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Knowledge Management - Capturing Quality As It Comes In
Knowledge management can be done in two ways, codification (recording information in the form of training modules, manuals etc.) and Training and development (to pass on that knowledge). Most organisations these days are quite good at managing knowledge in general, many have their processes mapped out and technical information all noted down in defined training modules.Some, on the other hand seem to be missing a trick. Particularly if they have an active influx of staff coming into their organisation on a regular basisI used to work in a call centre where our style was very much "We know the business and we'll train them in our way" and some of the time, it worked. But what we failed to realise (myself included) was that as well as the vast amount of knowledge we already had, there was also a lot more that we were unaware of still coming in to the organisation.Particularly in industries such as call centres where employees tend to do "the circuit" of working in numerous different centres, they amass a much wider knowledge base "wider world view" than an internal individual could ever dream of and rather than just merely trying to cram more information into a new start. Perhaps we can look at what we can draw out too.This can be on the job at hand, maybe what training and experience they have had else where, or drawing on past experience. This not only empowers the new start and makes them feel valued but it also gleans some potentially vital information and knowledge which can then be codified for the benefit of all

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We see this very clearly in the terrible massacre in Bethlehem. Though Herod acted rashly and angrily and out of the evil of his own heart, his actions were ultimately a part of a plan much bigger than him. God had already established that this event would happen, as Matthew makes clear by his inclusion of Jeremiah’s prophecy.

This is a very difficult truth for many Christians to swallow. Would God really ordain for something evil to happen? Let me be very clear. I am not saying that God simply allows for evil things to happen, but I am going further and saying that God actually ordains all events – good and bad.

Would God really cause evil things to happen? Consider Job. He was the richest man of his time, before God gave the Devil the power to take it all away. Job lost his livestock, his servants, his children, and his health. Yet in the midst of all this unimaginable pain and suffering, Job says, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, naked I shall return, the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Later, Job’s wife approaches him and asks, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die.” Job’s response is amazing: But he said to her, ‘You speak

Segway Scooter in Need of New Innovations
Segway Scooter in Need of New Innovations Upgrading because for all the hoopla it lacks the latest and greatest technological advances and it does not impress everyone. The Segway Team? Come on get with the latest technology will ya? Regarding this idea:http://www.msnbc.com/news/754336.asp?cp1=1These guys are brilliant no doubt, but we could send them back to the drawing board instantly for limiting their ideas. Lets start with it's most basic component, namely "The wheel" is an ancient component and if you want to build something revolutionary, build it without wheels and without touching the ground and without need for re-charging. It can be designed better. Here is how. Take Bruce DePalma's perpetual motion machine to make the energy, thus by adding such a feature you would not need recharging and without the wheels you could move more weight faster with less energy. How you say? Well first off using hydro-cushioned technology like is used on hover craft. And think you are only wishing to move a human body which we are talking an average of 250 Lbs. To do this and keep the air underneath you put a small brush guard system under the device where you stand. Then blow 1-2 lbs. of low pressure air under it. Hardly any power needed to lift 250 Lbs or less. This will lift the thing off the ground.So instead of wheels the thing is magic and hovers, way better and more state of the art too. Now put 18 small jets which move the air in the intended direction of travel up to the gyroscope or small circuit board which is a miniture laser ring gyro to keep it from falling over as you steer it by shifting your weight. When you turn by moving your body weight the devises jets move you from side to side while being simultaneously running by the gyro. The system will prevent you from tipping over like an F-16's system which prevents the pilots from turning too many G's so the plane does not depart from flight or the pilot black out. Now you have a hovering mobile with gyro, works exactly the same and does not need any fuel. Just like back to the future ehy? It physically works. I once met the guy who built the first hydro cushioned

Matthew 2:16-18

Herod Kills the Children

16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.

17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:

18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.

The 5th Prophecy Fulfilled

Matthew is continuing to convince us of Jesus’ Messianic identity by pointing out the many events in Jesus’ early life that fulfilled Old Testament prophecies. In this passage, the prophecy is that of Jeremiah, spoken six hundred years before its fulfillment.

When the wise men did not return to Herod, we are told that he became furious. The Greek word intimates that he was enraged, that he lost control of himself and became consumed in his anger. This is what the people of Jerusalem had feared when they first learned of the birth of a new king. King Herod’s wrath was not poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, however, but on the helpless baby boys of Bethlehem.

We must not imagine hundreds or thousands of children slain in this massacre. Bethlehem was a small village, and most scholars estimate that only around two dozen children were killed. Nevertheless, this was a tragic and awful event. Jeremiah said, “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children…” Ramah is a town about ten miles north of Bethlehem, on the other side of Jerusalem. Obviously the weeping in Bethlehem was not literally heard in Ramah, but the massacre in Bethlehem was horrendous enough that its effects were felt as far away as Ramah. Jeremiah calls Bethlehem “Rachel” because it is in Bethlehem that Rachel is buried.

No One Is Exempt From Tragedy

This passage reminds us that no one – not even little children – are safe from tragedy. Calamity is no respecter of persons. All people of every age, race, and social class will experience some degree of tragedy in their lives.

Sometimes unbelievers are promised a life free of pain and disaster if they will give their hearts to Christ. This is a false promise. In fact, the Bible actually guarantees that Christians will experience tragedy. Jesus warned his disciples that they would face all sorts of tribulation, that they would be hated by all nations and delivered to their deaths. Even the great Apostle Paul, with his strong faith in Jesus, was not spared the trouble of sickness. When writing to the Christian Jews who were facing unprecedented persecution for their faith, the author of Hebrews taught that their persecution was ordained by God for their good. “The Lord disciplines the one He loves,” he said, “and chastises every son whom he receives.”

On the day after Christmas in 2004, southeast Asia was struck by a tsunami that took the lives of over a quarter of a million people. Children and adults, poor and rich, believers and unbelievers – all were equally vulnerable to the devastating wave. The event was labeled as one of the worst natural disasters in human history.

How should we respond to a tragedy like this? Should be angry at God? Should we even assume that He had anything to do with the awful event? Consider Jesus’ response to tragedy in Luke 13.

Some of Jesus’ followers came to Him and informed Him of an outrage recently caused by Pontius Pilate. It seems that Pilate had killed a number of Gentiles and mixed their blood with the blood of sacrifices. Recently before this, the tower in Siloam fell and killed eighteen people. How did Jesus respond when these terrible occurrences were brought to His attention?:

“Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”

Jesus’ point is that we are too often shocked by the wrong thing. Rather than being appalled that God would have a quarter million people die in a tsunami, we should be amazed at the fact that God is allowing 6.5 billion sinners to still live. God is the creator of all things, and He has the right to do with His creation whatever He wills – without needing our permission. If God so desired, He could take my life or your life at this very moment, and He would be good and just and right to do so. Indeed, at some point, He will do so. Everyone has been appointed by God to die, and it is He who has ordained when and where and how it will happen. So no one is exempt from tragedy.

Tragedies are a Part of God’s Good Plan

Later, Job’s wife approaches him and asks, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die.” Job’s response is amazing: But he said to her, ‘You speak a

Cigarette Smoking: The Anatomy Of An Addiction
You first lit up in your teens. You were invincible and knew you could quit any time. That first puff tasted vile but there was a kick to it. Your pulse raced and it catapulted you into that elite group who dared to live on the edge. Soon smoking became to feel as natural as breathing.Now decades later you're much older and wiser and desperate to quit. And you worry about your own children. What happened during those first thrilling encounters with tobacco?Simply put, a combination of peer pressure and seductive advertising lured you to take your first drag. Then, nicotine took over.Nicotine is a psychoactive drug. In other words it affects brain chemistry. In fact, when it surges into the brain less than ten seconds after you draw tobacco smoke into your lungs, it sets the neurotransmitters in your brain dancing. A release of over 200 chemicals including dopamine, serotonin and beta-endorphins contributes to the boost in mood you feel when you get your fix. But that's not all.Nicotine also increases the uptake of glucose by the brain. The result? That feeling of clarity and increased concentration that makes smoking so appealing and creates that ah! factor that animates the features of tobacco addicts.Combine these with a release of adrenaline - the flight or fight hormone, and a suppression of insulin leading to a rise in blood sugar and you get a pretty powerful stimulant that gives an instant high.So how do you get addicted?Scientists have determined that addiction is generally a four-part process.The first part is seduction - that's the advertising and peer pressure mentioned above. There's also urge to emulate the tough handsome guys or seductive vamps in the old movies who always seem to have a cigarette in hand.Seduction is followed by experimentation when you take your first tentative puffs and join the group that dares to flout its independence.Soon for many, smoking becomes a regular activity though still limited. After school smoking rituals forge bonds between budding addicts who mock their timid peers afraid to join the club.The problem is that you

em.

No One Is Exempt From Tragedy

How should we respond to a tragedy like this? Should be angry at God? Should we even assume that He had anything to do with the awful event? Consider Jesus’ response to tragedy in Luke 13.

Tragedies are a Part of God’s Good Plan

Later, Job’s wife approaches him and asks, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die.” Job’s response is amazing: But he said to her, ‘You speak

The Uncreative Business Practice of Creative Labs
In a world of currency fluctuations, import tariffs, research and development costs and many other industrial factors, it is becoming increasingly difficult to make a business successful. Many companies are looking for ways of cutting costs in order to be competitive in international markets; some methods may be totally legitimate, others highly questionable.How can a company survive in this competitive world? Well, there is a way …One can visit a supermarket; fill the shopping trolley with quality goods then pass by the check-out without paying. Using this method, and having on hand a friendly chef it is possible to destroy the business of any small local restaurant. This may seem drastic but it happens every day in the competitive field of consumer electronics.It seems that Creative Labs, a company based in a tax haven country, Singapore, is using a non-creative method for gaining an unfair advantage over its competitors: copying other people’s patents.One of the most popular home electronics appliances around these days is the MP3 player, for instance Apple sold 14 million iPod players in the fourth quarter alone of 2005. A huge leap from 4.5 million in the same period of 2004. MP3 players show up everywhere; school kid’s use them as do adults, some models are incorporated in cell phones, cameras and even sunglasses. Many of the higher priced products, such portable audio and video devices (PAVs) now come with small screens able to show MPEG videos as well as reproduce audio. Well, behind these massively popular products, there lies relative patent portfolios that cover these technologies.Hundreds of producers of MP3 players and PAV devices have taken licenses for such technologies. They then follow their usual business channels in order to bring their products to the market. Many of these companies are renowned names, such as Apple Computer, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and hundreds of others. In today’s age of technology, what can the future be for a company that doesn’t respect intellectual property?Creative Labs knows the answer to that question.Creative has been accused

on, that they would be hated by all nations and delivered to their deaths. Even the great Apostle Paul, with his strong faith in Jesus, was not spared the trouble of sickness. When writing to the Christian Jews who were facing unprecedented persecution for their faith, the author of Hebrews taught that their persecution was ordained by God for their good. “The Lord disciplines the one He loves,” he said, “and chastises every son whom he receives.”

How should we respond to a tragedy like this? Should be angry at God? Should we even assume that He had anything to do with the awful event? Consider Jesus’ response to tragedy in Luke 13.

Tragedies are a Part of God’s Good Plan

Later, Job’s wife approaches him and asks, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die.” Job’s response is amazing: But he said to her, ‘You speak

The Hijacking Of Jesus Christ
Something has gone really wrong.As a young boy I was raised in the strict religious world of Pentecostal Christianity – fundamental, evangelical and very, very punitive. When I left home after high school to join the Marines I gladly left that world behind me. So deeply resentful was I, it was almost 30 years before I could bring myself to entertain the possibility that religion of any kind, and Christianity in particular, was a force for good rather than a cleverly orchestrated guilt trip.In recent years, I’ve come to re-examine my early rejections of Christianity. While I don’t have a unified concept of what the true story of Christ is, I am now convinced that there is an amazing transformative power available through the teachings of Christ. I’m also convinced that the totality of what he brought to mankind cannot possibly be captured in the 80 or so books that make up the modern day Bible. And I am completely certain that contemporary Christian theology is totally missing the point.In my formal studies of philosophy, I’ve learned that the deep and complex inquiries of the ancient Greek thinkers were heavily influenced by, and focused on, discovering the essence of God and understanding what the Divine would want us to do with our lives. In virtually all of the early philosophers’ writings, many of whom pre-dated Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, there was the question “What is our purpose?”. They wondered: what is the perfect, natural expression of man, and how does one come to know the will of the prime force of the cosmos?Whatever position one might take in sorting out the origins and intentions of early Christianity, one thing is crystal clear to me. Something has really gotten screwed up along the path from then until now. My understanding of Jesus Christ is that he was a compassionate revolutionary and a sacred man of the people who loved all. He worked tirelessly for peace and justice, healed those who needed it regardless of their race or professions, hung out with common folk, and fed the masses, all without ever collecting a salary or building a temple. He delivered his message in the stre

illed eighteen people. How did Jesus respond when these terrible occurrences were brought to His attention?:

Tragedies are a Part of God’s Good Plan

Later, Job’s wife approaches him and asks, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die.” Job’s response is amazing: But he said to her, ‘You speak

Medical Billing - Not Just A Job
A lot of people think that they're just going to get a job in the medical billing industry, like it's the same as going to a Burger King and telling the manager that you know how to throw a hamburger patty on a grill and some fries in a vat of oil. This is not so the case with medical billing, regardless of what part of the industry you get into. There is extensive training involved and a number of rules and regulations that you need to be aware of. On top of all that, you better have a good handle on technology because most medical billing is pretty advanced in that area.For example. Let's take the job of the medical biller. First of all, you need to be very detailed oriented. There is so much involved with submitting a claim to a carrier, regardless of who the carrier is. On top of that, each insurance carrier has its own rules and regulations. This gets really confusing when you're dealing with the government run carriers like Medicare and Medicaid.While we're on the subject of rules and regulations, read the Medicare handbook when you get the chance. If you're going to be a medical billing person for Medicare claims, you better know that book backwards and forwards.What if you don't want to get into the actual billing of claims. Certainly, there are other jobs in the industry. Sure there are. You can always become a programmer for a medical billing software company if you're good with computers and programming languages. But if you decide to go that route, you better have a firm knowledge of NSF specifications because most large medical billing companies send their claims electronically. To do that, the NSF specifications have to be programmed into the system. And, if they're a very big company, they may also insist on UB-92 format as well. These formats are like night and day.Certainly, there has to be something in this industry that is easy to do. What about forms maintenance? Somebody has to take care of all the forms that the billing people use to send paper claims with. How hard can it be to fill a request for a HCFA 1500 or a Wheelchair CMN form? Well, you do have to know what thes

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Later, Job’s wife approaches him and asks, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die.” Job’s response is amazing: But he said to her, ‘You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?”

Many of us in reading this story might want to protest. “Wait a minute, Job! You’ve got it all wrong! God did not take away your livestock, servants, and children. It was the Devil. Don’t blame God!” Yet, just to make it crystal clear that Job was exactly right in what he said, the author adds: “In all this Job did not sin with his lips.”

Yes, Satan was the agent of destruction who directly caused the tragedy in Job’s life, but Job was well aware that it was God Himself who had ordained for it to happen.

For another example, consider the Egyptians. They hated God’s people who were under their captivity. Pharoah became overtaken with such hatred that he, in Herod-like fashion, ordered for all of the young Hebrew boys to be killed. Why were God’s people made to suffer the hatred of the Egyptians? Psalm 105:25 tells us: “He [God] turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.” God was ultimately responsible for the anger that the Egyptians directed toward His children.

Can you handle this kind of talk? Are you willing to accept a God who is free to do whatever He wills?

Consider the Canaanites. In Joshua 11 we read of the many different Canaanite armies that came against Israel in battle, all to be inevitably defeated. Why did all of these people come to make war against Israel? The answer is shocking: “For it was the LORD’s doing to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, in order that they should be devoted to destruction and should receive no mercy but be destroyed, just as the LORD commanded Moses.”

Why did these armies continue to fight Israel and die? The Scripture is very clear: “It was the LORD’s doing.”

Consider Jeremiah. He was chosen by God in the womb to prophecy to the people of Judah about the coming destruction of Jerusalem. The people rejected his message, and ultimately, Jeremiah witnessed the fulfillment of his prophecies. In his surveying the destruction, he laments of the destroyed buildings, the dead bodies in the streets, and the lack of food that caused mothers to eat their own children. In the midst of this calamity he says, “Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad come?”

The prophet Amos once asked, “Does disaster come to a city, unless the LORD has done it?” In fact, if you start to think about it, you should be able to call to mind several instances where God ordained for something tragic to take place. Was it not God who ordained for the worldwide flood in Genesis 7? Was it not God that caused fire and brimstone to fall on the people of Sodom in judgment for their sins? Was it not God that caused the Babylonians and the Assyrians to come against His own people in judgment of their idolatry? Indeed, even though Herod certainly acted on his own free will to murder the young boys in Bethlehem, his actions fell right in step with God’s unchangeable plan.

Three points need to be made concerning God’s sovereignty and man’s freedom. (1) People do make real choices and are accountable for those choices. No one will be able to excuse their sins by blaming God’s sovereignty. (2) Nevertheless, ultimately everything we do is a part of God’s sovereign will. (3) Though God has ordained for people to do evil things, and is therefore indirectly responsible for sin, His plans are good and just and He remains blameless.

The Crucifixion of Jesus

If you are still struggling with the premise that God might ordain someone to do evil, consider the death of His Son. Certainly murder is against God’s moral will. The sixth command speaks clearly: “Thou shall not murder.” So Pontius Pilate, the angry crowd, and the soldiers who placed Christ on the cross will all have to answer for their evil involvement in murdering Jesus. Yet the Bible makes it very clear that this very evil deed (Could there be a greater sin than murdering the Son of God?!) was ordained by God Himself. Acts 2:23 says that Jesus was “delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God.” Isaiah 53:10 says it clearly: “Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief.”

Someone might ask, “If God had ordained for Jesus to be killed by these people, how can God hold them responsible for their sin?” Consider Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. In that play, Macbeth murders King Duncan. Who, then, is responsible for King Duncan’s death? Obviously Macbeth is responsible, but also Shakespeare. It was Macbeth who desired to commit the murder and who acted upon that desire. Yet it was Shakespeare who was sovereign over the whole event, and none of it could have taken place without the stroke of his pen.

God is the author of history. It truly is “His story.” Though we are responsible for all

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