gorrie State Park Museum in Apalachicola. I am very interested in acquiring the drinkbox for the museum if you are still interested in donating it. I would also be interested in a Gorrie Bottling Works bottle too if possible. Thank you, Joshua Hodson
Posted by Joshua Hodson on January 2,2013 | 02:39 PM
I have just recently been through Appalachicola and was facinated by the still quaint culture found there, I was trying to do some research on an old wooden drinkbox which I have owned for many years. I am of the opinion that it may have originated at the old Appalachicola Furniture Works. I think that it may have been the first drinkbox which was filled with blocks of ice. It has a tin liner and was made out of red oak. Holes exist in the bottom where the ice pick went through and caused them to leak. It is a very beautiful piece. I have made two reproductions of the drinkbox and would be interested to know if someone might want to put the original ice/drinkbox on exhibition at the Gorrie museum. When I first bought the drinkbox there were bottles from Bay Bottling Works, Gorrie Bottling Works and three or four slant sided Coca Cola Bottles in the bottom. I understand the Gorrie Bottling Works bottles are quite rare.
If you could provide me with additional information or persons such as Robert Scarabin who could shed some light on the subject I would be very appreciative.
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Posted by Steve Byars on August 18,2010 | 01:45 PM
I was born and raised in Apalachicola, and I tell you that the people are proud of the fact that air conditioning was invented there. There is a mueseum there telling about his life. People who are interested should go see it!
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Before you actually put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, you engage in a variety of activities collectively called pre-writing. This is a misnomer because these activities are part of the writing process. Perhaps a better name for them is pre-typing.
The first part of the writing process is identifying the central idea, i.e., the one idea, one theme, one concept, that you wish to communicate. Your document will contain many ideas, but every idea should help the reader understand the central idea. This is true whether you are writing prose, poetry, or technical documents.
Ask yourself: "What is the one idea that I want to communicate?" Here's a good exercise to conduct before you begin typing. In one sentence, 20 words or less, write your central idea.
Why do this? First, this helps you clarify your purpose. Second, this helps you determine what information you need to include and what information you can leave out. Third, this helps you create a document that is cohesive, focused, purposeful, and effective.
This is the strategy for day 42 in 300 Days of Better Writing, available at Hostile Editing in PDF, Kindle, and paperback formats.
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Eye on Regulations
Leading Green Industry voices offer insight into key regulations that could affect small business in 2013 and beyond.
Many in the small-business community fear that the next four years will usher in an onslaught of new regulations, several of which could have a negative impact on small businesses. Case in point: Small Businesses for Sensible Regulations, sponsored by the National Federation of Independent Businesses, predicts that some 4,128 new regulations are "in the pipeline" and could be enacted over the next four years.
These potential new regulations apply to a wide range of activities, many of which would either directly or indirectly affect the Green Industry. Examples include:
- EPA stormwater revision to tighten controls on stormwater discharges from developed sites; this could actually help create landscaping opportunities in the way of green roofs, rain gardens and permeable paving
- EPA updated certification requirements for pesticide applicators in hopes of better protecting both the applicator and the general public
- Department of Labor's proposed changes to crystalline silica dust exposure guidelines
- Department of Labor's proposed update to nondiscrimination in compensation guidelines, in addition to a new compensation data collection tool.
We talked to three leading Green Industry organizations to see what the regulatory environment could specifically have in store for the equipment, irrigation and landscape contracting segments of the industry in 2013.
What equipment makers are watching
Kris Kiser, president and CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI)—the association of small engine and equipment manufacturers—says his group is paying close attention to fuel-related issues, particularly with respect to ethanol.
First and foremost, OPEI is worried about the proliferation of ethanol E15 in the marketplace this year. E15 will damage small engines that are used to power lawnmowers and other lawn equipment.
Something known as "engine certification fuels" is also an issue. Manufacturers must earn an engine certification from EPA. The problem is that EPA is still saying to use an ethanol-free fuel for the testing on smaller engines for handheld equipment. But gasoline with 10% ethanol is what is most commonly found in the marketplace today.
Why is that a problem? "With carbureted engines, you have about a 10% design window," Kiser explains. "So if we're testing engines with 0 ethanol fuel, those engines are right on the edge and run very lean when powered by E10 out in the field. And we already know that E15 is not approved for small engines—yet EPA says it wants E15 to become the dominant fuel in the marketplace."
To further complicate matters, Kiser says EPA and CARB (the California Air Resources Board) are not on the same page when it comes to E15. "CARB wants more testing on E15 and says it will be several years before it gets into the California market," Kiser says. "This all gets very challenging for engine and equipment manufacturers."
A few years ago, manufacturers faced a huge challenge when several had engines they were importing from overseas seized at customs. The manufacturers thought they were importing emissions-compliant engines, but EPA decided that the engines didn't meet their tamper-resistance guidelines, prompting OPEI to develop a new guidance document for manufacturers to follow.
OPEI worked closely with EPA and others to develop the guidance, so Kiser feels fairly confident that this type of issue won't arise again. "But you just never know when it comes to this type of thing," Kiser adds. "Our manufacturer members are OK with regulations, so long as they know what they're dealing with. Changing horses in the middle of a race is very challenging."
What landscape contractors should be watching
In addition to engine fuel- and emissions-related issues—which add complexity and cost to the manufacturing process—OPEI is also looking to play a role in advocating for sound policies that directly affect a primary user group of its equipment: landscape contractors. OPEI will maintain a vigilant eye with respect to localized leaf blower bans. Also, any green-building codes that limit the use of turfgrass are also of concern.
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Defensive ends Giorgio Newsberry and Brandon Jenkins pose during media day. / Alexis Schulman/FSView
On a team flush with talented depth at almost every position, Florida States defensive line stands out as perhaps the most loaded group as the 2012 season approaches. To cover every talented player from the group would be an undertaking closer to a book than one article.
Defensive coordinator Mark Stoops has the luxury of a deep stable of linemen available to rotate in and out with little drop off in quality, both in the interior, where Florida State returns every significant contributor from a year ago, and on the outside at defensive end, where the Seminoles return arguably the most fearsome pair of starting ends in the country, in Brandon Jenkins and Bjoern Werner.
Theres depth behind Jenkins and Werner too, though, in the form of Cornelius Tank Carradine, an athletic rusher who would start at dozens of other schools, and a group of talented up-and-comers jostling for more snaps in relief of their more experienced cohorts in 2012.
The interior depth that Florida State has accrued over the past few years will make running the football an extremely difficult proposition for opposing offenses this season. Just looking at returning talent, Stoops has Everett Dawkins, Timmy Jernigan, Jacobbi McDaniel, Anthony McCloud, Damonte McAlister, and Moses McCray at his disposal to rotate among the two interior spots on the line. That group features two things in spadesexperience and size. Only Jernigan is an underclassmen, entering his sophomore season after quickly emerging as a rookie in 2011, and every member of the group weighs in over 285 pounds, including three 300+ pounders in McCloud, McCray, and Dawkins.
Dawkins noted that the continuity in personnel along the line has helped make the unit even better. I feel like our chemistry level is very high, he said. You basically know whats going on with the other player beside you.
If that embarrassment of run-stuffing riches isnt enough, redshirt freshmen Nile Lawrence-Stample and Derrick Mitchell, as well as super-recruit true freshman Eddie Goldman also could make cases for some playing time in 2012.
The defensive ends are poised to be a similarly dominant group from top to bottom for the Seminoles this season. As mentioned, Jenkins and Werner are the headliners, two extremely talented players who complement each other well. Jenkins is a pure pass rusher who has been on the radar of opposing teams since his 13.5 sack breakout season in 2010, while Werner provides a strong, edge-holding presence to go along with a strong pass rush of his own from the strong side.
Carradine will be the first man off the bench at defensive end, able to play in relief of both Jenkins and Werner. Carradine is an explosive athlete who will be a challenge for tired tackles who have been working against the Seminoles impressive starting pair. After Carradine, theres a bit more uncertainty as to how the rotation will shake out, but there are numerous talented candidates for relief snaps, including true freshman Mario Edwards, Jr. (the top recruit in the 2012 class, according to ESPN) and redshirt freshman Giorgio Newberry, who Werner mentioned as a young player who has made a strong push for more snaps at media day.
The amount of depth the unit possesses not only benefits the team in keeping fresh legs on the field, but also in keeping players sharp as they practice under the constant threat of being surpassed by other talented reserves below them on the depth chart.
Thats what I see about of all those freshman is that they want to get playing time, Werner said of the young players pushing himself and his fellow veterans. And then we see that, as the older guys and say, we gotta do something, because then theyre going to take away some of our playing time. Its great competition going on.
Between the ongoing competition in camp and the amount of proven talent and production in the fold, the Seminoles front four figures to invoke echoes of the dominant Florida State defenses that helped the program rule over college football in the 90s. After finishing fourth in total and scoring defense in 2011, the 2012 group could be even better with so many familiar faces back in the fold with another year of seasoning and experience.
Jenkins wasnt shy about making his expectations for himself and his fellow defensive linemen clear. When asked how good he expects the unit to be at media day, he answered without hesitation: Great.
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Top 10 Restaurant Week menus [Pictures]
Baltimore Restaurant Week runs July 26 through Aug. 4. Here are 10 Restaurant Week offers you should be jumping all over. Some of them are plain great deals, others are too delicious to pass up. Whether you use Restaurant Week to seek out the best possible values, or just to immerse yourself in the current culinary scene, we've got some great choices for you. --Richard Gorelick
Also see:
• Participating restaurants and menu samples
• Regional Restaurant Week events
Also see:
• Participating restaurants and menu samples
• Regional Restaurant Week events
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For diners who like when a restaurant offers a big sampling of its regular menu during Restaurant Week, Alchemy in Hampden is an excellent choice. Alchemy is offering most of its house favorites, including the mojito mussels and roasted pears appetizer and the braised beef short ribs and stuffed acorn squash entrees. A Restaurant Week visit to Alchemy will give you a good idea of what to expect all year long from this contemporary American restaurant.


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Volunteering and Recruitment
Short video showing England August 1914 and the recruiting posters.Also, there is narration that re-enacts the excitement of the war.
The German Army and the Russian Winter
The German Army repeats Napoleon's mistake in fighting through the Russian winter. The Weather Channel presentation of what the armies faced in winter.
Hitler Visits The Russian Front
Actual footage of Hitler as the Germans invade Russia.There is narration that discusses Hitler's goals and how the generals in the German army felt about and carried out the orders.
(6/6) Tanks - Battle of Kursk
The battle of Kursk was monumental for numerous reasons but will almost always be remembered for being the largest clash of armor. The vast area around the city of Kursk presented itself as a target with a salient being formed in the Russian line of defense. Hitler needed a victory that would regain the initiative in the east and declared that Operation Zitadelle as it was known" would shine like a beacon to the world" and would avenge the crushing defeat at Stalingrad earlier in the year, but e
(5/6) Tanks - Battle of Kursk
The battle of Kursk was monumental for numerous reasons but will almost always be remembered for being the largest clash of armor. The vast area around the city of Kursk presented itself as a target with a salient being formed in the Russian line of defense. Hitler needed a victory that would regain the initiative in the east and declared that Operation Zitadelle as it was known" would shine like a beacon to the world" and would avenge the crushing defeat at Stalingrad earlier in the year, but e
Anglo-Saxons and the Beowulf Epic
This video (audio is a bit unclear in some parts) is about the connection between the Old English heroic epic poem Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxons who settled in England. The story of Beowulf, the warrior who slew the monster, Grendel, is about Danes and Swedes. How did it become Britain's national epic?
In this story behind the movie, Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxons, step back in time to the Dark Ages. Take a virtual trip to the story's setting, in Scandinavia, to s
Mykie's Lesson Plan 3: Clouds
Learn about the three main types of clouds and how to identify them based on their appearance. The video appears to be a student-made project. Run time 03:18.
Introduction to Japanese Religion
This is a piece I made for Japanese language students so that they could see and hear something of Japanese religion. Shinto and Buddhism are introduced.
The Empty Mind-Kyudo or Japanese Archery
This is a rare opportunity to see the great archers of the Japan Kyudo Federation. Kyudo Federation. The location is the Meiji Shrine in Shibuya (Running Time 3:14).
Round Numbers to the Nearest Ten or Hundred
Students will learn to use a number line to help round large numbers. If a number is halfway between two 10's, round to the next 10. If a number is halfway between two 100's, round to the next hundred. User clicks through the slides.
Michael Palin's hot air balloon ride over the Serengeti - BBC
Palin tries the 'Out of Africa Breakfast' and a spot of Hot Air Ballooning on the border between the Serengeti and the Masai Mara in Kenya.
BBC: Michael Palin visits an English country estate in Zambia
Palin visits an English countryside estate in the middle of Zambia. From the BBC - Michael Palins Pole to Pole adventure.
Cell Phone Tricks Videos
How to use Bluetooth on a cell phone to get reception for your wirelss computer. Let the video run and you will find even more interesting "tricks." This is a must watch for cell phone users
MP3 Opinions-Which is the Best?
Every MP3 manufacturer thinks that their model is the best. In this video from HowStuffWorks you'll hear reviews from consumers.
~Video begins with an Ad~
Life Cycle of a House Fly
This is a short, animated narrated video (01:43) that offers an overview about the life cycle of a house fly. Some of the narration is accompanied by English captions.
Destination: Laos, Luang Prabang
National Geographic's short video on the ancient royal capital city of Luang Prabang in Laos. The rituals of Buddhist monks who pray and meditate in the temples are viewed, along with them begging for food and rice. The temples and serene landscapes are beautiful.
Noam Chomsky vs William F. Buckley Part 2
Part 2 of this famous debate, from 1969, shows two great political thinkers debating each other. The debate centers around American foreign policy during the time period. The thoughts and ideas put forth by both men are still relevant today.
The Nature of Governments
This video explains the purpose of government with an explanation of each of the six purposes. The video lists the four things necessary for a nation-state to exist and a short explanation about the five forms of government. (Well-produced video with a great deal of information.)
Baby Red Pandas
Farley is a baby panda who undergoes great health difficulty. They show him going to a zoo in Syracuse where they introduced him to a panda companion that could show him how to climb. Run time 02:39.
William Shakespeare and the Theatre
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Linebacker Ray Lewis has been added to the Baltimore Ravens' 53-man roster, but coach John Harbaugh says the 17-year veteran will not play Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals. The 37-year-old was placed on the injured reserve-designated to return list after tearing his right triceps on Oct. 14. He returned to practice on Dec. 5, and in order for him to be eligible for the playoffs, the Ravens had to add him to the active roster by Wednesday. Baltimore cleared room for Lewis by placing wide receiver LaQuan Williams on injured reserve with a leg injury. Lewis has missed nine straight games. He was eligible to return to game action two weeks ago, but he has some atrophy in his right arm after having surgery on Oct. 17. ___ Online: http://pro32.ap.org/poll and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL
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31 USC § 3106 - Retirement and savings bonds
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3106(a) | 31:757c–2(a)(1st sentence), (b)(1)(1st sentence), (c)(1st sentence). | Sept. 24, 1917, ch. 56, 40 Stat. 288, § 22A(a)–(c)(1st sentence), (d); added Nov. 8, 1966, Pub. L. 89–800, § 5, 80 Stat. 1514. |
3106(b) | 31:757c–2(b)(1)(2d sentence words after 1st comma), (2). | |
3106(c) | 31:757c–2(a)(last sentence), (b)(1)(2d sentence words before 1st comma, 3d, last sentences), (d). |
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Terminator Armour
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Tactical Dreadnought Armour, more commonly known as Terminator Armour, was developed for close-quarters melee fighting by Space Marine Terminators, for whom staying power was more important than maneuverability. The technology was originally developed during Mankind's Dark Age of Technology to enable the maintenance crews of spacecraft to operate in hard vacuum or in other adverse atmospheric conditions. It was re-designed during the Great Crusade to replace Power Armour, but was relegated to its current role due to a lack of maneuverability. Very few suits of Terminator Armour were ever manufactured by the Adeptus Mechanicus before the Horus Heresy began and the secrets of the technology's design have now been lost. As a result, every suit of Terminator Armour is treated as an irreplaceable, precious relic by the Space Marine Chapters that own them.
It is an incredibly durable suit comprising an outer shell of heavy-gauge ceramite plasteel composite plates, mounted on an adamantium exoskeleton with servo-assisted interfaces that integrate with an Astartes' own neurological and muscular systems to enhance movement. Its advanced composition allows the wearer to survive hits from firepower that would penetrate tank armour, and it is the heaviest combat armour in any Imperial arsenal, able to withstand tremendous punishment. Offensively, it provides the strength to maintain mobility while serving as a solid heavy-weapons platform in open-field combat. The elite 1st Company of most Space Marine Chapters uses Terminator Armour extensively, and only those Astartes who earn the Crux Terminatus, a special badge of honour said to contain a fragment of the Power Armour worn by the Emperor of Mankind when he defeated Horus at the end of the Battle of Terra, are permitted to wear it. It is said that the Crux Terminatus behaves as a ward that augments the Terminator armour itself, capable of turning aside blows that would threaten even a war engine.
Less frequently, high-ranking members of the Inquisition have been known to wear a form of Terminator Armour sized for an ordinary human occupant. Notably, members of the Ordo Malleus in particular have been known to wear them. However, lacking the genetically-engineered subdermal Space Marine organ known as the Black Carapace, Inquisitors are unable to neurologically interface with the armour, and generally find its bulk much more cumbersome than a Space Marine does.
Tactical Usage
Almost all Space Marine Chapters maintain some suits of Terminator Armour and usually train some Veteran Astartes in their use, despite their rarity. Terminator Armour is worn in very specific circumstances, such as when the close corridors of a hive city or Space Hulk need to be cleared. Astartes wearing normal Power Armour would not be ideal in such a role; instead they would form a cordon around the Terminators while they carried out the search-and-destroy mission. In the present time, the 41st Millennium, Terminator Armour has become so rare that its use is reserved for those times when it will provide the maximal tactical benefit. Terminators are best used during starship boarding actions where the cramped conditons and tight starship corridors maximise the effects of a Terminator's superior firepower while downplaying his lack of maneuverability, as the environment means flanking attacks are unlikely. Terminator Armour is also deployed into combat on standard battlefields when their heavy weapons can be used for long-range strikes, or they can use teleporter technology to suddenly appear amidst a vast group of enemies where their near-invulnerability to damage can transform them into true force multipliers with little risk of their own loss.
Terminator Armour was first developed during the time of the Great Crusade in the 31st Millennium by the Adeptus Mechanicus of Mars. The Adeptus Mechanicus was receiving a steady influx of new and rediscovered technologies from each planet brought under Imperial Compliance, and, in an effort to stem the horrendous losses of Astartes lives resulting from the ferocious conquests, attempted to design the "ultimate" pattern of Power Armour, which would render a Space Marine virtually unstoppable. The design emerged from a hybrid of standard Astartes Power Armour, the cybernetic shell of a Dreadnought and the armoured hostile environment suits long worn by Terran engineers who worked in difficult environments like debris-plagued orbital space and the radioactive engine cores of interstellar spacecraft. Tactical Dreadnought Armour, as it was called, would turn the Astartes warrior within it into a living tank.
The eventual result of the Mechanicus' travails was only a partial success: the first suits of Terminator Armour did, as intended, afford a level of protection previously unattainable for its wearer. Like Power Armour, the suits were equipped with fibre-bundle synthetic muscles and imposed few movement restrictions upon the wearer, despite their immense weight. But they were also too bulky, and the massive weight made running difficult despite auto-balancers. The suits suffered from voracious power demands and few existing armaments could be carried as the armour's sheer bulk made handling and reloading impossible. But most importantly, the resources in raw materiels and manpower required to craft Terminator Armour were so great that retrofitting the whole of the existing Space Marine Legions with it was simply not feasible for the already thinly stretched logistics of the nascent Imperium of Man.
The Mechanicus refined their concept, and developed weapons adapted for it, like combi-weapons and the Reaper Autocannon. Terminator Armour was then presented in limited numbers to the crusading Legions, who quickly found a use for them. Massively armoured, sealed against any hostile environmental conditions and incorporating their own heavy ranged or close combat armament, Terminator Armour designs soon proved their worth. Terminator Armour, with its ability to maximise the firepower and protection for a Space Marine, became standard on missions in extremely confined spaces like the corridors of a hive city or during a boarding action on a Space Hulk where Dreadnoughts and armoured vehicles could not operate because they were too large to fit.
Several patterns of Terminator Armour evolved in parallel from the Forge Worlds of the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Armouries of the Space Marine Legions. In the 41st Millennium there is no such thing as a "new" suit of Terminator Armour. If an additional suit is required, it is cobbled together from refurbished parts salvaged from the remains of Terminators killed in action. Indeed, as time marches onward, the knowledge of how to fabricate some of the more complex pieces of Terminator Armour has become only a desperate hope in the minds of the Tech-priests of the Mechanicus, whose understanding of science and technology has been slowly decaying for the last 10,000 standard years.
Terminator Armour Variants
Designed during the Great Crusade, and adapted from the heaviest of industrial gear, several types and patterns of Terminator Armour were developed concurrently. Tactical Dreadnought Armour has evolved over the centuries and each of the First Founding Legions had their own deviation from the standard pattern Terminator Armours of the time. The different Terminator Armours that have seen service with the Legiones Astartes and the Adeptus Astartes since the founding of the Imperium of Man include:
- Cataphractii Pattern Tactical Dreadnought Armour - The Cataphractii Pattern of Terminator Armour was originally a prototype for the later patterns of Terminator Armour that was used by the Space Marine Legions and the warriors of the Legio Custodes throughout the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras. Whilst similar in many respects to the standard Indomitus Pattern Terminator Armour used by the Adeptus Astartes of the late 41st Millennium, it was set apart by a number of features such as the large, layered pauldrons, the pteruges protecting the elbow and thigh joints, and a helmet that resembled that used by the Mark III Iron Pattern suit of Power Armour. Although the use of the Cataphractii Pattern was rare before the Horus Heresy, some Legions, such as the Sons of Horus and the Iron Hands, possessed a large number of suits, the latter which passed on these suits to their Successor Chapters during the Second Founding.
- Indomitus Pattern Tactical Dreadnought Armour - Originally designed during the Horus Heresy to replace the severe losses on both sides as the civil war dragged on, all of the Traitor Legions' Chaos Terminators now use Indomitus Pattern Terminator Armour and it is also the pattern most commonly employed at present by the Adeptus Astartes because its template is held on many key Forge Worlds such as Mars. In the aftermath of the Horus Heresy, the Ultramarines pioneered the widespread use of Indomitus Pattern Terminator Armour as their Legion was unable to replace the older patterns of Terminator Armour after the loss of many important Forge Worlds during the war. Presently, only the Iron Hands, Minotaurs, and Salamanders Chapters do not have a full 1st Company's worth of Indomitus Pattern Terminator Armour for various reasons. The Iron Hands do not field Terminator Squads; only their officers wear Terminator Armour. The Minotaurs were granted their suits of Terminator Armour by the Inquisition; and the Salamanders encourage their elite Battle-Brothers to manufacture their own arms and armour, leaving their Techmarines free to construct and maintain older and more complex wargear.
- Gorgon Pattern Tactical Dreadnought Armour - A variant of Indomitus Pattern Tactical Dreadnought Armour devised by the Iron Hands Primarch Ferrus Manus and his Iron Fathers, this advanced prototype suit was just going into production at the outset of the Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium to supplement the Iron Hands Legion's combat-depleted stocks of Terminator Armour. The design replaced the field generators imbedded in standard Indomitus Pattern Terminator Armour with experimental systems that converted incoming electromagnetic and kinetic energy into bursts of blinding light, able to incapacitate and maim nearby foes. The heat and electrochemical toxin bleed from the armour's systems limited the armour's agility, and its negative side effects required a high level of cybernetic rebuild for its wearer to endure. However, volunteers for this painful modification were plentiful in the Legion's ranks, many deeming it an honour to serve as part of this great endeavour.
- Tartaros Pattern Tactical Dreadnought Armour - Tartaros Pattern Terminator Armour was originally developed concurrently with several other patterns of Tactical Dreadnought Armour towards the closing years of the Great Crusade, and is still sometimes issued at present to the Veterans of a Space Marine Chapter's elite 1st Company. Perhaps the most advanced form of Terminator Armour ever designed, the Tartaros Pattern shares many systems with the Mark IV Maximus Pattern of Power Armour, and provides greater mobility for its wearer than the Indomitus Pattern, with no loss in durability or protection. Of the shared characteristics between the Tartaros and Maximus Pattern armours, the most obvious is the helmet, though there are other more subtle ones such as the design of the armour on the back of the Tartaros' legs or the vambrace and gauntlets. The Tartaros Pattern also seems to share design characteristics with the Contemptor Dreadnought, most especially in the design of the torso plates. There are also characteristics inherited or derived from the venerable Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour, the pauldrons being the more obvious of these.
- Aegis Terminator Armour - The Aegis Terminator Armour used by the Space Marines of the Grey Knights Chapter is similar to the standard Indomitus Pattern Terminator Armour but is inscribed with a complex network of protective prayers, runes and other wards which are psychically charged to provide better protection for a Grey Knight Astartes from the sorcerous powers of daemons and other servants of Chaos. The only major difference between Aegis Terminator Armour and the standard Indomitus Pattern besides the extra layer of psychic protection are the suit's helmet, which has been constructed to be very similar to that used by the ancient Mark III Iron Pattern suit of Power Armour.
There are, according to fragmented Imperial sources, four other patterns of Terminator Armour in existence, but these have yet to be publicly outlined by the Adeptus Mechanicus. Some have been reported to be used by the Dark Angels, Ultramarines and Blood Angels Chapters, but they may or may not have been variants of the standard Indomitus Pattern.
- Chapter Approved 2001: Second Book of the Astronomican, "Crux Terminatus" & "Cult Terminators", pp. 55, 58-59
- Citadel Journal 36, "Talons of Death: New Wargear", pp. 64-71
- Citadel Journal 45, "Space Marine Archive: Terminators", pp. 10-15
- Codex: Chaos (2nd Edition), "Chaos Space Marine Terminators" & "Terminator Weapons", pp. 30, 73
- Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), "Chaos Terminators" & "Armour", pp. 28, 86
- Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 1st Codex), "Chaos Terminators", pg. 10
- Codex: Grey Knights (5th Edition), pg. 63
- Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pg. 64
- Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition), pp. 25, 31
- Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition), pg. 8
- Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition), pg. 61
- Dark Heresy: Daemon Hunter (RPG), pp. 71, 134
- Deathwatch: Core Rulebook (RPG), pg. 164
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Ernst told them not to go out. Said dont you boys tempt the devil. But the cheap beer in his gut must have made Hieronymus think a glass of milk would be worth the risk. Of course Ernst was right, and the star player on the Berlin scene of the late 1930s, right before the war began for the second time, was taken away that night by the Boots. An easy target, being a mixed-race German. Not like the others, the Americans, Europeans, black, white and Jewish, who could hide a while longer.Fifty years later and Sidneys going back, to hear for the first time the unfinished recording the band was making, the obsession that kept them there long after it was safe. The thing that stopped them using those visas while they were still good. As Sidney discovers his friends secrets and wrestles with a few hes kept to himself for half a century, Esi Edugyan;s novel weaves the horror of betrayal, the meaning of courage and the possibility that, if you dont tell your story, someone else just might tell it for you. And they might tell it different...
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A lawsuit filed against the state by civil rights lawyers claims Michigan's emergency manager law is dead.
The Sugar Law Center and the Center for Constitutional Rights says in a statement Thursday that the state has no emergency manager law because Public Act 4 has been suspended pending a statewide ballot proposal vote Nov. 6.
Attorney General Bill Schuette and Gov. Rick Snyder have said the state has reverted to the old emergency manager law, Public Act 72.
John Philo, legal director of the Sugar Law Center, says "there cannot be emergency managers without the legal framework to support them" and "the old law is dead."
Emergency managers are operating in Benton Harbor, Flint, Pontiac and Ecorse, as well as in school districts in Detroit, Highland Park and Muskegon Heights.


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Customer relationship management
Customer relationship management (CRM) is a model for managing a company's interactions with current and future customers. It involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize sales, marketing, customer service, and technical support.[1]
CRM systems for marketing track and measure campaigns over multiple channels, such as email, search, social media, telephone and direct mail. These systems track clicks, responses, leads and deals.
Customer service and support[edit]
CRM systems can be used to create, assign and manage requests made by customers, such as call center software which helps direct customers to agents.[2] CRM software can also be used to identify and reward loyal customers over a period of time.
CRM systems can automatically suggest suitable appointment times to customers via e-mail or the web. These can then be synchronized with the representative or agent's calendar.[citation needed]
Small business[edit]
For small businesses a CRM system may simply consist of a contact manager system which integrates emails, documents, jobs, faxes, and scheduling for individual accounts.[citation needed] CRM systems available for specific markets (legal, finance) frequently focus on event management and relationship tracking as opposed to financial return on investment (ROI).
Social media[edit]
CRM often makes use of social media to build up customer relationships. Some CRM systems integrate social media sites like Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook to track and communicate with customers sharing their opinions and experiences with a company, products and services.[3] Enterprise Feedback Management software platforms such as Confirmit, Medallia, and Satmetrix combine internal survey data with trends identified through social media to allow businesses to make more accurate decisions on which products to supply.[4]
Non-profit and membership-based[edit]
Systems for non-profit and membership-based organizations help track constituents, fund-raising, demographics, membership levels, membership directories, volunteering and communication with individuals.[citation needed]
Customer-centric relationship management (CCRM)[edit]
CCRM is a style of customer relationship management that focuses on customer preferences, instead of customer leverage. This is a nascent sub-discipline of traditional customer relationship management, to take advantage of changes in communications technology.
A CRM system becoming more "customer-centric" means being able to manage critical relationships more effectively and being positioned to offer new and expanded services. [5]
Customer centric organizations help customers make better decisions and drive profitability. CCRM adds value by engaging customers in individual, interactive relationships.[6]
Customer-centricity differs from client-centricity in that the latter refers almost exclusively to business-to-business models rather than customer-facing firms.
Features of CCRM[edit]
Customer-centric relationship management is used in marketing, customer service and sales, including:
- tailored marketing
- one-to-one customer service
- retaining customers
- building brand loyalty
- providing information customers actually want
- Subscription billing
- Rewards
Accenture [7]and Emerald Insight [8] are now beginning to focus on CCRM as a discipline, with studies appearing on Mendeley.[9]
Adoption issues[edit]
In 2003, a Gartner report estimated that more than $2 billion had been spent on software that was not being used. According to KEN Insights, less than 40 percent of 1,275 participating companies had end-user adoption rates above 90 percent.[10] Many corporations only use CRM systems on a partial or fragmented basis.[11][citation needed] In a 2007 survey from the UK, four-fifths of senior executives reported that their biggest challenge is getting their staff to use the systems they had installed. 43 percent of respondents said they use less than half the functionality of their existing system.[12][citation needed]. Recently, it is found in a study that market research regarding consumers preference may increase the adoption of CRM among the developing countries' consumers. [13]
Market leaders[edit]
The CRM market grew by 12.5 percent in 2008, from revenue of $8.13 billion in 2007 to $9.15 billion in 2008.[14] The following table lists the top vendors in 2006–2008 (figures in millions of US dollars) published in Gartner studies.[15][16]
Vendor | 2008 Revenue | 2008 Share (%) | 2007 Revenue | 2007 Share (%) | 2006 Revenue | 2006 Share (%) |
Oracle | 1,475 | 16.1 | 1,319.8 | 16.3 | 1,016.8 | 15.5 |
Salesforce.com | 965 | 10.6 | 676.5 | 8.3 | 451.7 | 6.9 |
Microsoft CRM | 581 | 6.4 | 332.1 | 4.1 | 176.1 | 2.7 |
Amdocs | 451 | 4.9 | 421.0 | 5.2 | 365.9 | 5.6 |
Others | 3,620 | 39.6 | 3,289.1 | 40.6 | 2,881.6 | 43.8 |
Total | 9,147 | 100 | 8,089.3 | 100 | 6,573.8 | 100 |
Many CRM vendors offer subscription-based web tools (cloud computing) and software as a service (SaaS). Some CRM systems are equipped with mobile capabilities, making information accessible to remote sales staff.[citation needed] Salesforce.com was the first company to provide enterprise applications through a web browser, and has maintained its leadership position.[17] Traditional providers have recently moved into the cloud-based market via acquisitions of smaller providers: Oracle purchased RightNow in October 2011[18] and SAP acquired SuccessFactors in December 2011.[19]
The era of the "social customer"[20] refers to the use of social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Pinterest, Instagram, Yelp, customer reviews in Amazon, etc.) by customers. CR philosophy and strategy has shifted to encompass social networks and user communities.
Sales forces also play an important role in CRM, as maximizing sales effectiveness and increasing sales productivity is a driving force behind the adoption of CRM. Empowering sales managers was listed as one of the top 5 CRM trends in 2013.[21]
Another related development is vendor relationship management (VRM), which provide tools and services that allow customers to manage their individual relationship with vendors. VRM development has grown out of efforts by ProjectVRM at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Identity Commons' Internet Identity Workshops, as well as by a growing number of startups and established companies. VRM was the subject of a cover story in the May 2010 issue of CRM Magazine.[22]
In 2001, Doug Laney developed the concept and coined the term 'Extended Relationship Management' (XRM).[23] Laney defines XRM as extending CRM disciplines to secondary allies such as the government, press and industry consortia.
CRM futurist Dennison DeGregor describes a shift from 'push CRM' toward a 'customer transparency' (CT) model, due to the increased proliferation of channels, devices, and social media.[24]
See also[edit]
- ^ Shaw, Robert, Computer Aided Marketing & Selling (1991) Butterworth Heinemann ISBN 978-0-7506-1707-9
- ^ SAP Insider (15 November 2007) Still Struggling to Reduce Call Center Costs Without Losing Customers?
- ^ DestinationCRM.com (2009) Who Owns the Social Customer?
- ^ Lester, Aaron (2013-04-23). "Seeking treasure from social media tracking? Follow the customer". SearchBusinessAnalytics. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ^ http://www.accenture.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/PDF/Accenture_Homeless_prenatal_PRINT_High.pdf
- ^ It's all about the Customer, Stupid – The Importance of Customer Centric Partners
- ^ Sales and Customer Services–CRM: Services Overview
- ^ Customer-centric relationship management system development: A generative knowledge integration perspective
- ^ CRM and customer-centric knowledge management: an empirical research
- ^ Jim Dickie, CSO Insights (2006) Demystifying CRM Adoption Rates
- ^ Joachim, David. "CRM tools improve access, usability." (cover story). B to B 87, no. 3 (11 March 2002): 1
- ^ David Sims, TMC.net (2007) CRM Adoption 'Biggest Problem' in 83 Percent of Cases
- ^ Hasan, M. R., Rahman, M., And Khan, M. M. (2013). Rural Consumers' Adoption of CRM in a Developing Country Context. International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI), 2(9), 121-131. [1]
- ^ DestinationCRM.com (2009) CRM Market Grows for Fifth Straight Year
- ^ "Gartner Says Worldwide Customer Relationship Management Market Grew 23 Percent in 2007" (Press release). Gartner, Inc. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ^ "Gartner Says Worldwide CRM Market Grew 12.5 Percent in 2008" (Press release). Gartner, Inc. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ Cloud CRM to Work PC World: April, 2010
- ^ Buys Cloud-based Customer Service Company RightNow For $1.5 Billion Techcrunch: 24 October 2011
- ^ Challenges Oracle With $3.4 Billion SuccessFactors Purchase Bloomberg Businessweek: 7 December 2011
- ^ Greenberg, Paul (2009). CRM at the Speed of Light (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. p. 7.
- ^ "Top 5 CRM Trends for 2013". Enterprise Apps Today. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ^ Destinationcrm.com CRM Magazine: May, 2010
- ^ [2] The Great Enterprise Balancing Act: Extended Relationship Management (XRM), Doug Laney, META Group publication, 10 December 2001
- ^ DeGregor, Dennison (2011). Customer-Transparent Enterprise: Beyond 20th Century CRM. Motivational Press. ISBN 1-935723-23-5.


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A palette of 'tough' materials to help draw in male visitors was key to Cullinan Studio's design for Newcastle Maggie's Centre, writes Laura Mark. Photography by Paul Raftery
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Lovely place to have a coffee and sweet treat. My husband, kids and I sat outside yesterday morning. Staff were great, quick and friendly service. Spot on coffee.
Lovely place to have a coffee and sweet treat. My husband, kids and I sat outside yesterday morning. Staff were great, quick and friendly service. Spot on coffee.
Smallish inside but seating available outside. We had a nice brunch and there was counter food as well as menu food. The staff were accomodating when we decided we wanted to move outside. Coffee was great.
eggs montreal on a nice morning in hanmer. was refreshing to find a reasonably priced cafe to eat at - only thing i would say is the eggs were slightly overcooked, and didn't ooze the yolk like expected. nice anyway, and good, strong & hot coffee!
Looks good frm outside but wont be back. After queing up just to reach the menu by the til we should have realised what the rest would b like. We both ordered the big breakfast for $19.50 anddesc sounded good. What we got though is what we could have cooked better at motel. Unseasoned scrambled eggs. A meatball described as... More
Exceptional Hummingbird coffee. Great meals. Lovely cakes and slices. Especially liked the homemade sausage that came with the kids meal .
We stopped off for a coffee and cake at this lovely wee café last week and sat outside at one of the tables with sun umbrellas. Can't fault the coffee and the lemon slice was heavenly but a sudden freak gust of wind came up and the heavy sun umbrella at our table went to take off. Instinct saw me... More
We grabbed a quick coffee from this cafe' and found the staff to be friendly and efficient. The coffee was good too :)
had the burger which was pretty fresh with chutney and hummus garnish, this was good but the seafood chowder was totally average and not to par with what you can get in other towns, this place is just ok but nothing to rave about however there are not many alternatives in this village
We sat outside in this unique wee place. Had the most amazing coffee and delicious fish cake with salad. I thoroughly recommend . Sit in the sun in the courtyard while taking in the mountain fresh air. We loved it
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Republicans claim that Democrats need to rack up an even bigger early vote tally this year because Election Day voters and independents are likely to break for Romney in greater numbers than they did for McCain.
Like Democrats, Republicans are outperforming their 2008 early vote totals, and Romney officials in Boston and Washington point out that more Republicans have voted early this year than in 2004, when Bush had a famously mobilized conservative base behind him.
But Republicans in Iowa wave off squabbles about vote tallies and make a simpler argument: Organization is no match for enthusiasm, and the currents have been moving in Romney's direction for weeks.
Republicans working on other state races say their internal polling shows movement toward Romney that began after the first debate on October 3 and has climbed steadily ever since.
Kraig Paulsen, the Iowa House Republican leader, said Romney's poll numbers have perked up in almost every one of the competitive statehouse districts he is monitoring.
'I'm seeing Gov. Romney picking up speed'
"I'm seeing Gov. Romney picking up speed in these races I am watching," said Paulsen, who is presiding over the GOP effort to recapture control of the lower chamber. "The low point in my data was somewhere around the start of the month, but since then it's just been a solid trajectory coming up."
The turnaround in Romney's fortunes is eye-opening.
After sewing up the Republican nomination last spring following a trying primary battle, Romney was in dismal shape in Iowa.
Most surveys showed Obama maintaining a comfortable lead over his rival throughout the spring and summer.
By late summer and early fall, Republicans here were settling in for an all-but-certain defeat and looking to refocus their efforts on a slate of down-ballot campaigns, particularly the two competitive House races in Iowa's newly drawn third and fourth Congressional districts.
A Wall Street Journal/NBC/Marist poll released Sept. 20 painted a grim portrait for the Republican nominee.
Half of the state's likely voters had an unfavorable opinion of Romney, and more than a third of evangelicals viewed him negatively. He trailed Obama by 10 points among independents, and by a staggering 18-point margin among women.
The dynamic changed dramatically, as it did in every battleground state, after Romney's shining debate performance in Denver.
Bob Vander Plaats, one of the state's leading evangelical voices who has often feuded with Iowa's Republican establishment, said he finally cast an early vote for Romney sometime after the second presidential debate.
Vander Plaats, who sided with Rick Santorum in the Iowa caucuses, said it took several months for Romney and his campaign advisers to soothe conservative Christian anxieties about the candidate's convictions on the issues of abortion and same-sex marriage.
Vander Plaats had a July conference call with three Romney officials in Boston to talk through some of his concerns.
"They said they were taking our issues seriously," he said.
Ryan selection helps with state's evangelicals
Romney's selection of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, a fervent abortion opponent, as his running mate helped stir support among evangelicals in the western part of the state and conservatives Catholics in the east.
The debate finally crystallized the choice for grassroots conservatives, who will show up without hesitation on Election Day, Vander Plaats said.
"There is no doubt that I wasn't the biggest Romney fan, but campaigns come down to choices, and I believe he is the much better choice in this campaign than Barack Obama," he said.
Republicans expect to lose the early vote but are planning to run up the score next Tuesday in the new fourth congressional district, where conservative icon Steve King has organized a dedicated network of volunteers in his race against Democrat Christie Vilsack.
Romney also hopes to cut into Obama's natural base of support in the working class counties and cities along the Mississippi River, where the president sailed to victory four years ago.
Yard signs are an imprecise way to measure enthusiasm, and some campaign operatives consider them a waste of money. But it is possible to make the drive from Des Moines to Dubuque, a 200-mile stretch of farmland along interstate 80 and highway 151 that was painted Obama-blue in the 2008 election, without seeing a single Obama sign or poster.


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Use the food and drink search to ensure you make the most of Scotland bountiful larder and excellent nightlife. Find great places to eat out, top traditional bars and pubs to visit and where to find Scotland's top food producers and food and drink attractions.
Many of the pubs and bars listed in this section are members of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association. Founded in 1880, it is the only national association in Scotland which represents all sectors of the Scottish licensed trade industry. SLTA work very closely with VisitScotland on a number of initiatives and were instrumental in helping deliver the Best Bars quality assurance scheme.
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For well over two centuries The Golden Lion has welcomed guests, with delicious fare, fine wines and refreshing ale. This tradition continues today in our cosy Library Bar.
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Renowned for it's friendly atmosphere and warm welcome, it has an excellent reputation for Real Ale and has won many CAMRA awards.
Food & Drink Visitor Attraction
Merchant Square in Merchant City, the heart of Glasgow's cultural, fusion and food quarter, is home to a cosmopolitan selection of bars and restaurants, all set within a covered and heated Victorian courtyard, where it never rains.
Bar and Pub Food
Filling Station is an all-American restaurant and bar offering authentic flavours of the USA from the East Coast to the West.
The Lovat Hotel in Perth offers only the best dining experiences with food served until 10pm daily varying from snacks and light bites to full dinner menu.
The Brazen Head has been the prime Irish/Celtic bar in Glasgow, since its birth in 1994, using the same name of the famous bar in Dublin.
St Andrews
The Rule, St Andrews, is located on South Street in the heart of the picturesque town famed for golf. It is a favourite watering hole of locals, families and students alike.
We warmly welcome you to our Prince of India. Our food is marinated in herbs and spices to provide a uniquely delightful and delicate flavour to the wide selection of dishes we are able to offer beside lots of vegetable dishes.
Bridge of Don, , Aberdeen
The Mains of Scotstown Inn is located in Bridge of Don, north of Old Aberdeen. Its popularity is confirmed by awards including "The British Beer and Pub Association Gold Award" "Best Pint in Scotland" and "Beautiful Beer Platinum Award".
South Uist
Lochboisdale hotel prides itself on using local produce whenever available and homemade sauces. Even our chef is local!
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Fort William
Relaxation in the West Highlands of Scotland is easy; with the tranquil waters of Loch Leven and dramatic landscape of Glencoe you can enjoy a delicious meal while admiring the local scenery.
Quality bar & restaurant open 7 days for eating, drinking, relaxing and partying.
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The Kirkmichael Arms "Your pub in the country" offers visitors a warm welcome in a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere.
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