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If you love to swim and happen to live near or vacation at a beach, you know what fun going to the ocean can be. It's fun to walk along the shore and collect shells or dig in the sand. It's great to feel the tide move the sand under your feet, too. However, as fun as it is, the ocean can be full of hidden dangers, even if you do know how to swim. I'm not talking about sharks or jellyfish, either. Although, those are certainly worth watching out for. What I am talking about is a rip tide. The ocean can look fabulous but, if you go out too far, it can quickly become dangerous, especially if there's a rip tide. A rip tide is aptly named, since it will seem to rip you right away from the shore. The...

Rising population is an international phenomenon and substantial increase in population has been witnessed over the recent years. Growing population has led to scarcity of resources and people's lives have been affected in a big way. The sorry state of living conditions of people - especially of those living in third world countries clearly indicates the harmful consequences of population growth. Population growth directly affects the availability of space. Presently, greater number of individuals live in a given area of land as compared to hundred years ago. This means that we now have less space then what our ancestors used to have. Forests have been cut down in order to accommodate human...

ign="center"> Going to a bank can take a lot of your time, considering the fact that banks have a fixed timetable and the most of the times you have to queue up because everybody seems to go there at the same time with you. This is one of the reasons why more and more people get onto online banking. If you want to save more of your time as well as manage your finances in an easier way you should combine online banking with Microsoft® Money 2004. Here we would like to present you the advantages of using Money 2004 and online banking. And they are not just a few, if we take into consideration the fact that the number of people who use online banking has exponentially raised from 0.4 million to 17.2...

Even after your child has had a long day at school, and may come home tired, they will still have the energy for after school activities. There are endless options, depending on what your child likes doing and how much you have to spend. There are so many after school activities including: soccer, baseball, swimming, judo, model-making, music lessons, and bike-riding. As your child gets older, the options increase and many teenagers join clubs, help other children with their homework, or do volunteer work. There are infinite after-school activities for your child to choose from. Many parents question whether their children need to do these activities. They think that because their child has been at...

Lean maintenance, without this you may lead to decrease in productivity levels and profit in danger. Reduction in cost of the business can be achieved by implementing the methodology of lean maintenance reliability.                         All manufacturing environment requires elimination in the downtime and unscheduled maintenance which will decrease their cost. Increase in downtime leads to failure in the shipment schedule resulting loss in sales. To reduce waste preventive measures are preferred.                         Grasping the cost of downtime is very important because reducing this cost will immediately increase the profit. This method helps...

China 2009 Internal combustion engine Production has more than 60 million units, becoming the first internal combustion engine manufacturing country in the world worthy of the name. To promote low carbon emissions is becoming the future development of internal combustion engine technology is one major source of power can be expected in 2010, the industry's leading enterprise internal combustion engine will reduce emissions in the energy market in spare this great article. Yuchai : Achieved 50 million units across the 2009, the Yuchai Group's sales revenue 26.9 billion yuan, up 28.17 percent, Engine Plate sold more than 660,000 units, for 9 consecutive years in the top domestic counterparts. Yuchai...

ign="center"> There are a zillion ways to do mortgage marketing. Obviouslywe cannot cover even a small percentage of them here. Butwhat we will cover is a few basic mortgage marketingadvertising tips that can help you succeed in your mortgagemarketing. Mortgage Marketing - Lesson #1 All your marketing should be held accountable for itself. Thismeans that all your mortgage marketing advertising shouldbe bringing in more money than it is costing you. And you findthis out by tracking all your advertising. The easiest way totrack is to ask people when they call or come in. "Where didyou hear about us?" If you do a lot of different mortgage marketing advertising,then you need to add tracking numbers to...

A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is a measurement of performance of a certain function within a business. Key Performance Indicators can be both financial and non-financial measures which help an organization work towards its vision and organizational goals. They are quantitative measurements plotted against a time range and are mostly presented in graphs. Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Software is a high-level project management system which integrates all business data across departments, business processes in a companies. The KPI software can analyze performance of each department in an organization consisting of reports, spreadsheets, charts and trends. The uses of KPIs vary for different...

We all know the power of presentations. Presentations can go that extra bit where written documents or even a well delivered speech fail. A good presentation can help you reach your sales target, succeed in marketing, find acceptance for your new ideas. It can help you reach out to and influence large and diverse groups of people, even keep them glued, if your presentation is good enough. And that is saying something. Making a corporate presentation is an art. You are trying to summarize what would otherwise have been pages and pages of text into short, direct and to the point slides. Slides that minimize redundancy and express only what is fundamental to your topic. That means making the best...

Why Scoreboard Benefits? Setting targets and score-boarding benefits is a key project management tool to ensure that the teams are motivated and focused on delivering hard benefits throughout the development of recommendations and implementation. The primary purpose of Score-boarding is to put a "stake in the ground" before extensive roll out of the recommendation has begun. Having clearly identified the definition of the benefit, key measures to calculate the benefit, the time frame in which the benefits are expected to be delivered and who is responsible for delivering the benefits, the scoreboard will facilitate the measurement and tracking of actual benefits. Each of the project teams are...

If you've ever felt yourself getting excessively nervous in a situation, you might have had a panic attack. What are they, though, and what triggers them? Well, the short answer is that a panic attack is a protective device. Your body has a fight or flight response to danger. That's designed to save your life, in some situations. However, there's a huge difference between having an attack during, say, a robbery and having one because you're afraid to climb a ladder. Unfortunately, your body doesn't always know the difference. In fact, it may give you a panic attack based on past history. For example, if you once had a bad public speaking experience, your body may work itself into a tizzy any time...

ign="center"> You want to go into entire body developing and been hearing about nitric oxide health supplements; the wonders it does to aid the entire body to acquire rapid muscle. You read about the acclaimed dietary supplements. The writing on the label reads, "Nitrous oxide (NO) assists generate continuous pump, boosts strength, delays tiredness, and aids raise overall power". Everything you want to acquire muscle quick! I'm certain you wouldn't even think twice about buying the item and commence your program without investigating the effectiveness of such goods. Take my advice and understand the essential details about Nitric Oxide health supplements; especially, why you need to stick to the...

Some of my fondest R4 memories of video gaming are of my brother and I opening up our Christmas present some 20+ years ago to discover inside the box an Atari 2600 with 10 games. While younger game players don't have any hands on experience with the Atari 2600, everyone has heard of it and has seen at least some of the screenshots out there on this thing we call the world wide web. Great memories indeed. My brother and I spents hours upon hours playing some of the best home conversions of arcade favorites for years to come on our good old Atari 2600.  Thankfully with the creation of Emulators for classic consoles, we're now all able to enjoy some of the timeless classic games many of us grew up...

Invensys Process Systems (IPS), a global technology, software and consulting firm, today announced that it has appointed Lawrence Wee as President of the company’s Asia Pacific region, one of the fastest growing region, to drive the dynamic growth and expansion of its business. “IPS is confident that Lawrence’s wealth of experience in growing businesses in Asia Pacific and his experience in senior leadership, sales, e-commerce, and both product and services businesses will serve IPS well as we continue to develop in this rapidly growing region,” said Paulett Eberhart, President and Chief Executive Officer of IPS. Wee most recently served as President of Asia Pacific for McAfee, responsible...

Establishing quality standards is crucial for the success of any business and this is the reason why a number of organizations are approaching ISO 22000:2005certification that is a series of globally recognised rules and standards defining an effective food quality system. Many certification bodies and testing laboratories conduct private assessment services for providing evidence that the goods, services and systems of the organization match with the ISO standards. This confirmation, verification and validation are generally known as an ISO assessment audition process. All the ISO 22000 series need assessments and measurements for the satisfaction of customers and the management capability of the...

The ISO 9000 standard is absolutely clear on this question; the policy comes first and the objectives are then developed in support of the quality policy. Quality Policy The quality policy is the only true definition of quality that counts in your organization. Provided that you take into account the few important items the standard asks for, you can define and measure quality any way you choose. Make sure the policy builds on current corporate objectives and values - it must be fully integrated with those concepts. The quality policy is considered to be the driving force of the QMS as it commits your organization to meeting its objectives. It is also one of the key documents against which the...

Spreadsheet Converter, the unique and intuitive converting program, simplifies the process of converting Excel spreadsheet to Web page. No need for programmers, you can utilize it to create or build interactive and calculating web pages from Excel spreadsheets. On publishing spreadsheet to web, the Excel's formulas are automatically converted to the program code and embedded in the HTML, which facilitates you doing online satisfaction survey, creating evaluation forms on the web, etc. The converter is an easy-to-handle add-on to the Microsoft Office Excel. After you download the converter on your PC, it can be automatically loaded to the Excel Panel. One click of "Convert" starts converting your...

A Group Discussion is a collective amalgamation of available information. Each individual in the group is believed d to have a say in the process of communication. A Group discussion is based upon three P’s-Purpose, Planning and Participation. It involves two other components- Leadership and Casualness. Advantages of Group Discussion 1)      The participants have been analyzed during Group Discussions. 2)      The participants have been evaluated on key attributes such as communication skills, inter-personal skills, leadership skills, ability to think and express rational thoughts and opinions 3)      It is said that two heads are better than one head. Thus, Group discussions are...

There are divers reasons and speculations connected with such a question. But I dare say that we all have our reason for being in business. Some say, and it is probably the first reason we consider, "To make money." I understand that there are altruistic motivations, but for most of us, the bottom line is making money, and there is nothing wrong with that. Being in business, however, is no guarantee that you will make money. So what separates those who do from those who don't make money? You may be of the same opinion as others, that it takes money to make money. To an extent this is true. Some have spent enormous amounts of money to start a franchise, or a small business with less money and wound...

PDF Duo .Net is a converting component for use in ASP.NET (VB, C# etc.) and enables to convert HTML to PDF. The main class HtmlToPdf provides several methods and properties to enable multi-purpose customization of the resulting PDF. Main functions allow to convert HTML represented as a File, Page from Url address, Stream or as a String. Developers can easily invoke the converting component in their own application or website projects on base of ASP.NET. To deploy the PDF Duo .Net component you will need only three lines of code. Installing package is provided with fully featured demos written in both C# and Visual Basic. Simple examples with source code help you using the PDF Duo .Net component to...

"The Future of Ophthalmic Devices, Market Forecasts and Growth Opportunities to 2016 - The Vision Care Segment Emerges as a Key Revenue Generator" provides key data, information and analysis on the global ophthalmic devices market. The report provides market landscape, competitive landscape and market trends information on four ophthalmic devices market categories - cataract surgery devices, refractive surgery devices, vision care, and ophthalmic diagnostic equipment. The report provides comprehensive information on the key trends affecting these categories, and key analytical content on the market dynamics. The report also reviews the competitive landscape, key pipeline products and technology...

The Worldwide Footwear Manufacturing Industry report, published annually by Barnes Reports, contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2010 current and 2011 forecast estimates on the size of the industry (sales, establishments, employment) for the 47 largest world countries, including United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, China, Japan, India, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and South Africa. The report also includes industry definition, 5-year historical trends on industry sales, establishments and employment, a breakdown of establishments, sales and employment by employee size of establishment (9 categories), and...

There are several universal principles affecting our everyday life, many of which we learned early in life and take for granted, or even forgot. The laws of physics are a good example. We had to learn them while in high school and even memorize them, at least long enough to pass the exams. By the time summer vacation rolled around most students assumed they would never need them again. Unfortunately, some of those youths ignored these laws of physics, and the results were fatal. Recall that centripetal force needs to be equal to centrifugal force to keep an object from going in a straight line. That curve the young drivers rounded, at a few miles per hour faster than the banked road was designed for...

There have been numerous articles and books written on the theories or reasons behind the residential real estate bubble and its bursting in 2006, which led to what will likely be remembered as the Great Recession. I can add that I am not one of the parties that share the blame. I was living in Europe from 1994 - 2007 and did not even own real estate in the US during most of that time period! Chalk that up to luck, not prescience. I would like to focus on what can be done to get out of this mess. The answer is surprisingly simple, although as so many things in life that are simple, it will not be so easy to implement due to the number of banks and organizations involved. They need to change or...

The TACT, or Toxic Asset Conversion and Transfer Program is a simple and effective solution to both the banking and real estate crises. It builds on the progress made by banks and real estate investors to bring us back from the brink of a liquidity disaster. Unfortunately, if TACT is not implemented quickly by banks, both large and small, the US (and world) economy will likely be in a double-dip recession. The Great Recession, as it will be remembered for generations to come, was triggered by a greed inflated real estate bubble. Just as signs of recovery were becoming apparent in all sectors of the economy, Europe's socialistic spending habits have brought us back to the edge. As Margaret Thatcher...

A young man I know started to break into the executive ranks at the multinational company he worked and realized he should focus more on investing his personal assets. Eventually he wanted to stop working for money, and let his money work for him. He had bought and sold his first two houses for a tidy profit and was now living in the third home, situated on a half acre lot in a nice suburban neighborhood. Up until that time he had been investing primarily in his home and investment (mutual) funds. He also had used debts wisely, and watched Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street regularly. Other than one nearly catastrophic experience with trading stock options, his investments were rising steadily year after...

So many people today struggle to lose weight, especially after they learn that obesity dramatically decreases their life expectancy, and dramatically increases the costs of their future medical care. This seems strange to me since I and certainly they must have figured out there are only two things they need to focus on in order to lose weight. For some reason knowing those two simple things to do, is not sufficient to do them despite a virtual guarantee of losing weight. Compared to losing weight, becoming truly wealthy, or at least financially independent, is slightly more complicated. There are three simple things to focus on, versus only two for weight loss. Despite being simple, there appears...

As a VP of marketing, Director of marketing, or sales executive you are well aware that even the best-planned marketing efforts can fail, and thorny economic times have only compounded the aggravation. You've been strained to cut your marketing expenditures significantly at the same time you're expected to accomplish more. This white paper introduces the fundamentals of running marketing programs efficiently and with the highest possible ROI, using not only a creative, but also an analytical approach to direct response marketing that is impossible without marketing automation - a primary support system for any successful marketing campaign. The technology-driven process, in conjunction with a...

Managing a small business is tough. It needs knowledge, money, dedication and time. The successful small businesses are those that are financially on top position. Keeping a track of from where money comes and to where it's going is absolutely necessary. One way to effectively keep this track is to use QuickBooks accounting software.   Quick Book online   Quick Book online is accounting and financial software that turns accounting into a simple task for small businesses, specifically those in retail, wholesale, professional services, manufacturing, contracting and industries. QuickBooks helps to become more efficient by simplifying accounting you do and in a very organized manner. It keeps trail...

In one of the surveys it was mentioned, most of the new Small business's fail not because of their execution or anything else but because the owner never realized where the problem is. To keep track of your business, you need to actively monitor who is your top customer, what is your open account receivables, what is your inventory etc A small business is often bootstrapped so obviously there are no administrators who will run the reports so it is the owner's job to keep a daily health check of his business. MyBizHomepage, a Middleburg, Virginia-based startup, automatically uploads your QuickBooks data (2007 and 2008 versions only) to your own customizable web page, where you can keep an eye on your...

Wipe Your Computer but Save Your Operating System WipeDrive creates a fast and efficient method of formatting your computer, by erasing your old hard drive. But Wait It Gets Better! Now WipeDrive has a new version called SystemSaver. SystemSaver is great because it cleans your hard drive, while saving your operating system. You won't find that capability anywhere else. Learn More About SystemSaver Are you planning on giving your computer away? So you have an old computer that you never use. It sits in the basement den getting dusty and just taking up space. It is time for that baby to go. Fortunately you have a friend, neighbor, cousin, aquaintance, who needs a computer. Lucky for them, you are...

San Mateo, CA, September 6, 2007 – Tioga Energy, Inc., a renewable energy services provider granting access to clean, commercial-grade power for organizations and industry, has completed its initial funding round with participation from Nth Power, a leading venture capital company. The more than $4 million dollars contributed by that group brings the total amount of first-round funding raised by Tioga Energy to more than $14 million. Previous contributors to Tioga Energy’s A-round of funding included venture capital groups NGEN Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Rockport Capital, with supporting finance sourced from DFJ Frontier and Kirlan Ventures. "We are very excited to participate in the...

ign="center"> Paper cutters are available in several different styles. One of the most popular is the guillotine-style paper cutter. These devices are great for trimming small amounts of paper and they can be used to cut just about any type of paper you want. If you are shopping for one of these trimmers, you should take a look at the Dahle 124 Professional Guillotine Paper Cutter. This is a product that's really safe to use, can cut a lot of different things, and it's also well-made and it comes with a great warranty. Here are the four reasons - in more detail - as to why the 124 deserves a close look. 1. It will help you stay safe. It is pretty obvious that using a guillotine paper trimmer...

Preamble: OA and enterprise applications. On behalf of Ke that different levels of enterprise applications vary widely, but the boundaries of enterprise applications and the OA is quite obvious. Ke OA on behalf of that local backward in many parts of the world-class OA applications, and this has been more than one level behind, because IBM, Microsoft and other parties in the OA front-end integration. Web2.0 rise of the tide, so that the work of the original document stored locally gradually shift network. Internet of the OA (Office Automation) to the user in a more rich experience, but also impact on the traditional way of OA and ideas. Gold and vice president of technology on behalf of the Ke OA...

Assuming that girls aren't at all interested in you will kill your game before you even start. What you need to do is learn the tricks that will make any girl love you from the bottom of her heart. That said, you must never quit trying out new tricks that might just work for you. There are some surefire ways to make yourself invaluable to a girl. If you can employ these subtle tools of the trade, your game will improve and you will find yourself in a position to choose the girls you want to hang with. It isn't just a game, man. Any guy can learn these tricks. Here they are... How To Seduce A Girl - And Make Her Stay With You...Forever Tactic One - Must Dissolve Any Emotional Attachment. Seduction is...

Designing effective performance dashboards can be a challenge for beginners. Some common questions asked of new dashboard designers include: - What metrics should I visualize? - What visualization controls should I use to represent my data? - What is the most effective dashboard design and layout? Purpose of Performance Dashboards: It is important to define your dashboard's objectives before entering the design phase. Generally speaking, a good performance dashboard: - Displays relevant information and key performance indicators (KPIs) in a logical, concise manner. - Serves as an aid when analyzing company data. - Facilitates intelligent decisions based on the visualized data. Dashboard Metrics: One...

Trainings are essential for every organization to grow. These are not only conducted for the new employees but also for those who are already in the organization working hard. In addition, this is also one way of appraising the newly graduates as they train themselves to show the administrators that they are fit for the job that they want to apply for. With the training dashboard that you can use today, the training evaluation process will surely be an easy one. As we all know, training is a term that refers to the acquisition of skills, knowledge and competencies so that those who have participated in this procedure will be able to use them in the future for the good of the organization. If there...

The most powerful tool to drive coordinated action is agreement on principles. If you can't agree in principle then chances are high you won't agree on anything else. I've used principles, specifically the shared development of principles, in many situations but primarily to drive the alignment of business and IT. This tool, when used properly, results in a shared vision, common objectives, action plans and a governance tool. It also exposes areas where common effort is not going to work, where there is such fundamental disagreement that it is pointless (for the moment) to try and work together. A principle is a statement of belief. "All men are created equal" is an excellent statement of principle...

There are many valuable tools that can substantially alter the way you manage your business. A business dashboard is one of the tools you can use to help you look at your business. Consisting of key metrics that you track daily or weekly on a regular basis, it can be one of your best "friends" in running your business. Too many people rely on their checkbook balance and their financial statements, which are historical in nature and usually not available until weeks to months after the close of an accounting period. They will tell the business owner how they are doing financially but well after the fact. Reliance on financials is important but often too late to take needed action once a problem is...

With such pace and magnitude of information that exist in today's business world, a dashboard tool company plays an important role. Each business must be able to withstand strong competition and in being able to do so, there is the need to be provided a management tool that provides relevant data to come up with accurate analysis and correct decisions. To come up with a relevant dashboard that would prove useful to management, the data contained have to be functional, providing efficiency in the jobs in the company. Otherwise, these dashboards become useless, and their being accessed is a waste of time - not to mention the possibility of the usage of flawed data that may be damaging to the company...

Mac OS X system is regarded as one of the best operating systems; however, just like using Windows, some simple optimizations and adjustments will make this operating system more excellent. The default status of OS X has many strange and inconvenient settings, so they should be optimized manually by us. 1. Add Folders or Drives in Dock, If you are the user changing from Windows platform to the Mac platform, accustomed to Start Menu, you could drag application folders into Dock, putting them between Trash bin and vertical dividing line. Click this dragged chart, and then a program list, with vertical expansion, will be displayed, which is just like program menu in Windows. Other operations can also...

Most clinics lose an average of 20% of their revenue due to missed appointments. Lost revenue may not be the largest problem clinics face due to no-shows. Other problems span health damage, patient liability risks, reduced accessibility, and impeded resident education. Rigorous no-show management methods utilizing powerful vericle-like technologies, which integrate scheduling and billing data, reduce no-show rates and improve associated revenues by more than 50%. No-Show Frequency Distribution No-show rates average at about 20%, where 10% clinics have less than 10% no-shows, 42% clinics - 10%-20%, 34% clinics - 20-30%, and 14% clinics - more than 30% no-shows. Further, the top ten clinics range...

align="center"> Many internet users face this problem when they try clicking a link and see this error code on the status bar of the browser which doesn’t allow the link to work. It is actually an error message that occasionally appears in a web browser when you face a problem loading a JavaScript from a webpage. Though this error message pops up on various occasions but the actual reasons could be different for different users, and resolving these problems is necessary by knowing the most possible reasons for this error message. 1- The major cause of this error message is the Popup blocker blocking the JavaScript while stopping the windows which open up as the advertisements on various sites...

Insurance companies are definitely in a stronger position in the 'payer payee' relationship shared with healthcare providers. They have the advantages of scale, power and a large claims database. The complexity of billing procedures further tips the scales towards them. Technology and the internet come to the aid of medical providers through medical billing networks, promising to level the playing field between the two players. Insurance carriers benefit from complex medical billing process. Changing codes, rules, and procedures make filing claims tortuous and error-prone. Insurance companies pick on these errors to reject claims. Sometimes this happens repeatedly till the medical provider caves in...

Online marketers have always enjoyed an advantage over their offline counterparts in that it is simple and easy to track visitors and their behavior on the target website from a simple mouse click of a visitor. Traditional online brand metric tools have utilized the "click-to-sale" philosophy of how a website should be positioned and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has grown up as an online industry to make websites rank higher for the search engines. In recent years this has slowly been changed as brand advertisers have also latched onto the power of social networking sites that look to engage and provide a fusing of the traditional television/radio style media in an online context. No longer is...

As the internet improves with more applications and services, many of the desktop applications are starting be replaced by online versions of the same thing. These replacements include office suites, photo management, editing, email, and basic programs that are used everyday. What will happen to applications in the future? Will they all be on the cloud? The cloud versus non-cloud debate most likely is one of poor foresight. The reality is that applications will probably have more of a hybrid model. This means that there will be ways of using the same applications and tools through a browser while connected to the internet with some sort of offline mode to still continue to manage, edit, and use the...

Your account receivable report is the key to where your money is, if you are not seeing the return that you expect should be coming into your office. One of the best ways to see if your account receivable report is in the best condition that it should be in is possibly having it sent out so that an outside billing service can give you an opinion on what is wrong and what can be done to correct the problem. We all know that you should be receiving the maximum amount of money for your services and that since just about every insurance can go electronically then your account receivable report should not be over 60 days unless there is a problem with the patient's insurance or if you did have to send a...

The fourth article in the series discuss the need for constructing a multidimensional structure of business performance in order to achieve the best possible results when conducting performance measurement.   Business performance is a complex multidimensional variable what makes its measurement a difficult task (Brush and Vanderwerf, 1992). Venkatraman and Ramanujam (1985) suggest that measures such as sales growth, net income growth and return on investment indicate for different dimensions. In order to overcome that hurdle scholars used several different measures in order to achieve more accurate estimation of the differences between key dimensions of business performance (Zahra, 1996). Later...

Medical insurance claims are denied for all sorts of reasons. What do you do if you feel the insurance company should have paid on a claim but has denied it? Having run a medical billing service for twelve years, we've see a lot of denials on claims. The biggest key to getting a claim paid when it is denied incorrectly is to act on it immediately. Sometimes in a busy medical office, there is a tendency to put a denial in a pile or drawer or take care of it later, but this is a mistake. The sooner the problem is dealt with, the more likely you are to get the decision reversed and the claim paid. Here's how: 1. Look the denial over carefully. Look for a denial code that may be numbers or letters...