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The only mention I can find of that device is talking about ndiswrapper, so it doesn't look good.
Does the adapter work now? Can you connect to an existing network, or does the system at least detect it? If it is working, you can check which driver is loaded with "lsmod". If it isn't working at all, that may mean it has no native Linux support, and you will be limited to ndiswrapper (which does not support Master mode with any device).
Just to make sure I understand everything clearly. If I have a WiFi card that supports the master mode than I can use that card to connect to a wifi LAN and also to use it as a AC. Is that correct or do I need to be connected to the lan some other way?
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Human chorionic gonadotropin administration is associated with high pregnancy rates during ovarian stimulation and timed intercourse or intrauterine insemination
© Mitwally et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2004
- Received: 13 April 2004
- Accepted: 07 July 2004
- Published: 07 July 2004
There are different factors that influence treatment outcome after ovarian stimulation and timed-intercourse or intrauterine insemination (IUI). After patient age, it has been suggested that timing of insemination in relation to ovulation is probably the most important variable affecting the success of treatment. The objective of this study is to study the value of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) administration and occurrence of luteinizing hormone (LH) surge in timing insemination on the treatment outcome after follicular monitoring with timed-intercourse or intrauterine insemination, with or without ovarian stimulation.
Retrospective analysis of 2000 consecutive completed treatment cycles (637 timed-intercourse and 1363 intrauterine insemination cycles). Stimulation protocols included clomiphene alone or with FSH injection, letrozole (an aromatase inhibitor) alone or with FSH, and FSH alone. LH-surge was defined as an increase in LH level ≥200% over mean of preceding two days. When given, hCG was administered at a dose of 10,000 IU. The main outcome was clinical pregnancy rate per cycle.
Higher pregnancy rates occurred in cycles in which hCG was given. Occurrence of an LH-surge was associated with a higher pregnancy rate with clomiphene treatment, but a lower pregnancy rate with FSH treatment.
hCG administration is associated with a favorable outcome during ovarian stimulation. Awaiting occurrence of LH-surge is associated with a better outcome with CC but not with FSH treatment.
- Luteinizing Hormone
- Ovarian Stimulation
- Clomiphene Citrate
- Clinical Pregnancy Rate
Ovarian stimulation with timed-intercourse or intrauterine insemination (IUI) has been empirically applied alone or in combination for treatment of unexplained infertility, male-factor infertility, anovulatory infertility as well as other cases of infertility. This treatment modality is used when the female partner has at least one open tube in addition to some ovarian function and the male partner has motile sperm . In infertile couples meeting the above criteria, combining ovarian stimulation with IUI is an effective means of achieving pregnancy [2, 3].
There are different factors that influence treatment outcome after ovarian stimulation and timed-intercourse or IUI [4, 5]. These include women's age, ovarian stimulation protocol, semen parameters and method of semen preparation [6–8], number of inseminations [9, 10] as well as number of preovulatory follicles, length and cause of infertility and number of prior treatment cycles [11, 12]. Another important factor is timing of intercourse or insemination. It has been suggested that timing of insemination in IUI cycles in relation to ovulation is probably the most important variable affecting the success of treatment .
With the introduction of IUI into infertility management, timing of insemination was initially based on past cycle length and basal body temperature charts . Later, timing insemination according to LH-surge was found to be associated with improved outcome . However, with the development of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and its application to trigger ovulation and time insemination, controversy has arisen as to the best method of timing intercourse or IUI to achieve optimal pregnancy rates. There is no consensus whether timing of insemination by waiting for detection of LH-surge, or by administering hCG without waiting for LH-surge, or by waiting for LH-surge and then adding hCG, leads to the best pregnancy rates [15–20].
In this study we looked at treatment outcome (achievement of clinical pregnancy) according to the three different methods of timing intercourse and insemination currently applied in infertility practice: 1-hCG administration without waiting for LH-surge, 2-waiting for LH-surge plus hCG administeration, or 3-waiting for LH-surge without administering hCG.
Approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Board of University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital to review charts of infertile couples who underwent cycle monitoring for timed-intercourse or IUI. The study was conducted at Reproductive Biology Units (RBU) located at Toronto General Hospital before mid-2000 and at Mount Sinai Hospital after mid-2000, and at Toronto Center for Advanced Reproductive Technology (TCART). These clinics are academic tertiary referral centers affiliated with Reproductive Sciences Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto, Canada. Charts were reviewed for treatment cycles completed between January 1997 and March 2001. The same clinical team including five reroductive endocrinologists work in both centers (RBU and TCART) applied the same ovarian stimulation protocols with similar management and follow up plans in both centers.
This retrospective study included 2000 consecutive completed treatment cycles (637 timed-timed-intercourse cycles and 1363 IUI cycles) in 860 infertile women, 250 with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and 610 with unexplained infertility. PCOS was diagnosed according to the National Institutes of Health consensus criteria and unexplained infertility was diagnosed by exclusion of tubal factor infertility (hysterosalpingography and laparoscopy), anovulation (by luteal phase progesterone > 5 nM) and male factor by semenalysis according to WHO criteria .
Criteria for patient inclusion included completed cycles in which there was only one infertility factor (PCOS or unexplained infertility) with comparable semen parameters meeting the minimum WHO criteria as explained above.
Stimulation protocols included clomiphene citrate (CC) alone (771 cycles) or with FSH injection (132 cycles), letrozole (an aromatase inhibitor) alone (146 cycles) or with FSH (143 cycles), FSH alone (515 cycles). LH-surge was defined as an increase in LH level ≥200% over mean of preceding two days LH levels. When given, hCG was administered at a dose of 10,000 IU, single subcutaneous or intramuscular injection (Profasi®, Serono, Oakville, Ontario, Canada or Pregnyl®, Organon, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, respectively). All cycles received luteal phase support with progesterone in the form of vaginal suppositories 100 mg twice daily. In 293 treatment cycles, patients received no ovarian stimulation before timed-intercourse or insemination.
CC was given orally at a dose of 50–100 mg daily from day 3 to day 7 of menstrual cycle. The aromatase inhibitor, letrozole, was given orally at a dose of 2.5 mg daily from day 3 to day 7 of menstrual cycle as previously described for ovulation induction [23–25]. FSH injections were given in the form of highly purified FSH (Fertinorm®, Serono, Oakville, Ontario, Canada) or recombinant FSH, (Gonal-F® Serono, Oakville, Ontario, Canada or Puregon®, Organon, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) at a dose of 50–300 IU/day. When given alone, FSH injections started on day 3 of menstrual cycle. When given in conjunction with CC or letrozole, injections started on day 7 of menstrual cycle.
The managing physician decided the choice of the ovarian stimulation protocol with the patient based on her clinical profile (mainly the age, duration of infertility and prior treatment history). An algorithm usually is followed starting with a natural cycle (no treatment in unexplained infertility) followed by ovarian stimulation with clomiphene citrate. When pregnancy is not achieved after about three cycles of clomiphene or if a thin endometrium is seen, the clomiphene is considered failed and then the aromatase inhibitor or FSH (alone or in combination with clomiphene or aromatase inhibitor, empirically decided) was used.
The development of ovarian follicles was monitored by transvaginal ultrasound measurement of mean follicular diameter and serial assays serum LH and estradiol levels. This was done on a daily basis during the last few days of stimulation immediately before insemination and less frequently in the early part of follicular phase. hCG (10,000 IU) was given to trigger ovulation when mean diameter of an average of two ovarian follicles was ≥18 mm. IUI was done 38 hours after hCG administration if no LH-surge occurred. If LH-surge was detected, IUI was done on the following day and at 38 hours. Intercourse was recommended exactly like IUI. Patients called to confirm the encounter of intercourse on the following day for documentation.
The decision to give hCG was made by the physician on call for the infertility unit. The timing of insemination was based on the achievement of average mean diameter of 18 mm or larger for two or more follicles (one follicle in no-medication cycles). After reviewing the serum LH level, the treating physician decided whether an endogenous LH surge occurred or not. If an endogenous LH surge occurred a decision was made to give hCG or not based on the physician preference (no specific guidelines existed). If an LH surge did not occur, hCG was given to trigger ovulation. This algorithm of hCG administration contributed to the homogeneous structure among the different study groups and absence of significant differences in any of the variables that might affect the achievement of pregnancy e.g. age and infertility diagnosis. In the no-medication group, there was a tendency towards avoiding the use of any medications to trigger ovulation, often at patient request. Thus, hCG administration was avoided in most of the non-stimulated cycles. In the gonadotropin group, there was a tendency to give hCG to trigger ovulation in most of the cycles due to general belief among physicians that hCG is needed because LH-surge achieved during gonadotropin stimulation might be inadequate as reviewed by Macklon and Fauser .
The dose and duration of FSH treatment were adjusted during monitoring of follicular development according to patient's response including the number of growing follicles and estradiol levels. The goal of ovarian stimulation was to achieve an average of two ovarian follicles with a mean diameter of ≥18 mm on the day of hCG administration.
All insemination cycles included IUI with partner semen. The same method of semen preparation [sperm wash] was applied in all insemination cycles. All men had normal semen analysis by WHO criteria and there was no significant difference in the semen parameters of the partners in the different patients groups as regards sperm number, motility and strict criteria for morphology (data not shown). The same 2 infertility nurses performed intrauterine inseminations in all patients.
Pregnancy was diagnosed by quantitative β-hCG two weeks after timed-intercourse or insemination. Clinical pregnancy was confirmed by observing fetal cardiac activity on transvaginal ultrasound four weeks after a positive pregnancy test.
Intercourse or insemination was timed according to the administration of hCG, or the occurrence of LH-surge. Hence there were three study groups: group 1: "hCG-only group" included cycles in which patients received hCG [without LH-surge], group 2: "hCG plus LH-surge" group included cycles in which patients received hCG on the day of the detected LH-surge, and group 3: "LH-only" group included cycles in which patients did not receive hCG [LH-surge occurred].
Two more groups are formed from combinations of the above three groups. Group 4: "all hCG", include all cycles in which patients received hCG irrespective to occurrence of LH-surge [hCG ± LH-surge]. This group is the sum of groups 1 and 2 [hCG-only group and hCG plus LH group]. Group 5: all LH-surge group, included all cycles in which patients had LH-surge whether received hCG or not [LH ± hCG]. This group is the sum of groups 2 and 3 [hCG plus LH-surge group and LH-surge-only group]. Box 1 summarizes the five different patients groups.
Group 1: hCG-only group, no LH-surge occurred
Group 2: hCG plus LH-surge group, both hCG was given and LH-surge occurred on the same day
Group 3: LH-surge-only group, LH-surge occurred but no hCG was given
Group 4: All hCG group, all cycles in which hCG was given whether alone or on the day of hCG (sum of groups 1 and 2)
Group 5: All LH-surge group, all cycles in which LH-surge occurred whether hCG was given or not (sum or groups 2 and 3)
Analysis of data
To look at the effect of hCG administration and ocuurrence of LH-surge on the treatment outcome, clinical pregnancy rates per cycle were compared among the first three study groups. To look at the effect of hCG administration on treatment outcome, clinical pregnancy rates per cycle were compared between cycles in which hCG was given, group 4, [hCG alone or with LH-surge] and cycles in which hCG was not given, group 3 (LH-surge-only group). Then we confined the comparison on the cycles in which LH-surge occurred by comparing cycles in which hCG was given, group 2 (hCG plus LH-surge) with the cycles in which hCG was not given, group 3 (LH-surge-only cycles).
To look at the effect of LH-surge on the treatment outcome we compared all cycles in which LH-surge occurred, group 5, (whether alone, LH-surge-only or LH-surge plus hCG cycles) with all cycles in which LH-surge did not occur, group 1, (hCG-only cycles).
Various patients characteristics (age, number of treatment cycles and infertility duratin) among the different patients groups. Data presented as Mean ± SD (range).
Group 1 HCG-only
Group 2 hCG plus LH-surge
Group 3 LH-onlysurge only
Group 4 All hCG (sum of groups 1 and 2
Group 5 All LH-surge cycles Sum of groups 2 and 3
No. of cycles
34.3 ± 4.3 (20–45)
34.2 ± 4.3 (20–45)
34.7 ± 4.1 (24–45)
33.95 ± 4.3 (23–45)
34.36 ± 4.2 (20–45)
34.44 ± 4.2 (23–45)
No. of inseminations
1.1 ± 0.3 (1–2)
1.12 ± 0.32 (1–2)
1.39 ± 0.5 (1–2)
1.24 ± 0.42 (1–2)
1.28 ± 0.45 (1–2)
1.28 ± 0.5 (1–2)
No. of prior treatment cycles
2.9 ± 2.2 (1–7)
2.8 ± 2.1 (1–7)
3.1 ± 2.2 (1–6)
2.71 ± 2.4 (1–6)
2.9 ± 2.14 (1–7)
2.96 ± 2.3 (1–6)
The percentage of insemination cycles and infertility diagnosis among the different patients groups. Data are presented as number (% from total cycles).
Group 1 HCG-only
Group 2 hCG plus LH-surge
Group 3 LH-surge-only
Group 4 All hCG (sum of groups 1 and 2
Group 5 All LH-surge Sum of groups 2 and 3
No. of cycles
No. of patients
The following statistical tests were used where appropriate to analyze various data among the study groups: ANOVA was used to compare between the three groups (hCG alone, HcG plus LH and LH only groups), Student's t-test, Chi square test and Bonferroni t-test when comparing between each two groups (hCG versus no hCG and LH surge versus no LH surge) in addition to multiple regression analysis as explained above, considering P value < 0.05 statistically significant. The statistical tests were performed with SigmaStat for Windows Version 1.0 software (SigmaStat Software HighEdit Professional Copyright® 1993, MicroHelp Inc and HeilerSoftware GmbH, San Rafael, CA, USA).
Clinical pregnancy rates per cycle according to method applied for timing insemination or intercourse (hCG-only, hCG plus LH-surge or LH-surge-only) among the different ovarian stimulation protocols. Results are expressed as rate (number of pregnancy cycles/total number of cycles).
HCG-only (group 1)
hCG + LH-surge (group 2)
LH-surge-only (group 3)
All stimulation cycles
Three important findings of interest arise from results in this retrospective study. The first is the association of hCG treatment with higher clinical pregnancy rates irrespective of stimulation protocol, insemination types (timed-intercourse or IUI) or infertility diagnoses (PCOS or unexplained infertility). The second finding was the trend for a significantly higher clinical pregnancy rate associated with LH-surge in CC treatment, either alone or with FSH. This trend was maintained after sub-grouping according to insemination type and infertility diagnoses. The third finding was a significantly lower clinical pregnancy rate associated with LH-surge in FSH treatment cycles.
To maximize the chance of success, timing of intercourse and intrauterine insemination should be closely related to the time of ovulation . Early studies reported discrepancies in the time of ovulation after the onset of LH-surge. A multicentred collaborative study from the World Health Organization, found that ovulation occurred 24–56 hours from the onset of LH-surge and between 8–40 hours after its peak . Garcia et al, reported that ovulation occurred after a mean time of 27.3 h from onset of LH-surge . In IVF cycles, oocytes retrieved 36–38 h from the start of LH-surge achieved good fertilization rates . Nowadays, hCG is used to trigger ovulation and time insemination which is a common practice among many infertility centers worldwide. Follicular rupture and ovulation usually occur ~36–48 h after hCG injection .
Whether to wait for LH-surge to occur or administer hCG to trigger ovulation is still a matter of controversy. Martinez et al [17, 33] suggested that a beneficial effect would occur when the process of natural follicular maturation and the spontaneous rise of LH was allowed to occur. In our study, we found similar findings of a higher clinical pregnancy rate in the group of hCG plus LH-surge. However, this improvement in clinical pregnancy rates was not found when FSH was used alone or with letrozole. Of interest, the findings with CC + FSH cycles are consistent with an earlier report, almost 15 years ago, that the occurrence of LH-surge was a favorable event, associated with higher pregnancy and live birth rates in IVF cycles in which the combination of CC + hMG was applied for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation .
As LH-surge can last for up to 2 days before ovulation in some patients , a treatment plan based on LH-surge alone can result in inaccurate timing of ovulation and insemination. When hCG is given before LH-surge there can be mistiming of follicle maturity. It is therefore reasonable to expect a better pregnancy rate when an ovulatory dose of hCG is administered after LH-surge .
The occurrence of LH-surge in CC treatment cycles may indicate a healthy hypothalamo-pituitary axis that has been released from the estrogen receptor antagonistic effect of CC and may indicate a rapid clearance of the antiestrogenic component of CC. LH-surge, therefore, may also reflect a lesser peripheral antiestrogen effect at the level of endometrium and cervix favoring the achievement of pregnancy.
With FSH treatment, the lower clinical pregnancy rate associated with LH-surge could be related to premature timing of LH-surge as a result of rapidly rising estrogen levels attained during the growth of multiple healthy follicles. This premature LH-surge may result in triggering the ovulation of immature oocytes. Premature LH-surges are well-known from experience with controlled ovarian hyperstimulation for assisted reproduction predating the use of GnRH analogue pituitary downregulation.
In a similar study design to ours, Awonuga and Govindbhai did not find any difference in the pregnancy rate among the cycles in which hCG was administered or in which LH-surge occurred. LH-surge detection was, however, performed with urine kits. Urinary LH monitoring has its limitations that include false-negative results when peak LH concentrations are low [<40 IU/l]. This has been found in up to 35% of ovulatory cycles . It is possible that up to a third of inseminations are timed incorrectly when LH kits alone are used to time IUI and some women may even ovulate before LH can be detected in the urine . In addition, the small size of the study may have limited the detection of a small but significant difference in outcome.
In a prospective, randomized, cross-over study that evaluated the benefit of hCG-timed versus LH-timed IUI in CC stimulated cycles , no statistically significant difference was seen in the pregnancy rate with the use of hCG (4.2%) versus LH monitoring (4.3%). The low pregnancy rat in this study suggests a different patient population to ours and such low pregnancy rate may have masked a difference in the two timing approaches.
The findings of this study support the practice of administering hCG to trigger ovulation and time insemination and to time its administration according to LH-surge. Waiting for LH-surge to happen before giving hCG might be associated with high pregnancy rates when CC is used (whether alone or in combination with gonadotropins). On the other hand, with FSH treatment the occurrence of LH-surge before administering hCG might be associated with lower pregnancy rates. It is important to mention that the retrospective design of our study may bias the results. A retrospective study is less likely to have clearly defined criteria for patient inclusion, and non-randomized trials have the potential to provide a distorted view of the problem. However, the large number of treatment cycles (2000 cycles) and the absence of significant difference in relevant confounding factors (age, fertility diagnosis and duration) among the study groups would allow drawing useful conclusions that consitiute the basis for future randomized trials. A prospective clinical trial in which the method for timing insemination is randomly determined before starting ovarian stimulation would help in achieving unequivocal conclusions.
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With yet another storm threatening south Louisiana, this time in the form of Hurricane Delta, there won’t be any Friday night lights this week in St. Charles Parish – rather, it’ll be Wednesday and Thursday night lights instead.
Hahnville and Destrehan have both rescheduled their games this week, with Hahnville set to host H.L. Bourgeois at 7 p.m. Wednesday night and Destrehan to host St. James at 6 p.m. Thursday.
DHS (0-1) is attempting to bounce back after an opening week 22-14 loss at St. Paul’s, and will do so against a St. James (1-0) team defending its Class 3A state championship in 2020.
Hahnville (1-0), meanwhile, will enter into District 7-5A play for the first time this season when it takes on Terrebonne (1-0). The Tigers are attempting to keep the momentum going after earning a 49-0 win over the opposition in week one.
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How great would it be to have one of The Avengers as your personal watchdog? Few people would argue against having a superhero providing them with reliable protection. Bristolite Daylighting Systems offers our customers the next best thing with our Trituff Skylight series. It appeals to those who want superior strength and protection in a relatively lightweight package… Even The Hulk can’t make that claim, but we’re certainly not going to tell him!
Trituff industrial and commercial skylights feature sturdy heliarc welded aluminum frames for standard skylights or welded galvanized steel frames for openable smoke hatch units. They are available as single domes or triarch domes (for larger openings) and feature glazings made from copolyester that have been load tested to comply with OSHA-CFR’s for fall protection. For added protection, many models are available with an optional security grill. Trituff skylights also help brighten up your facility by allowing an impressive 60% of visible light transmission & feature U-factors of .65, referring to the total heat transfer coefficient in BTU/hr-sf-°F (this takes into consideration conductive, convective, and radiative heat transfer).
Our mission at Bristolite is to provide the highest quality products and offer superior service for residential, commercial, and industrial customers alike, all the while remaining an exceptional value.
We aim to provide the building industry with an abundance of accurate, current, and relevant information relative to daylighting and energy conservation. We take our corporate responsibilities very seriously because we consider ourselves innovators and stewards in the efficient use of sustainable carbon-free energy. To learn more about how Bristolite offers the best energy efficient skylights in the business, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org, or by calling our toll-free number at (800) 854-8618 today!
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I have no grand designs for this blog, except that it will probably continue to go fallow more often than not as life interferes in the near future. But whatever small designs I have for it, they don’t include once a week postings linking to tidbits about House. Still, I couldn’t resist this. House writer Doris Egan answered some fan questions as part of a strike promise, ending on this fabulous bit of whimsy:
- Doris Egan Q&A
“Sara Hess once suggested to me that somewhere about year seven, when the audience is tired of the show, we do a deliberate jump-the-shark season. House’s evil twin shows up. Wilson’s evil twin shows up. We learn that whenever Cameron was talking about her dead husband, it was actually a different husband; she’s a black widow who’s married a dozen men for their money and then murdered them. We find this out the morning after her wedding to Wilson. I told Sara, ‘The thing is, I’d watch that season.’ ‘I’d watch it too,’ she said; ‘It’d be awesome!’ House adopts a ward, who turns out to be Cuddy’s child from that bout of amnesia in her twenties. Halfway through the season, without explanation, we develop a crossover in which the crew of the Enterprise finds themselves stranded in Princeton in 2010.” Read more.
It’s enough to last us until new episodes at the end of April, no?
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Hi All, It was from quite some time back I began looking for carbon fiber wheels. Where ever I travelled, I searched for them. But months of searching and looking for them turned out to be anti climax as I could not find a decent set of wheels for the car. But the time was approaching for me to change the wheels and tyres. So, I did not have much of choice and had to look for some other wheels and tyres. Then I came across these wheels Konig 17". They looked pretty good and since I wanted to stick to black wheels, I decided to put them on. Now, time for tyres. There was a lot of discussion whether to go for 215/45R17 or 205/40R17. After much debate and opinions, I finally decided that they should be 205/40R17. Now which tyres? Since I had Yokohama before, this time wanted something else. Friends suggested Kumho which I said NO. Finally got BF Goodrich g-force sport 205/40ZR17. Now for the pictures.
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Home Weekend Series Cancelled
April 1, 2005
The Viking baseball team's weekend series with Western Illinois was scratched before it even got started as winter weather advisories in the northern Ohio area for Saturday forced the three-game stint to be cancelled. No make-up dates have been set.
Cleveland State will head to Akron on Tuesday (April 5) for a 6:00 p.m. contest with the Zips at Canal Park before hosting Duquesne on Wednesday (April 6) at Eastlake Ballpark beginning at 3:00 p.m.
For more information on cancellations or schedule changes, visit the athletics website at CSUVIkings.com.
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A June 25 post to the New York Times Bits blog starts with “To get the best predictions about when your company’s latest product will ship or how it will sell, you might try asking your employees — anonymously.” A skeptical but fair response to this is something like “Sure, I might, but why should I? Our company has professionals who make these kinds of forecasts for a living. Why on earth should I place more trust, or any trust, in the predictions that come from an anonymous crowd?”
A convincing answer to this question is “You should place more trust in the crowd if it gives you better answers than your current methods do.” And the post in the NYT presents evidence that corporate prediction markets do just that.
Prediction markets are a technology that harnesses collective intelligence / the wisdom of crowds to gaze into the future and generate a consensus forecast (in other words, the crowd’s aggregate best guess) about what will happen. I’ve written about them here, and here’s a nice overview paper about them from Justin Wolfers and Eric Zitzewitz.
On the Internet they’ve been shown to deliver more accurate predictions about political elections and movie revenues than other techniques like polls and statistical forecasting methods. Pioneering efforts to use them within companies show that they’re also highly accurate when deployed behind the firewall (see, for example, the case I wrote with Karim Lakhani and Peter Coles about Google’s internal prediction market and this paper written by Google’s Bo Cowgill and his colleagues).
But are they more accurate than the other techniques companies use to forecast future events of interest? The NYT post presents data from the prediction market startup Crowdcast (disclosure: I am on Crowdcast’s advisory board, and have a small amount of stock in the company), which has deployed its technology within multiple large companies. As Claire Cain Miller writes in the Times:
At a media company with a new product to ship, 1,200 employees predicted a ship date and sales figures that resulted in 61 percent less error than executives’ previous prediction, according to Crowdcast. A pharmaceutical company asked a panel of scientists and doctors to predict regulatory decisions and new drug sales using Crowdcast, and they were more accurate than the company’s original prediction 86 percent of the time.
Crowdcast chief scientist Leslie Fine, a deceptively normal looking person with what I’m pretty sure is a 4-digit IQ (she has a doctorate in experimental economics from CalTech, and they don’t just hand those out), gave me some more information about the setting in which accuracy vs. the ‘official’ forecast was improved by 61%:
For a major media and gaming company, we predicted total hardware and software sales, as well as metacritic scores for games. Metacritic is an aggregate review score, and is by far the #1 predictor of sell-through. Our client there is the Senior Director for Publishing Intelligence. He starts the markets off at the company’s ‘official’ best guesses for future sales and scores, as soon as the publishing intelligence guys come up with them. For metacritic scores, they do this by ranking the game on a number of axes (out of 10): playability, graphics, etc.. They add them up, which yields the score. For hardware and software sales, the official prediction comes from applying growth percentages to historical data.
There are also some great stats coming out of a survey we did at this company. They’re a real turn on (ok, if you’re a total nerd):
– 80.6% say they participate because it’s fun.
– 35.5% say they do so because it “Gets me thinking about stuff that helps me do my job”
– 44.1% say “I believe my input is valuable”
– 52.1% say they usually research the forecast before betting; another 38% say at least sometimes
– 54.7% believe that that business leaders value the knowledge
Crowdcast has had two important insights; the first is common to all prediction market vendors, while the second is unique to them (as far as I know). The common one is captured well in a couple paragraphs from the Times post:
“It’s a huge problem in corporations — by the time information gets to the top, it’s meaningless or too late,” said Mat Fogarty, Crowdcast’s founder and chief executive. Mr. Fogarty spent a decade doing corporate forecasting at Electronic Arts and Unilever, where he saw how inaccurate official corporate forecasts could be. “There is a lot of information not getting to decision-makers, and that’s expensive,” he said.
At Electronic Arts, Mr. Fogarty said, the most junior people often had the most insight into the quality of new video games, and he picked up the best information about the latest version of Madden while playing soccer games on the company lawn.
The… problem of a rational economic order is determined precisely by the fact that the knowledge of the circumstances of which we must make use never exists in concentrated or integrated form but solely as the dispersed bits of incomplete and frequently contradictory knowledge which all the separate individuals possess. The economic problem of society is… a problem of the utilization of knowledge which is not given to anyone in its totality.
Hayek also saw how beautifully prices established by markets solved this vexing problem:
We must look at the price system as such a mechanism for communicating information if we want to understand its real function… The most significant fact about this system is the economy of knowledge with which it operates, or how little the individual participants need to know in order to be able to take the right action. In abbreviated form, by a kind of symbol, only the most essential information is passed on and passed on only to those concerned. It is more than a metaphor to describe the price system as a kind of machinery for registering change…
The marvel is that in a case like that of a scarcity of one raw material, without an order being issued, without more than perhaps a handful of people knowing the cause, tens of thousands of people whose identity could not be ascertained by months of investigation, are made to use the material or its products more sparingly; i.e., they move in the right direction…
I have deliberately used the word “marvel” to shock the reader out of the complacency with which we often take the working of this mechanism for granted. I am convinced that if it were the result of deliberate human design, and if the people guided by the price changes understood that their decisions have significance far beyond their immediate aim, this mechanism would have been acclaimed as one of the greatest triumphs of the human mind.”
(sorry for the long quote, but I really love this paper)
Fogarty started Crowdcast because he believed, as did Hayek, that markets were marvelous devices for aggregating and sharing important knowledge. Fogarty further believed that they could be used to address the problems of poor intra-company information flows he had witnessed firsthand. In the era of high bandwidth, powerful browsers, and software as a service, he saw an opportuity to bring Hayek’s marvel inside the firewall, and to apply it to a range of tasks.
The company’s second insight was that most people are not stock traders by nature, and the typical trader’s interface of current prices, bid-ask spreads, and order books is off-putting and alienating to most (it certainly is to me). So the Crowdcast team replaced it with a much simpler interface — one that lets participants make their trades graphically, by moving sliding bars across a bell curve. They make a prediction by selecting a range of values; a tight range indicates a confident prediction (and a high payout if it turns out to be correct), while a large range corresponds to a less confident prediction. This demo from Crowdcast shows how the system works. I find it simple and highly intuitive, and Fine has worked to make sure all the underlying math is solid.
The evidence is mounting that corporate prediction markets work as advertised, delivering quick, accurate, and decisive predictions in areas of great interest. Furthermore, the evidence so far also suggests that they work better than current corporate forecasting techniques, at least in some circumstances. So are there any good reasons left for not using them, or at least experimenting with them? I ask seriously: why would any enlightened company not avail itself of this technology? Can you come up with any legitimate reasons not to jump in with prediction markets? Leave a comment, please, and let us know.
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You’ve gone to the Lender and you’ve been pre-qualified to purchase your new home. You search for days and finally find your dream home, now you have it under contract. You’re free and clear right? WRONG! There are many things your lender has to do on the backside that you don’t know about, including pulling your credit again just before closing.
What to avoid:
- Do NOT purchase new furniture!
- Do NOT apply for a new credit card!
- Do NOT quit or change jobs!
- Do NOT buy a new car!
- Do NOT close any credit card accounts!
- Do NOT miss any payments on you bills!
- Do NOT move money around!
- Do NOT spend your savings!
- Do NOT procrastinate on getting the Lender items requested!
There a times when that we have gotten down to the week of closing and the lender calls and has said, “You’re client went and purchased furniture or a car and now their debt to income ratio is too high, we can’t give them a loan.” Another call we often get is, “We can’t close on time because I’m still waiting on this document from your client.” Don’t let this happen to you! Be pre-pared to talk often to your lender and get what they need to them promptly. Although you are anxious to purchase your home and get moved in, be sure to hold off on shopping for your major item, including a refrigerator if you have to put it on credit. If you have questions be sure to ask your lender or Real Estate Agent.
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[mythtv-users] Apple TV FE with DVD Player?
jaw1959 at gmail.com
Sun Jun 22 12:27:33 UTC 2008
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Marc <drayson at net1plus.com> wrote:
> I've been reading the postings about using the Apple TV as a Front
> End with great interest.
> Then I looked at the Apple TV more closely on Apple's site and it
> does not appear to have a DVD drive. I guess you're meant to get all
> your media on line, which seems a little silly to me, but what do I
> know about marketing (answer: very little).
> Would there be any obstacle to attaching an external DVD player or
> DVD-R drive to the Apple TV through the USB 2.0 port and using it
> with MythDVD? It kind of spoils the one-box philosophy, but it
> would still be pretty compact altogether.
> I'm in the research and learning phase of setting up a MythTV front
> end and back end, and am still exploring the options to figure out
> what best suits my needs. It sure looks like the Apple TV could do
> everything I want in a front end at a lower price than I can build a
> quiet attactive PC, except that it does not have a DVD player.
> Thank you for any helpful or humorous responses.
> Jeff Walther
> There should be nothing to prohibit this configuration.
> The only issue would be during the install process, when using the
> bootstick, you would not be able to have the drive connected.
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
I'd recommend against the Apple TV. Just this week, I started working with
one, and I've already decided to return it (assuming I can get Target to
take it back without charging me a restocking fee). To begin with, you need
to do a fairly involved hack job just to get the thing to boot linux. It
seems to me that you'd be better off with a Mac Mini or something more more
suited to installing linux without jumping through hoops. I'm not saying
that the hack is difficult, but it just seems like starting off on the wrong
foot. If you want something with a DVD drive, I'd suggest you find some
kind of micro-itx case that resembles a Mac Mini and build off of that.
Since an Apple TV is just on the cusp of being powerful enough right now,
investing in a setup for one which is a mahcine that is non-upgradable seems
like a bad idea too. Of course, if you already have one, or of you want one
for other reasons, then it's a fine machine to work with, and I love the
idea of hacking most anything, but if you're buying hardware either way, I'd
suggest buying something else.
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We have an old phrase in America go bananas- meaning go crazy about something or get crazy about something. Well today I am going bananas in the literal sense too. 🙂
Yesterday I found out that my city went from orange to yellow on the COVID risk dial for the first time since last summer. So to celebrate, you guessed it, I am buying bananas to share with my students and fellow teachers/staff at the school where I teach in the mornings. 🙂
This is my third time to buy fruit to celebrate the risk dial getting lower. Little things like that can mean a lot at this time. It has been a long 11 months for all of us.
It helps to have mini mental health breaks from all of the COVID stuff. Hopefully you find little ways to help you take a mini COVID break.
My main way is to spend time with Jesus in the mornings over coffee before I get ready for my day. Another thing that has blessed me a lot is listening to worship music. It is the only thing I listen to in my car as I drive.
This morning, it is all about going bananas. 🙂
Thank you for reading. God Bless.
P.S.- to hopefully help you smile, here is a Muppet Banana song 🙂
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Quill: Squeeeeeeak! ::Clears throat:: Squeee ::Voices raises to decibels no longer heard by humans::
Mom: Quill I think the title of the post is Quill Speaks not Quill Squeaks.
Quill (Whaps at screen): Is this thing on?
Mom: Yes sweetie. All our friends are very excited to meet you.
Quill: What should I write about Mom?
Mom: Well, you can talk about whatever you like really.
Quill: Qu5i240510ll3.gggggggggggggggggggggggggggg 900o000000000000000000000000000dxfs
Mom: Um, I think it would be easier if you just told me what to write. rather than just run across the keys like that! And don't bite the cord! And stop gnawing on my fingers!
Quill: There's lots of rules about this blogging thing.
Mom: Well sure there's a few, but... Quill are you sleeping?
Mom: Okay we'll try again soon.
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I chose my subject this evening because I read a social media comment which described a feminist as a woman somewhere between an angry alien and a rabid wild animal. Now, I did not respond to the individual because I continue to work for peace and compassion in the world and in my personal world.
In case you are not aware, I am proud to be a feminist. A feminist is a woman. Just like any other woman. There are some differences. Feminists are men and women who believe females are people just like any man is a person.
Feminists also believe in equality. They believe that both sexes are born equal. Not every man can drive a race car at 100 mph, and not every woman can turn out a perfect Beef Wellington. Feminists do look at the world and see what is wrong and unjust. Some people look and turn away because what they see is horrific. For all of the wonderful people in this world of ours, there are many who are evil.
A feminist looks at what is wrong in the world and sees it and then begins to look at how it can be changed. Whether a feminist man or woman, they will not turn away from the ugliness but will work, speak out, write, protest to change the wrong.
We, as women, have the vote because of women like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and hundreds of Suffragettes (feminists) worked to make Congress to give us the vote. They even went to the dire length of handcuffing themselves to the White House fence. They were arrested, and once in jail they went on a hunger strike and the media told the world and we got the vote. This is of course, a simplified version of the tale.
I became a feminist in the seventies. Abuse was the issue that ignited my heart and passion. I do not believe that one person has the right to hit another. Women and children have the right to live without violence and fear. If a woman is the abuser, she needs to face the same consequences as any man who batters.
Women have the right to make their own decisions. To marry or not to. To pick her friends. Men have control over their bodies and the government would never think to tell them what to do with them. Even the man who hires the prostitute is usually protected from prosecution, while the woman is charged and will be in jail at least overnight. The government has repeatedly tried to control women’s bodies and how we choose to use them.
A feminist is a person who feels that women should receive equal pay for equal work. We have never had this in the USA. My sister found out she was making less than the men in her department. She was, justifiably, upset. She was doing more work than literally anyone in the company (when she left, her duties had to be spread over 5 people), yet she still made less than men with less education. Was that right? No.
Some feminists are wonderful wives and mothers, both stay-at-home mothers and working mothers. It is what they choose to be and that is great. I, myself, have nine grandchildren. I have also marched for Hard Hatted Women. Women who wanted the right to work in construction. It is their right to choose how to support themselves and /or their families.
So, like black lives matter, so do women’s lives. And for those who disagree, perhaps a long look in a mirror would be a good thing to try. Hugs, Barbara
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I can't believe I somehow haven't reviewed a chick-lit book yet! I love chick-lit. The one beef I do have with this genre however, is their cheesetastic covers. Why oh why do they always have to be pink, purple, or light blue and scream to the world that I am reading the girliest of girl books? Is it so bad to announce to the world that something in them might hold some merit because many of them do. It's odd that the book which really kicked this genre off, 'Bridget Jones's Diary', does not fall into this trap with it's eyes staring out at you on a black and white background but clearly marketeres forever after felt female = female colors. Oh well. On with the book which was another fun example in this genre.
I usually stick with 'Brit Chick-Lit' but after reading this review on write meg! I thought I'd give the 'The Sleeping Beauty Proposal' a try and I'm glad I did. It was a great read. The premise is this: Genie Michaels has been dating her now-famous author boyfriend Hugh for four years and wasn't pushing for a proposal but hoping none the less. While being interviewed on TV about his new book, Hugh proposes to his girlfriend, however as Genie soon learns, it's not her. He's been dating someone else on the side! That cad! Now he's off to Britain to continue to promote his book and she decides screw it, everyone thinks we're engaged so why not. She and her best friend concoct the Sleeping Beauty Proposal wherein you act like you are engaged and hopefully your prince will magically show up.
What's more important in the book is the message. Genie realizes her life has been stagnant and this proposal debacle ends up being just what she needs to kick her life into gear. Because she has to change her life to start acting more independently to plan this 'wedding' on her own she starts acting more independently on her own in other ways as well and learns all kinds of valuable life lessons along the way.
Bottom line, the book is fun and charming with a humorous cast of supporting characters. It's the perfect anecdote to this crazy busy time of year. I've already gone ahead and 'wished' for her other books from paperbackswap.com!
(I got this book from paperbackswap.com)
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Discussion in 'Introductions' started by miha, Dec 5, 2009.
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Sykesville Maryland Apartment Rentals on Main Street
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ADERCO helps to reduced NOx emissions, but this is quite a complicated area…
Common wisdom has it that the higher the combustion temperature, the higher the amount of nitrous oxides (NOx) produced.
ADERCO improves combustion and, as a result, increase combustion temperature. So, how can it also reduce NOx?
To understand this, you need to understand that NOx are produced post-combustion in the exhaust. The higher the exhaust temperature, the greater theamount of NOx produced.
Because of the way that ADERCO improves combustion, the temperature of combustion is increased but, essentially, the length of combustion is decreased. This means that the exhaust gas has less time to be heated, so LESS NOx is produced.
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CO2 is the big watch-word in the environmental debate. However it is terribly misunderstood.
Per mile travelled, or kW of power produced, ADERCO will reduce the amount of CO2 released.
Because ADERCO improves combustion, the amount of fuel used will be reduced, which means CO2 will also be reduced.
However, we need to understand that when we burn fuel, we are essentially oxidising (O) hydrogen (H) and carbon (C).
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Working with hotels and landing a complimentary hotel stay in your favorite travel destinations as a travel blogger is awesome.
It’s even more awesome when you take it to the next level and collaborate with hotels on exciting paid partnerships using your travel blog, Instagram account, youtube or any other our your influencer marketing tools.
I’d never thought it was possible until I MANAGED TO LAND MY FIRST PAID HOTEL PARTNERSHIP AT THE 4TH MONTH OF FULL-TIME BLOGGING.
And right now, when pitching 10 hotels for a complimentary hotel stay I GET ON AVERAGE 8 REPLIES AND 6 OF THEM ARE A YES.
But it’s not so simple getting there.
You need to use the strategy that a very few bloggers seem to understand. This is exactly where you’ll start to learn and use it, to become more successful than most travel bloggers out there.
It’s no secret that in this day and age travel bloggers working with hotels or doing an epic collab with brands from travel, fashion or any other industry can do wonders for these businesses while having fun themselves by doing the work they love.
In your case hopefully - being a travel blogger.
But let’s start from the beginning. You’re a travel blogger wanting to start working with hotels. You’ve heard that a lot of bloggers get paid to travel and review hotels.
So you’re wondering how to get sponsored to travel like that or at least how to land a complimentary hotel stay.
If so, it’s awesome and you’re finally in the right place!
Working with hotels is my favorite part of travel blogging! I love it, I’ve studied the art of it for 2 years and I’m going to share with you what works and what doesn’t!
So here’s how you start…
See the Contents
UNDERSTANDING WHAT A TRAVEL BLOGGER - HOTEL PARTNERSHIP IS ALL ABOUT (NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE)
The most important thing in terms of landing a free hotel stay as a travel blogger is to understand what a travel blogger - hotel partnership is all about right now in 2021.
I’m sure it’s no surprise to you that there’s A LOT of info out these teaching how to collab with hotels, how to pitch for free stays in return of a hotel review etc.
But guess what? 99.9% of that info is useless and will kill your chances to successfully work with hotels just because the info is outdated.
Influencer marketing and the way how hotels must approach their customers to attract them is changing and if you’re not on top of the latest trends, you’re not in the game.
So my first advice is to never again rely on outdated tips about working with hotels or brand collaborations that are created before 2020.
1.There are so many bad examples out there tainting the word “travel blogger” when it comes to working with hotels and getting free hotel stays.
People tend to see these kinds of collabs in a way that travel bloggers are taking advantage of businesses and looking for a free vacation.
And there’s a legit reason for it - some travel bloggers are like that and act like that, by pitching hotels and offering a careless “mention of the hotel on their social media” in return.
If your pitch to the hotel will sound like you are just looking for a free place to stay, the hotel will not agree to work with you.
So the first thing you need to understand is that travel blogger - hotel collaborations should always be a win-win type of deal.
Meaning that while you’re the one getting a complimentary hotel experience out of a collab, a hotel should get something equally valuable in return.
Whether it’s content you created, a promotion you did for them, or any other beneficial things you manage to agree on.
By following this rule you’re not only doing good for the hotel but also making sure your blog grows in the direction of being successful and profitable.
2. A free hotel stay in return for an honest hotel review - avoid!
Honest hotel review articles might have worked a few years ago but they don’t anymore. People are not interested to read them.
Here I’m referring to the fact that most travel bloggers have treated bogger - hotel collaborations in the following way - a blogger get’s to stay in a hotel for free and in return, they write an honest review of their stay.
They tend to describe how nice they were welcomed, how big and soft was the bed where they slept and how insanely delicious was the breakfast.
But honestly - nobody wants to read those things!
So in order to land a hotel collaboration right now and create value for the hotel you have to be more creative than simply offering the hotel a review article.
The expectations of travelers are changing in a way that no one is looking for less than unique experiences anymore. It's not enough for hotels to offer just a room anymore. They have to offer an experience.
And this is exactly where you come in and help hotels bring this experience in front of the right audience. This kind of influencer marketing is currently the most powerful tool of persuasion. And quite often one creative photo can do so much more than a long article.
So whether you’re traveling to a destination for holidays and just looking to lower your travel costs with a free hotel stay or you're looking to build a professional hotel collaboration portfolio for your blog, remember that a hotel collab is a business deal and you have to deliver value for the hotel as well as your readers.
And it has to be done in an effective way otherwise you’re not getting more brand collaborations and your blog is not going to be as big of a success as you want it to be.
FINDING THE RIGHT HOTEL FOR A PARTNERSHIP
There are a few things that you really need to consider before pitching a hotel you want to work with.
If you think about the following points first, it will significantly increase your chances of the hotel agreeing to provide you with a complimentary hotel stay in exchange for promotion on your blog.
For a successful blogger & hotel collaboration, it's very important to pick the right hotels to work with.
This is super important because even if you’re popular, talented, creating killer content and your marketing skills are out of this world, you’ll not be able to land a hotel partnership if you can’t manage to find the right hotel.
They will simply say NO.
By the right hotels, I mean the ones that fit your travel style and are actually interested to work with bloggers. So let’s break down how to find each of those.
◽ Think of hotels that fit your travel style
The simple formula is this - if you are a luxury travel blogger, go for luxury or boutique hotels. If you are a backpacker, go for budget hotels and hostels.
In the process of determining the right hotels for you, think about your travel style and your audience.
What kind of travel experiences your readers or viewers are interested in? What kind of hotels they would want to discover?
And then think about the hotel where you’d want to stay. Are your readers likely to want to stay there too?
If you’re blogging about budget travel, Four Seasons resorts will probably not be the right choice as your readers who love your budget travel content will not be interested in learning about super expensive 5* resorts.
On the other hand, if you’re blogging, for example, about sustainable travel experiences, pitching an eco-friendly hotel like Mai Chau Eco Lodge would be a perfect choice.
Your readers will love it and that way you’ll be able to provide value not only to your readers but also to the hotels and yourself.
◽ Think of what kind of hotels are interested to work with bloggers
The relatively easiest way of getting a hotel to agree on working with you is to pitch hotels that are open to working with travel bloggers.
That way you know they understand the value of influencer marketing and really want to get the word out about them. So all you have to do is approach them and offer to help with that.
Now you might be thinking about how to know which hotels have worked with bloggers before?
There’s a simple method that I use to determine that. I’ve shared it step by step in my eBook “ How to pitch hotels for collaboration”.
Approaching hotels that haven’t worked with bloggers and influencers in the past is just as correct.
The only difference is that getting them on board with your collaboration might take longer, as they might need more convincing about the value of such collab.
◽ Understanding what can you offer in return for a complimentary hotel stay
Before you start pitching your favorite hotels for a free hotel stay, you must think first about what kind of value you can offer them in return.
Thinking of this before you approach them allows you to craft the perfect email that you’re going to send them. It’s the kind of email that will not get lost between hundreds of other blogger pitches.
Your email will be the one that hotel marketing will read and feel tempted to reply to. There are a few tricks on how to make it happen, and I’ll help you get to them.
You have to be aware of the fact that hundreds of bloggers are pitching hotels for collaborations daily.
I have quite a few friends in hotel marketing management from the previous collaborations that we’ve done and one of them shared an interesting fact with me.
She’s a manager of a mid-size boutique hotel in Austria and she told me how many pitches from bloggers she received daily.
What’s the number you’re guessing? 5? 10?
It’s 50! A small hotel receives 50 pitches on average per day! Crazy right? And the big popular hotels get way over 100 pitches from bloggers PER DAY!
At this point, I don’t want you to get discouraged and think that if so many bloggers are your competition for the same hotel you don’t stand a chance.
It’s absolutely not like that if you know what you’re doing and how to offer value to the hotel. And that’s exactly what I’m here to help you with.
So how to stand out over everybody with what you offer to the hotel?
The average pitch from a travel blogger usually goes along the lines of creating an article about their stay, adding photos, and throwing in a social media share.
Hotels like to work with creative bloggers. So try to come up with a creative idea. It doesn’t have to be a review article. It can be a photo story of the hotel, your experiences, the city, or the country where it’s located.
If you have a specific edge or a travel style that stands out over the overall 'travel' topic, for example, 'eco travel' or 'travel with kids', use that to make your article and the rest of the content idea more unique.
Or how about offering them two different articles?
It should give you an idea that you can develop further to match your own style.
Also, think of the strongest social media channels you have apart from your blog.
Is it your Facebook account or Instagram?
Think of the unique content that you can create especially for those channels.
How about a Facebook video? Or a specific Instagram post or two with a caption that people will find useful, fun or even mind-blowing?
Get awesome content ideas and way more around pitching hotels by SIGNING UP to my free express video course of “How to make $ 5K from hotel partnerships”.
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CRAFTING THE PERFECT PITCH
Once you’ve figured out which hotels are the right ones for you and thought about what could you offer them as part of your collaboration, it’s time to create the perfect pitch.
This is the next most important step after choosing the right hotel for the collaboration. The content of the email you’re going to send the hotel is going to play an important role to land a collaboration.
❗A FEW THINGS TO MAKE SURE YOU DO IN TERMS OF CRAFTING AN AWESOME EMAIL ARE:
1. Sending the right email to the right person;
2. Making the email with just the right amount of information to have the hotel interested but not to overwhelm them;
3. Including a crucial detail that will guarantee that you'll get a reply from them;
4. Creating a smart email sequence that will land you the deal.
Before I discovered how to do all these things mentioned above I was one of those bloggers who would send out 100 email pitches and then hope that at least one hotel replies. Then 1 hotel would actually reply and say “NO, thank you!”
This is an average result between all the travel bloggers out there pitching hotels for free stays.
Since I crafted my own pitching formula that I’m going to share with you here, I’d send out 10 pitches and get at least 8 replies.
Not all collaborations always work out, but on average at least 6 out of those 10 hotels are ready to work with me.
◽ How to know if you’re sending the right email to the right person?
The right person to approach when pitching a hotel is their Marketing Manager.
When looking for hotel contacts your goal should be the find the direct email of their marketing manager, as that’s the person who deals with travel bloggers and hotel promotions.
Finding the general email address of the hotel will be a much easier task, as those are usually available on the hotel’s website.
However, when you send an email to a general email it’s usually received by reception or hotel concierge desk. By doing this you’re risking that your email will get lost.
More often than not receptionist don’t forward emails to the marketing and leave them unanswered.
◽ What to do, if you don’t have a direct email from the marketing manager?
There are two simple ways how to find it. Just ask the hotel by using their public email address or even better - find the hotel on Facebook or Instagram and message them there.
The text you should send them must be short and sweet. I usually go with something like this:
My name is Anete Ilmete and I’m the creator of TheTravelLeaf.com. I'd like to find out how can I contact the marketing manager at The Plaza Hotel? Could you please provide me with their email address?
Looking forward to hearing from you soon!
Once you’ve got the right email address you have to make sure that the next email that you’ll be sending to the marketing manager of a hotel is exactly how it should be.
◽ What’s the right amount of information to include in a hotel pitch?
‼ When sending a pitch to a hotel or any other business, remember this:
People tend to pay attention only to the first two sentences of an unknown email. If it doesn’t catch their interest by then, it’s GAME OVER.
So make sure you get to the point right from the beginning.
I’ve tested tens of different email approaches just to find the right one that works for me perfectly.
The structure of it is following:
Email subject: To To Sales & Marketing Manager
(This helps to make sure that your email really gets to the right person)
1. A simple greeting and a short introduction of yourself.
My name is Anete Ilmete. I’m a travel journalist/ blogger/ photographer (enter anything that fits you) and the author of blog TheTravelLeaf.com.
I have a wide experience working with hotels, concentrating exclusively on boutique hotels. (Let them understand right away that you are the right person to work with them by pointing out a detail that is something common for both of you.)
I’m emailing you because I am planning to visit Thailand soon. We are working on creating materials about tourism/ food/ culture/ spa (enter anything that fits you) options in Bangkok.
I noticed your hotel and am very interested to stay at 'Hotel Name' to feature you in our material. Dates are 2nd of May for 2 nights. Do you have any availability?
(Asking for availability is the KEY QUESTION that no manager will refuse to answer, as their main priority is to serve their customers and sell rooms. So this way you can easily get the conversation going.)
I’d also like to find out do you collaborate with travel journalist/ bloggers/ photographers (write the title you gave you in the first line of the email)?
Looking forward to hearing from you!
This is the kind of email that will get the conversation started with the hotel.
PLUS, you’ll know straight away if they work with bloggers or influencers. Also, you’ll find out if they actually have an availability for your dates.
The next thing you need to do in to plan an email sequence for a further discussion.
After you hear back from the hotel with their availability, the next email should be your actual pitch with listing the things you want to offer them in return fora complimentary hotel stay.
Be specific and confident with everything you’re offering them and everything you want in return.
Don’t include long texts, just specific bullet points. At the end of the email offer to send them more information about your blog, statistic, audience upon their request.
If they do request more info, send that in the next email.
IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR HELP ON CRAFTING THE NEXT EMAILS, I’VE SHARED THE EXACT EMAIL TEMPLATES THAT I USE IN FURTHER DISCUSSIONS IN MY LATEST EBOOK
“HOW TO PITCH HOTELS FOR A COLLABORATION”.
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Pitching hotels for a collaboration, whether it’s in return for a complimentary hotel stay or a paid deal, is a science.
It’s something that you can learn and perfect to your own style.
However, it will never work if you’re not on top of current marketing trends and things that are hot in the hospitality industry.
This is exactly the reason why most of the old courses teaching you how to pitch hotels doesn’t work anymore and will keep you from landing deals instead of helping you.
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Lifestyle Goodies, High-End Fashion & Beer - The 5th German Springfest Is Back Y'All!
The 5th edition of the German Springfest is here and we’re super excited for it. A two-day event for all those who love to shop and gorge on some yummy treats while celebrating the soon-to-arrive summer!
Just before the hot summer months roll in, it’s time to celebrate spring - in style! The event showcases an exclusive palate of interesting lifestyle products, designer home accessories, high-end fashion wear, children’s goodies & activities, garden accessories, stationery and many more interesting things. Plus, they’ve got a food court with delicious German cuisine and yummy beer to gorge on! YUM!
There’ll also be a live band to make the event even more fun!
See you there!
When | 25th & 26th February
Timing | 11 AM - 7 PM
Where | German House, 2, Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri
Check Out The List Of Exhibitors Here | https://www.facebook.com/germanspringfest/photos/gm.1241492435946832/1003806343084843/?type=3&theater
Tickets Are Available At The Venue!
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2020-01-19T10:55:28Z
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Don’t let Jacksonville’s glittering skyline deceive you; look past the skyscrapers, and you will see this eclectic city is filled with beautiful waterways, nature reserves, parks, and beaches. After all, it does have the largest urban park system in North America. While it may not have the tourist pulling power of Florida hotspots like Orlando and Miami, it does offer an authentic getaway with a host of attractions to keep all ages entertained.
The city is also home to Jacksonville International Airport, where several low-cost airlines offer cheap flights to Jacksonville and to major hubs throughout America, making it an inexpensive vacation spot.
Savvy travelers do a little research and use some tips and tricks to plan and book a budget trip. Read on to learn four money-saving tips for next trip to Jacksonville.
Compare Cheap Hotels
A top tip is to use a hotel comparison site to find and compare cheap hotels in Jacksonville. With so many travel compare companies online, it can be tough to know which one to use.
Hipmunk is one of the newer kids on the travel block, and its easy to use website lets you compare all available accommodations at the click of a button. Not only does Hipmunk search for hotel rooms, but it also searches guest houses, motels, and Airbnb listings to get you the best deals.
Low Cost Flights
Flights can take up a lot of your vacation budget, so be flight smart and start your search as early as possible. If you are flexible with your dates, then you stand a better chance of scoring a great deal. Weekday flights are typically cheaper than weekend ones, and avoid public holidays when flights prices can skyrocket.
Check out fares from Delta Connection, JetBlue, and Southwest Airlines for some of the cheapest flights to Jacksonville.
Affordable Airport Transportation
With the airport located 13 miles from downtown Jacksonville, a taxi could set you back around $45. Save cash by jumping on the AirJTA public transport bus instead. The convenient CT3 route stops in downtown Jacksonville at the Omni Hotel and Kings Avenue Station, or if you prefer a ride straight to your hotel, then you can pre-book a Shuttle Bus Service.
Another option is to rent some wheels to travel around on your own time. For the best car rental prices, make sure that you book plenty of time in advance.
Another way to get more bang for your buck is to choose accommodations with a kitchenette so that you can prepare some of your own snacks and meals. The great Value Wyndham Jacksonville Riverwalk Hotel has suites with a full kitchenette. Airbnb listings are also an excellent option, for in most instances in which you book a stay in a spare bedroom, you can also use the kitchen.
Are you visiting Jacksonville? Check out my Hipmunk guide for information on the best beaches and parks in Jacksonville.
Author Bio: Alisha Smith is a writer with a serious case of wanderlust. She’s most likely to be found road tripping up the West Coast or sipping coconut water on a beach in Bali, or writing about her adventures for Hipmunk.com
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2019-11-13T09:40:59Z
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Hundreds of thousands of people descended on the Dutch city of Eindhoven recently for the GLOW international light art festival. A highlight of eight-day event was a video mapping installation on the Catharinakerk, made possible with projectors from Christie.
The Confluence project on the face of the 19th Century neo-gothic Roman Catholic church in the centre of Eindhoven was one of 30 installations spread over a 5km radius.
Created by Ocubo, the kinetic art was inspired by the confluence of rivers and streams in the Netherlands. Virtual dancers guided audiences through the film, with flourishes of colour emphasising the church’s stunning architecture in an array of eye-catching geometric combinations.
Twelve of the latest Christie D20WU-HS projectors were provided for Confluence by local partner Sahara Benelux. These are the lightest and brightest 1DLP laser phosphor projectors available. They can operate at full brightness on a single 15A, 110V circuit.
Sahara Benelux also provided 10 Christie UHD 551-L LCD panels for Glowie, an interactive art installation elsewhere in the city combining chatbot technology, voice commands and light art.
“It was great to see the creativity on show at GLOW,” says Miles Donovan of Christie’s EMEA office. “We were delighted that Sahara Benelux chose to invest in our HS Series for this event. These projectors are an excellent choice for a wide range of applications, delivering high brightness and vibrant colours in a lightweight and compact form factor. It’s our pleasure to play a part in helping to enable the world’s best shared experiences.”
Each year, GLOW attracts international artistic talent in the field of light art and technology to Eindhoven. The event took place for the 13th time from November 10 to 17.
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2020-08-09T17:58:24Z
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Stock Market Chart Analysis
My blog Analyses the trend and patterns of stocks, Futures, Commodities and Forex Markets
January 31, 2016
Crude oil Weekend update
Crude oil month moving around 2009 lows. Month candle closing above or below this level may decide the next big move.
Daily and 4 hour chart shows price nearing possible resistance levels.
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2020-04-02T16:55:58Z
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Contribution to society
We have established "Harmonization with the local community" as one of our environmental policies.
We are promoting activities to become a company that integrates with the community.
Cleaning of regions
Cleaning of the area around companies have carried out not only within the company as beautification activities.
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CBI, CVC give view on Lokpal amendments to Parl panel
CBI and CVC have given their views on the provisions of the Lokpal amendment bill to a Indian parliamentary panel examining it.
“We have got the views from Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
These are under consideration of the committee,” E M Sudarsana Natchiappan, who is heading a parliamentary committee examining the Lokpal Bill, said. He said the committee had earlier invited memoranda containing views or suggestions from the individuals and organisations through public advertisement on the proposed changes in the anti-corruption legislation and they are being looked into.
“We are taking up the matter of the bill one by one. We cannot given any timeframe (as to when the panel will be giving its report). But it is a priority for us,” Natchiappan told a news agency.
A 31-member Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, headed by Natchiappan, is examining the Lokpal and Lokayuktas and Other Related Law (Amendment) Bill, 2014. The Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on December 8 last year.
The committee has been mandated to examine the bill and submit its report by March 25. He said the Department of Personnel and Training, nodal authority of the central government for anti-corruption matters, is also providing its input on the proposed changes in the Lokpal Act.
The amendments seeks to provide for the alternative of leader of single largest Opposition party in the Lok Sabha in the event there is no Leader of Opposition in the House, for being represented on the selection panel for appointments of chairperson and members of Lokpal.
It aims to provide for qualifications for appointment of Director of Prosecution in the CBI for the sake of its functional independence.
The bill also seeks to lay down the tenure of the eminent jurist nominated as member of the Lokpal and to provide for a scheme wherein the filing of information by the public servants is brought in harmony with the provisions of the respective acts, rules or regulations as applicable to different categories of public servants.The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act provides for establishment of a Lokpal for the Union and Lokayuktas for the states to inquire into corruption charges against public functionaries.
The Lokpal selection committee, led by the Prime Minister, has as its members the Lok Sabha Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lower House, the Chief Justice of India or a judge of the apex court nominated by him, and an eminent jurist who could be nominated by the President or any other member.
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It’s my first time to process car registration and since LTO Binan branch is just a few blocks away from our place I decided process my registration here. Before leaving my uncle told me that he has know somebody who has a connection inside the LTO Binan, he gave me the name. But since, i want to experience this process, I decided to do it by myself.
Pagdating ko sa LTO office, a man dressed in yellow t-shirt and kaki shorts tried to collect a P40 parking fee and when I was about to pay him, he asked me if I’m planning to get car registration and I said “Yes.” He followed up another question, if I already have a TPL insurance which is one of the requirements, i said “No,” then he immediately told me that if I get a TPL from him and i will get a free parking. I asked him how much and he told me its P1,275. “Ang mahal naman manong!” So I look at my list (i research from blogs), mistakenly i told him that i only purchase my TPL for P300 few years ago (emission test fee pala yun).
Anwyay, sinabi ko sa fixer na hindi ako kukuha sa kanya, magtatanong na lang ako sa LTO office staff. Sinundan nya pa din ako, at na-feel ko that he’s sending signals to the guard (i don’t know what that means) but i feel that there’s something wrong going. So i asked 2 men inside the LTO office, they were checking and signing documents at that time. He offered me information and told me that TPL cost P980, dinala nya ko sa insurance room where I can purchase a TPL. He left, tapos itong guy sa insurance room was trying to collect P1,275 from me and I told him the guy named Jun told me its only cost P980, and he just say okay. And he wrote in her notebook, Jun’s name and P980. I saw list of names and different amount written in that notebook. Then he gave me the insurance copy written in the premium paid is just P610 and another receipt issued cost at P1,275. The 2nd receipt is the fake one. Para di maloko, I suggest for you to pay through Cebuana to renew your TPL insurance.
I paid P450 for the emission test, I guess this is official since it is posted in the emission testing center. I just wonder why they gave me two receipts P320 for the actual emission testing and P80 for interconnectivity fee (what’s this for) is it really necessary?
Then here comes a guy who would assist you to stencil process, after the process he told me “Mam, kaya na po bahala ah” sabi ko, “saan?” “tip mam” sabi nya! So i gave him P20. Then he told me that since I’m transferring registration from LTO Muntinlupa to Binan, I have to get an affidavit or something that i have to pay another P300, and I should not worry because he knows someone and he offer to help. Eto na naman, nakaka-stress ang mga tao sa LTO. Di ko na kinaya, So I napilitan din akong magpatulong sa kakilala ng uncle ko from LTO Binan. I felt bad kase I end up using connections just to get away from the corrupt fixers/LTO staff. So because of his help, i finished the rest of the process for only 45 minutes.
To summarize here’s the correct cost in processing your car registration:
TPL insurace – 610.00 (car) or 670.00 (SUV, van, etc)
Emission Test – 450.00
LTO Registration – 1929.05 (car)
Total: Php 2,989.00
Sana hindi kayo mabiktima ng mga taga-LTO. Nakakalungkot lang talaga, na ganito ang system sa Pilipinas. 😦
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Shortly after 10:30PM yesterday, 14 August, officers responded to a report of a robbery at a grocery store on Reverend Blackman Road, West Bay. It was reported that a man entered the store, brandished a firearm and demanded cash from the workers there. He then fled the location on foot with a quantity of cash, heading east along Reverend Blackman Road.
The suspect is described as being of slim build and dark complexion, about 5’7” tall. He was wearing a black hoodie and dark jeans.
The matter is currently under investigation by CID & Task Force officers. Anyone with any information is asked to contact 949-4222.
Anonymous tips can be provided directly to the RCIPS via our Confidential Tip Line at 949-7777, or via our website.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously via the Cayman Crime Stoppers website.
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What’s The Cost For Full Coverage Dental Insurance
Full coverage dental plans vary in cost depending on what type of plan you choose. For example, DPPO and DHMO plans may offer coverage for many types of dental services, but their costs can be quite different.
- Deductible:This is what you pay before your plan begins to pay. Some dental plans have deductibles, such as DPPO plans. While many DHMO plans do not.
- Coinsurance:This is the percentage of costs you and your plan share, typically once youve met your deductible. If your plan doesnt have a deductible, like a DHMO, you will pay a flat fee for the services you receive.
- Annual Maximum:This is how much your plan agrees to pay toward your dental care in a plan year. If you go over this amount, you may be responsible for the out-of-pocket costs.
- Premium:This is what you pay monthly for your plan. Some plans, like DPPOs, tend to have a little higher premium because they offer you a lot of choice. DHMOs tend to have lower premiums because you are more limited.
Do Insurance Cover Dental Implants
Do health insurance policies in India cover dental care? We are all aware that dental operations may sometimes be quite expensive. However, do health insurance plans cover dental care? Often, dental coverage is excluded from the majority of health insurance policies, while it is typically provided in the event of an accident.
Vivek Chaturvedi, chief marketing officer and director of direct sales at general insurance startup Digit Insurance, explains, Under an accidental and sickness hospitalisation policy, medical expenditures paid owing to any essential dental treatment conducted as the consequence of an accident are covered. Presented by only a few businesses: Only few health insurance policies provide dental coverage.
For instance, Aditya Birla Health Insurances Activ Health Platinum Enhanced Plan provides dental consultation and investigation as additional benefits for sums insured over Rs 15 lakh. The Bajaj Allianz Health Guard Gold plan includes coverage for dental care, including exams, fillings , crowns, extractions, and surgery, with the exception of aesthetic surgery and implants.
Dental Point Of Service
A dental point-of-service insurance plan is similar to the DPPO and DHMO plans. The insurance plan allows you to get treatment from dentists outside your network, although the coverage will be less.
This insurance plan requires you to select a primary care dentist. So, when this dentist refers you to other professionals or specialists, the insurance will cover the payment for that treatment.
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The Overall Cost Of Dental Implants
There are several different types of implants and each type varies in cost.
The price will also be dependent on any additional treatments that need to be done prior to or along with your implant procedure.
We will work with you to carry out an analysis of your specific needs.
Following your requirements, we will create a treatment and payment plan suitable for you.
Prices include implant, post and crown.
Dental Insurance That Covers Implants: Plans Like Delta And Cigna
Is it possible to find dental insurance that covers implants? The answer is yes, but the search isn’t always easy.
There are certain insurance companies that offer plans with implant coverage, such as Cigna, Delta, and others, but these plans also often come with high deductibles or limits and exclusions that leave the consumer with a hefty price to pay.
That being said, dental implants are the best way to replace missing teeth. They serve as a replacement for your actual tooth root, so they work and feel like natural teeth and are meant to last decades or even a lifetime.
But since implants can be so expensive, it’s necessary for most people to find a way to lower the costs. That’s why in this article we’ll talk about your implant dental insurance options while answering the following questions:
- Does insurance cover dental implants?
- How much does insurance pay for dental implants?
- What does the tooth implant cost with insurance?
- Does Delta insurance cover dental implants? What about other brands?
We’ll also cover some alternatives like payment plans, loans, and other options. But for now, read on to find out more about the best dental insurance for implants.
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Cheap Dental Implants Near Me
Are cheap dental implant ads legitimate? There are many clinics that offer cheap dental implants for $999 or less. Unfortunately, many of these ads dont show the whole picture and often leave out costs for abutment placement, implant placement anesthesia, or crowns, leaving you to pay unexpected costs later.
Sometimes, though, reputable dentists run these ads to bring in new patients.
Before scheduling an appointment from an advertisement for cheap dental implants, do your research. Read the dentists reviews, call the office to discuss the true cost of dental implants, and ask plenty of questions to make sure youve found a good dentist.
Just remember: If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
Best For No Waiting Periods: United Healthcare Premier Plus
UnitedHealthOne Dental Insurance
Not offered in every state
Takes two years to get to 50% coverage for implants
United Healthcare is a well-known and reputable insurance company. With a stellar rating from AM Best, United Healthcare insures around 30 million people nationwide and has over 182,000 network providers. The parent company Golden Rule Insurance offers employer and individual plans. United Healthcare dental insurance is not available in every state, but subscribers can sign up in 44 states and the District of Columbia. The coverage may vary along with premium rates depending upon where you live.
United Healthcare’s Premier Plus plan covers 10% of dental implants on day one of coverage with no waiting periods, unlike most plans. After a year, dental implant coverage rises to 40%, and by year two, it covers 50% of dental implants. The annual maximum is higher than many plans at $2,000, and the deductible is in line with other companies at roughly $50 for individuals and around $150 for families. Implant coverage is for one implant per tooth every 60 months.
There are also no age restrictions and no dental claims forms to file when you go in-network. Rates vary based on a few factors, but for reference, the monthly premium for a woman in California under 50 is about $60 per month.
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What Medications Are Prescribed After The All
Unfortunately, most ALL-ON-4 procedure is accompanied by some degree of discomfort. Surprisingly there has been a high number of cases that has not required strong pain medication after having teeth removed and the ALL-ON-4 procedure completed. However, in certain clinical cases administering medication via intravenous therapy is the great short-term management of moderately severe, acute pain that requires the patient not to take pain medication the day after the ALL-ON-4 procedure.
If you do not have an allergy to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications like Ibuprofen, Motrin and Advil we may recommend taking the morning of having the procedure done.
You will need a prescription from your doctor before you start taking any strong pain medication for pain. The doctor can adjust the dose as needed to help control pain.
You may receive around-the-clock doses to manage pain throughout the day and night. Our doctor may prescribe pain medication to be taken “as needed” in case you have “breakthrough” pain — a flare of pain that you get despite round-the-clock doses.
While you’re on strong pain medications, check in with your doctor regularly. Our doctor will need to know:
- How is your pain responding to the medication
- Whether you’re having any side effects
- Whether you have any potential interactions or medical conditions that could make you more likely to have side effects, such as sleep apnea, alcohol use, or kidney problems
- Whether you’re taking the medication properly
Can You Get Full Coverage Dental Insurance Without A Waiting Period
Yes, there are full coverage dental plans without a waiting period. A waiting period is the period of time between your plan start date and when you are actually covered to receive certain kinds of care.
Often a plan will cover you for preventive care right away, but ask you to wait a certain amount of time before it will cover you for more complex and costly care. So, for example, you may be able to get your teeth cleaned once your plan begins, but you may have a waiting period before you can get something like a crown.
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Can You Get Treated Outside Of Network
Now, a few exceptional health insurances in the UAE offering dental benefits can cover you even when you get treated outside the network. Read the policy wordings, talk to the agent or the customer support executives to get a firm grip on the terms and conditions of your health insurance in the UAE. If your insurance plan covers out-of-network hospitals and treatments, you can go ahead and get treated from anywhere you like.
Can You Get Full Coverage Dental Insurance Without A Maximum
Many types of dental plans set an annual maximumthis is the most your plan will pay for dental procedures and treatments over the course of the plan year. Dental HMO plans, or DHMOs, typically do not have annual maximums. This means you dont risk running out of benefits. DHMOs are a good fit for some people, but offer fewer choices.
That said, you can shop for other dental plans with higher annual maximums, which means they cover you for a lot more. Its important to anticipate what type of dental care you may need in the upcoming year and choose a plan with an annual maximum thats right for you. Or, explore the value of a DHMO for a full coverage dental plan.
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Is There A Direct Billing Option Or Do You Have To Get Reimbursement
Many health insurance providers offer the option of direct billing in case of a dental procedure while others only offer reimbursements. If direct billing is available in your health insurance in the UAE, you will need a pre-approval before you can begin the procedure. If you only have the option to get a reimbursement, make sure that you are crystal clear about the terms of your plan network hospitals, clinics, hygiene, and other related standards, treating doctors, and all other elements should be made clear before go and have the procedure done.
Does medical insurance cover dental implants? Yes, it does in most cases. However, terms and conditions are going to apply in almost all these cases. As long you are aware of the costs that the insurance company will bear for you and the costs that you will bear, getting dental implants with health insurance in the UAE is very easy. Just make sure that you have a very good understanding of all the terms and conduct thorough research before choosing a doctor. Dental implants can help people a great, not only physically but also emotionally, by bringing back their confidence but are expensive. So, make sure that you get into the surgery fully prepared with health insurance in the UAE.
Learn how to cancel your medical insurance and get tips to help you make smart decisions when changing your healthcare coverage.
What Insurance Covers Dental Implants
Look for dental plans that specify they cover major services, including implants. These can give you the support you need for various procedures and might even help you save up to 50%. Considering how expensive implants can be, you may save hundreds or thousands with a policy that covers them.
Remember, several steps are involved in getting an implant, so you need to think about more than just the cost of the procedure, anesthesia and the implant itself. In addition to exams, you might need X-rays, a bone graft, gum treatment or tooth extraction. If you want to get as much support as possible in most or all of these areas, it’s best to enroll in a comprehensive plan that covers a range of basic and major services. Insurance plans that cover dental implants are essential.
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What Does Dental Insurance For Implants Cover
Dental insurance coverage for implants varies by policy. However, most insurance companies that sell individual policies have their benefit summaries available online, so you can see what to expect. To ensure that the dental insurance plan you buy is right for you, we recommend reviewing the policys benefits.
After familiarizing yourself with what the policy covers, review what isnt covered. These are often in the limitations and exclusions sections after the summary of benefits. Here is where you learn what conditions apply to the benefits of the insurance policy.
In most of the policy benefit summaries we read, dental insurance for implants covers the placement of the implant and the restoration that replaces the missing tooth. The most common exclusion regarding implants is for teeth that were missing before coverage began. However, that isnt always the case. For example, the VADIP plans cover teeth that were already missing. Also, many policies limit how often you can treat a specific tooth. Usually, it is once every 10 years, but some policies only limit it to five years.
Get Your Dental Implants From My Implant Dentist
At My Implant Dentist, we pride ourselves on the skill and expertise our exceptional dentists have garnered over the years after comprehensive training. We carefully and meticulously carry out dental implant procedures after thorough treatment planning.
When it comes to dental implants in Australia, the cost can get a little high. This raises the question, does insurance cover dental implant cost?
In most cases, dental implants will not be covered by dental insurance in Australia. However, this doesnt rule out the idea, as some dental insurance plans will cover the part payment. You should contact your dental insurance provider and inquire whether they would cover or contribute to your implant surgery cost.
- Dental insurance may partially cover the cost associated with a dental implant procedure.
- Dental implants are generally expensive in Australia but will save you money in the long run.
- Most dental insurance plans fall under dental insurance and cover basic needs like teeth cleaning.
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Best For Group Benefits: Cigna Dhmo
Must choose a primary care dentist
Referrals required for specialty care
Established in 1972, Cigna has grown from local Philadelphia-based insurance provide to a global health organization, with over 180 million customers and relationships in over 30 countries. Cigna has 93,000 in-network providers at 297,000 locations nationwide. Cigna offers plans through an employer or direct, but the coverage varies based on where you live and the plan you choose.
We chose Cigna’s Group Dental DHMO as the best for groups because the plan is affordable, comprehensive, and covers dental implants, unlike Cigna’s direct plans. However, it is essential to mention that getting the particulars on group plans is not easy. Many times, the plans and the rates are custom-quoted and unavailable online to make comparisons. Moreover, your employer often directs how to write the programs and what they cost and cover.
Despite these limitations, we felt the Cigna DHMO was an affordable option with excellent coverage based on the other group coverage we found online. It covers implant placement, repair, and removal or restoration, as well as implant-supported dentures. Subscribers also qualify for one replacement every ten years. However, the plan requires subscribers to choose a network general dentist to manage the care and require a specialty care referral. The rate for the DHMO is about $19 for an individual and roughly $37 for a family.
First Things First Does Insurance Actually Cover The Cost Of Implants
Typically, cosmetic dentistry is not usually covered by dental insurance and because tooth implants drastically improve your appearance, they are considered cosmetic care and are not seen as essential even though they promote strong oral health compared to dentures.
With most dental coverage plans, insurance tends to not stretch into implant dentistry as cheaper solutions to replace missing teeth exist.
Insurance companies will mostly cover 100% of preventative dentistry costs but tend to offer very little when tooth loss does occur, which is very common.
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How To Get Dental Implants Covered By Medical Insurance
Your health insurance might cover dental implants if the procedure is medically necessary.
What makes dental implants medically necessary? Well, if you lost a tooth in an accident or because of a severe illness, as a couple of examples, your health insurance might step in and help cover the cost of getting an implant.
Whether or not your medical insurance will help depends on the type of plan you’re enrolled in. If this insurance doesnt provide the amount of support you need, dont worry. You can enroll in dental plans that cover implants at any time of the year. And you might be able to use the medical and dental plans together to reduce the amount you’ll be responsible for.
There Are Options Available To Help You Pay For Dental Implants Even When Insurance Doesnt
We provide next-level service when it comes to implant dentistry, and were committed to removing any barriers to getting the dental treatment you deserve. If your insurance doesnt cover the costs of your dental implants, we offer financing through CareCredit, LendingClub Patient Solutions, and Wells Fargo Financing. Our Champagne Smiles Dental Plan is also a cost-effective solution that makes your dental care more affordable for a low annual membership fee.
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CHALLENGE ONE for July 2016: Inspired by Beach ReadingTake a cue from these covers – subject, title, colors, layout or any other way that sparks your imagination. There are more to be found on Popsugar’s website here, along with descriptions. Let us know which one you choose to inspire your project.
Our Guest Designer Gretchen chose this cover as inspiration for her layout.
Can you guess which cover inspired this layout by Susan?
Leslie had a recent beach vacation which made the choice easy!
Do please share your kits and creations to Mr. Linky so that we can all come and look.
Perhaps save a special project using this month's kit and join in with your very own Members' Blog Hop towards the end of the month!
*** MEMBERS' BLOG HOP ***
Be inspired by any of the challenges this month or just share something you've created with your current kit. Remember, the more the merrier and EVERYone is welcome! To be a part of the Members' Blog Hop:
- E-mail us your name & blog address & promise to participate at email@example.com by the 18th.
- We will e-mail back on the 20th with a list of the hop participants and full instructions.
- You will need to schedule your own blog post, showing a new counterfeit kit based project, to go live on the 24th at 00:00am Mountain Standard Time (Arizona) but we will help you with the scheduling!
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Indianapolis, IN (PRWEB) March 11, 2013
Indigo Biosystems (Indigo), a provider of scientific software for analytical laboratories, was recently named as one of the 2013 Best Places to Work in Indiana. The awards program was created in 2006 and is a project of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, BizVoice®, Inside INdiana Business, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) - IN State Council, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, and Best Companies Group.
This statewide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Indiana, benefiting the state's economy, its workforce and businesses. The 2013 Best Places to Work in Indiana list of 100 companies across a variety of size categories, including the one that includes Indigo: small-sized companies with 15-74 US employees.
Companies from across the state entered the two-part process to determine the Best Places to Work in Indiana. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company's workplace policies, practices, and demographics. This part of the process was worth approximately 25 percent of the total evaluation. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. This part of the process was worth approximately 75 percent of the total evaluation. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final ranking. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process in Indiana and also analyzed the data and used their expertise to determine the final rankings.
“We are thrilled that our employees took the time to honor and recognize the unique culture and working environment we are building here at Indigo,” said Raul Zavaleta, CEO of Indigo. “At Indigo, we pride ourselves in hiring talented and high-performing people across all the functional areas of our business, and then empowering them to act on their ideas. This is a company that is passionate about its solutions and the impact they will have on the quality of human health, and I think this passion shows as part of our ranking as one of Indiana’s best places to work.”
Indigo BioSystems will be recognized and honored at the 2013 Best Places to Work in Indiana awards dinner coordinated by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, May 2. The final rankings will be announced at the event. In addition, all ranked companies will be recognized via a special section of the Indiana Chamber’s bimonthly BizVoice® magazine and through Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick.
For more information on the survey process for the Best Places to Work in Indiana program, visit http://www.BestPlacestoWorkIN.com or contact Jackie Miller at 877-455-2159. For information regarding the upcoming publication and event, please contact the Indiana Chamber of Commerce at 800-824-6885 or http://www.indianachamber.com.
About Indigo Biosystems
Indigo Biosystems delivers patented automated data review and analysis solutions to analytical testing and research laboratories. The company’s hosted applications and additional services support the automation of visual data inspection. Indigo is led by an expert team of scientists and software engineers and is committed to introducing and delivering innovative solutions to the laboratory market. For more information, visit http://www.indigobio.com.
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10517203.htm.
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Tenant fees have been banned. The move was announced in Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement last week and has delivered another damning blow to landlords.
As we’ve discussed previously, recent changes have already put a squeeze on landlord profit margin. Now the ban on tenant fees has been brought in, things just seem to be getting worse.
What are tenant fees?
Previously, tenant fees could be charged by letting agents to cover the administrative costs of a new tenancy. These administrative costs would include the checking of references, inventories and drafting contracts. According to Citizens Advice, the average tenant fees cost around £337. Housing charity Shelter claims they can reach as much as £500.
Quick Move Now’s managing director, Danny Luke, says:
The tenant fees announcement that came as part of the Autumn Statement is more bad news for landlords. Already under financial pressure from tax relief changes, increased stamp duty and new wear and tear rulings, this is not the news landlords were hoping for.
Whilst the tenant fees ban has been implemented in an attempt to help tenants, ultimately this can only be bad news for them. Many landlords are already struggling to keep their business profitable. These landlords will have little choice but to pass the tenancy costs back to the tenant by increasing rent. Tenant fees were abolished in Scotland in 2012 and we saw rents rise by 2.3% across Scotland. Areas such as Edinburgh and Aberdeen saw even higher increases, 5.1% and 6.3% respectively*.
As we’ve previously reported, rent arrears are already a well-established problem. With both landlords and tenants feeling financial pressure, serious questions need to be asked about the future of property rentals.
As many as one-in-four landlords have said they either have sold, or are planning to sell their buy-to-let property as a result of the tax relief changes. Placing more financial pressure on landlords is only going to compound that issue and lead to a greater shortage of rental properties.
*Scottish rent rise data from Citylets
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We use carrots quite often in our kitchen. Lately it was a carrot cake and today we wanted to prepare some nice soup for a starter so we came up with Orange and carrot coup. Oranges add a nice fruity flavour to carrots and preparation time takes just 20 minutes.
- 600 ml chicken or vegetable broth
- 500g carrots
- 1 large onion
- 300 ml fresh orange juice
- 2 tbs orange peel
- 4 tbs fresh cream of 12%
- salt, pepper, sliced cooked carrots, orange and thyme for decoration
Heat the broth. Dice the onion and fry it on a pan. Peeled carrots, sage, orange peel and spices, add all to the broth. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes, until vegetables are tender. Transfer the soup to a blender - add 2 tbs cream, orange juice and blend everything until smooth. Garnish with carrot, thyme, orange slices, cream and freshly grounded black pepper.
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Funny how, given the fact that I detest most root vegetables (especially parsnips, turnips, sweed, sweet potatoes), that beetroot is one I do eat and enjoy with a passion. Perhaps the pickled, bright red beetroot from a ’70’s childhood installed a hidden love – despite the the stuff in the jars being far far removed from the fresh.
This recipe, one with more than a passing winter/autumn feel, comes from Australian Gourmet Traveller Food For Friends is designed to serve 6 as an starter or 4 as a light lunch. Or one greedy blogger with a little left over for the following days ‘light lunch’.
A choice of two wines are suggested to accompany – an Argentinean Torrentes or a South African Pinotage pink. Details on Spittoon.
Roasted Beetroot with Pancetta and Rocket Aioli
A warming autumn/winter dish - beetroot served with walnuts and bacon
For the Beetroot
- 4 beetroot each peeled and cut into 8 pieces
- olive oil
- 1 tbsp Walnut Oil
- 100g walnuts
- 1 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
For the Rocket Aioli
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 crushed garlic cloves
- 1 cup coarsly chopped rocket
- 1 1/4 cups olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Roast the chopped beetroot, drizzled with olive oil, in a hot oven (200C) for 45 minutes.
- For the rocket aiol mix the egg yolks, garlic and rocket until finely chopped (being food processerless I did this by hand but a machine is recomended). With the motor running gradually add the olive oil until the mix is thick and glossy. Transfer to a bowl and stir n lemon juice and seasoning to taste.
- The recipe suggest a 250g piece of pancetta rind and excess fat removed and chopped into 1.5cm pieces but I utilised a pack of cubed pancetta. Fry in the walnut oil until lightly golden, ad the walnuts and heat through gently. Remove from the heat, add the cooked beetroot and balsamic vinegar. Mix well and serve on a bed of fres rocket with the aioli poured over.
Copyright Andrew Barrow from SpittoonExtra
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videogalleryChain ReactionFilm and video works from Ukraine
videogallery – free entry
curated by Mykola Ridnyi, Alessandra Troncone
Starting from a more documentary-like style, the screening helps providing an articulated and multi-faceted look not only on the Ukrainian video production but on a country that Europe feels even much closer today.
“When we started working on this project in 2021, our objective was to present the first focus on Ukrainian contemporary art in Italy, on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the independence of Ukraine (1991),” tell the curators. Chain Reaction aims at underlining the independence of Ukrainian cultural and artistic production through the voices of some of its protagonists from the latest generation.
Piotr Armianovski | Uli Golub | Dana Kavelina | Oksana Kazmina | Zoia Laktionova | Oleksiy Radynsky | Mykola Ridnyi | Daniil Revkovskyi and Andriy Rachinsky | Ruins collective: Elias Parvulesco, Svitlana Pototska, Teta Tsybulnyk | Anna Scherbyna
Conceived as a fluid narrative between past, present and future, the show brings together a selection of films and videos presented in sequence as in a chain where different topics resonate and recall to each other, in a possible play of internal references that shows each work implicitly connected to the other. The sequence opens with a bird’s eye view of the Zamglai reserve, one of the largest bog systems in Ukraine, and ends with the dystopian – perhaps prophetic – image of an apocalyptic scenario where human presence has disappeared; general themes emerge from this “chain reaction” which meet and follow the international agenda (the effects of climate change, the gender issues), but which are also intertwined with events and aspects specifically linked to the Ukrainian socio-political context: the war in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions started in 2014, the massive labor emigration to EU countries, the struggle between human rights, feminist, LGBTQIA+ movements and conservative ideologies, urban transformation, ecological issues.
header: Piotr Armianovski, Sloviansk, 2014-2018.
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We’re just about two weeks away from the launch of the OnePlus 6 in London on May 16. While we’ve got a pretty good idea of what we’ll see there when the festivities kick off, fans are still probably wondering how and when they’ll be able to pick up their own units.
Fortunately, OnePlus has a plan for that, too. On May 21, the company will open pop-up stores in 27 cities around the world, including New York, San Francisco, London, Paris, Mumbai and Shanghai. Visitors will have the opportunity to try and buy the OnePlus 6 before anyone else, enjoy refreshments and take home "exclusive swag."
If you’re fortunate enough to go, the OnePlus site has the details on when and where the events are happening, as well as links to RSVP. For everyone else, the company is remaining tight-lipped on when online sales will go live, though it would have to be after May 21.
Last year’s OnePlus 5T impressed us with its stellar performance, excellent OLED display and solid dual cameras, all for just $499 for the base version. We don’t yet know how much the OnePlus 6 will cost, but if history is any indication, prospective buyers can expect a slight price hike.
In recent years, OnePlus has raised model prices by $20 to $40 each go-around: the OnePlus 3T launched at $439, the OnePlus 5 at $479 and the OnePlus 5T at $499.
As for what we know about the device itself? It’ll have a notch, it’ll be powered by Qualcomm’s latest-generation flagship processor, the Snapdragon 845, and it’ll be made primarily from glass, rather than aluminum as was used in the OnePlus 5T. You can look forward to our early impressions of the OnePlus 6 immediately following the reveal.
Photo Credit: Jef Castro/Tom's Guide
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Three Hands Press: Scribes in Service of the Mysteries
Three Hands Press, a sister publishing house of Xoanon Publishing, was conceived in Summer 2003 as a joint venture between Andrew Chumbley, Daniel Schulke, and an anonymous third party. Its name refers in part to the threefold actuating force of author, publisher, and the animating spirit of a book. This triune power is the quintessence of the reifying textual force, and aptly glyphs our regard of the Magical Book as sentient manifestations of the Logos.
Dually-born of vision and epiphany, Three Hands arose in consideration of the body of essays, academic works, and other writings beyond the intent and scope of Xoanon, but common to its corpus of authors. Thus the need was recognised for a textual vessel serving the varied concerns of these separate works, with the additional benefit of Xoanon's publishing ethos. Because of the high magical calibre of Xoanon's textual corpus, as well as the loyalty and good faith of its long-time patrons, our endeavour has assumed wings and taken flight.
In the few years since its inception, Three Hands Press has steadily built a corpus of magical work which has embodied its founding motto Scribae quo Mysterium Famulatur. The primary foci of our books are magic, divination, folklore, folk-religion, magical history, and mysticism, often written from the twofold perspective of scholar and practitioner. As with Xoanon, Three Hands Press maintains its ongoing commitment to textual integrity, artful design, quality craftsmanship, and the ingenium of fascination which gives rise to the Book of Power. We look forward to the continuing privilege of bringing the twenty-first century's most creative occult thinkers to print.
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Think Outside the Bank
Anglo Far-East has provided ease of purchase, vaulting, transport, and liquidation of gold and silver bullion for qualified clients for over 22 years of un-interrupted service.
- Vaulting Outside the banking system
- We take your privacy seriously
- Fully allocated gold and silver bullion bars
- Secure online account management
- Insured to the full market value of the metal
- 100% Outright Ownership of gold and silver
Our team has a deep well of experience in the physical handling of good delivery gold and silver bullion, as well as the global logistical relationships to ensure its safe acquisition, vaulting, and liquidity.
- Proven Track Record
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- Global Reach
- Critical Key Relationships
Case Studies, White Papers, Research
Review how we have helped our current clients succeed. Get an idea of how we think, and how we can apply our experience and solutions to your situation by reading our research and white papers.
- Success Stories
- Why physical precious metals
- How physical precious metals can fit into your portfolio
- How to leverage our teams experience to make your life easier
Who uses Anglo Far-East?
AFE Clients are typically smart investors who are concerned about long term preservation of wealth. Often they are also sophisticated, affluent individuals, families, or small business owners or professionals. Our clients are often ahead of the curve when it comes to understanding the dangers of the current financial environment, and are looking for the top experts in the field to provide them service when it comes to the purchase, safekeeping, and later sale of their precious metals.
Trusted by Many
Anglo Far-East is the original private bullion custodian providing Allocated Good Delivery gold and silver bars. AFE was the first company that is not a bank to provide professional bullion market access to non institutional clients. AFE is a debt free, private company, that does not participate in the paper markets, and serves as a custodian of un-encumbered gold and silver bullion only. The advantage to you is that you are the legal owner of your gold or silver held with AFE, and there is no financial institution standing between yourself and your metal. This serves to insulate AFE clients assets from risks in the global financial system. AFE has served its many thousands of global clients for two decades of reliable, continuous operations. Read more about the AFE Team →
You Are The True Owner of Your Precious Metals
Anglo Far-East is not the owner of you precious metals, you are. This is a matter of law, under bailment. Gold and silver held by AFE clients never goes onto AFE’s balance sheet, and is held in custody for the benefit of its true owner, the client. Each gold and silver “good delivery” bar bears a unique serial number, and all bars are segregated from other bars which are held for other institutions. All bars are sight verified by a top Swiss auditor (what we call a Bullion Auditor, Grant Thornton), and cross verified against AFE client accounts (by an Independent Trustee, which also acts as a custodian of records) to ensure that each and every ounce is 100% backed by physical gold or silver.
Strict Custodial Governance
In order for AFE to access the private vaulting system, the vault must receive instruction in writing not only from AFE, but also the Independent Trustee in what is called a dual signature system. In addition, actual physical access requires that a representative of Anglo Far-East must be accompanied by a representative of the Vault, as well as the third party bullion auditor (Grant Thornton). All agents sight verify each and every bar that goes into or comes out of our vaults against vault receipts and weight lists, and reports are furnished to both AFE and the Independent Trustee Company. These triply redundant sight reports are cross referenced against AFE’s client accounts by the Independent Trustee for accuracy, and to ensure that every ounce of your gold or silver is accounted for and cannot be sold or removed without the clients explicit instructions.
Convenience, Security, Liquidity
You can easily buy and sell bullion at your discretion via AFE’s encrypted online account management system, with access to global markets 24 hours a day via our institutional accounts with the largest refineries in the world. AFE buys and sells bullion at the ‘core’ of bullion markets, using LBMA certified refineries and by-passes the commodities markets and bullion banks. All metal is retained within the “Good Delivery” System which ensures gold and silver is acceptable on the global professional market, and we can therefore offer our clients excellent liquidity.
Generationally wealthy clients of AFE understand the value of storing a portion of their wealth outside the nation they reside in. During times of crisis, governments have been known to confiscate personal wealth and seal safe deposit boxes and bank vaults. AFE has chosen Switzerland as its primary vaulting location, due to hundreds of years of unbroken dedication to the respect of personal property and freedom. Our research indicates Switzerland is still today the safest jurisdiction in the world for storage of gold and silver bullion. It is important to note that under Swiss law, gold and silver custody fall under private property and not banking law, and are therefore under the jurisdiction of law at the Kanton level and not the federal level as the banks in Switzerland are. Gold and silver ownership is not regulated at the federal level in Switzerland. The vaults are located in Kloten, Switzerland, and are privately held, not owned by banks. All vaults are managed by accredited security firms and are insured to the full market value of all valuables within by a Lloyds of London insurance underwriter. Read more about vaulting in Switzerland →
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Single Job Listing for 30 days
– Promoted on social media.
– Distributed into Google Jobs.
– Added to candidate alert emails.
– Applications onsite or offsite.
– Includes your company logo.
– Includes your social media links.
– Ability to add a corporate video.
– Access to statistics and charting.
– Manage your applicants’ progress.
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Continuing my unintentional, yet enjoyable, series of “things we love” I’ve noticed that many people have a favorite place and they tend to gravitate towards it whenever they can.
The rest of this post will sound like I’m talking about vacation spots, but it applies to other places.
Because most in my generation went to Disney World and/or grew up watching Disney classics, there’s an overwhelming number of millennials who are attached to “the happiest place on earth.” And why not? It’s a cool, but expensive, place to go. It’s also tiring at times because you want to see/do everything that you can in one day and in most cases, there are a bunch of children enjoying or not enjoying their time in the Magic Kingdom, which greatly impacts my levels of enjoyment.
But then there are the places that are just plain beautiful, relaxing, enjoyable whatever you want to say, that you can’t wait to visit because you can just enjoy them without running around or being subjected to a whole bunch of crazy.
Hocking Hills, Ohio
Mt. Rainier, Washignton
Any beach in the Caribbean
You have your place… you love your place. It’s a serious emotional attachment, whether it’s good memories, an enjoyable atmosphere, the right climate (or altitude), or some other reason there are special places for each of us.
Can’t think of one? How about your hometown, elementary school, college campus, the house you grew up in?
I think I have a list of special places, each for a different reason.
(Blogger’s note: all pictures in this post are from my husband’s and my photo collection)
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Whitecourt Council were presented with a report on landfill fees this week to look over and discussed the fee schedule being enforced to residents.
Fee schedules have been in place for many years but not consistently enforced for town and county residents. Enforcing them now will help preserve the lifespan of the landfill.
Mayor Maryann Chichak on the system.
Residents are allowed up to 300lbs of bagged household waste items for free.
The fee schedule was introduced to help control the amount of waste coming into the landfill and serves as a user pay system on non-household waste items.
Chichak says she would like residents to recycle more items or give them away instead of putting them in the landfill to help increase the diversion rate.
Landfill rates can be found on the Town of Whitecourt website.
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Think Bo Pelini is fiery (and he is)?
Check out Florida Gator Head Coach Boom. If you have better things to do, I understand.
Thanks to Bill Pinto for the link.
Those are all from one game too!
A proud graduate of the Jon Gruden School of Coaching right there….
Dude played safety (I think) at UGA. I’d hate to run a seam route with him around.
Broke his leg his senior season of high school. Fell off the recruiting radar. Wanted to go to UF, but Spurrier missed the meeting Muschamp had scheduled. Walked on at UGA. Earned a scholarship as a safety. Was a team captain by his senior season. Hard worker. The stare is legendary.
Here is the official football team schedule poster from the UAA: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_bianchi/files/2011/07/Football-poster1.jpg
And here is where you can submit your attempt to emulate Coach Boom:
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Fox Panel Drools Over Daniels: "One Of The Best" Response Speeches, "Funny," "Direct," "Quite Impressive" Video ››› January 24, 2012 11:45 PM EST ››› MEDIA MATTERS STAFF ? From Fox News' January 24 coverage of the State of the Union: Loading the player reg... Previously: Wallace On Daniels Response: "A Star Is Born" Short Link copy link Network/Outlet Fox News Channel Person Charles Krauthammer, A.B. Stoddard Stories/Interests 2012 State of the Union We've changed our commenting system to Disqus. Instructions for signing up and claiming your comment history are located here. Updated rules for commenting are here. View the discussion thread.
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It was a gorgeous morning in Three Arch Bay Community located in South Laguna Beach. I love this neighborhood with a mix of housing styles from charming cottage homes to incredible contemporary beachfront mansions. The guard gated community offers a private beach for residents complete with fire pits. Take one of two paths to the beach with a viewing gazebo to sit back and relax. Residents may enjoy the clubhouse, playground and lighted tennis courts. Spectacular views throughout of the ocean, Catalina Island, sunsets, dolphins and whales, Dana Point Headlands, Laguna Beach coastline and up to Palos Verdes on a clear day. Many homeowners cruise around the community in golf carts. If you are looking to buy or rent a home in this highly desirable area, call our office today 949.249.2424.
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I'm the deputy principle of Blackpool Aspire Academy.
Blackpool Aspire Academy came together as an Academy from Bispham High School, and Collegiate High School.
We moved into this brand new school, but it was a brand new school that did not have any shelter for students, when the weather turned poor. So, a priority for us, in the school, was to create a shelter.
Working with consultant architects, the consultants architects went through the procurement process with us. Found a number of quotes, and then decided on, or suggested to us, that we look to A&S. The service, the quality of build, the whole project so far with A&S, has been absolutely fantastic.
I wanted a large shelter for our students, and I was very pleased with the drawings I received from A&S, via the consultant architects, showing what a thirty eight by six meter structure, would look like.
It came within budget, and I decided to go for that. But the way in which A&S have started to build, is really superb. The quality of the ground work, and the way in which the columns have been erected, and now the rafters are going in, and the polycarbonate.
I am very pleased with the overall quality of the design, and the construction.
The A&S contractors have been absolutely fantastic. They are keen, they have worked well with our site staff. I am very, very pleased with the way in which the structure is looking now. We are now seeing a shelter coming about which is exceeding my expectations.
We are now seeing a shelter coming about, which is exceeding my expectations.
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ERIC Number: ED328096
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1990-Apr
Reference Count: N/A
Lexical Decomposition as a Strategy for Guessing Unknown Words: Users' Competence and Confidence.
Yougiouklis, Penelope-Suzannah Kambakis
The study reported in this paper investigated second language learners' ability to analyze new words without the use of context clues. The study focused on how confidence and accuracy increase or decrease with prior knowledge of a language and how availability of reading strategies can affect confidence or accuracy. Three groups of graduate students (eight Greek learners of English, eight native English-speakers, and two Greek-English bilinguals) each completed two tasks: a multiple-choice vocabulary test using decomposable words with possible explanations of their Latin or Greek origins; and a measure of confidence in each response in the first task. Two groups of decomposable stimuli were used, including: 12 Latinate and 12 Greek pseudo-words made of bound morphemes, in verb form, prefixed. Twelve real words of low frequency, some decomposable and some not, were used as distractors. Results suggest that (1) all subjects must have consciously used the lexical decomposition strategy; (2) all subjects did significantly better on words of Greek origin; and (3) monolingual subjects' confidence rates were much lower than their accuracy rates. Additional research on pseudo-words in different contexts is recommended, to determine whether increasing lexical background information affects accuracy or confidence. A brief bibliography and test data are appended. (MSE)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Lexical Decomposition Strategy
Note: Paper presented at the Meeting of the World Congress of Applied Linguistics sponsored by the International Association of Applied Linguistics (9th, Thessaloniki, Greece, April 15-21, 1990). Some tables may not reproduce well.
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Anderson Flies the Coop on "The Mole," "Celeb Mole" begins to confirm castmembers
By Wade Paulsen, 10/08/2002
Variety reports that Anderson Cooper, CNN newsman-anchor and also host of both series of "The Mole", has been forced to end his ties with the reality TV series under pressure from his new bosses at CNN. According to Variety, Cooper, arguably one of the two best hosts in reality TV along with Survivor's Jeff Probst, was told that, if he chose to return to "The Mole" 3 and 4, his continuing high-profile role on CNN might be jeopardized. At the time Cooper left ABC News to join CNN, "The Mole" seemed to be dead, but the show's surprisingly-successful revival over the summer brought the conflict back to life.
CNN's reluctance to permit Cooper to take the leave time necessary for filming may relate to its continuing ratings slide. Since hiring morning anchorwoman Paula Zahn away from its "upstart rival" Fox News, CNN has seen Fox News blow past it in the ratings, and apparently CNN (a unit of AOL Time Warner) wasn't willing to allow one of its few bright spots -- Cooper -- help another struggling competitor (Disney, which airs "The Mole" on ABC).
Variety also reports that three "celebrities" have been confirmed for the upcoming "Mole 3: Celebrity Mole." Actor Stephen Baldwin (brother of radical-leftist actor Alec), Victoria's Secret model Frederique and reality TV fan Kathy Griffin (who once hosted an MTV talk show devoted to reality TV) plan to take part in the game, which will be filmed in Hawaii.
Stone Stanley Productions, the company behind "The Mole," has not floated any names of potential Anderson replacements yet. Here's hoping they find someone who can bring the same mix of seriousness and sarcasm to the future series. Adios, Anderson, we'll miss you.
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ANFREL welcomes new batch of interns
The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) welcomed a new batch of interns from Taiwan and Myanmar.
Three students of the Department of Global Politics and Economics in Tamkang University will be with ANFREL for a month as interns under the Global Service Internship Program while an international relations and development student of Rangsit University is also spending his internship with ANFREL.
The new batch of interns participated in an orientation to familiarize them on ANFREL's work and set expectations for their internship. ANFREL engages the youth to inspire them to support and uphold free and fair elections in Asia.
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Hoka One One is the brainchild of two gravity sports enthusiasts Jean-Luc Diard and Nicolas Mermoud. Both men have been adventuring for as long as they can remember, and their trail running experiences have taken them across the globe.
Both Jean-Luc and Nicolas are committed to the values of freedom and enjoyment and feel that this is integral to the running experience whether running on the trail or in the city. With this in mind they started to look at the variables that affected the performance of different types of runners.
They quickly came to an important conclusion; fatigue, impact and muscle strain were challenges that runners of all stripes had to deal with every day. So Jean-Luc and Nicolas came up with a brilliant idea, why not design a shoe that would help to alleviate these problems - so that freedom and enjoyment could be guaranteed every time you go running!
From that idea Hoka One One was born. The word Hoka is derived from the ancient Maori language and roughly translates to "now it is time to fly". That's just how it feels to run in a pair of Hoka One One shoes; with each and every step your foot takes flight.
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The Squallis Puppeteers, a talented group of local artists, performers, and storytellers, have been entertaining throughout Louisville for 15 years. To help commemorate their milestone anniversary, Squallis is proud to present "Boo," on Friday, October 26 and Saturday, October 27, at the OMOS gym on Eastern Parkway. The two-night, Halloween-inspired event is sure to offer a little something for both the young and the young at heart.
"Boo" will feature a puppet funhouse, live music from Supertruck (on Friday), Lady Pyamid, & Julie of the Wolves (on Saturday), food trucks, trick-or-treating, games, and, for the adults, local beer and wine (it tastes better when it's local, ya know).
"We owe our success to this creative and inspiring city and to the people who have supported us through all of Squallis' experiments and phases," a group representative said. The Squallis Puppeteers' mission is to use the art of puppetry to free imaginations, create fantastic characters, and tell the stories that are important to the Louisville community. That's a pretty admirable mission and one worth supporting, if you ask me.
Admission for adults is $10, kids under 12 is $5, and kids two an under get in for free. So, come out have a little Halloween fun with the family at "Boo." For more information, please visit www.squallispuppeteers.com or email [email protected]
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Friday, October 26th, 6 PM -11 PM.
Saturday, October 27th, 4 PM - 11 PM
Featuring: Lady Pyramid & Julie of the Wolves
770 Eastern Parkway - OMOS Gym
Louisville, KY 40217
Photo Courtesy of: www.squallispuppeteers.com
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2009’da Burcunuz ve Siz (Your Sign in 2009)
What are your lucky days? When will your love life get a boost? What are the critical days for your relationship? When will your financial problems end? When should you ask for a bank loan or borrow money? What about your health; are there any risky periods? When will you have opportunities in your career? When should you materialise your important decisions? Will you get the support you need for your projects? What are the proper dates for buying a house or moving to another place?
What kind of developments are waiting for you in your social life? If you want to have a baby, when will you be lucky enough? When will you need to increase the security measures against theft, fire or flood? Which month is ideal for having a pet?
Everything that is in store for you and for your sign in 2009 is in this book…
Book Title: 2009’da Burcunuz ve Siz
Author: Öner Döşer
Number of pages: 688
Published at: October 2008
This page has been visited by 447 people.
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In the last blog post, I provided a rationale for why we must go ALL the way back to where students are at in order to help them build a solid foundation. If you have not read that post, I urge you to do so before reading this one as this is a continuation of that idea.
Partitioning is known by many names but it simply means the understanding of how numbers can be broken up. For example, the number 5 can be partitioned into 2+3, 1+4, 1+1+1+2 etc. This might seem really obvious but many students have not yet developed this understanding. Because this skill is the basis for most of our strategies for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing it is important to develop it before teaching the strategies.
A related number sense basic is the idea of benchmarking to 5 and 10. Benchmarking means that we use these numbers to help us estimate. If a student really understands how many 10 is, then when they see a pile of blocks, for example, they can estimate how many groups of 10 there are as a way to estimate the total amount of blocks. It is basically using referents like we would with any measurement. If I know how long 1 meter is then I can estimate a distance in meters. So we need students to really understand how big 5 and 10 are.
Fingers, rekenreks (if you have them), blocks, buttons, beans, are all great manipulatives to use with this skill, along with a 10 frame. If you are teaching kindergarten then you’d start with a 5 frame but I’m jumping right to a 10 frame for this. First of all, we want our students to be VERY familiar with numbers to make 5 and 10 (friends of 10). Start with 5 and have students show all the ways to make 5 on the frame with manipulatives or with their fingers (one hand shows none while the other shows 5, then 1 and 4, etc.).
I’m often shocked at how few middle school kids automatically know their friends of 10 (these are the pairs of numbers that add to make 10: 1+9, 2+8, 3+7, 4+6, 5+5). This needs to be done before we can build onto this to strategies like ‘add by making 10’ or ‘subtract by making 10’. Visuals are really important for making sense of quantity so use the 10 frame and blocks to help students learn these facts. I have found that pairing these visuals along with games work the best to help cement these number pairs for students.
See the freebie attached to this post for some games that will help students to learn how to partition well AND that will help them really understand 5 and 10.
Quick quizzes at the beginning of class can also be used to allow students to practice these important pairs. These can be done orally, in partners, using individual white boards or students showing you their fingers as the answers (in front of their chest so others can’t see). Engage in these games and activities often until they have automaticity with them.
There are also hundreds of activities for this on the internet. When I was in Terrace recently, Lisa showed her class a video that they all sang along to (grade 4). The kids loved it and would sing their ‘part’:
Once 5 and 10 are mastered, we can move along to partitioning other numbers AND partitioning into more than 2 parts. I always attribute my ability to partition well to my grandpa who taught me how to play Cribbage at the age of 8. This game is all about making 15 (and 31) so it is a great way to practice this skill. This is something you can teach in school or suggest to parents at home.
On the freebie, you will see the activity called ‘Make 7 (or any other number)’. This activity is open and accessible to all learners. It is done by giving students some cards, for example: 3 aces, 3 twos, 2 threes, a four, a five and a six and ask them to make 7 as many ways as they can and write a number sentence for each. Some students will find all the ways while others will find a few but with practice and hearing from their peers during sharing out in time they will improve. You can give different cards and ask for 7 again or you can ask for another number.
For students who come up with all the ways very quickly, you can challenge them to use the cards and ANY operations to make 7 (or whatever number you are working on). Because I just say “make 7” some students already start doing other operations, like subtraction, which is great as this means they are working at their challenge level. Our language is very important and I believe in tasks like these, using vague language is actually a benefit because it allows for way more interpretations and therefore more opportunities for thinking mathematically.
If you want to do this as a number talk (if you have no idea what number talks are – watch my vlog on number talks) you can do the same idea – show students some numbers (or dot cards) and ask them to make any given number as many ways as they can. Or you can give them these types of equations:
2 + 6 = ___+___+___
It is interesting to note that MANY middle school students struggle with this task as they want to write 8 instead of a way of writing 8 using other numbers. Most students see the = as meaning ‘the answer’. You can also change the numbers and the amount of addends you are looking for. Also, do some that look this way:
___+___+___+___ = 6 + 5
So they don’t get trained to always see numbers on the left with the unknown on the right because we want them to see that equal sign as meaning ‘the same as’ and we also want our students to be flexible thinkers.
The number talk dot cards that I suggested in the last post also use partitioning. Because we can’t subitize more than 5 items, when we give something like this as a number talk:
They are seeing it as 3 + 4 or 3 + 2 + 2 or whatever combination – they all involve partitioning. So dot number talks are serving this purpose too.
If you have students who know their ‘friends of 10’ then you can give them more challenging questions along the same big idea. For example: 37 + ____ = 100 (complements to 100, 1000, etc.) or you can start with ‘friends of 20’ before jumping to 100. This would be a way of differentiating in your class to allow for those who are behind to catch up while still providing a challenge (especially if done mentally) for the others.
Just like with subitizing, I would ask parents to work on this with their children at home as it is a relatively easy concept for most parents and you won’t have a lot of class time to devote to these skills. The next blog I will tackle 1 and 2 more/less as well as rounding.
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Lenasia woman hysterical as house demolished
A Lenasia woman cried hysterically as her house was about to be demolished.
Three bulldozers waited on the street next to her house, escorted by three police Nyalas (armoured vehicles) and other police vehicles.
The woman, carrying a small child, was refusing to leave the incomplete house so police went in and dragged her out.
Her neighbour ran over and tried to stop the bulldozer. She stood in front of it, pressing her hands against it to prevent it from going forward.
The other woman cried: “Please, please, please, don’t do it”.
The house is one of 113 houses in the area which the Gauteng department of housing has said are illegally built on land intended for government houses.
“Investigations by the department’s anti-fraud and corruption unit revealed that fraudsters sold several stands (for amounts) ranging from R2 500 to R95 000, and issued buyers with fraudulent deeds of sale which bore the department’s official logo,” it said in a statement.
Thirty-seven houses were destroyed yesterday.
Spokesman Motsamai Motlhaolwa said the owners would not be compensated for their losses.
Realising she could not hold off the bulldozer, the woman moved away, taking her crying neighbour’s child from her as she was being pulled from the building.
While she was trying to comfort the woman, the bulldozer hit one of the house’s walls and it fell with a heavy thud.
Soon, the house has been completely demolished and the bulldozer moved to the next one.
Earlier, residents in Lenasia Extension 13 barricaded roads and set tyres on fire in protest against the demolition, said Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela.
Makhubela said the police would continue to monitor the protest and demolition.
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More raffle items coming in! We have a hood from Lymestone Canyon Hood Co. and a one day float trip with Clearwater River Company (Ed Pitcher). Jeremy Bradshaw is donating a Merlin hood, leash, extender, jesses, and a signed copy of The Passage Merlin! We have artwork from Hub Quade and Jim Nelson. Boyd Bird Co. is donating quail! … and there’s lots more!
Thanks again to all our generous donors!
Kirk Wallace will be donating a fiberglass bathpan x 24 inches, an aluminum T perch, and at least one set of hand-braided 8 strand synthetic jesses!!!
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Bomma František Vizner Whisky Tumbler 320ml, set of 2
Franišek Vízner, one of the greatest figures of the Czech glass art is the author of a unique collection that bears his name. Design from the concept of clean architectural shape lines and perfect craftsmanship of fine lace decor. Both approaches emphasize the clarity of the crystal and its extraordinary light refraction. The thick base of some of the glasses enhances the ergonomic function while the hollow stems on others create impressive color interplay when filled with wines.
volume: 320 ml / 10,82 oz
ᴓ: 80 mm
height: 91 mm
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Biography - A Short Wiki
American doctor and advocate of sex education. She headed SIECUS (the Sex Information and Education Council of the United States) for three decades and also served as director of Planned Parenthood.
After studying chemistry at Vassar College, she worked for several years as a professional theater actor.
She fought a successful battle against the American Medical Association that resulted in patients having access to information about birth control methods.
She married actor W. Lon Martin. The couple had two children and divorced in 1933 after the death of their older daughter, Nell.
She and Margaret Sanger both campaigned for women’s sexual education and birth control rights.
How did Mary Calderone die?
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Our children are not going to be just ‘our children’ – they are going to be other people’s husbands and wives and the parents of our grandchildren.Mary Calderone
I truly feel that there are as many ways of loving as there are people in the world and as there are days in the life of those people.Mary Calderone
Before the child ever gets to school it will have received crucial, almost irrevocable sex education and this will have been taught by the parents, who are not aware of what they are doing.Mary Calderone
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Just noticed this online>>>
First the good part, WIND!
http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.i ... siteID=256
Winds look good and are increasing, are sideshore for Jupiter and the gust range isn't too bad. Jupiter is located just to the north of the words "West Palm Beach" on the radar map below, in the USA.
Looking at the Sat. image, not much in the way of clouds over Jupiter:
http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.i ... ellite+Map
Well, what are you waiting for, time to hit the water and shred until sunset. Wait ... NOT Quite yet, checkout ikitesurf.com a bit further, there is a Severe Tstorm Warning which follows:
Latest Severe Tstorm Warning by KMFL
Valid through 7/2/2003 5:30 PM local time.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
432 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 432 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN LAKE OKEECHOBEE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORMS THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 2672 8091 2662 8075 2692 8042 2709 8066
(from: http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.i ... letinID=16
Storms? There should be something in the color radar, let's see:
http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.i ... =Radar+Map
I see what they mean.
All that bright red stuff below and to the east of the big lake in the center of the state (Lake Okeechobee), and possibly moving from cover offshore from behind the land. Something like that could sneak up on a kiteboarder shredding away, smack him but good and HAS in the past.
So, what to do? You could go bowling or if you wanted to take a chance, perhaps a BIG ONE, you could go out until things move a bit closer to the coast. It would be good to book it into shore and secure while the stack of storm clouds is a least 15 miles from the coast to TRY to avoid the lightening hazard. Waiting until the storm line is on the coast is A BAD IDEA of course. This band of storms MAY not even make it to the coast but then again, it might. Better to know and be on the lookout for something dark moving in than totally clueless, right?
So, want to ride, do your homework and spend a few minutes on ikitesurf.com, http://weather.gov/ or other resources in your area. If it looks good, GO FOR IT but stay aware of the weather while you are shredding hard.[
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A peaceful place between Chaumont-sur-Loire and Cheverny
At the heart of the Loire Castles, between Touraine and Sologne, Véronique Perrin and Stéphane welcome you in their mill of the eighteenth century.
This house is located in a flowery and green setting where the Bièvre river flows. You can fish over more than 300 meters long.
Next to the house, you’ll find a charming and quiet room with an independent access. Tranquility guaranteed!
Chairs and many small spaces are at your disposal.
Breakfast is served outside when the weather allows it otherwise it is set in the dining room.
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The island of Borneo is divided in three parts. The Indonesian Kalimantan covers the biggest part, about two thirds, and then there's the Malaysian part with in the middle the small state of Brunei. The Malaysian part is divided in two provinces, Sabah in the top and Sarawak on the bottom. The highest point of Borneo is Mount Kinabalu which lies in the northeast. It's about 4100 meters high and very popular for climbing. Mostly because of the heat in this period we decide to skip the mountainclimbing and focus on the animals. Borneo is widely known for it's primates, orang-utans in particular. So our expectations are high and our mood is good!
The airport of Kota Kinabalu where we arrive from Singapore is bigger than we expected. There are busses going to town until 8 pm, After this we can only take a taxi, Über or Grab. We order an
Über for about € 2.00 to the city centre. We are only in Kota Kinabalu for one night, then we go to Sandakan by bus.
We spend the night at the Red Palm Hostel. It's small and in a street with a few restaurants and bars. The hostel has five rooms, three bathrooms and a large balcony. It's clean and we pay € 13.50 for one night.
At night we eat at the Party Play Lifestyle Cafe where the large four cheese pizza looks like a small margarita and tastes like dry cookies. After eating half we decide to make a remark to the waiter. He orders us a new pizza which takes twenty minutes and looks exactly the same but now it's whole again.
So one and a half pizza for the price of one ;-)
A group of Malaysian guys at the next table is getting more and more drunk, it looks like fun and before we know it we join their party. We have a lot of fun and roll into our bed on the other side of the street.
When our alarm goes off it's 7 am. Breakfast is from 6 but nobody's there, we help ourselves to some bread and find our way out the door to get to the bus terminal. When we leave the streets are full with a market so we first make a round to buy some food for the bus trip.
We've only stayed in Kota Kinabalu for one night but to us it didn't look like a beautiful city, besides that it wasn't very cheap. What you can do from here is visit the amazing mount Kinabalu, it is supposed to be amazing. We've only seen it from the bus... looked impressive! And high too...
In Kota Kinabalu an Über takes us to Inaman North bus terminal for € 2.00 where we immediately get send to the bus to Sandakan. This big bus ride costs us € 8.75 pp and takes a good 6.5 hours. With Deep Purple and Kenny Rogers meeting on the radio and volume on max we have a very bumpy rollercoaster ride. We arrive in Sandakan after this bustrip from hell. I was nauseous most of the way because of the bends and the crazy driving of the chauffeur. The coach, eventhough it looked quite luxurious had no suspension so the comfort was... well, just not there.
At the bus terminal we get off the bus and for € 2.00 we take an Über to Sandakan Backpackers hostel.
A simple room with a shared bathroom and a great rooftop terrace. There are some people hanging around in the hammocks, good vibe.
We only booked for one night but we can have the same room tomorrow too. We pay € 13.50 per night.
Sandakan is a town with a disturbing reputation. In the last few years there have been kidnappings (and attempts) of tourists from hotels and restaurants in Sandakan by the Phillipine terrorist group Abu Sayyaf demanding high ransoms. The last incident was in may 2017.
The governmental advice is to stay away from the islands between Sandakan and the island of Palawan in the Philippines where most incidents occur.
Furthermore, there is a lot to do around Sandakan, but it's not a fantastic city to see. At the dock there are many restaurants but the water right besides the terraces smells and looks bad.
We eat at Buhari Curry house opposite of the shopping mall. Here you can eat until you explode for €1.50. We have a really good Roti with chicken and fried noodles with egg and chicken and two cokes for € 3.50. Great place, has no atmosphere but great food. Eventually we ended up eating here every night we were in Sandakan...
Back in Sandakan again...
After we've gone to Kinabatangan river and Sepilok we return to Sandakan where we stay at the Four Points Sheraton hotel for two nights. There are policemen guarding the entrance of the hotel, so we feel relatively safe. We have a super luxurious double room with a kingsize bed, a nice bathroom and a view to die for. The hotel has a infinity pool on the roof where we spend a lot of time. We pay only € 25.00 per night, which is a special offer rate. It is still more that half of our daily budget so we eat at Buhari Curry house again to compensate. Not a problem because we love the food there!
Hoping to see the Pigmy Elephants and Proboscis monkeys we want to go to the Kinabantangan river for a few days. There is a small town called Sukau where you can find some lodges.
We book two nights at the Greenview lodge in Sukau and look for the best way to get there. We decide to use their transfer, it might not be the cheapest but it's quite relaxed. Their office is in the Sandakan centre so it's easy for us to drop by. With six others in a van we pay € 10.00 per person for a 3.5 hour trip. As I said, not the cheapest way... but ok.
After we've picked up the other passengers we are on our way. The driver is about 70 years old and drives very cautious, we arrive in one piece.
Sukau is very small, one street with a school and a small mini-market. We take a walk through the village from one side to the other and see some black squirrels and a macaque. Jos tries to take his picture but obviously pisses him of, because he makes a move as if he's about to attack. His eyes turn red and the size of his teeth say 'walk on by'. We'll do just that.
The B&B looks very nice, it's basic and clean and it's got a big restaurant. Our cabin has a double bed and a small private bathroom. We pay € 21.00 per night with breakfast included. For dinner there is a great meal for € 2.00 pp and there's a lunch buffet. Having the time of our lives here.
In the morning we do a cruise from 6 to 8 am. The boat goes up the river and stops at some Proboscis monkeys. It's still to shimmering to we can't take good photos but they are fantastic. Proboscis monkeys also carry the Indonesian name Orang Belanda, which means Dutch Monkey because of the colonial days they looked like Dutchmen with round belly and big noses. They have red fur and their arms are thin. Watching them makes us realise they are so much like humans. The way they move... And they are excellent swimmers, which is fortunate, because a little baby falls into the water from a tree and immediately swims to the bank. The others all go mad, making loud pig-like noises.
During this cruise the monkeys and some kingfishers are all we see, it's slightly disappointing but that is the deal, you never know what you're going to see. We pay € 12.50 pp and decide to go on another cruise in the afternoon.
Here we see a lot, more Proboscis monkeys, silver moustached monkeys, long tailed macaques and even an orang-utan! It's slightly hidden in a tree but we see just enough to be happy about it. Seeing an orang-utan in the wild is such an amazing experience...
But when it's time to return to the b&b we are somewhat disappointed, we would have loved to see the Pigmy elephants which only live in Malaysian Borneo.
On the river near our b&b there are some boats filled with tourists waiting and tensely watching the jungle just across the river. Branches are moving and the reeds are swishing, there is an elephant! Yayayay we yell inside our heads, thinking we are so lucky. We keep our eyes on the moving spot in the bush but there's nothing to see. After 10 minutes we finally see something, it's a grey hump of what they say it's the elephants bum. Ahhh... Dozens of tourists stand up in their boats to photograph the 'thing' and we can only watch how these people go crazy over a grey hump. The boat has to go back so that's it, no Pigmy elephants. Bums don't count.
We buy our park entrance tickets at the small counter for € 4.00 per person and a bottle of water. The boat ticket counter that was supposed to open at 8 is still closed at 8:10. We've been waiting for half an hour now and the crowd starts to queue behind us. As soon as we've bought the tickets for € 8.00 pp, we walk to the pier and await further instructions. The boats are not ready yet, they are being fuelled and I don't know what else... it takes a long time. Why didn't they do this earlier?! At a quarter to nine we are finally on our way.
We arrive at Bako National Park about 15 minutes later where we register at the reception. There is nobody to check if we've bought entrance tickets so we might as well have skipped that part.
From the reception we walk back to the jetty where the trails begin. Again, no checks whatsoever. We decide to walk the 800 meter trail. It's not too long and it's a beautiful hike through the jungle, up and down many different boulders and over big tree roots. We hope to see a lot so we take our time, but we don't even see a bird. After a little over an hour we arrive at the beach where we we're hoping to see the Proboscis monkeys but the only monkey we see is one cocky longtail macaque. It's a nice beach with a good view so we sit down to eat an apple. The macaque wants an apple too so he hits the apple from Jos his hand. Grrr this means war... we swing our bag his way but he is unstoppable, my apple is next. I throw my applecore far into the sea and tell him that he needs to swim if he wants it. He looks at the apple in the water and then slowly walks away. Tail between it's legs. Ha, we've won.
After waiting for an hour we decide to walk back. Maybe we'll see some of the Proboscis Monkeys along the way...
Still nothing to see on the way back but boy it's a nice route! When we are almost back at the jetty we suddenly see something orange jump on the jetty waiting house. We spurt over there and see a Proboscis Monkey sitting in the bush eating leaves just a few meters away. Yay! We take some pictures and watch him silently. He moves around from bush to bush and we follow him where we can. He doesn't seem to mind. Whoahhhh this is so cool!
We sign off at the reception, buy a refreshing ice cream at the restaurant and take the boat back to the Bako village. Unfortunately we can't find a Grab or Über car around but we meet two people from Holland who are in the same hotel and have arranged for a taxi to come pick them up. We share the taxi and the costs and pay them for the ride, € 2.00 for twenty minutes back to the hotel.
We paid € 25.00 total for this full day.
From Sandakan we fly to Kota Kinabalu with a small airplane of MasWings and then we fly to Kuching with AirAsia on the same day. For these flights together we pay € 45.00 pp in two separate bookings.
We stay at the Imperial hotel for one night, it's close to the airport and we need to go to the Consulate of Indonesia in the morning to apply for a visa so for now the location is perfect.
The hotel is attached to a big shopping mall with nice clothes-stores, some small fast food restaurants and a large supermarket.
Our room at the Imperial Hotel is big and the kingsize bed is VERY comfortable. We have a big bathroom with bath and separate shower and the large breakfast buffet is included in the price of € 26.00. The hotel has got free wifi but it's slow and so is our 4G.
After a great night and an amazing breakfast we take a Grab taxi to the Indonesian Consulate. After our meeting there we can pick up our passports at 4 in the afternoon.
Want to know the details of applying for this visa? Check the Malaysia page!
Back at the hotel we discuss our next step. On our list is visiting the Gunung Gading National Park, the main reason for this is Rafflesia flower, the biggest flower in the world that blooms from time to time for only a few days. Unfortunately it doesn't bloom this month, so after thorough consideration we decide to skip the park.
We want to stay closer to the city centre so we are staying at Abell Hotel for the next two nights. A Grab taxi brings us to the Abell Recidence but when we go inside it is definitely not what we booked. Yaiks...
No worries, there appears to be a Abell Recidence ánd an Abell Hotel, which is a 100 meters away. So we walk up to the right hotel and are relieved to see it looks quite alright.
Our room is small but it looks clean and renovated and it has a private bathroom. We have a window that looks out on a wall so we leave the blinds shut. We pay € 22.00 per night, no breakfast but free fast wifi in the room.
After two nights in Kuching we change hotels again to Marco Polo hostel, on the other side of the city centre. Why? It's a little cheaper and we like to see something different for a change ;-) It's only a 700 meter walk so we arrive early but our room is ready for us. We pay € 15.00 per night for a room with a kingsize bed and shared bathroom. The hostel has a cozy balcony where a basic breakfast takes place. Everything is a little outdated but if you don't mind that it's a nice place to stay. The owner likes socialtalk so we're totally up to date about the weather, the news and the Malaysian history, which was quite interesting. At least the part we could understand...
When we walk up to the waterfront we enjoy the view over the State Legislative building of the Malaysian government. It's a very cool architectural highlight that you can even pay a visit. We admire it from a distance and walk along the riverside instead. At the riverside there is a bazaar in the weekends, sometimes accompanied by live music. There's a market with food and nicnacs from 4 pm until midnight.
Food & drinks
In Kuching there is a big rooftop terrace called Topspot, it's got different kinds of food stalls mostly with seafood. We eat at stall number 33, choose a fine looking red snapper of 800 grams. It is weighed before our eyes and they they tell us the price immediately which in this case is € 8.00. Not bad for a big yummy snapper. So we find a nice table, order some rice, mixed vegetables and a beer and wait for our fish. After ten minutes we get a plate with a brown shrivelled thing that couldn't possibly be OUR fish... yes it is, the lady says.
We look at it and turn it around, it looks like a shrunken piece of plastic. We can't even tell if it's a Red Snapper.
The vegetables look very good so we try to make the best of it but after one dry piece of fish each there is no more eatable meat on the fish so we discuss what we're going to do. We are still not sure if we are mistaking or if we are being conned. So totally flabbergasted we pay for our meal and walk away, € 17.00 in total for a fish, rice vegetables and one beer. Stupid.
When we head back to our hotel we are annoyed, we shouldn't have accepted that plastic fish... 17 Euro... this will be one of those things we'll never forget.
Luckily the Topspot is not the only place to eat. Lots of great restaurants like a Vegetarian place called Zhun San Yen where we have a fantastic well filled noodle soup lunch for only € 1.50 including a drink. They also have a buffet where you pay for what your food weighs. The place is open until 4 pm so don't miss it!
We've also found a great little lunchroom called the Coffee Garden, a cool interior filled with plants and they have amazing coffee latte in an XL cup. For two coffee and one club sandwich to share we pay € 7.30. Not cheap no, but great if you are in need of a 'normal' sandwich and good atmosphere.
Actually Kuching has a lot of great places; Bing Coffee is superchill. A cafe with loungy couches, great for hanging around with a huge coffee and a nice muffin. Good music too.
A little further down the same street we found Life Café, it's got good Chinese food for budget prices and a relaxed ambiance.
In Chinatown there is Black Bean Coffee, here you'll find absolutely the best coffee in town. Cute little cafe with different kinds of beans to choose from.
In the evening there's Big Bottle, a big cafe with great (in the weekends live-) music, cheap self service beer in all flavours and food. Don't order the rubber balls, go for the pizza!
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2018-07-22T12:33:56Z
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Storage solutions combined historical practice with the tricks of boatbuilders. "On a boat virtually everything—tables, beds, benches—is built in, and I wanted the house to reflect that design sense as well," Mike says. Many of the closets and cabinets built into eaves have nautical-style ring pulls, which sit flush with the doors so that no knobs jut out.
The 18-inch-thick wall between the dining and living rooms hides structural posts and holds narrow bookcases that flank the two doorways. Two pairs of doors do double duty, separating the two spaces when closed and cleverly concealing the bookcases when open.
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It all starts with baby steps.
Baby steps, with arm-waving balance and shaky testing of foot-on-floor. You held onto the fingers of someone bigger and more experienced at that sort of thing, one foot in front of the other before you finally got the hang of it all.
You probably don’t remember your first steps – unless it’s your second chance to learn how to make them. In the new book “Run, Don’t Walk” by Adele Levine, you’ll see how that can happen.
The call came at 6 a.m. Sure that someone was dead (isn’t it always the case with calls like that?) Adele Levine answered the phone and learned that she was being granted an interview for a job as a physical therapist in the amputee clinic at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Levine had gone to physical therapy school because of “several depressing rounds of unemployment.” It had never been her “calling,” and she didn’t have big plans, other than to find a job close to her apartment. She thought Walter Reed would be a temporary gig.
As it turned out, she loved the amputee clinic, and stayed for several years.
Surrounded by glass walls “The Fishbowl” was complete chaos, a “nonstop party” with visitors, cookies, and bent rules. Double and triple amputees worked with therapists to learn to be ambulatory with new prosthetic devices, and other patients hung around as support. Because of the glass, visitors could see what went on but Levine says that the soldiers barely noticed. They were too busy meeting new challenges.
Sometimes, the challenges were Levine’s.
Patients occasionally didn’t cooperate with their treatments, and needed warnings, encouragement, or just more understanding. Others really didn’t want to get better, finding the role of victim more appealing.
Like most of her co-workers, Levine tried to create unusual ways to keep everyone – staff and patients alike - occupied, to keep them working on getting better, to keep them healthy in mind and body.
They did this, despite personality clashes. They did it, while the injured never stopped coming. And they did it, though their clinic was closing in less than a year…
Paper cuts. They’re the worst, but I promise you that you’ll never whine about trifles like that again, once you’ve read “Run, Don’t Walk.”
With a sense of irony, a dose of humor, and beaming pride, author Adele Levine gives readers entertainment and lessons that are both sweet and sad. Her anecdotes are personal (including her visits to “girlfriendland”); and they’re peopled by soldiers whose lives have been forever altered, therapists who show them that those lives aren’t over yet, and officers who offer support to both sides.
This isn’t necessarily some sunny, feel-good book, though: Levine is plain about pain, roadside bombs, f-bombs, frustrations, injuries and deaths.
This is one of those true stories that, when you’re done reading, you’ll wish you could read it again for the first time. And how could you resist a book like that?
Really – you can’t, so “Run, Don’t Walk” is a book you should take steps to find.
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A few years ago after year that turned me upside down in a number of ways, I was invited by a friend to spend a few months in Vienna. A way to kind of get away from it all, while still being a part of it all. The experience was cathartic. If you were reading my blog at the time then you know all about it, and I’ll assume you were and not rehash it all again here. My time in Vienna helped me remember who I was and what was important to me. I left there with a different and I think wholly better perspective on my life and where I was at and where I was headed. I grew a lot over those months and in the years since then I’m always thought fondly of the city and the people that helped me wrap my head around so many things. I’ve visited often, and have quite the emotional connection to the place now.
Next week I’ll be heading back again, this time with my wife and son, and I’m so very excited to spend time with them in this place that is so important to me. I’m looking forward to what we’ll experience together there, without having any idea what that will be. I’m also hoping some of the inspiration that lit such a fire in my head, even just a spark, will help me figure out which next steps to take and how to take them.
I’m very excited about many of the projects I’m involved with at the moment, though many are unproven and some I have a long history of attempting unsuccessfully. I need to understand how they all fit together and what I can learn from the past to apply to the future. This year has been stressful and I’m hoping that a change of scenery will cut through some of that. I’m hoping to write about it as I dive in, because I need the immediate feedback and because I need the pressure of a goal. The positive pressure of a goal.
This is vague and muddy, I knew it would be because I’m feeling vague and muddy. But I’m excited to see where this leads. And I’m going to keep pushing myself towards that, and through it.
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Friday, 15 May 2009
Dessert for the Brain
I love buffets... sometimes when I look at the menu in a regular restaurant and everything looks so good I hate the thought I have to pick just one. I will forever remember a wonderful dinner with my beautiful wife on our first night in Naples.. a room with a view of the moon over the bay and then a great dinner, and for dessert, three incredible choices.. we simply could not decide. Then the waiter leaned over and quietly asked, "Would you like me to order a selection with some of each?" WOULD WE! and then it came, each dessert tempting the mouth and mind to ignore all the others.... THIS was the dessert you lived to taste, and yet, each was made even better by the presence of the other two..... ahhh, it is the dessert of our life.
That's why I like Math Teachers at Play. It is like a buffet of mathematical and educational ideas, and this one has way more than three delicious treats for teachers at every level.
This time Denise has a lesson about quilts, Jason Dyer has a picture of a curious and interesting French plate (which also came from Denise I think down the line, clever lady)... look at the picture before you read the blog and see if you can figure out what it was for... It reminded me of the old pancake flipping problem, but that is only to distract you because it has almost nothing to do with pancakes.
Maria's Homeschool blog was about teaching division to student's with dyslexia. I worry about the number of parents who choose to homeschool their challenged students, not because I think they won't do a good job, but because it makes me realize they don't think WE do a good job, and I fear they may be right. I still struggle with the kids who "just don't get it" after I have explained it every different way I can think of... so I'm still looking for insight to teaching better at my somewhat extended age.
Speaking of "not getting it', Vlorbik (always a good read) talks about why the bright kids in calc can't see simple ideas about the derivative of a constant ...(but sir, it didn't LOOK like a constant)... and speaking of constants, if you think you know about phi and Fibonacci (factoid interlude, NO ONE called him that while he was alive) but you can't imagine how they relate to Geometric Sequences (pause while you scratch your head and contemplate).. then see John Cooks article (another regular big-hitter on my list).
Ok, I could drone on and on until the bell rings... but it is just one great article after another, and like my dessert meal, each compliments the other...
Ok, one last word thing since it has shown up here so much....did you know the word dessert is derived from the French term for "clear the table".... I swear, I would not make this stuff up.
Great job, Misty, but I do have one last question..... so what is the etymology of Onomatopoeia (sorry dear reader, you have to read the Carnival to understand)
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Donate Your Car Today
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Job Interview Room In Bangalore
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HTC Mozart WinPho 7 smartphone
The sound remains the same
Incidentally, HTC is pushing the Mozart as a music phone (clue’s in the name) but it doesn’t actually offer anything that you won’t find on the company’s other WinPho 7 handsets – same equalizer, same audio enhancements, and same syncing system.
Rather than the audio, it's really the camera that makes the difference
The headphones are so-so and you’ll benefit from upgrading them, but the sound is reasonably punchy, and the SRS function really does stretch out the soundstage, though it’s not really surround sound. It’s all good stuff, but you don’t need to buy a Mozart to get it.
The HTC 7 Mozart is an Orange exclusive though, so you get a few extras like the Orange Wednesdays cinema app, Orange Maps with turn-by-turn navigation and the Orange Daily news, sport and weather round-up. There’s also the Orange Selects section of the Windows Marketplace for more Orange-centric apps. From next year buying apps from the Marketplace will be chargeable to your Orange bill, with no need to register your credit card details.
Besides network, the main thing that differentiates the Mozart from the similar HTC Trophy is the 8Mp camera (the same as on the Desire HD; the Trophy has a 5Mp version). It’s not just the pixel count though, since the Mozart also has a xenon, rather than an LED flash, which is brighter, and provides better quality light. Otherwise, the feature count is the same, with autofocus, 6x digital zoom, a variety of scene modes, including macro, a few colour effects, flicker adjustment and metering mode.
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Upgrade to network backbone enables Georgia-based service provider to deliver 10 Gigabit Ethernet services to business customers with ability to scale capacity and offer multiple services in the future
LINTHICUM, Md. – January 5, 2009 – Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that ETC, a communications company serving residential and business customers in north Georgia, has deployed the CN 4200® FlexSelect® Advanced Services Platform to upgrade its backbone network with additional capacity, optical protection switching for resiliency against accidental fiber cuts and the ability to offer SONET, Ethernet, storage and digital video services via programmable ports.
ETC delivers a diverse portfolio of residential and business services, including broadband, cable TV, telephone, wireless phone and security systems. With the overall volume of network traffic increasing and business customers eager for higher bandwidth services, ETC’s existing OC-48 SONET network was nearing its capacity limit. Rather than incur the time, cost and community disruption of laying new fiber, ETC addressed its fiber exhaustion using a flexible, metro DWDM solution from Ciena. In one platform, CN 4200 provides ETC with a network solution that offers scalable capacity, high-availability and the ability to support multiple services.
“After reviewing all of our options, Ciena stood out based on its reputation in optical service delivery and innovative OTN and programmable port technology, which gives us the flexibility to aggregate, switch and transport a variety of services to meet different customer needs,” said Stacy Pettit, Network Operations Manager at ETC. “In addition, Ciena’s approach to integrating tunable 10G transponders with optical protection switching cost-effectively ensures our network resiliency, which is critical as we continue expanding to serve business customers with high-availability needs.”
Without disrupting an existing SONET service, ETC deployed Ciena’s CN 4200 to deliver 10 Gigabit Ethernet services to multiple sites for several business customers across a fiber constrained route on its network. The operator also ensures continuous service delivery with protection against accidental fiber cuts from local construction or unforeseen natural events by leveraging CN 4200’s optical protection switching capability with sub-50 millisecond failover capabilities. In addition, CN 4200 enables ETC to grow its network capacity and services without cost-prohibitive initial investment by adding new channels, OTN service transparency and mapping any service to any port.
“The need for more bandwidth and service continuity is universal – it’s not just a concern for operators and customers located in major metropolitan markets,” said Mike Aquino, senior vice president, global field operations at Ciena. “ETC’s deployment highlights the benefits of CN 4200’s innovative features and architecture, including upgrading the network without disrupting the existing SONET services, line cards that can be programmed to support different services to reduce sparing costs and the ability to add network capacity in increments.”
As part of its on-going effort to automate many of its service provisioning and network management tasks to maximize efficiency of its network operations team, ETC also deployed Ciena’s ON-Center® Network and Service Management Suite. ON-Center includes advanced tools such as auto discovery of the network topology and deployed elements, service setup and teardown, statistics collection and analysis, configuration backup and restoration, and node level diagnostics and configuration control which enable efficient management of ETC’s network.
ETC is a local, broadband, cable TV, telephone, wireless phones and security company serving north Georgia and the Copper Basin area. We offer affordable rates, unsurpassed expertise, local customer service and the most advanced communications products available today. With local and long distance telephone service, broadband access, cable television and security systems we can help you choose the right services for your needs.
Ciena specializes in practical network transition. We offer leading network infrastructure solutions, intelligent software and a comprehensive services practice to help our customers use their networks to fundamentally change the way they compete. With a global presence, Ciena leverages its heritage of practical innovation to deliver maximum performance and economic value in communications networks worldwide. We routinely post recent news, financial results and other important announcements and information about Ciena on our website. For more information, visit www.ciena.com.
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Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Use 1 tablespoon of the butter to grease a 2 quart oven-proof baking dish.
Peel the sweet potatoes and slice them 1/8-inch thick. Place 1/3 of the potatoes in the bottom of the baking dish. Season with salt and sprinkle over 1/3 of the pecans. Repeat 2 more times. Pour the coffee liqueur and cream over the potatoes. Spread the brown sugar evenly over the top and dot with the remaining butter. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake until the sweet potatoes are tender when poked with a sharp knife, about 50 to 60 minutes. Remove the dish from the oven and turn on the broiler. Remove the foil and cover the sweet potatoes evenly with the marshmallows. Put the dish under the broiler until the marshmallows are lightly browned, about 1 minute. Let cool a bit before serving.
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As published to Huffington Post
I had the opportunity to speak with Zac Carman of ConsumerAffairs about the site’s forthcoming study, set to be published this month on their blog. The consumer advocacy group and online review platform examined which states are most likely to review or complain about businesses and brands. A preview of their new infographic highlights which states are the most vocal using a heat map.
Is your state in the red?
The Complain-Tastic Top 5, with a Few Choice Examples
5th Place: New Jersey
New Jersey reviewers have no interest in engaging other readers: they go right for the throat, throwing shade and calling out brands in front of the entire Internet.
4th and 3rd: Nevada and Delaware
Nevada reviewers keep it short and (not at all) sweet.
Meanwhile, Delaware reviewers ask us to ponder some of life’s biggest questions.
Tied For 1st: Florida and Washington D.C.
With colorful descriptors, thorough coverage, and aggressive capitalizations, this Florida reviewer allows to really feel his frustration and disgust.
Think he should just slow his roll and wait for the cleaning catastrophe to come to a close? Think again — he’s already tried it.
But Where’s New York?
In a shocking twist, New York, widely considered the rudest state in America, only made it to number 12 on the complainer countdown. When asked for comment on this surprising twist, New Yorkers responded, “We don’t care, and we’d like you to get lost now.”
I asked Carman about his company’s research process, and whether or not the results were a surprise. “Each month, about 100,000 consumers come to our website to write complaints and reviews. One day we got the idea to see how these conversations varied from state to state,” he explains. “We analyzed the most recent 238,239 reviews we’d received from consumers in the U.S.”
“Initially, I was surprised to see states that I’d think would be ‘complainers’ lower on the list, like New York,” Carman recalls. “But as I reflected on the demographic composition of the U.S., the data began to make sense.”
Carman claims negative or positive reviews can seriously impact the prospects for businesses. “Brands spend billions of dollars researching the hearts and minds of consumers, and billions more trying to persuade them into a specific buying behavior using sophisticated marketing,” he says. “An Econsultancy study confirmed that consumers trust the opinions (read: review) of other consumers more than marketing and even more than an expert endorsement.”
A new Harvard Business Review study concurs: a one-star rating increase can help restaurants to boost revenue by between five and nine percent. And Carman believes negative reviews and positive mentions can massively influence brand perception. “Negative reviews, especially when not addressed, can directly impact the bottom line,” he says. “ShareThis CEO Kurt Abrahamson told me that recommendations have more of an impact than brand name or price. Highly positive reviews online can generate almost a 10 percent increase in purchase intent, and negative reviews can also have a correspondingly negative impact, reducing purchase intent by 11 percent.”
The forthcoming ConsumerAffairs study reveals the true power of the consumer voice in the modern marketplace. To all you New Jerseyans, Nevadians, Washingtonians, and Floridians: keep whining — it’s working!
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We had become family, Joe and me. Three months of shared responsibility for Mom's care had made it so, and it was the natural thing to do when he stayed on with me after Mom died. The companionship of this kind and gentle man was a welcome antidote to the sudden vacuum in my days without the focus around whom all household activity had flowed for so long.
Now there were no dentures to clean, no diapers to change, no medical surprises to field. Even my job as research director for an NBC-TV daytime interview program, One of One with John Tesh, came to an abrupt end when the show was cancelled in the week following Mom’s death. There were new things to be done, but they did not have the urgency of round-the-clock caregiving and a full-time job.
It would be four weeks before The Neptune Society could provide a date for the ceremony of scattering Mom’s ashes at sea. In the interim, Joe and I busied ourselves arranging a memorial dinner for Mom’s friends and with clearing out Mom’s apartment.
It is a sad business sorting through a dead person’s belongings. The stuff of a life that when lived was filled with significance – treasures and mementos and furnishings carefully chosen over the years – now looks pathetically meager and ordinary. You want there to be more that means something. Instead, there are television sets; worn bathroom towels; underwear in a drawer; shoe boxes of snapshots that didn’t make the cut into the photo albums. An old chair that was especially comfortable to the owner in life is merely threadbare and tacky in death.
And yet, there is a reluctance to part with any of it. She looked so pretty in that dress. She loved that vase. She read those books many times. I had never noticed before, in all the years of my adulthood, that the desk in the corner of Mom’s bedroom was the childhood desk I had been given at about age eight.
Joe and I divvied up what we wanted. He took a television set and some personal things that had belonged to his Dad. I took family photos, some kitchen equipment and parceled out Mom’s jewelry among Barbara, my brother and me. The big stone patio table and benches went to another friend as did the car. The two three-story, unfinished dollhouses – my mother built elaborate, electrified dollhouses – went to two friends who admired her handcraft work. And I found a new home for the cat.
Mom was not a wealthy woman, but there were a few bonds and a small life insurance policy for my brother and me. As Mom had suggested, I gave Joe the gold coins and like she had done on the night I arrived, he and I played Old King Midas one day. Mom was right – it’s loads of fun to run your hands through solid gold.
I found an old newspaper clipping, tattered and yellow, in Mom’s wallet just in time to have it printed on cards for the guests at her memorial.
Do not stand by my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep
I am a thousand winds that blow
I am a diamond glint on snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awake to the morning hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight
I am the soft starshine at night
Do not stand by my grave and cry
I am not there, I did not die.
- Mary Frye, 1932
There were about 50 people for the dinner at Frasinetti’s, which had been Mom’s favorite restaurant. I have no memory of what I said that evening and it was overshadowed anyway by the speeches of her friends who knew Mom, from their more frequent times together, in ways I did not.
They talked about the crop of fat, luscious pot tomatoes she was famous for growing each year. And how much she loved to throw holiday parties - any obscure holiday was an excuse. It seems she was a better cook than I remembered too. More than one mentioned how much she loved the sun, the heat of summer and swimming several times a day. They liked how smart she was and how she never complained, ever.
Barbara told of how she and Mom had become special friends from the first day they met, 25 years earlier, when Mom began working in the office where Barbara was employed. And how a day had not passed, since their retirement, when they did not telephone at least once.
When one woman said Mom talked about me a lot, others joined in what came to sound like a chorus: She loved you so much. She was so proud of you. She told us everything about you, where you were working and where you traveled, who your latest boyfriend was. She showed us pictures of your cat and the apartment you bought in Greenwich Village. She read parts of your letters to us…
That explained why these men and women - who I had met briefly, if ever in some cases, on infrequent trips to Sacramento - treated me like they were my aunts and uncles, like they had known me for years. They actually had.
I was dismayed and abashed at what they said. Mom had hardly ever commented on my letters and when I telephoned with news about a new job or an interesting trip or an award, she was more likely to say she was grateful I had a paying gig than congratulate me for any achievement. When I had poured out my heart to her in a long letter after I left my husband years before, I was looking for a little TLC. I got a brochure, by return mail, on how to get a cheap divorce.
That Mom loved me I never doubted, but I had thought, until the night of her memorial dinner, that it was in a less motherly, more distant and formal manner than her friends were telling me. The mother I knew would never brag on her daughter. The mother I knew was too busy with her own life to bother with the details of mine. The mother I knew was too sophisticated to bore friends with photos of her kids.
Obviously, I was wrong and had misunderstood an important part of who she was.
At the end of May, my brother drove down from Portland, Oregon, with his girlfriend. They and Joe and Barbara, two other friends of Mom’s and I boarded The Neptune Society yacht in San Francisco Bay for the scattering at sea of Mom’s ashes.
It was a gloriously fresh, bright, cloudless day. The breeze was light and the bay was calm as the boat sailed out under the Golden Gate Bridge to an area where we idled off the Marin County coast.
A burial, whether in the ground, a crypt or at sea, is for the living. It puts finis, or at least the beginning of finis, to formal grieving and begins the period of re-establishing daily equilibrium. I thought I had done most of my personal grieving in the month leading up to the burial, but I know now you should not trust such beliefs in times of high emotion.
On that perfect, crystal, blue-sky day, floating just beyond the Golden Gate with the sun glistening off the water, I was unexpectedly struck by one of those god-awful dark nights of the soul, sucker-punched out of nowhere with the horror and pure, naked fear of my unutterable aloneness in the infinite desolation of the cosmos.
At the same time my brother, who had just emptied the urn of Mom’s ashes into the bay, was saying something – a prayer? – and the bleakness retreated as abruptly as it had arrived a few seconds earlier.
Rose petals, marking the place where Mom’s ashes had joined with the sea, floated toward the Marin County beach I had not visited since high school. I couldn’t help recalling how I had hoped then that Mom didn’t know what my boyfriends and I were doing there at night and it came to me how safe, even in the wake of my parents’ recent divorce, I had felt in those days. And how since then, even though I hardly ever acknowledged a traditional mother/daughter connection between us, I had always known somewhere inside the comfort of Mom’s unconditional love.
There had never been anyone else I trusted as completely as Mom in that most fundamental way. There had never been anyone else who approved of me no matter what. And now I was on my own.
…to be continued…
A mother's final, best lesson: Part 1
A mother's final, best lesson: Part 2
A mother's final, best lesson: Part 3
A mother's final, best lesson: Part 4
A mother's final, best lesson: Part 5
A mother's final, best lesson: Part 6
A mother's final, best lesson: Part 7
A mother's final, best lesson: Part 8
A mother's final, best lesson: Part 9
A mother's final, best lesson: Part 11
A mother's final, best lesson: Postscript
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The Army West Point Athletic Association has appointed Dan McCarthy '90 Interim Director of Athletics as the department conducts a nationwide search for the Athletic Director position. McCarthy assumes his duties effective immediately. He transitions into this new role after the departure of Boo Corrigan, who was named the Director of Athletics at North Carolina State University earlier this spring.
"First, it's important that we thank Boo Corrigan for all that he has done for Army West Point Athletics over the past eight years," McCarthy said. "His time as the Director of Athletics has truly been transformational and his visionary leadership has positioned the athletic department for continued success.
"We wish Boo, his wife Kristen, and their children all the best as he transitions into his new role. The Corrigan family has contributed so much to the U.S. Military Academy and the West Point community and they will be sorely missed."
McCarthy has been with the department since the start of the 2017-18 season and was added to Corrigan's executive staff prior to the 2018-19 academic year. He joined the staff as the Associate Athletic Director for Administration after spending a season as the Director of Football Operations. McCarthy was on Jeff Monken's staff after retiring from the military in 2017 after 27 years of service, attaining the rank of Colonel.
"I'd like to thank our Superintendent, LTG Williams, for the trust he has placed in me to lead the great coaches and staff in the athletic department during this time of transition," McCarthy added. "I am humbled by the opportunity and proud to serve the more than 1,000 cadet-athletes that are on our teams in providing them with an extraordinary Division I athletic experience while developing leaders of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor and Country." Read more.
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Beauty wearing black! Kylie Jenner stepped out wearing black snakeskin pants and a long sleeve black sweater at the Imagine Ball in West Hollywood on August 6. Her outfit and jet black hair looked super edgy together but it was her thick, defined brows that helped make a major statement.
Kylie Jenner, 16, stole the show at the Imagine Ball in her casual but super cute all-black ensemble. Kylie toned down her usual thick and heavy makeup and instead opted for a lighter look with bold eyebrows as a statement. Her light mauve lipstick was the perfect contrast to the dark colors she wore and her perfectly styled brows brought attention to her stunning eyes.
Kylie Jenner At Imagine Ball — How To Get Thick & Bold Eyebrows
Defining your eyebrows is an easy way to turn a simple look into an edgy and more put-together one. For the perfect tool to get brows like Kylie’s, try the LORAC PRO Brow Pencil.
To use this brow pencil, use the crayon side to make small strokes along the eyebrows in the direction hair grows. Fill in the brow with these small strokes and make sure not to stray too far outside of the natural brow shape. Next, use the spiral brush on the other side to blend the crayon and brows and to brush the eyebrow hairs in the same direction.
If you have super dark hair like Kylie, LORAC National Artist Dean Fournier suggests using the Slate shade.
Dark Brows With Minimal Makeup — Kylie Jenner’s Imagine Ball Look
To make sure that dark brows don’t take over your whole face, mimic Kylie and go for a lighter look with your other makeup. Her light colored lipstick keeps the focus on her eyes rather than distracting from them.
Try using a light eyeshadow and a few layers of black mascara like Kylie did. This gives the eyes a pretty contrast and keeps them from looking too dark.
Did you like Kylie’s Imagine Ball look enough to try out her dark and defined eyebrows, HollywoodLifers?
– Claire O’Halloran
More Kylie Jenner News:
- Kylie Jenner’s Reverse French Mani — Love It? Vote
- Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian & Kylie Jenner: Dark Lipstick Face Off
- Kylie Jenner: How To Get Her Full, Feminine Brows — Expert Tips
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The following Opinion-Editorial was submitted to Montana1stNews by a highly concerned Great Falls citizen who shared valid concerns in regard to a recent Great Falls Tribune article entitled, “Skeptics Question County Officials.”
A Great Falls Tribune article, “Skeptics Question County Officials” (Murray and Rosenbaum), published on 10/30/22, focuses on a local group that has questioned the elections office and County Commissioners on irregularities found in local and federal elections in Cascade County.
The collective members comprise the local Election Integrity Group of Cascade County. The group has requested information from the Commissioners and Election office about county ES&S voting machines, the use of Mark Zuckerman’s “Zuckerbucks” (CTCL $294,128 grant money), which Rina Fontana-Moore accepted during the 2020 election cycle, the legal use of ballot drop boxes, nepotism by Fontana-Moore who hired her son and daughter-in-law to work for the Elections office to include the June 2022 primary election and other concerns.
The article quotes elected and appointed officials stating, “The questions have burdened the elections, and cost taxpayers added expenses.” However, no transparency was given to the implicated cost or added expenses.
The quoted officials made criticizing comments about the group’s requests, complaining and calling them “demands” as if it were too difficult to provide complete transparency and resolve the election issues.
State Senator Steve Fitzpatrick stated that the concerned citizens are just “Facebook echo chambers”; his comment degrades all citizens of their right to fair and transparent elections.
Don Ryan, who is now running to keep his appointed Cascade County Commissioner seat, was the first to respond in the article with an attack on the local group by claiming that the requested information was intimidating. He stated it “hindered volunteers from wanting to become election judges.” Ryan failed to mention that over 100 volunteers were trained to be election judges in 2022 because these same citizens stepped up to help the Elections office have plenty of volunteers.
He continued to complain about the Election Integrity Group’s findings concerning “local irregularities from the 2020 election.” He was upset that people “inquired to know the name of the election judges” but failed to acknowledge County Clerk and Recorder Rina Fontana-Moore’s ballot judges have been the same people for over a decade.
This poses the question to locals; do you want a commissioner who is concerned that elections are run correctly and legally or a commissioner who doesn’t want to be bothered?
County Clerk and Recorder Rina Fontana-Moore, who is up for re-election, claims the group’s requests have been harassing and could bog down the elections process and delay results, adding, “They have no idea what the process is, and they’re literally making our lives miserable.”
Fontana-Moore claims her campaign is about transparency and integrity, but according to her and others interviewed in the Great Falls Tribune, it is obvious they are confused as to what transparency means. It doesn’t mean calling out groups as harassing and intimidating when they are executing their Constitutional Rights and asking legitimate questions about the laws. The Tribune article encourages these representatives to intimidate the public by belittling the efforts of this grassroots movement.
State Senator Steve Fitzpatrick said, “Anytime you undermine faith in the government process, it’s bad.” Fitzpatrick is ignoring MCA 13-1-202 (4c), which states the Election Administers duty is (c) assist the Secretary of State in making recommendations to improve voter confidence in the integrity of the election process.
November 8th is five days from now, and concerns are still being inquired about. ‘We the People’ need to stand up and demand that elected officials follow laws, not modify them. The rights and freedoms of every American are counting on it.
Do your part, walk in your ballot on November 8th, and demand that it be hand counted! Fontana-Moore claims to have more than enough volunteers!
God Bless America, and God Bless Montana!
[Publisher’s Note: Montana 1st News fully endorses Rae Grulkowski for Cascade County Commissioner and Sandra Merchant for Cascade County Clerk and Recorder-these women are competent, capable, and qualified for these positions]
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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a form of depression. However, it is cyclical or seasonal. In other words, it’s a depression that only happens during the winter months. Notably, there is a rarer form of the condition called Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder. In that case, the depression occurs during the summer.
The holidays are supposed to be a beautiful, cozy, wonderful time of year. However, many of us feel lonely during this season. Winter weather, family challenges, and holiday stress can all increase feelings of loneliness.
We often hear people say, “I’m so burned out.” We also hear people say, “I’m so depressed.” In other words, people commonly feel some of the symptoms of both burnout and depression.bHowever, these are two serious conditions. If you’re facing clinical depression or serious burnout, then you may need help to recover.
There are many effective ways to combat depression. You have probably tried the obvious solutions yourself. Sometimes, it takes unusual methods of depression treatment to manage the condition. It's almost as if you have to catch depression by surprise, just like it can catch you by surprise.
The inner critic is that voice inside that puts you down. People with depression have an especially persistent inner critic. It’s a vicious cycle. The inner critic deepens depression. Then depression makes it easier for the inner critic to pipe up.
You may be upset, worried, frightened, and even a little angry at your loved one’s depression right now. Just try to remember that it is the mental illness that engenders so much emotion.
Is your body trying to tell you that it’s rundown? Begging you to swap that afternoon coffee for a nap? Are you reaching for the snooze button over and over again every morning? When we’re exhausted, either physically, mentally, or emotionally, our bodies have many ways of letting us know.
Our negative thoughts are powerful. Left unchecked, they can inspire dark emotions and low-self esteem, which then compel us to operate in self-defeating ways. And from there, a depressive cycle may be born.
Anxiety, loneliness, and depression are all thoroughly intertwined. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if your anxious thoughts are causing you to feel lonely, if your loneliness is causing you anxiety, or if your depression is what initiated your anxiety.
One of the most dangerous effects of depression is the social withdrawal and isolation. Social withdrawal is not only a symptom of depression, it is also the means by which the depression perpetuates.
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About AMMA Transit Planning
AMMA Transit Planning has focused on community-level, public transit, demand response and specialized transportation services since its inception in 1987. Client agencies range from the national research arm of the transportation industry to state agencies, regional transportation planning agencies, local communities and individual social service transportation providers.
In recent years AMMA’s early focus on implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provided a foundation for strategic and operational responses to increase transit utilization in rural and suburban settings. These included operationalizing coordination strategies.
AMMA possesses considerable expertise in transit and transportation policy planning with its emphasis on demand response operations, institutional analysis, financial analysis and forecasting, community needs assessment, and public participation and outreach. AMMA has provided time-tested recommendations for project design and implementation to dozens of unique settings.
AMMA’s national experience includes a current Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) project on veterans transportation (Project B-42) and past work on innovation in rural and small urban transit, published as TCRP Report 70 where AMMA was responsible for research among all the western United States. National research work includes current work on TCRP’s B-42, the development of a veteran’s transportation guidebook and TCRP Report 60 on innovation in paratransit. The AMMA team recently prepared a transportation toolkit for national distribution to AARP volunteers.
Heather Menninger has published several articles in the Transportation Research Record, most recently documenting the measurable impacts of controlling ADA trip growth for Orange County Transportation Authority, in Orange County, CA. (TRB No. 2034, December 2007).
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As necessary for clients, AMMA has prepared grant applications, designed various computer tools, undertaken statistical analyses, developed inventories, managed significant public participation efforts and performed the full range of planning activities necessary to support improved management, financial planning and implementation of enhanced paratransit, transit, demand response and specialized transportation programs.
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For a food-related project I'm planning...
Everything I bought on my last trip to the supermarket.... (I went to Waitrose on this occasion, but normally go a lot more down-market...)
Could be used to explore issues like:
- sourcing: local or worldwide
- production methods: freedom foods, organic, Red Tractor, PGI
- health: convenience or home cooking ingredients
- seasonality (they were bought in May... which of them are "out of season")
Other ideas, please add them below...
Oh, and I forgot the kitchen roll...
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Welcome to ClearSoft
ClearSoft Water Conditioning is a family-owned business based in Chaska, Minnesota, in the southwest suburbs of the Twins Cities. We work hard to maintain that neighborly small-town concern for our customers. Since we opened our doors in 1977, we strive to deliver something that is hard to find today – well designed, quality products backed with fast reliable, professional service.
ProMate Water Softeners
ProMate 7.0 Dual Tank Water Softening System
High performance twin alternating softeners are designed with proven technology and unmatched performance on city or well water, utilizing a twin-tank system that ensures you never run out of soft water again. Save on salt, energy and water using 100% of available capacity with uninterrupted on-demand efficiency.
- ProMate 7.0 TA control automatically handles the entire regeneration process
- Superior flow technology Vortech tanks
- Premium 10% cross linked softening resin is stronger and lasts longer than the 8% or less that our competitors use, and ensures better water pressure over the life of your softener
- Up to 17% savings on salt and water usage over a single-tank on demand system
- Hellenbrand’s 10 year tank and 5 year parts warranties are backed by ClearSoft’s 5 year labor warranty, ensuring peace of mind for your family’s water for years to come.
- Learn more about the ProMate 7.0
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- Uses less water per regeneration than our other models
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- Scrolling backlit display showing our ClearSoft Water phone number. Should you need a drinking water system or salt delivery, you can call for prompt service.
- Digital display and user-friendly electronics automatically monitor water-treatment function.
- Permanent memory backup of all programmed settings during power outages with no need for battery backup.
- Unit uses less than $2.00 of electricity per year.
- Prefill before regeneration to prevent salt bridges.
- Learn More about ProMate 6.0
The ProMate 6.0 is available with several upgrades, including:
- Two systems in one SAVES you Money
- Condition your water and remove chlorine in one system
- Carbon layer is effective in reducing harmful substances commonly found in city water supplies
- Learn More about ProMate DMT
H-100 Series softeners are economical and efficient solutions for your hard water.
- Variable reserve automatically adjusts to your family’s changing water needs
- 45 selectable programming options ensure conditioned water for your family’s needs
- Display indicates time of day and gallons remaining
- Pre-fill brine tank with softened water reduces salt-bridging problems and cleaning of brine tank
- Permanent memory backup of all programmed settings during power outages with no need for battery
- Learn More about the H100 Series
WaterMate 1 time-clock softeners are time-tested softening solutions for the budget-minded.
- Solid one-piece non-corrosive Noryl valve body assures durability and long life
- Time-controlled brine refill assures accurate salting
- Rugged 3/8” gears assures accurate alignment with no stripping
- Full flow bypass valve is standard.
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After (Litter) Fall
My winter is nothing like an old man
who gripes and broods over the rags of fall,
worn out clothing stitched by summer’s hand,
whose weedrobes trip the light ephemeral:
a final dance of deciduous waste,
when light and color step over the brink
from nature’s first green to autumn’s posthaste
to fashion an interstice out of sync.
My winter is like a woman, instead,
who weaves lost fibers into living yarn.
With season as form and color as thread,
my lapsarian seamstress comes to darn
a fertile garment round her lover’s feet
so colloid and crystal at last can meet.
by Gregory Palmerino, first published in The Road Not Taken (pdf link)
Editor’s note: This sonnet turns the usual winter trope inside out with skillful use of personification and imagery. The result? Something new at the volta when speaking of winter: fertility.
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This large Custom Knife Block is made from walnut with holly splines and accents. 11.5” x 11.5” x 13” . Weighs 26 LBS
-- Mike --http://www.custommade.com/by/mikemathieu/
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-- "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is."– Albert Einstein
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#2 posted 01-17-2014 03:20 PM
well i love walnut, and with your skill here you have made another beautiful knife block, looks good mike, hows the winter going there..ive got the good ole wood stove going this morn, it was about 37 here, and with the humidity, and me getting older, it felt cold….thanks for showing this…
-- GRIZZMAN ...[''''']
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#3 posted 01-17-2014 03:35 PM
Exceptional. I almost clicked by until I noticed the bookmatched grain on the face. Actually, I did click by, and I had to click back on my browser to figure out how the heck you did it!
I still don’t know how you cut such perfectly straight holes with the scrollsaw, lord knows I couldn’t do it. Really nice job and attention to detail.
I’d love to hear a little more about the process as I’ve never seen it done this way before. I’m sure you probably don’t have the time, but I for one think it’s blogworthy! Thanks for posting.
-- Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -Groucho Marx
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#4 posted 01-17-2014 03:39 PM
Very substantial, good looking block!
-- Brian Timmons - http://www.BigTWoodworks.com
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#5 posted 01-17-2014 06:13 PM
It realy has capacity!
-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted
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#6 posted 01-17-2014 06:22 PM
Walnut and holly were made for each other. Nice work.
-- This is a Troll Free zone.
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#7 posted 01-17-2014 07:02 PM
This is beautiful! I hope you have some Wusthof Classics for it or some other high quality knife set because this block deserves the best.
-- "hold fast to that which is good"
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#8 posted 01-17-2014 10:37 PM
I really like this one. The lighter accents are well placed.
-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Keep your dust collector fed. Kentuk55@yahoo.com
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#9 posted 01-18-2014 12:32 PM
Nice knife block Mike. I like the construction with the scroll saw cut top piece and great job cutting those so accurate. I’d love to see a blog on this knife block.
-- ---Joel; Central MD...rookie empter nester and getting back into woodworking!
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#10 posted 01-22-2014 02:47 PM
Great looking knife block! Your walnut looks amazing with those awesome grains. Great accents on those Holly splines and strips, very attractive wood combo. Great job!
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Julien and Pouga are teenagers. Julien is a professional football player. He divides his time between his girlfriend Elodie and his father, an ambulance driver. Pouga drives around in luxury cars that don’t belong to him and is an expert at trickz, a cross between artistic karate and dance. One of Julien’s teammates gets injured. This gives him the chance to play an important 1st Division game. After his father’s death, Pouga accepts to take part in a hold up in which he could use his skills. Both are attached to the same values and share parts of a common mythology. Julien and Pouga could have been close friends. Yet, one will kill the other.
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|Institution:||University of Texas – Austin|
|Department:||Electrical and Computer Engineering|
|Keywords:||Automated human face recognition; Face recognition technology; 3D facial models; Geometric facial models; 3D human face recognition; Texas 3D Face Recognition Database; Fiducial points; 3D face recognition algorithm; discriminatory anthropometric distances|
|Full text PDF:||http://hdl.handle.net/2152/29595|
Automated human face recognition is a computer vision problem of considerable practical significance. Existing two dimensional (2D) face recognition techniques perform poorly for faces with uncontrolled poses, lighting and facial expressions. Face recognition technology based on three dimensional (3D) facial models is now emerging. Geometric facial models can be easily corrected for pose variations. They are illumination invariant, and provide structural information about the facial surface. Algorithms for 3D face recognition exist, however the area is far from being a matured technology. In this dissertation we address a number of open questions in the area of 3D human face recognition. Firstly, we make available to qualified researchers in the field, at no cost, a large Texas 3D Face Recognition Database, which was acquired as a part of this research work. This database contains 1149 2D and 3D images of 118 subjects. We also provide 25 manually located facial fiducial points on each face in this database. Our next contribution is the development of a completely automatic novel 3D face recognition algorithm, which employs discriminatory anthropometric distances between carefully selected local facial features. This algorithm neither uses general purpose pattern recognition approaches, nor does it directly extend 2D face recognition techniques to the 3D domain. Instead, it is based on an understanding of the structurally diverse characteristics of human faces, which we isolate from the scientific discipline of facial anthropometry. We demonstrate the effectiveness and superior performance of the proposed algorithm, relative to existing benchmark 3D face recognition algorithms. A related contribution is the development of highly accurate and reliable 2D+3D algorithms for automatically detecting 10 anthropometric facial fiducial points. While developing these algorithms, we identify unique structural/textural properties associated with the facial fiducial points. Furthermore, unlike previous algorithms for detecting facial fiducial points, we systematically evaluate our algorithms against manually located facial fiducial points on a large database of images. Our third contribution is the development of an effective algorithm for computing the structural dissimilarity of 3D facial surfaces, which uses a recently developed image similarity index called the complex-wavelet structural similarity index. This algorithm is unique in that unlike existing approaches, it does not require that the facial surfaces be finely registered before they are compared. Furthermore, it is nearly an order of magnitude more accurate than existing facial surface matching based approaches. Finally, we propose a simple method to combine the two new 3D face recognition algorithms that we developed, resulting in a 3D face recognition algorithm that is competitive with the existing state-of-the-art algorithms.
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The valuation and assessment of posters can be carried out according to very different parameters. There is sometimes a considerable difference between the market valuation of a poster, i.e. its actual current value in monetary terms on the one hand, and its ideal value, based on various conditions on the other. This difference is always of importance when the various valuation parameters come directly into contact with one another.
The monetary value of a poster is regulated by the market. Its price is generally determined by the interaction of supply and demand.
Specifically, the market value of a poster is determined by factors such as how well-known the artist is, as well as its rarity value, condition, mode, motif and special interest, etc. A number of dealers and auction houses have become established in this area, and these are professionally capable of undertaking market valuations of posters and recognizing trends – which they can sometimes reinforce or undermine by the posters they put up for offer.
Auction prices which have been achieved are still used as a yardstick for determining the insurance value of similar posters in other collections. It is at the latest at this point that the problem of valuation begins. The poster which goes under the hammer at any particular auction is of a specific size and in a specific condition, and the group of interested parties and potential purchasers at the auction is a chance, possibly even unique combination. In conjunction with the valuation factors discussed above – sometimes guided by irrationality – a price is arrived at.
It is, though, not clear whether the price thus achieved represents the market value of the poster or whether it is no more than the expression of a specific constellation of bidders.
Only the observation of the price development of a poster over a long period is likely to be able to give any indication of its average and thus „real” value.
The ideal value of a piece arises on the one hand very generally from its position within regional, national or international poster history, and specifically within the collecting profile of the poster collection, e.g. of a museum, an archive or a collector. In an extended sense, this naturally also applies to the subjective evaluation of posters e.g. in private collections. Memories or particular experiences with which a poster is associated represent an inner linkage, an individualized value. The ideal value is thus directly dependent on the collecting objective or the conservation purpose.
A politically orientated museum is unlikely to have any great interest in posters created by great artists. If a collection concentrates on Swiss posters, posters from other countries are likely to be given a lower valuation. If someone collects posters on a particular subject, then posters of different subjects will be of less interest. In any particular specialized collection, the question that will be asked when a purchase or exchange looms is: is this or that poster important or indispensable for our collection; and how much, in monetary terms, is it worth to us?
Only at this stage does the market orientation begin. It is at this point that it is determined whether the desired posters are amazingly cheaply priced in the marketplace or are beyond reach. And this is where the problems begins: very different valuation systems need to find some area of common ground.
There seems to be no problem in the case of the purchase of posters at auctions or galleries. In these cases, the purchasers simply has to accept the existing valuations. Matters are very different in the case of exchange, especially as more and more museums and archives (because of a lack of money) will be forced, as will the trade, to be constantly on the look-out for new sources with which they will have to deal. But it is precisely in the sphere of the exchange that the danger lurks that one or the other side will, in the last analysis, feel it has been unjustly treated (in extreme cases, this could even apply to both parties to the exchange!). This is certainly always a possibility. The following steps set out to explain how this can be preempted, from the perspective of differing valuations of posters.
- The process should not be hurried, and should be expected to take a considerable amount of time.
- The more detailed the preliminary discussions, the better the mutual understanding.
- It is sensible to obtain additional information about the collection or personal details about the potential other party to the exchange (respecting the necessary discretion).
- Priorities (ideal and financial) should be determined when putting together posters for exchange.
- The exchange comparison should never be undertaken solely on the basis of the potential market value (it is essential for anyone not involved in the market to seek neutral advice).
- The exchange comparison should always take into consideration the ideal value.
- From the very start of the procedure, the question should be repeatedly asked: would I repeat this exchange (if it proceeds as planned)? If this question can be answered in the affirmative, then the matter should be pursued.
- Whether a written agreement is required, is a matter which should be decided from case to case.
If, then, the process is not hurried, there is plenty of preliminary discussion and advice is sought from neutral experts, then a good deal of groundwork will have been put in to help avoid bad feeling after the exchange on one side or the other. For one single exchange which grossly violates the principle of mutuality and is undertaken at the expense of one of the parties, will sooner or later go the rounds in the small poster-collecting community, and could lead to a general ending of poster exchanges between differing valuation systems. This should not be allowed to happen.
Exchanges give the opportunity for both sides of the bargain to extend their collection on favourable terms and, in the ideal case, to develop long-term exchange relationships. There is a particular danger of an unfair exchange when insufficient consideration is given to the mutual and different interests in posters in the exchange.
Revised version of: Grohnert, René: No Two Values are the Same, in: PlakatJournal 1997/2, p.19ff.
Translation: Jörn Weigelt
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Taxes & Customs fees
We dispatch orders from our main depot in Hong Kong. We are unable to include customs charges and import taxes in our prices, because these vary on the cross rates. There is always a possibility of your consignment being subject to random inspection. We recommend you ask your local customs office how much you could pay before confirming.
Please allow two business days for drawing stock, quality inspecting it and preparing for shipping. Remember to order early if you are purchasing a gift. We will stay in touch via email. If an item is out of stock, we will place you on backorder, and ship the goods as soon as they arrive.
We dispatch our products worldwide, and aim to have these leave our dispatch center within one to two business days of order. When we ship, we send you a confirming message and tracking number for our carrier’s website. If all goes well, you should receive your package within 14 business days (assuming you decided to pay the standard courier rate).
Free Worldwide Shipping – Delivery 10 to 14 business days
Express Shipping (Fixed rate US$38) – Delivery 4 business days or more
The above are approximations. We cannot accept responsibility for delays beyond our control anywhere in the delivery funnel.
Customers are responsible for settling import tariffs, customs duties, third party fees and any amounts levied for clearance through customs. We cannot ship to AFO / FPO addresses, or Post Office boxes because our couriers require signature on delivery.
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Is the creative space of Kat & Dean Hart, co-conspirators of life, love and art, creators of visual propaganda; Posters, Stencil Art and Signs, designed to influence change.
She's a party of exploration without explanation. Bold and innovative, she stands, always at a creative precipice, until the colours and design explode!... Educated in Graphic Design, equipped with an uninhibited creative instinct and a flair for aesthetic flow; with unrestrained enthusiasm, her work has a wild and natural beauty.
He's an old rebel with an untamed heart, a passionate soul, an artistic sensibility and a love of typography. He's been an airbrush artist, a sign-writer, a graphic artist, a teacher a poet and a part-time philosopher. What is he doing now; whatever he wants to, apparently? He says art is the purest form of rebellion and it is the artist's job to recreate the world as they see it. He also says everybody is an artist.
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Free Baby Products
Free Baby Products
Are you looking for baby stuff? Free baby products can include free baby diapers, free baby formula, baby shoes, even a free baby crib and other miscellaneous items. You can save hundreds of dollars for parents who are just starting out. If you need to know how to get free baby stuff, free products, free baby diapers, free baby formula, baby shoes or a free baby crib, you need to know who the legitimate companies are.
New parents know that they have a lot of unexpected expenses ahead of them. The ability to get free baby stuff from web sites that offer free products, free baby diapers, free baby formula, baby shoes or a free baby crib- can be a great time saver. Parents know that people be busy for the first year or so. By the time the child reaches the age of two, the child should be able to perform any simple tasks without prompting from its parents. Until a parent reaches this eventful day, you will need to know how to get free baby stuff, free products, free baby diapers, free baby formula, baby shoes and a free baby crib.
Trying to find a place that allows you to get freebies can be a daunting task. It takes a large desire to save money to go through all the sites that are simply wasting your time. Many of the sites that offer free baby stuff expect consumers to give up a lot of data that they may not wish to make public.
Almost every piece of information someone may wish to secret is available in a digital age, but there’s no reason to make it easier. If the new parent finds a web site that offers these goodies at no cost wasn’t to take a lot of surveys, you should feel free to go elsewhere. Saving money is the ultimate goal for people who learn how to get things this.
The ultimate goal of getting stuff on-line is to save both time and money. The goal of saving time must be sacrificed in the early part of finding such sites. An individual who seeks out good sites to get freebies can expect to spend hours sorting out the good sites from the bad sites.
It may only take a few seconds to fill out the forms necessary, but sometime must be spent finding out what the offers are each day. Clothes, for example, are likely to no longer fit the child. Other items, such as bedding, will be used for a year or more. It makes sense to get these things for free if a parent can find some place that offers them for no cost out of pocket.
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When Planning to Redesign Your Utility
For some providers, the monthly utility bill is the only regular communication sent to customers. In many cases, the utility bill is not user-friendly, nor does it provide the kind of insights that today’s utility consumers expect.
An article published on EnergyCentral - Reimagining the Electricity Bill agrees that many utility bills are way too full of jargon and technical terms. They also fall short of providing information in a way that regular folks would find useful.
While the catalyst for a redesign of the bill may be any number of reasons, there are certain key outcomes that should always be part of the plan.
Redesign your utility bill to reduce costs and increase customer engagement.
Redesigning a utility bill is not simply about adding some color and a better layout. There is far more to take into consideration and a wealth of potential for positive impacts.
As a starting point, aim to achieve the following objectives when redesigning your utility bill
- Enhance the customer experience through a better representation of the key information
- Improve operational efficiency and manage service costs by reducing inbound calls
- Drive customer engagement by including information that adds value to the customer
When done well, the benefits of a redesign will be felt, not only by customers but also across the utility.
Of course, this cannot be achieved by a designer alone. The project requires input from many departments – billing, marketing, customer services, information systems, and more.
Do not attempt to redesign your utility bill without the following key inputs:
When embarking on a utility bill redesign project, it is important to get insights directly from customers themselves, as to what information they need and want to see on the bill.
Often, internal teams, like marketing or billing, will add elements to the bill based on where there is space or how an accountant would read it. However, customers extract very specific information from their bills and when available, facilitate payment from within, so having all billing-related customer journeys well defined, will ensure that the redesigned bill meets customers’ needs.
Customer feedback can be obtained via surveys and/or focus groups and consultation with community advisory groups.
Preparing for a bill redesign needs multiple sources of input. Various departments have different vested interests in the bill and therefore need to contribute to the bill design.
The project team must include representatives from billing, marketing, customer services, information and data systems, as well as accounts payable. Some utilities will be obliged to get input from legal teams to ensure regulatory compliance.
While all the participating teams must be involved when you redesign your utility bill, the actual design decisions should, first and foremost, accommodate customers’ needs.
Most utilities have a billing and/or payment partner. This is critical, as the partner must have specialist skills in utility customer communication and should bring best practice bill models to the table, as well as learnings from other utilities as input to design decisions.
Your billing partner also needs to guide the team on accessibility requirements and have the skills to implement customer-centric functionality that will achieve the goals.
One of the key areas of frustration for customers is billing errors, so the billing partner should advise on an automated bill verification process to reduce the likelihood of sending an incorrect bill.
Engage utility customers with data-driven personalized design and targeted messaging
Working with customers, internal teams and an experienced billing partner will drive measurable benefits from a successful redesign.
At the very least, a utility bill redesign should remove the costs associated with supporting a complex bill and increase the value of the information provided to the customer.
What utility customers really want from their bill:
- How much do I owe?
- When must I pay by?
- How is this calculated?
- What other value can I get?
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Changing careers isn’t easy. It takes courage to leave the security of the career you know to venture into the unknown in search of something more fulfilling. Navigating the transition is a highly individualized process, and one without a clear roadmap of what’s ahead. But to quote Joseph Campbell, “if the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.”
The good news is: although the path ahead is yours alone, that doesn’t mean you have to navigate it alone. To support all of the courageous career-changers out there, we asked 20 career coaches the question, “What is one common mistake you see people make when they are making a career change (or thinking about making a change)?”
Here are the 10 common mistakes they shared:
#1: Letting the pressure of other people’s expectations hold you back
“Thinking of your career in isolation to the rest of your life and clinging to your comfort zone. We work on average 90,000 hours over our lifetime. How we spend our days is how we live our lives, and this spills over into how we are being within ourselves and with others. When we make career decisions based on the expectations of others, without having a strong internal compass to guide us in our decision making process, we often find ourselves on an accidental career trajectory. As humans we are hardwired to maintain our sense of safety and comfort. If we’re unhappy in our careers we often wait until the pain of doing nothing becomes greater than the pain of doing something before we embrace the courage it takes to move outside our comfort zone and really stamp a sense of self on our career.”
“One common mistake is to think narrow. Thinking narrow only pigeon holes you into previous roles but doesn’t explore what it is that you really do best, where you do your best work, how you do your best work, or why you do what you do.”
Pro tip #1: Avoid this pitfall by taking the time to introspect and understand what matters to you, as well as what doesn’t. This self-knowledge will serve as the foundation for the rest of your search, and will help you evaluate potential opportunities. Tools like the Designing Your Life Energy Engagement Worksheet can help you get clarity on what energizes vs. drains you, and the Imperative Purpose Assessment is a great way to understand your purpose drivers and motivations.
#2: Over-analyzing without ever taking action (analysis paralysis)
“There are two common mistakes: (1) analysis paralysis and (2) inertia due to feelings of unworthiness or overwhelm. The Designing Your Life design thinking mindset is predicated on finding the smallest thing you can do to get the ball rolling. Doing it. And then reflecting on it. Refining it. Doing it again. Creating momentum.”
“One of the patterns I see often with my career exploration clients is thinking that they need to figure everything out and have a detailed map drawn up before they make any moves. Career change is actually a series of incremental steps rather than a single leap. It’s vital to pilot ideas – a bit like going into a dressing room at a store and trying on an outfit. Does it fit the way I thought it would when I saw it on the rack? Find that out before you make the purchase and leave the store. If you translate this analogy to career change, it means having a conversation with someone in the profession you’re considering, setting up a shadow day, volunteering so that you step into that role yourself, taking a class – in some way getting a visceral experience so that you take things from your head to the reality of your day-to-day life.”
Pro tip #2: Start small. Pick the smallest thing you can do to get the ball rolling – whether that’s reaching out to someone in your network to learn more about their job, posting your resume on a job search site, or signing up to volunteer in a space you’re interested in. Afterwards, reflect on what you learned from that experience to set your next micro-goal, then repeat! It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when your goal is “change jobs”, but dividing the process into achievable micro-goals will help you build the momentum and confidence you need to keep going.
#3: Thinking it’s too late
“Thinking it’s too late. This type of thinking will keep you from taking action that is congruent with your dreams and goals. Using design thinking and applying it to our lives, we use reframes to turn this into “It’s never too late to change careers!” That way, we take action coming from a more empowered place.”
Pro tip #3: If you’re making a change later into your career, try shifting your perspective to focus on what you uniquely have to offer because of your previous experience. It’s an asset, not something that will hold you back! Experienced candidates are uniquely positioned to bring a depth of wisdom, experience, and perspective that younger candidates simply can’t.
#4: Falling prey to the “one perfect job” fallacy
“You think you have to find your one perfect job based on you one true passion. It sounds great, but have you done the research to see if that would really work for you? If you convince yourself there is only one route to a dream job, you might prematurely choose a direction and not change course, believing you have come too far to turn back now. What if you believed a number of potential dream jobs were out there for you? You could think about a number of possibilities and research those options. You just don’t want to spend too much time in this mode, either, or you’ll never take that next step. As a certified Designing Your Life coach, I show you how to expand your vision before narrowing it, and how to test-drive your options. For example, if you are curious about being a researcher at a Washington think tank, you could ask people in that job about their experiences. You could offer to volunteer at a think tank for a month. It’s better to spend a few months prototyping jobs to see if you really want them than pursuing something that won’t fulfill you.”
“People often rush to closure without thinking of their options more broadly. They often try to make their first idea or their one big idea work. This often comes back to the beliefs and assumptions they hold. (These are like wallpaper – we often don’t notice them). In addition, people are sometimes unwilling to experience the feelings of uncertainty that go with not knowing where to next. The Designing Your Life methodology shows us how to reframe these unhelpful beliefs, turning problems into actionable challenges and opening up space for new, unexpected solutions!”
“Very common mistake you can make: Becoming lured by the enticing notion that if you simply follow your passion you will find the perfect career or job for you. If you have a driving passion, then you’re likely not experiencing any angst about your career choice. Let’s face it. It’s the 80% of the rest of us that search and wonder and too often feel less than because we can’t name that passion. Let go of the notion of a ‘right’ job or career and embrace the far more likely probability that the job you’ll love most in your life will come only after you explore and learn about yourself from several less-than-ideal jobs.”
“My generation was told we needed to ‘follow our bliss; find your passion to live your best life!’ Well, it’s really hard to figure out exactly what your passion is – because most of us have more than one (or our passions are just hiding out of view). Instead of finding your passion, find a direction that you’d like to explore today. You can always change direction – our careers are not ladders, they are jungle gyms! So get out there, try out the monkey bars and see how you do.”
Pro tip #4: Explore multiple possibilities, then narrow them down from there based on little experiments. Tools like the Designing Your Life 5-Year Odyssey Planning Worksheet allow you to map out multiple ways your life could unfold by comparing and ranking alternative five-year plans.
#5: Not ‘testing’ the new career first
“People usually don’t explore deeply enough the *new* career. Are you sure this new career is really what you want? We’ve all heard the saying, ‘the grass is always greener on the other side.’ How do you know the grass will actually be greener? How can you know it’s the right career when it’s something completely different than what you are currently doing? A good way of avoiding being disappointed is doing what we call ‘prototyping’. In the design world, ‘prototyping’ means building models to help understand a problem. In the world of changing careers, it basically means talking to people that are already doing the career you are seeking. By doing so, you can ‘prototype’ or validate your assumptions before taking the big leap. It’s a good way to know if that new career is really for you, or whether you need to readjust your strategy.”
“I would say one common mistake would be committing too much without prototyping. There are many ways to prototype and try out different aspects of the new career before fully committing to the change. This is especially true for people who are about to start a new business without prior experience in the entrepreneurship space.”
“Get clear on why you want the change. One common mistake is when a person romanticizes the career change as the end-all-be-all answer to their unhappiness, and they make a career leap without actually doing the thing first. If you want to work with animals, volunteer at a Vet’s office. Can you handle the pee, poop, blood, cat scratches? Also, are there ‘gravity’ problems you’re facing? If you’re 50 and hoping to become a physician, but you have two kids to put through college, medical school prerequisites to take, and adding and subtracting is difficult for you, maybe a career change to a physician isn’t in the cards. Get clear on why you want the change. Is it because you want to care for others? Administer to the sick? You can do that without medical school. We all want to enjoy the work we do, whether we live to work or work to live. Regardless, do some field tests: volunteer in your new chosen field if that’s possible. Network with friends and family to see if anyone knows someone in your new chosen field, and take them to coffee, ask them what a typical day is like for them. Ask them what the best part of their job is and what frustrates them the most! You could also ask what they wish they knew before they got into their chosen field.”
Pro tip #5: Learn by doing. If you’re struggling to decide which ‘experiment’ to try first, check out this Design Expedition: Experiment Guide from Stanford d.School.
#6: Job searching in isolation
“People often think about a career change in a primarily linear fashion. I want to move from doing A to doing B. It’s logical, but that approach can limit your creativity. Think about it as an interactive process where you’ll be learning from other people. The best career shifts aren’t mapped out in isolation in advance. They emerge in discussions.”
“Job searching in isolation is the most common mistake I see in career changers. Sometimes we have a tendency to stew alone, thinking we must have everything sorted out before we announce to others that we’re making a change. Don’t assume you can get unstuck on your own by thinking and analyzing your way through it. Part of our identity is rooted in the role we play in circles of other people, and your colleagues and friends might be able to see gifts you have that you might not recognize yourself. They will want to support you. So share your curiosities with others, listen to their reactions, and accept offers to connect with their networks. They will be happy to offer you those gifts just as you would be if the tables were turned.”
“People think a lot and think a lot, then they either do nothing or make a sudden change without interviewing people in the target industry/job or without relevant experience themselves. Instead, they just think, and make assumptions depending on their perception/imagination.”
–James Chen, Managing Director at Empowering Management Consulting Inc., China Representative at INCAE Business School
Pro tip #6: Let people know you’re looking! Your family, friends, or colleagues may be able to make connections or point out possibilities that you hadn’t even considered before. When that happens, be sure to send a hand-written thank you note to express your gratitude, and remember to pay it forward.
#7: Not using your professional narrative to reposition yourself
“Narrowing your options. Our identities are so tied up with our careers that it can be hard to let go of the job titles that have defined us. Even when deliberately trying to break free from a past than can pigeon-hole you, there is an art to telling the new story. Update your LinkedIn profile to indicate your career interests, transferable skills, and motivators. Rewrite your resume so that it doesn’t scream ‘Data Analyst’ when you would prefer to be viewed as a design-thinking customer-centric strategist. Be an active contributor and thought leader for topics that will increase your visibility in the industry of your choice. Actively rebrand yourself to avoid the risk of being typecast by your experience and qualifications. Your summary sections on your LinkedIn and resume provide the perfect vehicle to signal to hiring managers how you want your capabilities and potential to be interpreted.”
–Barbara Mackie, Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) Career Development Manager
“The most common logistical mistake I see is using a universal resume or cover letter for every job application. Writing excellent, tailored documents takes a lot of time, and if you really want the job, it’s important to take that time to show the employer you have a clear understanding of who they are and what they need. You will stand far above any other applicant by translating company-specific knowledge into your documents and showing how your skills address their particular needs. This can be done through researching the opportunity and company, speaking to professionals who work at the company, and learning about their competitors and the market surrounding their industry.”
–Rita Soultanian, Director of Career and Re-Entry Center at Saddleback College
Pro tip #7: Position yourself for success by rebranding your LinkedIn, resume, or any other professional assets you have on the web. This article from the LinkedIn blog gives concrete suggestions for how to optimize your profile and leverage the platform for a career change.
#8: Not leveraging your existing network
“The common mistake that I see people make when they are making a career change is not using their existing network. I’ve met many highly-connected professionals with a vast network who they call on regularly in their roles, yet who are nervous to contact them for some support with their careers because it crosses some kind of invisible line or seems too personal. In reality most of us are delighted when asked to tell our story and introduce people to interesting people we know. Clearly not everyone will either help or inspire you, but think what you might be missing if you never ask! If you can get some time with someone who’s in a role or sector that interests you, ask them: How did you get here? What’s the next big thing in this sector? Who else should I speak to about this?”
Pro tip #8: Just because you’re entering a new industry doesn’t mean your existing contacts won’t be relevant. They may have connections in your target industry, and because you’ve already established a relationship, they will be more likely to be receptive to a request for an introduction. When people do facilitate introductions for you, remember to thank them and follow-up to let them know how it went.
#9: Not considering the long-term
“Not considering timing – and as a consequence – risks and resources required to make the transition you are considering. For example, it is all very well to want to transition from a large corporation to an NGO or a start-up, but is this the right time for you to do it? Given that you might be working until you’re in your 70s – unless you’re in your 60s – you probably have a lot of time to do this! If you want to do it now, and you can’t think of any other option that will satisfy you, then consider the risks and how you might mitigate them. For example, how can you experiment with your idea first? Can you volunteer with a similar organisation for a week? Can you get a contract role for a month? What research might you undertake to minimise your risks? And what resources do you realistically need to have in place to make the transition? As a general rule, you should have the ability to fund your lifestyle for at least 3 months comfortably without income if you are making a big career change beyond a pivot. Being prepared and expecting the worst is critical to making you feel safe – and feeling safe is key to being creative and calm when transitioning into your new career.”
“A career change is always an intermediate step of many steps ahead. Include and consider also what lies beyond. It seems that the motives behind a career change forces and conditions people to only think about the next step forward. But if you consider your career in the long run you must ask yourself: ‘Is this really the right step to take?’ Changing careers: always bear in mind your horizon.”
Pro tip #9: Avoid this pitfall by thinking through next steps over a longer time horizon, like 5 to 10 years. Tools like the Designing Your Life 5-Year Odyssey Planning Worksheet allow you to map out multiple ways your life could unfold by comparing and ranking alternative five-year plans.
#10: Giving up too soon
“Most career changers get discouraged too early on in their transition because ultimately it takes time to get your current boat of experience closer to the next industry boat you want to jump into. It’s ok to take things one step at a time and even volunteer or take on part-time work to gain more experience in a field before you officially land the dream job. Take your time and get creative with prototype opportunities to network and get more familiarized with your field of interest.”
–Rita Soultanian, Director of Career and Re-Entry Center at Saddleback College
Pro tip #10: Try to maintain an attitude of curiosity and experimentation. Making a career change is an iterative process, and involves trying new things as you go. If fear of failure is holding you back from getting out of your comfort zone, the Designing Your Life failure log is a useful tool to help you reframe your ‘failures’ as learning opportunities to build up your immunity against the fear of failure so that you can try new things.
For more guidance, take advantage of these career change resources and remember to avoid these 10 common career change mistakes:
We are grateful to the coaches featured in this piece for their generosity in sharing their insights with our community. For more support transitioning to a more fulfilling career, check out our social impact career acceleration program for professionals or reach out to any of the coaches above whose advice resonated with you!
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Holy crap on a cracker! This is one of those scenes that will probably go down in history with the Staxus fans as one of the most intense and horny fourway fucks ever caught on camera. I am not kidding when I say that this is going to blow your socks off, and blow the load from your balls in magnificent style too! lol
We all know that Aaron Aurora is one of those bottom boys who can never get enough raw cock in his tight little butt. And we have all seen him getting plenty of it with the other boys on the site too. But he has never appeared in a gay triple penetration scene… in fact, I’m not entirely sure any boy has appeared in a gay triple penetration scene – ever! lol
He’s in the middle of a hard dick sandwich, with an extra side helping of more cock too as Denis Reed, Milan Sharp and Neo Williams all enjoy his tight little hole and gang up to stretch him with all three shafts at once!
Okay guys, I think I might need to take a break here and think about this for a little while. The idea of double penetration makes my ass hurt just a little, but a gay triple penetration fuck?! Just looking at these pics makes me want to smear my ass with Vaseline lol
Check out the pics, and stay tuned to the blog and the site, you will not want to miss this ;)
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Consider what you are about to say then reduce it by 75%. ?Hysterical people tend to be verbose. Verbose people tend to come off as hysterical even if they aren’t. When you are going to send an e-mail or text, the point of which is to break the fourth wall in some way (confront someone, attempt to define your relationship, any number of probably ill-advisable actions) you will feel inclined to write a thousand words more than you ought to. Here’s a tip: delete any sentences that make character accusations, that state your assumptions about that person’s behavior/thoughts as fact, or that use any emotionally-charged words more intense than ‘feel’ (i.e. “I feel really bad because…” versus “I am absolutely devastated because…”).
If you have more than three cocktails, lock up your phone. ??Here is the problem with the collision between alcohol and insecurity. The latter sucks, but at least sober you’re likely to be inhibited enough to refrain from texting anything and instead just furtively check every minute and a half to see if you have any messages. Drunk you’ll be like, “Haaaaiiiiii I got this, I’m cool, just gonna break the ice and see wassuuuuup.” This may not be the worst thing in the world, but one brief or delayed response and you turn into everyone’s favorite villain, Dozen Texts Typo Psycho.
If you think you’re being ignored, don’t ask if you are. ?Here’s why. If you are being ignored, you’re just digging your own grave. If you aren’t being ignored, you look like a psycho. Rule of thumb, if you haven’t gotten a response to something and you think it’s a good idea to follow up, wait twice the time you’ve already waited. Believe it or not, some people go to work and take naps and close their laptops on occasion. It may not actually be personal.
No passive-aggressive social media updates. Ever. ?This should be self-explanatory but allow me to elaborate: no pointed song lyrics, no suggestive/ sexy messages to other people meant to elicit jealousy, no pictures of you having a GrEaT tImE after a breakup or fight, no threats, no talk of depression, etc.
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Hi there! It is Crystal, from Stitched by Crystal! And today I have a bag to share with you that you are going to need for summer!
For us, summer means a lot of time at the beach or pool, which means lots of wet and sandy beach toys! I have really needed a bag that would work for throwing all those sopping wet toys in when we leave the pool, but something that would still let them dry properly – so I came up with this!
This bag is made out of cargo mesh on the bottom to let all the wet things dry (or to let the sand fall off the sandy toys) and the top is made of oilcloth, so it is waterproof. It makes toting my kid’s toys to and from the pool so much easier! And it is big, so it fits lots of toys, floats, and puddle jumpers; I even got a big beach bucket and beach ball in mine!
Want to make your own beach/pool bag? Great! I will show you how!
(***Check out this Sewing Terms 101 post, if additional help is needed.)
First, let’s talk about materials! You will need cargo mesh and oilcloth. I found both of these at my local Joann Fabrics. The cargo mesh can be found in the utility fabric section and the oilcloth was in the back of the home décor stuff. To make a bag this size, you will need 2/3 yard (or 20 inches if you can buy by the inch) of cargo mesh and ½ yard of oilcloth.
Sewing with oilcloth is a bit different than other fabrics. Oilcloth is a vinyl fabric that has a plastic-y feel. Here are a few helpful tips for sewing with oilcloth:
- A walking foot is really helpful for moving the fabric evenly under your sewing machine foot. Don’t have a walking foot? A little masking tape on the bottom of your regular sewing machine foot will help the fabric glide a little better, or try putting a piece of tissue paper between your material and your machine foot, it will tear right off when you are done.
- You cannot use pins when sewing with oilcloth, they will leave tiny holes in your material. So try sewing clips (from the quilting section), clothes pins, or binder clips instead.
- Speaking of holes in the oilcloth, your sewing machine needle is going to leave lots of holes behind as you sew. Make sure you use a long stitch length; a small stitch length will leave lots of perforations and make your material more likely to tear just like perforated paper does.
- You can iron oilcloth, but you will need to use a low heat setting on your iron and place a cloth between your iron and the oilcloth. If you iron directly on it, it may melt to your iron.
Ok, let’s make a bag!
Cut your cargo mesh in a rectangle that is 25 inches x 40 inches. From your oilcloth, cut two rectangles for the straps that are 32 inches x 6 inches and four rectangles for the top of the bag that are 24 inches x 4 inches. Put the oilcloth aside, we will start with the cargo mesh.
With the cargo mesh folded in half and the 25” side lined up, cut 5 inch x 4 inch rectangles from the bottom corners.
For durability, we are going to sew French Seams in this part of the bag. Sew the sides together with ½” seam allowances.
Trim the seam allowance down to about ¼ inch.
Flip the bag inside out and sew over those side seams again, sewing ½” from the seam. Now the raw edge should be contained inside the French seam.
Turn the bag right side out (so the French seams you just sewed are on the inside). Sew the corners of the bag by pulling the sides apart and lining the side seam up the center bottom, sew straight across the bottom corner with a ½” seam allowance. Trim the seam allowance down, turn the bag inside out and sew over the seam again to create a French seam.
Repeat with the other corner to finish the bottom of the bag.
To make your straps, fold your 32” x 6” strips in half right sides together, lining up the 32” sides (remember you can iron on low heat with a pressing cloth!) Unfold and fold the edges in to meet the center fold. Then refold on the center fold. Keep everything in place with some clips, then topstitch along both sides of the straps.
Grab one of your 24” x 4” rectangles. Place the ends of one strap 6” from both sides and baste them in place on the right side, making sure the strap is not twisted.
Place another rectangle on top, right sides together, so the strap is sandwiched in the middle. Sew along the top with a ½” seam allowance. Repeat those steps with your other strap.
Open up the bag tops and place the two right sides together, sew along the sides with a ½” seam allowance.
Fold along the center seam and top stitch.
Fold the bottom edge of one side under ½” and press using low heat and a pressing cloth.
Line up the side you did not press under with the top of the cargo mesh bag, right sides together. Use your clips to keep everything in place and sew them together with a ½” seam allowance.
Topstitch along the seam, catching the lining piece behind it. This part can be a bit tricky since you can’t use pins to keep everything straight. I just went slowly, sewing a couple inches at a time and then checking behind to make sure everything was in line.
Your bag is done!
Now fill it with toys and hit the pool!
***ALL contributor posts by Crystal, can be found HERE.
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Mesh bags aren’t just for the beach – they also work great to keep those bath toys dry and put away! Check out this tutorial and make your own Bath Toy Bag:
You’ll want your hands free to carry around your new cute mesh beach bag, so why not WEAR your towel as one of these Towel Ponchos? Brilliant! Find out how to make your own here:
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Fees must be paid for the issuance of visas. The fees are about 3,000 yen for a single-entry visa, 6,000 yen for a double-entry or multiple-entry visa, and 700 yen for a transit visa. Fees are collected in the currency of the country (region) in which the Embassy / Consulate General is located.
Depending on the purpose of your visit and your nationality, fees may not be required or may be a different amount.
If the visa is not issued, no fees are required. The processing fees are needed in addition to the visa issuance fees in case the visa application is made through an approved agency by the Embassy / Consulate General of Japan.
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Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod and Podcast.com. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: HP.
Welcome to a special BriefingsDirect podcast series, coming to you from the HP Software Universe 2010 Conference in Barcelona the week of November 29, 2010. We're here to explore some major enterprise software and solutions, trends and innovations, making news across HP’s ecosystem of customers, partners, and developers. [See more on HP's new ALM 11 offerings.]
To learn more about HP’s application life-cycle management (ALM) news -- and its customer impact from the conference -- please welcome Mark Sarbiewski, Vice President of Product Marketing for HP applications. The discussion is moderated by BriefingsDirect's Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions.
Here are some excerpts:
Sarbiewski: The legacy approach is not going to be the right path for delivering modern applications. We’ve been hard at work for a couple of years now, recasting and re-inventing our portfolio to match the modern approach to software, going through them one-by-one.
You’ve got changes in how you are organized. You’ve got changes in the approach that people are taking. And, you’ve got brand-new technology in the mix and new ways of actually constructing applications. All of these hold great promise, but great challenges too. That's clashing with the legacy approach that people in the past took in building software.
We talk to our customers about this all of the time. It boils down to the same old changes that we see sort of every 10 years. A new technology comes into play with all its great opportunity and problems, and we revisit how we do this. In the last several years, it’s been about how do I get a global team going, focused on potentially a brand-new process and approach.
What are the new technologies that everybody is employing? We’ve got rich Internet technologies, Web 2.0 approaches and our technology is there. For composite applications, we’ve built a variety of capabilities that help people understand how to make the performance right with those technologies, keep the security and the quality high, while keeping the speed up.
So everything from how do we do performance testing in that environment to testing things that don’t have interfaces. And how do we understand the impact of change on the systems like that? We’ve built capabilities that help people move to Agile as a process approach, things like fundamentally changing how they can do exploratory testing, and how they can bring in automation much sooner in the process of performance, quality, and security.
Lastly, we’ve been very focused on creating a single, unified system that scales to tens of thousands of users. And, it’s a web-based system, so that wherever the team members are located, even if they don’t work for you, they can become a harmonious part of the overall team, 24-hour cycles around the globe. It speeds everything up, but it also keeps everyone on the same page. It’s that kind of anytime, anywhere access that’s just required in this modern approach to software.
How is software really supported?
When I talk to customers, I ask them, how they're supporting software. If we talk about software delivery, it's fundamentally a team sport. There isn't a single stakeholder that does it all. They all have to play and do their part.
When they tell me they’ve got requirements management in Microsoft Word, Excel, or maybe even a requirements tool, and they have a bug database for this, test management for that, and this tool here, on the surface it looks like they fitted everybody with a tool and it must be good. Right?
The problem is that the work is not isolated. You might be helping each individual stakeholder out a little bit, but you're not helping the team. The team’s work relates to each other. When requirements get created or changed, it's the ripple effect. What tests have to be modified or newly created? What code then has to be modified? When that code gets checked in, what tests has to be run? It’s the ripple effect of the work we talk about it as workflow automation. It's also the insight to know exactly where you are.
When the real question of how far am I on this project or what quality level am I at -- am I ready to release -- needs to be answered in the context of everyone’s work, I have to understand how many requirements are tested? Is my highest priority stuff working against what code?
So, you see the team aspects of it. There is so much latency in a traditional approach. Even if each player has their own tool, it's how we get that latency out and the finger-pointing and the mis-communication that also results. We take all that out of that process and, lo and behold, we see our customers cutting their delivery times in half, dropping their defect rates by 80 percent or more, and actually doing this more cheaply with fewer people.
In requirements management, one of the big new things that we’ve done is allow the import of business process models (BPMs) into the system. Now, we’ve got the whole business process flow that’s pulled right into the system. It can be pulled right from the systems like Eris or anything that’s putting in the standard business process modeling language (BPML) right into the system.
Now, everyone who accesses ALM 11 can see the actual business process. We can start articulating that this is the highest priority flow. This step of the business process, maybe it's check credit or something like that, is an external thing but it's super-important. So, we’ve got to make sure we really test the heck out of that thing. [See more on HP's new ALM 11 offerings.]
Everyone is aligned around what we’re doing, and all the requirements can be articulated in that same priority. The beautiful thing now about having all this in one place is that work connects to everything else. It connects to the test I set up, the test I run, the defects I find, and I can link it even back to the code, because we work with the major development tools like Visual Studio, Eclipse, and CollabNet.
It's hugely important that we connect into the world of developers. They're already comfortable with their tools. We just want to integrate with that work, and that’s really what we’ve done. They become part of the workflow process. They become part of the traceability we have.
The bottom line is that the coolest new Web 2.0 front ends can now be very easily performance tested.
We went back to the drawing board and reinvented how well we can understand these great new Web 2.0 technologies, in particular Ajax, which is really pervasive out there. We now can script from within the browser itself.
The big breakthrough there is if the browser can understand it, we can understand it. Before, we were sort of on the outside looking in, trying to figure out what a slider bar really did, and when a slider bar was moved what did that mean.
Now, we can generate a very readable script. I challenge anybody. Even a businessperson can understand, when they're clicking through an application, what gets created for the performance testing script.
We parameterize it. We can script logic there. We can suggest alternate steps. The bottom line is that the coolest new Web 2.0 front ends can now be very easily performance tested. So we don't end up in that situation where it's great, you did a beautiful rich job, and it's such a compelling interface, but only works when 10 people are hitting the application. We've got to fix that problem.
It speeds everything up, because it's so readable and quick. And it just works seamlessly. We've tested against the top 40 websites, and they are out there out using all this great new technology and it's working flawlessly.
Lots of pieces
If you think about a composite application, it's really made up of lots of pieces. There are application services or components. The idea is that if I’ve got something that works really well and I can reuse it as part of and combine it with maybe a few other things or in a couple of new pieces and I get new capability, I've saved money. I’ve moved faster and I'm delivering innovation to the business in a much better, quicker way and it should be rock-solid, because I can trust these components.
The challenge is, I'm not making up software made of lots of bits and pieces. I need to test every individual aspect of it. I need to test how they communicate together and I need to do end-to-end testing.
If I try to create composite apps and reuse all this technology, but it takes me ten times longer to test, I haven’t achieved my ultimate goal which was cheaper, faster and still high quality. So Unified Functional Testing is addressing that very challenge.
We've got Service Test which actually is incredible visual canvas for how I can test things that don't have an interface. One of the big challenges with something that doesn't have an interface is that I can't test it manually, because there are no buttons to push. It's all kind of under the covers. But, we have a wonderful, easy, brand-new reinvented tool here called Service Test that takes care of all that. [See more on HP's new ALM 11 offerings.]
That’s connected and integrated with our functional testing product that allows you to test everything end-to-end in the GUI level. The beautiful thing about our approach is you get to do that end-to-end, GUI level type of testing and the non-GUI stuff all from one solution and you report out all the testing that you get done.
Bring in a lot of automation to speed it up, keep the quality high and the time down low and you get to see it all kind of come together in one place.
Sprinter is not even a reinvention. It's brand-new thinking about how we can do manual testing in an Agile world. Think of that Instant-On world. It's such a big change when people move to an Agile delivery approach. Everyone on the team now plays kind of a derivative role of what they used to do. Developers take a part of testing, and quality folks have to jump in super-early. It's just a huge change.
What Sprinter brings is a toolset for that tester, for that person who is jumping in, getting right after the code to give immediate feedback, and it's a toolset that allows that tester to automatically figure out what test apps are supposed to go through to drop in data instead of typing it in. I don't have to type it anymore. I can just use an Excel spreadsheet and I can start ripping through screens and tests really fast, because I'm not testing whether it can take the input. I'm testing whether it processes it right. [See more on HP's new ALM 11 offerings.]
And when I come across an error, there's a tool that allows me to capture those screens, annotate them, and send that back to the developer. What’s our goal when we find a defect? The goal is to explain exactly what was done to create the defect and exactly where it is. There are a whole bunch of cool tools around that.
The last point I’d make about this is called Mirror Testing. It’s super-important. It’s imperative that things like websites actually work across the variety of browsers and operating environments and operating systems, but testing all those combinations is very painful.
Mirror Testing allows the system to work in the background, while someone is testing, say on XP and Internet Explorer, five other systems, different combinations will be driven on the exact same test. I'm sitting in front of it, doing my testing, and in the background, Safari is being tested or Firefox. [See more on HP's new ALM 11 offerings.]
If there is an error on that system, I see it, I mark it, and I send it right away, essentially turning one tester into six. It's really great breakthrough thinking on the part of R&D here and a huge productivity bump.
What we hear from our customers is that they really do want their lives to be simplified, and the conclusion that they have come to in many cases is Post-It Notes, emails, and Word docs. It seems simpler at first and then it quickly falls apart at scale. Conversely, if you have tools that you can only work with in one particular environment, and most enterprises have a lot of those, you end up with a complex mess.
Companies have said, "I have a set of development tools. I probably have some SAP, maybe some Oracle. I’ve got built-in .NET, with Microsoft. I do some Eclipse stuff and I do Java. I’ve got those but if you can work with those and if you can help me get a common approach to requirements, to managing tests, functional performance, security, manage my overall project, and integrate with those tools, you’ve made my life easier."
When we talk about being environment agnostic, that’s what we mean. Our goal is to support better than anyone else in the market the variety of environments that enterprises have. The developers are happy where they are. We want them as part of the process, but we don’t want to yank them out of their environment to participate. So our goal again is to support those environments and connect into that world without disrupting the developer.
And, the other piece that you mentioned is just as important. Most customers aren’t taking one uniform approach to software. They know they’ve got different types of projects. I’ve got some big infrastructure software projects that I am not going to do all the time and I am not going to release every 30 days and a waterfall approach or a sequential approach is perfect for that.
I want to make sure it’s rock solid, that I can afford to take that type of an approach, and it's the right approach. For a whole host of other projects, I want to be much more agile. I want to do 60-day releases or 90-day releases or even more, and it makes sense for those projects. What I don’t want, they tell us, I don’t want every team inventing their own approach for Waterfall, Agile, or custom approaches. I want to be able to help the teams follow a best-practice approach.
As far as the workflow, they can customize it. They can have an Agile best practice, a Waterfall best practice, and even another one if they want. The system helps the team do the right thing and get a common language, common approach, all that stuff. That’s the process kind of agnostic belief we have.
The great news is that today you can download all the solutions that we’ve talked about for trials. We have some online demos that you can check out as well. There are a lot of white papers and other things. You can literally pull the software 30 minutes from now and see what I'm talking about.
On the licensing side, we believe that the simplest approach is a concurrent license, which we have on most of the products that we’ve got here. For all the modules that we’ve been talking about, if you have a concurrent license to the system, you can get any of the modules. And, it’s a nice floating license. You don’t have to count up everybody in your shop and figure out exactly who is going to be using what module.
The concurrent license model is very flexible, nice approach. It’s one we’ve had in the past. We're carrying it forward and we’ll look to continue to simplify and make it easier for customers to understand all the great capabilities and how to simply license so that they can get their teams to their modules for the capability they need.
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On July 11 and July 12 workshop presentations are being held in New York City for Reefer Madness The Musical, inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name. The tuner, billed as "a r...
Little Gem, starring Marsha Mason, extends at Irish Rep
Elaine Murphy's Little Gem will now play its final performance at the Irish Repertory Theatre on September 8, 2019.
Irish Repertory Theatre has announced a 1-week extension for its current production of Little Gem, written by Elaine Murphy and directed by Marc Atkinson Borrull, which began previews on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage on July 17, 2019, before officially opening on July 25 (read our 4* review). The play will now run through September 8, 2019 (instead of September 1).
The cast of Little Gem includes four-time Academy Award nominee and two-time Golden Globe Award winner Marsha Mason (as Kay), Brenda Meaney (as Lorraine), and Lauren O’Leary (as Amber).
Synopsis: "One year can bring extraordinary change; just ask Amber, Lorraine and Kay, three generations of North Dublin women who find themselves suddenly facing the unexpected in Elaine Murphy’s Little Gem. Young Amber’s case of indigestion – or perhaps it’s a brutal hangover? – grows into something more, while her mother Lorraine discovers salsa dancing after an incident at work leads to therapist-suggested self-care. Grandmother Kay, “on the wrong side of sixty, but not dead yet,” struggles to take care of a personal itch while adjusting to life as a caretaker for her beloved Gem. As the year moves forward, the women confront their individual challenges with courage and humor, finding strength in one another and discovering the beauty and complexity of family."
The creative team behind Little Gem features scenic design by Meredith Ries, costume design by Christopher Metzger, lighting design by Michael O’Connor, and sound design by Ryan Rumery.
Little Gem originally premiered at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2008, before transferring to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and finally staging its US premiere at The Flea Theater in January 2010.
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Who You Are, Where You're From
This is the core of what a backstory is. Whatever else it is, it should give the GM, and anyone else who reads it, some idea of who your character is. Basically, it works as a long version of your concept. Maybe your concept is "Holy Avenger Gone Rogue," and that is cool. Your backstory then gives you a chance to stretch that out, tell us why you went rogue, and what "going rogue" actually means to you in this regard. Because of this, you do not have to approach this aspect of your backstory as a narrative. If you are having problems, try listing out the important details in bullet points. A list of:
- Trevor Raynarch was born 20 years ago to a farmer in the country.
- Recruited at age 11 to squire for Sir Byron Templar
- Knighted Sir Trevor at age 20
- Served with distinction in the Battle of Byron's Folly
Can work just as well, and get the same points across as trying to string that as a narrative. So don't feel confined to one way of presenting the facts. In fact...
One of my favorite ways to write a character backstory is to write it like it was a file on the character that someone could be handed in game. If my character has a military background, it will be their military record - and psych evaluations. If they have a criminal history, it could be their police file. Point is, that I am using an In Character prop to present the backstory. This gives me a lot of freedom because the information doesn't have to be complete - or even correct - in a lot of cases. It also gives you something to hand out to any player who gets to read your file, which just makes for a much cooler transition then "my file tells you blah, blah, and blah."
Other fun ways to handle back stories are letters of recommendation from a superior, vignettes about the characters life, letters back home, or a personal journal. All of these give you a perspective of who the character is without falling into the standard muddy hole of defining the character. Some of these (letters home, and letter of recommendation) also give the GM an NPC that they can use to hook you into things.
Woohoo, two great natural lead ins in a row. Anyhow, any experienced GM or player will recommend this. You want to leave hooks in your backstory. Questions to be answered, relationships to be used, and NPCs to resurface. These give the GM tools to make the plots and goings-on in game to have a personal impact for your character which in turn gives you a great reason to be going along. Sure, everyone wants to stop the Evil Magus Dyvulg from ending the world and killing all the elves, but doesn't it mean more to you when Dyvulg burned down your village and brainwashed your mother into being his bodyguard/assassin?
Your hooks don't have to be as big, or tied in to the main plot, as those are, but you still want some. If nothing else, they give the GM ideas for stories you want to involve yourself in. For example, I have a character concept for L5R I want to play some day. It is a duelist with Sworn Enemy and True Love for the same person (namely: their twin sibling that is technically the older sibling.) This is a story that is destined to end in tragedy, but by laying this out in the backstory and providing the hooks I can tell the GM that I want this relationship to be a big part of my character. Now, maybe the GM doesn't tackle it, but they know about it and have the chance to try it. That isn't the case if you don't give the hooks there.
Leave Yourself Room To Grow
Just as important as what you define and establish for yourself in a backstory can be what you don't. Some of the best development a character can have comes when during the game you run up against something that you think could be related to your character's backstory. The example I've seen that used this the best was the player of a private eye realizing that his character had had a daughter that died very young somewhere in his history. It wasn't something the player had thought up at creation, but after several sessions of play it was just apparent and obvious that something was there. The player was then able to add this extra layer of depth and emotion to their character, all because they had left themselves room to grow.
A Page Is Usually Plenty
I've seen people with 10+ page backstories, and I've often wondered just what they have in there. I've never been presented one as a GM, not even when I was running a 150+ player online game. The thing is, unless you are going nuts with defining almost everything around your character, you can usually do all the heavy lifting work for your character in a page or less. Sure, maybe some information will bring you to more than that - and that is fine - but there's no need to stress out if all you have are a couple of paragraphs and a smiley face doodle.
The less you define, the more blank canvas both you and the GM have to work with on who your character actually is. So use your backstory to move all the big, heavy, and important pieces into place. Everything else is just sand to fill in the gaps.
We've got a slew of great GMs who read this blog. So, what advice would you give to someone with issues writing a character backstory? Sound off in the comments.
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