I was reading this article that Bob forwarded to me and it reminded me why we're reading this book as a staff
As we read we're discussing how the church reaches the vast majority of people who don't or won't come to church. How do we reach those people who are OK with spirtuality, God, and Jesus, but not OK with The Church. It's an interesting read and an interesting conversation.
I recently had the opportunity to vacation in Orlando, Florida. What a week! Great weather and great fun.
The highlight for me was getting to see a Space Shuttle launch. I love things with big motors like muscle cars, race cars, jet planes, and the space shuttle. I've always wanted to see a launch. We missed it by a day or two the last time we were in Orlando. Not this year. This year, along with what seemed to be 8,000,000 others, we made it to the launch and it was awesome! Check out the video below from my Canon Powershot S3IS. Sorry about the injustice the camera work does to this event as well as the cheesy commentary.
What does all of this have to do with Internal control you ask? Well, in addition to being a healthy thing to do, we think that taking one full week of vacation is an important internal control for our Finance Department. Even though it's sometimes difficult to leave for a full week and let that work pile up. It's also helpful to take a week away from work to diffuse any suspicion that someone is doing something fraudulent and can't leave for a week lest their scheme is discovered.
I recommend requiring all Finance Staff to take a full week of vacation each year as a healthy internal control for any organization.
This is one of the greatest golf shots I've ever seen!! I was so amazed, I watched it several times in a row on my DVR. This shot took a huge amount of courage to hit. The difficulty of this shot is off the charts. This is a slightly closed 6 Iron (to produce lower, draw trajectory and longer distance) from 207 yards, off the pine needles, through a 4 ft gap in the trees, over a creek, and to within 4 ft. of the hole, for an eagle try...with the lead in The Masters. With the number of really small things that could have made this shot a disaster, It was executed perfectly.
A lot of people, including me, questioned Phil's choice of driver on 18 in 2006 at The U.S. Open at Winged Foot. A lot of people would have questioned this choice as well if it hadn't been executed perfectly. However, that's the type of risk/reward that leads to a win. Congratulations to Phil on an amazing shot and a great win.
