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Industries to fly and fall in 2013-14
As Australian companies begin the new financial year, business information analysts at IBISWorld reveal the industries set to soar and sink in 2013-14.
Superannuation funds top the list of growth industries with an impressive 40.5 per cent rise anticipated in 2013-14, followed by iron ore mining, wind and other electricity generation, online shopping and internet publishing and broadcasting.
The industries that might prefer the new financial year not to have started at all include video and DVD hire outlets, automotive electrical component manufacturing, heavy industry and other non-building construction, book publishing and mineral exploration, as these industries are forecast to decline.
Industries to fly
Online Shopping
One of the key performers in recent years, online shopping is forecast to post solid growth of 13.3 per cent this year. Demand will be influenced by factors such as rising rural high-speed internet penetration thanks to the roll out of the National Broadband Network, the number of traditional retailers joining the online space and measures to boost the convenience of product collection.
"A number of initiatives to expand product delivery and collection options are adding to the appeal of the e-tailing sector. Some online retailers have set up traditional outlets to act as collection points, while established players are providing lockers at convenient locations so customers can collect their goods in their own time – particularly appealing for those not able to be home to collect deliveries during office hours," Dobie said.
Internet Publishing and Broadcasting
In 2013-14, IBISWorld anticipates Australia's internet publishing and broadcasting industry will grow by 12.7 per cent.
"Success in this industry is largely a result of developments in internet access and speeds from newer devices and rising internet penetration," Dobie said.
Accelerating internet speeds and growing accessibility are allowing segments such as audio and video streaming to attract additional users, while increasing consumer and business expenditure will generate more revenue for paid subscription services. The simplicity of setting up operations makes it an increasingly viable business proposition for existing publishers to move online.
Wind and Other Electricity Generation
Strong industry assistance via the Federal Government's Renewable Energy Target scheme (which mandates a minimum amount of energy key users must purchase from renewable sources) is driving growth for wind and other electricity generators, which IBISWorld forecasts will be 11.3 per cent in 2013-14 – unless there is significant policy change.
"Lack of community support is still an issue for this industry, with many people concerned about the physical and aesthetic impact these projects will have on their living environment. Large energy users are also concerned about the commercial impact on large-scale projects," Dobie said.
"If a change in government alters the Renewable Energy Target, incentives for investment in renewable energy will decrease, minimising the scale of the industry's activities."
Superannuation Funds
Analysing the latest forecasts, IBISWorld general manager (Australia) Karen Dobie said superannuation funds' revenue will be closely linked to the growth of Australian and global share markets.
"Though these markets are highly volatile, the share market drops in 2012-13 mean we're starting the new financial year from a low base – a good position from which to generate solid returns. Rising superannuation revenue will also be a result of low unemployment and the 0.25 per cent increase in compulsory contributions this financial year," Dobie said.
Iron Ore Mining
IBISWorld forecasts revenue growth of 22.9 per cent for iron ore mining this financial year due to growing demand for steel from emerging nations like China. "While there's currently an oversupply of iron ore, we expect that this capacity will be absorbed this year and demand will outpace supply. This will cause a rise in prices – the primary driver of forecast revenue growth," Dobie said.
Mining capacity is also likely to rise this year as a result of increased industry investment in mining sites, such as BHP Billiton's Jimblebar mine and Rio Tinto's Brockman 4 and Western Turner Syncline sites.
Industries to fall
Video and DVD Hire Outlets
Tipped to decline by 12.3 per cent this year, the video and DVD hire industry is facing huge competition from online rental services, piracy and services such as iTunes that provide cheaper and more convenient access to movies. "It's a classic case of new technology squeezing out the old and to compete on price, video and DVD hire outlets have had to significantly slash margins, making it nearly impossible to operate profitably", said Dobie.
Automotive Electrical Component Manufacturing
An overall economic slowdown and poor demand for new vehicles have affected sales for automotive electrical component manufacturers, as has the consumer shift towards smaller, more fuel-efficient imported cars. "Falling demand for domestic vehicles has hurt specialised equipment manufacturers, since their products are mainly used in new vehicles," Dobie said.
"Overall, the Australian supply chain is uncompetitive compared with overseas manufacturers", said Dobie. "While the government is making efforts to support the local manufacturing sector, its future performance is on shaky ground and the exit of Ford from local manufacturing will have a negative knock-on effect on component manufacturing industries."
Heavy Industry and Other Non-Building Construction
In 2013-14, IBISWorld expects that a reduction of investment in new mining projects will have a negative effect on demand for new rail, port and sorting facilities, leading heavy industry and other non-building construction to decline by 5.4 per cent this year.
"As investment in new mining infrastructure is wound back, this industry's revenue will become more dependent upon traditional sources such as telecommunications, so revenue will fall before the industry finds its feet again," Dobie said.
Book Publishing
A structural shift in favour of online book stores is hurting domestic book publishers, with many consumers preferring to buy from foreign retailers that have exceptional bargaining power and offer fast postage and heavily discounted prices.
"The collapse of major book store owner REDGroup has had a detrimental effect on the industry, as has the competition books now face from other sources of entertainment. These factors are expected to result in a 4.3 per cent decline in revenue this year," Dobie said.
Mineral Exploration
Mineral exploration rounds out the five industries with the lowest growth prospects in 2013-14. Dobie said the industry's decline will be largely cyclical as a number of mining investments made in the past five years reach completion and ramp up production, meaning that capital expenditure on new products will decrease – directly reducing demand for exploration services.
Additional economic uncertainty around commodity prices and growth rates for developing economies means undertaking new exploration projects will carry additional risks.
"While current production is high, exploration is subdued for the time being. The growth rate is anticipated to pick up in the long run thanks to growing resource demand in developing countries, but as more exploration services are required abroad – such as in Africa – domestic participants may face new threats," Dobie added.

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Slattern of the Swail
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Witch - Jean Tepperman
They told me
I smile prettier with my mouth closed.
They said--
better cut your hair--
long, it's all frizzy,
looks Jewish.
They hushed me in restaurants
looking around them
while the mirrors above the table
jeered infinite reflections
of a raw, square face.
They questioned me
when I sang in the street.
They stood taller at tea
smoothly explaining
my eyes on the saucers,
trying to hide the hand grenade
in my pants pocket,
or crouched behind the piano.
They mocked me with magazines
full of breasts and lace,
published in their triumph
when the doctor's oldest son
married a nice sweet girl.
They told me tweed-suit stories
of various careers of ladies.
I woke up at night
afraid of dying.
They built screens and room dividers
to hide unsightly desire
sixteen years old
raw and hopeless
they buttoned me into dresses
covered with pink flowers.
They waited for me to finish
then continued the conversation.
I have been invisible,
weird and supernatural.
I want my black dress.
I want my hair
curling wild around me.
I want my broomstick
from the closet where I hid it.
Tonight I meet my sisters
in the graveyard.
Around midnight
if you stop at a red light
in the wet city traffic,
watch for us against the moon.
We are screaming,
we are flying,
laughing, and won't stop.
In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.
"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
James Barrie
Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum
~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 6,828
cold cold world by W. Jude Aher
in the night
the deep deep night
do i dance
where mirror images
are lost within
i bleed across
the shattered hopes
the ice reflections
would you
that a child
might live,
without seeing their eyes
without hearing their cries
black in light
am i wandering
in dreams
where only
shadows dance
this cold cold world
of chance
i see their eyes
i hear their cries
that a child
might live,
would i…
- jude
This guy looks like elsp. to me. Or maybe it's just a generational thing that I see similarities in.
The Un-Tuckian
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: South Central...KY that is
Posts: 39,512
An Indian At the Burial Place Of His Fathers
by William Cullen Bryant
It is the spot I came to seek,--
My fathers' ancient burial-place
Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak,
Withdrew our wasted race.
It is the spot--I know it well--
Of which our old traditions tell.
For here the upland bank sends out
A ridge toward the river-side;
I know the shaggy hills about,
The meadows smooth and wide,--
The plains, that, toward the southern sky,
Fenced east and west by mountains lie.
A white man, gazing on the scene,
Would say a lovely spot was here,
And praise the lawns, so fresh and green,
Between the hills so sheer.
I like it not--I would the plain
Lay in its tall old groves again.
The sheep are on the slopes around,
The cattle in the meadows feed,
And labourers turn the crumbling ground,
Or drop the yellow seed,
And prancing steeds, in trappings gay,
Whirl the bright chariot o'er the way.
Methinks it were a nobler sight
To see these vales in woods arrayed,
Their summits in the golden light,
Their trunks in grateful shade,
And herds of deer, that bounding go
O'er hills and prostrate trees below.
And then to mark the lord of all,
The forest hero, trained to wars,
Quivered and plumed, and lithe and tall,
And seamed with glorious scars,
Walk forth, amid his reign, to dare
The wolf, and grapple with the bear.
This bank, in which the dead were laid,
Was sacred when its soil was ours;
Hither the artless Indian maid
Brought wreaths of beads and flowers,
And the gray chief and gifted seer
Worshipped the god of thunders here.
But now the wheat is green and high
On clods that hid the warrior's breast,
And scattered in the furrows lie
The weapons of his rest;
And there, in the loose sand, is thrown
Of his large arm the mouldering bone.
Ah, little thought the strong and brave
Who bore their lifeless chieftain forth--
Or the young wife, that weeping gave
Her first-born to the earth,
That the pale race, who waste us now,
Among their bones should guide the plough.
They waste us--ay--like April snow
In the warm noon, we shrink away;
And fast they follow, as we go
Towards the setting day,--
Till they shall fill the land, and we
Are driven into the western sea.
But I behold a fearful sign,
To which the white men's eyes are blind;
Their race may vanish hence, like mine,
And leave no trace behind,
Save ruins o'er the region spread,
And the white stones above the dead.
Before these fields were shorn and tilled,
Full to the brim our rivers flowed;
The melody of waters filled
The fresh and boundless wood;
And torrents dashed and rivulets played,
And fountains spouted in the shade.
Those grateful sounds are heard no more,
The springs are silent in the sun;
The rivers, by the blackened shore,
With lessening current run;
The realm our tribes are crushed to get
May be a barren desert yet.
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Slattern of the Swail
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 15,654
I'm feeling all nostalgic-like.
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.
Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime9 . . .
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.
In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.
"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
James Barrie
Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum
polaroid of perfection
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Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 24,185
Turns out I have a closer connection to a poet I much admire than I thought.
The arts centre where I do occupational therapy (pottery) is an old school.
I knew this - I was in two musicals based in the theatre there.
But the blue plaque was put up well after my am-dram days - after his death in 2007.
Vernon Scannell was Aylesbury born, and I did not know this.
My first English teacher almost definitely did - she was the one who read us A Case of Murder (here).
And he went to school in the building now known as the Queens Park Arts Centre.
So as this thread reminded me that there are other poetry lovers out there, I'm also sharing this one of his. Which I find delightfully creepy. Reminds me very much of Betjamin's False Security, which I also found disturbing, but memorable. And dare I say it, a bit Dr Who?!
I probably should have posted one of Scannell's war poems - to continue the theme - but to be honest, it's always been the childhood ones that appealed to me.
Hide & Seek.
Call out, call loud -
"I'm ready. Come and find me!"
The sacks in the tool-shed smell like the seaside.
They'll never find you in the salty dark,
But be careful that your feet aren't sticking out,
Wiser not to risk another shout.
The floor is cold.
They'll probably be searching the bushes, near the swing.
Whatever happens you mustn't sneeze
When they come prowling in.
And here they are, whispering at the door
You've never heard them sound so hushed before.
Don't breathe, don't move, stay dumb.
Hide in your blindness, they're moving closer
Someone stumbles, mutters
Their words and laughter scuttle and they're gone,
But don't come out just yet, they'll try the lane
And then the greenhouse and back here again.
They must be thinking that you're very clever,
Getting more puzzled as they search all over.
It seems a long time since they went away.
Your legs are stiff, the cold bites through your coat.
The dark damp smell of sand moves in your throat.
It's time to let them know that you're the winner
Push off the sacks, uncurl and stretch.
That's better! Out of the shed and call to them -
"I've won! Here I am! Come and own up! I've caught you!"
The darkening garden watches, nothing stirs
The bushes hold their breath, the sun is gone
Yes, here you are - But where are they who sought you?
Vernon Scannell
(late of Aylesbury)
Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac
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We have to go back, Kate!
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Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 25,961
@ Bri: that was probably the first poem that ever really got me. I remember our English teacher reading it out to us at school.
Slattern of the Swail
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 15,654
In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.
"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
James Barrie
Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum
~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 6,828
Under One Small Star
My apologies to chance for calling it necessity.
My apologies to necessity if I'm mistaken, after all.
Please, don't be angry, happiness, that I take you as my due.
May my dead be patient with the way my memories fade.
My apologies to time for all the world I overlook each second.
My apologies to past loves for thinking that the latest is the first.
Forgive me, open wounds, for pricking my finger.
I apologize for my record of minutes to those who cry from
the depths.
I apologize to those who wait in railway stations for being asleep
today at five a.m.
Pardon me, hounded hope, for laughing from time to time.
Pardon me, deserts, that I don't rush to you bearing a spoonful
of water.
And you, falcon, unchanging year after year, always in the
same cage,
your gaze always fixed on the same point in space,
forgive me, even if it turns out you were stuffed.
My apologies to the felled tree for the table's four legs.
My apologies to great questions for small answers.
Truth, please don't pay me much attention.
Dignity, please be magnanimous.
Bear with me, O mystery of existence, as I pluck the occasional
thread from your train.
Soul, don't take offense that I've only got you now and then.
My apologies to everything that I can't be everywhere at once.
My apologies to everyone that I can't be each woman and
each man.
I know I won't be justfied as long as I live,
since I myself stand in my own way.
Don't bear me ill will, speech, that I borrow weighty words,
then labor heavily so that they may seem light.
- Wislawa Symborska
Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo
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Location: Savannah, Georgia
Posts: 21,393
"Invictus" by William Ernest Henley
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!
Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo
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Location: Savannah, Georgia
Posts: 21,393
I am the Reaper
I am the Reaper.
All things with heedful hook
Silent I gather.
Pale roses touched with the spring,
Tall corn in summer,
Fruits rich with autumn, and frail winter blossoms—
Reaping, still reaping—
All things with heedful hook
Timely I gather.
I am the Sower.
All the unbodied life
Runs through my seed-sheet.
Atom with atom wed,
Each quickening the other,
Fall through my hands, ever changing, still changeless.
Ceaselessly sowing,
Life, incorruptible life,
Flows from my seed-sheet.
Maker and breaker,
I am the ebb and the flood,
Here and Hereafter,
Sped through the tangle and coil
Of infinite nature,
Viewless and soundless I fashion all being.
Taker and giver,
I am the womb and the grave,
The Now and the Ever
William Ernest Henley
Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!
Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo
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Location: Savannah, Georgia
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Double Ballade on the Nothingness of Things
The big teetotum twirls,
And epochs wax and wane
As chance subsides or swirls;
But of the loss and gain
The sum is always plain.
Read on the mighty pall,
The weed of funeral
That covers praise and blame,
The -isms and the -anities,
Magnificence and shame:--
"O Vanity of Vanities!"
The Fates are subtle girls!
They give us chaff for grain.
And Time, the Thunderer, hurls,
Like bolted death, disdain
At all that heart and brain
Conceive, or great or small,
Upon this earthly ball.
Would you be knight and dame?
Or woo the sweet humanities?
Or illustrate a name?
O Vanity of Vanities!
We sound the sea for pearls,
Or drown them in a drain;
We flute it with the merles,
Or tug and sweat and strain;
We grovel, or we reign;
We saunter, or we brawl;
We search the stars for Fame,
Or sink her subterranities;
The legend's still the same:--
"O Vanity of Vanities!"
Here at the wine one birls,
There some one clanks a chain.
The flag that this man furls
That man to float is fain.
Pleasure gives place to pain:
These in the kennel crawl,
While others take the wall.
She has a glorious aim,
He lives for the inanities.
What come of every claim?
O Vanity of Vanities!
Alike are clods and earls.
For sot, and seer, and swain,
For emperors and for churls,
For antidote and bane,
There is but one refrain:
But one for king and thrall,
For David and for Saul,
For fleet of foot and lame,
For pieties and profanities,
The picture and the frame:--
"O Vanity of Vanities!"
Life is a smoke that curls--
Curls in a flickering skein,
That winds and whisks and whirls,
A figment thin and vain,
Into the vast Inane.
One end for hut and hall!
One end for cell and stall!
Burned in one common flame
Are wisdoms and insanities.
For this alone we came:--
"O Vanity of Vanities!"
Prince, pride must have a fall.
What is the worth of all
Your state's supreme urbanities?
Bad at the best's the game.
Well might the Sage exclaim:--
"O Vanity of Vanities!"
William Ernest Henley
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good finds Merc. I enjoyed those.
I hear them call the tide
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I loved this, it made me think of my friend fighting breast cancer... and then the last line made me think of this.....
....ah, well, can't win every time
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart
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We have to go back, Kate!
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Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 25,961
So many wonderful poems. Larkin's poem that Sundae posted takes me back to my English A-levels, when I and a bunch of other 17 year olds 'discovered' Larkin for the first time. Ah bliss.
@ Merc: Invictus is one my favourite poems of all time. Utterly beautiful.
Here's one of my other favourite poems. It's a little long; but I think it's marvellous. Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village. Written after the death of the poet's brother, and in the wake of the Inclosure Act, and the 'death of the countryside' which followed. I think it captures so much of the anger and sorrow at a world which was changing, forcibly; and the coldness of the new age of capital:
The Deserted Village (part 1)
by Oliver Goldsmith
Sweet Auburn! loveliest village of the plain,
Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain,
Where smiling spring its earliest visits paid,
And parting summer's lingering blooms delayed:
Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease,
Seats of my youth, where every sport could please,
How often have I loitered o'er your green,
Where humble happiness endeared each scene;
How often have I paused on every charm,
The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm,
The never-failing brook, the busy mill,
The decent church that topped the neighbouring hill,
The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade,
For talking age and whispering lovers made;
How often have I blessed the coming day,
When toil remitting lent its turn to play,
And all the village train, from labour free,
Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree:
While many a pastime circled in the shade,
The young contending as the old surveyed;
And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground,
And sleights of art and feats of strength went round;
And still as each repeated pleasure tired,
Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired;
The dancing pair that simply sought renown
By holding out to tire each other down!
The swain mistrustless of his smutted face,
While secret laughter tittered round the place;
The bashful virgin's sidelong look of love,
The matron's glance that would those looks reprove:
These were thy charms, sweet village; sports like these,
With sweet succession, taught even toil to please;
These round thy bowers their cheerful influence shed,
These were thy charms -But all these charms are fled.
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In addition, the Development Impact Fee Study uses a fee calculation methodology that is net of credits for the present value of revenues that will be generated by new growth and development based on historical funding patterns and that are anticipated to be available to pay for System Improvements, including taxes, assessments, user fees, and intergovernmental transfers.
The Amended Development Impact Fee Ordinance No. 4420 has been passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Nampa on March 4, 2019 and shall become effective July 2, 2019. With this amended adoption, all development impact fees will be calculated utilizing the table found in the link below.
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Villa - SP04110 Reviews Listed Feb 2011 Verified
- 4
- 8
- 3
- 4 Bedrooms
- Sleeps 8
- 3 Bathrooms
- Air Conditioning
- Satellite TV
- Pool - Private
Points of Interest
- Air conditioned
- Private Pool 8m x 5m
- FREE WiFi internet
High Quality 4 Bed Villa, Beautifully Furnished with Private Pool
Villa Gloria is situated in Mijas Costa close to the golden beaches of Spain's Costa Del Sol.
Panoramic Villa Gloria is a modern villa equipped with everything you will need for the perfect self catering holiday. The villa is fully air conditioned and has been furnished to a great standard with a contemporary feel throughout. Villa Gloria has 3 spacious double bedrooms and 1 single bedroom. The villa is located in an exclusive urbanisation close to beaches and is only 1km away from the nearest golf course. Not only do you have your own private pool but you also have use of the communal pool, tennis courts, play area and bar and restaurant located within the urbanisation. This is a perfect spot for golfers, families, sun worshippers and those looking for a good range of places to eat and drink as it is only a few moments from the lively seaside resort of Fuengirola.
The villa also benefits from being sclose to all the activities and amenities of the popular area of La Cala de Mijas
Review Quote…
"We thoroughly enjoyed our holiday. The villa was perfect for our needs and the attention of the rep was excellent. Any problems were immediately resolved and she was very helpful with local knowledge. Wish we were still there!.." J. Over - August 2013
Villa Gloria, Sleeps 8, Mijas Costa, Costa del Sol
Villa Gloria provides air conditioning throughout and has a huge living and dining space with vaulted ceilings and large windows around the room which creates a bright and airy room. The living area has comfortable seating for 6 on two 3 seater sofas. There is free WiFi, a large flat screen TV with English satellite channels and an attractive open fireplace. This room is fully air conditioned at no extra cost. The dining area has a stylish wooden table and 6 leather chairs.
The large state of the art kitchen is equipped with all mod conveniences from oven, hob and dishwasher right down to cutlery and pot and pans. There is a separate utility room accessed through the kitchen which houses a washing machine and clothes airer. You'll also find washing line outside for drying clothes on.
Bedroom 3 is on the ground floor and has twin beds, bedside tables, wardrobe space and a chest of drawers. There is access out to the pool and terrace area from this room and a large bathroom adjacent to it with bath, shower enclosure, vanity unit and WC.
There is also a separate guest WC on the ground floor.
On the first floor there are three further bedrooms, two with their own en-suite bathrooms. Bedroom 2 has a double bed with a Juliet balcony, bedside tables and plenty of storage space. Bedroom two's en-suite has a shower cubicle, WC and washbasin.
The master bedroom has a double bed and a single bed. Accessed and located off the main bedroom is the 4th bedroom that holds another single bed. There is an open doorway through from the master bedroom to bedroom 4 making it an ideal room for parents travelling with children. The master also has access onto a private balcony. The master en-suite has a luxury corner bath, shower cubicle, WC and large vanity unit.
Outside Villa Gloria has its own 8m x 5m pool with shallow end and walk in steps making it ideal for children. There is a large terrace with table, chairs and BBQ, ideal for dining al fresco! Sun loungers are provided for guests and there is external lighting meaning that you can sit out late into the evening enjoying your peaceful surroundings.
Check in time: 15:00
Check out time: 10:00
- Iron
- Ironing Board
- High Chair
- Cot
- Log Fire
- Air Conditioning
- Linen
- Towels
- Satellite TV
- CD Player
Cot and high chair provided free of charge. Please note that the cot does not come with bedding so please bring your own.
Air conditioning is included in the cost of your stay.
The villa has UK freeview channels and free WiFi.
- Non Smoking
- Child Friendly
- Pool - Private
- Pool - Communal
- Terrace
- Sun Loungers
- Table and Chairs
- External Lighting
- Washing Line
- Road
- Welcome Pack
- Pool and Garden Maintenance
|Master Bedroom:
|First floor, Double bed, Single bed, Air Conditioning, Wardrobes, Bedside Table, En-suite, Balcony.
|Bedroom 2:
|First floor, Double bed, Air Conditioning, Bedside Table, Chest of Drawers, En-suite, Balcony.
|Bedroom 3:
|Ground floor, 2 Single beds, Air Conditioning, Wardrobes, Bedside Table, Chest of Drawers, Terrace.
|Bedroom 4:
|First floor, Single bed, Bedside Table, Chest of Drawers. Accessed through the Master bedroom
|Bathroom 1:
|First floor, En-suite, Toilet, Bath, Shower enclosure. Corner bath and large vanity units.
|Bathroom 2:
|First floor, En-suite, Toilet, Shower enclosure.
|Bathroom 3:
|Ground floor, Family, Toilet, Bath, Shower enclosure. Vanity unit.
|Guest WC:
|Ground floor, Guest WC, Toilet.
|Ground floor, Utensils, Crockery, Dishwasher, Fridge, Microwave, Toaster, Washing machine, Freezer, Hob, Kettle, Oven.
Living room
|Living Area:
|Ground floor, Seating 6, Air conditioning, TV, Satellite TV, CD player, Coffee table.
Dining room
|Dining Area:
|Ground floor, Seating 6, Air conditioning.
Area Information
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Car Hire
Car Hire Recommended.
|Distance (Mins)
|Distance (Mins)
|Small shop in urbanisation,
|La Cala
|La Cala
|La Cala
|Restaurant/bar in urbanisation
|Distance (Mins)
|Large Communal Pool and Childrens Pool on the Resort as well as Childrens play area
|Theme Park
|Selwoo Benalmadena
|Theme Park
|Aqua Park Fuengirola
|La Cala
|Mijas Golf
|Community tennis courts in urbanisation,
|Historic Sites
|Fuengirola Castle
|La Cala de Mijas
|Surrounding villa
|Correda Golf
|Water Sports
Thank you for your feedback, Michael. We are delighted that you and your family had such a great holiday and that you will be returning again next year! We appreciate your comments and we look forward to welcoming you back in 2020.
Thank you for your feedback. We are very pleased that you had a great holiday in Villa SP041 and we hope you will book with us again in the future.
Thank you for your feedback. We are very pleased that you enjoyed your stay and we hope you will stay with us again in the future.
Francis the gardener/pool cleaner was very pleasant and helpful with good advice on places and things to do.
Only one thing which was a small problem was the smell of drains/sewage now and again maybe due to the hot weather.
Other than that a very enjoyable stay.
Thank you for your review. We are delighted that you enjoyed your stay. Unfortunately that drainage smell is usual in the hot summer months. It is the same in all countries where they have prolonged spells of very warm weather. We hope this didn't affect your stay too much and that you would return again.
Thank you for your feedback. We are very pleased that you enjoyed your stay. We will mention your comments aboutt he TV to the owner so that this can be resolved. We hope you will book with us again in the future.
Thank you for your feedback Jonas. I'm glad to hear that you were pleased with the service provided. We do advise car hire for guests staying at this villa. I'm sorry to hear a few items went mssing. This is the first instance of something like this we have heard of, it is usually a very quiet area. I hope we can be of help again in the furture.
Great house, very clean pool.
We thoroughly enjoyed our holiday. The villa was perfect for our needs and the attention of the rep was excellent. Any problems were immediately resolved and she was very helpful with local knowledge. Wish we were still there!
A beautiful villa and Agnes the rep was great.
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NORTH LIBERTY– Nothing says happy holidays like competition over the best holiday lights display.
The North Liberty Recreation Department is sponsoring a holiday decorating contest with prizes for the top three displays based on public and recreation center staff voting.
NORTH LIBERTY– Banking and saving; debit cards and credit cards; paying bills and paying off debt; insurance, taxes and investing…
Regardless of income, navigating the maze of financial decision-making is never simple. Yet money management is more often learned through the school of hard knocks than through any educational institution or formal curriculum.
Fortunately, a new financial literacy program is now helping guide the way for some Johnson County residents.
By Chris Umscheid
North Liberty Leader
OXFORD — They're not ready to push the panic button just yet, but administrators and Clear Creek Amana (CCA) board members are concerned about progress on the new middle school addition, and weather-related delays.
NORTH LIBERTY– A high demand for senior living options in North Liberty will soon be met.
Developers and investors in the planned Keystone Place at Forevergreen gathered Nov. 21 at 1275 W. Forevergreen Rd., formerly the Colony Country RV Park, to break ground for the new senior living center.
By Lori Lindner
North Liberty Leader
NORTH LIBERTY– The North Liberty City Council in its Dec. 9 meeting took action that moves the city one step closer toward exercising eminent domain to obtain private property for a public purpose.
On Tuesday, the council unanimously voted to proceed with obtaining sewer easements on eight private properties. In one case, the council did so in the face of litigation against it.
MONTEZUMA– After splitting two duals last Thursday in Williamsburg, the Solon wrestling team had a dominating day at the Montezuma Invitational on the way to a team title.
The Spartans had eight of 14 wrestlers in the tournament finals and crowned five champions (Ben Carr, 120; Louis Gnida, 126; Graeson Dall, 152; Trevor Nelson, 160; and Logan Linderbaum, 285) along with three wrestlers finishing as runner-up (Christian Haight, 106; Cole Fritz, 138; and Kade Steuhm, 145).
SOLON– The Solon Spartan wrestling team is hosting Pack the Gym Night on Thursday, Dec. 11, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Solon High School gym.
The Spartans will wrestle Dyersville Beckman and arch rival Mount Vernon in a double dual meet.
Come support the Solon wrestling team and pack the gym with Spartan wrestling fans.
SOLON– It went right down to the wire, but the Solon boys basketball team won its home opener Friday night against the team that ended its season a year ago.
A depleted Spartan squad defeated Benton Community, 63-59, to move to 2-0 on the young season.
Starting guard Halston Durr is out four-to-six weeks, according to head coach Jason Pershing, and guard Emilio Villagrana and Jacob Coons fouled out in the fourth quarter when Solon had taken control of the game.
SOLON– Last year, the Solon girls varsity basketball team started out 0-3 and were never able to string more than two wins together consecutively.
This year's squad has been able to mirror that in reverse.
The Lady Spartan basketball team has started the season with four straight wins, with a close 53-50 win on the road at Benton Community Friday night, and a 44-25 victory at Washington Saturday.
"We knew going in that the Benton was going to be a great test on the road," said Solon head coach Tony Nicol. "They are so well coached and mix things up both defensively and offensively."
SOLON– What happens when you put a couple dozen dancing dolls, three blind mice, two jaded ogres and one narcissistic lord all together in a magical kingdom where fairy tale creatures come to life and a brassy dragon falls in love with a sassy donkey?
Another fantastic musical presented by the Solon High School music and drama departments.
"Shrek the Musical," a theater adaptation of the DreamWorks film, was directed by Solon Middle School vocal music instructor Jessica Frerich and performed by a slew of Solon's middle school and high school students on Nov. 14 and Nov. 15.


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Dear Colleagues:
Please consider the following invitation from the ID Committee:
In the interest of expanding our offerings of existing Gen Ed interdisciplinary Special Topics courses, full-time faculty members are invited to propose and develop a new syllabus to teach an existing special topics ID course.
Five Special Topics ID courses have been approved by governance. The course list can be found on the Interdisciplinary Committee website on Open Lab at: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/ids/current-courses/special-topics-courses/
These courses were designed so that the learning outcomes could be met using a range of disciplines, emphases, texts, and course materials. For example, a chemist, biologist, or physicist could present the science in Science in the Kitchen, and activities might include an emphasis on a variety of ingredients or processes. Another example is Learning Places: Understanding the City (LIB/ARCH 2205ID) which has been taught by faculty in Hospitality Management and Humanities, offering urban studies, tourism, and theater perspectives on the city.
To be eligible, faculty members must not have already taught the proposed interdisciplinary special topics course. Inquiries are welcome from faculty members seeking a co-teacher.
Courses should be designed to be co-taught by two (or more) faculty members, and the use of open educational resources is encouraged. The proposed course syllabus will be due one week before the start of classes on August 27, 2018. A $1,500 stipend will be offered to faculty who propose new course syllabi and who make a one-year commitment to co-teach the course in the Spring 2019 and Fall 2019 semesters.
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December 12th, 2019
The last Saturn Pluto conjunction in Capricorn was in January 1518 when the
Reformation happened which changed the Western world in ways still reverberating
to this day. It was the time of Martin Luther and the beginning of the
Protestant Reformation.
The Saturn Pluto conjunction and Gemini Full Moon
The most important feature of these astrological times we are in right now is the Saturn Pluto conjunction, which takes place from January 6th to 13th 2020, and in exact conjunction on January 11th at 22º Capricorn.
We have been feeling the effects of this on a global scale for several years. Most agree that the world as we know it is unravelling, and has especially been showing up in established fiscal and political organisations falling down, starting with Enron (which was formed a few years after the last Saturn Pluto conjunction in1982) and crashed in November 2002 with the last Saturn Pluto opposition in Gemini/Sagittarius.
In Australia currently, our oldest bank, Westpac is being scrutinised for corruption and corporate crime.
The Saturn Pluto cycle is between thirty-seven and thirty-eight years, and when you trace its path through global events you will find that it so often has to do with re-alignments of power and who holds the keys to resources.
I recommend this article by Maurice Fernandez if you would like more details.
Fundamentally Saturn and Pluto together in any formation are going to be about a profound transformation of the structures and frameworks of our civilisation.
The Capricorn element just amplifies the fact that these structures which were built for the conservation, safety and longevity of societies, and are showing signs of being out-of-date with the big shifts of values we've been experiencing as Uranus enters Taurus and the dissolving of belief systems, from Neptune in Pisces.
The full moon chart below is Melbourne, Australia and applies to the South East of Australia (AUEST)
The Full Moon axis takes place in the second and eighth houses, the houses of values, resources, outer material and inner security as well as transformation. These issues happen on an individual level as well as a mundane or global level. The Saturn Pluto conjunction is in the ninth house and with the South Node (aka Dragon's Tail) Venus, Ceres and Jupiter. I have written quite a lot about the fact that this important conjunction is so close to the South Node.
The South Node is the repository for lessons learnt in previous life-times, the pathways in our DNA well beaten into the habitual behaviours and responses we have to our current environment. In the past we have very quickly drawn our swords on each other if our territory, resources or communities were under threat. This is still happening on a very large scale, but what is different now is that we have two trajectories which could threaten all life on Earth, if we blind ourselves to the realities of our times as they are now by allowing our primal instincts to rule. The threat of nuclear war which could also annihilate life on Earth, and is a major possibility if we just follow these old instincts of our reptile brains.
We need to attend to our home, planet Earth, as the Climate Change emergency unfolds much more quickly than even scientists had predicted. Our survival on both fronts is at stake, so it is not business as usual, which is what the enduring steady and tenacious qualities of Capricorn have delivered to us, enabling us to build our current societal and political infrastructures so expeditiously.
The Saturn Pluto cycle often shows up with natural disasters and there seem to have been many , more than usual in the last ten years. And now we are witnesses to the White Island Volcano event still being revealed to us in the news, as I write. The massive devastation of fires happening all over the planet in places and at times in the year unprecedented.
These are all signs of these huge and transformational changes happening, confronting all of us with not only our survival but all life on Earth.
In this Full Moon chart the hardness of the Saturn Pluto conjunction is softened a little by the presence of Ceres and Venus. Two strong feminine elements, those of reconciliation, aesthetics, love and nourishment. In the breaking down of patriarchal infrastructures perhaps we are being given a brief respite. Important also for the month of December is that Jupiter has also just entered Capricorn after spending the last year in its home sign Sagittarius where we could dream big and expand our ideals, and now in Capricorn a time to get practical and implement those ideals. Jupiter is expansive and always truth-seeking, so bringing light into the closed structures within the power systems which have become secretive, corrupt and self-serving.
We have the opportunity with Jupiter arriving into the conjunction to build a better, more sustainable and long lasting world where long term solutions to today's big challenges will deliver a world of more equality and grace.
Uranus is inconjunct or quincunx Mercury which gives us the ability to adjust to new and innovative ways of thinking about things, also helpful.
And on another personal level the Saturn/Pluto/Venus conjunction in Capricorn is an opportunity for you to question some of the ways you operate in relation to others. Are you following a formula, or are you considering your own way of bringing yourself forward that suits who you are truly, and not how you've been programmed to fit in to the status quo. Are you bringing your real values to your relationships?
'That which does not kill us makes us stronger. '
Friedrich Nietszche
Wishing for Peace on Earth and Good Will to all Beings.
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Hong Kong authorities have begun clearing part of a protest site that has been occupied by demonstrators since late September.
Court bailiffs were seen early Tuesday dismantling street barricades in Admiralty, near government headquarters in the Central Business District.
Protesters put up no resistance. Some had already moved their tents and other belongings to a nearby site that police have left alone.
Last week, a Hong Kong court ordered protesters to clear the area, as well as the Mong Kok district across the harbor from Admiralty.
It is not known when authorities will begin enforcing the order to clear the Mong Kok site.
The removal comes as a new survey by The Chinese University of Hong Kong indicates a shift in public sentiment, with most now saying the protests should end.
Of the more than 1,000 respondents, 43 percent were against and 34 percent in favor of the Occupy movement. But 67 percent said the protesters should go home now.
Leaders of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, one of the main organizers of the protests, say they are urging their followers not to resist the authorities and avoid confrontations.
In Mong Kok, protesters told VOA they were prepared to vacate the areas. Mei, who only wanted to be identified by his family name, said the protesters will remain non-violent right to the end.
"We've determined that we will disperse peacefully when injunction comes. It's more important not to be arrested and then we can turn to other places to continue [occupying]," he said.
The organizations supporting the Occupy movement say they will hold a meeting to discuss future actions once protesters have been cleared from the streets.
The demonstrators have been calling for fully democratic elections in 2017. They took to the streets after China ruled in August that all candidates for chief executive must first be approved by a committee that is stacked with pro-Beijing loyalists.
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Before reviewing the MacBook Air, I hated trackpads. It's just a technology that I feel never really cemented itself with us, as human beings, because it requires touch, and every touch is different. A very dry finger glides well, but a moist one may not. Mushy fingertips don't work particularly well, and stubby ones don't always read on the surface. Touch interfaces are quickly becoming the preferred method of digital communication through smartphones and tablets, but the trackpad remains mostly unchanged. They come in many shapes and sizes and textures, with nearly all the same highlights and limitations. Frankly, I'm far more partial to what IBM dubbed Trackpoint.
That said, it's hard to use a laptop these days without using a trackpad, so like everyone I adjusted. There are good and bad trackpads, and frankly too many reasons not to use them. Logitech's Wireless Touchpad is, with exception to Apple products, the first trackpad I actually enjoy using.
Like Apple's own Magic Trackpad, the Touchpad is a wireless trackpad built specifically with touch-features in mind. That means two-finger scrolling, three- and four-finger gestures, and the simplicity of a long-lasting wireless user interface device. In this respect Logitech has hit the metaphorical nail on the head. The Wireless Touchpad is large and comfortable to use, all of its features and functions work exactly as expected. The Touchpad is a good, solid product, through and through.
That being said, Windows 7 isn't suited for good trackpad use. OS X is. The difference between them is monumental. There is no smooth scrolling, few gestures, and minimal support for multitouch devices. This, coming from a company who three years ago revealed the Surface touch-only table computer. Yet there are still around ten touch gestures for the OS. It's disheartening, to say the least.
Which is why it's surprising Logitech has made the Touchpad for Windows 7 only. $20 cheaper than Apple's Magic Trackpad, the Wireless Touchpad could easily compete on OS X based solely on features, let alone price. Even without Bluetooth compliance, lord knows how many Mac users have available USB slots that they are willing to spare, and it's not hard to imagine a Bluetooth version selling for $5-$10 more. Limiting the Wireless Touchpad to Windows 7, and undoubtedly Windows 8 when it releases, is a significant limitation.
Logitech's use of the USB radio – part of their "Unifying receiver" dongle, which works with about two dozen Logitech keyboards and mice – will simplify your current or future wireless Logitech products by sending data through a single dongle, though I myself am still stuck with the G700 and G930 on separate dongles because gaming hardware requires more bandwidth and faster rates. Still, the dongle is tiny and is more than adequate for any desktop or laptop.
The only real problem I've faced with the Wireless Touchpad has been the area of the touch-sensitive surface. The 5″ area is large, but the edges aren't pronounced and impossible to feel. Especially when using multi-touch gestures, it's far too easy to have one finger out of bounds and accidentally do a three-finger 'back' command instead of a four-finger 'screen left' command. It's an easy fix as we've seen on plenty of laptops: make the physical area for the actual trackpad lower than the rest of the surface. That way, users have a tactile feeling for the edges.
Logitech's Wireless Touchpad is a fine piece of hardware. The trackpad is sensitive and accurate, the two mouse buttons large and tactile, though the pad itself is easy to slip out of. The Touchpad is comfortable at a distance or up close, and especially from the couch where plenty are expected to use it. Windows, however, has little love for touch-sensitive devices and frankly that severely limits what you can do with the Touchpad. It is the new de-facto mouse when not at a table or flat surface, but besides that, a mouse is a mouse is a mouse. I like it and recommend it, but it's not magic.
You can buy the Logitech Wireless Touchpad from Amazon for $50.
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- It works just right! Wireless signal is strong at a distance of 20′
- Windows 7 isn't suited for touch-sensitive gestures; no OS X support
- Trackpad square has no tactile bounds, its too easy to slide a finger off the sensitive portion
Also why not check out:
- Gigabyte Aivia Neon Touch-Charge Air Presenter Mouse Review
- Hold it Like a Pen. The gStick Wireless Mouse Pen is Born! (video)
- Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX Review
- Logitech Cube Review
- Logitech Dishes Windows 8 Gear: Touchpad T650, Touch Mouse T620, and Touch Mouse T400
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MAYBE that title is a little tongue-in-cheek given that Cov's away opponents of late seem to be pretty good at the comebacks
but it certainly holds true in the last two home games.
Once again the Blue & Whites recovered from somewhat shaky half-time scorelines to do enough to take the spoils, to the relief of the 2786 (from memory; something like that anyway) who made it to the Butts Park Arena.
Now, as rugby is important, but family (my missus tells me) is importanter, so my seat in the XL Motors stand remained cold on Saturday as the small matter of a hospital trip to Worcestershire held sway. I didn't even manage to follow things on Twitter, so it was a nice surprise to find out post-proceedings that Cov had come out on top in a game which most punters were convinced would go the other way. Lovely!
For that reason, I'll hold off making any comments here on the ebb and flow of the game, apart from saying (having now seen a couple of videos of it) what a try from James Martin on his Cov debut!
How the Greene King Championship 'Four Bangers' (their words) poll this week managed to avoid including it I'll never know. But again, I'll reserve further judgement here.
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Your organization has a specific culture. You may not know it or recognize it, but it's there. Your organization is different than every other organization on the planet, and knowing what that culture is will enable you to hire the right employees and manage in a more clear and efficient manner.
An organization's culture defines how your employees interact to get work done. It is the intersecting point of values, attitudes, customs, beliefs, behaviors and philosophies that creates the feel you have when you work at or interact with an organization.
First, let's look at some practical examples of culture to more clearly understand what it is. Then let's discuss why it is so critically important in hiring and managing employees.
Here's an easy example to give you an idea of what culture is: You are visiting another organization and are greeted by the receptionist. How did that interaction feel to you? Did you feel like you were interrupting her day? Or did she take time recognize you and understand who you are? Were you told to just go sit on the couch? Or were you offered coffee? Did she update you on how long your wait will be? So, what did this whole interaction say about the organization you are visiting? That they are very client-service oriented, or maybe that they seem to have enough business and that guests are just an interruption.
Now let's ask some similar questions about your work environment:
- Does your organization feel like a cooperative environment where titles are less important than each person's value or is it hierarchical where employees are guessing what management wants?
- Is the best work done in teams or is it a "star" system where a few employees really get the work done?
- How are mistakes handled? With punishment? Are they ignored? Does the manager correct them? Are they used as a training opportunity?
- How are employees trained? Very strong guidance or "throw them in the water to see if they can swim"?
- Are employees encouraged to take risks? Or are new ideas suppressed with "We've tried that before".
- How critical is the quality of the product/service? Enough to take an extra hour to fix it? The whole weekend? Is the manager involved?
- Is personal development encouraged? Are daily tasks used to instruct? Are new managers sent to specialized classes?
- How do the board and executive director interact? The board leads? The executive director leads? It's a collaborative effort?
These are just a few examples. There are dozens more that you can probably devise.
Do you think you know the answers to all of these questions for your organization? Try this: Test them on several employees and managers. Do you all agree? Then you have a handle on your organization's culture. If not, this would be a good time to have these discussions.
Now, why is this important? I suggest that a majority of the hires that fail are fired or leave because of a lack of "culture fit". Did the new employee understand what she was getting into? Did he understand how he would be treated? Trained? Rewarded? Encouraged? Did she understand the "politics"?
This also applies to current employees. Are they comfortable with the culture? What aspects of the culture create anxiety and confusion for them?
So, take a little time. Determine what your culture is or what you want it to be. Solicit everyone's input. Communicate the results.
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Like many starlets before her, Lindsay Lohan has made the Chateau Marmont her home this summer, but the famous hotel reportedly wants her out — permanently. According to TMZ, Lohan has refused to settle the $46,350 bill she's racked up during her stay. "As we have made repeated attempts to resolve this pressing matter over the last few weeks without any resolute, I regret to inform you that we will no longer be able to extend any further credit for you to remain in the hotel," a letter from hotel management to Lohan — obtained by the Web site — reads. The letter included an itemized list of charges, showing that Lohan has been having a pretty good time: On July 4, she reportedly spent $1,992 at the hotel restaurant and another $685 on room service.
Robert Pattinson is reportedly selling the Los Angeles mansion he shared with Kristen Stewart, according to Us Weekly. The "Twilight" star is looking to unload the property because "he said there are too many memories," a source says. But while he may be dropping the property, Pattinson isn't necessarily through with Stewart, despite her infidelity. "Rob doesn't hate her and he's not mad," the source says. "He just doesn't get why she did it. He loves her and thinks about her constantly."
While Katie Holmes will reportedly be getting $4.8 million in child support payments until Suri Cruise turns 18, the little girl herself stands to fare much better from her parents' divorce, according to Radar Online, as Holmes reportedly insisted that Tom Cruise set up a trust fund for Suri as part of the settlement. "Katie wanted the trust fund put in place for Suri so that their daughter will be able to tap into after she turns 18," a source says. "Katie has absolutely no access to the money and didn't want to. It's a sizable trust fund, but Suri won't be able to fully legally claim it until she is in her 30s. Tom had no problem with the request and planned on doing it for Suri anyway."
Taylor Swift has spent her summer dating Conor Kennedy, the 18-year-old grandson of Bobby Kennedy, and she's reportedly so smitten with him that she can't stand for them to be apart. Swift recently returned to Nashville for work and, barely a week later, flew Kennedy down on a private jet to join her because she "missed Conor so much," according to Page Six. "He's been with her ever since, and his family doesn't know when he'll be back," a source says. "Things have become so serious between them so fast that no one in Hyannis Port would be surprised if they eloped."
Oprah Winfrey has retained her spot atop Forbes magazine's list of highest paid celebrities, pulling in a reported $165 million between May 2011 and May 2012. That's $125 million less than she made the previous year, but still enough to help her beat out Michael Bay, who comes in at No. 2 with $160 million. Steven Spielberg is third with $130 million, Jerry Bruckheimer is fourth with $115 million and Dr. Dre rounds out the top five with $110 million.


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The Murdoch hacking scandal is back in the news after a bit of a respite.
Next week, Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch's right-hand woman and a central figure in News Corp.'s hacking and bribing culture and in the ham-handed coverup, will go on trial for bribing public officials, phone hacking, and obstruction of justice. Alongside her will be former top Murdoch editor and David Cameron spokesman Andy Coulson, who epitomized the corrupt relationship between News Corp. and the British government, and Glenn Mulcaire, who hacked phones for the News of the World and whose silence was bought by the company when the hacking scandal began coming to light.
Brooks could presumably bring the House of Murdoch down if she felt it best served her own interests. It's worth noting, though, that she too was paid off by Murdoch when defenestrated—with $18 million. But pass the popcorn.
In the meantime, NPR's David Folkenflik is out with a well-timed book on Murdoch. I haven't had time to read it yet, but it's made news on a couple of fronts.
First, "Murdoch's World" reports that Murdoch's top men at The Wall Street Journal stymied the paper's coverage of the unfolding hacking scandal story in the summer of 2011.
Folkenflik reports of "stories that were blocked, stripped of damning detail or context, or just held up in bureaucratic purgatory" and notes that the London bureau of the WSJ, still stocked with pre-Murdoch veterans waged a fierce battle against Managing Editor and Murdoch yacht buddy Robert Thomson, who was intent on squashing original reporting that could raise problems for News Corp.
That's not a surprise if you were reading your Audit back in July and August of that year, much less in 2009. But it's as close as we've gotten to concrete evidence that it was a conscious editorial decision.
The Journal's coverage of the hacking story was embarrassingly stunted in the first several weeks of the world-shaking scandal. On the day after the Milly Dowler bombshell broke, the paper stuffed a wire brief on A11 with the headline "U.K. Tabloid Accused of Hacking Girl's Phone." It followed the next day with a workmanlike story on B1, but dropped it below the fold.
The WSJ's first major contribution to the hacking story was a piece a month later—that fingered, based on flimsy evidence and without talking to the alleged briber, News UK rival the Sunday Mirror for a minor instance of alleged police bribery more than a decade. I hit my old paper at the time and got perhaps the most livid complaint call I've ever gotten, from a WSJer whom it was clear was under tremendous pressure at the time. Now we know the backstory.
Folkenflik also reports that Murdoch's flacks at Fox News descended into industrial-scale sockpuppetry in comment sections of posts critical of Fox:
Fox PR staffers were expected to counter not just negative and even neutral blog postings but the anti-Fox comments beneath them. One former staffer recalled using twenty different aliases to post pro-Fox rants. Another had one hundred. Several employees had to acquire a cell phone thumb drive to provide a wireless broadband connection that could not be traced back to a Fox News or News Corp. account… "Even blogs with minor followings were reviewed to ensure no claim went unchecked."
Another long-held suspicion confirmed.
Now, British investigative site ExaroNews, has more bad news for News. This summer, Exaro got hold of a tape of Murdoch's meeting with beleaguered Sun journalists last year that showed him admitting he had known about his papers' bribes culture for decades. The tapes showed the old man has learned almost nothing from the last two years of scandal. In addition to his "everybody knew it" admission, he trashed Scotland Yard, and promised jailed Sun journalists "support."
"I'm not allowed to promise you - I will promise you continued health support - but your jobs. I've got to be careful what comes out - but frankly, I won't say it, but just trust me."
Exaro now reports that News Corp. executives were in an uproar over Murdoch's statements leaking out and that they "fear disaster from secret recording." The tapes make a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prosecution of News Corp. more likely and Exaro says some think Murdoch may have to step down as an executive at 21st Century Fox to contain the damage.
Perhaps Mr. Murdoch can just pay a Jamie Dimon-style visit to Eric Holder (and his British counterpart), wave a few billion dollars in their faces, and put this whole pesky mess to bed. Such is the life of a plutocrat.