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The PowerPoint app gives you access to the familiar slideshow maker tool you already know. Create, edit, view, present, or share presentations quickly and easily from anywhere.
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• Compare changes to see how your presentation has evolved over time.
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Version 2.42
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Literally, I don't know how I would get through high-school without PowerPoint. It's not the best app if you don't get the office subscription, but if you do, this app, and all of the other Microsoft powered apps, go a REALLY long way. The suggestion system for it is absolutely spot-on in getting what you really want your presentation to look like. The transitions are limited, but you can usually get by by using the same one twice. I've wanted to express my absolute LOVE for PowerPoint for so long, and now seemed like the right time to do it. I just wanna say thanks to Microsoft, their team, and everyone involved in making this almost flawless app!
Missing basic functions, hard to navigate
The app has most of the formatting functions you'd expect, but what good are they if you cannot do basic editing?
- To cut or copy text, you have to use a search function and type in "cut" or "copy." But once you have text in the buffer, there's no Paste function, not even using the search! Unlike most apps, press-and-hold only brings up a magnifying glass.
- The auto zoom function has two degrees: whole page, where you cannot edit text, and zoomed in, where you can edit text but can only can see the left half or right half of the page. If the cursor is at one end of a line and you want to move the cursor to the other end of a line, you have to Zoom out and then zoom back in.
- You'll get tired of the above flaws very quickly. So I added a text editor app to create the text and then copy it into PowerPoint. Then I tore my hair out for hours, looking for a way to paste the text into PowerPoint for final formatting. If the vital cut, copy, and paste functions exist, they're hidden better than Jimmy Hoffa's body.
- My advice: find another app unless the text in your slides is extremely simple.
New update is not an improvement
The new update is a huge down grade. You now get glittery pens - but functionality has been lost.
I used to be able to shrink the size of the powerpoint slides and type in the note section along side - which was carried throughout the powerpoint file. Now every time I switch a slide, it is MAXIMIZED to the largest size possible - and I have to re-shrink it down again and again. Even worse, the slide can no longer be moved to the side to accommodate the note space so that you can view the slide and notes fully and simultaneously side-by-side. Not only that, but every time I minimize the application to jump on safari powerpoint restarts completely, and I lose my place in the slides. These complaints may not seem like a huge deal, but for someone who is in PA school and sits through 6 hour lectures, these are huge disappointments and annoyances. I've used powerpoint since I began college 6 years ago, but I will be using another app if these problems aren't fixed soon.
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Earlier reports claimed the breakup was "mutual" and "extremely amicable."
Mayer hasn't shied away from public life since the split. He was spotted at Blue Note jazz club in Greenwich Village on Wednesday night, then spotted in Soho on Thursday. The singer performed on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" later that day.
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Downtown MooresvillePosted by Caitlen in Attractions, Insider, Shopping | October 09, 2013
Downtown Mooresville is the perfect spot for a Sunday afternoon stroll. There are wonderful locally owned shops and delicious eateries to stop in and check out. With everything from quant coffee shops where you can read a good book, to candy shops that make a great place for kids birthday parties, there is truly something for everyone to enjoy!
The downtown area has something to offer every type of shopper! If you are interested in finding something vintage and out of the ordinary, there are several antique shops. There are also several jewelry shops if you are in the market for one of the finer things in life! Boutiques are also a great place to stop in whether you are looking for something in particular, or not! You are bound to find something unique and you will enjoy your time just browsing the displays.
List of Shops: 202 North Main Fine Wines, Ain't Miss Bead Haven, Aisle Pawn Shop, Alexander Zachery Jewelers, American Classic Antiques, Anything's Possible Custom Tattoo & Body, Big Hat Larry's Guitar, Music, and More, Carriage Ride Antiques, Clippers Flowers of Lake Norman, Inc., Color Cabana, Copycat Kids Consignment, Cosmic Connection Arts& Interests, Cottage House Antiques, Cotton Ketchie's Landmark Galleries, CVS Pharmacy, D.E. Turner & Co. Hardware, Distinctive Cabinetry & Design, Four Corners Framing & Gallery, Gibson Bros. Furniture, Hair of the Dog, Jewelers on Main, L Squared Boutique, Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio & Spa, Pearls Boutique, Thistle Meadow Wines, etc.
Whether you are looking for a great place for a meal or simply looking for a relaxing place to enjoy a cup of coffee, downtown Mooresville has something for you! There are several wonderful wine shops, restaurants, coffee shops, bakeries, and a candy shop.
List of Eateries: The Bathtub Gin, Bob's Grill, Black Velvet Patisserie, The Daily Grind, Epic Chophouse, HEbrews Coffee House, J.J. Wasabi's, Mooresville Ice Cream Co., Pie in the Sky Pizza, Inc., Richard's Coffee Shop, Sub Express, and Sugar Pop's.
There are public events held every week in the downtown area shops and eateries. Below are some of the events held each week, but be sure to check the downtown website, www.downtownmooresville.com, for the most recent list of upcoming events!
One of the most popular events is the Farmer's Market, which is held every Saturday morning from 8am-12pm. This is a great opportunity to purchase fresh produce at a great price, while also supporting local farmers.
Each week there is a community music jam at Richard's Coffee Shop, that is held on Saturdays from 9am-12pm.
Every first and third Wednesday night of the month, 202 North Main Fine Wines has an Open Mic Talent night. On Thursday nights they have educational and fun wine tastings and live music is featured on Friday and Saturday nights.
The Enchanted Olive has a tasting bar that allows guests the ability to try over 50 different olive oils, balsamic vinegars, and specialty oils. Yum!
1. Take a Stroll. When you have a free afternoon, check out the downtown shops and do some window shopping as you walk down Main Street.
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As a for-profit business, you've clearly assessed a need for your services and figured out a way to meet it, all while still making money. To help ensure people understand your intentions and to make certain you start off on the right foot, there are three basic components you need: the correct message, market comprehension, and appropriate media usage.
Your message comes first. It should be the defining factor of your uniqueness—clearly communicating your value proposition. None of the rest really matters if you don't know what you want to say about your business.
Next, the market must be considered. Who is your target audience? Think through the ideal type of customer you'd like to reach. Are they executives, small businesses, people in a specific geography, or people in a particular field? From here, you need to speak/write/plan as if they're sitting next to you.
Finally, you need to decide on your tactics. Where is your target audience found? The most effective platforms aren't universal. If you want to target the 20-something audience, you might turn to Snapchat; whereas if your target is 50+, Facebook is still where you would turn. Thinking through which tactic (or media outlet) to use is just as important as deciding what you want to say.
When it comes down to it, marketing is essentially about getting your message in front of the right people, at the right time, and in the right place. However, if any one of the key areas above are missing, or not as well-thought-out, you will very likely find it hard converting those who approach you into customers. The following three examples show you how and why things can go wrong:
Without a defined market, you might put your message in the right place, but it won't resonate with your target audience. Anyone might zero in on your marketing, and this just ends up bringing you false leads. From here, it will take you time, communication, and additional effort to escalate your business up until you hit the actual decision maker.
Not narrowing your media outlets to only those that are truly applicable to your market makes your efforts loose and ambiguous as well as difficult to track. Narrowly defining your media makes your marketing more targeted and easier to track. This results in tiring efforts as you try to capture every possible media outlet, but also ends with your message being sent into the void, where your target market won't be able to see or access it.
If your message is wrong, it will be lost on those who need to hear it because it doesn't resonate with them. They won't hear what you are actually trying to tell them. Instead, they'll just think your message is meant for someone else, and pass you by. It can also create a false understanding of your brand, who you are, and what you represent.
All of these incomplete equations waste your resources—whether time, money, or opportunity. It is only through all marketing elements working in tandem that a strong platform can be created—clearing a direct path for sales success.
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Her condition wasn't immediately disclosed.
A Fire Department spokesman said a woman at that Brooklyn location suffered minor injuries, but wouldn't identify her.
The 43-year-old Chenoweth won a Tony Award for her role in Broadway's "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" and an Emmy Award for her work on "Pushing Daisies." She has a recurring role on "The Good Wife" in the upcoming season.
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In 1969 John Gorton was sworn in as the 18th Prime Minister of Australia, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. It's a day of mystery and conspiracy theories, Harold Holt's body was never found.
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About 2300 Hindu devotees gathered at the Lovu Sangam Temple on the outskirts of Lautoka early on Sunday morning for the annual firewalking ceremony.
Temple committee president Daniel Raju said preparations for the event began with the procession of a statue of the goddess Mariamman to devotees' homes in the five days leading up to the firewalking ceremony.
Mariamman means Mother Mari in Tamil.
The deity is revered as the goddess of rain and is closely associated with the goddess of time, change and destruction, Kali.
"We held a procession with her statue from Drasa to Naikabula and that is why it takes five days of preparation before we hold the firewalking ceremony in the early morning of the prescribed day," he said.
"The youngest person who walked across the hot coals was four years old and the eldest was 92-year-old Permal Poojari."
Mr Raju said the temple had been holding firewalking rituals since 1920 and 32 people participated in the firewalking ceremony this year.


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Hi everyone! Sticking to tradition, I've put together my Christmas Wishlist for 2015. Can you believe that it's almost end of the year already?? Where did all this time go? I feel that this year went by quicker than any other year in my life! They say time flies when you're having the most fun, I guess it's true but this fun lasted a full year for me. This was the year I took a leap of faith, quit law indefinitely to do what I've always wanted to do, to travel, to start my own business and ventures and I had the most fun doing it! This is also an important year because we got Buddy and he's going to be here for a long long time with us. Don't get me wrong, this year wasn't all butterflies and daisies, but the unhappy times were so insignificant and so far and few in between that I almost don't even recall any.
Every year when I sit down and plan my wish list, I get all giggly and excited. Even though I know I won't be getting everything on the list but it makes me giggly and excited because I know that somewhere, someone is going to come across my list while looking for gift inspiration and at least something on this list is going to make someone very very happy. That makes me happy too because we all want nice things, finer things, and even if we can't have them now, we get so much joy getting to know them.
Enough of the blabbing, here are the items on my Christmas Wishlist this year 🙂
GIVENCHY Antigona Medium Tote
I have been eyeing out this beauty for a while now and it has been spotted on Miranda Kerr, and just about every Kardashian and every celebrity right now. This beautiful masterpiece come in a variety of colours and sizes but I am interested in the black one, just because I feel that this would make the perfect travelling companion.
CARTIER Juste un Clou Bracelet
Another signature piece by Cartier, this baby comes in pink gold, yellow gold, white gold, with or without diamonds. Basically a colour and sparkle for every taste and pocket. This collection don't just come in bracelets though, there's a whole collection of rings, earrings and necklaces but the bracelet is obviously the one I love the most. This collection is reportedly designed in the 1970's and is the expression of "rebellious nature and expression of self-belief". How beautiful?
TOM FORD Lips and Boys Gift Set
Tom Ford has really outdone themselves once again with the return of their best selling lipsticks. I'm specifically looking at this beautiful 10 piece gift set, are you seeing what I'm seeing right now? I, no doubt will make use of every single colour in this set. They are to die and since everyone is raving about them, I just had to put it on my list.
CANON 70D DSLR Camera
For those who have been wanting to play around with photography for sometime, I highly recommend this camera, partly because I just purchased my own but also because it is the best in its price range. We're taking about videos, photos and very importantly it has a Wifi function so you can easily transfer photos straight to your phone from your camera. Of course lenses are important, make sure you save up for that because good lenses don't come cheaply. What's great is that you can also flip your viewfinder around for whilst you are filming yourself, this is for aspiring Youtubers obviously.
APPLE iWatch
No matter how much I convince myself that I really don't need one, I always catch myself looking at it when I'm at the iStore or looking at the various straps available for people from all walks of life. Say what you want about it and how it will depreciate in front of your eyes and how it's a gimmick… bla bla fish paste, they are here to stay. From monitoring your daily activities, to heart rates, to making phone calls, to drawing little cute pictures to your loved ones, I'm definitely getting one of those! Plus you can change the straps to complement your outfit, how fitting. 🙂
CHANEL Espadrilles
Another pair of beauty soles I've been eyeing out all year, and I know these aren't new but I have seen them everywhere, especially on Kendall Jenner (we love her style). They also come in a variety of colours and textures, I love these classic ones. Apparently they are super comfy and the ultimate summer fashion accessory.
Dolce & Gabbana Sunnies
I can't help myself but add these gorgeous sunnies in. This is part of the Autumn/Winter 2015/2016 collection but since we are on opposite poles of the earth, naturally we will be wearing these for summer. I'm a girl who loves the classics and these babies have gold metal temples, which I love, and comes in various colours too, even with mirrors lenses. Oh I cannot wait!
That's everything on my list this year, from shoes to gadgets! Are you looking for more gift inspiration for a special someone? Check out these awesome gift guides, courtesy of Gumtree:
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In a 2007 issue of Liberal Education that centered on faculty leadership and institutional change, editor David Tritelli wrote, "Institutions whose mission it is to prepare students to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century are not always well served by the persistence of traditional boundaries among disciplines and departments or between the curriculum and the cocurriculum, academic affairs and student affairs, or the liberal arts and the professional fields. In fact, the primarily vertical organization of colleges and universities can create structural impediments to achieving the goals of a twenty-first-century liberal education."
However, achieving the level of change that builds institutional capacity to ensure that all students have the opportunity to do inquiry-oriented, hands-on, and integrative work requires moving campus constituents out of their comfort zones. Mark Twain got it right when he quipped, "The only person who likes change is a wet baby." This is as true for reform of undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning as for any other significant curricular change effort.
To determine which elements are necessary for a successful STEM reform, Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) launched the STEM education effectiveness framework project, led by Susan Elrod, former executive director of PKAL and now interim provost and vice president of academic affairs at California State University–Chico. That project aimed to develop a comprehensive institutional change model to help campus leaders plan and implement evidence-based student learning and success in STEM reforms into scalable and sustainable actions. The project was funded by the W. M. Keck Foundation and engaged eleven colleges and universities in California to test evidence-based strategies that would lead to program, departmental, and eventually, institutional transformation. The project leveraged PKAL's twenty years of STEM education research and reform experience in creating more effective curricular, teaching, and program strategies. The participating institutions developed their own campus projects and, through their work, helped shape the model.
This issue of Peer Review, also sponsored by the W. M. Keck Foundation as part of the PKAL project, tells the stories of six participating institutions that developed and field tested the project's comprehensive institutional model for facilitating strategic change in STEM education. Instead of using our traditional practice article format, this issue features case study excerpts from the Keck/PKAL project that give a sense of each campus's progression toward institutional transformation as they negotiate the model's eight steps: (1) establish vision, (2) examine landscape and conduct capacity analysis, (3) identify and analyze challenges and opportunities, (4) choose strategies/ interventions/opportunities, (5) determine and build readiness for action, (6) begin implementation, (7) measure results, and (8) disseminate results and plan next steps.
This fall, AAC&U will publish Increasing Student Success in STEM: A Guide to Systemic Institutional Change, a guidebook by Susan Elrod and Adrianna Kezar that expands upon information presented in this issue. This forthcoming publication includes detailed information about each element of the institutional change model accompanied by an explanation, key questions to consider, and highlights from campus case studies. It also frames the key questions that should be asked during each phase of program development and includes a rubric to help campus teams gauge their progress through the phases of the process. The book also reflects efforts based within the STEM disciplines but that are applicable to all, providing an organizational framework to help campus leaders anticipate and address the infrastructural issues that can impede long-term interdisciplinary program sustainability.
Navigating campus reform efforts can be tricky, complicated, and sometimes frustrating, but the outcomes make all of the work worthwhile. As Elrod and Kezar point out in the forthcoming report: "We appreciate the efforts of our pioneering campuses that explored new territory—literally going where few colleges have gone before. Campuses that are open to a broader vision for student success and that allow themselves to engage in what can be a messy process of change can create high-value, sustained, and scaled efforts at STEM reform."
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I'll be honest, this shed demolition and removal job turned out to be bigger than I originally thought. Turned out the shed was, well basically a shed within a shed. Completely decked out with insulation and inner wall for a teenage style retreat. Having kids myself (now all grown up thank god) I can relate with wanting to give them their own space away from the main house.


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Part of the first floor of the building was damaged by fire and the roof was gutted in the blaze.
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I have suffered from morgellons from 1999 to now, and Yes, nearly insane at times.... It has disabled me for the last 5 years, the first 5 or 6 years, NOTHING was available anywhere about this bizarre problem. I have been escorted out of dermatologists offices, laughed at, scorned, etc, sent to laser treatment, cut skin off for biopsy's, all the stuff you ever heard of. I found on the healing grapevine website, a protocol that has helped me, the first and only help, and with time, hopefully eradication! Since I have had these nasty bugs so long, and figure they are in EVERY HAIR and EVERY WHERE in my body, my guess is it will take about a YEAR to get completely clear.
1.) Willard Water, make sure you get it from an official distributor or the main site. I drink as much as I can, often as I can, you cannot over do it, as your body just gets rid of what you don't need. I also use it topically, often, at the same mixture recommended on the bottle. A little goes a long way, not expensive! Excellent stuff!! Make sure you work with your doctor as your body will need less of any medications. Willard Water helps the body work better, the very first day I began drinking it, several bugs on my head were emulsified, turned into white head like bumps, easily broke open and healed!!
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US-Led Invasion 'Bogged Down' in Marjah
US forces continue to press forward in the Marjah region of Afghanistan's Helmand Province, put are said to be struggling mightily with home-made bombs and sniper fire, and were able to advance only 500 yards yesterday.
During yesterday's radio show, CNN was proclaiming how the Taliban was being driven from their stronghold, victory was imminent, and military operations in Marjah would be over in another 2 days.
Of course, the reason for such reckless predictions is that Obama needs a victory in one of the wars before he thinks he can start a new war with Iran and not have the American people storm the White House with tar, feathers, and a rope.
The US has been in Afghanistan for 8 years, two years longer than all of WW2, just as long as the USSR and if this escalation fails to achieve a decisive victory, the public perception that this is just another Vietnam and that the US Government were fools to fall into the same trap that the USSR did, will only grow.
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Back from the Corn Islands, where I found my cocktail. Or invented it through necessity.
A shot or so of dark rum. Smash or squeeze a lime or two and throw it in the glass. Fill with ice. Top with about 6 ounces of club soda. Done.
Dry from the soda. Tart from the limes. Refreshing, and you still get to taste the rum and its light, natural impression of sweetness. No cola. No sugar. Nothing to prevent you from drinking several. Nothing to rot your teeth, keep you up at night, or stand in the way of quenching your thirst on a hot day. And not too terribly strong, either.
A session cocktail?
I landed on this one after (1) quickly getting bored with Toña, Nicaragua's ubiquitous pale lager, (2) turning my attention to Flor de Caña Grand Reserva, Nicaragua's ubiquitous dark rum, and (3) having a couple sweet rum drinks and realizing it was not a road I wanted to follow.
It's so simple, surely it has a name. It's only rum, lime and club soda after all. I've been hunting but can't find it. Any of you mixologists know? Add some sugar and it would be a Rum Collins, more or less, but then it would miss the point. It's like a bastard half-uncle of the Collins family, whose members all have simple syrup, powdered sugar, or something like that for the children. Maybe it's too simple to have a name besides Rum and Soda, but in my glass the limes are more than garnish and afterthought. Think Caiprinha with rum and mashed up limes but sans sugar.
Somewhere out there is a serious bartender who can set me straight.
More to come.
Pictured: My friend Leo and his excellent Caiprinha. My drinks are not that pretty.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Cocktails for Beer Lovers. Part One.
Back from the Corn Islands, where I found my cocktail. Or invented it through necessity.
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No such thing in my "Complete Home Bartener's Guide". The closest thing has dark rum, fresh lime juice and ginger beer. Sounds pretty good, too.ReplyDelete
I actually switched to ginger ale after drinking literally all of the hotel's club soda. It was nice, but still sweeter than what I wanted.ReplyDelete
I think you've invented something new, which is very difficult to do well (short of throwing half the pantry in your shaker). It's so simple and not sweet and perfect sounding.ReplyDelete
Beth, I can't believe it's new, but I'll go along with simple and perfect.ReplyDelete


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Train Those Who Need to Know Before You Feel the Pinch.
There is a seismic shift occurring in the United States as Baby Boomers age and retire - resulting in a mass exodus from the workforce.
For any organization this can be a concerning trend, even more so in the skilled trades.
Since younger generations already see skilled trades work as undesirable, dirty, and low-paid, there are fewer workers than ever to replace this vital workforce in a company.
Who will replace your high-performing counter sales people when your sales leaders retire? Who will replace your warehouse workers and their decades of on-the-job product knowledge? Who will step in for your head of purchasing - who knows your business inside and out? Distributors across a number of industries just cannot find the skilled people to fill these positions anymore.
If you can't find knowledgeable people with the existing skill set to hire as replacements, the tribal knowledge contained in the heads of this retiring workforce becomes a precious commodity to your company. How do you keep (and spread) this knowledge within your organization, and especially make it available to new hires?
An online training program is the best solution for this scenario. By having a comprehensive program that also provides career pathing, it expands the possibilities for a hiring match for any job position you are looking to fill. An inside sales person can be hired by looking at applicants who perhaps do not have a great deal of experience in the field - and yet have the core personal qualities that fit with the organization, paired with a desire to learn on the job and to work in sales. A purchasing position can be filled by looking for someone scrupulously honest, detail-oriented, and interested in supply chain dynamics. A counter salesperson could be groomed from someone personable, talkative,with a good memory - and hungry for self-improvement. Again, the common denominator: a quality fit for your organizational values, and a desire to learn.
By expanding your search criteria for good people instead of good employees, the hiring process can be made that much easier.
When you add an LMS to your organization and use it as a repository for fleeing tribal knowledge, what needs to be known stays within the company...instead of departing with your former employees. And the value of an LMS trickles down to all employees in the company - not just the replacements. Imagine if you could develop an employee's career from entry-level all the way to their retirement. If you could promise to invest in your employee and back it up with a predefined training track for your employee's career goals...what loyalty will that investment inspire in your new hire?
With a retiring workforce, companies have no choice but to look at millenials to fill these positions. However, unlike previous generations, millenials are increasingly asking: what opportunity for advancement exists at your company? How does technology help me in my job? And what can you do for me? Many millenials will in fact take jobs that will allow them to grow and learn...even if the pay is lower.
According to an annual survey by Accenture of soon-to-graduate college seniors and graduates, around 80% expect to be formally trained by their first employer, but 52% of professionals who graduated from college within the past two years say they received no training in their first job. An investment in training is an investment in keeping your employees (especially millenials) and earning their loyalty.
Many companies fear what would happen if you make the investment, spend the time, and train the person...and they leave?
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With Kim having just given birth speculation about the name of the child has been everywhere.
We now know that the baby is called North West and apparently, according to Official Kardashian News Outlet E!, her nickname will be Nori.
The huge following for both stars means that this is a hot topic on Twitter and one of the worldwide trending topics this morning.
Of course there have been some very interesting reactions.
1. The "so unimpressed I'm going to use an image to illustrate my point"
2. The person who is very harsh on celebs in general
3. The person alleging that perhaps Kim has been drunk this whole time
4. A comedian who notes how special their achievement really is
5. A Kanye fan who is disappointed and has an interesting relationship with the caps lock button
6. The standard dog meme response
7. Pointing out how it can make you feel better
8. The "well it could be a lot worse" comment
9. Making the same joke that everyone else is making
10. Trying to be optimistic
11. The one person who is hoping for the best
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OLIVER TOWNSEND: The visionary behind Knutsford Express
OLIVER Townsend likes to share a funny yet telling exchange he witnessed between a ticketing rep at the Knutsford Express terminus in Montego Bay and an anxious passenger.
The young man approaches the agent's window and makes an enquiry. "Excuse me, what time is the flight?" he asks.
The customer service representative raises her head and flashes a furtive glance in his direction, but even before she can utter a word, the passenger, realising the slip-of-tongue hastily corrects himself: "Sorry, I meant what time is departure?"
It did not escape the chief executive officer and visionary behind the bus company that both questions, even the corrected version, were couched in airline language.
As it turns out, Knutsford Express customers use expressions normally associated with airline travel all the time when making reference to various aspects of the bus service.
This reflexive association is understandable. Pre-booking, passenger and luggage check-in, scheduled departures and arrivals are important features of the Knutsford experience. When combined with the air-conditioned waiting lounge and organised boarding process, it should come as no surprise if an impression is created in the mind of the traveller that he/she is about to step into a commuter plane.
This company is not the first or the only business that has sprung into existence specifically to serve individuals travelling between Kingston and Montego.
Along the 115-mile stretch of road linking the two cities, service stations -- some of which double as rest stop and restaurant with generous lavatory facilities -- have for years been providing welcome relief to exhausted motorists and passengers.
Knutsford Express stands tall above them.
By 2006, Townsend had already persuaded a group of investors to throw their capital and expertise behind his dream of revolutionising the way Jamaicans moved by public transportation between the capital and the island's major tourist resort.
He was confident that a safe, reliable, comfortable and convenient alternative to the unorganised minibus service that existed was not only possible, but desirable and economically feasible.
The businessman, who resided in Montego Bay, came by this conviction through personal experience.
In the early 2000s, Townsend, an electrical engineer, had to drive to Kingston multiple times each week to get to class for an MBA programme he was pursuing and had grown frustrated at not having suitable public vehicles that could allow him to study while commuting.
"This business could only work if done the right way," he declares, reflecting on his early plans to enter the transportation industry. "I realised that everything would have to come together perfectly with the right quality service to go with it. Ritz-Carlton was the inspiration."
This reference is a good indicator as to just how high this entrepreneur was reaching. Ritz-Carlton is the four-star hotel chain renowned for its mantra 'Ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen' and which became somewhat of a metaphor for top-notch service while it operated in Montego Bay. It recently pulled out of the island.
There was initial scepticism once the businessman began to share the broad outlines of the plan with friends, colleagues, potential investors and other interested parties; and, understandably so.
After all, no template existed for the venture that Townsend had on the drawing board. Commuters routinely complained about the existing minibus system, but for all its deficiencies, it was relatively inexpensive and got the job done.
Back then, few would have made the bet that the market placed such a high premium on comfort that the travelling public would willingly absorb the real economic cost of the quality service being contemplated by the dogged businessman.
Some folks raised doubts about the viability of the proposition.
Townsend dug in. "Many people said it could not work," he notes, "but I have learned that oftentimes it is a waste of time to solicit the opinion of people who are not familiar with a particular situation."
He visualised a bus service that would expose ordinary folks and middle-class Jamaicans to a travel experience that was commonplace in First World countries and which tourists had come to expect while vacationing on the island.
And he should know. His vision for the business was shaped in part by his more than 20 years' involvement in the tourism sector, including his stint as an executive of Caribic Vacations, a destination management company founded in 1982 by his father Gordon.
Among his first recruitment efforts was the informal pitch he made to a few tour bus drivers. They were targeted because the visionary wanted to attract to his firm individuals who were already steeped in the culture of service excellence.
He says he is still flabbergasted that some of them could not even wrap their mind around the idea that at his new venture they would be specifically required to provide the same generous customer service to Jamaican passengers that they routinely extended to foreign guests.
The effort did not bear fruit.
Yet, sometime in June 2006, two buses pulled out of the depots, one headed for Kingston while the other rolled in the opposite direction towards Montego Bay -- the first pair of 28 weekly departures that Knutsford Express introduced to Jamaica.
To get the enterprise quickly off the ground, Townsend had to lean heavily on his father's company.
"We started off by wet-leasing two buses from Caribic," he notes, the airline lingo seeping into his communication -- as often happens with many of Knutsford Express' repeat customers.
The wet-lease arrangement meant that the coaches came with their own drivers and maintenance guarantee. It remained in place for the first two years of the company's operation.
The business had an inauspicious beginning. But for his grit and unyielding sense of optimism Townsend may have had second thoughts about his economic mission and acted on these insidious doubts.
"There were times when we had two passengers in the bus," he remarks. "But we never cancelled the service. We had a scheduled service and took the decision to absorb the early losses and stick to our commitment. It took a lot of resources and will."
By all indications the low passenger load improved with time, so that within three years -- as early as 2009 -- Knutsford was already a profitable undertaking. From revenue of $78 million that year, it netted nearly $8 million.
Townsend retrospectively concedes that not even he, with his ardent conviction that he had made the right move, imagined eight years ago that the company would have grown to its current size, or that it could have what he now senses to be a profound impact on people who use the service.
Here is how he puts it: "We did not know it would turn out like this. It has made a tremendous difference in people's lives. It is just amazing to see the quality Jamaican people using our service, and how they respond to our service. It has given me hope in Jamaica."
The current success is, in part, a reward for management's early decision to consistently push the boundaries on quality in all aspects of the company's operation -- from the obsessive attention to human resource training, to the keen eye that the directors have kept on the quality and safety of the buses, the reliability of service and passenger comfort.
Townsend says that he and Executive Director Anthony Copeland are under constant pressure to lift the bar on service. He describes Copeland, the executive in charge of operation, maintenance and standards, as one of the critical persons to the success of the organisation.
"Each year the expectation gets higher because passengers are passionate about our company, so we have to keep the bar moving with lots of training," he lets on.
Public listing was one step towards "taking the company to the next level" as the CEO puts it. "It was the logical move, and was by choice," he stresses.
Clearly he has had no regrets: "We thought that public listing would bring the company to the next level, so the Junior Stock Exchange was the logical step. The three directors (who have been added since listing) have brought lots of wisdom and experience to the company. These are three people you can lean on and consult."
The firm began trading on the Junior Stock Exchange in mid-January this year, having in December raised roughly $100 million from the issue of 19 per cent of its shares to the public, including the brokerage firm that took it to the market.
Once listed, Gordon Townsend took over the chair from his son, who retained the position of CEO. Oliver, Gordon, and Copeland are the three major shareholders in the company.
Knutsford Express now operates a fleet of nearly 20 buses, four of which are spanking new.
In June last year, it bought South Coast Express, a relative upstart that had followed it into the industry, but which served the south coast corridor. The acquisition immediately expanded the Knutsford Express route to the towns of Negril, Savanna-la-Mar and Mandeville. Falmouth has also been added to the three initial stops -- Ocho Rios, Montego Bay, and Kingston.
Altogether there are 105 weekly scheduled departures, and 80 members of staff. The corporate headquarters is located at Ironshore in Montego Bay.
Though best known as a scheduled passenger service, this firm has succeeded in leveraging its transportation assets to do a thriving business in centre-to-centre courier delivery. Over the past few years this segment has mushroomed and is now contributing millions of dollars to revenue and profit.
There are two other services on offer: private hiring and special events shuttle.
The four discrete business lines have combined to create a fairly robust revenue stream for the relatively young firm. Gross income jumped from $203 million for the year to May 31, 2013 to $323 million during the 2014 financial year. Profit for the 12 months to May 31, 2014 amounted to $51 million.
Knutsford Express Ltd is in the first year of a five-year tax-break for which it is entitled, the owners having taken the company to the Junior Stock Exchange.
A 10-year programme was initially introduced by the Government to incentivise new listings, but the initiative was scaled back, beginning 2014, to five years. This firm missed out on the full 10-year tax benefit because it failed to list by December 31 last year.
If it had met that deadline, shareholders would enjoy a tax freeze on 100 per cent of profit during its first five years as a publicly traded firm, and a 50 per cent break during the succeeding five years.
Twenty-four companies have so far taken advantage of the incentive. Others that are still in private hands have until 2016 to be listed and benefit from not having to pay any tax on profit for five years.
According to Townsend, the capital that was raised from going public is already helping his company meet some important medium-term goals.
One example is the plan now under active consideration to open up service in Port Antonio, the island's most easterly town.
The thinking behind this latest initiative is that a reliable, cost-effective scheduled service has the potential to open up Kingston in a major way to visitors who would normally confine themselves to the north coast.
"It could be transformative for the tourism industry," Townsend reasons. "The island is not just sand and sea, and there are entire new areas to be explored. We can play a role."
The four-lane highway currently under construction as an alternative to the winding and treacherous road that now exists will drastically reduce the travel time between Kingston and Ocho Rios. It is scheduled to open in 2016.
Many people share Townsend's outlook that the prospect of a 45-minute hop between Ocho Rios and Kingston is a potential game-changer for tourism.
But there are some economic risks for Knutsford Express. The fear is that the highway, in transforming the driving experience from Kingston to Ocho Rios, could redirect passengers who now opt for the bus, back into their own vehicles.
Townsend focuses on the upside. He believes passengers will benefit from the quicker and more efficient travel time. In any event his bus service is as well positioned as any other transport outfit to benefit from whatever success Kingston may have in attracting more daytime tourists to its many interesting sites.
"I am cautiously optimistic," he says. "We will up the ante. We want to extend our value, to make the service so compelling that motorists won't want to drive."
The current stock of coaches has many of the creature comforts that are standard in luxury transport -- reclining seats, air-conditioning, restrooms, Wi-Fi service, and audio video entertainment.
The next wave of upgrades will add features like laptop charger ports, plugs for headset jacks, and seats with even smarter ergonomic designs than the ones that outfit the present fleet.
To help fund this unrelenting drive for quality, the directors are now trying to develop a secondary market in Jamaica for the buses that they operate.
"If we can develop this market a bus operator will be able to buy from us extremely well-maintained coaches that are four to five years old; this will allow us to upgrade," Townsend explains.
For many commuters the upgrade has long been achieved -- from the day in June 2006 that two buses set out on their inaugural journey.
Moses Jackson is the founder of the Business Leader Award programme and chairman of the Award Selection Committee. He may be reached at email@example.com
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