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Callan is the classic British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later Thames Television, it was aired on the ITV network over four seasons spread out between 1967 and 1972. The series starred the late, lamented Edward Woodward as David Callan, a reluctant professional killer for a shadowy branch of the British Government's intelligence services known as 'the Section'.
The series pilot episode aired in February 1967, in a play entitled A Magnum for Schneider by James Mitchell. Mitchell also created the equally popular When the Boat Comes In (1976–81). The haunted character of Callan caught the public's imagination to such an extent that a six-episode series was commissioned, later in the same year.
The series ran from 1967 to 1972, proving popular with audiences. A cinema film followed in 1974, directed by Don Sharp and simply entitled Callan. Callan was last seen in the 1981 feature-length television story made by ATV, entitled Wet Job.
Callan has been fired from an anonymous government agency known as "The Section" which is run by Colonel Hunter. ("Hunter" is a pseudonym for the current Section Chief, like the C of CIS.) The Section removes those who pose a danger to the "innocent" by persuasion, blackmail, extortion or death.
David Callan had been the Section's top operator but he had become too curious about his targets and the rationale for their removal. The Section considered him vulnerable, volatile and dangerous and had laid him off to a dead-end book-keeping job for an ungrateful employer. Callan is where Hunter can keep an eye on him and also in daily, casual and unknowing contact with his next victim. If he can kill Schneider after making his acquaintance as a fellow war games enthusiast then he can kill anyone: this is the question to which Hunter urgently requires an answer.
Hunter describes Callan as "a dead shot, with the cold nerve to kill" and considers him far too useful to be allowed to retire. In this screenplay, Hunter invites Callan back to the Section to remove Schneider as a favour. Schneider's nefarious activities are known to the authorities but he is too clever to be caught by normal methods. Hunter wants Scheider eliminated but offers Callan no help from the Section—ostensibly to allow Callan to prove his loyalty and dedication. Hunter secretly sends Toby Meres to set Callan up to take the fall for the assassination, should this become necessary.
Callan's curiosity about his victims overwhelms him again and he investigates Schneider, discovering a massive gun-running operation. Satisfied, Callan formulates his plan. He calls on his petty criminal contact Lonely, played by Russell Hunter. Lonely is unsure of Callan's identity and motives but fearfully provides a "Noguchi .38 Magnum" plus 20 rounds (Callan returning the .38 revolver he had previously purchased from Lonely). Callan has a chance meeting with Schneider and finds common ground in their interest in model soldiers and war games.
At Schneider's house, where Callan and his host re-play a scenario from the Peninsular War and go on to recreate the the Battle of Gettysburg , Meres breaks in, distracting Callan. Hunter sends the police in order to ensure Callan is caught red-handed. Schneider, suspicious, uncovers Meres and holds the two men at gunpoint. Schneider searches Callan but misses the Magnum and Callan kills Schneider.
Meres attempts to finish the set-up but Callan knocks Meres unconscious. Callan phones Hunter about Schneider and says he will leave Meres to the police, quitting the Section. Hunter orders Callan's file to be changed to a red folder—targeting him for removal.
By 1969, ABC Weekend Television had, via enforced merger, become Thames Television. A second season of fifteen episodes that had already been completed by ABC was therefore transmitted by its successor. This run ended with "Death Of A Hunter" in which the Section chief meets his demise, and Callan is shot - perhaps fatally. It had not been decided whether the show would return for a third series, so this device was used to leave open either the possibility of more stories in the future, or a way of winding-up the show. Two endings were taped, in which Callan either lived or died. In the end, Thames decided to bring the programme back for the 1970 series, this time in full colour.
A final set of thirteen episodes was broadcast in 1972. This saw Callan develop further than before. An unsuccessful mission meant Callan was exchanged with the Russians for one of their agents and now he was known, he was a liability. What to do with the Section's top agent was solved by promoting him into the role of Hunter - a post he disliked as much or even more than actually serving under a Hunter but which he was eventually relieved of by his predecessor when the danger had all but passed. The final three episodes were a trilogy based around the defector Richmond, played by T.P. McKenna, (and sub-titled "The Richmond Files"), at the end of which he pleads for Callan to kill him instead of capturing him - you know what they do to people like us. Having disobeyed orders to help A Man Like Me (Final episode title), Callan finally walks out of the Section.
Successive Hunters were played by Ronald Radd, Derek Bond, Michael Goodliffe and William Squire. The latter's steely exterior and ice-cold decisive nature was often the match for Callan and he is probably the best remembered of all the supporting actors. Toby Meres was brought to life by Anthony Valentine (Peter Bowles in the pilot) and when he departed for a posting in the US (in truth, to appear in the series Codename on the rival BBC network) in came the young, brash, and unpredictable Cross (played by Patrick Mower) who was just as arrogant and who needed teaching a lesson more than once in a while by his experienced teacher.


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venerdì 19 ottobre 2007
Italian Pumpkin Soup
I love soups in the winter and I'm a pumpkin maniac. In Italy pumpkin is considered a vegetable so we don't eat it in cakes and sweet things, only with savoury stuff.
This is one those soups I make up when i have nothing planned and very few ingredients. Infact I had a little brown rice that my baby did't eat, and some cooked canellini which are small white beans, very tasty. Half of a nice pumpkin in the fridge. So i thought: soup! I put all ingredients together and added water, a very little salt (i like to add soy sauce at the end, because I never use stock), a quarter of a pumpkin cut into chunks and a lot of dried rosemary. I cooked it a few minutes in a pressure cooker and stirred it to melt the pumpkin, there is no need to use a blender. This soup is delicious, but I like to make new ones depending on what I got left!
I think I could be a friend of these people from New York called Freegans... LOL I found their website this morning and I must admit I'm fascinated! LOL
See their website and you'll know what I mean:
12 commenti:
- Rural Vegan ha detto...
I swear, canellini beans make everything better!
- 19 ottobre 2007 11:06
- Melissa ha detto...
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- 19 ottobre 2007 11:32
- urban vegan ha detto...
Mi piace pumpkin soup...and pumpkin risotto, too.
- 19 ottobre 2007 12:14
- VeggieGirl ha detto...
it's so great how you can create a delicious, simple meal (like soup) just by using the ingredients that you have on hand; and your pumpkin soup is a perfect example of that - bravo!
I checked out the Freegan website - quite fascinating, indeed :0)
- 20 ottobre 2007 16:19
- Theresa ha detto...
Canellini beans are my favourite beans, and pumpkin soup is fantastic. Yours sounds simple but looks amazing!
- 21 ottobre 2007 19:50
- Meg Wolff ha detto...
The pumpkin soup looks great! You have my interest peaked...I'll check out the Freegans. Thanks.
- 22 ottobre 2007 17:41
- Veg*Triathlete ha detto...
I love those recipes that just come together based on what's in the fridge/pantry! This soup is delicious looking!
- 23 ottobre 2007 17:37
- Amy ha detto...
I love improvised soups!
Freegans are abundant here. A lot of stuff (like bagels) served at activist events I go to was rescued from a dumpster!
- 25 ottobre 2007 17:37
- Monika K ha detto...
I can't wait to try this recipe - I've been making everything with pumpkin lately and love its flavor.
- 27 ottobre 2007 14:55
i am a pumpkin soup addict too! my favorite version:
2 cups grated raw pumpkin
1 grated onion
2 grated green apples
pinch of cumin seeds
cover with water, cook until it's all soft. puree, season, taste...
serve with very grainy bread toast points.
- 3 novembre 2007 22:52
- Emilie ha detto...
Beans with pumpkin wasn't something I would have thought of, but it sounds really good.
Freeganism is really interesting. I wrote a paper on it, if you're interested I can send it to you, though it gets a little overly academic and probably quite dull...at least some of it is generally about freeganism.
- 6 novembre 2007 17:59
- Melisser; the Urban Housewife ha detto...
Ooh, I love pumpkin!
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The pieces are falling slightly apart today. It's that disjointed feeling when the schedule makers try to run your day without telling you the agenda. Does that make sense? Ah, back to prayer and reading God's word to get peace of mind. That's a good thing to schedule daily. It's a wonderful tool for life.
Bad Monday: yeah slightly, it's 11:00 and the boy can't seem to wake up to start school. Argh, I'm going to have to be the witchy home-school mom this fine day. Then we are waiting for Mr. Manager guy to tell us what time we need to show up at the Disney Studios tomorrow. We could leave today and stay with my brother which would be a much shorter drive. However, we don't want to leave before CSI Miami because tonight is Layne's episode unless his 15 minutes (15 seconds) of fame landed on the cutting floor or is that the editing floor?
Then college girl is driving from San Diego because she didn't want to drive home after that Super Bowl party last night. And she would like for me to meet her half way and bring her food. Hah! Not gonna happen pretty girl. Love you though. I know, I know, it's special food from Indonesia--Bak Pao. Mmmm, I'll let you know how it tastes.
In any case leaving the house at 4:00am is always an adventure. Let's hope if we can actually see Layne's little CSI debut--don't blink.
Did I mention that I'm three assignments behind? Oh bother. I am. And I have three articles with a deadline. Happy Monday to me. It's all good.
Monday, February 05, 2007
Monday Schedule
Penned in ink by The Gatekeeper at 11:08 AM
2 comments:
- Sharon Lynne said...
Well...there's always Tuesday! Things will straighten out.
- Manny Essel, MD said...
I really like your post. Your
"Ah, back to prayer and reading God's word to get peace of mind. That's a good thing to schedule daily. It's a wonderful tool for life."
was very apt. Meditation and prayers are the oil that grease the joints of of our wheels. Keep on praying to keep moving. You may like my blog:
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Supremely soft lambswool and a simple crew neck make this sumptuous jumper an instant winter classic. For this piece we worked with an innovative Scottish knitwear supplier who knit in a circular motion, meaning there are no seams and no awkward ridges at the sides, just smooth, supple wool all the way around. The drape of the raglan sleeves are elevated with beautiful fashioning around the armhole and twisted yarns create colours that are entirely unique to Sunspel.
Pair with our drawstring trousers and clean leather tennis shoes, or try the Milano ribbed skirt and a slip-on shoe for more dressed up days.


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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Unpopular Science
Believe it or not, of all the reprehensible, corrupt and unprincipled acts perpetrated by the Bush Administration, its staggeringly audacious battle against science always struck me as the most insidious. I mean, as disgusting and intellectually dishonest as it is to argue semantics when it comes to what does and doesn't constitute torture -- and as much as Bush himself is almost inarguably guilty of lying through his teeth about what this country was up to -- at least the subject can legitimately be debated.
On the other hand, the Bush White House's seemingly bottomless reservoir of distrust, obfuscation, parlor trickery and outright horseshit when it came to its treatment of science and intellectualism still boggles the mind. I doubt that ever before in human history was there such a pointed correlation between the quality of scientific work being done and the amount of doubt in that work being sown by a supposedly enlightened and civilized bureaucracy. From stem cell research, to global climate change, to evolution, to birth control, proven fact was regularly demonized or simply ignored when it didn't support firmly held right-wing dogma. What's worse, scientific advancements were often unfairly questioned or halted altogether simply to appease a voting bloc whose belief system was rooted solely in the teachings of a 2,000 year old book. Faith trumped reason constantly -- so often in fact that it became a kind of global punchline that, in the United States, you could argue that two plus two no longer equaled four and people would actually listen. A fierce intellect wasn't something to strive for; it was something to distrust -- or worse, to ridicule.
So where do we go from here?
How do we rebuild this country's scientific foundation after eight years of scorched earth?
Read on, and hope that President Obama is listening.
Mother Jones: Return of the Geeks (From October of Last Year, h/t Elvis Dingeldein at GDAB)
DXM: Six of Dumb, Half Dozen of Dumber/10.2.08
DXM: He Blinded Me Without Science/8.12.08
5 comments:
- Chris said...
I'm in agreement. This is what I found so upsetting, how did science and use of intellect become something reprehensible?
So nice to have an adult in charge again. Although a 6 year old would have made more intelligent choices than the past administration.
- Matt Osborne said...
At what point was the GOP captured by the anti-intellectuals? The party of Buckley and Goldwater is now run by know-nothings like Sarah Palin. There used to be a time when I could respect the conservative movement -- but not anymore. Now I have zero patience for their bullshit. That is the legacy of the Bush years: I stop listening and start shouting as soon as I hear irrationality, unscientific reasoning, or lies. I can't give them a pass anymore.
- VOTAR said...
At the risk of advocating the opponent's position, part of the problem is the ease with which each side unquestionably accepts their own arguments without reasonable self-criticism. For example, probably without giving it a lot of forethought, you easily typed the words "proven fact" in the same sentence as the terms "evolution" and "global climate change."
A better way to put it -- in fact, in my opinion, the only intellectually honest way to put it -- would be something like "current scientific findings," or something. That's pretty safe territory to stay in when we talk about evolution, but the jury is still way way out on climate change -- despite the media hype over it (which is, itself, part of the problem).
I tend to accept what most people accept about both (notice I'm not saying believe; I never use that word, ever). But recently I've been trying to educate myself more about climate change because I have conservative republican friends who don't hide their feelings about the subject. To maintain those friendships I have to endure a lot of anti-Obama, and particularly, anti-Gore rhetoric. I'm faced with a choice: a) keep my mouth shut, b) rise in the defense of the theory of anthropogenic global warming without knowing what the hell I'm talking about, or c) do a little independent research.
The bottom line, from what I've learned so far, is that there are enough legitimate doubts about this issue that it perhaps does not yet belong in the realm of "proven fact." This leaves me in a weird place, sort of like when the dad in Calvin and Hobbes convinces Calvin to see two sides of an argument and his whole world turns into a Cubist painting. On the one hand, even though it had the obvious effect of further alienating the US from the rest of the enlightened world, I can at least understand the reasoning behind Bush's refusal to sign onto the Kyoto accords; on the other hand, I want nothing more than to see him and the other guilty war criminals black-bagged, shoved into an unmarked van, and marched onto a gallows platform erected on the steps of the International Criminal Court in the Hague.
Whenever I'm asked, I tell people I voted for Obama not because he's a democrat, or because he's liberal, or because he's black (I'm 0 for 3 on that list anyway). I voted for him because he's smart. George Bush is evil, and dumb, and he was surrounded by people who were evil and brilliant. What a relief it is to witness the era of a leader whose motivation is to do the right thing -- even if he ultimately fails in the effort. I'll take that, any day, over someone who succeeds while committing evil.
- Deacon Blue said...
It's not scorched earth, Chez. There was a lost of intellectual deforestation, but research went on, our people worked with people in other countries that weren't tamping down on stuff so hard, and the people with brains kept on thinking.
I'm more worried about the environmental damage from all the rolled back water and air protections and such. The science part will recover and prosper just fine.
- david said...
One word for you, or a name, really... Galileo. The gorilla-brained fundamentalist mindset has long been at work. We just thought we'd moved past it. Silly humans.


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I've been inhabiting that stream of the Twitterverse which has been closely following /tweeting the whole Rudd vs Gillard tussle. I found myself rather furiously tweeting (in both senses of the word) some comments which may have some of you wondering why one of Mr Rudd's constituents isn't keen on his return to the prime ministership. This post is, therefore, a 'Psephy Extra', (accidentally extra-long), a post in addition to the one I planned to write tomorrow.
This post is that awkward mix of professional and personal reasons why I despair at what Mr Rudd is pursuing and, by extension, what he is doing to diminish our political culture. He is not solely responsible; he is not doing it single-handedly. Rather, events this week are symptomatic of a bruised and battered social contract and it is our responsibility as alert and engaged citizens to rehabilitate it. The way to do it is not through the lame appropriation of 'people power' that Mr Rudd has sought to extol either. Government is not a popularity contest.
In 2007, I attracted admonition and whispered scorn of friends and colleagues as I failed to jump on the fabled Kevin07 bus. Yes, I was tired of the Howard Government like many others. I was disappointed with the way in which we had become a less generous society as a form of naked neo-liberalism began to establish itself like a pesky vine that resists cutting, spraying and downright cursing. But even then, for me, 'Rudd for PM' was not going to be the answer. Why?
Why indeed. My background and experience aligns closely with the Rudd story. I too am an Asianist, though I graduated from Griffith and Queensland Universities in Japanese studies (not Chinese at ANU); I've spent some time in DFAT (though not long enough to be posted somewhere where my university training would be irrelevant, in the first instance). I could spin a bit of a 'hard-life-done-good' narrative too if I wanted to, but I won't. He's not actually that much older than me, so I suppose we are more or less of the same generation (though I distinctly prefer the Gen X label, given I sit right on the cusp). Why, I've even 'met' him a couple of times at book launches and the like as our divergent paths have managed to occasionally intersect.
But in 2007, to my sceptical friends and colleagues I argued he wasn't made of the 'right stuff' to be PM, and that his run was, if anything, premature but actually quite foolhardy. A PM, I suggested, should have some ministerial experience under his or her belt before taking on the top job. The opposition benches don't quite cut it. I have three instances, as an Asianist, a constituent and a political staffer, where the seeds of doubt about the Rudd juggernaut were sown. Sadly, nothing about the events of the last week have demonstrated to me he has paused and reflected on his failings and sought to make the world (not his world) a better place.
In the early to mid-1990s, I was one of the bunnies tasked with implementing elements of what became known as the Rudd Report, a paper for encouraging the study of Asian languages in schools. For all intents and purposes, a great initiative with terrific promise, a way to encourage students to explore the joy of learning an Asian language in the way I had been able to at high school. Of course I was an early advocate. But on the ground, poor planning and implementation, lack of funding, the overwrought expectations of converting dedicated and committed teachers of European languages to Asian language teachers over a summer break ultimately overwhelmed us. The resulting 'compulsion' of 'Asian language learning for economic benefit' instead of instilling a love of learning for the sake of it, simply fostered pockets of resentment towards our Asian neighbours. For all the time and energy expended, we still haven't managed to 'get Asia' satisfactorily (the intended subject, as it happens, of my regular post; more on that tomorrow).
So I was a little surprised, a couple of years later, to find that the author of that report was campaigning for election in my federal electorate. Suddenly the face of a once 'faceless' Qld bureaucrat was beaming to us everywhere on corflutes and in letterbox drops, street corners and ads in the local paper. I was also a little taken aback that his primary campaign platform seemed to have something to do with the airport—over on the northside and not exactly the first issue that came to mind in the electorate (I surveyed the neighbours and the shopkeepers in support of my assertions). I was intrigued but perplexed. Coincidentally, I had read a book by Robert Hughes, The Culture of Complaint, (Oxford UP, 1993), his examination of the growing culture of complaint, litigation and failure to take responsibility in the US at the time. I was somewhat uncomfortable that a wannabe public figure was in fact whipping up a 'culture of complaint' over a non-issue, really—let's face it, we live in a city, we need an airport, we need to learn to live with it—it seemed somewhat disingenuous to me. He didn't win the first time, but kept beating the drum until elected in 1998, and he's been constructing the 'local member, happy little vegemate' persona of the popular, ever since.
As life's wheels turn, by 1998 after a period 'between jobs', I found myself working for a senator and doing the regular shuttle between Brisbane and Canberra for a couple of years. I beat my new local member to parliament by a few months (ha-ha). As a first-term member, I recall Mr Rudd then being ambitious beyond all expectation. He demonstrated a certain haughtiness I suppose and a hubris in decrying my senator publicly as he felt he could (since my senator had just previously resigned from the Labor Party and become an independent, sharing the balance of power—sorry, no prizes for guessing). Very early on, Kevin Rudd, member for Griffith, courted the local media and one particular fiery statement about the senator that he made in our local suburban newspaper could not be counterbalanced despite our requests to the editor. Clearly, Mr Rudd had ambition. There were other exchanges along the way, suffice to say, the videos and tales of PM&C survivors don't surprise me.
I am, however, grateful to Mr Rudd for his contribution to steering my career, as an academic, in the direction it has taken. You see, working in parliament for one of the less-liked politicians when you cross paths with one of the most nakedly ambitious, (and I apologise for that image) teaches one much about the rawness of human nature. I've seen what people, who can seem gracious and amenable, on the one hand, are prepared to do to get what they want. Sometimes our bearpit of a parliament plays it quite dirty. I eventually left wanting to believe we can do better.
So, I turned to political philosophy to find some answers. I've been studying for a while, and I think we can do better. I actually think that transformation of our political culture, and what it has become, is in our hands. We need to insist on more policy integrity from our local members, not fall to the cult of celebrity. We, the people, cultivate our political culture—are the machinations of the last week or so really what we want? Out with vacuity, in with substance, please.
So no, Mr Rudd, you don't have my vote, but you do have my thanks. You've made me seek a better polity, far away from the one you would proffer an 'adoring' mob. And, for the record, Ms Gillard, another 'almost' contemporary: you're not doing a whole lot better for the politics for the people over the politics of naked ambition. I put the challenge to you all to contain the politics of personal ambition and foster a public politics of which we can be proud and engaged. The integrity of our political system depends on it.


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I've been tagged by Cennetta.She so nice. So here goes.
1.What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was a stressed,depressed,mess. I worked as a Drill Instructor in a prison boot camp program and part time as an aerobic instructor.I was the first female drill instructor in a male prison,so I had to be really cold,hard and mean.The problem was,that behavior also flooded over into my personal life. I'm sure you can imagine the problems that cause if you've ever been around a "controlling psycho b----".I didn't sew very often.I didn't do a lot of anything but complain and blame.
To make along story short,I didn't like how I was,so I prayed,and changed.Thanks to GOD.
2. What are 5 things on my "To Do List"today?
Prayer and meditation
Cut out muslin for my coat.
Write plan for a sewing class,I'm planning to teach.
Bring fabric,which is hidden in the truck of my car,into the house.
Go to bed at a reasonable hour.
3.Snacks I enjoy?
Nacho Cheese Doritos
Buttery popcorn
Lemon Heads candy
4.What would I do if I became a Billionaire?
Quit my job.
Move into dream home with ultimate dream sewing studio(Yes,I would still sew).
Move my Mom and Dad into their dream house in a great location of their choice.
Give gifts to family and friends.
5.Places I have lived?
Born and raised in Detroit,Michigan
Ft Dix New,Jersey-US Army
Ft Lee,Virginia-US Army
Ft Bliss Texas-US Army
Stuttgart,Germany-Us Army
Ft Stewart,Georgia-Us Army
St Petersburg,Florida
Macon,Georgia-currently living and loving it.
6.What type of work have I done ?
US Army Soldier
Hair Stylist
Stand Up Comedian
Drill Instructor in prison boot camp
Aerobic Instructor
Sales Associate
Mary Kay Rep
Alterations Specialist in a menswear store
Sewing and Alteration business owner
President of Middle Georgia Art Association
Home Decor Consultant
Fabric store supervisor
7.Five people I would like to know more about?
Ebony-A Needle For My Thoughts
Amerykah-Sewl Sister #1
Melody-Crazed Sewer
Alethia-Kassmin's Creations
Angie-Jemima Bean


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Building a Phenomenal Sales Team Without Going Insane in the Process
If you are looking to start a sales department or simply build the team you already have in place, there are some things you should do to make sure you hire the right people and take care of them once you find them. Here is a short guide to building a sales team.
This stage of building your sales team is one of the most critical. If you hire the wrong person, you can motivate them to Timbuktu and back to no avail. Many people are turning to Chet Holmes, who screens large applicants for you and produces a small selection of interviewees, saving you the time and hassle of finding candidates who may not be qualified.
No one likes to make others uncomfortable, but in the interview process it is critical. You will have to ask the candidate difficult questions before you will understand whether he or she has the critical thinking skills you are looking for.
Do not be concerned about putting the candidate under pressure. People will show their true colors when great demands are made on them, and you want to make sure each individual of your sales team can work well even when under stress. If they balk at the first sign of it, they are not going to be able to function at the level you need them to.
Many employers assume that selling ability is natural. While this is true to some extent, training is a crucial aspect to building a phenomenal sales team. You must create two focal points for your training: product education and sales education. Your team must know your product inside and out, and be able to deal with the curve balls they may encounter from potential customers.
Training is so important that there are programs written specifically for companies to use to educate their teams. Again, Chet Holmes has a system of training programs to help the business owner create his or her ideal staff. There are many other plans available out there, and a good day of research to find the right one will be a day well spent on the future of your company.
So you have found your candidates and trained them thoroughly. Yet after a while their production plateaus and you don't know what to do. Remember that they are human beings, and you will need to do the same thing with them that you do with other staff–reward them, create contests, and praise them in public. Then give them higher challenges. As long as you recognize their achievements then raise the bar of performance, you can keep them performing.
Most importantly, remember that your appreciation of them is first reflected in their paychecks. If you don't pay them well, your competitors will. Again, finding the right level of pay for your individual team members will require some research and possibly some consultation with business specialists. You may want to interview some human resources specialists to help you with this–they are well versed in salaries, benefit packages, and legal concerns in hiring.
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For your career. And for health. When you join Kaiser Permanente, you not only build a rewarding career—you impact the future of health care. The nation's leading nonprofit integrated health plan, Kaiser Permanente is supported by the professionals who build our systems, strengthen our facilities, and shape our future. Join us and take a stand for your future in Vallejo, California.
Chief Quality Officer/Area Quality Leader
In this role, you will drive clinical quality and safety programs. You will be responsible for the strategic development, planning, and control of health plan and hospital's quality programs and for leading the implementation of compliant programs at the facility, including associated alliance hospitals and other non-Kaiser Foundation Hospital facilities. You will also facilitate the development of programs and processes that meet regulatory requirements; focus on organization-wide systems and processes for improvement, including clinical quality management, risk management, AR&L and patient safety activities, in collaboration with clinical and administrative personnel. You will be responsible for overseeing and facilitating internalization and monitoring of regional/sub-regional services; ensuring practitioner review and oversight meets internal standards; quality program oversight, associated medical staff issues, member concerns and grievances, to ensure submission to accreditation and regulatory bodies are timely and accurate; and ensuring that processes supporting submissions are reliable. Other duties include facilitating health plan assessment of quality programs at the medical center including MDQR and developing strong collaborative leadership relationships with The Permanente Medical Group, external regulatory agencies, accreditation bodies, and employer groups. In addition, you will have joint accountability to develop systems and corrective action plans for the facility to meet regulatory compliance.
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- At least ten years of experience in clinical and management roles in a health plan or multi-faceted health care system and multi-provider settings
- A master's degree in business, health care, public administration, or a related field
- A clinical license such as RN or Pharm.D. preferred
- Thorough knowledge of quality assurance, quality improvement, utilization review, risk management, and accreditation and licensing requirements including The Joint Commission, NCQA, Knox-Keene Act, Federal HMO Act, CMS, Cal-OSHA, Public Employees Medical and Hospital Act, HIPAA, and Medi-Cal regulations and standards.
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- The ability to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment
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WASHINGTON (April 12, 2004)—Dogs collar the spotlight in an interactive exhibit that opens at the National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall next month. "DOGS: Wolf, Myth, Hero & Friend," which runs from May 20 to Sept. 6, sniffs out the facts on canines and explores what makes the relationship between man and his best friend so unique.
The exhibit focuses on the history, biology and evolution of dogs and their role in human societies through the ages. Four themed sections include multimedia displays, artifacts, photo murals and dioramas of wild canines and modern breed dogs. Interactive, hands-on components allow visitors to climb into an avalanche scene and see what it's like to be saved by a search-and-rescue dog, enter a "howling area" and guess what dogs are saying, and smell a bacon sandwich to test how their olfactory sense measures up to a mutt's — dogs have 25 times more smell receptors than humans and can detect odors at concentrations nearly 100 million times lower than humans can.
The first section, "Dogs Come in Many Shapes and Sizes," explores the diversity of canines, both wild and domestic, from the pocket-sized Chihuahua to the 200-pound Saint Bernard. Exhibit-goers will learn how dogs' appearance has changed through time, both naturally and through human intervention. The section also addresses the origins and history of various domestic breeds and wild dogs as well as extinct canine relatives.
Section two, "Dogs Make Good Companions," explores the qualities in both dogs and humans that have led to their successful partnership and close communication. It demonstrates the many similarities between wolf behavior and that of domestic dogs and how these have carried over into interactions between dogs and humans.
Dogs and people have worked together for thousands of years. Section three, "Dogs Have Skills that Help Us," shows some of the many ways that dogs assist humans, from hunting and herding to detecting mines, sniffing out drugs and helping the handicapped. It focuses on the animals' biological characteristics that make them so good at being our eyes, our ears, our noses, and sometimes even our arms and legs. The section also celebrates the role that dogs play as our friends and companions.
Section four, "What Can You Do to Help Dogs?" takes a look at how one can promote a healthy relationship between humans and canines. The exhibit shows how coyotes have managed to survive and adapt despite human encroachment into their habitat, and how the two can successfully coexist. Other topics include responsible pet ownership, the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park, the fight to save the Ethiopian wolf and other endangered species, and current trends in veterinary science.
"DOGS: Wolf, Myth, Hero & Friend" was developed by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County with generous support from Pedigree® and the National Science Foundation.
Susan Norton, director of the National Geographic Museum, said the exhibit was a follow-up to a very successful cat exhibit held at the museum several years ago. "This is sure to hit the spot with dog owners who may have felt left out then. We've now leveled the playing field, and no one can accuse us of feline favoritism," she said.
To celebrate the opening of the exhibit, National Geographic Museum is holding a street festival, "A Dog Day Afternoon at National Geographic," on Saturday, May 22. The free program, which runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., includes demonstrations by bomb-sniffing and search-and-rescue dogs; a shelter dog fashion show; Jack Russell terrier races; dog obedience training; and flyball, dancing-dog and agility-course demonstrations. A selection of National Geographic dog films will also be screened. Dogs are welcome at the festival, but must be leashed and not in heat. "Dog Day Afternoon" will take place at National Geographic headquarters, 1600 M Street, Washington, D.C.
The National Geographic Museum at Explorer's Hall is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is closed December 25. Admission is free. For information on the "Dogs" exhibit, the public should call (202) 857-7588.


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ATHENS, Greece -- Host country Greece looks set to lose their first medal at the Olympics after bronze-winning weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis failed a drugs test.
In yet more doping agony for Greece after the withdrawal of their top two sprinters, Sampanis' coach confirmed the lightweight had tested positive for excessive levels of testosterone.
"I am stunned. I am going mad. We do not, and I stress this, do not give our athletes testosterone," said coach Christos Lakovou.
Sampanis won the bronze medal, Greece's first in Athens, in the 62kg category on Monday in front of a delirious home crowd.
A Greek government source said that drug cheats could be stripped of the military ranks given to many athletes. Sampanis is an air force officer.
"All past tests were negative, even five days before the Games, the tests were negative," Lakovou said.
"I don't know what has happened. I have been doing this work for so many years and I watch over my athletes constantly."
Coming after eight other failed tests in weightlifting -- a sport threatened with exclusion from the Olympics over its drugs record -- it was another big blow to Greek pride.
Olympic 200 meters champion Costas Kenteris and his training partner, 100 meters silver medallist Katerina Thanou, pulled out on Wednesday; days of intrigue over their missed dope tests overshadowed the opening of Games whose otherwise impressive organisation has answered Greece's many critics.
Fans hoping to watch Greece win a second weightlifting medal on Friday reacted with shock that they could lose their first.
"I don't believe it," said Leonidas Dimitroulas, shaking his head. "It is very disappointing. "I don't believe that Leonidas would do something like that and it was our first medal.
"Usually our weightlifting team brings many medals and now we have none."
Weightlifters, as popular in Greece as footballers, were expected to provide a third of the country's projected 15 medals.
Sampanis' medal winning effort had ended days of pent up frustration for the hosts, who had obsessed over the scandal involving sprinters Kenteris and Thanou.
"We don't really believe it," said fan Despoina Chourdaki, "We think something else is going on but we don't know what."
The Greek drugs squad raided a warehouse used by the sprint pair's coach on Friday and the Greek government said they were looking for evidence Costas Tzekos had been selling controlled nutritional supplements without a licence.
Kenteris who has fallen from national hero to villain in the space of a week has cut his ties with the coach.
Police have questioned Kenteris' account of a motorcycle accident, hours after the failed tests, which put him and Thanou in hospital -- and out of reach of Olympic drug testers -- for several days.
A source said on Friday that the police report on the accident had been passed to state prosecutors.
The Greek Olympic team would not officially confirm Sampanis had failed a test but said the first sample from an unidentified athlete had been positive. A B test was yet to be done.
Sampanis won silver medals at both the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 2000 Games in Sydney.
As a resut of the failed test, Greece's Olympic team manager Yiannis Papadoyiannakis offered his resignation - but it was turned down.
"The president of the Greek Olympic Committee (Landis Nicolau) was informed of the resignation but refused to accept it so he remains in charge of the Greek Olympic team for now," said team spokesman George Gakis.


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Foreign Embassies in Nepal
Anyone considering traveling to or from Nepal should be aware of what foreign embassies can be found in the country. If the relevant country does have a foreign embassy in Nepal, a traveler can save himself a lot of time and effort by approaching them directly and asking for advice. Most foreign embassies in Nepal will be more than happy to help you prepare for your trip by organizing visas and other paper work. For foreigners visiting Nepal, the embassies can prove to be a refuge and a source of advice if problems arise.
There are a surprising number of embassies in Nepal which provide helpful services to the public. The vast majority of these embassies are situated in the country's capital city which makes them more accessible, since most visitors will start their travels in Nepal in Kathmandu. The countries represented by official embassies in Nepal are Australia, Bangladesh, China, Denmark, Finland, India, South Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States. Thus, people from over the world will be able to enjoy the services of a dedicated embassy when visiting Nepal. These embassies also work hard to promote trade between countries and education of local residents who are able to gain access to educational institutions in other countries via their corresponding representative.
Nepal is a beautiful country with many interesting and diverse attractions to enjoy. But even the most beautiful vacations can be marred by bureaucratic red tape and lost visas. So, if you are planning to make a trip to Nepal soon, make sure that you contact the relevant foreign embassy and get all the necessary paperwork sorted out first. That way you will be able to look forward to your time spent in Nepal with confidence – knowing that any little problems encountered during your stay will be quickly and efficiently sorted out.
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Nepal.com Team - 2011-07-25 07:48:12
Thank you for visiting Nepal.com. We are an independent site providing information on a variety of topics related to Nepal. For specific information regarding visas and passports, please contact the Embassy of Nepal in your country. Best Wishes, Nepal.com Team
Paulo Gomes - 2011-07-22 11:00:52
Travel from Portugal (European Union) arriving in Kathmandu by 08Aug. Please advise to obtain Visa. thanks
sujan gyawali - 2011-06-14 12:03:02
heyy its not necessary to know nepali language it is mandatory if u know english it will be better either u can also get transletor in nepal u are warmly welcome in nepal and nepal is celebrating this year as tourism year so u can get enough advantage!!!
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There hasn't been much in the way of swell over the summer. A day here or there we got lucky with just more than a ripple and those days sent people running to the beach with whatever gliding apparatus their holding at the very moment they get the call. ( I saw a guy trying to surf his esky lid 😉 )
But a couple of weeks ago there was rumour of a swell reminiscent of last summer, with a tropical cyclone up north, wispers of storm swell swept through the town.
We didn't quiet get the storm swell we were hoping for, but we did get something. And that something was in the form of some fun fun waves. The something was enough to keep people in the water way after darkness had settled over the bay.


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Aug 3, 2011
wordless wednesday - ahhhhh!
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That looks like Grant's Farm. Are you in the St. Louis area?ReplyDelete
Cool picture, I need one of those for my house! LOL!
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People are scared/fearful everywhere. I send out golden light to everyone around me. I am thinking positive thoughts and feeling love. Everyone's energy is on high alert and concern and doom. I was succumbing to that too from my own energies and others. On my train home from NYC transit police are armed in our cars. I send love to them too. They want to protect us all and they are scared. too We are all feeling it. I SEND LOVE TO WASH IT AWAY. People are uniting peacefully but some are united in anger and chaos. This is not a political post. It does not matter who you voted for. what matters is that WE as citizens unite and not be against one another as we ALL want peace...
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I raise my palms to you all and sending the most beautiful white pure light with some rose light intertwined. Please know I love you all and feel you pain tonight. Sweetest blessings to the earth and all that dwells on it. I pray for healing for the sick and the scared for the universe knows each and every one of you. I also pray for the leaders , for their hearts have harden. Please soften your hearts. The people need you.
I'm blanking the earth with love and Light. And ..or course ..fairy dust. Lol.
I'm blanking the earth with love and Light. And ..or course ..fairy dust. Lol.


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Six Degress is one of the coffeshop/restaurant which has already opened for business since 3 months ago in Alam Sutera Mall, the location is around Alfresso Mall of Alam Sutera. The interior of Six degrees are dominant with the color of brown wood and black color, the composition of the wood is in the ceiling.
Perfect place to hangout with your friends. They have the best coffee in town! Good food, Good place <3


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Health-care insurance codes are typically listed on a health plan's "Explanation of Benefits" section, according to About.com. Certain types of health-care insurance codes are listed on the Medicare website and the website of the World Health Organization, or WHO.
There are three different coding systems used by health plans, health-care providers and medical billing companies, as stated by About.com. Doctors use Current Procedural Terminology, or CPT, codes to describe their services. A CPT code must be listed on the insurance claim form in order for the physician to get paid. These codes are created by the American Medical Association. Lists of CPT codes are available to medical billers for a fee but are not available to the general public. Physician's offices sometimes provide patients with lists of these type of codes.
Medicare uses the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System, or HDPCS. As of 2015, downloadable lists of Medicare diagnosis and procedure codes are available on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid website.
International Classification of Diseases, or ICD, codes were created by the World Health Organization. These diagnosis codes are often used along with CPT codes. A complete list of ICD codes is available on the WHO website as of 2015.


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Hey guys.
It's been a long while since I've been here. I promoted my app Stick Nodes a few months back but have been updating it constantly with a bunch of new features so I'm here to show off the app in case anyone here wasn't aware of it!
Google Play - (Link)
App Store - (Link)
Website - Stick Nodes - Stickfigure Animation App for Android and iOS
Stick Nodes has been my project for about two years now, and the userbase and community doesn't seem to stop growing. Stick Nodes is heavily based off of Pivot, so if you're familiar with Pivot you'll get along fine in Stick Nodes.
- Automatic frame-tweening turned on/off with the click of a button.
- Great variety in segment shape types allows for greater creativity.
- Color/scale on a per-segment basis - easily color your stickfigures.
- Ability to create, save, import, and share stickfigures you create.
- Compatibility with Pivot-created .stk files (version 2.2.7 and earlier).
- Pinch-to-zoom to make animating more convenient and simple.
- Forward and backward onion-skinning for precise animating.
- Clean, simple interface created with mobile devices in mind.
- A "panning mode" to move all stickfigures simultaneously.
- An undo/redo system for up to twenty actions.
- Add text to your animations.
- Export to GIF.
- Export to MP4 (Pro only).
- Add sounds (Pro only).
- More stuff I'm forgetting...
Of that list, some of the most noteworthy features are the ability to automatically have the app tween your animations, the ability to add text and sounds, and a robust stickfigure-creation mode that also allows you to share your stickfigure to the website's stickfigure library for others to download.
And here's just an example of an animation you can create with Stick Nodes (sounds and text added from within the app itself):
Okay I'm done
So yeah I just wanted to let the Pivot community know about Stick Nodes again, it's been a while since I've last mentioned it. I've spent the last 6 months working on the so-called "sounds" update that iOS users were waiting patiently for (Android users had it 6 months ago).
It's a lot of work maintaining the app but I really enjoy it and love seeing what users create with it.
Leave any feedback or questions, I'll be checking in!


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On this next page the user will enter a caption/ info about the pic and then click 'finalize upload' to insert the data into the DB about the pic.
This would then go to the next form with the next thumbnail if applicable.
I have done a lil research and figured I can do this with sessions but am not sure how to go about doing it. I do know that i want the pictures to still remain on the server for viewing even if the user doesnt fill out the form(s), that way i maximize my content.
I am learning php and DB management currently but have a hard time understanding it so PLEASE treat me like i know nothing. thank you


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I posted awhile back about fancy gymnastics-themed cakes, right? Well, maybe the bakers read my blog (right) because all of a sudden, the cakes got SO much better!
Some are just adorable. Like, this one makes me want to have kids just so I can throw them parties with cake.
Yeah, the bars are a little wonky. And blue. And the beam is a nice shade of maroon. I don't even care, because little Precious Moments kids are wearing leos and headbands. The fondant is shiny and awkward, but I don't give a crap. Headbands.
This involves rhythmic gym, but OMG. My cuteness meter just exploded.
WHAAAT??? How would you even cut that? I would cry if I even tried. That is so cute, it freaks me out.
I love the colors in this one.
The doll is so 60s-70s, I love it. Small deductions for the flexed feet and short sleeved leo. Other than that, a perfect 16.725.
This is where we start our descent into what I call "Not So Much."
The bars were a nice effort, even if the girl is just humongous. And I'm digging the poofy 80s rolled down socks. Reminds me of DJ Tanner. The beam is where it starts to get sketchy. The gymnast looks like she's going through an exorcism, another victim of head-on-backwards disease. The beam also appears to be a tree trunk. While matching the pommel horse, which also looks like a home for the Keebler Elves. Also, you can't see it entirely in this pic, but there's also some inexplicable round thing by the pommels. Just an orange round thing.
This one's just... what??? Like, I checked, it wasn't for a yoga party. It was for a gymnastics party.
Just a girl, face down in the mats. I mean, yes, I guess you could feasibly see this position at some point in time, but really? Of ALL the positions in the world, you choose FACEPLANT?
I, for one, am not a huge fan of polyester hair in my food. That's just me.
Still kind of cute though. I'd like to think that that's Alicia on the trampoline, Nastia on floor, and Bross on beam.
This girl's just dangling her leg off of the side. OK.
Nice handstand position though. And the kid... is he doing a bridge?? Or some weird crabwalk?
And last, but not least, we have.... this.
I don't really even know what's going on here. The air traffic controller/rhythmic dancer. The kid in the red's either doing a bridge or some sort of Bogi dance. The bumblebee splits are the only thing that even kind of make sense in this picture. Throw in some shiny rust colored flesh, and a few random flowers, and voila.
Gymnastics cake.
Monday, May 3, 2010
i'm engorged with venom, and triumph.
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tags: cake, gymnastics
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- AnonymousMay 10, 2010 at 7:57 PM
I think you totally just insulted Bross's hair in this post. BURN! :DReplyDelete
(Actually, did anyone notice that it looked MUCH better at Worlds and SCAM? I think someone finally bothered to tell her. (For the record, I actually really respect that she doesn't get so heavily into the makeup and hairstyling.)
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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) has announced that Google Drive now supports automatic syncing of all your Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. In addition to that, you can now also create and edit drawings offline. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) says that both of these features will be available to all users within a few days, as the company slowly completes the rollout process.
However, before you start using these features, you'll need to enable offline access in Google Drive or else you won't be able to view, create or edit any files. Also the syncing process won't be started automatically.
Let's learn how to enable the offline access in Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Drive. Please note that offline access is available only when you're using Chrome or a Chrome OS device. If you're using Chrome OS, then there's no need to complete any steps, as offline access is enabled by default.
- Login to your Google Drive and click on More from the left side of the screen.
- Select Offline Docs.
- Click on the blue button that says Get the app. If you have already installed the app, then there's no need to complete this step.
- You'll be taken to Chrome Web Store. Click on Add to Chrome to install this app.
- Once installed, you'll be taken to a Chrome page with the Google Drive app icon. To return to Drive, click the Google Drive icon.
- From the right side of the dialog on the Offline Docs page, click the blue button that says Enable Offline.
This new feature making files available offline has many advantages. You don't need to remember a specific file to sync to your device before getting disconnected from the Internet. It will sync up all your files, without the need to manually do anything. Now you don't need to worry about that subway, where there's no network, or any such similar place.
For now, it's not clear if Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is planning to bring this feature to other browsers too. We'll keep you posted with any new Google's announcements regarding this.


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Hi there, friends. Happy June! Last week, my friend Cailey and I had an idea to start a podcast. We went home, recorded an episode on my computer (hence the quality), did some editing, and then could not for the life of us figure out how to submit it to iTunes as a podcast, so I'm posting it here. If you like it, please feel free to tell your friends. Maybe it'll take off. Or maybe it's just the idle ranting of two megalomaniacs who love to hear themselves talk. Either way, for your listening pleasure, I now present the first episode of "Backup Career #2."
Twenty-somethings Cailey and Kimber have yet to decide on long-term careers and, as humanities majors, have few marketable skills. Therefore, each episode they will choose and discuss the relative merits of a "backup career" in the hopes of discovering a plausible fall-back. This week, they take a look at "Barista."


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EDI & Master Data Analyst in Alpharetta
• Act as key coordinator between internal clients (Customer Service, Finance and IT) and external business trading partners (Customers, Wholesalers, and e-commerce network service providers) for set up of EDI transactions
• Plan, test and implement EDI and XML transactions
• Monitor all EDI activity to ensure production transactions are flowing correctly Test and debug problematic issues
• Map inbound and outbound transactions to target applications for customers and partners. Most interfaces are with large retail customers, warehouse and Global factories.
• Basic desktop support is advantage but not required (i.e. load windows, load software basic troubleshooting)
• Ability to work with multiple projects and large volumes of data with attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with other user departments across all levels of the company.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated organizational skills and ability to work under deadline pressure is essential.
• Ability to grasp new projects and concepts in a short time span.
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• +3 years technical experience of programming and development techniques used to create ANSI-X12 EDI transactions (810, 844, 845, 846, 850, 852, 856, 940, 944, 945 etc)
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Experience in upgrading and migration of EDI software
• Process and communication models XML, AS2, FTP, SFTP, HTTP,
• Basic excel and word skills are required
• Working knowledge of MS Access an advantage.
• Data Modeling (XML and database)
• Integration experience (B2B, EDI, VANS, Hubs, etc.)
• Business and procurement principles (OM, WMS, Invoicing, etc.)
• Experience with multiple EDI translators preferred
• Experience on-boarding new trading partners
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Key Responsibilities:
• Analyze data and results for performance and trends
• Prepare detailed and accurate reports for senior management and sales organization
• Create and distribute monthly, quarterly results for review and discussion
• Assist in preparing and understanding key metrics about the business with emphasis on improving organizational performance
• Ad hoc analysis and reporting
Required Experience:
• Bachelors or professional degree
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Letter to President Obama Tested For Suspicious Substance, Secret Service Reportsby Free Britney at .
A letter addressed to President Barack Obama containing a suspicious substance was intercepted and is being tested, according to the Secret Service.
Tuesday, the FBI said that a envelope testing positive for ricin, a deadly poison, was intercepted at the U.S. Capitol and addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS).
In the first case, the letter was intercepted at a postal facility in Maryland that screens mail sent to Congress, and never reached Wicker's office.
Sen. Wicker thanked law enforcement and said an investigation was underway. The White House's mail is screened at a separate, offsite facility.
Other U.S. Senators were made aware of the Wicker letter during a briefing on the Boston Marathon bombing, which is not believed to be related.
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MI) said that the person who sent Wicker the letter writes often to elected officials, though no one is believed to be in custody.
The Wicker letter was postmarked Memphis, Tenn., with no return address.
Ricin poisoning can kill within 36 hours, and there is no known antidote for it. It is unclear if the letter sent to Obama also contained ricin poisoning.


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Hitting the Long Ball for the Customer
Stum, David L., Church Ronald P., Training & Development Journal
Hitting the Long Ball for the Customer
The most common reason why companies strike out with customers is poor service. This new customer-satisfaction model, based on a baseball diamond, can help your company stay in the game.
Gaining and holding a loyal customer base is a key corporate challenge in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Customers dictate profits, and consumer studies show that how the customer is treated and how the company backs up its public commitments to service satisfaction largely determine whether the customer will remain loyal or switch to another supplier.
Trainers and organization development professionals are being challenged to help their companies improve customer-service quality, customer satisfaction, and repeat-purchase loyalty. The research demands it, as the following potpourri of facts shows: * According to a Forum study, the most common reason that customers switch to a competitor is poor service. * The American Management Association asserts that 60 percent of new sales should come from old customers, showing repurchase loyalty. * Consultant R.L. Desatnick points out that in the auto industry, for example, a loyal customer represents a lifetime revenue of $140,000. * The Consumer Affairs Office warns that seven out of 10 people may stop doing business with a supplier based on the way they are treated during a first contact. * AT&T reports that the number of 800 numbers (often used by companies that want to provide customer information or assistance) grows 25 percent annually. * The Technical Assistance Research Project (T.A.R.P.) states that a company will never hear from up to 90 percent of its unsatisfied customers (though those unhappy people will tell 10 others about their negative experiences), but that when dissatisfied customers do complain, their loyalty significantly increases if their complaints are resolved to their satisfaction.
As they considered such facts, industries from banking to retailing and from high-tech to personal services made customer service and satisfaction the priority topic of the late 1980s. Training magazine reported in 1987 that companies viewed customer service as the most critical future challenge for training departments. Users of ASTD's TRAINET computer database can find hundreds of citations on the topics of customer service, customer relations, and customer satisfaction.
The initial response to the challenge has concentrated on training service employees. Superstar consultants (Tom Peters in Passion for the Customer, for instance) have sensitized corporations to the importance of their front-line employees. The clerk, salesperson, or service technician is the point of contact between the customer and the company; such corporate ambassadors hold many of the keys to eventual customer satisfaction and loyalty. Also, they are the ones who too often have been neglected and undertrained for their roles. Unfortunately, the new attention to front-line employees has led to a proliferation of training programs and seminars referred to lightly as "smile" training or charm school.
Though the interpersonal skills and professional image of front-line employees are critical for success, the belief that their training alone can guarantee customer satisfaction and a competitive edge smacks of a corporate quick-fix; the eventual bottom-line results could be disappointing. As in any attempt at organizational change, training professionals must take into consideration many variables if true customer satisfaction is to follow.
A diamond model
A baseball diamond model (see the figure) depicts four areas for action planning and change for the company that wants to make a complete effort in customer service and satisfaction. At first base is the front-line employee who must handle customer contacts --he or she not only must make sales or render services, but also must engender customer satisfaction with the sales/service experience that will lead to future purchases or referrals. …


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I actually managed to get away for the weekend and do a spot of carp fishing. I love all sorts of fishing but this is the one that really yanks my chain because you know, if you get it right, you are in for one hell of a ride.
Anyhow the weather appeared right and there wasn't a huge amount of pressure on the lake, which is always better. On the first night, however, things did not go to plan and all I caught was a bream, about 6lb in weight, of which 3lb was slime (just why are bream soooo slimy?).
The following evening felt much better. I really felt that something was going to happen and the fish were showing en masse. The first fish I caught was another bream, but this was around the 9 or 10lb mark and actually put up a bit of a scrap - a novelty in itself. Eventually the buzzer indicated that a very angry fish had attached itself to my hook and proceeded to give my entire body a very physical workout. I was almost certain that it was a common carp since this is how they fight in here, and after about 15 minutes slid the net underneath her.
At 23lb 6oz she was a real stunner and I sacked her for the images to be taken a little later. Just before first light I latched into another fish which I guessed to be a mirror carp because of its much more ponderous and steady scrap and was pleased to see that my guess was correct. At 15lb 4oz she was more than welcome.
I really do seem to have the rigs absolutely spot on at the moment and this is proven in that this was only my second trip here this year and have caught on both occasions. Incidentally it appears that nothing else was caught that night, at least not as far as I'm aware. I suppose I've set myself for a great fall now but I really am 100% confident in my carp fishing and in this game, confidence is everything.
With apologies for the sound and light levels (well it was first light and I didn't want to shout)here are a couple of short video clips of the fish - enjoy!


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WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Daymond Langkow scored early in the third period to help the Calgary Flames beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 in exhibition play Wednesday night.
Defensemen Dion Phaneuf and Matt Pelech also scored for Calgary (1-1) in front of a mostly pro-Flames crowd of 12,621 at MTS Centre.
Enver Lisen scored two first-period goals to give Phoenix (0-2) a 2-0 lead.
The Coyotes franchise left Winnipeg for Phoenix after the 1995-96 season. Phoenix captain Shane Doan, the last remaining Coyote to have played for the Jets, assisted on both goals.
The teams will play again Thursday night in Calgary.


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Simple actions by consumers and food retailers can dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tonnes of food lost or wasted each year and help shape a sustainable future, according to a new global campaign to cut food waste launched today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and partners.
The Think.Eat.Save campaign of the Save Food Initiative, is a partnership between UNEP, FAO and Messe Düsseldorf, and in support of the UN Secretary-General's Zero Hunger Challenge, which seeks to add its authority and voice to these efforts in order to galvanize widespread global, regional and national actions, catalyze more sectors of society to be aware and to act, including through exchange of inspiring ideas and projects between those players already involved and new ones that are likely to come on board.
The campaign harnesses the expertise of organizations such as WRAP UK, Feeding the 5,000 and other partners, including national governments, who have considerable experience targeting and changing wasteful practices.
Think.Eat.Save. aims to accelerate action and provide a global vision and information-sharing portal for the many and diverse initiatives currently underway around the world.
Worldwide, about one-third of all food produced, worth around US$1 trillion, gets lost or wasted in food production and consumption systems according to data released by FAO. Food loss occurs mostly at the production stages – harvesting, processing and distribution – while food waste typically takes place at the retailer and consumer end of the food-supply chain.
In industrialized regions, almost half of the total food squandered, around 300 million tonnes annually, comes as the result of producers, retailers and consumers discarding food that is still fit for consumption. This is more than the total net food production of Sub-Saharan Africa, and would be sufficient to feed the estimated 870 million people hungry in the world.
"In a world of seven billion people, set to grow to nine billion by 2050, wasting food makes no sense – economically, environmentally and ethically," said UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner.
"Aside from the cost implications, all the land, water, fertilizers and labour needed to grow that food is wasted – not to mention the generation of greenhouse gas emissions produced by food decomposing on landfill and the transport of food that is ultimately thrown away," he added. "To bring about the vision of a truly sustainable world, we need a transformation in the way we produce and consume our natural resources."
The global food system has profound implications for the environment, and producing more food than is consumed only exacerbates the pressures, some of which follow:
- More than two billion hectares of arable lands was degraded due to poor agricultural practices over the second half of the 20th century;
- Fresh water supplies are over-subscribed globally – at least 70 per cent of fresh water is consumed by agriculture;
- The food system accounts for nearly 21per cent per cent of global fossil fuel use;
- Agriculture contributes more than 30 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions;
- Agricultural expansion is responsible for 80 per cent of deforestation;
- Global fish stocks have declined by 75 per cent, due to uncontrolled overfishing and habitat degradation.
Part of the trigger for the campaign was the outcome of the Rio+20 Summit in June 2012, in which Heads of State and governments gave the go-ahead for a 10 Year Framework of Programmes for Sustainable Consumption and Production. One of the themes of the framework of programmes is agri-food.
"There can be no other area that is perhaps so emblematic of the opportunities for a far more resource-efficient and sustainable world – and there is no other issue that can unite North and South and consumers and producers everywhere in common cause," said Mr. Steiner.
Much of the losses in developing countries come at early stages of the food supply chain due to financial, managerial and technical limitations in harvesting techniques; storage and cooling facilities in difficult climatic conditions; infrastructure; packaging and marketing systems.
However, in the developed world the end of the chain is far more significant. At the retail level in the developed world, large quantities of food are wasted due to quality standards that over-emphasize appearance, unnecessarily stringent sell-by and use-by dates, and consumers being quick to throw away edible food due to over-buying and preparing meals that are too large.
Per capita waste by consumers is between 95 and115 kg a year in Europe and North America/Oceania, while consumers in sub-Saharan Africa, south and south-eastern Asia each throw away only 6 to 11 kg a year.
According to WRAP, the average UK family could save £680 per year (US$1,090) and the UK hospitality sector could save £724 million(US$1.2 billion) per year by tackling food waste.
- Shop Smart: Plan meals, use shopping lists, buy from bulk bins, avoid impulse buys and don't succumb to marketing tricks that lead you to buy more food than you need.
- Buy Funny Fruit: Many fruits and vegetables are thrown out because their size, shape, or colour are deemed not "right". Buying these perfectly good fruit, at the farmer's market or elsewhere, utilizes food that might otherwise go to waste.
- Understand Expiry Dates: Unlike "Sell-by" and "use-by" dates, "Best-before" dates are generally manufacturer suggestions for peak quality. Most foods can be safely consumed well after these dates.
- Zero Down Your Fridge: Websites such as WRAP's www.lovefoodhatewaste.com can help consumers get creative with recipes to use up anything that might go bad soon.
- Other actions include: freezing food; requesting smaller portions at restaurants; eating leftovers – whether home-cooked, from restaurants or takeaway; composting food; and donating spare food to local food banks, soup kitchens, pantries, and shelters.
Retailers and the Hospitality Industry
- Supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, companies, cities and countries can use the website to pledge to measure the food they waste and put in place targets to reduce it.
- Retailers can carry out waste audits and product loss analysis, discount offers for near-expiration items, redesign product displays with less excess, standardize labelling and increased food donations, among other actions.
- Restaurants, pubs and hotels can limit menu choices and introduce flexible portioning, carry out waste audits and create staff engagement programmes, among many other measures.
For more information visit the campaign's official website.
Secretary-General's message on World Environment Day – "Think.Eat.Save: Reduce Your Foodprint"


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|street art-literally- near Galata tower
T's brother and sister-in-law (from now on referred to as C & S) were arriving later in the day, so we got up and had a very nice breakfast in the hotel's breakfast room. It was a typical Turkish breakfast: bread, jam, honey, yogurt, sliced cucumbers, tomato wedges, white cheese, black olives, and hard boiled eggs.
|my çaydanlık
The preferred morning drink is çay or Turkish tea. When I first arrived in Turkey it became important that I master the art of making tea and having it available for when someone would drop in.
|a couple of my tea glasses
When served, the remaining water is used to dilute the tea on an individual basis, giving each person the choice between strong (koyu; "dark") or weak (açık; "light"). Tea is drunk from small glasses to enjoy it hot in addition to showing its color, and sweetened with lumps of sugar.
As C & S wouldn't be arriving til evening, we decided to walk along Istikal street, and discover old landmarks and revisit places we'd gone years ago as well as discover where things were - in daylight.
We did manage, along the way, to find a computer guy who got my laptop to work fine at his place of business, because he had unprotected wi-fi. Still the idiot computer continued to be stubborn in hotel (and all subsequent hotels) so I found myself letting go of my frustration with it and I began to refer to it as "my little door stop". I figured I'd go on vacation from my computer as well.
I started keeping a journal on paper again and was amused by the novelty. However, I can't tell you how glad I was to have printed out all relevant emails, confirmations, and tickets (along with receipts!) that I had arranged before we left on the trip. Several times, they became VERY important to have to hand.
|Hüseyin Aga Camii
Along the way we went inside to see St Anthony of Padua Cathedral (link is a cool 360 photograph- not mine) and we also, just to be ecumenical, stopped to see a small but lovely old mosque Hüseyin Aga Camii built in 1597. We hunted up the locations of a few places to visit the following day and then we took the little tram from Galata all the way back up to Taksim Square.
|lightly battered shrimp- very yum
C& S arrived safe and sound and best of all with no problems. They checked in and then we all went for a short walk, then on to dinner at Haci Baba restaurant. (if you click the link, we sat at the middle table next to the window!)
|end of tour downpour
We all made an early night of it and we off and running shortly after breakfast to visit Dolmabahçe Palace. We decided to walk, as C& S expressed a need to stretch their legs after 19 hours in an airplane. So walk we did from our hotel to the Bosphorus! Then we walked the whole of the Palace tour. When we finished it was pouring rain, so we decided to visit the little clock museum and the 'crystal palace' which turned out to be a (newly opened to the public) lovely Victorian solarium in one of the houses in the palace grounds.
Were it not for the rain we might have missed both! The clock museum was filled with amazing treasures, both Ottoman and European, gorgeous unique clocks (at least one of which took a whole lifetime to build) very nicely displayed.
|Kamondo Staircase
From the palace we made our way to the Metro and took the T1 from Beşiktaş to Karaköy. Originally we'd thought of continuing on the metro and taking the second oldest underground rail line, Tünel, (1875; after the London underground in 1863!) but we took the amazing (and iconic thanks to Cartier-Bresson's photo) Kamondo staircase (1870) instead, finding yet another little piece of art nouveau tucked away in the city.
We made it to the Galata tower again, (from the other direction this time) and C & S went to the top. (as T is not fond of heights and I'd been up there already years ago, we stayed below in a little cafe and had a glass of fresh pressed orange juice..)
|tea at the Pera Palac
I was one of the brilliant ones. (see my profiteroles with incredible chocolate sauce, below. They were so good, I have nothing to compare them with!)
|profiteroles to die for
I could imagine myself in an Agatha Christie novel, and expected to see Hercule Poirot step into the room at any moment.
We decided, since we were so close- even though we were pretty well walked out- to go across the street and see the Frieda Kahlo/Diego Rivera exhibit at the Pera Museum.
It was there that I had a little senior moment, as when the lady was about to sell us the tickets, she asked if any of us were students or over 60, and three hands went up, whilst I started to say I wasn't 60 yet... only to remember that in fact I was creeping up on 62!! Ah the irony! The last time I was in Istanbul, I wasn't even 50!! Of course I took a great deal of crap for the rest of the afternoon, from the three hand raiser "over sixties" on that boo-boo.
The exhibits were wonderful but we were totally blown out of the water with the Scenes from Tsarist Russia exhibit offered from the State Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg , with paintings from the 19 century, in the period of Russian realism. It was stunning. (it also shined a spotlight on the life of the average man and what it meant to be a serf! Almost makes you understand the Russian revolution.)
After that we all knew it was time to take a little rest before we went out for dinner. Thankfully. We all napped well for a couple of hours.
We opted to walk back to Istikal street and search out a place for dinner. Dinner ended up not so special - and fairly expensive as "we" decided to listen to the "very nice man" who walked along side of us and directed us to his restaurant. [Reminder to self: NEVER eat in a restaurant where there are no other people...really.] T and I had misgivings but we figured it was probably going to be a good lesson early on in the trip for C & S. It was.
After dinner we walked around a bit and took in the lights and made our farewells to Beyoğlu.
The next morning we were packed and ready to check out by 9. Our transport showed up on time and swept us off in comfort to Sabiha Gökçen International Airport on the Anatolian side of the Bosphorus.
And a fine welcome to Asia it was!
Tomorrow I'll write a bit more about the next leg of the journey, but I'll close with a few more pictures from our time in Beyoğlu.
|Galata neighborhood
|T, C & S walking past a tobacco seller
|hanging out my hotel balcony in the rain
|Santa Ottoman Hotel
|Galata tower at night
|Memorial (with Atatürk) Taksim Square
|Dolmabahçe in the rain
|more Dolmabahçe in the rain
|the Palace guard
|the Bosphorus
|newly restored ceiling in Pera Palace Hotel
|Taksim Square at night
|Young Turks protesting politely
|side street near our hotel
|we're having fun!


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I am so super excited to announce that I have been chosen as one of the new members of the me & my BIG ideas DesignTeam! I feel very honored to be in the company of these creative ladies above. I can't wait to share various artsy projects, scrapbook layouts, Project Life spreads, mixed media canvases, art journal pages, etc using fun mambi goodies. I will be sharing all kinds of inspiring goodness right here on Sadie Inspired as well as my Instagram & Pinterest. Come say "Hi!" I would love for you to come follow along.
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The Sports Authority of India (SAI), and the University of Birmingham have reached an agreement by which the university will help develop educational programmes that will help to further sports in India.
The educational tools can be used by sports scientists, coaches of all sports, and also for those who teach sports in schools. The aim of the collaboration is to help Indian athletes to improve their performance. A group of Indian representatives visited the University of Birmingham for two weeks.
In addition to research in areas that are of interest to both countries, the two entities are looking toward developing the next generation of Indian athletes. Work has also begun on shaping sports policy for India.
Injeti Srinivas, the Director General of the SAI, commented: "SAI is delighted to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the University of Birmingham, which is highly regarded in the area of sports science. SAI looks forward to partnering with the University of Birmingham and strengtheningits coaching development programme, as well as introducing state-of-the-art scientific support in training, evaluation, and preparation of its high performance athletes."
At the recent Rio Olympics, out of all those who were selected to represent England, it should be noted that there were a large number of competitors who were educated at the University of Birmingham. The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017 has ranked the School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Birmingham as the best in the United Kingdom.
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham, Professor Robin Mason, also commented on the partnership: "The University of Birmingham is proud to team up with the Sports Authority of India. I am delighted that our highly-respected sports experts are working successfully with the very people leading the development of sport in India."