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Nicholson Electrical & Property Maintenance Services Ltd
NICHOLSON Electrical & Property Maintenance Services Limited is a new business offering a complete, one-stop solution to both domestic & commercial properties and challenging the stigma associated with the construction industry. The business will be focused on delivering three core values: • Honesty & Integrity • Value for money • Professionalism throughout Our main aim is to deliver a high quality, professional service to our customers and turn them into life-long clients. This will be achieved by constantly applying the core values in every aspect of our work, from first meeting to completion. Our services include: • Electrical • Plumbing • Joinery • Gardening • Fencing & Decking • Plastering & Tiling • Handyman Service • CCTV, Access Control and Intruder Alarm Systems • Commercial Cleaning. • Dedicated Project Management
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Our wide range of skills helps you with large or small projects from Gardening to Landscaping to Home renovations or Rear or side extensions we can help you plan & make your wishes a reality & We offer a service which allows trades men to help your project asap after a quick telephone consultation . We are also lucky enough to have trades men who live and work in London, Manchester, Marlborough, and Cornwall. We do not over charge and are very competitive and responsive and respectful
StoneworksCertificate of Excellence 2015
A professional reliable service covering general Building and Landscaping with over 30 years experience we are a company you can trust. , Qualifications include City and guilds and CSCS Gold card.The Building side of the business covers small building works to include Extensions,Pointing and repairs,Heritage works with Lime mortars and stone masonry.The Landscaping side includes Paving,walling in natural stone,Dry stone walling.Brickwork,Garden features and ponds,Turfing ,fencing,Planting,Garden design. We have been featured in local press and magazines for outstanding work.
hemingwaylandscapingCertificate of Excellence 2015
As well as building our own designs following our professional Design Service, we also offer a full landscape construction service; whether you have a garden design for us to work to, or just a simple idea of adding a feature to your garden, we carry out our construction works to the same unbeatable high standards.
Leeds Garden Crew
I help transform your garden into attractive, functional, and conscientious garden environments, tailored to your budget and ideas. One time projects or regular maintenance available. Please visit my Facebook site to see my previous works and reviews. Thank you, Bali
C & S Garden Services
Landscape construction and Grounds Maintenance
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Craigmore Gardens
Specialising in landscape design and garden/grounds maintenance.
We are a landscape gardening company who undertake property renovation and property maintenance work. As we are constantly growing we have recently incorperated domestic and professional cleaning into our buisness as to fulfill all of our cuatomers needs from one company. So gone are the days of contacting 3 seperate company's to fulfill your needs. We offer all you need in one simple email or phone call. We also undertake general handyman work and provide fully qualified painters and decorators.As you have probably already grasped this makes us an extremely useful company to hire with the ability to fulfill most households needs. We are very confident in the work we provide and are sure you will enjoy using our services. We are also very competitively priced and more than willing to negotiate and provide a service to suit any budgets. Unfortunately as we are new to bark we do not have any reviews to confirm our amazing work but are sure we will have some amazing customer feedback in the coming months. We also have a facebook page and website which we can provide on request with photos and much more info. We are also located on mybuilder, rates people, yell, free index & my job quotes.
Ken Howe Natural Stone SuppliesCertificate of Excellence 2015
We are stonemasons who blend traditional stonemasonry with design skills and to cut, carve, sculpt and engrave Natural Stone into beautiful fireplace designs, fire surrounds, headstones, gravestones, sculptures, carvings and engravings. Our heritage restoration projects include work on many Grade I and II listed buildings. Family Stonemasonry and Landscape Business Ken Howe Natural Stone Supplies is a family run stonemasonry and landscape business in Lancashire (UK). Everything we produce is to unique designs and hand made in natural stone, such as Granite, Limestone, Sandstone, and Marble. We also offer an in-house Bespoke Joinery and Landscape service. From a modern or contemporary fireplace, to a traditional stone fireplace. Lettered boulders to garden features. Drystone walling and landscape projects. Headstones and pet memorials. Stonework and restoration on listed and period property and buildings. Ken Howe Natural Stone Supplies can take on almost any stone related, fencing, or landscape project.
Yorkshire Landscapes ltdCertificate of Excellence 2015
Driveways, Car Parks, Patios, Paths, Walls, N.R.S.W.A. Registered for Road Crossings and Tarmac Footpaths including road kerbs, Sunken and Raised Gardens, Gardens Tiered, Fencing, Tree Felling and Pruning, Gardens Cleared, Sheds and Bases, Low Maintenance Gardens Built, Garden Designs.
Rosetta Landscape Design
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Paul Cox Landscaping
For over 20 years, my team and I have designed, built, planted and revitalised gardens for delighted clients in York and across Yorkshire. Offering a free design consultation, we will work with you to deliver a solution for your garden specially designed to meet your needs and your budget. I am horticulturally trained, so you can be confident that the planting schemes we recommend will be perfectly tailored to suit the conditions in your garden and complement your hard landscaping. Building to the highest standards in quality and with an exceptional eye for detail, you will receive our very best customer service at every stage in the project. I look forward to exceeding your expectations!
Innovate Garden Care and Design
All aspects of landscape gardening offered including; Hard landscaping ; Patios, decking, fencing, gates, block paving, raised beds. Soft landscaping; Re- turfing, re-profiling, ponds. Tree work: Trees up to 12m removed, pollarded, pruned. Hedges planted, removed, laid, maintained. Garden clearance Garden makeovers
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Mirrorworld Ltd
Mirrorworld Ltd based in Manchester are one of the UK's award winning picture frame and mirror manufacturers and has been established for over 30 years. From humble beginning as a bespoke framing studio our company has grown to be the UK's leading bespoke mirror specialist by giving our customers a truly professional and personal service.
We solve complex design issues experienced during commercial architectural design projects. Our team achieves this by introducing innovative workflows, design processes and new technical approaches to conceptualising, modelling, visualisation. design2rise also provides solutions to help you overcome challenges you may face during industrial and motion design projects. Our team can enhance your design to help you better market, promote, pitch or bid for projects in the built environment, construction and industrial design fields. We achieve this through offering world-class graphics, 3D models and floor plans, sketches, animations, product rendering, interior & exterior still renders, 360 degree panoramic virtual tours, and so much more. We work with individuals, residential developers, commercial and industrial projects. We help you communicate your design proposal and vision to investors or stakeholders. Our designs can help assist you when trying to sell your new development before projects are completed. The work we do can also help your contractors grasp your design concepts which speeds up the overall construction process. Competencies • Revit • 3ds Max • Solidworks • Unity Game Engine • Adobe Creative Suite • Vray Renderer • Maxwell Renderer • Maya • Realflow Contact: Heath Muchena
Surface Property
Surface works on all scales of projects from individual properties to major development schemes across the UK. The team at Surface has significant expertise in the property sector working for both public and private sectors in all areas of the property market. Surface combines the considerable skills and expertise of over 60 staff and adheres to a set of core values. Surface works with the fabric of our sites. We believe that to deliver a truly exceptional project it is important to understand the context of both the site and its surroundings. We read the site to help us understand its history, environment, opportunities and constraints. We work across the UK from our offices in York, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Handmade blinds & interior furnishings
All our interior furnishings are Designed and Handmade to an extremely high standard in the Heart of Yorkshire, our skilled Designers carefully Hand Stitch each individual Blind/curtain providing not just quality but precision with every stitch making them completely unique. You can be sure that you're investing in a stunning product that will suit your needs and exceed your expectations as no stich is seen.. We are suppliers of bespoke fabric collections and offer a free consultation in the comfort of your own home.
Foundation Building Services
New builds, extensions, loft and garage conversions, renovations, groundwork and civil service, paving decking and fencing, landscaping,
Nottinghamshire gardening specialists
Nottinghamshire gardening specialists.
We are a dedicated team of construction and landscaping specialists who provide many different services, all no obligation quotes provided. Call Zac today on 07977010041.
FrankCreative Limited
Award Winning Graphic Design, Marketing, Illustration. Working collaboratively with our clients we offer a wide range of services including branding, brochures, web sites, advertising, logo design, interior design, 3D illustration and copywriting.
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Designing the house from the outside can be not an easy task, especially if you are trying to do that by yourself. You should take into account many details, like composition, colors, design concept, etc. Our team works diligently to satisfy all points on the renovation spectrum: a completed project that suits your family, home and budget. Our renovation consultants are there to make suggestions and identify the best way to complete your project. Our Area ► Bradford ► Leeds ► Keighley ►Halifax ► Huddersfield ► Wakefield ►Shipley ► And nearby towns
GL Fencing and Landscaping
GL Fencing & Landscaping are fence, deck and landscaping specialists based in the Sowerby Bridge area and cover the whole of West Yorkshire. We have over 15 years experience in all aspects of landscaping. Our team of highly trained professionals keep their work area tidy and take pride in what they do whilst keeping in line with health and safety standards.
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Inspired Garden Design Ltd
At Inspired Garden Design Sheffield, we have a strong passion for creating low maintenance modern and contemporary gardens, as well as more traditional, family, and children friendly outdoor spaces. Modern garden design is all about incorporating the surrounding elements and borrowing landscapes, be that trees from surrounding woodland gardens, Italianate sculpture from formal gardens, those with large impressive water features and even those on sloping sites where terraced gardens really come into their own. - See more at: www.inspiredgardendesign.co.uk
Bank View Garden Services
Bank View Garden Services work on gardens large and small in and around Derby. We aim to provide a high quality, reliable and professional garden service to our valued customers. We provide; garden design, quality timber structures, landscaping, water features, domestic garden and grounds maintenance. So when you engage our services you can be sure that your garden is in the most attentive and professional hands, leaving you to relax and enjoy your garden.
ELYSIUM SPECIALISE IN KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, RENOVATIONS AND INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE, OFFERING DESIGN-LED SOLUTIONS FOR A STYLISH HOME. Elysium has ten years' experience in bespoke building projects, making for an impressive portfolio and many happy clients. We pride ourselves on our attention to detail and creativity, providing every customer with an efficient service and unique solutions to bring their visions to life. Elysium understand that all homes are unique and every customer is different, which is why we deliver tailored solutions to meet your exact requirements, no matter your budget, style or vision. Whether you require a bespoke kitchen renovation, a home redesign or a full build, Elysium have the answer. We offer a comprehensive collection of services, handling projects from start to finish no matter the size and scope. Spearheading and assisting with Design, Planning, Building Regulations, Groundwork and more, offering a full service from concept to completion. We hold strong relationships with the contacts and suppliers that can offer you even more possibilities. We regularly partner with market leaders, delivering the best quality at the best prices. Along with sympathy to existing architecture, every project is developed with energy efficiency and maintenance front of mind, which ensures that your bespoke installation is highly functional as well as stylish. Our solutions incorporate state-of-the-art design, premium manufacturing and a friendly, straightforward service. Every Elysium fit-out showcases high quality craftsmanship and attention to detail. Our designer renovations will enhance your home, creating your perfect space. Visit our showroom today.
Welch Landscape Design
Welch Design, now based in new offices in Lincoln, has been providing clients with landscapes they love for almost 20 years. The practice is registered with the Landscape Institute and governed by the professional code of ethics. Our major client list includes national house builders, hospitals, hospices, schools, residential care homes, corporates, developers, and private residential clients. We offer a full range of services including infrastructure landscape design, project management, landscape design, and landscape maintenance and management. Please email us at email@example.com to find out more, or for an informal chat about your requirements call us on 01522 567484.
Phil Hirst Gardens
Award winning Garden Design business based in Sheffield with a passion for plants and uplifting gardens.
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Tidy GardensCertificate of Excellence 2015
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We head-off from Bedwyn station at 8/30am and cycle 60 miles round the horses at Marlborough, Hackpen Hill, Broad Hinton, Cherhill, Roundway, Alton Barnes and Pewsey. There'll be road-side elevenses and we'll have lunch at the truly divine Divine Cafe on Labour-in-vain hill in Cherhill – their ham, eggs and chips are the best. Plus the best bike rack for a cafe in miles.
Meet at Reading station (south-side by the Three Guineas pub) at 7.30am. There should be plenty of room for bikes on the service to Bedwyn.
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Nutrition News: Investigating Health Claims on Energy Drinksby Dana Angelo White in Food News & Trends, September 24, 2012
Recent news reports have discussed how New York lawmakers are leaning into energy drink makers about the quality and safety of their products. Fan favorites like AMP, Monster and 5-Hour Energy are all under investigation. These energy-promising drinks continue to gain popularity with folks of all ages — but are they safe?
Energy Drinks 101
We've broken down the details on why energy drinks can be so dangerous in the recent post Energy Drinks: Good or Bad? (hint: they're bad!). Lots of sugar, caffeine and other questionable ingredients are to blame.
Health Claims
Here's a breakdown of some of the more common health claims and explain why they just don't add up.
Gives You Energy
While ingredients like caffeine and guarana give you a temporary boost by increasing heart rate – but that's not energy – that's what calories are for.
Aids Weight Loss
There's no magic pill and no magic drink. While some caffeine-loaded drinks may leave you too jittery and anxious to eat, when it comes to weight loss, only a long-term healthy diet and exercise plan will do.
Enhances Performance
Athletes of all ages are always looking for that edge. Sorry folks, hard work is the real recipe for that. Energy drinks aren't regulated the way foods are – they're classified as supplements so unregulated dangers are often lurking. College athletes and the pros need to be extra careful – many of these drinks contains banned substances.
Tell Us: Are you still guzzling energy drinks?


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HIGH Wycombe RUFC became the first team to lose to Swindon College Old Boys on Saturday as they were beaten 27-21 in Southern Counties North.
The Old Boys had played 18 Southern Counties North games before Saturday and lost every one, conceding 585 points in the process.
Bletchley put more than 100 points on them while Aylesbury and Milton Keynes both scored more than 60.
Wycombe themselves won the home fixture 43-0, but Swindon are a different prospect at home and finally broke their duck in a brusing fixture against the Kingsmead club.
Director of rugby George Dorling said: "Our objective this season was to be in the top three.
"We're slightly off that but the floods have totally disrupted us. We were on a roll but we've only played two games in February and March.
"They took us on physically on Saturday, we didn't have our full pack and they took full advantage."
Wycombe have most of their first team back this weekend, when they host Reading Abbey in their final home game of the season.


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Looking back at the joyride of weather fluctuation we have
experienced over the past couple of years, this has been a subtle
Before anyone gets their knickers in a twist, let me
clarify that statement by saying that yes, I know it's an absolute
bone-chiller outside. But it's those slight drops in temperature that
mean the difference between wind-burned cheeks and blue-tinged
frostbite. It's one (or two) extra layers of socks that leave you with
ten toes instead of nine on your journey to the mailbox and back.
the little shifts that add up to big change. After all, an individual
life starts out as a very little thing, one tiny thing which continues
to grow into a big thing made up of atoms and particles even smaller
than that. The Greeks called the small and invisible "atom" and science
kept that term for what was once the smallest particle in the world
known to humans. Not too very long ago the atom was split into even
tinier pieces. One Google search just told me that quarks and leptons
are currently in a tie as being the smallest thing. Up to one minute ago
I had never heard of a lepton.
The 2014 calendar hasn't even
flipped to February yet and particles are shifting all over the place.
Except for a drastic rise into the 40s and subsequent fall to subzero in
mid-January, the chill has slowly burrowed through the exterior layers
of our cars, roofs and sweaters. I haven't even heard a snap or pop from
expanding river ice. The starlings that live above our bathroom's
ceiling fan haven't ventured out for a few days because there is no
rapid rise of warmth from the rising sun as it shines on the eastern
face of my house. By the way, the vent cover blew off during the derecho
and neither of us remembered to replace it last summer.
My child
is home from college and her blessed self is spending the cold days
repainting the interior of the house. I hate to house paint. In that
respect, she is not my child. We did share a great time gathering paint
chip booklets and posting different samples on the walls of the kitchen,
hall, front room and bathroom. We perused drawer pulls and fixtures at
Paul's while we waited for our selected paints to be mixed and shaken. I
was so excited that we were finally going to freshen up the walls to
cover ten years of muddy tail wags, scuffs and unidentifiable spots that
I called a best friend to share my joy.
"What colors are you painting?" asked Julie.
picked 'novel' for the south wall of the kitchen, 'sea foam' for the
entry to the hall, 'hint of mint' for the plant bridge and 'tea biscuit'
for the front room," I exclaimed.
"So you're painting it white again," she responded.
not white. There are differences in those shades, backgrounds on which
to hang bold expressions of art and photographs. It's the subtleties
that one experiences every moment that either direct one's course or
stop and start it altogether. American troubadour Pete Seeger used music
to fight for peace and justice for all. He melodically, poetically
placed the bug in many an ear, gently but firmly furthering those causes
in which he believed. We all lost Seeger this week, but the beat goes
On Friday morning during morning chores, I watched my Steven
carry the cold form of my nemesis Bernie the Rooster to the edge of the
woods. Bernie was somewhere around eight years in age before he died in
the coop Thursday night. For five of those years he did his best to
plant both of his leg spurs in my leg calves. I sprained my ankle for
the first time doing a dance with Bernie, prompting my boss to give me a
car ride to St. Rita's as my ankle swelled after my arrival at the
office. As my family tearfully observed Bernie's passing, we recalled
the message that my hilarious boss left on the answering machine, "I'm
taking your wife to the hospital. She was in a cockfight."
life of one red rooster may not seem remarkable, but my very ill father
enjoyed Bernie stories. That bird took care of the hens, refusing to eat
his feed until the girls had had their fill. This spring may bring
another rooster into my life. It will certainly mean the installation of
a new bathroom vent cover once the starlings have flown their winter
coop. For right now, I'll mark the march from winter to spring with hot
showers under bird song and warm whitish walls. It's the little things
that will get us to spring. Like leptons.
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St. Albert real estate market strong
Community commands highest prices, most sales in the region
Saturday, Jun 07, 2014 06:00 am
In May, St. Albert and Sherwood Park were the most active and costly cities for residential sales in the Edmonton census metropolitan area, the Realtors Association of Edmonton reported in their monthly housing bulletin.
The two communities respectively sold 103 and 102 single-family homes, representing about 14 per cent of all sales in the region.
The cities also commanded the highest prices in the region.
In St. Albert, the average cost for a single-detached home in May was $460,722, compared to $463,585 a year previous. The median price for singles in May was $429,000.
Sales were up 25.6 per cent from 82 sales in April, but down 6.4 per cent year-over-year. In May 2013, St. Albertans sold 110 singles.
Last month, residents also sold 25 condos.
The average price for a condominium in May 2014 was $259,800, with a median price of $251,000. The average selling price for condos in May 2013 was $252,137.
Greg Steele, president of the realtors association, said that housing prices are rising across the Edmonton area.
�There may be slightly different trends in some communities with occasional dips and bumps,� he said. �But there are local realtors operating in each community who can advise buyers and sellers about pricing and marketing strategies that are right for that location.�
Other active sales regions included the communities of Beaumont, Westlock and Fort Saskatchewan, while areas in the northeast, such as St. Paul, Bonnyville and Cold Lake, have declined in sales activity due to a shortage in inventory and price escalation, the association reported.
The average price of a single family detached property in the Edmonton census metropolitan area was up 2.2 per cent from April to $438,279. The all-residential average price was up 1.6 per cent, to $371,871.
Condominium prices fell 0.13 per cent to $251,688.
The average days on market for homes in the Edmonton area was 41.


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Barron's Buzz: 3-D Printing Technology vs. Stocks3/7/2014 4:04PM
3-D printing may hold great promise, but that doesn't mean pure-play 3-D stocks will reward investors. What will new highs for Nasdaq mean for tech investors? Senior editor Jack Hough previews the latest issue of Barron's Magazine. Photo: 3DSystems.com.
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As expected, my P2P traffic is bad for the network post generated lots of comments; from earning me another wonderful title (shill for Internet monopolies) that I'll proudly add to my previous awards to numerous technical comments and even a link to a very creative use of BitTorrent to solve software distribution problems (thanks again, @packetlife).
Most of the commentators missed the main point of my post and somehow assumed that since I don't wholeheartedly embrace P2P traffic I want to ban it from the Internet. Far from it, what I was trying to get across was a very simple message:
- current QoS mechanisms allow P2P clients to get disproportionate amount of bandwidth;
- per-session queuing needs to be replaced with per-user queuing;
- few devices (usually dedicated boxes) can do per-user bandwidth management.
Not surprisingly, Petr Lapukhov was even more succinct: "The root cause of P2P QoS problem is the flow-fairness and congestion-adaption model that has been in the Internet since the very first days" and thus made a great introduction to a more fundamental problem: while we're rambling about the "popular" P2P topic, we're forgetting that Internet was never designed to cope with what we're throwing at it.
The basic premise commonly used in the design of Internet protocols was the cooperative user behavior. This attitude allowed Internet to become fast and cheap and finally triumph in the public data arena. While the ITU was struggling to design foolproof protocols that the users could never abuse, IETF was happily creating just-good-enough protocols that worked well between a few friends. The ultimate example: SMTP versus X.400. Unfortunately, in this case ITU had the last laugh ... with sender authentication and nonrepudiation embedded in X.400 and per-message charges billed to the sender our inboxes would be spam-free. Obviously, the victory (if there was one) was pyrrhic, as (public) X.400 has years ago shared the fate of T.rex.
Likewise, TCP was designed for an environment in which every session should get the same share of bandwidth (in the early days, one user would have one or at most a few sessions). It works astonishingly well: if you run X parallel TCP sessions across a link (even without using any decent QoS mechanism), each one will (on average) get its fair share. Low-speed queuing mechanisms like WFQ enhanced the concept to ensure that:
- TCP sessions get their fair share even when non-TCP traffic tries to grab more than expected;
- Interactive sessions are not preempted by batch sessions (with large packet bursts).
The third example: years ago, when Internet QoS became a hot topic, we had two competing architectures:
- Intserv, where each application session would have to reserve the bandwidth it needs and routers could perform explicit CAC (call admission control), even tied to an authentication server (yeah, it was probably an ITU plant) and
- Diffserv, where the core network would rely on the DSCP markers in individual packets and perform only low-granularity QoS decisions (for example, per-class queuing and intra-class selective dropping).
As we all know, Diffserv won because it scales ... but it comes with an implicit risk: the core routers have to trust the edge routers (or the users).
Last example (this one very close to my heart): BGP. It was designed to be used between cooperating entities and thus has very few security mechanisms (inbound and outbound filters are primarily a policy tool) and no authentication-of-origin mechanisms. The simple design was an obvious success: IDRP never moved far beyond whiteboard (PowerPoint was not so popular in those days), but we're occasionally paying a high price: a router you've never heard about can cause Internet-wide flaps.
To summarize: Internet is as successful as it is because it's simple and just-good-enough ... and it was designed that way because the designers assumed cooperative behavior of all parties. People that game the system might in the end force the industry to design and deploy more complex (and thus more expensive) solutions.
Last but not least, now that my Anonymous friend pointed out that I've stopped being an engineer and became a marketing guy selling my webinars, the topics I'm writing about are indeed part of the Market trends in the Service Provider Networks webinar.


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After the Versace/Missoni condos, and Fendi yachts comes this exciting titbit: Condé Nast International is likewise embracing the lifestyle concept, and opening a Vogue café in Kiev, and a GQ bar in Istanbul. Well, if the companies they cover can do it, why shouldn't the publishers? Isn't Vogue as much a brand as the brands in their pages?
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This month there has been some new research published into the nutritional content on jars of baby food: you can read an article about this research here. Worryingly, the research shows that if a baby only had one meat baby food jar and one vegetable baby food jar on top of formula milk then the baby would only be receiving 80% of many of their daily recommended nutrients (including calcium and magnesium).
I believe this is another reason why breastfeeding is beneficial - as a baby can get almost everything they need from the breast milk up to 1 years old. From 6 months old I feel it's best to introduce natural/home-made food to the baby. This doesn't have to be time consuming or difficult to make (as long as the salt content is kept to a minimum and it's safe for the baby to eat e.g. not nuts which are a choking hazard).
However, I do still find this research concerning as I know some mums who do rely on jars of baby food and they believe they are meeting their baby's daily nutritional requirements.
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Managing NFS and NIS by Hal Stern, Mike Eisler and Ricardo Labiaga, 2nd Edition, O'Reilly; ISBN 1-56592-510-6. A little Solaris-specific but good at explaining how things work.
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By Christine Poorman, NFTE Chicago Executive Director
Last week, NFTE Chicago's E-Council hosted its Back to School, Back to Business Benefit at 1871, Chicago's newest, biggest and most-talked-about business incubator. With over 200 entrepreneurs and business leaders present, the fun-filled night allowed attendees to interact with NFTE students and learn about ways to support NFTE's efforts in the its classrooms. Cocktails, hors d'oeurvres, a silent auction, and music spun by a Chicago DJ kept the party lively and the guests extremely entertained.
The evening's speaking program included alumni remarks by NFTE Chicago's own, Zoe Damacela, who spoke passionately about the keystone entrepreneurial value - using one's own talents and dreams to build business. Zoe also introduced the evening's keynote speaker - Emerson Spartz, CEO of Spartz Media. Emerson talked about his childhood passion for reading and his development, at the young age of 12, of www.mugglenet.com - the most successful Harry Potter fansite to date. Emerson impressed the crowd with his entrepreneurial spirit and his plans to change the world "in a big way" through a digital platform. Very inspiring!
The success of this year's Back to School, Back to Business Benefit was largely due to the thoughtful planning of NFTE Chicago's E-Council – unfailing advocates of our work, our students and our teachers. The E-Council secured the location, sponsors, silent auction gifts, and most importantly new followers to NFTE's fold by asking their friends and colleagues to join the party. The evening was a fantastic illustration of the collective power held by NFTE volunteers and supporters --- those passionate leaders working on NFTE's behalf to spread the word on the importance of entrepreneurship education in transforming the landscape of education and keeping young people on a path to high school graduation and post-secondary success in Chicago and around the globe.


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Dr. Dirk Pollet, CEO of Multiplicom, said: "This grant is a strong endorsement of our MASTR technology. It will allow Multiplicom to develop a new assay that will help physicians and patients enhance prenatal medical care while cutting costs. In the future, we see this test entirely replacing current invasive techniques."
The test, a single tube multiplex PCR reaction starting from fetal DNA isolated from the mother's blood, allows the identification of copy number variations (or 'aneuploidies') of chromosomes 21, 18, 13, X and Y. Such variations cause genetic diseases like Down's syndrome, Edward's syndrome, Patau syndrome, triple X syndrome and Klinefelter's syndrome.
Multiplicom's innovative non-invasive aneuploidy testing – NIAT – is a novel approach that aims to replace the 250,000 invasive procedures such as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling performed annually in Europe. These procedures are time consuming and carry a significant risk of complications during pregnancy. NIAT is not only rapid and safe but is designed to have predictive power superior to that of conventional prenatal testing methods.
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|Electronics — October 2004
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|Part 2: He stood by his ambitious goal to "raise the bar in the world of PC charting."
Similarly, the detail in government Coast Pilots is monitored and easily available for quick display in CE's ever-present "properties box" (lower right in the screen shots on previous page), in contrast to other programs that access it as more awkward help or .pdf files. Now, the dry but useful Pilot info is favored by salty types, who will also appreciate CE details like how a chart click will display the name, date, and scale of the underlying paper equivalent—information that is, again, available in other programs but not nearly so obviously (and not at all on some plotters). I wondered how a young guy who spent all those years in a Microsoft cubicle came to put emphasis on traditional navigation practices, and I wasn't surprised to learn that Christian grew up in a boating family and spent some of his pre-58-foot-yacht cubicle days studying books like Chapman's and Bowditch.
Another of CE's salty features—inspired, in fact, by Christian's reading of the regulatory standards for big-ship nav systems—is automated detection of route obstacles. As you lay down waypoints, CE notates rocks, shallows, or buoys near or under your route legs, and the list is available for latter reference (in the properties box, of course, and clickable to the relevant chart detail). CE, like Maptech's i3 system and most plotters running C-Map NT+ maps, can also warn you of dangers ahead even if you're not on a route. By the way, Nobeltec's latest 7.0 software can actually create a route given just start and end points (though quite sluggishly). But this is the first time I've seen an interactive route checker, and I think it nicely aids and reinforces smart routing habits.
Any software needs a soundings database or a vector chart to do this sort of intelligent analysis of what's in your boat's path. CE uses the vector Electronic Navigation Charts (ENCs) that are becoming an international standard and that are also being distributed free in the United States (see "From Hand-Drawn to Databased," May 2004). CE comes with all currently available ENCs and a facility for easily downloading new ones as NOAA fills out and updates its coverage. It also offers speedy, quilted display of SoftChart and Maptech raster charts and has the alternate underway interface—easier to see at a distance than normal Windows style and usable on a touchscreen, too—that's rightfully become common on better PC charting programs.
Developers of new PC software do not have an obligation to support users with older versions of Windows, and thus CE (and MapCruiser) will only run on, and make maximum use of, Windows XP and 2000. In fact, in planning mode, CE's menus look a lot like Word, Excel, etc. and the powerful "MyRoute" files (see "Q&A" this column) are handily stored in the "My Documents" folder. "Recreational users may not use a charting program for six months at a time but are usually familiar with common Windows programs," says Christian. He put a lot of work into a comprehensible interface, including feedback from several hundred beta testers, and I think he succeeded. CE's main chart screen can be easily split and rotated but is almost never messed over with dialog boxes or multilevel menus. Most of the added info, waypoint naming, etc. is seen or accomplished in the properties area.
But comfort level with any user interface is a somewhat subjective matter; the best way to decide for yourself is to download a demo version of CE. You may notice that some fairly common PC charting features aren't included yet; current overlay arrows are at the top of Christian's "to do" list, followed by weather forecasting (hopefully via compact and free GRIB files that NOAA may disseminate) and then possibly a 3-D display. Actually, he had an interesting take on the latter in a test version of CE (heck, he helped create Word 1.0 and Microsoft's X-Box game machine) but chopped it out because it was not up to his ease-of-use standards.
The last time I spoke with Christian, he sounded a bit perplexed about how he'd come to spend a summer weekend putting the finishing touches on CE version 1.0 (which sells for $300) while his beloved Urania (both the Greek muse of astronomy and a classy little ferry that once served his part of Lake Washington) sat at her slip. He stood by his ambitious goal to "raise the bar in the world of PC charting" and wryly added, "though I hadn't really planned to go up against Boeing (Boeing now owns Nobeltec) in my retirement!"
In fact, he's going up against a slew of able charting programs, not to mention a passel of dedicated marine multifunction displays that are rapidly gaining the power and flexibility of computers (without some of the PC headaches). But I say let's make Christian feel welcome—the more the merrier. And if I ever run into a "retired" Microsoft programmer in some harbor, I'm planning to invite him over for beer or coffee…and to see if I can find out what he's up to.
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Thursday night, American Idol auditions rolled into Texas, the state that gave us our first Idol champ, Kelly Clarkson! Idol has always had good luck in the Lone Star State, so producers figured they could wrangle up some more talent there this year. And, last night, they snagged a rifle-packin', 4-wheeler-ridin' gal who reminded me very much of Miranda Lambert. And they found Ramiro Garcia, a medical miracle who defies every odd imaginable to be able to lift his voice up in song. As usual, our Idol expert, Steve Thompson, shared his thoughts about the episode and the contenders.


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New York City launched a new mobile 311 service request tool with a format that's been compared to the restaurant and service review website Yelp.
Earlier this week, New York City Comptroller John Liu's Office launched NYC 311+, a mobile civic engagement app that allows users to report traditional 311 service requests but also write reviews of city government services and facilities like subway stations, libraries and playgrounds, according to the official announcement.
"New Yorkers are a passionate, opinionated bunch, and 'NYC 311+' is a great way to connect people so they can work to improve their neighborhoods together," said Liu, in a statement.
New Yorkers sound off on NYC 311+
Response to a subway station on 60th St.:
"They just redid the platform and it's falling apart. Passengers can slip on to tracks from chipping cement. Manhattan-bound platform is worse." –Anonymous
Response to the condition of the bathrooms in Chatham Square Library:
"The condition of the bathroom is satisfactory." –Anonymous
Reviews can be submitted anonymously or publicly by category with the option to submit a photo. Others can support or comment on the review, and like Yelp, the platform offers a five-star scale to rank a service. Both the free mobile app and the Web-based version were developed by PublicStuff.
The Comptroller's Office launched the app to help increase transparency and be more responsive to the public by leveraging technology, said Connor Osetek, a spokesman for the Comptroller's Office.
"We can't be everywhere all the time, but New Yorkers actually are in the city," Osetek said. "That's a powerful tool that we're excited to start harnessing."
Unlike the city's existing 311 app, which is only available in English, NYC311+ is available in 17 different languages, a feature that Osetek said will hopefully provide a more comprehensive representation of feedback from New York City's population.
PublicStuff Founder Lily Liu, (no relation to John Liu), said the Yelp-like review feature on NYC's new 311 app expands on what traditional 311 service request platforms offer. The review feature, Liu said, is an additional layer that's been missing from 311 engagement in the past, since it's challenging to provide a platform that allows users to submit a request and/or submit a comment or opinion on city services. Oftentimes, the public would rather only submit feedback.
"In many cases, people don't have a service request to report. They're not reporting a pothole or a missing street sign, but how do they get their feedback to the city on quality of their library services or the safety of their playgrounds for their kids?" she asked.


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There were some conversations about that.
We force-fed Hillene some pickles, which coincidentally brought her back, and she was back to her larger-than-eight-lives self. Giggling, pulling faces, and running around in flip-flops.
The last two members on the team are Vinnie Vendrome and the Mountain Goat. Vinnie is our resident Frenchman who's convinced me that everyone needs a resident Frenchman. Do you have a resident Frenchman? Better find yourself one. Just don't let 'em drive. Kidding. Not really. Vinnie's a French Mario Andretti who scared me nearly to death. Obviously it wasn't that scary because this is the second time he's driven a car on a relay team.
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Risk tolerance is an investment term that refers to your ability to endure market volatility. All investments come with some level of risk, and if you're planning to invest your money, it's important to be aware of how much volatility you can endure. Your tolerance for risk affects your choice of investments and the overall makeup of your portfolio.
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- Personality: Are you able to sleep at night knowing that you've put a portion of your hard-earned dollars at risk in a particular investment? Remember, it might be easy to tolerate a high-risk investment while it is generating double-digit returns, but consider whether you'll feel the same way if the market takes a downward turn with your investment leading the way. It's best to invest at a level of volatility that you are comfortable with.
- Time horizon: If you will need your investment dollars to make a down payment on a house in 2 years, your risk tolerance is lower than if you're investing for retirement in 20 years. If you can keep your money invested for a long period of time, you can ride out any downturns in the market. In general, the longer you can wait, the higher your risk tolerance.
- Capacity for risk: How much can you afford to lose? Your capacity for risk depends on your financial position (i.e., your assets, income, and expenses). In general, the more you have to fall back on, the higher your risk tolerance.
In addition to the above, think about taking a risk tolerance test. Any number of risk tolerance tests can be found on the Internet and in books about investing. Most require that you answer a series of questions, and generate a score based on your answers. The score translates into a measure of your risk tolerance and may be matched with the types of investments that the author deems appropriate for someone with your risk profile. Although these tests may be helpful as a reference, an honest self-analysis and advice from a trusted professional financial advisor are still the best ways to determine what investment choices are best for you.


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Reds stockpile catchers in Draft
Cincinnati collects five backstops out of 53 players selected
By Patrick Allergi / MLB.com
CINCINNATI -- Reds senior director of scouting Chris Buckley didn't set out to stock up on catchers in this year's First-Year Player Draft, just good players. But, it just so happened that many of the good players Buckley and his staff stocked up on wear shin guards.
Including first-round pick Devin Mesoraco, five of the 53 players drafted by the Reds on Thursday and Friday were catchers. In comparison, the organization drafted only four outfielders.
In all, Cincinnati drafted 31 pitchers -- 23 right-handed, eight left-handed -- and 13 infielders along with the five catchers and four outfielders.
Buckley said that more than anything else, he was trying to capitalize on what he viewed as a strong year for a weak position.
"We're excited because the more you do this, for whatever reason, catcher has become a really weak position up here in the Major Leagues and all through professional baseball," he said after the Draft finished late Friday afternoon. "In amateur baseball, for some reason, there's not a lot of kids going back there [behind the plate]. Usually, on your Draft board, it's one of the weakest positions.
"I think we recognized there [were] more [quality catchers] than usual, and it was a bit of an unusual year, so we said, 'Hey, let's get it. Maybe there won't be any [catchers] out there next year.'"
Three of the five catchers selected played in high school this past season. Overall, the Reds drafted 19 high school players, including six of their first 14 picks.
"College kids you know a little bit more about, and many times we've seen them play more at a higher level, like summer league or whatnot," Buckley said. "But many times, it's a high school player [that finds the most success]. I mean, out on the field tonight, you've got [Ken] Griffey, [Josh] Hamilton, [Adam] Dunn, and [Brandon] Phillips [all of whom were drafted out of high school], so I don't think you can go one way or the other. I think you need a blend of both."
Completing all 50 rounds of the Draft is difficult enough, but teams had even more trouble making all their selections in only two days this year, because this was the first year the Draft's first day had been televised. Teams only made it through five rounds on Thursday, leaving another 45 rounds to complete on Friday.
"The second day was quite a bit different [from past years], just because there were so many selections," Buckley said. "As we got a little deeper, it got quicker and quicker. Towards the end, it was going real fast, but a bunch of teams had also dropped out."
Buckley said that while other teams bowed out early, the Reds never considered finishing their picks until the last round was over.
"There's a lot of great players in the big leagues that were picked after the 50th round," he said. "If they give us 50, we want to take 50."
One trend throughout the Draft that applied to the Reds was a preference for tall pitchers. Of the 31 pitchers Cincinnati drafted, five stand 6-foot-5 or taller.
While Buckley said he feels good about the selections he and his staff made, he is quick to remind that a true analysis of this year's Draft is still years away.
"We're happy, my group his happy, and in a couple of years, we'll see how we did," he said with a smile.
Cincinnati's Day 2 Draft selections
RHP Evan Hildenbrandt, Mennonite Educational Institute, British Columbia (199th overall):
Hildenbrandt impressed as a top prospect for the World Wood Bat Association All-Prospect Team in 2006 with pitches reaching 92 mph and what scouts described as a "loose, athletic body."
3B Brandon Waring, Wofford College, S.C. (229th):
Waring, a 6-foot-4, 195-pound junior from West Columbia, S.C., was named a first team Louisville Slugger All-American and was the unanimous pick for Most Outstanding Player of the Southern Conference Tournament. He won two-thirds of the Southern Conference triple crown with a league-best .401 batting average and 27 home runs. He also set Southern Conference records for home runs and total bases (189) in a season.
RHP Andrew O'Neil, Penn State University (259th):
O'Neil, a native of Roswell, Ga., set a new Penn State record for saves with 11 in 12 opportunities while also compiling a 4-2 record. He did not give up a single run in Big Ten play this season.
CF Alexis Oliveras, Puerto Rico BB Academy HS (289th)
RHP Harris Honeycutt, University of South Carolina-Columbia (319th):
Honeycutt was 8-5 with a 3.59 ERA and 104 strikeouts in 90 1/3 innings entering his start against North Carolina in the NCAA Super Regional on Friday night.
C Jordan Wideman, Streetsville HS, Mississauga, Ont. (349th):
SS Scott Gaffney, Penn State University (379th):
The 6-foot-3, 185-pound Gaffney spent the last two seasons as Penn State's starting shortstop after playing mostly third base as a freshman. He also made eight starts and nine appearances as a pitcher for the Nittany Lions this past season, compiling a 3.76 ERA with 25 strikeouts and 14 walks in 40 2/3 innings.
OF Brandon Menchaca, University of Delaware (409th):
Menchaca batted .284 and committed only three defensive errors for Delaware this past season. He started in all 55 of the Blue Hens' games.
LHP Joseph Krebs, University of Texas-Austin (439th):
Krebs went 9-1 in 35 appearances for the Longhorns in 2007, compiling a 2.60 ERA in 93 1/3 innings with 86 strikeouts and 19 walks.
RHP Matthew Klinker, Furman University, S.C. (469th):
Klinker, a 6-foot-5, 210 pounder, went 5-6 with a 4.57 ERA in 86 2/3 innings of work for Furman in 2007. He posted a career 16-15 record and 4.52 ERA at Furman.
LHP Charles Snowden, Brandon (Miss.) HS, (499th)
RHP Jesse Craig, Brigham Young University (529th):
Craig was selected to the American Baseball Coaches Association All-Midwest Region Team following the 2007 season after going 10-2 with a 2.94 ERA in 20 starts for BYU. Craig struck out 86 and walked 21 in 125 1/3 innings this past season.
RHP Taylor Jordan, Merritt Island (Fla.) HS (559th):
Jordan finished 12-1 with two saves and a 0.94 ERA in 2007 for Merritt Island High School, striking out 94 batters in 74 1/3 innings.
RHP Raymond Jeffords, University of South Carolina-Columbia (589th):
Jeffords was 6-1 with a 2.87 ERA in 47 innings with five saves as of Friday afternoon before the Gamecocks faced North Carolina in the NCAA Super Regionals.
SS Jacob Kahaulelio, Oral Roberts University (619th):
Kahaulelio earned first-team all Mid-Continent Conference honors after hitting .314 with six home runs and 46 RBIs as a senior for the Golden Eagles this past season. He started all 57 games and compiled a .972 fielding percentage as a second baseman.
LHP Jeremy Horst, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Ga. (649th):
< Horst went 4-0 with a 5.88 ERA in 24 appearances for the Pirates in 2007. He struck out 42 batters in 33 2/3 innings and tallied one save.
RHP Robert Rhoden, Vanderbilt University (679th):
Rhoden compiled a 5.84 ERA in 24 2/3 innings over 12 appearances for Vanderbilt this past season. He struck out 24 batters and walked eight.
C Jason Bour, George Mason University (709th):
Bour, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound junior, batted .366 with 13 home runs and 50 RBIs before being selected to the first-team All-Colonial Athletic Association this past season.
C Francis Meade, Rutgers University (739th):
Meade set a Rutgers single-season record with 14 home runs in 2006 before his teammate and fellow Reds draftee Todd Frazier broke the mark with 22 in 2007.
1B Eli Rimes, Sonoma State University, Calif.:
The 6-foot, 210-pound left-hander hit .327 with 13 home runs and 45 RBIs for the California Collegiate Athletic Association Champion Seawolves this past season.


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Balloon stomp
Balloon stomp will have your kids bursting with energy as they pop their balloons in search of hidden lollies. Easy to set up and even easier to play, this birthday party game will entertain kids of all ages so get stomping!
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What you need:
- an assortment of lollies
- balloons
Insert wrapped lollies into the balloons before inflating them.
Place numerous balloons all around the room.
Instruct the children to go around the room breaking the balloons and collecting the lollies.
Children will love this and generally go 'crazy' bursting balloons and collecting treats.
Remember to have some spare treats on hand for those children who may come up empty handed once all of the balloons have been burst.
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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
By SCOTT ZIMMERMAN, President of TeleVox Software, Inc.
The request is all too common in marketing departments across corporate America today: "Keep customers happy, and while you're at it, increase sales. But don't – and this is important – increase your spending."
A monumental if not impossible task, you say? Not to some. In growing numbers, forward-thinking companies are turning to the power of behavioral science to achieve impressive and cost-effective growth in both loyalty and sales.
A proven tool of successful businesses large and small, behavioral science is a simple, common sense idea that demands systematic strategy and execution. When applied correctly to a company's marketing efforts, behavioral science strategies influence decision making at key moments of the communication process. To do so, these strategies target and engage consumers based on their beliefs, needs, motivations and barriers toward a particular behavior.
The idea is that the more a company understands what motivates individual and group consumer behavior, the better it can shape its communication with customers. The more actionable the insight, the better the influence for the desired action. Words, voices, layout and design, timing and methods of communication are all components of the marketing process that are likely to impact decision making in a positive way when grounded with an effective behavioral science strategy. The best executions enable consumers to experience marketing, sales and customer service communication as engaging and compelling. In such cases, consumers act without thought or hesitation.
The benefits of employing the principles of behavioral science, especially in today's "do more with less" business environment, are attractive to all business-to-consumer companies,but are particularly attractive to service-based companies with heavy day-to-day customer interactions. Included in this group are financial services, healthcare, telecommunications and health and beauty service companies. Benefits range from reduced churn,to greater cross-selling,to additional customer referrals. Additional deliverables include decreased appointment no-shows, increases in on-time bill payments, and increases in customer satisfaction levels.
The bottom-line result for companies employing behavioral science strategies in their communication mix is profound, often anywhere between10times and 30times theresponse rates (or other measures)over traditional branding and marketing techniques.
Applying behavioral science to your communication efforts
What is the best way for businesses to put the theory of behavioral scienceinto action? TeleVox, a leader in engagement communication planning and execution, has five important steps for achieving increased communication effectiveness in cost-effective, resource-friendly ways.
Understanding how and when to "touch" your customers and prospects is central to success in today's fast-paced, information-rich society. In simplest terms, touch can be explained as knowing people and what moves them. What inspires customers to action? What generates changes in their behavior? Determining answers for these questions for your target audience helps you create content that connects you with your customers in meaningful and lasting ways. At all touch points, it's critical to communicate in ways that motivate customers and prospects to take action and feel valued.
Touch also involves frequency. Determining theright amount of correspondence is essential. Too much communication, excessive texts, e-mails or voicemailscan quickly send customers packing. Not enough communication can have the same disastrous result,as top-of-mind awareness erodes and customers grow susceptible to competitor offers. Planning, testing and the experienced hand of a communications partner are key to finding how much is enough to get results.
2. Send the right message
Finding and delivering messages that engage customers and prospects in ways that appeal most to them begins with data and research. Technology, too, adds great impact. A great example is Orange County's Credit Union. A large credit union ($947 million in assets and nearly 80,000 members) with relatively few employees toreach out to members with past-due accounts, OrangeCounty's Credit Union employed a customized message process to impact debt recovery.The technology allowed the financial institution to create and send customizable messages that adapted to various types of debt recovery without compromising the financial institution's goal of personal service. Messages with variables for member names, account numbers, loan amounts, phone numbers, and more were generated.Response options took the functionality of the automated calls further, including multiple language options, message repeats and call transfers for instant bill payment. Overall, the impact of automated messaging has been sizeable; OrangeCounty's Credit Union has increased its contact ratio by 23 percent, resulting in substantial increases in debt recovery without the expense of additional staff.
3. Work on your timing
Professor Richard Chase of the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business has studied how communication timing can impact consumer opinion. In a Harvard Business Review article, he and his team offered principles for managers to consider when designing customer interactions. Get bad experiences over early, the report said, so customers can focus on the more positive subsequent elements of the interaction. Introduce pleasant aspects of the communication next. Finishing strong, the article went on to say, will help pleasant parts of the interaction form and stick in the customers' memory.
4. Keep current and stay in the game
You're only as good as your information. It's as true in behavioral science as it is in life. It's also the reason why database updates are a recommended part of your on-going marketing planning. Accurate contact data is essential for companies wanting to move from broad, mass advertising to personalized, direct communications that deliver desired increases in response and marketing ROI. A major health care plan's use of TeleVox's SmartAppend™database management service illustrates the impact. Employed before a phone-based outreach campaign, the database management service helped the company achieve a remarkable 549 percentimprovement in data quality. The improved quality of information resulted in enhanced message targeting and higher response. In addition, the company gained money-saving efficiency in the deliverability of its mailing.
5. Take a disciplined and comprehensive approach.
"He who fails to plan, plans to fail," the saying goes and it's true. In today's competitive marketplace, building a multi-dimensional engagement strategy for your business greatly aids in both short and long-term success. Including automated solutions in that plan will help achieve the goal of breaking through and reaching consumers exactly where they are and how they have chosen to be notified, educated, reminded, instructed or encouraged.
Experience has also shown self-service options to be a preferable choice when compared to agent communications. The right automated programs, results have shown, give your customers exactly the kind of messages they want -- when and how they want them.
Take on the challenge of "doing more with less" head on. Behavioral science can help you improve customer communications, loyalty and sales in today's competitive economy. With the experience and insight of a professional partner, you can use the principles of behavioral science to do big things, reach customers, touch their hearts and minds, and activate the relationships and behaviors required for success in a marketplace of shrinking margins and growing competition.
Scott Zimmerman is the president of TeleVox Software, Inc., which provides customer and patient engagement communication services to healthcare and commercial markets throughout North America.


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Boat Tests
- Meridian
- 391
- 2006
- Cruiser
- 40'11"
- 13'11"
- 3'4"
- 23,640 lbs.
- 2/370-hp MerCruiser 8.1S Horizon gasoline inboards
- 2/420-hp MerCruiser 8.1S H0 gasoline inboards; 2/330-hp Cummins QSB5.9 or 2/380-hp QSB5.9 diesel inboards
- 350 gal.
- 125 gal.
cherry interior
Lewmar windlass
Delta anchor
SmartCraft depthsounder, VHF
Meridian Docking on Command bow and stern thrusters
Danforth compass
Bennett trim tabs
2-burner Schott cooktop
Nova Kool refrigerator/freezer
Tappan microwave/convection oven
teak-and-holly sole in galley
Karadon countertops
20" Sharp Aquos LCD TV
Toshiba SD-3960 CD/DVD player
JBL Marine SCN FM radio w/ Sirius satellite capability
innerspring pillowtop mattresses
bimini top
Racor fuel-water separators
U-Line ice maker
Northstar 6000i chartplotter and radar
9-kW Onan diesel genset
48,000-Btu Ultraflow A/C
13" Sharp LCD TV and Clarion DVD in master
canvas w/ carpet
2/380-hp Cummins QSB5.9 diesel inboards
23x26 4-blade nibral
Teleflex Sea Star hydraulic
U-Line ice maker
Northstar 6000i chartplotter and radar
9-kW Onan diesel genset
48,000-Btu Ultraflow A/C
13" Sharp LCD TV and Clarion DVD in master
canvas w/ carpet
The Brunswick Boat Group builds more pleasureboats than anyone else in the world. Twenty builders produce myriad types of vessels, from Keys-friendly skiffs to 100-foot motoryachts, under the Brunswick umbrella. Many of those companies were purchased by Brunswick, but not Meridian Yachts. Four years ago it was created to fill a niche that the corporation's executives felt was underrepresented among its line of boats: the livability market.
When Meridian's vice president of yachts, Paul Cherney, met me dockside in Sarasota, Florida, he was quick to explain what that meant in general and as it relates to the model I was about to test, the 391 Sedan Bridge: "Meridian's goal is to deliver the amenities that boaters would find in their homes to their boats. Families should be able to go to their boats on a Thursday evening and have everything they need for a long weekend." The 391 is part of the family-friendly Sedan Bridge line that also includes a 34 and 41, and many of the features that apply to this formula are obvious, most notably her galley's stowage. There's enough room in its cabinets and standard 7.5-cubic-foot Nova Kool 'fridge/freezer to keep four adults well-fed for a week. Add this to the two-stateroom accommodations, split head and shower, and dinette that converts into a single berth, and you can see how the 391 meets Cherney's criteria.
I also recognized this right away on entering the saloon (via a sliding glass door) in the placement and size of the 391's windows: The area was awash in natural light, both from the huge forward-facing windows and two side windows, which provide the saloon with an airy, alfresco feel. When I looked in all directions from anywhere in the saloon, galley, or dinette—standing or seated—I could quickly pinpoint the horizon, something that helps me and a lot of people feel comfortable aboard.
Cherney remarked that for boaters who will retreat to their yachts for solitude, a quiet saloon is another key aspect in attaining comfort. He then led me to the cockpit and told me to look over the port side. I could see cooling water being dispersed under water from the optional 9-kW Onan genset, which spared us from the incessant splash from the typical above-water setup. A small thing but a good start, as that sound can be irritating while you're on the hook. But the true test of her quietude would come with both engines and genset running.
So I returned to the saloon as the 391 made her way outside for the sea trial with decibel meter in hand, and my readings were impressive. I measured 66 dB-A—one dB above the level of normal conversation—at 21 mph and 2200 rpm, notable considering her optional twin 380-hp Cummins QSB5.9s were rumbling right under my feet. I learned that this was the result of four factors, three of which revealed themselves when I entered the engine room by lifting the molded fiberglass bridge stairs on their two gas-assisted struts.
The first two involved the optional, 9-kW Onan genset: It's well aft under the cockpit, some distance from the saloon, and it's fitted with a hushbox that comes standard with the genset. The third factor is that headliners and bulkheads have sound-attenuation panels of fire-resistant, aluminum-faced melamine foam. The last factor is the 391's Divinycell-cored sole, which not only has a favorable strength-to-weight ratio but also sound-damping abilities. While in the engine room, I noted 21 inches between the powerplants, enough room for a mechanic and his tools, as well as easily accessible standard Racor filters, but headroom was just 4'0", forcing me at 5'11" to crouch.
Later, I sat comfortably at the helm on the spacious flying bridge as the 391 reached her average top hop of 33.7 mph. Sightlines were excellent from the starboard-side helm in three directions, but they were somewhat limited aft; the optional transom-mounted camera should help in close-quarters maneuvering. I noticed some tenderness at idle and considerable lean in hard WOT turns—not terribly unusual in a high-profile boat of this size. But her hull proved tough: At one point, a mid-40s Downeaster zoomed past us off the port side, throwing a large wake, which the 391 cut through at WOT without fanfare, her solid fiberglass hull, full-length stringer system, and longitudinal stiffeners absorbing the blow without creaking or slamming.
Aboard the 391, livability translates into a multitude of well-planned layouts both in the saloon and on her flying bridge. Sturdy construction adapted from her sister models means a comfortable ride as well. This 39-footer will nicely bridge the gap between Meridian's 341 and 411 Sedan Bridge models and place her owners squarely in a comfort zone of their own.
Meridian Yachts
(866) 992-2487
This article originally appeared in the February 2006 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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The rule:
If a pass is caught simultaneously by two eligible opponents, and both players retain it, the ball belongs to the passers. It is not a simultaneous catch if a player gains control first and an opponent subsequently gains joint control.
an example of the same call a couple of years ago:
Looks like Revis has "most" of the ball, but it was ruled as touchdown Cowboys:


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a. A short trip taken to perform a specified task, usually for another.
b. The purpose or object of such a trip: Your errand was to mail the letter.
2. Archaic
a. A mission; an embassy.
b. An oral message that has been entrusted to one.
[Middle English erand, from Old English rend.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Cardinals win fifth straight behind Jay's big day
Outfielder moves past tough April with homer, winning single
MILWAUKEE -- Jon Jay has put behind his April struggles and the timing couldn't have been better for Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals.
Wainwright struggled for the first time in seven starts, but Jay broke a tie with a ninth-inning single that scored Shane Robinson, lifting the Cardinals to their fifth consecutive victory, a 7-6 win over the Brewers on Saturday at Miller Park.
"When we go out there and we battle we have a pretty good offense," Jay said. "That's what you've seen from us the last couple of days. That's the mindset we have to have every single day."
Jay also hit a three-run homer in the second inning and is 6-for-10 with six RBIs in the first three games of the series.
"What a big day he had," manager Mike Matheny said. "He showed some real juice off the bat on the home run."
With Jay in an 0-for-21 slump in mid-April, Matheny sat his center fielder for two days. He worked with hitting coach John Mabry and made some mechanical adjustments to his swing, and the changes are paying off with the team in Milwaukee.
"He made some pretty big overhauls, I think you guys can see, mechanically," Matheny said. "The ball sounds different coming off his bat right now. He's seeing the ball well and his timing looks right. It's a hard adjustment to do mid-season."
Jay said he always wants to play, but that the time off to work on his swing helped.
"It definitely helps when you get time to go in the cage and work on a couple of things," Jay said.
The Cardinals also got homers from Allen Craig and Daniel Descalso, both hitting their first homers of the year. The offense picked up Wainwright, who gave up five runs on 11 hits in 5 1-3 innings.
Despite struggles by the offense and the bullpen, the Cardinals have the best record in the National League.
"If you look at our offense, we knew these guys were going to hit," Wainwright said. "We're going to keep pitching. What a deadly team if you keep pitching and start knocking the ball around like we know we can. A team that can win in a lot of different ways.
"Today was a case where our hitters and our defense just played amazing ball and did enough to win against a very tough pitcher," he said, referring to Milwaukee starter Yovani Gallardo. The Cardinals won when Robinson led off the ninth against Jim Henderson (2-1) by hitting a hard single that bounced out of center fielder Carlos Gomez's glove for an error that allowed him to advance to second.
Robinson then stole third without a throw and scored on Jay's sharp single to center to give the Cardinals the lead.
"We're fortunate our starting pitching has been doing as well as it has been," Robinson said. "We're hoping that our hitting will get hot and stay hot when the pitching is hot as well. It's going to be fun to play some ball during that time as well."
The Brewers came into the series 1 1/2 games out of first but have fallen to 4 1/2 behind the Cardinals with the final game of the series on Sunday.
"Those guys just battle back, man," said Jonathan Lucroy, whose pinch-hit single scored two runs and gave Milwaukee a 5-4 lead in the sixth. "I tell you. They are a very difficult team. It's tough -- it's like us with the Pirates. It's one of those things where you have to keep grinding it out, and one of these days, it will go our way."
Seth Maness (1-0) got Jean Segura to bounce into a double play to end the eighth to get credit for the victory. Maness entered after Milwaukee's Norichika Aoki executed a squeeze play off Randy Choate that scored pinch-runner Jeff Bianchi from third to tie the score at 6.
Maness made his Major League debut Friday night and has recorded five outs while throwing only eight pitches in two games. With two relievers unavailable, the Cardinals 2012 Minor League Pitcher of the Year was called on to pitch in a key spot and ended up with his first Major League victory.
"I feel privileged that they hand me the ball in those situations," he said. "I just go out there and do the best I can do."
Edward Mujica pitched the ninth for his eighth save in eight chances.
Craig hit a solo homer in the sixth, his first in 111 at-bats this year, and Descalso hit a two-run shot, only his sixth homer in 795 total Major League at-bats, in the seventh.
Joe DiGiovanni is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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