BP Oil Spill – Crowd Sourcing to Find the Solution – Weeding Through the Suggestions

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Interestingly enough, there is something BP can do with all these suggestions, and it would be good to get out ahead of the negativity in the media and their trashing of BP’s Brand Name. Let’s face it there are nearly 50,000 wells in the Gulf of Mexico and it supplies almost 30% of our US oil – we can’t just turn it off.

Here is my suggestion to the challenge British Petroleum has when it comes to what to do with 1,000s and 1,000s of suggestion tips which have been coming in non-stop to its tip hotline. What BP needs to do is to borrow some help from the online community and use “Crowd Sourcing” techniques, those like DARPA recently used when it “Challenged” everyone to find the “Red Balloons” 10-of them which were scattered around the country. MIT found all ten, in an extremely short time.

This strategy makes sense for DARPA as it could someday be used for military purposes, such as it could be used to look at satellite photos of Iran to find anomalies, nuclear facilities. It also has potential space applications with NASA – finding locations on Mars that might have ice or water, potential landing sites, maybe even surveying galaxies to find similar exo-planets to Earth, which might contain life, etc.

What I am saying is that British Petroleum should post ALL of the suggestions online, put it out there, as it shows transparency and it is a good PR move too. Something Congress is afraid to do with the bills it passes. This will allow independent teams to work through those lists of suggestions and citizens to “rate” the ideas. Then teams can whittle all the ideas down, find duplicates, and see if the “wisdom of the crowd” prevails and finds consensus on various types of solutions.

Let’s help BP find the best ideas and when this is completed give out prizes to the winners.

The ideas that win, go ahead and give 5-scholarships to MIT, or a top engineering school. Perhaps, give $ 100,000 seed money for any innovative project that the team with the best idea, might like to do. Why not turn an unfortunate situation into a positive one. Rather than playing all the doom and gloom in the media with screaming environmentalists, or any mean-spirited person the media can drum up for a sound bite, we can make some progress on potential future solutions in case the present solutions don’t work out.

Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes oil is very important in America. http://www.oilchangeguys.com.

Sample Messages For Weddings

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Weddings are one of the most memorable and important events in ones life. It is an occasion filled with love, joy, and optimism as the newlywed couple look forward to building a family. Friends and family share in this happy union of a couple by giving gifts, cards, and messages.

We always want our messages for a son, daughter, friend, classmate, or other acquaintance and loved one getting married to be special. We are providing some tips on writing, as well as sample messages to help you deliver that perfect message. If you want to make your message more unique, use the sample messages as a guide and modify them to suit the personality of the couple getting married.

One tip is to make your message inspiring and heartfelt. Use positive words such as hope, share, blessing, celebrate, wonderful, and united. You may use scriptures or verses from the Bible such as Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 and Colossians 3:14 that are commonly used in wedding messages. You can also use quotations, poems, and songs about love to make the message more interesting to read.

Your wedding message can also be humorous if the couple is a close friend or a relative. Be sure to keep the humor light-hearted. Below are some sample messages. These sample messages can spark ideas on what to write for the next wedding you attend.

Sample Messages

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity (Colossians 3:14)

Congratulations on this joyous union of two hearts. May you have all the happiness that married life has to offer.
Thank you for letting us be a part of this special day. You are Gods gift to each other.
May the Lord shower you with blessings on your wedding day and always.
Sincere congratulations and best wishes to you. I wish you a long life together filled with happiness, love, and prosperity.

Heartfelt greetings on your wedding day. May this wonderful day be the start of many years of smiles and laughter.

As you begin this journey in life together, may you remain steadfast through both sunny and stormy days.

Congratulations to the newlyweds. Yours is a match made in heaven.

May blessings fill your married life. May love light the path you will now take as one.

Marrying is the easy part. Now comes a lifetime together. Good luck!
You have successfully gone through the first step to married life. Now go forth and multiply!

Recipe for a happy marriage: lay a crust of love, sprinkle generously with faith and understanding, then add a dash of humor. Happy cooking!

Now a days Every one using messages for greeting, on wedding occasions, birthday occasions,festivals and on every occasions. One tip is to make your message is just positive words.For more details visit: http://www.samplemessages.org

Catharina van Delden — CEO innosabi.com about Open Innovation at BITKOM Trendkongress 2013

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Must admit I’m a fan of Catharina! She is so remarkable and experienced in doing open innovation and crowdsourcing. We had a chat during BITKOM Trendkongress…
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Colours CMS Review

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Originally established in 2002, Colours is a, “strategic design & communication company with expertise in the offshore oil & gas and maritime industries.” The company … Their content management system is currently only offered to their own customers …
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How To Double Your Content Marketing ROI In 2014
One piece of the process is evaluating how you did in relation to the audacious goals you set on January 1. For many businesses, 2013 was the year you were going to launch a blog and publish daily, keep growing your active social media accounts, and …
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Assistance In Making Business Plan Template

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The first 18 months of your business is very risky. Survey says that almost thirty percent of all small businesses fall within the first two years. This is the deciding point if your business will be effective and if it will last. With this, you have to make a business plan to ensure that your business is given the greatest chance of success. 

There are websites offering assistance in making a business plan template. A good business plan template has two basic parts: narrative and financial worksheets. The narrative part of the business plan contains the details and the strategies. It is subdivided into various sections. Create your business plan in a systematic way to avoid missing out some points. The financial worksheets in the other way consist the budget for the business plan to work out. Remember that the purpose of making a template is not to hasten the result of your business but thinking about your business in a more intelligent and smart way.
 
The first step in making a business plan template is to make a rough draft. Make a note of all the ideas and concept you want to incorporate in your plan. If it happens that, you have a business partner, it is important to talk to him or her with your plans. 
 
The next step is to make a systematic and professional narrative. This will include all the ideas and concepts but in a more systematic flow. While doing this, you will be more involve in your business in a critical way. Some think of this as a waste of time, but creating a business template will help avoid making poor decisions that could lead to the failure of your business. 
 
When making your business plan template, you should start by writing the name and the details of the owner or owners of the business. After, you may follow it with the table of contents. A basic business plan template contains executive summary, a general description of a company, the products and services offered by the company, marketing plan, operational plan, and the management and organizational structure. On the other hand, the financial part consist the financial statement, startup expenses, and capitalization details of the plan.
 
 
 

 

Tropicana Coco Quench TVC 30s "Something's Coming Out"

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Phase 1 TVC for Tropicana Coco Quench An Integrated Marketing Communications Plan for IMCquest 2013 (c) Lighthouse Agency.
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The Fed Still Has To Be Careful Not To Repeat A 1937 Scenario

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The Fed Still Has To Be Careful Not To Repeat A 1937 Scenario
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Four Tricks for Sticking to Your Financial Resolutions
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I Miss You Quotes and Broken Heart Quotes

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There is a time in our lives when almost every one of us is, for any reason whatsoever, literally forced to separate from a beloved or someone that one is extremely close to. At other times, for instance if one’s loved one is called upon to perform duty in a militarily active zone, it may even become impossible to communicate via mailing letters or sending text messages. Occasion phone calls may be possible, but these will usually be short and at times may appear as though coerced. Information considered classified may not be exchanged on an open telephone line and a lot of answers will thus sound confusing or at the most rather erratic. Inevitably, one is then forced to simply say, “I miss you.” This is one of the shortest ‘I miss you quotes and broken heart quotes’.

You will normally become aware that a simple ‘I miss you’ will leave you feeling more helpless, lonely and remorse. You will slowly start to wonder exactly what it is that you most miss about the person separated from you. You may even decide to make a small list of these ‘I miss you’ things. Usually common relationship phrases that will come to your mind may include: I miss your closeness. I miss your warmth. I miss your cute smile. I miss your hearty laughter. Some famous ‘I miss you quotes and broken heart quotes’ include:

“Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you’re close in heart.”  ~Kay Knudsen

“Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.”  ~Lamartine

“All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when dreams do show thee to me.” ~William Shakespeare, “Sonnet XLIII”

“Can miles truly separate you from friends….If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?  ~Richard Bach

More than 2,400 people search Google each single day to look for ‘I miss you quotes and broken heart quotes’.

This should give you a fair idea of how well relationships are getting along for a lot of people today. Nowadays, to find just the right partner for you is getting to be an art in itself. But what is much more demanding, is having to persistently work harder in order to keep sustaining a binding, healthy and fruitful relationship, especially over a prolonged period of time. Most relationships normally tend to break up due to several reasons, yet the resultant pain and agony of a ‘broken heart’ can be a lot similar for many of us.

A reasonably good way for avoiding this happening to you is to gain the essential knowledge desired to keep the relationship waxing and thriving even through the ebbs and flows of life. Stress, caused due to various factors, is the prime contributor in most broken relationships. One such particularly damaging stress factor, which works against your ability to sustain a long term healthy partnership, is remaining on a disastrous course that leads directly to conflict. To be successful, avoid every chance of conflict in a relationship and always kill stress instantly.

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Getting appy: mobile expo a first for growing industry

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Integrated Shipping In Xml Format

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Software is one of the factors that determine the level of service that a courier company can offer their customers. Most of the features that you would look for in the software of a Miami courier service are actually all tied to one over-arching characteristic of good courier software. This is that all good courier software should offer integrated shipping in XML format.

Integrated shipping in XML format is going to give you all of the features that make doing business with a modern courier company so much easier than dealing with couriers in the past was. Previously, to try and place an order with a courier company was a frustrating experience. It often involved waiting on hold on the phone for a long period of time, and then struggling to make sure that the dispatcher understood exactly what you required from your order. Tracking a package could be even worse, and some people remember with great distaste phoning in to slow touch tone phone operated tracking menus that would at best provide inaccurate or not up to date information about a package’s location. If you work with a courier with integrated XML shipping, none of these issues will be present.

If you are working with a courier that offers integrated shipping in XML format, they will have an area that you can go to on the web to access their software. Usually, this will be found on their main courier website. They will have a login area that account holders can access. Simply use the login ID and password that your courier company provides you to gain access to the software.

Once there, the average courier software built in XML format is going to have a number of features that you can make good use of. The first of these is usually the ability to place detailed orders online. This can be extremely useful when also combined with an inventory management system. If the courier company is also your warehousing company, this type of software will allow you to manage and inspect your inventory and specify in detail your shipping needs which will then be automatically processed by the system.

There are other useful features as well. These types of systems can often be easily integrated with an advanced and practical package tracking system. Usually these will now be incorporated with GPS technology. That means that you should be able to see exactly where your package is throughout its delivery.

Earl Cavell is a consultant for local Miami courier service and Miami delivery services companies as well as international courier service businesses.

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