Marketing: Use your team | Powersports Business

Mark Mooney, Principal, Mohala Motorsports Consulting
March 30, 2012
Filed under Dealer Consultants

Is your team capable of marketing and growing your business? Marketing is a key for sustainable growth, and the best marketers should be your team. What sets you apart from all the rest, and how is that conveyed?

Building a solid business in any economic climate, good or bad, fails or succeeds with the practices that have been implemented that your team follows. Not sometimes, but all the time. The most grandiose or the most simplistic plan has about the same chance of succeeding, or not, depending on the consistency of your business practices.

Marketing and advertising are not the same, and unfortunately, they are often lumped together. You advertise to drive products, to communicate interest. You market to specific needs. Marketing will grow business and retain business in ways that advertising never will. It is immune to budget cuts, and unlike advertising, it can be free.

Does your team, do your individual leaders, take the time to find out what those clients coming through your doors every day want and need?? Not just at the moment, but in the future? Is it tracked? Do you follow up?

Imagine that along with your customer?s current purchase your counter associate asked about future purchases. If, for example, there will be ?a helmet purchase in the next couple of months,? you find out what type and brand. Get the pertinent information on the client and log it in.

You call the client in three or four weeks and express the desire to help them with their purchase on that helmet. You have now shown their value to your business and addressed their specific needs. Imagine all your departments working this way and working with each other to build all departments. Remember: one for all and all for one! Maybe that counter associate is told about a service issue that is going to be done or tires installed down the road. Get the information to the service department so they can follow up. It could be three weeks down the road or three months, but you have to market yourselves to get that business.

Just like your F&I department, offer all services, all the time, with every sale. All departments, marketing themselves with every sale.

As with anything, you must have proper training and a good foundation to start with, as well as a willingness to try new ways of doing things. There are ways to track the information you need to get anything done these days, as well how to get it to who needs it. And remember to take the time to talk to your clients; they will appreciate it more.

I know there is never enough time in a day, but don?t put this off until tomorrow. Get the team doing this, and you will see the difference that marketing can make: increased sales, word of mouth advertising that you couldn?t buy if you wanted to and customers that will keep coming back.

?Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice? Anton Chekov

?Mark Mooney is a 35-year veteran of the motorsports industry. He is the principal of Mohala Motorsports Consulting, which offers mentoring and training for dealer principals and their staffs, improving profitability while inspiring a positive workplace. Mark is the former owner of a multi-line metric OEM dealership in California.
Contact:?mark@mohalamotorsportsconsulting.com

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'Thank God, he was there': JetBlue co-pilot an unlikely hero

A federal criminal complaint alleges that JetBlue captain Clayton Osbon told his first officer, "we need to take a leap of faith." NBC's Tom Costello reports.

By msnbc.com news services

In the wake of JetBlue captain?Clayton Osbon's?mid-air meltdown on Tuesday, many are calling first officer Jason Dowd, the?co-pilot of flight 191, a hero.

Pilots train for a range of in-flight mishaps including sick passengers, emergency landings and terrorist attacks, the Associated Press reports. But Dowd faced the rarest of scenarios: deciding whether to lock his incapacitated captain out of the cockpit and make an emergency landing after Osbon began exhibiting bizarre behavior.

Osbon, 49, is charged with interfering with a flight crew and, if convicted, could face 20 years in prison.

According to court documents,?Dowd was "really worried" when Osbon told him "we need to take a leap of faith." Concerned about Osbon's behavior, Dowd suggested that they invite an off-duty JetBlue captain who was flying as a passenger to come into the cockpit

Instead, witness accounts describe Osbon telling his co-pilot "things just don't matter" and sprinting down the center aisle ? yelling jumbled remarks about Sept. 11 and Iran.

The off-duty captain then joined Dowd, and from inside the locked cockpit, which Osbon tried to re-enter by banging on the door, the co-pilot gave an order through the intercom to restrain Osbon, according to the documents, which don't mention Dowd by name.?

Clayton Osbon, who had been flying for nearly 25 years, allegedly began yelling at air traffic controllers and later ran toward the cockpit door after getting locked out. He has been charged with interfering with a flight crew. NBC's Tom Costello reports.

The New York to Las Vegas flight was diverted to Amarillo, Texas, and Dowd safely landed the plane.?

Dowd, an Ohio native who still lives in his hometown of Salem,?is staying out of the public eye for now, but a wave of overnight fame ? much like 'Miracle on the Hudson' Capt. Chesley Sullenberger ? likely awaits. JetBlue says the decision on whether to go public is up to him, but they're not commenting more out of respect for his privacy.

JetBlue has praised Dowd's actions,?along with crew members and an off-duty pilot who stepped in to assist.

"Knowing my son, he would think that he's not a hero. He just did what he was paid to do," Dowd's mother, Jean Beatrice Dowd, told CNN.

"That's just his job, and he loves his job. He's just a quiet man."

His mother-in-law Ruth Ann Kostal said Thursday that Dowd doesn't think he's a hero, but she's not surprised he acted cool under pressure.

"I'm glad for those people he was the co-pilot that day," Kostal said. "Thank God, he was there."

Dowd hasn't been able to come home yet because he's still being interviewed by federal authorities in New York, Kostal said. He has made no public comments about Tuesday's flight.

?Passengers, including those who helped restrain Osbon, also credit Dowd for landing their plane safely.

"I think the co-pilot is really the hero here," passenger Tony Antolino told TODAY. "He had the instincts to recognize that something was going horribly wrong in the cockpit."

David Gonzalez, a 50-year-old former New York corrections office from Tannersville, Pa., who helped tackle Osbon, credits Dowd for getting the captain out of the cockpit and locking the door so he couldn't get back in.

"It's because of his actions that we're here," Gonzalez said of Dowd.

?Public relations experts say there are big pros and cons to going public, like what "Sully" and his co-captain Jeff Skiles experienced in the aftermath of their emergency landing in the Hudson River.?

"For some folks it's a lot to deal with ? especially all at once," said Dr. Ron Bishop, a professor of culture and communication at Drexel University in Philadelphia. "It seems given all the outlets and different means in which we communicate, the attention paid to a person in that situation is ramped up considerably."?

David E. Johnson, CEO of Strategic Vision, LLC, a leading public relations agency, said if Dowd comes forward, it would likely give JetBlue a needed public relations boost.

"JetBlue needs someone to really step the forefront. It's the second person there that's gone berserk they need to show that they've got good and heroic employees," he said.

In 2010, JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater pulled the emergency chute on a flight after it landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport. He went on the public-address system, swore at a passenger, grabbed a beer and slid down onto the tarmac. He was sentenced to probation, counseling and substance abuse treatment for attempted criminal mischief.

As much as JetBlue likely wants to put Slater's and Osbon's outbursts behind them, Johnson said there's another reason why Dowd may not want to go public.

"He's probably just very low key and just thinks he did what he was supposed to do," Johnson said.?

Information from NBC News and the Associated Press was included in this report.

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Source: http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/29/10927245-thank-god-he-was-there-jetblue-co-pilot-an-unlikely-hero

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Artificial thymus tissue enables maturation of immune cells

Thursday, March 29, 2012

The thymus plays a key role in the body's immune response. It is here where the T lymphocytes or T cells, a major type of immune defence cells, mature. Different types of T cells, designated to perform specific tasks, arise from progenitor cells that migrate to the thymus from the bone marrow. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Immunology and Epigenetics in Freiburg have generated artificial thymus tissue in a mouse embryo to enable the maturation of immune cells. In this process, they discovered which signalling molecules control the maturation of T cells. Their results represent the first step towards the production of artificial thymus glands that could be used to replace or augment the damaged organ.

As part of the immune response, the T cells are responsible for tracking down and destroying intruders and degenerated cells in the body. Their progenitors are formed in the bone marrow. Attracted by chemical signals, they migrate from there to the thymus. This small organ, which is located above the heart, is divided into niches that provide the cells with environmental conditions necessary for their different development phases. The cells mature there into different types of T cells, which are eventually released into the body.

Signalling substances that are active in the various niches of the thymus play a crucial role in the maturation of the progenitor cells. A combination of four proteins ? the two chemokines Ccl25 and Cxcl12, and the cytokine Scf and the Notch ligand DLL4 ? determines whether progenitor cells are attracted to a particular niche in the thymus and how they develop there. It was not previously known which combination of factors is responsible for the development of a particular cell type.

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute in Freiburg have now succeeded in explaining the control mechanism. "The development of the progenitor cells depends on surprisingly few factors and follows simple rules," says Thomas Boehm. "For example, just two factors, namely Cxcl12 and DLL4, are sufficient for the T cell progenitors to complete half of their development. From that point, it takes just a few steps until two types of mature T cells with the CD4 and CD8 surface molecules are formed. Previously, it was assumed that the control process was far more complicated," explains the scientist.

In order to test how the different combinations of the four genetic factors affect the maturation and differentiation of the immune cells, the researchers created an artificial thymus environment in the mouse embryo. To do this, they switched off the transcription factor Foxn1. Fox1 ensures that all of the genes in the DNA that code for the four different proteins are read. Foxn1 is thus a kind of "general switch" with which all of the relevant genes can be turned off all at once. Having generated non-functional thymus tissue in this way, the researchers then activated the genes again individually and in combination and observed the associated effects on the development of the progenitor cells.

Interestingly, the scientists were also able to attract the progenitors of B lymphocytes and of mast cells to the artificial thymus environment and allow them to mature there. These two types of immune cells normally only develop in the bone marrow. By switching off the Notch ligand DLL4, the researchers were also able to control the maturation of these cells in the artificial thymus. This would suggest that the genetic factors at work in the bone marrow are similar to those in the thymus.

"Our results are not only of relevance to the understanding of fundamental immunological processes," says Thomas Boehm. "They also constitute early milestones in the development of artificial thymuses. This means that one day we may be able to help patients whose thymus has been damaged, for example as a result of cancer treatment," hopes the scientist.

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Lesly Calder?n, Thomas Boehm
Synergistic, context-dependent and hierarchical functions of epithelial components in thymic microenvironments
Cell, 30 March 2012.

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft: http://www.mpg.de

Thanks to Max-Planck-Gesellschaft for this article.

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Timeout Newsletter ? Blog Archive ? Wellbeing at Monash ...

Read about the latest Wellbeing and Monash Sport events, services and activities. Monash aims to assist staff in achieving a healthy work/life balance using a holistic approach ? mind, body, spirit and the community.

Contact us at wellbeing@monash.edu

In the April edition:

Wellbeing events & news

Join the Monash Health Revolution and commit to making a change today

Staff are invited to join the health revolution and commit to making a healthy lifestyle change.

The Health Revolution campaign launched by Wellbeing at Monash-OHS and Monash Sport will ask staff and students to commit to making a change in one of four key areas: physical activity, mental health, nutrition/food or general health.

Dr Vicki Ashton, Occupational Physician says there?s never a bad time to make a change. ?By committing to one small change from the key risk factor areas, you will not only improve the way you feel today but reduce your risk of disease?.

?Any effort you make to improve your health is a step in the right direction, even if you encounter setbacks from time to time?. Dr Ashton says.

The Health Revolution campaign further supports the University?s commitment to providing a healthy workplace and study environment for all staff and students.

For further information and to make your commitment visit the Health Revolution.

Have you registered for your free WorkHealth check?

More than 1950 staff have registered for a free 15 minute WorkHealth check.

Participants will receive immediate, confidential results and advice on blood pressure, blood glucose, cholesterol, waist circumference and more.

Delivered by an accredited WorkHealth provider, your results will remain private and your employer will not receive any personal information about your health.

Dates: March ? April
Locations: Most campuses
How to book: Register for an appointment online at your preferred campus

SWAP to better health! In office pilates, boxing, zumba and yoga classes

Get out of the office in the new year and energise your body using the Staff Wellbeing and Activity Program (SWAP).

EResearch, HR, Facilities & Services, Education, ITS, OHS, the Alfred, Engineering and Medicine all participated in a SWAP Program during 2011.

SWAP has been designed to bring on campus activity to your office! With 30 or 60 minute yoga, zumba, boxing and pilates classes from just $8 per person, get your colleagues together and organise a class at a time that suits you!

Download the new SWAP brochure for all pricing and program information.

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How does your health rate?

The Wellbeing at Monash online Wellness Record assesses your current health in order to develop plans that best suit your individual needs.

The Wellness Record gives you a score out of 100 for your current health ? and enables you to return as often as you like to update your information and review your score. It?s great motivation to see just how much you can improve your score!

Register for the online program here then complete your wellness record. You will also be invited to complete a risk assessment survey:

Lung Health Risk Assessment Tool
This short assessment measures your risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It consists of 6 questions relating to your age, smoking history and symptoms.

Type 2 Diabetes Risk Assessment Tool
Based on Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (2010) Australian Type 2 Diabetes Risk Assessment Tool (AUSDRISK).

Back Care Checklist
Back injuries, and how best to treat them, can vary significantly from person to person. Our Back Pain Survey aims to assess whether the Back Care Program is suitable for you.

Heart Health Risk Assessment Tool
This short assessment measures your risk of developing coronary artery disease in the next 5 years. It consists of 6 questions including cholesterol and blood pressure levels.

New Mindfulness at Work programs

Mindfulness involves a series of simple meditative practices and cognitive strategies that help change unproductive thought and behaviour patterns. Mindfulness can also be described as an attitude to living and can enhance your:

• stress management
• work and study performance
• contentment, peace of mind and balance
• concentration and focus in the moment
• resilience
• physical and emotional health

Dr Craig Hassed, from the Department of General Practice, is now working with Health and Wellbeing to expand the range of resilience-building programs.

Mindfulness programs and resources include:

Looking for a walking buddy on campus?

Fitness Connect is a new online program developed by Monash Sport that allows users to find and get active with someone of a similar fitness level and ability in exercise and/or sport.

Exercising with a friend makes working out more enjoyable with many studies indicating the benefits regarding motivation, support and exercise longevity. Find your buddy today?on the my.monash.portal

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Free Get Active classes ? Parkville

Following the results of the Parkville health checks, Monash Sport are now offering free weekly classes. This is a great opportunity for Parkville staff to get out of the office and get active!

Boxing: Mondays 5pm, Cossar Hall
Boot Camp: Wednesdays 7.30-8.30am, meet at the Flagpole
Mindfulness meditation: Wednesdays 12-12.30pm, pharmaceutics meeting room
Pilates: Thursdays 5pm, Cossar Hall.

Enquiries: Contact Michael Jones, Monash Sport x51073

Confidential, external employee counselling and new Manager Assist Program

EAP is a professional, external, confidential counselling service available free-of-charge to all University employees and their immediate family members. The service can be of assistance when staff are experiencing work-related, personal and/or health problems.

Manager Assist is a phone consulting service available to University Supervisors and Managers, providing practical advice and support. The service is tailored to meet individual needs when step by step advice or a sounding board is needed.

Further information can be found on the University?s EAP website or phone 1800 350 359.

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Weight Watchers at Work Program

Staff the opportunity to enrol in a new Weight Watchers Program. With the convenience of weekly meetings on campus*, you?ll get the guidance that you need to succeed and stay on track to achieve your weight loss and lifestyle goals.

About the program: The program consists of one weekly lunchtime meeting for 13 weeks

Cost: $246 for 13 week program (payment must be made upfront by cash or card at the first meeting). Some private health insurance providers provide a partial refund.

How to register: Send your interest to join a program to wellbeing@monash.edu with WW and your campus in the subject line. 12 participants are required for the program to proceed.

Gippsland walking group

Get out and about at lunchtime and join the Gippsland Walking Group.

When: Monday and Thursday 12.30 ? 1pm
Meet: At the Knuckle ? 1st floor, outside of eSolutions.
Leaders: Shane Paynter, Audra Glavas, Vonnie Boreham

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Do you take public transport to Monash?

Public Transport user Have you ever taken public transport to get to any of Monash?s campuses? We?d like to learn more about your journey!

Participants are sought to complete a survey about their experience of travelling to the university by public transport. The online survey takes approximately 15 minutes to complete.

Participants must have travelled to/from the university by public transport at least once. Complete the survey online or contact Bernadette Fitzgibbon bernadette.fitzgibbon@monash.edu

Healthy Volunteers Needed for Social Brain Study

Research participants aged between 18-40 years are needed for a study investigating how our brain allows us to understand our social environment; for example, knowing other people?s thoughts and intentions.

This research is being conducted at the Alfred Hospital, and involves attending two one-hour testing sessions. Participants will be reimbursed for their travel costs.

If you are interested in participating, or to find out more information, please visit the webpage or contact Bernadette Fitzgibbon bernadette.fitzgibbon@monash.edu)

Competition winners and your chance to win

For your chance to win a Village Cinemas movie ticket tell us what you think of the new layout of the newsletter or provide a suggestion for Wellbeing at Monash or Monash Sport (or any wellbeing service you would like to see) Provide feedback via email wellbeing@monash.edu

Monash Sport news and offers

MPARC now open!

Monash Sport is taking a leap forward on the Peninsula with the launch of the new Monash Peninsula Activity and Recreation Centre (MPARC) facility.

This new facility is open to Monash University students, staff and the general community. It offers a large fitness centre, a group fitness studio, two court basketball stadiums with viewing platforms, an exercise physiology lab and a movement and performance studio.

The new centre is sure to enhance the campus? ?Health Active Community? theme?with its?specialised teaching and learning spaces and facilities for public use.

Find out more about this fantastic leap forward for health and fitness on the Peninsula!

Easter Eating and Fitness Tips

Easter is a great time of family celebration; it can also be a rather indulgent time with Easter eggs, hot cross buns and lots of family meals to enjoy during the Easter get-together! While Easter eating should stay traditional and delicious; simple steps like reducing the fat and salt content or adopting alternative cooking methods can help you stay healthy and fit throughout this celebrative season.

• Follow these simple tips to keep your meals healthy:
• Use the freshest ingredients you can find.
• Choose oily fish such as salmon or ocean trout to give your omega 3 levels a boost.
• Use extra virgin olive oil for traditional roast meals.
• Make your own salad dressing.
• Try making your own Hot Cross Buns, and add some Gourmet Garden Ginger for added flavour and an antioxidant boost.

While healthy Easter eating is essential; it is also important to not forget about the workouts. Of course, continue going to the gym everyday during Easter can be seen as too obsessive. Therefore, a ?condensed-but-intense-workout? at home will help to keep the muscle growth/fat loss process going during this holiday.

?Condensed-but-intense-workout?

Customise your own 30-minute workout that combines THREE lower body workouts and THREE upper body exercises.

• Warm up with exercises like marching or jogging in place,
• Do 10-20 repetitions of a lower body exercise,
• Do 10-15 repetitions of an upper body exercise,
• Follow this with a minute of jumping jacks or jogging in place.
• Repeat this whole routine two or even three times.

Doug Ellis Pool Re-Opening

Monash Sport are proud to announce the final piece of the puzzle ? the Doug Ellis Swimming Pool has now been re-opened to students, staff and the community following the completion of the retiling project!

This much improved campus facility underwent retiling on the 25 metre heated main and adjoining leisure pools over the course of the last 3 months to compliment the 25 metre heated variable depth pool, spa, sauna and steam rooms offered at Monash Sport Clayton.

We invite all swimmers to experience this spectacular refurbished facility first hand, and all new users can enjoy the Doug Ellis Swimming Pool with a free 7 day trial!

This transformation at the Doug Ellis Swimming Pool completes a suite of new facilities across Monash Sport including the recent opening of the brand new Monash Peninsula Activity and Recreation Centre (MPARC) at Peninsula, the expanded Caulfield Health and Fitness Centre and the refurbished Clayton Health and Fitness Centre and new informal sports zone.

Fit Camp at Monash Sport

People dream up all sorts of wild thoughts when you tell them you?re about to join a ?fit camp? program. They warn of endless push-ups and unrelenting army-style tyrant coaches, and buckets of sweat you?ll need a mop to wipe up.

Those warnings are only about half right, our fitness instructors at Monash Sport are no tyrants, but they will find a way to encourage and motivate you through a?typical fit camp session.

Monash Sport has been running Fit Camp for about four years now, and in that time we have developed a loyal following amongst our participants. Fit Camp is designed to give people workouts they wouldn?t get using machines in the gym.

The beauty of working out outside is we can use the grass and terrain to our advantage, which allows us to design a workout in almost any sort of conditions. When the weather is great, the classes are held outside, when it?s cold, dark and wet, the workouts can be modified to be run inside our Fitness Centres.

Fit Camp is also a team effort, and the nature of the program provides support to those who are doing it for their first time. At Monash Sport we can tailor each session to suit anyones fitness level.

For more information on Fit Camp, please see?our website, the next sessions will be starting at the Clayton campus on Monday 23 April.

Mother?s Day Classic Registrations Now Open!

Since 2005 TeamMONASH^TM has helped the Monash community celebrate the Mother?s Day Classic by participating in a walk, run or stroll through Alexandra Gardens and the Tan Track for breast cancer research.

Join TeamMONASH^TM at the Classic again on Sunday 13 May, 2012 along with your friends, family, and colleagues for one of four events; the 4km or 8km walk and the 4km or 8km run. For all first time TeamMONASH^TM participants, you can get yourself a fantastic FREE TeamMONASH^TM singlet or T-shirt just for taking part!

Early bird registrations are open now until Wednesday 11 April, so be quick and remember it?s FREE to register with TeamMONASH^TM for uniform eligibility and a free cloakroom service at the event once you have paid to register with the event organiser.

To make the day more special, you can dedicate your race to support or remember someone dear and their fight against breast cancer or even share your story to inspire others to take part. To register with TeamMONASH^TM for this truly unique event visit this page.

World Health Day ? 7 April, 2012

Every year, World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organisation (founded 1948). This annual global campaign invites everyone to focus on new and emerging health issues. World Health Day provides great opportunity to start collective action to protect people?s health and well-being.

This year, the theme is all about ?Good health adds life to years?. Life expectancy has increased dramatically, while birth rates are generally falling. Ageing concerns each and every one of us, but this social transformation represents both challenges and opportunities. Countries and health care systems will need to find innovative and sustainable ways to cope with the demographic shift.

For more information about World Health Day 2012,?click here!

Looking to get outdoors on your lunch break? Visit the new Informal Sport Zone

The brand new Informal Sport Zone facility is now open and features a synthetic surfaced outdoor soccer pitch and basketball court.

And the best part of this modern venue? It?s free for Monash staff and students.

The Informal Sport zone is located at the Clayton campus tennis court complex on former courts 9 and 10. It?s available for use around the clock with automatic floodlights for late evening sessions.

Sport at Monash Calendar

Don?t know when key events are? There will be no more excuses with the Sport at Monash calendar exclusive to Monash staff.

Conveniently feeding times, dates, locations and web links to everything ?sport at Monash? directly into your Google calendar, the Sport at Monash calendar is perfect for fitting in a planned or spontaneous sport and activity into even the busiest schedule!

To access the Sport at Monash calendar, login into the my.monash portal, select the Sport at Monash tick box and update your subscription. The Sport at Monash calendar will now appear overlaid on your personal Google calendar.

Fitness Connect

Fitness Connect is a service which allows users to find and workout with someone of a similar fitness level and ability in exercise and/or sport.

Exercising with a friend makes working out more enjoyable with many studies indicating the benefits regarding motivation, support and exercise longevity.

The service can be found through my.monash.portal

Semester 1 Group Fitness new timetable

Group Fitness is a fantastic way to meet new people or rekindle old friendships whilst exercising and achieving your fitness goals. New timetables are now operational and include more classes such as Zumba, BodyPump and Cycle!

You can find the timetables for Caulfield, Clayton and Peninsula campuses online at Monash Sport

Discounts for staff

Corporate health insurance offers from BUPA (HBA)

Monash staff who sign up as a new member with BUPA on the Monash University Corporate Health Plan receive access to a specially designed corporate suite of Health Insurance products. These products contain built-in savings that are not available to the general public.

Corporate benefits include:

• 2 and 6 month waiting period waiver on extras
• Award Winning Corporate Products ? not available to the public
• Year 3 Loyalty Maximums apply

More info: Visit a BUPA Retail Centre or call 1800 649 406 and quote the Monash University corporate group number ? 122265. *Payment must be made by payroll deduction.

For detailed pricing information see health insurance discounts.

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Book now for?June school holidays! Save up to 50% on holiday accommodation

Monash staff now have access to the exclusive Departure Lounge with discounted rates at selected Peppers, Mantra and BreakFree properties throughout Australia and New Zealand.

These rates are exclusive to Monash staff and can be booked up to 12 months in advance. Rates are best when searching for 3 night stays and at least one month in advance (there is limited availability within the next 28 days).

To book: Visit Departure Lounge and enter the password: monashstaff

Doncaster MINI & BMW corporate program

Donaster BMW is delighted to offer Monash staff access to the exclusive corporate program. Benefits include:

Contact: Marior Giannattilio, Corporate Sales Manager, Doncaster BMQ, ph 88480000 or corporate@doncasterbmw.com.au

Feel back or neck pain?

Are you suffering from: back pain, neck pain, recurrent headaches or sports injuries? You may benefit from visiting a chiropractor. Azari Chiropractic, located in Mt Waverley (5mins from Clayton campus) is offering staff a free initial visit. Ph: 9802 1112 or visit Azari Chiropractics for further information

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Lite n? Easy

Lite n? Easy offer a $25 discount off their 7-day meal pack to new customers. Call 131512 and quote ?Monash Uni discount offer?.

Milk, bread, fruit and vegies delivered to your door

Monash staff, family and friends, receive $20 off your first order. Aussie Farmers is a 100% Australian owned fruit and vegetables, groceries and organic food, delivered to your door free! Visit the discounts for staff for full details.

Dell computer specials

Save up to 15% off a great range of products from Dell.

1) Visit the Dell website and enter the sales code: AUEPP and your organisation name.

2) Start shopping. Use the featured coupon codes to redeem your discount at the checkout.

3) Alternatively, call 1300 730 755.

10% off magazine subscriptions

ACP magazines are offering Monash University staff members a 10% discount on the following magazines titles: APC, Australian PC User, Australian Geographic, Australian Women?s Weekly, Cleo, Cosmo, Empire, Good Health & Medicine, Madison, Money, Motor, Shop Til You Drop, Wheels To receive the 10% discount on subscriptions, visit Magshop or order by phone and quote discount code: P10MUNI

The Convenient Kitchen ? We create, We shop, We deliver!

The Convenient Kitchen deliver to your door a grocery bag packed with 5 healthy yummy recipes and all their accompanying market fresh vegetables, meats, fish and poultry for your week?s home cooking.?? No more thinking ?what will I cook tonight? no more rushing to the supermarket after work to quickly get what you need, it?s all in your pantry or fridge at home already!

Monash staff offer: 20% discount on all full priced grocery bags for 5 dinners*. Phone 98222877 and mention Monash or visit The Convenient Kitchen and add ? Monash? in the special requirements section. *Available to all new customers only.

Travelling soon? Discounted Airport Lounge access

Sign up for a discounted airport lounge membership and enjoy the benefits! Lounges include Priority Pass: access to 600+ lounges worldwide Virgin Blue The Lounge Qantas Club Lounge.

Visit Airport Lounge discounts for more information.

Other discounts available to Monash staff:

? Avis car rentals

? Hot Air Ballooning

Visit discounts for staff for more information

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Phnom Penh gym to launch 2nd major health and fitness event ...

The Place gymnasium, located on the Pasteur street, will launch ?Pro-Heart? on April 3, an event aimed at raising awareness of cholesterol levels and their effect on cardiac health.

Pro-Heart is made possible thanks to the help of the local division of Swiss healthcare and technology company DKSH.

With this event, the gym hopes to promote a positive lifestyle to complement their exercise equipment.

During the event, gym members will receive cholesterol check for free, with the results to be interpreted by DKSH-provided group of medical practitioners.

The Pro-Heart campaign is just one of the several health and fitness events the gym has planned, said The Place marketing manager Arlene Bueno, who welcomed the chance to educate gym members on the significance of cardiac health.

?Heart health and cholesterol are fundamental if anyone wants to live a healthy and fit life,? said Bueno. ?Raising awareness of one?s level of cholesterol in the body is paramount to promoting healthy and positive lifestyle.?

Heart disease is one of the major causes of death in the Kingdom. The World Health Organisation said cardiovascular disease comprised over 20 percent of all deaths in Cambodia in 2008, with over a quarter of the population facing risks of severe complications due to raised blood pressure.

Pro-Heart is The Place?s second heart-related event for 2012. In February, the gym provided its members with a free ECG test and bone density scan, as well as consultations with senior cardiologist Alfred Cheng, from Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore.

Source: http://phnom-penh.info/phnom-penh-gym-to-launch-2nd-major-health-and-fitness-event/

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Black Queen tells microbes to be lazy

Confronted by a deadly threat, most bacteria let someone else handle it.

According to the Black Queen hypothesis, evolution pushes microorganisms to lose essential functions when there is another species around to perform them. The idea could explain why microbes are so dependent on each other.

Jeffrey Morris of Michigan State University in East Lansing got the idea from an ocean-dwelling bacterium called Prochlorococcus. "It is the most common photosynthetic organism on Earth," he says, but for decades no one could grow it.

That's because Prochlorococcus relies on other bacteria to break down toxic hydrogen peroxide. This led Morris to the Black Queen hypothesis, named after the card game Hearts, in which players try to discard the costly queen of spades.

For microorganisms every ability is costly ? carrying genes and making proteins uses up energy ? so they benefit from losing genes if possible.

As long as one microbe breaks down hydrogen peroxide all bacteria in the area benefit, so it is in the microbes' interests to discard the associated genes quickly.

Morris acknowledges that this kind of outsourcing is a dangerous game to play, though. In theory, all of the microbes may lose the genes at the same time, leaving none to deal with hydrogen peroxide.

Unpublished experiments support the Black Queen hypothesis. Morgan created Escherichia coli vulnerable to hydrogen peroxide, then gave them a resistance gene. Many, but not all, of the bacteria promptly lost the gene.

William Costerton of the Center for Genomic Sciences in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, thinks the idea makes sense. "Some species may be 'donkey engines' for whole consortia [that] are unable to grow in the absence of the donkey."

Morris says the "donkey" microorganisms that do the community's dirty work would ultimately become keystone species. That is, they would be extremely important to the ecosystem ? even essential for its survival ? despite being relatively rare.

The Black Queen hypothesis explains how evolution can produce helpers and beneficiaries without the two having to interact or cooperate, says Martin Hahn of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Mondsee.

But microorganisms do lose abilities for other reasons. Hahn studies bacteria called Polynucleobacter, which cannot move or detect signals from their neighbours (PLoS One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032772). These abilities are not Black Queens because they cannot be outsourced.

Journal reference: mBio, DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00036-12

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Sad note: Robots may put music tuners out of work

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John Roach

In yet another sign that robotics are making jobs scarce, a German math and physics whiz has created an algorithm that could put professional music tuners out of work.

While digital tuners have long made it easy enough to keep a guitar in sufficient tune for sing-alongs around the campfire, the task is more difficult when it comes to pianos and other multi-octave instruments. MIT's Technology Review explains:

"Pluck a string and the sound it produces is the result of its fundamental frequency and its harmonics at frequencies that are whole number multiples of the fundamental. Clearly, harmonics have a simple linear relationship with the fundamental.

The problem arises because music consists of repeating patterns of notes based on octaves. Since the frequency of a note doubles from octave to octave, the frequencies grow exponentially as the octaves increase.

And therein lies the problem. The linear increase in the frequency of harmonics can never exactly match the exponential increase required when the notes are arranged in octaves. So there is always a compromise."

To get around the problem, professional piano tuners and their?cohorts?use their ears to minimize the mismatch. Haye Hinrichsen?from the University of Wurzburg developed an algorithm that does this digitally well enough to potentially put professional music tuners out of work.?

For more details, check out Technology Review's blog post ?and Hinrichsen's paper on the algorithm?posted to the arXiv.org pre-print server.

Piano tuners are, of course, just one more potential class of workers destined to lose out to robotics. For a close look at how jobs are getting automated and raising fears in middle-class America, tune in to Robots Ate My Job, a special series airing this week on America Public Media's Marketplace.

-- Via Technology Review

John Roach is a contributing writer for msnbc.com. To learn more about him, check out his website?and follow him on Twitter. For more of our Future of Technology?series, watch the featured video below.

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Great Remodeling Projects | KUSIQUYLLUR Home Improvement Tips

There are many reasons why people decide to do some remodeling. ?It may be that you found an older home for a great deal and purchased it, but it needs some work to bring it up to date. ?Either way, finding a good Portland remodeling contractor is an important part of what you are doing. ?Your Portland remodeling contractor can help you decide which projects to do first because they have a higher return on investment (ROI). ?This means that you get a higher percentage of value added to your home for certain projects.
Many a Portland remodeling contractor will agree with you that redoing the bathroom or kitchen will bring a high rate of return, and that can in part depend on the amount of change that is needed. ?If you are doing a full remodel, you may be changing not only the appliances, but also the layout, which will necessitate new cabinets and flooring.

?Many modern kitchens are incredibly different from the older kitchen where they had their humble beginnings. ?Less drastic kitchen renovations where the layout remains the same and the cabinets can simply be updated will cost much less and will provide an excellent ROI. ?In fact a kitchen can provide anywhere from ?65 to 75 percent return on your investment, so even though it will be expensive, it can really be worth it.
Amazingly, a new front door can actually give you a return of more than 100 percent on the investment. ?Curb appeal is a big thing, and the front door makes a statement that is reflected by the whole house. ?Along these same lines, a new garage door comes in with an approximate 85% ROI. ?These exterior projects add to the curb appeal for prospective buyers.
Finishing a basement is the type of project that could net you as high as 70 percent ROI. ?This is a great incentive to hire a Portland remodeling contractor to finish off those bedrooms so that your young children can enjoy them as teenagers. ?There is no need to wait until they are older, because even if you sold the home before then, you would get a great return on that investment.
Finally, another excellent remodeling project is the bathroom. ?With updated bathroom vanities and fixtures, you could net as much as 65 percent return on your investment. ?Since your family spends a great deal of time in the bathroom, making it more functional doesn?t have to wait. ?Knowing which remodeling projects have a high ROI may help you know where to begin, especially if your remodeling budget is limited.

Source: http://www.kusiquyllur.org/2012/03/great-remodeling-projects/

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Furniture Logos | KUSIQUYLLUR Home Improvement Tips

You can gossip over coffee table, cuddle in a loveseat, solve a crossword puzzle sinking in a recliner or even sign multi-million deals on an office table. Furniture is an inseparable part of our home and office lives. There are many brands offering comforts and luxury. But some stand out better than others. You got it; their names are well written! The furniture logos help the brands make their mark and establish an emotional connect with the consumer. Some make you desire a luxury, some get you hooked to the comfort aspect and some make you go for style. Lazboy, one of America?s most popular furniture brands says, ?Comfort. It?s what we do?; their logo couldn?t be more perfect. A serif font implying luxury is used with a good amount of space between the letters to denote comfort. The letter ?Z? is contained in an oblong shape at an angle to reflect relaxation and coziness.

Inexperienced designers mainly rely on common images and symbols associated with furniture.

Thus they are unable to create the furniture logo with a difference. Before designing it, a study into the latest trends and the industry in general can be helpful. Proper research facilitates the designing of the most appropriate brand identity and makes a client satisfied. After all, a logo cannot be designed annually. Like the company it has to be long lasting. In comparison, an experienced artist can make the same image images and icons look inspiring. An outdated identity can make the furniture business go flat. If the furniture logo is any way remotely similar or a shadow of the rival, it can be looked as a sign of weakness and poor skills and values. A strong symbol assures good and continuous business. The furniture logos are used aggressively and extended by brands to highlight their USPs, be it style, status, luxury, comfort or utility. They give the brand its face and value and keep competition at bay.

Some of the important factors that make great logos are: good choice of colors, fonts, graphics and designs. New web tools which have many effects and animations can help to create beautiful and aesthetic company brands. Customers like good color combinations. An Italian furniture brand, Paola Lenti, has a very modern and youthful logo, like an exclusive signature. The furniture and company, has a distinct graceful personality. Each logo should ideally reflect that feature.

Source: http://www.kusiquyllur.org/2012/03/furniture-logos/

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In a sign of intensifying man-animal conflict in parts of Rajasthan, four persons were killed in animal attacks in less than one month, jerking the government into action.

Morpali Meena (55) and Ashfaq (20) were mauled by tigers in Ranthambore National Park area in Sawaimadhopur on February 16 and March 8 respectively.

In Dholpur, a bear killed middle aged men Rambabu Gujjar and Tej Singh Kushwaha and injured a few others in March. The animal was later killed by villagers.

Expressing concern over the incident, state Forest Minister Bina Kak said, "I am worried with this rising trend (of man-animal conflict) and have directed officials to make more efforts for controlling such incidents.

"I have asked officials to increase the height of the forest wall around Ranthambhore park from existing six feet to stop illegal entry of people who go there to collect firewood," she said.

"Tracking of wild animals, particularly those of big cats, will also be strengthened and senior officials will have to monitor the activity closely," she said. Forest officer of Dholpur, Jai Prakash, said the body of the bear has not been recovered so far and it is suspected to have been burnt.

"We are registering a case under relevant sections of Wild Life Act," he said.

Besides these incidents, a leopard was found dead in Sariska in Alwar district on March 8 and official suspect it to be a case of paching. "This is another worrying factor," an official said.

In November 2010, a tiger was poisoned to death by some villagers in Sariska tiger reserve, in a setback to the programme for revival of tiger population in Sariska.

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Reader Rants: Takes on Jose Aldo, ?The Ultimate Fighter? and touching gloves

Welcome to another edition of Reader Rants, where your opinions take center stage. Taken from the Cagewriter Facebook page, each rant comes from a Cagereader. If you want to join in, go to Cagewriter's Facebook page, like it, and comment on stories.

No opponent has yet been named for Jose Aldo's title bout in Calgary. One reader wants to see him try out lightweight instead.

I'd like to see him test the waters at 155, a la Anderson vs Irvin/Griffin. I think he would be the most likely candidate for a concurrent belt holder. (Jones at HW is ridiculous. He is an awesome, absolutely spectacular fighter, but his frame is not that of a HW.) -- John Wilcox

Friday night's "The Ultimate Fighter" quick ending also caused a reaction.

I don't like abusing the term "got caught" when referring to a fighter being stopped via KO or submission, but that's exactly what happened to Daron Cruikshank. I appreciate what James Vick pulled off, but I can't unequivocally say he's the better fighter. -- Brandon Artiles

But nothing inspired more comments than Sheila Gaff's knockout of Jennifer Maia. When Maia raised her hand to touch gloves, Gaff started swinging.

They touched gloves earlier. It should be discussed before the fight if they will touch gloves at 1st round. For all we know, she had her arm outstretched to size up distance. I doubt it, but we have no clue what was going through her head. Maybe they decided to touch gloves at the beginning of the round and the other girl screwed her over, who knows? -- Will Howard

She was totally in the right throwing that punch. The referee says 2 things at the start of the fight "obey my commands at all times" and "protect yourselves at all times". Touching gloves should be outlawed once the fight begins, it causes too many of these issues (Wes Sims v Frank Mir 1). It also puts the fighters at a disadvantage. If they touch gloves they give up their range, if they don't it's perceived as poor sportsmanship when all they're doing is following referee instructions. -- Ellis Lett Garnette

The bell rang, it was on. Yes, touching gloves is a classy thing to do but it is a tactical decision that came back to bite her. That said, it was a cheap shot. -- Nick Sicinski

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Video: Veterans history project

Understanding the realities of war.? That is why The Library of Congress is collecting the personal accounts of American war veterans for future generations through personal narratives, correspondence and pictures. NBC?s Joseph Rabinowitz reports.? ??

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Romney Faces Huge Gender Gap (Taegan Goddard's Political Wire)

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Nicki Minaj's 'Beez in the Trap' Sparks Drama Between Rival DJs

New York's DJ Clue and Funkmaster Flex compete over bragging rights to world premiere of Minaj's latest Roman Reloaded single.
By Rob Markman

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After two of New York City's biggest rap radio DJs faced off on Tuesday night, there was clearly only one winner: Nicki Minaj. With Nicki's April 3 release date for Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded inching closer, disc jocks are clamoring for exclusives from the YMCMB star, and Power 105's DJ Clue and his rival, Hot 97 DJ Funk Master Flex, tussled over bragging rights to the Queens MC's latest track.

It all started Tuesday morning when Nicki retweeted a DJ Drama message urging fans to tune into DJ Clue's show later that evening to hear the world premiere of Minaj and 2 Chainz's Roman Reloaded collaboration, "Beez in the Trap." But Clue didn't get a chance to drop the exclusive as it hit the Internet hours before his show went on air. Flex then took credit for playing spoiler by hacking into DJ Clue's email and lifting the track.

Clue quickly hit Twitter to refute Flex's account, ending his note with the hashtag #CompulsiveLiar."

Whatever the order of events, Nicki's "Beez in the Trap" single clearly came out on top. The '80s-inspired track is a departure from "Right by My Side," the R&B duet that Minaj and Chris Brown released earlier on Tuesday. Instead, "Beez" finds the Harajuku Barbie once again taking aim at unnamed rap chicks. "Bitches ain't sh-- and they ain't sayin' nothin'," she boasts on over a sparse drum track. Underground favorite 2 Chainz doesn't compromise a thing spitting alongside the multiplatinum rapper. He drops a charismatic 16-bar verse where he goes on about his Lexus LS 450, True Religion jeans and his pimp ways.

With the newly released Roman Reloaded tracks, Nicki seems to be striking a balance between melodic pop tracks ("Starships," "Right By My Side") and the rap fare that she came into the game with ("Stupid Hoe," "Roman Reloaded").

"April 3 is gonna be a doozy. It's gonna be crazy," Nicki promised when MTV News caught up with her at the NBA All-Star Game in February. "It's gonna be important for just hip-hop culture and pop culture. It's gonna be very big."

What do you think of Nicki Minaj's "Beez in the Trap"? Tell us in the comments!

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Venezuelan experts probe police shooting

Chilean Consul in Venezuela, Fernando Berendique, right front, helps to carry the coffin with the remains of his 19-year-old daughter Karen to a waiting hearse, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Saturday March 17, 2012. Berendique said his daughter was shot early Saturday, while riding in a vehicle with her brother and another young man, when the trio ignored a command to stop by police at a checkpoint, fearing the officers might be robbers. The Prosecutor General's Office says in a statement that 11 police officers are under investigation for their roles in the death. Berendique's daughter is reported to have died after suffering three bullet wounds. (AP Photo/Fabiola Portillo)

Chilean Consul in Venezuela, Fernando Berendique, right front, helps to carry the coffin with the remains of his 19-year-old daughter Karen to a waiting hearse, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Saturday March 17, 2012. Berendique said his daughter was shot early Saturday, while riding in a vehicle with her brother and another young man, when the trio ignored a command to stop by police at a checkpoint, fearing the officers might be robbers. The Prosecutor General's Office says in a statement that 11 police officers are under investigation for their roles in the death. Berendique's daughter is reported to have died after suffering three bullet wounds. (AP Photo/Fabiola Portillo)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? Venezuelan prosecutors have appointed a group of experts to assist in an investigation into the killing of a Chilean diplomat's 19-year-old daughter by police.

The commission includes nine experts with specialties in ballistics analysis and other techniques, the Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement on Monday.

Karen Berendique died after being shot by police on Friday night at an unmarked checkpoint in the western city of Maracaibo, the authorities said.

Her father, Chilean honorary consul Fernando Berendique, called for better police training on Monday. He told the Venezuelan radio station Union Radio that at 9 p.m. on Friday, his son left home together with his daughter to drive her to a party several blocks from their home.

Berendique said that when police ordered them to stop, his son thought the officers were robbers and instead backed up. Police opened fire, and Berendique's daughter was hit by three bullets, including one shot to the head, the authorities said.

After the shooting, the police behaved "very violently" as they ordered Karen's brother out of the sport-utility vehicle, Berendique said. "Fortunately the neighbors noticed the situation, and that was what saved my son's life," he said.

Twelve police officers have been detained and under investigation for their alleged roles.

President Hugo Chavez condemned the teenager's death.

"All the weight of the law has to fall on the police who killed the daughter of the Chilean consul," Chavez said in a phone call to state television.

"No police officer has a right to use weapons that way," Chavez said, according to state radio.

In Maracaibo, a group of young people protested Karen Berendique's killing, demanding the resignations of officials including Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami and the chief of the judicial police. Images on Venezuelan television showed the demonstrators raising hands painted red to protest the police shooting.

Opposition politician Tomas Guanipa accused Chavez's government of being responsible for a "crisis of anarchy, crime and insecurity." In a statement, Guanipa demanded that the authorities remove officers involved in crimes.

Marino Alvarado, who leads the Venezuelan human rights group Provea, said the country's security forces are contributing to crime "due to the quantity of criminal acts in which they're involved."

Provea said in its annual report last year that the country's security forces were responsible for 173 deaths during the past 12-month period, including seven victims of "excessive force," 15 victims of "indiscriminate use of force," and others who were executed, tortured or died due to other cruel treatment.

"In Venezuela, there's a police practice of arbitrary use of force, and that practice leads to these consequences," Alvarado said.

He urged the government to restructure the judicial police, a force known by its Spanish initials CICPC. Its officers in Maracaibo were the ones who opened fire and killed Berendique. Alvarado said that police force has also been implicated in many other killings.

The organization Venezuelan Violence Observatory, which tracks crime in the country, found in a poll last year that 91 percent of those questioned said they believe police are involved in crimes. The survey questioned 1,000 people nationwide and had an error margin of 5 percentage points.

Venezuelans regularly identify crime as the country's top problem in polls.

The Venezuelan government, which has not released detailed annual murder statistics in recent years, has said the murder rate in 2010 was 48 homicides for every 100,000 inhabitants, one of the highest rates in Latin America.

Associated Press

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iCanadian Press ? Growing Canadian Credit Counseling Company ...

The fastest growing financial counselling and credit counseling for bankruptcy company in Canada, Business Solutions & Credit Counselling Services (BSCC), has announced a new expansion into the Edmonton market with a brand new office location.?

The company has been highly successful at helping thousands of Canadians resolve outstanding debt issues with their creditors and assist clients with options other than bankruptcy in many cases where it was not necessary to go down that avenue.? BSCC's experienced counsellors provide multiple options to avoid bankruptcy that are often overlooked or not considered by clients because they have not previously been made aware of them.? It is precisely this level of expertise and attention to their clients that has helped the company position itself as a major contender in the Canadian credit counseling industry.? More information about debt relief and debt settlement can be found on their website at http://www.bscc.ca

The new office location in Edmonton will allow BSCC to expand its services to a large western Canadian market that it already serves very well through its Calgary location.? This new location will offer convenience for people living outside of Calgary where it may be closer to attend the new office location instead.? With approximately 750,000 people living in Edmonton alone, they will be well served with a local BSCC office for credit and financial counselling concerns.?

BSCC has multiple office locations across Canada which allows them to serve clients from coast to coast.? Their office locations are located in Vancouver (Surrey), Calgary, Toronto, and now Edmonton.? The company has been steadily growing for several years now, and more recently has seen an increase in all aspects of their business, with an increased focus on expanded online marketing and promotional activities.

For additional information please visit http://www.bscc.ca. A 100% Canadian owned and operated credit counseling company that has been helping Canadian clients avoid bankruptcy for many years. The new Edmonton office can be reached at (780) 716-8984.

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Source: http://www.icanadianpress.com/2012/03/20/growing-canadian-credit-counseling-company-opens-new-edmonton-office-location/

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