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The Institute for Operational Excellence, the leading educational center providing training and innovative products for achieving Operational Excellence, announced today that its founder, Kevin Duggan, will be presenting at the 38th annual Operational Excellence Conference organized by Partners in Business, a student-run, non-profit organization sponsored by the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.

The conference is designed to offer attendees opportunities to learn about innovative ideas and methodologies to achieve Operational Excellence. On day one of the event, Duggan will deliver a keynote address on "Applying Operational Excellence for Real Business Results,? during which he?ll discuss the step-by-step process for achieving Operational Excellence to facilitate real business growth in any industry, in any economy.

?Instead of embarking on a never-ending journey of continuous improvement, this event will help attendees understand how to set a destination of Operational Excellence, and how to achieve it,? said Kevin Duggan, Founder of the Institute for Operational Excellence. ?The Jon M. Huntsman School of Business? Operational Excellence conference is an established forum for sharing best practices attendees can apply to improve their organizations, and I?m honored to take part in this year?s event.?

During the conference, Duggan will sign copies of his latest book, Design for Operational Excellence: A Breakthrough Strategy for Business Growth, published by McGraw-Hill in 2011, at the Eccles Conference Center Lobby.

The event will be held October 3-4, 2012, in Logan, Utah. The Institute for Operational Excellence is a gold sponsor of the conference. Registration and additional information is available on the event's website.

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XG Sciences, Inc., a manufacturer of xGnP? graphene nanoplatelets and related materials, held a Grand Opening ceremony on Thursday, August 16, 2012 to commemorate the start of production in its new combined headquarters and manufacturing facility in Delhi Township, near Lansing, MI.

The ceremony was accompanied by an open house for neighbors, investors and customers.

Stuart Goodrich, the Delhi Township Supervisor, said, ?Delhi Township is proud to welcome XG Sciences to the Delhi community. Their continued success in the region not only helps Delhi Township but also our surrounding communities and the State of Michigan by creating high-tech jobs and global leadership.?

?We?ve come a long way during the past five years,? said Mike Knox, CEO. ?At 80 tons of annual production capacity, the world?s largest for this type of nano-material, we are positioned to take advantage of the fast-expanding market for graphene-based products. Our commercial pricing is the best in the world and is competitive with other types of carbon materials. Our customers can now move ahead with product introductions, knowing that our capacity and network of global partners will keep their supply chain secure. We hope we will need to expand our capacity again in the near future.?

XG Sciences, Inc., a private company headquartered in Lansing, MI, manufactures a type of advanced nanomaterial, called xGnP? Graphene Nanoplatelets. This is a high-purity material, produced by proprietary low cost processing methods, which can be used to improve the performance of batteries and capacitors, printed electronics, coatings, and plastic structural components. XG Sciences is a spin-off from Michigan State University. Its corporate investors include Hanwha Chemical Corporation of Korea and POSCO, a global steelmaking and advanced materials company. For more information, visit: http://www.xgsciences.com.

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- The landing pad is covered with a flattened piece of bark. Bark looks natural, and provides the roughness that the bats need for landing. After gluing the bark to the landing pad, I gave it several coats of exterior varnish to make it last longer.

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- The rigid insulation holds heat in the house from below, and reduces heat coming down from the roof on sunny days. This makes the bat house temperature more stable, and warmer at night, which most bats prefer.

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- I glued rough material (bark in one house, sisal rope in the other) to the roof of the attic so the bats could hang from the ceiling of the nursery area. The rope turned out to be a bad idea, though I did eventually get it to work. A piece of pet netting would work fine.

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The total material cost for this house is a little over . The only special tool required was a tile saw to cut 45 degree bevels on the slates, but those are not completely necessary.

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The 2012 edition of Cartouche, a student publication of NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD), highlights the role of designers and architects in creating memorials, with a special focus on the Oklahoma City National Memorial and the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania.

Samantha Winland, a student in the Master of Architecture program at NSAD, wrote the memorial-themed stories for Cartouche based on interviews with Paul Murdoch of Paul Murdoch Architects, designer of the Flight 93 National Memorial, and Hans and Torrey Butzer of Butzer Gardner Architects, designers of the Oklahoma City National Memorial. The Flight 93 memorial commemorates those who lost their lives on one of the planes commandeered by terrorists in the 9/11 attacks. The Oklahoma City memorial honors those lost in the 1995 terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

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by Trice P

Im a 22 yr old African American female from Tennessee planning to take real estate classes in the fall. I plan to go into the field and succede either way but just wanted to know some success tips from established agents, brokers, lenders, or anyone having to do with the real estate world. Also, willing to travel.

Answer(s):

Answer by kemperk
stay out of the mainstream area;
that is, listing houses for sale.

become an exclusive buyer's agent.
Rep middle income and upper income
black women as a niche.

Also poke into doing commercial
and industrial purchases.

and maybe business brokerage

plus, interview different agencies--
most are Realtor focused; which
means they take listings. YOU can
choose not to do that via being
an exclusive BUYER's agent.
[they don't sell RE--they help
buyers buy, and that is a different
approach].

plus u can find those offices that
have 100% approaches [where
the agent pays for desk space and
does not split the commission.]

available to help -though I am not
in TN.

Answer by hollywoodmelody
Take your real estate classes but also take a basic accounting course, real estate law, any finance course and a course in public speaking. Don't laugh, you will use all those courses through your career. Also start talking to various brokers and let them know you are taking classes. Whether taking college courses along with taking real estate classes from various real estate companies or independent real estate schools be aware of the market you are in. Also talk to lenders so you know some of what is needed for your buyers. Please learn about Title & Escrow as well. Once you hang your license make sure you become a Buyers agent first not a Sellers agent. When you start with buyers you will be learning along with your buyers some of the issues that can come up in a transaction. If you start on the Sellers side you will be on the losing end of every transaction as most seasoned agents know who is new, knows the contingencies that will let them get out of the contract and you will be left standing holding the bag.

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