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		<title>Tweet via something</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twtter is the biggest all in one Twitter application directory. People here can subscribe to whole lots of apps and get benefits- of all the applications free of cost. Twitter is not just a place where you Tweet, it is more than that where people can share and help each other out. So, twtter has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.twtter.us">Twtter</a> is the biggest all in one <a href="http://www.twtter.us">Twitter application directory</a>. People here can subscribe to whole lots of apps and get benefits- of all the applications free of cost. Twitter is not just a place where you Tweet, it is more than that where people can share and help each other out. So, twtter has been making application that makes user ease their twitter.</p>
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<p>Find most exciting Twitter application on the internet just here. You can have lots and lots of fun with application and make you tweet easy. You can have access to different twitter related applications that can access twitter and get information related to your twitter account. You can optimize your twitter account by getting the Report Card for your twitter, getting the latest trends that may be beneficial to you interest, auto following the followers and more.</p>
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		<title>Integrating Six Sigma With Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Businesses need to realize the fact that SOA works well only when it is integrated with time-tested quality improvement initiatives such as Six Sigma. For proof, they just need to look at the work records of businesses that are reaping the benefits of SOA after integrating it with Six Sigma concepts and methodologies. The Integration [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Businesses need to realize the fact that SOA works well only when it is integrated with time-tested quality improvement initiatives such as Six Sigma.</p>
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<p>For proof, they just need to look at the work records of businesses that are reaping the benefits of SOA after integrating it with Six Sigma concepts and methodologies.</p>
<p>The Integration Process</p>
<p>SOA basically deals with the planning, conceptualizing and designing of new customer oriented services from scratch in line with organizational goals and objectives. This is why the success of SOA depends a lot on the decisions made by management during the initial stages of SOA implementations. Since SOA does not provide for the necessary checks and balances, it has to depend on highly effective Six Sigma methodologies such as Design For Six Sigma (DFSS).</p>
<p>DFSS may not have been originally designed for use with SOA, but still it helps because it ensures that all decisions related to the design and development of new services are made on the basis of sound logic and verifiable scientific and statistical theories. Explained below are the five phases involved in the Six Sigma and SOA integration process.</p>
<p>Define: In this phase, DFSS helps in defining the goals and objectives of the SOA implementations. When SOA goals and objectives are set using DFSS, the chances of failures get automatically reduced, something that is quite necessary, considering the fact that the set goals and objectives will ultimately have a direct bearing on customer satisfaction levels.</p>
<p>Conceptualize: The conceptualization phase, which involves plenty of innovation on part of the developers, is made easy with DFSS, as it helps the developers to design the best possible services with the available human and financial resources. If DFSS is not applied in this phase, it could easily lead to project delays due to indecisiveness on part of the developers.</p>
<p>Design: In this phase, DFSS helps in charting out the design details of the newly conceptualized customer oriented service. Elaborating on the details helps the SOA implementation team to understand the rationale behind the new service design and how it can be used for satisfying customer needs and expectations.</p>
<p>Validate: If DFSS is used right from the first phase, it is highly unlikely that the SOA initiative will fail to deliver the desired results, but since the probability of errors can never be denied, it makes sense to conduct the validation process. If the SOA initiative passes the validation test as specified by DFSS, then it can be given the green signal for organization-wide implementations.</p>
<p>Control: In this phase, DFSS plays the role of a manager and a controller so as to ensure that the desired results are achieved through the SOA implementations. DFSS is based on the concept of continuous improvements, something that it passes onto SOA so as to make it just as effective and efficient.</p>
<p>SOA certainly holds great potential, especially for businesses that rely heavily on the use of technological infrastructure. By integrating SOA with Six Sigma, businesses can easily unlock the inherent potential of SOA and transform themselves into highly efficient organizations.</p>
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		<title>The Story Behind Saltbox Architecture</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saltbox homes can convey years of American colonial history in a single glance. With distinctive high pitched asymmetrical roofs, and flat, unadorned exteriors, these homes show how people lived in the nation&#8217;s earliest days, between the early 16th and late 17th centuries, adjusting their homes as needed to make things easier. Because of their unique [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Saltbox homes can convey years of American colonial history in a single glance. With distinctive high pitched asymmetrical roofs, and flat, unadorned exteriors, these homes show how people lived in the nation&#8217;s earliest days, between the early 16th and late 17th centuries, adjusting their homes as needed to make things easier. Because of their unique features, Saltbox homes are also instantly recognizable, and among the iconic residences of the Northeast coast.</p>
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<p>Like Cape Cod homes of the same era, Saltbox homes originated in New England and Atlantic Canada as homes for European settlers. These buildings were simple in design, with rectangular exteriors, high pitched, gabled roofs, and plain central entrances &#8211; in many ways exactly like Cape Cod homes, but with extra elements to accommodate the ever-evolving nature of colonial life. Saltboxes were also typically situated farther inland than Cape Cods, which helped encourage their more complex designs.</p>
<p>Saltbox homes got their name because they looked like the large asymmetrical wooden saltboxes everyone used in colonial times. This comparison grew even stronger over the years as many of the original Saltboxes changed shape &#8211; many Saltbox dwellers added lean-tos on the backs of their houses, mainly for storage purposes, extending the already lopsided roof line. The resulting shape, also known as a &#8220;Catslide,&#8221; was almost triangular, with one long roof slope plunging two and a half stories from the ridge almost to ground level, and a short, steep slope nearly parallel with the wall on the other side. Other early Saltboxes were simply traditional Cape Cods with an added lean-to, as exemplified by the Ephraim Hawley House, a famous Connecticut Saltbox built in the 1680s, and modified over the decades. Modern and preserved antique Saltbox homes tend to make full use of this extra space at the back, with open floor plans allowing rooms to blend easily into one another.</p>
<p>Most Saltbox homes were built using traditional post and beam methods, with metal nails employed sparingly because of their high cost. Exterior walls are often very simple, featuring shingle or clapboard siding.</p>
<p>While the Saltbox style originated and was used primarily for homes, modern builders have adapted the form for other purposes such as churches and university campus buildings.</p>
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		<title>Putting Persuasion Architecture to Work for You</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You might not be familiar with the concept of persuasion marketing, even if you&#8217;ve had a business on the web for a while and have been paying attention to aspects of search engine optimization. Persuasion marketing is a system by which a website is approached for maximum return on investment. The strategies provide a road [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You might not be familiar with the concept of persuasion marketing,  even if you&#8217;ve had a business on the web for a while and have been  paying attention to aspects of search engine optimization.</p>
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<p>Persuasion  marketing is a system by which a website is approached for maximum  return on investment. The strategies provide a road map that direct  business decisions, site design and marketing efforts across a broad  spectrum of campaigns and approaches that enable web entrepreneurs to  maximize results.</p>
<p>The key to an effective persuasion  marketing campaign is a large amount of research. Not only do you need  to know who your customers are and what they want, you need to know how  they want information presented (text versus videos, for example) and  what might persuade them to go from one-time visitors to your site to  newsletter subscribers and ultimately paying customers.</p>
<p>All  aspects of your website come under the control of a persuasion marketing  plan. Your web design plays into your conversion rate, and even the  style of your site, such as having a landing page or a more extensive  site with a blog, can affect when or whether visitors turn into buyers.</p>
<p>You  might not have given much thought in the past to how a user moves  through your site and whether you can guide them in a certain way that  makes them more likely to take action on an offer or sign up to receive a  white paper or your top five tips on a subject.</p>
<p>But the fact  is you can be in control of exactly how users interact with your site  and you can lead them where you want them to go. With the right site  design and persuasive and informative copywriting, you can not only draw  more people to your site thanks to effective <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.seomasteryteleseminars.com/">search engine optimization</a>, you can also keep those people on your site longer and convert them into customers more effectively.</p>
<p>All  of this can sound pretty esoteric when talking about it generally, but  the basis of every step in a persuasion marketing campaign is research.  Everything you do is based on solid information about what your site  visitors are likely to do (based on testing) and how you can harness  that knowledge to make their visits more effective, both for them and  for you.</p>
<p>Most people don&#8217;t go it alone in a persuasion  marketing campaign. It helps to have an expert on your side who knows  what to test and how to interpret results for the most effective use of  your time and budget. But even without an expert&#8217;s help, you can  brainstorm how your users might want to use your site or ask them to  fill out a survey that will give you a better idea of what they want so  you can develop a road map that will help you deliver it to them.</p>
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		<title>Rapid Prototyping or Rapid Tooling in Architecture</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rapid tooling promises to be a powerful solution in the quest to develop better products faster. In the future, rapid tooling will commonly be used to slash the time for the delivery of components in production intent materials. Presently, there are barriers to the broad acceptance and application of rapid tooling. However, if the definition [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rapid tooling promises to be a powerful solution in the quest to develop better products faster. In the future, rapid tooling will commonly be used to slash the time for the delivery of components in production intent materials.</p>
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<p>Presently, there are barriers to the broad acceptance and application of rapid tooling. However, if the definition of rapid tooling is expanded, it can be a powerful and beneficial tool.</p>
<p>Rapid Tooling Defined</p>
<p>The original, and most accurate, definition of rapid tooling is: A 3D CAD-driven process that generates tooling inserts in a layer-by-layer (additive) process for the production of components in end-use materials. In simpler terms, this means building tools from a rapid prototyping process. In the past few years, the definition of rapid tooling has become broader and somewhat unclear:</p>
<p>Any process, technique or technology that significantly reduces the delivery of a tool for the production of components in end-use materials. Translated, this means cutting an aluminum or steel tool can be considered rapid tooling.</p>
<p>When the search for a rapid tooling solution begins, it is common to use traditional tooling techniques as the benchmark. The goal becomes the replication of all the quality of a cut tool while slashing the delivery time and expense. With these standards, the options become limited. These imposed limitations can make it best to seek out a tool shop that is extremely fast and efficient at building cut tools in aluminum or steel. In the evaluation of projects, Accelerated Technologies often finds that a machined tool is a far superior solution. Under the original, narrow definition, rapid tooling has limitations in many areas. These include:</p>
<p>* Tool life<br />
* Accuracy<br />
* Surface finish<br />
* Resin selection<br />
* Tool configuration<br />
* Cycle time<br />
* Part size</p>
<p>Each available rapid tooling solution presents limitations in at least two of these areas. When the strengths and weaknesses of the processes are presented, many elect to use traditional methods that may require more time. It certainly will be a dream come true if technology brings down cost of buildings.</p>
<p>Shopping for a designer house will be one of the choices open to everyone, not the privilege of a few. A 10 to 15 year recycling time for a house will be appropriate, because the recycling cost will be lower than the renovation cost.</p>
<p>Fast prototyping cannot replace our current building practice, but at least it will help to construct a mock-up to improve the design. It is a known fact that a full-size building mock-up is necessary to eliminate errors and the need for future design modifications. Fast prototyping can accelerate the mock-up process, bring down the cost, and speed up the final construction time.</p>
<p>Full-size building component prototypes are not yet in production, because they require detailed connections and some modifications. It is not hard to imagine, that in the near future an entire house will be manufactured by an LOM machine or other RP processes directly. Such a notion is exciting and will revolutionize the building industry. Rapid tooling is a powerful process that can definitely make the building process faster, cheaper, and better.</p>
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		<title>Architectural Design for Rental Houses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Design for rentals varies depending on there the building is going to be located. In high income areas, designs are best kept larger than the minimum size and are more complicated. This is because the target clientele will be able to afford the high rents that will be charged due to the higher cost of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Design for rentals varies depending on there the building is going to be located. In high income areas, designs are best kept larger than the minimum size and are more complicated. This is because the target clientele will be able to afford the high rents that will be charged due to the higher cost of land and constructing the house.</p>
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<p>In design for rental units, it’s prudent to maximize on the land use by having as many units as the law can permit. The local authority controls the maximum ground coverage that the building can cover. In most areas around Nairobi the ground coverage is 50% .This means that the ground floor cannot exceed half the size of the plot.</p>
<p>To maximize land use, rentals are best designed as flats or apartments. This is one homogenous block with several rental units within it. This design is compact and hence saves a lot of costs in terms of economies of scale during construction and saves on land.</p>
<p>In design of apartments, care should be taken so as common space such as stairways, passages and balconies are well defined and give a sense of ownership to the residents living closest to them. This ensures that these spaces are kept clean and are not used as dumping grounds.</p>
<p>Due to the compact nature of these designs, a small piece of land can hold many units hence a need for parking space. Vehicle ownership in Kenya is increasing rapidly per household. Local authorities in Kenya specify that each unit should require 1.5 cars parking space. To accommodate this, angle parking design which can take in more cars is important. If this is not enough, the ground floor can be kept free and supported by reinforced concrete columns creating more space for car parking.</p>
<p>Utility space for washing and drying clothes also becomes scarce in apartment designs. To create this space, the roof tops become very handy for this.</p>
<p>It’s the honors of your architect to come up with solutions to maximize land use while creating comfortable units for the tenants.</p>
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		<title>Using Computer Aided Design for Architectural Landscape Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAD stands for Computer Aided Design. Many of us have little knowledge about this technology and few people are using it for better handling of building &#38; construction projects. Many times landscape owners do their own design work especially for residential sales. What if you get a feedback from your residential customer that they want [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CAD stands for Computer Aided Design. Many of us have little knowledge about this technology and few people are using it for better handling of building &amp; construction projects. Many times landscape owners do their own design work especially for residential sales. What if you get a feedback from your residential customer that they want the area re-landscaped and modified to suit their specific needs? The customer follows this up with very less information about the project or landscape. You also know that you are competing with many other contractors and not only will your quote determine if you get the job, but your design will most likely be the crucial factor.</p>
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<p>This kind of sales pitch is radically different from doing a take-off. A good amount of time and brain storming is required in the design and layout of the project. Right set of plans must be provided for better visualization. With fierce competition, there is a fair chance that you will repeat this often on many contracts for which you may not win.</p>
<p>But, there is a one stop solution called CAD (Computer Aided Design). With computer aided design you can get this all at your fingertips &#8211; a complete library of landscape drawings and standard structural symbols. You can make introductory layouts to suit most residential landscapes and also pre-formed landscape designs of various types. These landscape templates can be easily modified and customized at will. Your design and estimation time would be reduced to almost half. Especially, if you attach your templates together with pre-formed material list and rate cards.</p>
<p>Such savings in time and cost will not do you any good, unless you can initially pay for basic CAD technologies. Fortunately in the computer and internet arena things change very rapidly. The advancement in technology is blooming at a dizzy rate and hence the prices. Use of CAD technology and tools in construction business, if used properly, can improve productivity, efficiency and competitiveness. Add to that the skilled CAD technicians and you have a combination that is hard to defeat.</p>
<p>To view some of the samples visit http://www.cadoutsourcingservices.com/portfolio.php</p>
<p>Email us at info@cadoutsourcingservices.com for professional landscape design and drawings related queries.</p>
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