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It’s been shown that a person’s worldview answers four questions: Why is there something and not nothing? What has happened and is broken in the world? Is there any hope, and if so, what is it? And, where is history headed?
In Part-I I’ve shown that science can’t answer the question, why is there something and not nothing? nor should it be expected to. You can’t test it; you can’t put something into a test tube or beaker or even a cyclotron and turn something into nothing or the reverse. Even turning energy into matter, as remarkable as that is, can’t be manipulated into making something from anything. It’s beyond science.
We discussed, what has happened and is broken in the world? and noted two philosophies dominate. Evolution suggests nothing is broken. Rather, we are happily traveling down the survival-of-the-fittest highway of life, competing with each other for limited resources, and having “fun” doing it. The competition between individuals and countries and races is merely how we improve the gnome.
The other theory is Biblical. What went wrong first happened in heaven, not earth. Our broken world is just collateral damage from a war gone wrong in the cosmos, and it was over God’s character. He was accused of lying, lying about sin causing death, of being arbitrary, exacting, unforgiving, and severe by His second-in-command—Lucifer—and one-third of the heavenly beings believed his lies. The only way to settle the conflict was to create a new planet with beings that didn’t know the past. But sadly, earth sided with God’s enemy. We rebelled thinking God couldn’t be trusted to keep his word, and we ate the fruit. Now we are living and dying from the consequences.
Today’s focus is on hope: Is there any? When I’m asked open-ended questions like that, I want to ask back quickly, “What kind of hope, or hope in what, or hope to do what?” It’s the same when someone says, “Trust me.” I want to ask, “Trust you to do what, to tell the truth, always be there for you and never let you down, or just trust you enough to make a tasty breakfast and nothing more? It varies a lot!
I think the “hope” all people crave is—immortality—both the evolutionary scientist and those of faith. Both have a deep-seated longing for something more than what we see, feel, taste, and are. If science continues its advances in medicine, men and women will live hundreds of years with the benefit of new knees, hips, and hearts. We’ll have new livers, new corneas, new kidneys, and we’ll know how to keep cancer at bay. We will learn to use genetics to overcome hereditary diseases like physical deformities, ugliness, shortness, weakness, and stupidity. We’ll have bionic eyes and ears and be able to jump tall buildings with a single bound, but I’m not sure about our characters.
What you Behold You Become
Have you seen the movies 1984 or A Brave New World? In 1984, Big Brother uses technology to enslave mankind; and in A Brave New World, technology is used to genetically create whatever type of worker is needed for the all-powerful Ford Motor Company.
Mankind is prone to dominate, and domination in genetic science necessitates the creation of super beings. We are enthralled with them. We have Superman and Wonder Woman, Batman, Neo, Thor, Hulk, Spock, Yoda, Luke Skywalker, and a score of other superheroes with superpowers. They may not have super characters, however, and we become what we most highly prize and admire. What we behold we become, and society loves the powerful. Science’s endgame is immortality, superhumans—self-perpetuated eternal life.
Those of faith have hope too in future immortality, but their path is different. It’s not through science, technology, and evolution; it’s through a man—the God-man—Jesus Christ. It seems ironic that a person today can embrace immortality only through someone who died himself. I remember trying to make sense of it when I was young. I knew there had to be more to the story.
The short story is: we have all rebelled against God (sinned) and must die. But God so loved the world (us) that He sent His Son to die in our place, and those who have come back to Him and ceased their rebellion will be forgiven. They will live forever—they will be given immortality.
Can One Man’s Death Atone?
This short statement is true if you make the correct assumptions. But worldwide, the way it’s generally presented puts God the Father in a poor light. Should doing one thing wrong, one time, no matter how trivial it is, be punished with death; why not have a graduated punishment scale instead? And, can one person’s death atone for every wrong ever committed? Would any court accept an innocent person’s punishment in lieu of another person’s crimes? Is that a just swap? Not normally.
The longer version is laid out in several thousand pages of the Bible. We are used to, here a little and there a little, like the paragraph above, but what about the rest? Only after knowing the whole story does it make sense. How does the nation of Israel fit into the narrative, and the sanctuary, the 10-Commandments, Elijah killing 450 or more prophets, and God killing 180,000 Assyrians? Try reading the whole book through yourself and don’t just take other people’s opinions as being true without checking it out yourself. You will be glad you did!
No Mere Fairy Tale
The Bible paints a picture more beautiful and more hopeful than any Walt Disney fairy tale. The hope of all Christians is being resurrected at Jesus’s second coming and living in God’s presence, having eternity to get to know Him and be like Him, living in a place where there are no tears, no death, no sorrow, and only joy; traveling from planet to planet as God’s ambassadors, sharing the good news of His love, mercy, and truthfulness with other creations, having bodies that won’t decay and brake and grow old. The hope of Christians includes all that of evolutionists but is greater. It’s more than immortality—it adds the perfection of character and living with God, angels, and others who love us and can be trusted. Note below a couple of hopeful verses taken from the Bible.
In the earth made new:
6The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the cobra’s den, and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. (Isaiah 11: 6-9, NIV)
Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him. (I Corinthians 2:9, NKJV)
There is Hope!
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When buying a car seat for your child, it is important that you do your research first. This is because so many car seats have been recalled for safety reasons and you want to make sure your child is not put in one of these. You can look online for car seat recalls.If you're wrong or you've made a mistake, make sure your admit it. Everyone makes mistakes and it's important that your child knows this. If you don't admit to your mistakes, why should you expect you child to admit to theirs? Children learn by example, so make sure you're setting a good example for them.Need a break from parenting but can't afford a babysitter? Give a play date a try. A well set up play date will give your child some extra socialization and stimulation. In addition, you'll get to enjoy some adult time with the other parents who are present.In cidadania portuguesa to be a good parent, you must not watch every single thing that your child does. This will smother them and only push them further away. If you give them some freedom, they will in turn put more truth into how they are feeling and how they are living their life. This way, the children are less likely to rebel.Learn the signs of a baby on a nursing strike. Many parents experience a nursing strike and take that to mean that the baby is ready to wean. Actually babies go through periods where they are just less interested in breastfeeding in general. Babies do this generally when they are going through large developmental leaps. Just keep offering and they will come back to normal feeding rhythms.Many children hate the bitter, chalky, or sour taste of commonly prescribed liquid antibiotic medications and vitamin and mineral supplements. Ask your pharmacist about medication flavoring options; some medicines can be prepared with a bitterness suppressor and sweetening agent. Popular flavors include cherry, banana, bubble gum, and even chocolate silk pie.A great parenting tip is to never verbally abuse your child. Abuse is abuse, no matter what form it is. Verbally abusing your child can make them feel worthless, confused, and can lead to a multitude of emotional problems in their later life. Never verbally abuse your child under any circumstances.The number one, most important tip about parenting has got to be that you must be there for your child. Children need and want your physical presence as well as your listening ear. If your child knows that you are right there to listen to their needs, it will go a long way in strengthening your relationship.Your marriage is just as important as your children, so take good care of it. You need time together as a couple to ensure that you keep the passion alive, so make sure to have a date night once a week where it's just you and your spouse. The kids will be there when you get home!Don't do your childrens' homework for them! It's so tempting to take over a project and complete it, both so your child will get a good grade and so YOU can get it over with! It's not worth it, you are only teaching your child to rely on others to do their work for them.Remember what is happening today will be over with tomorrow. If your kids messed up your clean living room, know that it won't stay that way, it will be clean again tomorrow. Having this viewpoint will help you to move on.Whether beaming or frowning, always remember that kids are doing the best they can with the resources they have. It's your job to provide them with the tools to learn right from wrong and good from bad. So, keep up your hard work! The goal is to raise amazing adults, and there's no question that someone who takes the time to read this article IS going to reach that goal!
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Part One – Fire
)Note: content & subject matter will not be suitable for children aged below 15. the story is in the horror genre)
The townspeople were standing about twenty meters away from the burning house and no one dared to step any closer
people just stared at the fire and exchanged inane ideas
The house was burning in fire and hopes of survival of its inhabitants diminished as time passed
a stranger wearing a cloak and hat forced his way into the crowd and approached the house
People were involuntarily giving way to him
When he reached the last line of bystanders, he stopped for a moment and began sniffing noisily
– This doesn’t smell like fire
He turned to the portly man on his left side and asked:
– Is anyone inside?
Yes, an eight-year-old girl
Why didn’t anyone try to help? Where is her family?
We unanimously agree that it is too late to do anything about. To be honest, we think it is not worth risking another life. Her family have the same idea
– Where are they?
The man stretched his hand and said ‘that bent old man and woman. Their son is preceding them’
They were standing still, watching the scene without bothering to wail
People surrounding the house didn’t dare to step any closer
The stranger turned to the man abruptly, grabbed him by the collar and asked ‘ how long has it been since the fire started?’
‘it’s been less than an hour. the whole house was engulfed by fire all of a sudden’
The stranger threw the surroundings into a disarray
He heard people say ‘don’t risk your life. It’s too late to do anything about it’
On his way toward the house, he took off and dropped his cloak
Judging by his skin, he was a man of thirties whose tallness-he was about two meters tall- truly gave away his muscular and stout body he had ginger hair and bore a scar across his face, stretching from jaw to chin
In blink of an eye, the stranger was engulfed by fire and vanished from sights
Once he stepped into the house, sinister feelings overwhelmed him. It seemed as if someone was trying to dictate despair and failure to him
And inner voice urged him to go back outside
Inside the house the fire was not intense, and soon he realized that the whole thing is nothing but a public display
He was raised among witches and had already read and heard about this spell
As he unsheathed his sword a bright hemisphere was created in the air shedding a faint light on the surroundings
Out of a sudden, the whole fire inside the house was completely extinguished
The sword was made of Syria steel and could, by nature, dispel all spells
A hissing sound kept repeating itself
The sound source was above him
Tightly holding the sword with both hands, He ascended the stairs slowly
Up the stairs he caught sight of her as she gnawed on the girl’s side with her teeth
Her long black hair fell across the girl’s face and body
At once a voice arose; a voice that Sherwin could clearly hear in his mind, though the mouth of that woman-like creature was completely shut.
– You have Syria steel, I can feel its power, but I’m starving. You can leave now and let this incident be a simple fire with one victim, otherwise it may claim the lives of two victims.
– that’s right, but the second victim would be no one except you, you violated the Ara’s rules and now I have to uphold the law
The law … so … so you must be a member of Simorgh coterie, I have no choice but to slay you
– You are a flyen, magic and claws are the only things you can rely on in fights, but I think you already know that magic and spells won’t work as long as I have this sword
All of a sudden, Flyen let out a deafening scream and charged toward Sherwin. Sherwin quickly swung his sword and evaded by a sudden shift of position.
Flyen’s left hand fell to the ground with a thud as if it never belonged to her
Suddenly, Flyen let out an ear-splitting scream, turned toward sherwin, and tore Sherwin’s chest and shirt with her right hand claw. At this moment, Sherwin gently swung the sword upward with one hand and split Flyen’s body into two halves from under her chest. Flyen’s body collapsed and began to dry out
Sherwin’s wound was not mortal but he had lost a lot of blood
Sherwin saw people and a few other individuals in clogs rushing into the house and then fainted before he could see more
By Alireza Hezareh
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This project is a physics library extension for citro3D, providing a lightweight alternative for physics-based simulation. Currently undergoing bug-bashing session to fix up issues.
The physics engine is a port from qu3e, written by Randy Gual. Permission was granted for porting the code over to the Nintendo 3DS family systems.
citro3d is a library that provides an easy to use stateful interface to the PICA200 GPU of the Nintendo 3DS. It tries to expose hardware functionality in the way that is most natural and convenient to the GPU and the user, therefore deviating from openGL. citro3d is written by fincs, with contributions from Cruel`, mtheall, and tommai78101.
Yes, citro3d is spelled with a lowercase C.
It is written in C programming language.
Pica (and citro3d altogether) can be built and installed using the following command (should not expect any issues here):
Please check the
/demo directory or in the repository above. Currently under construction.
This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.
Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions:
Thanks to LinkBlaBla for the project name, Pica. It is inspired by the graphics chipset on the Nintendo 3DS, named PICA200.
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The stage is set for Mazak Corporation to raise the manufacturing technology bar at IMTS. In booth S-8300, the company will demonstrate a host of new high-level developments in full digital factory integration, smart technology and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connectivity – in addition to new machining and automation systems – all of which will prepare manufacturers for the next industrial revolution.
Mazak’s SMOOTH Technology platform incorporates advanced manufacturing cells and systems that are revolutionizing part manufacturing processes through smart machines, big data, sophisticated analytics and the IIoT. At IMTS, Mazak will feature new enhancements that boost the computing power and intelligence of its SmartBox digital integration launch platform. The company will also demonstrate the user-friendly programming capabilities and processing speed of its MAZATROL SmoothX and MAZATROL SmoothG CNC controls. These controls are part of the SMOOTH Technology platform, which has transformed the way Mazak equipment performs, especially in terms of 5-axis and complex contouring operations.
Mazak will also show over 20 highly advanced manufacturing cells and systems. Among these will be the company’s latest developments in multi-tasking and 5-axis machine tools with enhanced single-setup, DONE IN ONE® part-processing capabilities crucial for tomorrow’s smart factories. Additionally, the company will unveil the next generation of its HYBRID Multi-Tasking technology, along with new software and accessories that give such multi-tasking machines even more functionality and multiple-process power.
“This year will mark the largest amount of advanced technologies we’ve ever brought to IMTS,” said Brian Papke, president of Mazak. “Our booth will be the premiere destination for show attendees who are committed to achieving the highest possible productivity through digital integration and smart manufacturing.”
Mazak will demonstrate various types and levels of smart factory automation at IMTS. These include gantry systems, robotics and other loading devices that provide the flexibility to adapt to different types of machine tools as well as changing part processing requirements.
Mazak’s new TOOLTECH compact tool magazine for automated tool changing will be making its debut in the booth. TOOLTECH stores big, heavy and large-diameter tools within a very small amount of required floor space. And as a shop’s tooling needs increase, TOOLTECH’s storage capacity can easily expand to as many as five levels and the capacity to hold 250 tools.
All the new and advanced machining and automation systems in the Mazak IMTS booth will be under power and running real-world part demonstrations. Applications experts from Mazak and the company’s Value Inspired Partners (VIP) program will also be on hand during the demonstrations to discuss total manufacturing solutions and part-processing improvements.
Later this spring, Mazak will launch a special IMTS microsite with more extensive booth news and information. Keep an eye on MazakUSA.com for additional updates.
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Freetown, SIERRA LEONE – Global debt is once again on an upward trajectory, despite experiencing significant declines in 2022. According to an article by Vitor Gaspar, the director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), along with Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro and Jiae Yoo, global debt remains a pressing concern.
The latest update of the Global Debt Database reveals that the total debt amounted to 238 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP) in the past year, which is 9 percentage points higher than the pre-pandemic level in 2019. In absolute terms, this translates to a staggering $235 trillion in global debt, an increase of $200 billion from the previous year.
Despite the rebound in economic growth since 2020 and higher-than-anticipated inflation, public debt has remained persistently high. This is primarily due to fiscal deficits resulting from increased government spending aimed at boosting growth and addressing food and energy price spikes. Even as pandemic-related fiscal support was gradually phased out, public debt only decreased by 8 percentage points of GDP over the past two years, offsetting just half of the pandemic-induced increase.
In contrast, private debt, encompassing household and non-financial corporate debt, experienced a more significant decline, decreasing by 12 percentage points of GDP. However, this reduction was insufficient to completely reverse the surge in debt witnessed during the pandemic.
The authors of the article analyse the trends in debt sources and note that global debt-to-GDP ratios had been on an upward trajectory for decades before the pandemic. Global public debt tripled since the mid-1970s, reaching 92 per cent of GDP (or just above $91 trillion) by the end of 2022. Private debt also tripled to 146 per cent of GDP (or close to $144 trillion) but over a more extended period, spanning from 1960 to 2022.
The article also highlights the challenges faced by low-income developing countries, where debt levels have risen significantly over the past two decades, albeit from initially lower levels. More than half of these countries are at high risk of debt distress, and about one-fifth of emerging markets have sovereign bonds trading at distressed levels.
To address these vulnerabilities, the authors recommend that governments urgently implement measures to reduce debt vulnerabilities and reverse long-term debt trends. For private sector debt, this involves monitoring household and non-financial corporate debt burdens and associated financial stability risks closely. In the case of public debt vulnerabilities, establishing a credible fiscal framework is essential to balance spending needs with debt sustainability. Additionally, low-income developing countries should focus on improving their capacity to collect additional tax revenues, as discussed in the IMF’s April Fiscal Monitor. ZIJ/19/9/2023
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2021 Bob Marshall Wilderness Open
Nov 4, 2020 at 10:39 am #3682297
The 2021 Open will start at 0800 MDT, Saturday May 28th. Start will be the South Fork Teton TH, finish the Sunset Hill bridge on the Blackfoot River, just upstream from the Clearwater. Course area is all public land in Montana. Note: there is no overnight parking at the finish. The usual guidelines apply.
-This is not a race.
-You must be entirely self-supported and self-contained. Take everything you need, and leave nothing behind but footprints. Any pre-planned assistance of any kind is forbidden.
-Any form of human-powered locomotion is allowed within the identified course area. No linear travel on the surface of paved roads.
-You are responsible for you. Come prepared for challenging conditions which can easily, with improper luck or preparation, turn life-threatening. Any and all contingency and emergency plans must be arranged in advance by each individual.
and so it begins again :)Nov 4, 2020 at 1:54 pm #3682329Roger CaffinBPL Member
@rcaffinLocale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
What is ‘linear travel’?
Even on ‘the surface of a paved road’? Can you do it above or under the surface?
CheersNov 5, 2020 at 11:47 am #3682481
Let the route planning begin. No raft is gonna equal a terrible road walk at the end. Passing Trixies at the end is just cruel and unusual punishment…Nov 5, 2020 at 4:18 pm #3682522
the end is not looking superb at this junctureNov 6, 2020 at 6:14 am #3682618Josh JBPL Member
Yikes! Looks like another good on. Those ranges look crazyNov 6, 2020 at 11:55 am #3682677
Come visit Roger, then you’ll understand.
The Blackfoot-Clearwater WMA is open May 15, and is a very cool place to walk through. But, yes punishing the raftless more than usual this year. Sorry not sorry?Nov 6, 2020 at 12:07 pm #3682678
The Blackfoot-Clearwater WMA is open May 15, and is a very cool place to walk through.
that could definitely be an option, but walking into Trixies with a 100 mile hunger sounds pretty good too :)Nov 9, 2020 at 9:04 pm #3683169Dan MSpectator
mike, tom , here we go again ! its looking like the michigan crew is coming back- covid or not , we’ve got some scores to settle with the “Bob”- haven’t looked at the route yet , but judging from your comments—Nov 10, 2020 at 7:15 am #3683219Josh JBPL Member
I live in south bend about 30min from you and have tried sending some DMs. I’d love to talk to you about the Bob Open as I want to do it! I’m not sure about 2021 yet but soon!Nov 20, 2020 at 10:32 am #3684945Andrew CBPL Member
Am I crazy for thinking the best route from Benchmark to the Blackfoot is off trail over Observation Point and down the Dry Fork? Maybe @twofeathers has seen that section before?Nov 20, 2020 at 1:32 pm #3684980
Andrew I have been to the pass between Flint and Observation point a few times. I guess all would depend on how you plan on getting there from the CDT (202 or 246).Nov 20, 2020 at 8:07 pm #3685025Kyle PBPL Member
Interesting indeed! Andrew, what happened to keeping route info a little close to the vest this far out ;) Put on some skis and investigate!
Hope everyone is doing well out there.
KyleNov 20, 2020 at 9:06 pm #3685030
I hope at least a few folks float the Dry Fork. It deserves more attention.Nov 20, 2020 at 9:21 pm #3685034
Check out the patchwork of land ownership in the southern portion of the route…Nov 20, 2020 at 9:42 pm #3685036
@davec can you clarify the start point:
Nov 22, 2020 at 9:30 am #3685178Will BBPL Member
- the trailhead at the corrals (off of road 190-D) that starts right at the S Fk river crossing, or
- the end of the road TH that heads up to HQ Cr Pass?
If I make it out there this year I imagine I’ll do the bottom 4 or 5 miles of the Dry Fork into NF Blackfoot. Hope it’s not a huge water year so the NF isn’t too high to boat.Nov 22, 2020 at 10:43 am #3685188Scott GBPL Member
Dave, I was eyeballing the Dry fork and reading your notes on it in the ” Packrafting the Crown” book. Sound intriguing along with the N. Fork of the Sun. Both of which are on my to do list.
My big question is what part of the N. Fork of the Blackfoot and the Blackfoot proper is going to be reasonable to float in run off? If I recall from the 2018 event where we started from the N. Fork Blackfoot TH, there were some sketchy sections below the TH. But that was epic runoff year also.Nov 22, 2020 at 11:47 am #3685203Will BBPL Member
Ive paddled the NF Blackfoot twice, once at around 1200 CFS and once at like 450. 1200 is legit Class IV, my guess from that flow is that somewhere around 1500 or 1800 it gets a bit technically easier but the consequences of a swim continue to get worse. I can’t access the USGS data for the flow on the first day of the open in 2018, but from my memory of the hike up I think that whatever that flow was is probably the province of big water Class V kayakers.
I probably wouldn’t get on it alone above about 1800 or with a partner above 2500. For many other packrafters those cutoffs are likely to bet lower; I think it mostly depends on your comfort level in the boat. Of course we wont know the flows to that level of detail having spent the last 36 hours in the backcountry, but it’s a useful reference I think. If you’re dropping in from the North (and so can’t scout the river on the hike in) the availability of a wood report from the current season is also a factor in the decision matrix.
Below where the NF Blackfoot comes out of the mountains it looks like Class II, ditto the Blackfoot proper. So probably fine during runoff as long as you’re heads up about wood. But other folks who have paddled that stretch will probably have more info.Nov 22, 2020 at 12:01 pm #3685206
I concur with Will. The N Fk is pretty serious water at high levels up there.
At high water levels, even the N Fk below the TH and above Kleinschmidt flats is pushy and technical. I’ve had to paddle like mad to avoid being pushed by big waves into corners. An inexperienced boater would likely be a little scared even in this section if the river is running at 1500+.Nov 23, 2020 at 10:07 am #3685310
End of the road for the start.
Will encapsulated the range of possibilities well. 2018 was as big as I’ve seen the North Fork, and at least 1 in 5 years it never gets that big. That said, at any flow the crux 4 miles is not to be taken lightly. It’s been remarkably wood free for years now, but who knows when that will change.Dec 14, 2020 at 8:36 am #3688910
Is it too early to scout some BMO short cuts? Mike M and I found a dandy this weekend. -8 on the old mercury was refreshing.Dec 14, 2020 at 9:29 am #3688924
Yeah refreshing, that’s it :DDec 14, 2020 at 1:48 pm #3688989Roger CaffinBPL Member
@rcaffinLocale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
-8 C (or -8 F) beats the hell out of +40 C!Dec 14, 2020 at 3:10 pm #3689003
^ true that! :)Mar 3, 2021 at 7:53 pm #3702553Scott GBPL Member
What are the chances the road to S. Fork Teton trailhead is passable in March. I’ve got a week off over spring break and was thinking of doing some scouting testing out some gear.
If not there; any other suggestions on early season access into Bob trailheads? Are some of the ranger stations even open right now?
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Today social analysis and engagement is sought from the artist, while photography, the most widely diffused documentary method is still tacitly considered the most powerful resource engaged in the perception of reality. In a word, what natural scientists need tens of questionnaires and hundreds of interviews for, an artist can sum up in seven letters.
Photography that potentially covers a wide field of knowledge, experience, recollection and accordingly meaning is the authorial narrative in which Darko Bavoljak has been systematically engaged since the early 1990s.
His exhibition The Future, in which he was concerned with the logos of department stores smashed up in the war, showed the direction of his interests. This is art as a part of anthropological knowledge through the ethnology of our quotidian, in the endeavour, through a change in the angle of vision, to anticipate reality.
A possible method for the positioning of his artistic work is that of contextualisation and is manifested in his attitude to the social, the cultural and ultimately through his attitude to the context of his own work, activity and thinking.
In the exhibition Dubrava, Bavoljak takes up the topic of graffiti written on building facades, streets, trash cans, abandoned shops and workshops. With precise research and persistent enquiry he has found seven letters in which he attempts to sum up the identity of this large Zagreb neighbourhood, and so the story acquires two layers. In the first stratum is the textual record written as form of communication of individual or marginal group with the wider culture, a provocation in public space, or simply just an announcement. For the readability of the second layer of his message, he uses the photograph, which serves him as a mediating resource in this survey. Naturally, he follows not only the traces that leave what is visible, but he also carefully selects and frames them, gets into a dialogue with those already in existence, already found and researched, and suggests new ways in which they can be read.
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A Voyage towards the Pinnacle of Spice Paste Blenders
Embarking upon the culinary journey, one swiftly comes to comprehend that artistry in creating spice pastes can unfurl a whole symphony of rich flavors, launching dishes to entirely novel zeniths of taste and aromatic splendor. This culinary conquest hinges on the linchpin of an efficient, superior spice paste blender. We’re thus poised to guide you through the maze, introducing a premier blender for spice paste. A tool that pledges to be not just indispensable, but instrumental in revolutionizing your culinary voyage, enchanting your olfactory senses, and delighting your palate.
Melding Strength with Precision
The cornerstone of an exemplary spice paste blender rests in the seamless fusion of its motor’s might and the blade’s meticulous sharpness. Search for a blender, a culinary behemoth, ready to grapple with stubborn spices like the hard-shelled cinnamon sticks, mighty peppercorns, or desiccated chilies. Trust stainless steel blades, sculpted to perfection, to pulverize the spices into desired consistency while preserving their precious essential oils and intoxicating aromas.
Flexibility Meets Capacity
Strive for a spice paste blender that’s not just a one-trick pony but a versatile culinary companion. You’re on the lookout for a dynamic device that’s equally adept at transforming spice pastes and grinding down nuts, seeds, and a myriad of ingredients for a spectrum of recipes. Moreover, the capacity of the blender jar warrants attention, ensuring it’s suitably equipped to fulfill your unique culinary demands, whether it’s a large batch for future culinary adventures or a smaller yield for immediate consumption.
Endurance Coupled with Ease of Maintenance
The ability to stand the test of time is fundamental when considering a spice paste blender investment. Turn your sights towards a blender built with top-tier materials, robust enough to endure daily usage without faltering in performance. Further, the luxury of a removable, dishwasher-friendly blending jar eases cleaning, rendering it practical for frequent culinary endeavors.
Velocity Control and Pulsing Perfection
The road to perfect texture and consistency in your spice paste is paved with variable speed settings and a precision pulse function. Each spice presents unique grinding challenges, necessitating nuanced grinding times and speeds. Embracing a blender with control over these options gives you the reins, letting you customize the blending process to your exact specifications.
Safety Above All
The power of a blender should never overshadow the importance of safety. Prioritize blenders fortified with safety features, including a fail-safe locking system and overheat protection. Such protective measures not only shield you from potential mishaps but also enhance the blender’s longevity.
While power is pivotal, a blender’s operation shouldn’t mimic the roar of a jet engine taking flight within the confines of your kitchen. Keep an ear out for blenders that promise high performance yet maintain a peaceful home ambience by limiting their acoustic footprint.
Trust in Legacy and Warranty Protection
Cast your net towards a blender brand with a firm footing in the culinary industry, fortified by a well-established reputation. Customer reviews and brand standing serve as valuable compasses, guiding your understanding of the blender’s performance and resilience. An extensive warranty policy further fortifies your investment, affording you the comfort of protection and peace of mind.
Embark on the journey to culinary mastery with the top-tier blender for spice paste – a versatile, powerful appliance that simplifies and amplifies the craft of creating exquisite spice pastes. Keep in mind elements like power, versatility, durability, and safety features when making your choice. By opting for a blender that resonates with your culinary aspirations, you can catapult your dishes into new dimensions of deliciousness, making every meal an exhilarating gastronomic expedition. Secure your perfect spice paste blender today and explore a cosmos of flavors in your kitchen.
Which blender do chefs use?
In the pulsating heart of the culinary world, chefs of professional standing are celebrated not only for their ability to master delectable cuisine but also for their discriminating eye in choosing their gastronomic arsenal. Each utensil, each tool is chosen with the precision of an orchestra conductor picking their instruments. And amidst this array of gourmet weaponry, blenders command their own niche, embodying the fusion of versatility and power.
While not shackled to a singular brand or model, our culinary connoisseurs do have their preferences – some favoring the Vitamix line, others finding their culinary rhythms in Blendtec’s high-performance models, and a good number entrusting their blending needs to the power-packed Breville Super Q. Let’s explore this further.
In the Blender Battlefield: Vitamix Shines
When it comes to the selection of professional-grade blenders, the Vitamix series is to many chefs what Excalibur was to King Arthur. Famed for their robust motors and resilience, these machines gracefully endure both the intensity of commercial kitchens and the demands of home cooking. The Vitamix 5200, a paragon of the brand, astounds with its spectrum of blending capabilities – from smoothies and purees to hot soups and frozen treats. Yet, it doesn’t stop there. The allure of a generous 64-ounce capacity and variable speed control is equally irresistible. However, for those yearning for the same power in a cozier package, the Vitamix S30 might be the compact companion they seek.
Blendtec: The Powerhouse with a Whimsical Charm
Close on Vitamix’s heels, Blendtec has carved its niche within the culinary sphere, marrying high-speed blending with an undeniable charm. It’s not uncommon to find these blenders starring in their own ‘Will It Blend?’ saga, where they gallantly transform everything from smartphones to marbles into dust. Blendtec’s Designer Series, the 625 model in particular, impresses with its blend of raw power, pre-programmed convenience, and sleek aesthetic. The unique ‘WildSide+’ jar, with its five-sided design, propels a potent vortex for superior blending, setting this blender apart.
Breville’s Super Q: The Quiet Giant
Nestled amongst these stalwarts, Breville’s Super Q Blender has secured a coveted position within professional kitchens. Renowned for its quiet operation despite wielding power akin to its competitors, it presents an appealing proposition. Accompanied by a spacious 68-ounce pitcher and a convenient personal blending cup, it is nothing if not versatile. Breville’s meticulous craftsmanship is unmistakable in the Super Q, evidenced by the intuitive one-touch programs and user-friendly interface.
And Some Noteworthy Competitors
Although Vitamix, Blendtec, and Breville have claimed the lion’s share of the market, other challengers find favor among discerning chefs. The KitchenAid Pro Line Series Blender, with its 3.5 peak HP motor and innovative asymmetric blade, promises smooth results with remarkable consistency. Then there’s the Ninja Professional Blender (BL610), an economical powerhouse that’s an attractive proposition for the budget-conscious gourmand.
In Pursuit of the Perfect Blender
The journey to finding the perfect blender is nuanced, punctuated by considerations of power, capacity, speed control, material quality, ease of cleaning, noise level, and brand prestige. The blender, for a chef, is more than just a tool; it’s a confidante in their creative journey, assisting in the crafting of everything from intricate sauces and hearty soups to refreshing smoothies and tantalizing cocktails.
Whether their trust is placed in a Vitamix, a Blendtec, a Breville, or an alternative reliable model, one fact remains unchallenged: a robust, dependable blender is not just a luxury but a necessity in any professional kitchen. It’s a key that unlocks the gates to culinary creativity, allowing chefs to paint their gastronomic canvas with broad strokes of innovation and minute details of delicacy.
Which is the best model of blender?
An Examination of 2023’s Outstanding Blender Models
The humble blender, once a mere cocktail-mixing sidekick, has embarked on a journey of evolution, morphing into an indispensable culinary accomplice. Today, it dons numerous hats, whisking up everything from silky smoothies and robust soups to sumptuous nut butters. This exponential leap in versatility has ushered in a cornucopia of choices. Let us plunge into the maelstrom of top-tier blender models that have punctuated the year 2023 with their blending prowess, enduring construction, and user-oriented features.
The Vitamix A3500 Ascent Series: The Reigning Monarch
Perched atop the blender throne is the Vitamix A3500 Ascent Series. With an unrivaled melding of raw power, precision, and intelligent technology, it has rightfully claimed the title of 2023’s prime blender model. It wields an arsenal of five program settings, making it a malleable companion in culinary endeavors. From smoothies and hot soups to spreads, frozen treats, and even an automatic cleaning feature, it covers an impressive spectrum. Its wireless connectivity feature, a pioneer in adjusting blending times in response to container size, and an elegant touchscreen that is a breeze to clean, add to its sophisticated allure.
The Blendtec Professional 800: The Silent Gladiator
A testament to the blend of power and serenity, the Blendtec Professional 800 caters to those seeking formidable blending capabilities housed within a quiet operator. The Blendtec Pro 800, with its muscular motor cocooned within a sound-dampening shield, has carved a niche as the brand’s most hushed blender. Its impressive portfolio of six pre-set programs, an 11-speed touch slider, and a pulse option render it as flexible as it is formidable.
Breville Super Q: The Aesthete’s Pick
The Breville Super Q commands attention not merely for its powerful blending prowess but its unwavering commitment to design. This model is a force to be reckoned with, effortlessly taming even the most unyielding ingredients into a smooth texture. Still, its beauty lies in the details – noise suppression technology for the peace-loving, a personal blending cup for on-the-go convenience, and an array of one-touch programs that strike a chord with those who appreciate a blend of functionality and finesse.
The KitchenAid K400: The Vibrant Competitor
The KitchenAid K400 strides into the arena with a flourish of color, promising to infuse your kitchen with a vibrant personality. With a palette of vivacious hues at your disposal, this blender does more than just pique visual interest; it’s a warrior in the blending battleground. With a 1.5 peak HP motor, a unique asymmetrical blade, and a dynamic blend of motor and speed control, it deftly navigates through even the toughest blending challenges.
The Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender: The Economical Juggernaut
For the budget-conscious yet performance-driven, the Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender stands tall. Its budget-friendly price tag belies its impressive feature set, encompassing three pre-set Auto-iQ programs and a sturdy 1400 peak-watt motor. It’s proof that economic sensibility need not come at the expense of blending performance.
Choosing your blending champion hinges on a myriad of factors, each as personal and unique as the user. While the Vitamix A3500 embodies the epitome of premium choices, the Blendtec Professional 800 draws in those seeking a harmony of power and tranquility. The Breville Super Q appeals to those with a keen eye for design, and the KitchenAid K400 attracts the colorful and performance-driven. As for the Ninja BN701, it’s the ideal pick for those unwilling to compromise on performance despite budget constraints. Navigating this blender landscape and aligning it with your specific requirements will illuminate the path to your ideal blender model.
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BBA 2021 Nominees: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Written by BCCJ
October 26, 2021
British Business Awards
By the conclusion of the British Business Awards 2021 (#BBA2021) nomination period, we had received 38 eligible nominations across 6 categories.
The following 7 companies are now in the running to lift the BBA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion trophy.
“Open to any eligible company that has driven exceptionally effective Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, services or solutions in Japan over the past 12 months. Nominees should not be NPOs.”
BBA 2021 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Nominees
(In alphabetical order)
We believe every one of our employees, clients and stakeholders brings a set of unique talents and perspectives to the table. This nomination is a testament to the inclusive culture Barclays is fostering with our Race at Work agenda in Citizenship, aimed to attract, develop and increase representation of different races and ethnic minorities across Barclays.
The British Council
The British Council is promoting the inclusion of disabled people in the arts and culture sector through UK-Japan collaborations that increase disability awareness, knowledge of barriers to access and improving accessibility, creating opportunities for participation, delivering training for practitioners, and showcasing high-quality work by disabled artists.
Catherine O’Connell Law
The LAWYER ON AIR Podcast is the top legal podcast in Japan hosted by Japan’s first lawyer podcaster, Catherine O’Connell, who unlocks the black box of diverse lives of Japanese and foreign women lawyers, providing leadership insights & career tips for NextGen lawyers and building a unique women lawyer community.
Custom Media KK
Custom Media this year featured more Diversity, Equity & Inclusion than ever before in BCCJ Acumen and by any other English-language publication in Japan. Editorial includes the first female UK ambassador to Japan, Paralympians, LGBT and Black History Month. With seven nationalities, Custom Media helps change business, government and charity.
The reason for this nomination is for the recent development of the Guardian app, designed to reveal child abuse, bullying and mental health issues, within Japanese students, both at school and at home. Founder Caitlin Puzzar is a British national based in Kumamoto, Japan.
Post-BBA Update: Read more on Caitlin’s inspiration behind the app and its journey so far, here.
Companies struggled to cultivate inclusion in ever-changing conditions. Workshops were cancelled due to on-line fatigue. Inclusion initiatives had to be not only transformational, but wow participants with a unique approach. Price Global innovated our highly engaging, Inclusion Theatre into equally transformative and interactive virtual experiences.
To recognise Unilever for its leading initiatives on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion – such as gender and nationality balance in management, the inclusion and support for LGBTQ+ persons in the workplace, and combating stereotypes and social norms – all created with a view to changing and creating a more inclusive society in Japan.
The decision on a winning BBA 2021 entry is the result of the combined score of 6 separate judges, who independently score assigned submissions using the same scoring matrix.
To ensure transparency, each judge independently returns his or her score sheet to the BCCJ office by 3 November 2021 and the results are tabulated confidentially. The scores from each judge are then totalled for each nominee, and the nomination with the highest accumulative score is declared the category winner.
In the event of two nominees receiving the same final score, all judges will be asked to review their scores for these companies/individuals, and the submission with the highest score from this second round of judging will be declared the winner.
The final results remain confidential until the BBA ceremony – held on the evening of November 5, 2021 online. To book your space at the Awards, please register via the bookings page HERE
We are delighted to reveal the names of our BBA 2021 judges – a truly great lineup of accomplished leaders who are actively engaged in bolstering UK-Japan relations! This esteemed panel of judges will put into practice their expertise and specialist experience to decide which companies and individuals should receive a prestigious BBA trophy.
Noel Thatcher MBE | British Paralympian
Carolyn Davidson | British Consul-General, Osaka
Miwa Seki, Kathy Matsui, Yumiko Murakami | MPower Partners
Hideo Tomita | Managing Director, Refinitiv Japan K.K.
Liza Aono | Presenter, Cool Japan TV
Adrian Gillespie | Chief Executive, Scottish Enterprise
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Our Health Visiting teams provide expert advice, support and interventions for families and children across North Wales. Health Visitors support the health and wellbeing of children from the antenatal period up to 5 years old by offering information and advice to their parents. This advice includes antenatal support, physical and emotional wellbeing of children, the childhood immunisation programme, parenting support, health and developmental progress.
The Health Visiting Service in Wales is guided by the Healthy Child Wales Programme, which sets out the planned contacts that children and their families can expect from their Health Visitor.
Your Health Visitor will provide support from your child's birth to their first years of school. This includes:
Health Visitors work closely with Midwives, General Practitioners, Practice Nurses, the Community Paediatric Team, Speech and Language Therapists, School Nurses, Social Workers, Pre-Schools, Nurseries, Flying Start Teams and other agencies to ensure all of your child’s needs are met.
Midwives and General Practitioners will inform us about you and your family during pregnancy or when you have had your baby. Our Health Visiting team will make contact with you.
If you would like to contact your Health Visitor, their details are usually written in the front of the red book (parent held child health record). If you are not sure or have recently moved into the area, you can contact your local Area Office for advice and support.
Anglesey Health Visiting Team
Gwynedd Health Visiting Team
Sector Office: Bodfan, Caernarfon
Contact number: 03000851638
Conwy and Denbighshire Team
Sector Office: Abergele Health Clinic, Market Street Abergele
Contact number: 03000 850009 opt. 7
Wrexham and Flintshire Team
Sector Office: The Quay Health Centre, Connahs Quay, Flintshire
Contact number: 03000859301
In certain areas of North Wales there is additional support available for children and families through the Flying Start scheme.
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A jacket by Georgie Puffer.
I’m a Halfdays girl, and this season I’ve been living in their Georgie Puffer. It’s keeping me warm on the cold days in NYC, but has all of the technical specifications I need for when I hit some green and blue runs. I have the same pants. “Winter whites are so stylish! Nothing like skiing in winter whites!
Two women are wearing a full length onesie.
A good onesie is a crucial first layer, even if you don’t participate in winter sports. For a matchy-matchy moment, they are great for men, women, and children. These onesies are great for the cold days on the slope, but also work as a stylish base layer for days in the city. It’s a great ski piece to wear while sipping a warm cocktail.
Darcie Black Pyjamas.
At a recent mountain vacation, I wore these pajamas every night for dinner and the compliment kept rolling in. After a day on the slopes, nothing feels better than crisp, cool satin.
The 4 Icon black nylon boot has a black design.
Growing up in ski country has left me with the skills of dressing for the cold without sacrificing style. Moon boots are a great way to get from point A to point B when your skis or board won’t do. I have the black, but they come in every color under the sun, so they will go with your favorite slopeside pieces.
The Turtleneck sweater is made of knit wool.
I think the only good thing about skiing is the promise of a crackling fireplace and a bottle of wine after. Leena Kim, Associate Editor said, “And also the excuse to buy cute clothes, like this sweater.”
6 Hoody Men’s.
Arcteryx is known for their clean styling and technical outerwear. Michael Stillwell, Senior Designer said, “This warm fleece has the look of knit wool that looks great in the lodge after a day on the slopes.”
The Shearling Bomber was a famous plane.
There is a cost of $2,495 at MARFASTANCE.COM.
The MarFA Stance style is perfect for apres ski. If you enjoy more of the outdoors than you do indoors, shearling is a good choice because it keeps you warm without overheating or being flipped, and you can wear it with the soft shearling on the outside for a cozy look without overheating or being flipped.
There are 8 raincoats.
If you watched Prada’s recent men’s show featuring Jeff Goldblum, its outerwear is on fire right now. I’ve got my eye on this raincoat, made with the label’s Re-Nylon fabric, and it has a handsome jacquard lining.
Men’s Classic Retro-X® Fleece jacket.
The sherpa fleece is heavier than it looks, perfect for cold nights by the fire. It gets extra points for using recycled materials.
10 Sunset cotton and canvas cargo pants.
Greg Lauren, the designer, has been talking about sustainable practices for a long time before the idea of eco-friendly practices became a big deal in fashion circles. The cargo pants show that the sun is rising on green fashion. The sky’s the limit.
The sweater is in a stripe.
The button-back sweater, which also serves as a cardigan, was the top item on my list for a cozy ski outfit.
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6 WAYS TO STAY CALM AND ENJOY THE CHRISTMAS CHAOS
Christmas is a fun time of year but it can also be very stressful. Particularly if you are hosting a lot of family and friends.
You might find there’s more misery than merry at times, that’s because we have this fantasy of what the perfect Christmas is “supposed” to look like. First things first, clear that out of your mind from now and just know that it will be perfect for you and your family so long as you remind yourself that it’s only about being together and relaxing. That’s it, no more and no less.
Get that holiday movie out of your head and if things change last minute, so what, let it go. Let’s be honest the last few years have been very strange and unfortunately it looks set to continue for a little longer with restrictions etc. Make a promise to yourself and your loved ones that nothing will rock your Christmas break for the bad, nothing is ever really a problem, there’s always a solution. If you have to Zoom Christmas dinner or deliver it to someone’s door because they have a positive Covid test back. So, what! It’ll be a really funny story in years to come. The important thing is everyone stays safe and happy.
Here are some practical tips you help you have a loving, fun and happy Christmas break.
Like I mentioned above, sit down and really think about what you are hoping to create from the holiday break? It might even be an idea to get the whole family involved and set an intention and hope for the year ahead. It’s always lovely to hear what actually means the most to those around you and it’s a nice idea to reflex on what you are already grateful for. Particularly before Santa arrives and the excitement is too much to sit still.
Make a plan for what has to happen and when. This is great because there will always be last minute invites and sometimes, we can say yes to everything and later feel very overwhelmed and stressed because of it.
Having a schedule means you can prioritise what was and is important to you and it makes it easier to say no to last minute engagements. No one can do and have it all, all at once. If commitments come up that don’t fit with the priorities you’ve set for your holiday break, feel free to say, thank you, but no.
When you are scheduling in some time, make sure you schedule in time for yourself too. It’s really important because if you’re happy your family will be happy. There is normally so much to organise for others with family arriving and the hustle of dinner, bedtimes and organising food and drink for Santa and his reindeers the night before Christmas. It’s a lot and parents are normally up pretty late and up very early so Christmas day can be very long and extremely tiring.
When you think about it, if you fall asleep in the middle of Christmas day because you’re exhausted what was all of the work really for if you end up missing it anyway?
Schedule time for yourself like a hot bath, a cup of tea and quiet sit down in the kitchen or bring the dog for a walk alone. You will feel recharged and ready for the craziness.
PREP IN ADVANCE
When planning Christmas dinner, aim to prepare what you can ahead of time. Vegetables should be cut and washed and meat should be cooked or almost done so that it can be left alone on a low heat in the oven or slow cooker.
That way, once guests arrive, you can actually spend time with them and you don’t have worry about putting the finishing touches on them because honestly, no one cares!
ASK FOR HELP
Asking for help is something a lot of people forget to do. Particularly, if you are hosting others at your home. Get everyone involved including the kids. Either by cleaning up after dinner or perhaps guests could bring dessert or a salad for the sandwiches later in the day.
You are not a character in a Marvel movie you don’t need to be a superhero, let everyone help out and then you and your family can have a good Christmas.
STOP AND MIND RECORD MEMORIES
The best memories always happen when we allow ourselves to be completely present. We don’t tend to remember the beautifully decorated table or the perfect meal, but we remember how we felt. If the last few years have thought us anything, it’s that things can change in the blink of and eye. So stop, look around and notice what is happening.
If you think you might need a reminder to be present, set an alarm on your phone that reminds you to look around and immerse yourself in what’s happening. Just sit back and look at the way the kids are playing, or the way your parents are sitting together and smiling.
Really, pay, attention, to those things. You’ll be so thankful you did in years to come, I promise.
As always, enjoy, and from our family to yours, may you have a Merry Christmas and a very happy and healthy New Year.
Love the Beechmount Furniture Team.
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Dogs and bones, a tail as old as time. Pixar’s latest trailer comes in the form of a short film called Dante’s Lunch- A Short Tail.
This is a great peek into the world of Coco. The movie will tell the tale of a young boy who travels to the Land of the Dead, after he discovers the truth about his family’s past.
The musical journey will hit theaters on November 22nd, 2017.
Stay tuned for more, and be sure to get social with us on Facebook and follow along with us on Twitter @BehindThrills for the latest updates!
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Stefano Bennati, Catholijn Jonker. 2017
Keywords: privacy, machine learning, distributed sensor networks, event detection
This paper introduces PriMaL, a general PRIvacy-preserving MAchine-Learning
method for reducing the privacy cost of information transmitted through a network. Distributed sensor networks are often used for automated classification and
detection of abnormal events in high-stakes situations, e.g. fire in buildings, earthquakes, or crowd disasters. Such networks might transmit privacy-sensitive information, e.g. GPS location of smartphones, which might be disclosed if the network
is compromised. Privacy concerns might slow down the adoption of the technology, in particular in the scenario of social sensing where participation is voluntary,
thus solutions are needed which improve privacy without compromising on the event
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Stefano Bennati, Leonel Aguilar, Dirk Helbing. 2019
Keywords: Baldwin effect, Foraging, Specialist, Generalist, Environmental variability, Evolution, Agent-based modeling, Learning, Neural network, Reinforcement learning
The interaction between phenotypic plasticity, e.g. learning, and evolution is an important topic both in Evolutionary Biology and Machine Learning. The evolution of learning is commonly studied in Evolutionary Biology, while the use of an evolutionary process to improve learning is of interest to the field of Machine Learning. This paper takes a different point of view by studying the effect of learning on the evolutionary process, the so-called Baldwin effect. A well-studied result in the literature about the Baldwin effect is that learning affects the speed of convergence of the evolutionary process towards some genetic configuration, which corresponds to the environment-induced plastic response. This paper demonstrates that learning can change the outcome of evolution, i.e., lead to a genetic configuration that does not correspond to the plastic response. Results are obtained both analytically and experimentally by means of an agent-based model of a foraging task, in an environment where the distribution of resources follows seasonal cycles and the foraging success on different resource types is conditioned by trade-offs that can be evolved and learned. This paper attempts to answer a question that has been overlooked: whether learning has an effect on what genotypic traits are evolved, i.e. the selection of a trait that enables a plastic response changes the selection pressure on a different trait, in what could be described as co-evolution between different traits in the same genome.
Stefano Bennati, Ivana Dusparic, Rhythima Shinde, Catholijn Jonker. 2018
Keywords: Participatory Sensing , Smart Cities , Public Good , Privacy , Fairness
This paper introduces a scenario-independent design principle for developing smart city algorithms, based on the theory of public goods and voluntary contribution games.
Voluntary contributions are well suited for modeling scenarios where a common resource, i.e. a smart-city service, depends on the users contributing resources, e.g. user-generated data, energy surplus.
The choices of users are modeled by contribution strategies, algorithms that determine which users should contribute to the system at each point in time, based on the state of the system and a set of system requirements.
By acting on the decision of whether to participate, a contribution strategy is independent of the characteristics of the resource, hence it can be combined with existing mechanism that work at the content level, e.g., privacy-preserving algorithms.
A simulation framework is developed that allows a comparison of multiple algorithms for resource contribution on the application scenarios of traffic congestion and charging of electric vehicles, to address the research question: how do different contribution strategies compare in terms of privacy, fairness and social welfare?
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Stefano Bennati, Evangelos Pournaras. 2017
Keywords: privacy, Internet of Things, Smart City, network, sensor, grouping, agent, aggregation
Big data collection practices using Internet of Things (IoT) pervasive technologies are often
privacy-intrusive and result in surveillance, profiling, and discriminatory actions over citizens that in turn undermine the participation of citizens to the development of sustainable smart cities. Nevertheless, real-time data analytics and aggregate information from IoT devices
open up tremendous opportunities for managing and regulating smart city infrastructures in a more efficient and sustainable way. The privacy-enhancing aggregation of distributed sensor data, such as residential energy consumption or traffic information, is the research focus and challenge tackled in this paper. Citizens have the option to choose their privacy level by reducing the quality of the shared data at a cost of a lower accuracy in data analytics services. A baseline scenario is considered in which IoT sensor data are shared directly with an untrustworthy central aggregator. A grouping mechanism is introduced that improves privacy by sharing data aggregated first at a group level compared to a baseline scenario in which each individual shares data directly to the central aggregator. Group-level aggregation obfuscates sensor data of individuals, in a similar fashion as differential privacy and homomorphic encryption schemes, thus inference of privacy-sensitive information from single sensors becomes computationally harder compared to the baseline scenario. The proposed system and its generic applicability are evaluated using real-world data from two smart city pilot projects. Privacy under grouping increases, while preserving the accuracy of the baseline scenario. Intra-group influences of privacy by one group member on the other ones are measured and fairness on privacy is found to be maximized between group members with similar privacy choices. Several grouping strategies are compared. Grouping by proximity of privacy choices provides the highest privacy gains. The implications of the strategy on the design of incentives mechanisms are discussed.
Stefano Bennati. 2018
Keywords: Collective sensing, Natural selection, Foraging, Agent-based modeling
Collective sensing is an emergent phenomenon which enables individuals to estimate a hidden property of the environment through the observation of social interactions. Previous work on collective sensing shows that gregarious individuals obtain an evolutionary advantage by exploiting collective sensing when competing against solitary individuals.
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Stefano Bennati, Evangelos Pournaras. 2017
Stefano Bennati, Catholijn Jonker. 2016
Stefano Bennati, Leonard Wossnig, Johannes Thiele. 2016
Stefano Bennati. 2016
Stefano Bennati, Leonard Wossnig, Johannes Thiele, Dirk Helbing. 2015
Rob Thomson, Christian Lebiere, Stefano Bennati. 2014
Rob Thomson, Stefano Bennati, Christian Lebiere. 2014
C Lebiere, S Bennati, Rob Thomson, P Shakarian, E Nunes. 2015
R Thomson, C Lebiere, S Bennati, P Shakarian, E Nunes. 2015
S Bennati, S Brussow, M Ragni, L Konieczny. 2014
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I think the driver didn't want to see the pedestrian. I think he didn't want to be bothered by such a minor detail. Because it would distract him from the essential value of driving, which is monotony. He was stoned on boredom.
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Someone whose name I have forgotten once drew an analogy between the drug experience and TV. He said they had in common these things: that they provided a generic pleasure, that they required no active involvement by the participant, and that they were predictable. You could go into them knowing what to expect, and knowing that there would never be anything new to interpret. Now, when I was younger, most of my peers used marijuana, and some of them made a sacrament of it. It's been a quarter-century now, and I have seen their like in later years, sitting stoned before the tube with the bong and the stash on the side table and the bag of chips on the floor, their eyes reflecting the blue flutter of some all-night cable channel. The food, generic: grease, salt, and starch; the culture, generic: another formula show, another movie copied from another movie; the sensation, generic: a meaningless pleasure imposed chemically on the brain, disconnected to anything outside, anything that actually happens. I believe the analogy has some point. I think the driving experience has something in common with it too.
Most people who drive, drive their own cars. The inside of your car is always the same. In fact, with few variations, the insides of most cars are close to the same. The wheel, the seat, the curved glass, the roof posts. No matter what is going on outside your windshield, inside it is always the same, the same.... Nowadays, the air conditioner is usually turned on, or the heater: softly-humming appliances that cover up what little sound of life might penetrate the glass and steel, that warp the weather to an arbitrary standard that is always the same, the same.... Perhaps the radio is on, playing the latest hit that has been assigned to your demographic group, in heavy rotation, the same beat, the same themes, the same song, the same, the same.... Whatever is happening outside, inside it's the same.... The car moves through the world, the driver stays in the same seat for hours. Lulled. Nothing to do but keep from running into the car ahead. And in the car ahead, the driver....
It is no mistake, I think, that the sprawl the automobile has facilitated has as its essential quality, sameness: "travelers" coming out of their cars want to find the same Denny's, the same Holiday Inn, the same AM-PM, that they would find back home. In the strip malls they want the same Taco Bell, the same Seven-Eleven, the same videos in the video store. At night the same drinks in the same red vinyl ambience. The Interstate looks the same everywhere. The freeway looks the same everywhere. Flat concrete channels, the lane stripes, the car ahead, the same, the same.... It's easier that way.
The American Dream. The little house in the subdivision, stuck between two other little houses. The air conditioner, the two cars in the garage. The drive to work where you do the same thing every day. The drive home where you see the same TV shows every night. Your children are nervous and you don't know why. In school they're taught to sit still and pretend to listen. They hate it. They'll learn to do it though. You did. On the weekends there's nothing to do. Watch more TV. That's safe. Go for a drive. Where? McDonald's? Sure, let's go. Distant scenery in the windshield. Sure looks hot in those hills. Whaddaya want? Big Mac again? The radio, the sound of fans, the curved glass screen.... The American high.
Maybe cars should be available only by a doctor's prescription, to those who really need them. Maybe life would be richer if we saw the world in detail, if the grass by the roadside were something more than a green blur, if the man on the sidewalk were a neighbor and not an interruption of momentum. What good is the mobility we've gained from cars? Now we live farther from work and spend longer getting there than in the days of bikes and trolleys, and we travel alone and isolated from each other and from the earth that bore us. We have gained nothing by structuring our world around the car. The worker who would have walked to to the office in twenty minutes years ago now spends an hour driving in, and misses the company of fellow workers on the sidewalk or the tram. The homemaker who would have walked round the corner every other day for bread and lettuce now drives along a glaring concrete sheet to a supermarket where the tomatoes are expensive and tasteless and the bread is a limp sponge. Even the mobility brought by the car is an illusion, sustained by grace of oil companies and Arab fundamentalists, and paid for by the neighborhoods we've thrown away, the lost charms of accents and eccentricities in different towns, the discarded richness of a life where each of us once made a corner of the world our own, rather than buying an image of it off the rack. Why go anywhere, after all, if everywhere looks the same? Like the addict, we have thrown away the actual details of our life for an intense but meaningless sensation. It is time we give it up.
One Small Step
Come back to life. Just for today, don't drive. Walk to the mailbox, bicycle to work. There is still the perfume of flowers mingled with that haze of gasoline. Those shadows waiting at the crosswalk still have faces, souls, a story. They are your face, your soul, your story. We have ignored each other and the earth too long. Time's a-wasting. You'll soon enough be dead. When you're lying on your deathbed, will you wish you'd spent just a few more hours stuck in traffic?
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Peru is a magical country: the South American country has an incomparably varied landscape and has been attracting people from near and far for centuries. Due to its climate, Peru is divided into several zones and, in addition to a wide coastal strip with picturesque beaches and deserts, also offers the magnificent mountain landscape of the Andes and extensive regions with lush rain, cloud and cloud forest. The country has the right scenery for every taste and invites visitors to hike, bike, surf, swim, stroll and explore. For some time now, a beer culture has been developing in Peru, the fruits of which refresh people after a long day with delicious beer. The Cervecerias Peruanas are a small group of decentralized Peruvian breweries that spread the word about their country's delicious beer all over the world. A brewery from this group that has become well-known far beyond the borders of Peru is Cusqueña.
Cusqueña is located in the majestic city of Cusco, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and formerly known as the capital of the Inca Empire as the navel of the world. The historic place is full of magic and the legends and myths of long-forgotten times. The beer from Cusco goes back to a German master brewer who is considered the forefather of Cusqueña. Due to the rather meager history of beer so far, there was a lot to do before the brewery opened: Neither barley nor hops were among the crops in the region, so the farmers of Cusco first had to be convinced to grow them. The first malthouse in Peru opened its doors in 1911.
The small brewery Cusqueña made a significant contribution to the popularity of beer in Peru and became the main producer in their region in the mid-1950s. After a name change and the acquisition by the largest beer company in Peru, the company has built up a good position in the national and international beer market. The brewery's beers represent the culture of Peru and are still brewed there. One of our favorites from the Cusqueña house is theirDark Lager . The fine beer shines in a ruby-red chestnut tone in the glass and is adorned with a hazelnut-brown head of foam. An intense composition of roasted grain, caramel, delicately melting chocolate, toasted nuts, raisins and dark berries runs like a red thread through smell and taste.
Convince yourself of the art of brewing Peru and treat yourself to a wonderful beer from Cusqueña!
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It used to be that water cooling was left for the very hardcore overclockers. The thought of liquid running through a computer case scared many computer enthusiasts, including me. Thanks to companies like Thermaltake, water cooling is becoming much more mainstream. We are going to take a look at one water cooling solution offered by Thermaltake, the Big Water 12cm Liquid Cooling System.
Thermaltake has been in business since 1999 and offers a variety of computer products including computer cases, power supplies, cooling products and accessories. In that short time they have built a good reputation for themselves for delivering quality products. So let's take a look at the Big Water Liquid Cooling System and see how it stacks up.
Thermaltake does a top notch job of packaging and shipping their products. The retail box is both sturdy and well packed, plus it is placed in a separate shipping box to protect it from any shipping damage.
This kit is very complete, and comes with everything required to set it up for use on an Intel P4 LGA 775, P4 Prescott, AMD K7 or K8 CPU. All hoses, screws, clamps, clips, and a fill bottle are included with the major components like the radiator, fan, fan speed controller, water block, pump/reservoir, coolant, and instruction manual. If you need it, it is in the kit.
The following is the official list of features, as taken from the Thermaltake website:
Universal 4 in 1 solution, compatible with Intel LGA775. P4 and AMD K7, K8 (Included AMD Sempron Series)
12cm Radiator: High performance radiator with 120x120x25 mm VR fan (1300~ 2400RPM)
All copper Waterblock:
(a). Copper waterblock with blue LED acrylic cover shining your CPU
(b). Universal clips for Intel P4 socket 775, P4, AMD K8, AMD K7, easy to install
All new Water Pump: Black powerful DC 12V water pump with blue LED
Quick Install Connector: Saving your time to install device conveniently
Water Tube: Transparent green pipes lighten your cool case
Coolant: High performance coolant with functions of water quality steadying, water scale reducing, anti-freezing and anti-rusting
Refill Water Tank: To refill water easily, also can be a back-up receiver
The following specifications for each of the three main components are from the Thermaltake website...
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Ridgerunners has monthly program meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, every month (except January) during what is traditionally the “school year” (September through April). The Club does not have programs in May, June, or July but activities other than the programs (such as the book clubs and bridge) continue year-round. There is always a kick-off party in August to launch the new program year. All meetings are at the Clubhouse at 10:30 a.m. Meetings are preceded by a social time, beginning at 10:00 a.m. that all members are encouraged to attend. Meetings are free to attend, but registration is required because of limited seating. Each meeting is followed by an optional lunch for an additional charge. It’s a great way to visit with other members.
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For the 2nd year, Ridgerunners will host the a wine festival, presented by Big Canoe Realty. The wine festival has been newly renamed Wine in the Woods! It will feature delicious food, live entertainment, and tastings of some of North Georgia’s premiere wines and craft beers. Sponsorship Opportunities.
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Join us Tuesday, September 12th at the Clubhouse to hear Taree Darby, Executive Director of Georgia’s Wine Producers, talk about Georgia’s Viticulture and Wine Industry. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. with lunch (charged to your lot #) following. The meeting is free, but registration is required due to limited seating.
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More than one million USD awarded to innovative projects using big agricultural data
More than one million USD in grants was awarded to eight Inspire Challenge projects that leverage CGIAR data to solve agriculture development challenges.
The four pilot project winners and four scale-up winners were announced on the final day of the third annual Big Data in Agriculture Convention, attended by more than 650 experts and members of the global scientific community, and held at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
Pilot project grants of 100,000 USD were awarded to:
- Hungry cities: Inclusive food markets in Africa
- Real-time East Africa live groundwater use database
- Gamifying weather forecasting: “Let it rain” campaign
- Rapid genomic detection of aquaculture pathogens
Scale-up grants were awarded to four of last year’s winners who demonstrated exceptional results, proven viability, and potential for impact. Scale-up funds grants are given to support pilots with the greatest scaling and impact potential to mature further and strengthen their business case to the point that they are able to attract investment capital
Scale-up grants were awarded to:
- Winner (250,000 USD): Pest and disease monitoring by using artificial intelligence
- Runner-up (125,000 USD): Revealing informal food flows through free WiFi
- Runner-up (125,000 USD): An integrated data pipeline for small-scale fisheries
- Runner-up (125,000 USD): Using Commercial Microwave Links (CML) to estimate rainfalls
To date, the Challenge has awarded more than two million USD to innovative pilot projects using big data approaches to advance agricultural research and development.
The winners are groundbreaking innovations with real potential for developmental impact, have mobilized underused or misused data, and demonstrate meaningful partnerships with CGIAR and other sector members.
More than 150 applications from across the world were submitted for the 2019 Challenge, a record number of submissions. Proposals were accepted for four categories: revealing food systems, monitoring pests and diseases, sensing and renewing ecosystems, and empowering data-driven farming.
The applications underwent a preliminary judging phase, and ten finalists were selected to pitch to a panel of expert judges at the 2019 Big Data in Agriculture Convention.
Judges for the pilot project grants included Ana Castillo Leska (Inter-American Development Bank), Cheryl Porter (University of Florida), Carolyn Florey (the International Rice Research Institute), and Courtney Heldreth (Google).
The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture embraces the power of big data analytics, supporting CGIAR as it becomes a leader in generating actionable data-driven insights. It builds capacity throughout CGIAR to generate and manage big data, assisting CGIAR and its partners’ efforts to comply with open access/open data principles to unlock important research and datasets. It also empowers researchers to strengthen data analytical capacity, developing practical big data tools and services in a coordinated way, and it addresses critical gaps, both organizational and technical, expanding the horizon of CGIAR research. The Platform is co-led by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is a not-for-profit international agriculture research organization. ICRISAT works across sub-Saharan Africa and Asia with a wide array of partners. The semi-arid tropics or drylands cover 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries and are home to over two billion people. ICRISAT is headquartered in Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and six country offices in sub-Saharan Africa.
CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food-secure future dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security and improving natural resources. CIAT, IFPRI and ICRISAT are members of the CGIAR Consortium.
October 21, 2019
CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture
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S- we were asked to fluff a patio at a new Scott+Cooner model condo at the Four Seasons. They asked last friday and were hoping pretty pretty please if we might be able to have it completed in time for a party wed night. to which we said… bien sur.
These condos are really swank a rama- and you know that i know some swank when i swee it. And here’s my new swank-o-meter:: they have an air-conditioned loading dock. Michael Graves designed all the patios to be extra living rooms- which many places say, but here it actually works. We’re looking forward to visiting again very soon. xoxojb
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Here's some good stuff to peruse:
First here's Scott Adams who touts his 100% correct prediction rate in the presidential circus so far:
Here's the money quote:
Identity always beats analogy
Analogy always beats reason
Reason beats nothing
Nothing at all. Reason is a voice crying in the wilderness it would seem. This would explain why Trump is leading on the Republican side identifying with the "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more" crowd, and why Hillary is (was?) leading on the Dem side identifying as a woman. Hills problem is trying to identify as a feminist while getting a big warm endorsement from Bill.
Trumps weakness is the same one Sanders has, namely no real answer to the question of "How you gonna do that?" which is cropping up occasionally to both of them, but hey, Reason beats nothing.
Jeff Deist at Mises daily on PC
Jeff talks about the PC culture, where it comes from and what to do about it. this seems to be a scholarly and much shorter version of Vox Day's book on SJW's who live or die on whether people buy into the PC they're selling.
Like all propaganda, PC fundamentally is a lie. It is about refusing to deal with the underlying nature of reality, in fact attempting to alter that reality by legislative and social fiat. A is no longer A.And Sarah Hoyt on persuasion
This covers how to sell a lie.
She's seen a lot of it.
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Updated July 17
It’s hot. You want ice cream. What flavor do you seek out? According to Google Trends, cookies and cream dominates the U.S. map. After that, the most-searched ice cream flavors are as vanilla as vanilla, chocolate and strawberry — in most states. But not in Pa.
In Pennsylvania, the ice cream flavor people scour for most is bright pink teaberry.
Tea-what? If you’ve never heard of the treat that’s intriguing Pennsylvanians, know that its name and appearance can be deceiving. With its Pepto Bismol hue, teaberry ice cream looks like it might have a bubble-gum-like sugariness, but the actual taste is intensely minty — much stronger than standard mint chocolate chip.
The name “teaberry” isn’t just cutesy. They’re a real red fruits, native to the Atlantic Seaboard. The plant is also sometimes known as American Wintergreen. Yep, that sounds familiar because it’s a common flavor for chewing gum.
In fact, if you were to ask East Coast Baby Boomers about teaberry ice cream, chances are they’d fondly remember Clark’s Teaberry Gum. In the early 1900s, a man named Charles Burke experimented with chewing gum flavors in his Pittsburgh basement. When he concocted a rose pink stick that tasted like mint, Clark’s acquired the patent and began production. The gum quickly became a cult favorite.
Even though Clark’s has been since discontinued, the teaberry flavor has since been immortalized in the form of ice cream. The stuff can be found at various independent creameries around Pennsylvania, as well as in limited-edition runs from brands like Yuengling, Hershey’s and Turkey Hill.
One of the shops to offer the historical mint flavor is Franklin Fountain in Old City, the Market Street shop that uses authentic antique machinery to produce its roster of sweets.
The parlour, owned by brothers Eric and Ryan Berley, has had teaberry on the menu ever since opening in 2004. Franklin Fountain strives to preserve history in both its methods and its wistfully unique flavors — and Clark’s Teaberry Gum ice cream is a perfect example.
Eric Berley also has a personal connection to the flavor, he told Billy Penn. His mother used to hang antique art with Clark’s Teaberry Gum. He surmises that the novelty ice cream is searched for the most because of the love-hate relationship people have with the extra-strong taste. He’s happy it has a spot on his menu, both because they wanted another pink ice cream and because it goes perfectly with the spice of a rootbeer float. That doesn’t mean it’s popular — but he doesn’t care.
“Sadly, it’s one of our lowest selling flavors,” Berley said, “but we don’t give up on her. She’s in the cabinet to stay.”
Where to get teaberry ice cream
No shops in Philly other than Franklin Fountain seem to offer it, but if you’re looking for a food-inspired road trip across Pennsylvania, here’s a list of spots to hit up for your teaberry ice cream fix.
- Franklin Fountain, 116 Market St., Philadelphia
- Penn-Gold Ice Cream, 540 Main St., Harrisville
- Lewisburg Freez, 242 N Derr Dr., Lewisburg
- Premise Maid, 10860 Hamilton Blvd., Breinigsville
- Bank Street Creamery, 15 S. Bank St., Easton
- Emmy Lou’s Ice Cream Cafe, 492 E. Main St., Pen Argyl
- The Udder Bar, 1852 W. Allen St., Allentown
- Longacre’s, 1445 Pennsylvania Route 100, Barto
- Candy’s Homemade Ice Cream, 1085 Pottsville Pike, Shoemakersville
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Binary Cocoa has released their new game BOCO for PC, tablets and android devices at bocogame.com! You can also download the game for your mobile device and tablets on the google play store. We have been slaving the better part of 2014 to bring this game to light and are pleased to be able to share the results with everyone. Cream sodas all around!
Our major plan of attack is to show off the game at the Open West conference next month in Orem, Utah. There we will demo the game on tablets and plan to have a tournament where people will pit them selves against each other in the ultimate BOCO showdown of the century. Feel free to bring your chainmail and broad sword if it helps you feel like more of a gaming warrior. Just don’t kill anyone. Come out and share this most triumphant moment with us!
Here is what the final game looks like:
As for our other games we are putting more effort into IT Simulator, which is getting some more characters like this guy:
And this kid that whacks everything with a baseball bat:
We’re also doing some major level overhauls and adding more environments to make it more diverse. We also have a player select menu that should have people reminiscing on the old days of Street Fighter 2. Those certainly were the cool times.
Collider is is being steadily worked on by Joseph and Braden while Kawata and Stephen work on IT Simulator and Metanet Hunter:Battle. We have the first bosses for Battle working and are super happy with the results that you can see here:
We’re going crazy with the particles on this one and it’s going to be awesome. That and we have some big plans for how we are going to be building the world that we’ll share once they take shape.
Check out BOCO if you get the chance and let us know what you think!
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Mail buy girlfriends are young ladies looking to find somebody in another country. They can be careful about the look of them www.mail-order-brides-reviews.com/ and tend to be often well-groomed. Besides, these kinds of women also are delicate and gentle and wish to communicate with another partner. However , there are several things keep in mind prior to starting communicating with a mail order girlfriend. Listed below are a few tips to help you begin. Let’s check out some of them at this time.
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Dustin Byfuglien Bio, Age, Net Worth 2022, Salary, Wife, Children, Height
NHL Right Winger, who was named his first NHL All-Star game in 2011 and represents the Winnipeg Jets.
Early Days of Dustin Byfuglien
Dustin was born on March 27, 1985, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Currently, he is 34 years old with a birth sign of Aries. He is the son of Cheryl Byfuglien and Rick Spencer. Rick is African American while Cheryl is of Norwegian and Swedish descent. The couple never married. He also has a brother Calvin Spencer. Dustin holds an American nationality and belongs to mixed ethnicity.
Furthermore, he grew up in Roseau, Minnesota, and his stepfather Dale Smedso is a former ice hockey player while his birth father played football. Dustin was already exposed to ice hockey at a young age and he loved the sport immediately.
What College Did Dustin Byfuglien attend?
Byfuglien never received a formal education. He was not allowed to play at the Roseau High School academically so he moved to Warrenville, Illinois to play AAA-U18 ice hockey and then to Canada to play junior hockey. An American Ice hockey player has an appealing body figure. He stands at a height of 6 feet 5 inches and weighs 120 kg. Moreover, he has black hair color and black eyes color.
Dustin Byfuglien is a married man. He is married to Emily Byfuglien. The couple married in July 2014. They have three children. Dustin and Emily had their first child a daughter named Kira, while they still dating on the 28th of December 2011. Their second son Kai was welcomed to the world somewhere in 2015, while the youngest son named Theo was born in August 2017.
The couple lives a happily married life together. The couple lives in Winnipeg, Canada with their three children and a wire fox terrier dog in a lakeside house in Canada where Dustin an avid fisherman, enjoys going boating.
What is the Net Worth and Salary of Dustin Byfuglien?
The salary of Dustin Byfuglien in 2018 was $8 million. The Byfuglien contract stipulates salaries of $ 8 million in 2019 and $6 million in 2020. Therefore the evaluation of his net worth at $25 million. Payments for hockey players can vary considerably. Some NHL hockey players earn up to $15 million or more, though most earn significantly less.
Typically, an ice hockey star in the NHL is paid around $2.5 million a year. In non-professional hockey, the median earns about $65,000 annually. Olympic hockey players earn around $100,000 a year, depending on the country.
In addition, the Winnipeg Jets announced that they have signed Byfuglien, 30, for a five-year, $38 million contract to stay in Winnipeg. His annual average salary of $8 million makes him one of the five highest-paid defenders in the entire league. Byfuglien’s new deal also makes him the highest-paid player on the jet.
Dustin Byfuglien’s Career
- Byfuglien played against junior hockey with Western Hockey League (WHL) as Brandon Wheat Kings and Prince George Cougars. In 2003 he was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks.
- He played defense at the beginning of his career and then expanded his periphery as the team’s right-wing.
- After two seasons at Blackhawks, he joined the Rockford IceHogs.
- With the team, he was awarded the Player of the Week of the American Hockey League.
- On November 3, 2007, he returned to the Blackhawks. With the Blackhawks, he recorded his first hat-trick against Phoenix Coyotes.
- He led the Blackhawks 2010 to the titles of the Stanley Cup.
- Blackhawks won the trophy in the same year in which Dustin scored 11 goals and 5 assists.
- Afterward, in 2010, Blackhawks traded Dustin to the Atlanta Thrashers. First deployed in defense, within a few months he was appointed deputy captain of the team.
- At the All-Star Game Skill Competition in 2011, he took a shot in 2011 at 102 mph.
- On February 15, 2011, Byfuglien signed a contract for five years with 26 million US dollars at the Atlanta Thrashers.
- In the season 2011/12, he scored 12 goals and 41 assists for the Thrashers.
- His performance impressed the Winnipeg Jets and led him to complete $ 38 million in contracts for five years on February 8, 2016.
- He will stay with the Jets throughout the 2020-21 season.
- Dustin also played at the World Cup of Ice Hockey (WCH) in 2016 and represented America.
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Why Person-Centered Planning Matters
When we as a society decide people with disabilities needed support, we develop systems to help. There is nothing inherently wrong with systems. Prior to having systems to support people, our approach was to ignore people disabilities, pretend they didn’t exist most of the time and shame them and their families for their existence the rest of the time. So, having a system of support is an improvement.
Unfortunately, public systems, especially ones that involve public funding, tend to be designed and run for the benefit of the system, focused on efficiency, convenience and consolidation. In systems, individual people tend to get lost.
After decades of supporting people with system-centered care, thought leaders like Michael Smull with the Learning Community for Person Centered Practices, Beth Mount and John O’Brien, authors of “Pathfinders: People with Developmental Disabilities & Their Allies Building Communities that Work Better for Everybody,” Helen Sanderson of Helen Sanderson and Associates, Sheli Reynolds of UMKC and many other leaders started developing strategies, skills and tools to help us understand who people are and what they want from life. These leaders began pushing our systems to think differently.
The shared goal of all person-centered planning (PCT, Path, Picture of a Life, LifeCourse, etc.) is to work with the person to discover what a good life looks like to them, to understand what support they need to get that good life and be connected in meaningful ways with other people and their communities, while staying healthy and safe and to design individualized, balanced supports to help them get lives they love surrounded by people who love and value them and who they love and value.
How Person-Centered Planning Works at Bios
Bios employees who facilitate planning, such as area directors, lead program managers or program managers, use Person-Centered Thinking skills to discover:
- What is important TO the person in relation to the purpose of his or her plan. Things that are important TO the person are the things that make him/her happy, comforted, content, satisfied and fulfilled. They are the things that make the person a unique human being. Important TOs are related to people and relationships, things to do and places to go, rituals and routines, rhythm or pace of life, how resources are utilized.
- What is important FOR the person in relation to the purpose of the plan. This includes what is required for him/her to be healthy, safe and valued by others? What is the relationship between the important TOs and important FORs.
- What support is needed for the person to have a good balance between important TOs and FORs?
- What do others need to know about supporting the person best?
- What do supporters need to know or learn?
- What are the person’s goals or outcomes related to the purpose of the plan? How will he/she know when they’ve accomplished them or need to tweak them?
Once the initial discovery is complete, the facilitator may assist in gathering additional information from people who could not attend but whose opinions and support the person values. When all information is gathered, the facilitator will assemble the information into a Person-Centered Description or a One-Page Description.
The Person-Centered Description is used by Bios employees to support the person to accomplish a life they value. The life is geared towards what works best for them and empowers them to have positive control in their lives. It also helps them select staff and team members who are likely towards being a good fit and supporting them well. It discovers the system and community support and resources needed to help the person contribute to their home, family and community in ways that matter to them.
Importantly, a Person-Centered Description is not “one and done.” Person-Centered Descriptions are not “about the paper,” rather they are about using the information on paper to help people have better lives. As people change and life circumstances change, Person-Centered Descriptions also change with the needs of the person.
Lori Hauge is the chief culture office for Bios and a certified mentor trainer with the Learning Community for Person Centered Practice. To learn more about person-centered planning with Bios, email email@example.com.
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In traditional Chinese medicine, Ginkgo Biloba has been used for its circulatory properties for over 3000 years
The properties of this very robust tree are found in the leaves, they increase mental efficiency. Ginkgo is now successfully applied by Alzheimers, Dementia and Arteriosclerosis.
Dosage: 12 drops twice daily.
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- Bio alcohol content: 39.8% Vol
Important: Shake well before each use.
Note: Not to be taken by pregnant or nursing mothers, nor small children. Please keep all medication out of reach of children. Supplements should not be substituted for a balanced and varied diet. The above dosage should not be exceeded. Ginkgo Biloba herbal concentrate is not a medical drug.
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Is there anywhere to eat lunch at SEA LIFE Birmingham? We do not have any facilities where you can buy and eat lunch in the centre. If you are a school group, please visit here for information on our Lunch Room Facility. Related articles Can I eat and drink once inside SEA LIFE Birmingham? Can I bring my own food and drink into the attraction? Is there anywhere to heat up food and feed my baby? Does SEA LIFE Birmingham have a car park? Is there anywhere to store my belongings or pushchair?
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Communitech’s Chris Albinson on the state of the tech sector
The tech sector has been on a tear in recent years. And as unicorn after unicorn has emerged with billion-dollar valuations, the labour market is getting increasingly tight. So how does the sector manage that growth? Communitech CEO Chris Albinson, whose technology hub is best known for supporting startups when it comes from everything from to tapping capital to tapping talent, joins BIV Today to discuss everything from securing talent to maintaining growth. Tyler Orton hosts.
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Reviving the Past: A Guide to Starting or Buying a Restoration Business
Hello future entrepreneurs, In this article we are going to be speaking about a cool business model and that is the business of Restoring homes, buildings, and much more! This business may not be for everyone as it requires some serious work, from gutting to removing to breaking to restoring but don’t worry we will get into all of that and you can decide on your own whether you are still interested in buying a restoration business for sale or ready to start this business venture from the ground. I will break down some key questions and answers that might help you make a smarter investment, But I need you to register as a buyer above by doing this you will never miss out on any routes for sale near you or business ideas to start, Now let us get down to business!
What is a restoration business?
When thinking about restoration what is the first thing that comes to your head? Correct to restore something! Restoration companies are usually called when an individual, company, or agency needs to restore a building, structure, or objects that have suffered damage due to an accident, aging, or even from mother nature like a hurricane, or tornado.
You as a potential business owner of a restoration company should have the expertise and specialized equipment to assess the damage and come up with a plan to restore the affected objects or property. This can be anything from a simple repair to even having to replace damaged materials, sanitizing the affected areas, removing debris, and most importantly restoring the property to its original condition.
Each call can be different and each restoration will be unique so that makes the job somewhat fun yet dangerous at the same time as you will be dealing with services such as mold remediation, water damage restoration, as well as fire and smoke damage restoration, and in some cases, you can also get calls for work on historical buildings.
Your clients can range from homeowners, small and larger businesses as well as government agencies, and the work can be to restore all types of properties of various sizes and complexity. Whether you are starting or buying a restoration business for sale there are a few things to consider like having the knowledge, skills and most importantly the right equipment to repair and restore each type of damage as Each job may require its type of equipment, another thing to consider is you will not be dealing with ideal customers that need an upgrade or renovation, your customers can call you after they faced serious damages and lost valuables due to natural disasters or a fire so it is important to be considerate when dealing with this types of customers on how to approach a scene.
What does restoration work do?
Let us now dive into the actual work involved in repairing and restoring properties such as buildings, structures, or even the basic objects like molding or objects that have aged. Once you have been called for service your first job will be to assess the damage, identifying if there are any safety hazards or even structure issues, once checked this should be pointed out to the owner.
Once you figured out what is needed to be restored and repaired you should then start coming up with a restoration plan, this plan should be fully detailed and outlined with a step-by-step breakdown of what it will take to start, restore and repair any damages.
Each restoration job can involve a range of different tasks, while some may be considered a walk in the park others can take days if not weeks or months. Take for example a property that has suffered heavy water damage, your first task before anything will be to remove any standing water and make sure you dried out any water in affected areas and then you can start to repair and replace damaged materials such as the drywall, flooring or even insulation.
Now if the property has damaged a fire or smoke damage, This task is different rather than removing standing water you will need to start by removing any debris, then clean and sanitize the affected area, once done you can start to work on repairing or replacing the damaged walls, ceilings or electrical systems.
As you can each job will be different, so if you are starting a restoration business it is important to invest in all the right equipment needed, from tools for removing water to tools to remove debris as well as special equipment for drying out or sanitizing affected areas. Based on the type of restoration work needed, you will also need special to have special techniques such as mold remediation, restoration of antiques as well as historical building restorations.
With all these in place, you will need to have Grade-A communication skills and customer service skills, and as mentioned above you will be dealing with very sensitive customers that have been through emotional stress from the damages, loss of life, or anything else. You will be also working closely with clients, insurance companies, and other partners or stakeholders that may be involved in the restoration process. Your communication should also be clear, always organized, keep notes and be available for any call or meeting needed as well as always sending and sharing regular updates on the progress of the work being done, This will not only keep a customer happy but can get you more referrals for your restoration business.
Restoration work is a challenging career, it will require you to be on point from answering the call to completing the restoration but overall is a rewarding venture, Now let’s see who are some of the customers that may need your service after you acquire a restoration business for sale!
Who uses restoration companies?
Are you still here? Good! Now this part is the fun part here you will see the type of clients, agencies, and businesses that will call you for restoration work, calls range from natural disasters, accidents, or even aging. The types of clients that may use your service can vary widely and may include some or all of the following:
Homeowners: If a homeowner's home has been harmed by water, fire, smoke, or other things, they may need the help of a restoration company. Restoration companies can help fix and fix up homes to get them back to how they were before. This may include fixing or replacing damaged materials, cleaning and sanitizing the affected area, and fixing any structure or safety problems.
Businesses: If a natural disaster, an accident, or something else causes damage to a business's property, the business may need the help of a repair company. Restoration companies can help businesses get back up and running by fixing and rebuilding their property as quickly as possible. This may involve working with insurance companies and other parties.
Government agencies: To assist in repairing and restoring public properties or infrastructure that have been harmed by natural disasters or other occurrences, government entities may need the support of a restoration business. Governmental organizations and restoration companies can collaborate to evaluate the damage and create a strategy for repair that is appropriate for the community.
Museums and historical organizations: The services of a restoration company may be required by museums and historical organizations to repair and restore valuable antiquities or historical structures. Restoration companies offer specialized services, such as antique restoration and historical structure restoration, that require specialized skills and techniques.
Insurance companies: After a disaster or accident, insurance companies often work with restoration companies to help their clients fix and fix up their homes. Restoration companies can work with insurance adjusters to figure out how bad the damage is and how much it will cost to fix. They can also organize with other contractors and service providers to make sure the insured person doesn't have to worry about anything during the restoration process.
Property managers and landlords: When it comes to repairing and restoring rental properties that have been damaged as a result of natural catastrophes, accidents, or the conduct of tenants, property managers, and landlords may require the assistance of a restoration firm. Restoration businesses can work hand in hand with property managers and landlords to expeditiously return the damaged property to a presentable state while minimizing the negative impact on the ongoing stream of rental income.
Hospitals and healthcare facilities: After a disaster or accident, hospitals and other healthcare facilities may need the help of a restoration company to fix and recover their buildings. Restoration companies can work with healthcare facilities to make sure they can keep giving important services to their patients and staff in a safe and healthy setting.
Schools and universities: After a natural disaster or an event that damages school or university property, it may be necessary to hire a restoration business to help with repairs and restoration. Companies specializing in disaster restoration can assist educational institutions in making their buildings secure and functional again.
So these are just some of the many calls your restoration business may receive, But it doesn’t require you to service every type of client or industry, you can choose the type of restoration you want to focus on and market that service only.
What are the different types of restoration services?
When it comes to choosing what service or services you want to offer when starting or buying a restoration business for sale, the list of services can be many, before you choose it is important to pick the services you only have experience and knowledge in.
Here are some types of services you can offer:
Water damage restoration: This type of restoration will include cleaning up and fixing water damage from storms, broken pipes, leaks, and other causes.
Fire damage restoration: Damage from fires, such as smoke and soot, must be cleaned up and repaired in this process.
Mold remediation: This type of service means finding mold on a building, getting rid of it, and stopping it from growing again.
Smoke and odor restoration: This involves the removal of smoke and odor damage caused by fires, cigarettes, and other sources.
Storm damage restoration: Tornados, hurricanes, or busted water pipes that caused damage will require the cleanup and repair caused.
Contents Restoration: This is the process of cleaning, fixing, and restoring personal items that have been harmed by water, fire, or other things.
Historical restoration: This involves the maintenance and restoration of historical structures, landmarks, and artifacts.
Furniture restoration: This involves making repairs to, as well as restoring, old and antique pieces of furniture.
Automotive restoration: This work includes repairs and restoration of vintage automobiles and other vehicles.
Art restoration: Paintings, sculptures, and other works of art are conserved and restored as part of this process.
How do restoration companies make money?
When you start or buy a restoration business for sale you will usually charge customers for the service on work, you can take an initial deposit or get paid at the end of your dealing with insurance companies or government agencies, and your fees and prices will be different depending on the type of work that is needed.
You will have options to charge a flat rate or you can charge by the hour or even by the day, some companies charge an upfront fee, which will cover the initial assessment as well as the estimate. You can always offer to waive the estimate fee if they take your company for the job.
In regards to working with insurance companies, you will be working with these in alot of cases, when clients have a property, vehicle, or anything else that is covered by their insurance, you as a restoration business may bill the insurance company directly for their services while in other cases clients can receive a check from there insurance company and pay you directly.
But making money from clean-ups and restoration doesn't have to be the only source of income you could generate, you can also make more money by selling products and additional services, for example, cleaning supplies, rather than having equipment sitting around you can rent them out for more income or offer services like mold testing.
When it comes to how much any business can make it comes down to being creative and thinking outside the box so what else can your niche business offer?
How to value a restoration business?
If you found a restoration business for sale and you are trying to figure out whether should you buy it or not, one important factor is whether are you paying the right price for it and is the value worth the asking price, here are some tips and advice to consider:
Revenue and profitability: A big part of how much a restoration business is worth is how much money it makes and how profitable it is. This includes the money made from emergency services, building fixes, restoring items, and any other special services. The profit margins, running costs, and net income of the business can be used to figure out how profitable it is.
Client base and reputation: The customers and reputation of the restoration company are crucial factors in its valuation. A company with a large, steady clientele—including insurance firms, property managers, and homeowners—is more valuable than one with fewer or erratic customers. The reputation of the company, particularly its online evaluations, and endorsements, also affects how much it is worth.
Employees and management: The knowledge and skill of the people who work at and run the restoration business are also taken into account. A business with experienced, well-trained employees and a good management team is worth more than one with a lot of employees leaving and bad management.
Assets and equipment: The restoration business's assets and equipment, such as trucks, tools, and specialist equipment, are also considered in its assessment. The age and quality of the assets and equipment, as well as the cost of replacing or upgrading them, should be considered.
Market conditions and competition: The valuation of a restoration business also takes into account the current market conditions and level of competition in the industry. A business with high demand for restoration services in a competitive market is more valuable than one in a saturated or declining market.
These are some of the factors you can consider when buying a restoration business for sale, a valuation can be determined by using some of these factors or all such as the multiple of earnings methods. But it is important to also consider hiring a business broker or even a qualified business appraiser to help and ensure that the asking price is the true value of the restoration business.
Why are restoration services so important?
If you are going to invest in a restoration business for sale or even start one is it important you are passionate as well as understand why your service is important not just how much you can make. Restoration services are valuable services for property managers, landlords as well as insurance companies, They rely on restoration companies when it comes to water damage, fire damage, or mold damage, here I will list some reasons why your next restoration business can be a valuable service:
Prevent further damage: When property damage occurs, such as water damage from a burst pipe or fire damage from a kitchen fire, immediate action must be taken to prevent further damage. In the long run, restoration services can save property owners time, money, and tension by mitigating the damage and preventing its spread.
Save personal belongings: Personal things, such as furniture, clothing, and sentimental items, can be damaged when a property is harmed. Restoration services can assist in salvaging and restoring these valuables, which can be a tremendous relief for property owners who may have assumed they were lost forever.
Ensure safety: Some kinds of damage, like mold or asbestos, can be very bad for your health if you live or work in the building. Restoration services can help find and easily get rid of these dangers, making sure the people who live there are safe.
Reduce insurance costs: Some kinds of damage, like mold or asbestos, can be very bad for your health if you live or work in the building. Restoration services can help find and easily get rid of these dangers, making sure the people who live there are safe.
Restore property value: Some kinds of damage, like mold or asbestos, can be very bad for your health if you live or work in the building. Restoration services can help find and easily get rid of these dangers, making sure the people who live there are safe.
Restoration businesses play a crucial role in helping individuals and businesses recover from disasters and lower the risk of damage to their personal belongings. Additionally, restoration services can help ensure the safety of building occupants and can even help lower insurance costs for customers.
Whether you're buying a restoration company or starting one from scratch, it's important to understand the value of the services you offer. By understanding the unique value proposition of your business, you can make better-informed decisions about pricing, marketing, and expansion. Ultimately, the success of a restoration business relies on providing high-quality services that meet the needs of your customers, while also running a financially sustainable operation.
What are the pros and cons of owning a restoration business?
We broke down alot above from how the business works, to how to charge and even how to value a restoration business for sale, if that is not enough here we will list some pros and cons of owning a restoration company!
Pros of starting or buying a restoration business for sale:
High demand: The need for restoration services is constant, and skilled restoration specialists will always be in demand.
Recession-resistant: As damage can occur at any time and often requires immediate attention, restoration services are typically recession-proof.
Variety of services: Emergency services, structural repairs, and content restoration are just a few of the services your restoration business can offer.
Opportunity for growth: Your Restoration company can grow its revenue and profitability by expanding your services and clients.
Positive impact: Your Restoration business can benefit its customers by assisting them in restoring their homes and belongings after damage.
Cons of starting or buying a restoration business for sale:
Emotional toll: Restoration work can be stressful because it sometimes entails assisting individuals through painful situations.
Physical demands: Long hours, heavy lifting, and exposure to toxic materials can all make restoration work physically demanding.
Seasonal fluctuations: Various types of damage, such as floods or storms, may be more common at different times of the year, causing seasonal swings in business.
High competition: Many businesses compete for the same clients and contracts in the restoration industry, which may be extremely competitive, so it is crucial to building a customer base to have them refer clients.
Liability risks: Restoration companies may face potential concerns such as property damage or personal injury lawsuits.
In conclusion, every business will have its ups and downs and its good and bad but it is still important to consider all the pros and cons before investing, Like getting to understand the industry better or the amount of competition involved. These can help you better decisions when starting or buying a restoration business for sale. Overall a restoration business can be a lucrative and rewarding career with much room for expansion, So you if you like the idea of making something worn and torn and returning it brand new, this business can be a great fit for you!
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Disclaimer: The information provided in this article is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered legal advice. The laws and regulations regarding business licenses may vary from state to state and are subject to change. It is important to contact your local state office to determine which licenses are required for any specific businesses. Additionally, please note that this article contains affiliate links and we may earn a commission from our affiliate partners or Amazon links. If you are considering starting a business, it is recommended that you seek the advice of a qualified lawyer, business broker, or professional in your area. The information provided in this article is not a substitute for professional advice and should not be relied upon as such.
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Believe you should have an improved possibility of meeting a love through buddies instead Tinder? According to a current survey by web site Mic, you’re probably appropriate.
Mic, a news internet site providing specifically to Millennials, decided to get to the bottom of internet dating applications and online matchmaking to figure out exactly how folks in interactions are actually meeting. Whilst looks like, for all the hype of Tinder â (and great news for any online-dating averse) â even more partners have met through pals, work plus real-life personal situations in place of over the Internet.
Mic surveyed a lot more than 2,300 folks between 18 and 34 yrs . old, and it works out, almost all them â very sugar mommas near mely 39percent – came across their particular SOs through mutual friends, despite being a portion of the Tinder/ matchmaking application generation. The next biggest group â 22% of participants – found through real life personal conditions, particularly at events or pubs. Eighteen percent came across at your workplace. When considering internet dating, not as much as 10percent of respondents came across that way, much less than six % fulfilled through social media. (Although is fair to social media marketing, this can be very extraordinary, great deal of thought wasn’t around almost provided internet dating has.)
Current Pew learn discloses that online dating sites is getting recognition among the list of masses – 59percent of People in america today think that this is a good way to satisfy some one. But it seems that, almost all of folks nonetheless are not meeting their unique subsequent connections like that.
There can be a reason we still like to meet through pals. Obtaining the endorsement of somebody you want and depend on goes a long way, particularly in the online dating marketplace where terrible conduct belongs to the ability. It really is like a tiny bit insurance plan against satisfying some body â a total stranger – who might end up as upsetting or even risky.
This can be noticeable when you look at the matchmaking app globe, in which meeting visitors on the net is prevalent. However, that many programs have some particular confirmation through social networking â such as, demanding customers to have a genuine fb profile before being able to utilize the software â implies that there is a desire for validation before agreeing to a romantic date. Some applications have chosen to take this method one step further, linking men and women on the web merely through shared social media pals (much like Hinge), or becoming an invitation-only app, such as for instance utilizing the League.
Just what does this indicate for the next generation of on line daters? Dating programs and online relationship are certainly here to stay â it looks like the technology could keep gravitating towards common connections, either through social media or in true to life.
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Complete renovation, including styling and decoration, completed to a very high standard; this is my ‘turnkey’ solution. If you lack the time, or just do not want to get involved in the whole process of turning property into a flawlessly finished and well-designed ready-to-live in house, office or hospitality property, I am there to help you out.
I can assist from the time of purchase to the point where the property is ready to be used. Whether the property is to be rented out, or it is to become your private living space.
With my experience in interior design and styling, I can be of great help when you are looking for a reliable and skilled partner in property development.
At the moment I concentrate my business on the region between and including The Hague and Amsterdam. If you however have a project elsewhere, please contact me to discuss the options.
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This this as part of a tutorial series for 3dtotal.
There’s a before and after, here’s the before…
Fair wee bit of post work done in Photoshop but lots done in Blender. To see the tutorial just head over to 3dTotal and look through their recent tutorials.
More work on instagram: instagram.com/andywalshart/
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I am new to blender and i have a question about the wire button in the materal settings. Is it posible to addjust the width an thickness of the lines that are rendered? or is there an other way in blender to work with lines in 3d space that have a width an thickness so the line actualy has volume. (without having to model everything that way)
I don’t think there is.
The wireframe was never intended to be used as a material or whichever you’d like to achieve.
you may be able to add some thickness by layering wire-frame renders on top of each other in the video editor for example, but as to how else to regulate it any further without ugly results, it’s too late in the night for my brain to work;)
jms has a script called Tesselate and Cambo has one called WireFrame. Both can do it.
I think if you shrink your model the wire will be thicker. and if you do the oposit it will get thiner.
I am not sur But I think
thank you for the tip and link! it works good!
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I have a group of Stealth Cams placed around my property to track wildlife movement and other activities. I found that a few of them were not working.
Inspecting them further, I realized that these Stealth Cams are not turning on. I searched online to find solutions to this annoying problem.
Realizing that there are not a lot of solutions to this particular issue, I decided to write an article addressing troubleshooting methods to solve this issue including my experience with Stealth Cam customer support.
If your Stealth Cam is not turning on, check and replace batteries, check the hardware for water damage, and check for display issues. If the issue persists, power cycle and reset your Stealth Cam. If these solutions do not work, contact Stealth Cam support.
Before you attempt any other solutions in this article, make sure that you have toggled your Stealth Cam switch to the 'ON' position.
If that check is complete and your Stealth Cam is still not turning on, it is time to move on to the troubleshooting methods described in detail below.
Power Cycle and Reset the Stealth Cam
One of the first solutions you should attempt is to power cycle or reset your Stealth Cam.
To do this, you can either take the batteries out of the tray, wait a few seconds and then put them back in.
Or you can find the power button on the back of your device.
Press and hold, if necessary, for a few seconds to turn off your Stealth Cam. Like before, wait a few seconds before powering it back up.
Two of my Stealth Cams were failing to turn on even after I tried to power cycle them, following which I contacted Stealth Cam customer support.
They gave me the advice of taking out the batteries and keeping the power button on for close to an hour or longer.
Stealth Cam customer support claimed that these devices have an internal battery and that doing this process will drain the internal battery to zilch.
After doing this process, you can pop the batteries back into the tray and insert them back into your Stealth Cam.
Check and Replace Batteries
The straightforward answer to why your Stealth Cam is not turning on could be due to issues with the batteries, such as corroded batteries, dirt or other debris blocking the contact ports, or simply dead batteries.
If you use multiple models of Trail Cams like me, it is possible that you have placed the batteries in your Stealth Cam in the wrong configuration especially due to the large number of batteries required.
This is a common mistake that happens when you rush during setting up your Trail Cam.
Therefore, it is worthwhile to check if you have placed the battery ends positive to positive and negative to negative.
It is possible that there are a few batteries in your pack that are bad.
To make sure that this is not the issue, replace the entire pack with fresh ones to check if this is in fact the problem.
If you found that replacing the battery pack has solved your issue and you want to find out the bad batteries, you can always test these batteries individually.
Battery testers are available on Amazon for a few dollars and it is a worthwhile purchase if you use a lot of Trail Cams.
Every battery that you check should have a voltage reading of at least 1.6V. Replace batteries with readings less than this value.
If all batteries show a value of 1.6V or higher and your Stealth Cam is still not turning on, the connection ports could potentially be corroded, especially if you use Alkaline batteries.
If you find indicators of corrosion, take out all the batteries from the tray. Clean the connection ports with vinegar using Q-tips.
Be thorough while you clean the tray and do not worry about the vinegar as it will evaporate within 5-10 minutes when kept open.
Place the batteries back into the tray and turn ON your Stealth Cam.
Check Hardware for Water Damage
Your Stealth Cams are most likely placed outdoors where is it exposed to everchanging weather conditions including early morning dew and rainfall.
It is possible that your hardware has been damaged by water accumulation. We know that water and electronics do not go hand in hand.
If you have noted signs of moisture under the battery tray, you should see it as a warning sign that your Stealth Cam is exposed to conditions that can potentially cause water damage.
Stealth Cams are weather and water-resistant but not waterproof.
The difference is that your Trail Cam is able to resist the penetration of water up to a certain point beyond which they are damaged.
To figure out how much is too much, check your Stealth Cam IP rating. IP stands for Ingress Protection. This rating comes with two digits, for example, IP55.
The first digit after 'IP' stands for the rating of the device towards dust and debris. The second digit stands for the rating of the device towards liquids.
Since Stealth Cams are not water resistant, rain seal your Cam to protect it from water damage.
If you find that your device is in fact affected by water damage, you should consider giving your Stealth Cam for repairs as the extent of damage is hard to ascertain.
Check for Display Issues
What if your Stealth Cam is in fact turning on but you could not realize it as the LCD screen is not lighting up?
LCD screens are notorious for being one of the first components to malfunction in an electronic device. So this is very much a possibility.
However, if the problem lies with the LCD screen, it is easy to check but hard to solve as in most cases, nothing short of replacing the screen will resolve the issue.
To check if your Stealth Cam LCD screen is the issue, turn the camera on as you normally would.
Make a motion in front of the camera to trigger a response that would be captured.
Make sure you make a significant enough movement for your Cam to register it and check your Stealth Cam SD card to see if any images were captured.
Even if the LCD screen is not working, it does not necessarily mean that the rest of the components of your Stealth Cam is not working.
Contact Stealth Cam Support
If you have exhausted all troubleshooting methods explained in this article, it is time that you directly contact Stealth Cam customer support.
My personal opinion is that you directly phone them to address your issue as it will help resolve your issue or reach a conclusion faster than exchanging emails to and fro over a period of time.
You might not be the only person facing this issue as the customer base of Stealth Cam is relatively large.
So there might already be an infrastructure in place to solve this issue.
So make sure you reach out to Stealth Cam support.
All electronics undergo regular wear and tear. But these devices, keeping the terrains and conditions they are subjected to in mind, suffer through tough scenarios.
The Stealth Cam user community is relatively large and helpful in bringing out bugs and solutions.
Hopefully, some of the troubleshooting tips mentioned in this article have helped resolve issues with your Stealth Cam.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
How do I know if my Stealth Cam is working?
To check the status of your Stealth Cam, press the sync button below the battery tray. Check the sticker on the battery tray to see what the LED indicator codes mean.
If you receive red LED codes for any of the indicators and do not know what to do, you can always contact customer support using the number given on the sticker.
Do Stealth Cams have a warranty?
Stealth Cams have a warranty period of 1 year. Using the device beyond this period or tampering with it or any unauthorized service will void the warranty coverage of Stealth Cams.
How can I remove moisture from my Stealth Cam?
To remove moisture from your Stealth Cam, keep silica gel sachets inside the camera to avoid internal build-up of condensation.
These sachets can absorb water up to three times their own weight. Using these can definitely reduce moisture accumulation if you plan on placing your Stealth Cam in places with high humidity or rainfall.
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We are now seeing the first indications of having Cryptocurrencies fully backed by a physical product – Gold. The Perth Mint in Australia is developing a CryptoGold product based on the security and trust underlying the BLOCKCHAIN. Look for a new asset class of value in late 2018.
Presently Cryptocurrencies run on the BLOCKCHAIN, but lacks a physical backing. As long as enough individuals believe in and want a cryptocurrency; use it as a store of value, investment or transaction purposes; and there is a limited supply of the cryptocurrency – their price will go up or fluctuate wildly. The price is based on supply and demand for a digital entry on a transparent, distributed ledger.
Now CryptoGold will become more accessible to the man-on-the-street. It will be a Cryptocurrency which is backed by physical gold bars with a fully distributed, transparent record of that bar from miner to buyer to future buyers. Individuals will not have to carry that gold with them, but will always have verifiable physical ownership and be able to sell or exchange it for goods and services, including Fiat Currencies. The BLOCKCHAIN is incorruptible and hack proof.
Individuals around the world are looking for something different to keep their savings in: something outside of bonds; something outside of the financial market – a physically backed asset that has their trust.
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Blockchain technology has emerged as a transformative force, revolutionizing various industries, including finance. In this article, we will explore the fundamentals of blockchain technology and its crucial role in facilitating secure and efficient cross-border payments. From its decentralized structure to enhanced transparency and immutability, blockchain technology offers a range of benefits that are reshaping the landscape of international transactions.
In today’s interconnected world, cross-border payments have become increasingly important. However, traditional payment systems are often plagued by issues such as delays, high costs, and lack of transparency. Blockchain technology presents a promising solution to these challenges, providing a decentralized, secure, and transparent platform for cross-border payments. In this article, we will delve into the key concepts of blockchain technology and its impact on cross-border transactions.
What is Blockchain Technology?
At its core, blockchain technology is a distributed ledger that records transactions across multiple computers or nodes. Each transaction, or block, is linked to the previous one, forming a chain of blocks. This decentralized structure ensures that no single entity has complete control over the data, making it resistant to tampering and fraud. Blockchain technology operates on a consensus mechanism, where multiple participants validate and verify transactions, ensuring the integrity of the system.
The Role of Blockchain in Cross-Border Payments
Enhanced Security and Trust
Blockchain technology provides enhanced security for cross-border payments. Each transaction is recorded on the blockchain and encrypted using advanced cryptographic techniques. Once a transaction is added to the blockchain, it becomes virtually immutable, meaning it cannot be altered or tampered with. This level of security instills trust in the payment process, reducing the risk of fraud or unauthorized manipulation.
Transparency is a critical aspect of cross-border payments, especially when multiple intermediaries are involved. Blockchain technology introduces transparency by providing a shared, decentralized ledger visible to all participants. This allows for real-time tracking and auditing of transactions, ensuring accountability and reducing the potential for errors or discrepancies.
Traditional cross-border payments often involve numerous intermediaries, each charging fees for their services. Blockchain technology eliminates the need for intermediaries, streamlining the payment process and reducing associated costs. By bypassing third-party financial institutions, cross-border payments can be executed directly between parties, resulting in significant cost savings.
The decentralized nature of blockchain technology enables faster settlement of cross-border payments. Traditional transactions can take several days or even weeks to complete, due to the involvement of multiple banks and clearinghouses. With blockchain, transactions can be processed and settled more efficiently, often within minutes, thanks to the elimination of intermediaries and the automation of the verification process.
Blockchain technology has the potential to promote financial inclusion by providing access to cross-border payments for underserved populations. Traditional banking systems can be inaccessible to individuals in remote or underbanked areas. By leveraging blockchain technology, individuals with a smartphone and internet connection can participate in cross-border transactions, expanding financial opportunities globally.
Overcoming Challenges and Future Outlook
While blockchain technology holds immense potential for revolutionizing cross-border payments, it also faces challenges. Scalability, regulatory frameworks, and interoperability are areas that need further development and standardization. However, the continuous advancements in blockchain technology, coupled with increasing adoption and collaboration between stakeholders, are paving the way for a future where cross-border payments are more secure, efficient, and accessible than ever before.
Immutable and Tamper-Proof Transactions
- Blockchain technology ensures the immutability and integrity of transactions recorded on the blockchain.
- Each transaction is cryptographically linked to the previous one, creating an unalterable chain of blocks.
- This tamper-proof nature of blockchain transactions provides a high level of trust and security in cross-border payments.
Decentralization and Trustless Transactions
- Blockchain operates on a decentralized network, eliminating the need for a central authority to validate transactions.
- Trust is established through consensus mechanisms, where multiple participants verify and validate transactions.
- This decentralization removes the reliance on intermediaries, increasing trust and efficiency in cross-border payments.
Smart Contracts for Automated Payments
- Smart contracts are self-executing contracts with predefined rules and conditions stored on the blockchain.
- They automate payment settlements in cross-border transactions based on the fulfillment of specific criteria.
- Smart contracts eliminate the need for manual intervention, ensuring accurate and timely payments between parties.
Interoperability for Seamless Transactions
- Interoperability refers to the ability of different blockchain networks to communicate and interact with each other.
- Blockchain interoperability is crucial for cross-border payments, enabling seamless transactions between diverse blockchain ecosystems.
- Efforts are being made to develop standards and protocols to enhance interoperability and facilitate cross-chain transactions.
Blockchain-Based Identity Verification
- Blockchain technology can revolutionize identity verification in cross-border payments.
- By storing identity information on the blockchain, individuals can securely and privately verify their identities.
- This reduces the need for repetitive identity verification processes, streamlining cross-border transactions and enhancing security.
Potential for Reduced Remittance Costs
- Remittances often come with high fees, especially for cross-border transactions.
- Blockchain technology has the potential to reduce these costs by eliminating intermediaries and reducing transaction fees.
- The direct peer-to-peer nature of blockchain-based remittances can result in significant cost savings for individuals and businesses.
Enhanced Security and Fraud Prevention
Blockchain technology provides enhanced security for cross-border payments. Each transaction is encrypted and recorded on the blockchain, making it difficult for unauthorized parties to manipulate or tamper with the transaction data. The decentralized nature of blockchain ensures that there is no single point of failure, making it highly secure against cyberattacks. Additionally, the use of cryptographic techniques and consensus mechanisms ensures the integrity and authenticity of transactions, reducing the risk of fraud in cross-border payments.
Improved Transparency and Accountability
Transparency is a fundamental characteristic of blockchain technology, offering increased visibility and accountability in cross-border payments. Every transaction recorded on the blockchain is transparent and visible to all participants in the network. This transparency reduces the risk of disputes, as each party can independently verify and validate the transaction details. Additionally, the immutability of blockchain records ensures an accurate and auditable transaction history, providing a high level of transparency in cross-border payments.
Streamlined Compliance and Regulatory Processes
Blockchain technology has the potential to streamline compliance and regulatory processes in cross-border payments. By storing transaction information on the blockchain, authorities can easily access and monitor cross-border transactions, enhancing regulatory oversight. Smart contracts can also be programmed to enforce compliance with regulatory requirements, automatically executing predefined rules and conditions. This automation reduces the administrative burden and ensures adherence to regulatory frameworks, improving the efficiency of cross-border payment compliance processes.
Greater Financial Inclusion and Access
Blockchain technology opens up opportunities for greater financial inclusion and access to cross-border payments. Traditional banking systems may be inaccessible or unaffordable for individuals in underserved areas or developing countries. However, with blockchain-based solutions, individuals with internet access and a smartphone can participate in cross-border transactions, bypassing the need for a traditional bank account. This empowers individuals and businesses by providing them with direct access to global financial networks, fostering economic growth and inclusion.
Efficient Cross-Border Settlements
The decentralized nature of blockchain technology facilitates faster and more efficient cross-border settlements. Traditional cross-border settlements can involve multiple intermediaries, resulting in delays, high costs, and complexities. Blockchain eliminates the need for intermediaries, allowing for direct peer-to-peer transactions. With smart contracts automating the verification and settlement process, cross-border settlements can be completed in real-time or near real-time, enhancing efficiency and reducing settlement times.
These additional subtopics delve deeper into the advantages and implications of blockchain technology in cross-border payments, highlighting aspects such as enhanced security, transparency, streamlined compliance, financial inclusion, and efficient settlements.
Reducing Intermediary Risks and Costs
Blockchain technology eliminates the need for multiple intermediaries in cross-border payments, reducing the associated risks and costs. Traditional payment systems often involve banks, payment processors, and clearinghouses, each charging fees for their services. By leveraging blockchain technology, cross-border transactions can occur directly between parties, cutting out intermediaries and lowering transaction costs. This direct peer-to-peer approach not only reduces fees but also minimizes the potential for errors, delays, and disputes caused by the involvement of multiple intermediaries.
Facilitating Cross-Border Trade and E-commerce
Blockchain technology facilitates cross-border trade and e-commerce by providing a secure and transparent platform for transactions. In traditional cross-border trade, the verification and transfer of goods and payments can be time-consuming and complex. With blockchain, smart contracts can automate and streamline these processes, ensuring that goods are delivered and payments are executed upon the fulfillment of predefined conditions. This eliminates the need for intermediaries, reduces transaction costs, and enhances the efficiency of cross-border trade and e-commerce.
Mitigating Currency Exchange Risks
Cross-border transactions often involve currency conversions, exposing parties to exchange rate risks and associated costs. Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies, such as stablecoins, can provide a solution by enabling cross-border transactions without the need for immediate currency conversions. Parties can transact using a stablecoin that is pegged to a specific fiat currency, reducing exchange rate risks and simplifying the payment process. This mitigates currency volatility and enables smoother cross-border transactions, especially in regions where access to stable currencies is limited.
Improving Liquidity for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Blockchain technology can improve liquidity for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) engaging in cross-border transactions. Traditional banking systems often have stringent requirements and lengthy approval processes for SMEs to access financing and credit facilities. Blockchain-based platforms, such as decentralized finance (DeFi) and peer-to-peer lending platforms, offer alternative financing options for SMEs. These platforms leverage blockchain’s transparency and smart contract capabilities to facilitate access to capital, enabling SMEs to participate more actively in cross-border trade and expand their business operations.
Enabling Micropayments and Microtransactions
Blockchain technology enables micropayments and microtransactions, allowing for the transfer of small amounts with minimal transaction fees. This has significant implications for cross-border transactions involving small-scale payments, such as digital content purchases, subscription services, or freelance work. Traditional payment systems often impose high fees or minimum transaction thresholds that make small-scale cross-border transactions uneconomical. With blockchain-based cryptocurrencies, parties can engage in cost-effective micropayments, fostering greater participation in the global digital economy.
These additional subtopics further explore the advantages of blockchain technology in cross-border payments, highlighting areas such as reducing intermediary risks and costs, facilitating cross-border trade and e-commerce, mitigating currency exchange risks, improving liquidity for SMEs, and enabling micropayments and microtransactions.
Blockchain technology is reshaping the landscape of cross-border payments. Its decentralized structure, enhanced security, transparency, cost efficiency, and potential for financial inclusion are transforming the way we conduct international transactions. As blockchain technology continues to evolve and overcome challenges, its role in facilitating secure and efficient cross-border payments will become increasingly prominent, ushering in a new era of global financial connectivity.
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A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul
In general, we are not aware of the destructive nature of our desires, which float in our heads.
These outcomes can come at the expense of the peace you had, before launching the project for reaching your goals.
Who Should Read “The Desire Map”? And Why?
“The Desire Map” doesn’t come with a prescription since it’s written in a style accessible to 10-year-olds.
Such open-minded ideas are bringing hope to people that are feeling lost between the desires and the likelihood of their happening.
About Danielle LaPorte
Danielle LaPorte is Canadian author, entrepreneur and a motivational speaker born on May 25th, 1969 in Ontario. So far, she wrote three books all covering complex niches varying from entrepreneurship to spirituality.
“The Desire Map Summary”
Without the emotional pull for achieving something, the world would have suffered from stagnation. The key is to maintain balance, and not be at the mercy of never-ending desire sensations.
Danielle LaPorte doesn’t insult any of you when she explains what a desire means. Although we are aware of its power, we neglect their rise to power and existential appearance.
To cut a long story short, desire has the capacity to put words into action. It is sort of the basis for such endeavor that you mustn’t take for granted. Referred as the power of wanting, we expand on this a little more.
The bottom line is, if you take creativity to illustrate a powerful engine for getting you from point A to point B, you are close to reaching the final destination. If that’s something you tend to explore, let’s roll!
If you are secretly devising a plan or plotting a success-ending campaign, you’ll need all the help you can get. Desire is never the final result since, from the very beginning, it gives us the edge to thrive on challenges that you intend to overcome.
However, just like anything else, plans are not always straightforward, because not everyone can endure during the culmination phase. At that point, you may feel like your life is drifting off course, and something needs to be done, quickly.
For instance, if you are hungry and a desire for food emerges, you mind subtly creates a case for finding a source of nutrients. If it doesn’t go according to plan, you’ll get angry, and that’s the price of desires.
A pack of wolves, sharing a collective mindset – meat hunters, they have the same desire – so what happens next? The same thing occurs in team sports; several individuals share a collective awareness to handle the passion that just arose. It represents the cause of action.
Is that the spark you desperately waited for, or you’re troubled by it? No one will ever know except you! In all honesty, you cannot eradicate “The Desire Map” nor should you become fully dependent on it.
Keeping your hopes alive, is the toughest step in the sequence. In general, we all have got burned from our expectations, but that doesn’t mean to stop trying. Even reproduction would become impossible without sexual desire, and such circumstances will bring us to the verge of existence as humans.
Don’t become the master of distraction, don’t run away from the problem. Such unproductive behavior is caused by various elements able to trigger suffering and other useless feelings.
Employers who promote individuality and trust their associates and employees can theoretically be counted at one’s fingers. Ignoring the call for help from your heart is like not going to the hospital after being severely wounded.
Such emotional bloodshed is a worst-case scenario for dream-seekers. In the following example, Danielle LaPorte explains her viewpoints more openly:
Imagine you are working for a top-notch company, and recently you’ve been given promotion and a salary increase. However, deep down inside, you observe the hatred towards the job, but the money is good, so you continue doing it.
The logical aspect of one’s mind is too compelling to outmatch the heart. In fact, the price you pay for such job is far greater than the gain. Think about it; you are a robot, a corporate slave, don’t underestimate yourself for higher income.
What are you trying to achieve? Earn more money or be happy? Be concrete! The goal of life is drawn to this last conclusion, and whatsoever arises out if it! Free yourself from competing, and improve your inner state of being, by openly confronting hypocrisy.
People can also come across a situation where their desires don’t match, and they are forced to choose between them. In such tricky circumstances, one must make up a list of all the good things that emerge from each one of them. Once you’ve done that, you can take your pick.
For instance, you cannot aspire to live in a remote wilderness, absent technology and yet hope for professional success. Sounds very reasonable, doesn’t it?
Key Lessons from “The Desire Map”
1. The real-life goal
2. Being cornered by unrelated aspirations
3. Deal with yourself, once and for all
The real-life goal
Our desires are of relative nature; they grow, decline, shift, modify, etc. To keep them working for you is essential that you are not becoming their slave.
If you are not sure what we are talking about, think again. Having a vision doesn’t mean that you sacrifice everything for getting that outcome within reach.
Being cornered by unrelated aspirations
People can also come across a situation where their desires don’t match, and they are forced to choose between them. In such tricky circumstances, one must make up a list of all the good things that emerge from each one of them. Once you’ve done that, you take your pick.
For instance, you cannot desire to live in a remote wilderness, absent technology and yet hope for professional success. Sounds very reasonable, doesn’t it?
Deal with yourself, once and for all
Remove the obstacles that threaten the achievement of your plans and desires. It’s always a lot harder than it looks and feels. After all, becoming self-aware is the greatest adventure one can embark upon. Flexibility is also crucial because life often unfolds in unexpected directions.
In order to cope with them, you must be prepared to take a strong stance and protect your dreams. Not every venture, regardless of your intentions, ends in climax.
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“The Desire Map” QuotesKnowing how you actually want to feel is the most potent form of clarity that you can have. Click To Tweet You can’t always choose what happens to you, but you can always choose how you feel about it. Click To Tweet Awareness is realizing that our life could always be better. Growth is doing what it takes to make it better. When we choose the positive over the negative, liberation over repression, truth over illusion, we become real creators. Click To Tweet The essence of your desire is a feeling. Click To Tweet Affirmations are like screaming that you’re okay in order to overcome this whisper that you’re not. Click To Tweet
Our Critical Review
As a pretty standard and easy going read, we give “The Desire Map” thumbs up for the message. However, we weren’t so convinced of the uniqueness since many books nowadays are focusing on the same issues.
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Slapping Back Imposter Syndrome
Imposter Syndrome used to rule my life. After all, I was an engineer (hah!) with a film degree, and everyone I worked with was much more intelligent and experienced than I’d ever be. I would never get to their level, everything I said was stupid, and if I ever received a promotion it was due to diversity quotas or a one-time fluke.
My fixation was so bad that it was brought up in my yearly performance review. I was told by my manager to get it under control, or she would have to write it down in my file.
So I worked on it.
And I got better.
This isn’t a magical antidote that will make you good as new. My Imposter Syndrome is like Lyme disease; it never fully goes away. But I have gone from bathroom panic attacks and Sunday night tears to a more balanced view of myself and others. I still have bad days, sure, but the depths are not as deep.
I hope it helps you as well.
Filing down the pedestals
Imposter Syndrome distorts how you see yourself as compared to others. Everyone else is on a pedestal marked Knows Everything and you’re in a dark pit that doesn’t even deserve a sign.
So, the first step is take those people off their pedestals.
Please note: this advice sounds mean because you are focusing on less-than-flattering things in others. However, we are not trying to put others down. We are simply trying to see them as human.
Whenever you’re around people you admire, pay attention to when they say the following phrases:
- “I don’t know.”
- “Let me check the docs.”
- “Let me look that up.”
- “I asked so-and-so and they think ___”
- “I tried this but it didn’t work.”
- “Can you take a look?”
- “I need to rollback.”
- “I’m sorry.”
- “I broke prod.”
They will say them. They say them right now, but you don’t notice. They say them in standups, in meetings, in post-mortems. They say them to coworkers and managers. They say them to you. And each of these phrases is them admitting they aren’t perfect.
I had to train myself to listen for these phrases. I found that the engineers I respected the most say them all the time. If you’re an experienced engineer, you’re probably working on complex systems or trying something new. That means you’re more likely to make mistakes. Good engineers admit mistakes and move on.
Noting when my heroes admitted fault didn’t make me respect them any less; it just made it easier to talk to them. It was much easier to learn from someone when I wasn’t terrified they would see me for the fake that I am.
So, keep track of your coworkers’ mistakes. That time they broke the build, or didn’t test thoroughly enough, or had to make major revisions to a PR. They might know more than you in some areas, but they don’t know everything.
Climbing out of the pit
This part makes the assumption that you are a being impacted by a linear expression of time. That is to say, you move forward and change.
Climbing out of the pit involves recognizing progress within yourself.
Pay attention to when you do the following:
- Skip a section in the docs or an online forum answer. You don’t need to read how to install a gem, you know that already. Wait, did you always know how to install a gem? No, you learned that.
- Pass on a meeting or meetup because you already know the material. You know how to setup your Python environment. You know how to use Docker. Even if it’s an internal project brief, if you already know it, then you are ahead of the people RSVPing to that meeting.
- Teach someone something. This doesn’t have to be a big formal talk or mentor relationship. Teaching the person next to you how to use the VPN, where to find that block of code, or even how to create a new color scheme for their IDE all count. You are imparting knowledge that this person does not have. You are the expert in this exchange.
In addition to the above passive observations, here are some more active things to do:
- Keep a logbook of your projects and accomplishments. When you’re working on a project, record your contributions in this logbook with a date. Include things like technical books you’ve read, workshops you’ve attended, talks you’ve seen. They all indicate growth.
- Go look at job openings at other companies and note how your skillset compares. You might not have qualified a year ago, but you are probably closer to qualifying now. Understand where your value lies in the industry.
- Look at the resume you used to get your current job and update it to reflect what you know now.
Basically, compare yourself today to yourself 3 years ago. Is Past You intimidated by Present You? Good. You’re doing it right.
Recognizing you’ve grown is beneficial in many ways. It helps you understand the gap between yourself and those you admire, because they most likely had a head start. It helps you realize opportunities where you can help people who don’t know as much as you do. And it helps you prepare for performance reviews and promotion cycles (which you deserve and should pursue).
You know more today than you did yesterday and a ton more than you did a year ago. It takes a while to notice you’ve improved, but I promise you have.
I’ve been using these techniques for over a year. They haven’t made me cocky or eliminated all doubt. But I do feel like more of an equal to my coworkers, and I spend less time burning the midnight oil trying to catch up on the sum of all technical knowledge before people catch on.
So, give them a try. Adjust the imbalance between your perception and reality.
You’re right where you need to be.
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Heuristics for choosing bounded context for an event handler
Some time ago I was implementing a feature. As part of this I was, of course, writing a bunch of event handlers. At some point, I’ve realized I didn’t put much thought when choosing the bounded context to which the event handlers should belong. It was mostly driven by intuition or some mechanical routine that upfront design.
Let’s consider the popular example, of “Order with shipping” and few different approaches.
Of course, one solution is:
module Shipping # handler reacting to Ordering::OrderCompleted class ShipOrderHandler def call(fact) service = Shipping::Service.new service.call( Shipping::PrepareShipment.new( order_id: fact.data.fetch(:order_id), # ... ) ) end end end
The other however is
module Ordering # handler reacting to Ordering::OrderCompleted class ShipOrderHandler def call(fact) service = Shipping::Service.new service.call( Shipping::PrepareShipment.new( order_id: fact.data.fetch(:order_id), # ... ) ) end end end
Which one to choose? Both fact and commands are something we usually consider a “public API” (by a public, I mean public for bounded contexts within an organization, not public to the whole world. Or published language, how some would probably call it).
The first suggestion of my colleagues was: do what your context map tells you.
In that popular case of some eCommerce, there’s a high chance that
Shipping are in upstream-downstream relation,
Ordering being upstream one.
Therefore, the Shipping should “adjust” to Ordering, so it makes sense that the handler is in the
Shipping bounded context.
On the other hand, we can imagine that we want refund the order when we receive information from the shipping company that the package was destroyed, so we make a handler:
module Shipping # handler reacting to Shipping::PackageDestroyed class RefundOrderAfterPackageBeingDestroyedHandler def call(fact) service = Ordering::Service.new service.call( Ordering::RefundOrder.new( order_id: fact.data.fetch(:order_id), # ... ) ) end end end
In this case, we have an event handler in the same BC as published domain event, because again, we want
Ordering to know as little as possible (preferably nothing) about
The other suggestion given by Andrzej was: none of them.
Instead of scheduling
PrepareShipment command in either one of these bounded contexts, we can extract a process manager which manages the whole “order flow”.
Why would we like to do that?
Firstly, you end up with no coupling between
Shipping (at least when it comes to that particular flow). The whole coupling is in the
OrderFlow process manager, and this is a place you want to go when you want to understand how the whole flow is working.
Secondly, as told nicely in a talk by Bernd Rucker about process managers, it allows you to achieve less coupled code in more complex scenarios.
Imagine that you want to add pretty packaging if the buyer had a “VIP status”.
In that case, you either need to have information about which buyers are VIP in the
Shipping BC (which sounds like a lot of work to do and adding complexity only to make one conditional work) or you add a conditional in the handler, like so:
module Shipping class ShipOrderHandler #reacting to Ordering::OrderCompleted def call(fact) service = Shipping::Service.new if fact.data.fetch(:vip_status) service.call( Shipping::PreparePrettyShipment.new( order_id: fact.data.fetch(:order_id), # ... ) ) else service.call( Shipping::PrepareRegularShipment.new( order_id: fact.data.fetch(:order_id), # ... ) ) end end end end
As a result, you end up with domain logic in the event handler (which is sometimes fine, but it’s always best to have as little of it as possible in the handlers).
By having a process manager for the order flow, process manager have to know about the VIP status of the buyer, but it sounds far more reasonable than forcing
Shipping to know it (especially that there can be some additional actions in the other BCs done only if the buyer is a VIP).
Having said that, these were two heuristics, there are possibly more. What are your heuristics when deciding about a place where a given event handler resides? Do you use the ones mentioned above? Share your opinion :)
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Every year since 2004 Berlin’s pre-eminent commercial art galleries – now nearly 50 of them – have participated in an initiative known as Gallery Weekend. Over three days (this year April 27 to 29) a calendar of special exhibitions and events celebrates the city’s cultural dynamism; it is an excellent time for anyone with an interest in contemporary art to visit the city.
The city’s thriving gallery scene is underpinned by the fact that it is home to about 20,000 artists from all over the world. And three years ago, one of them, the Berlin-born figurative painter Jonas Burgert, felt they ought to do something less obviously commercial themselves. The result was Artistweekend, which runs more or less concurrently (April 26 to 29).
Its focus is a huge yet still slightly under-the-radar non-selling exhibition of work by 126 international artists, entitled Ngorongoro, after the collapsed volcanic crater in Tanzania that is ‘a paradise of […] predatory animals’. (No prizes for discerning a subtext there.)
The studio complex on Lehderstrasse CREDIT: GUNTER LEPKOWSKI
It’s held in Burgert’s own 65,000sq ft studio complex on Lehderstrasse, built as a semiconductor factory, in the northeastern suburb of Weissensee that he has gradually transformed (there’s now a big heated outdoor swimming pool in its courtyard) and now shares with a handful of other artists.
This year they are repeating the project with a show that promises to be even bigger and starrier than the first iteration. To date more than 170 blue-chip artists have been confirmed, among them Etel Adnan, Georg Baselitz, Marius Bercea, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Mat Collishaw, George Condo, Marlene Dumas, Elmgreen & Dragset, Gilbert & George, Polly Morgan, Bruce Nauman, Shirin Neshat, Tim Noble & Sue Webster… And to see their work in the context of a raw industrial space like this, as opposed to a shiny white cube, promises to be exhilarating.
Lehderstrasse is less than four miles (about 15 minutes by taxi) from Mitte, the smart central area where most of the city’s upmarket hotels are concentrated, notably Rocco Forte’s excellent Hotel de Rome, which has a well-established arrangement with the Circle Culture Gallery. Works from the gallery are displayed in the hotel’s La Banca restaurant and it will open a club room-cum-library in the property this summer, where talks and other events will be held.
Accommodation at Berlin’s Orania
The newest hotel in the city, however, is Orania in edgier Kreuzberg, another area rich in galleries, though the artist population that helped gentrify the district has been largely priced out. The lavishly specced 41-room boutique, where the penthouse Loft has its own Steinway, is the creation of Dietmar Mueller Elmau, owner of Schloss Elmau in Bavaria.
Like its sister property down south, cultural activities are a core part of the hotel’s offering, hence the programme of concerts (chamber music, piano recitals and jazz, all free to guests) by Berlin-based musicians that it holds in its Salon, a library come rather stylish sitting room with an open fireplace, bar and kitchen.
Hotel Orania, rooms from €150 (£130).
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Corporate training is crucial for any business to succeed. With the advent of the digital age, it is now more vital than ever to ensure that employees possess the expertise and knowledge necessary to help organizations achieve their objectives. To accomplish this, organizations must enhance their corporate training programs by integrating the appropriate Learning Management System (LMS), examining learning outcomes with eLearning tools, and assessing employee performance in the digital age. This blog post will explore the benefits of using an LMS for corporate training, how to evaluate learning outcomes with eLearning tools, and how to assess employee performance in the digital age.
The Benefits of Implementing an LMS for Corporate Training
The digital age has revolutionized corporate training. The implementation of Learning Management Systems (LMS) is one way to optimize corporate training processes. An LMS provides a streamlined platform for businesses to deliver learning experiences to their employees in an efficient and cost-effective manner. With the use of an LMS, businesses can save money on traditional training tools and provide customized learning experiences that accommodate different learning styles.
- Implementing an LMS for corporate training enables businesses to measure and track employee progress with analytics.
- Learners will have improved accessibility, being able to learn anytime, anywhere with an LMS system in place.
- With tools like authoring tools, microlearning modules, and interactive learning scenarios available within the system, content development is both fast and efficient.
- It reduces costs associated with delivering employee training while also increasing engagement as employees are more involved in their own development.
- Employees can access and manage their own progress easily through the system itself.
- An LMS also provides improved data analysis capabilities so that companies can better track how effective their training is at achieving desired outcomes.
All these benefits make it clear that implementing an LMS for corporate training offers many advantages that could not be achieved without it. It optimizes corporate training while advancing employee skills in this digital age.
Analyzing Learning Outcomes Using eLearning Tools
It is crucial to understand the benefits of adopting eLearning tools for corporate training and the learning outcomes and expectations they offer. These benefits include,
scalability, cost savings, convenience, increased employee engagement, and more.
Once you have established why you are using eLearning tools for your organization's training needs, it’s time to identify key areas to focus on to improve effectiveness. This includes,
understanding the goals and objectives learners must achieve to improve their skills in today's digital world.
Once the plan is created, create meaningful assessments that measure how well employees have achieved targeted learning outcomes with available technology resources throughout their training program. Monitor progress through performance feedback that gives them an opportunity to maximize their skill development throughout their learning journey.
Assessing Employee Skills in a Digital Environment
Using innovative technologies to automate the learning process can increase efficiency and cost-effectiveness. An online framework can streamline assessments and provide insight into skill development trends in the organization, enabling leaders to identify existing skills gaps and measure success metrics for digital training investments. By measuring the efficacy of digital learning tools, organizations have the ability to determine how best to leverage technology to deliver cost-effective and efficient training solutions that meet organizational objectives and individual learner needs.
Personalizing corporate training experiences through feedback and measuring ROI on such investments can significantly increase user adoption rates and program effectiveness. Analyzing data from ongoing corporate training allows companies to maximize return on investment while advancing employee skills in this highly competitive age of digitization.
Foster Collaboration and Social Learning
Employee learning is not limited to individual efforts; it can be greatly enhanced through collaboration and social learning. Organizations can create opportunities for employees to engage in discussions, share knowledge, and learn from one another. Online forums, communities of practice, and virtual collaboration spaces facilitate peer-to-peer learning and enable the exchange of best practices. Encouraging collaboration fosters a culture of continuous learning and empowers employees to learn from a diverse range of perspectives.
How to Measure Employee Performance in the Digital Age
As the digital age continues to evolve, companies must find ways to measure employee performance. This requires optimizing corporate training and advancing employee skills for success. To achieve this, companies must analyze and measure employee performance through an LMS that provides access to educational content anytime, anywhere, from any device. It also allows educators to track learner progress and performance metrics.
To ensure successful outcomes, businesses should monitor employee productivity reports regularly and carefully review employees' feedback. Recognition programs based on objective criteria can be implemented to motivate employees, and providing clear instructions on how to use digital tools for better performance of tasks is equally important.
Encouraging employees to use these tools collaboratively will help them learn new skills and share best practices with each other. Developing a comprehensive training program specifically tailored to their needs will enable them to learn more effectively about new technologies used in the workplace. By taking these steps, companies are able to set up efficient systems that accurately measure employee performance while optimizing corporate training-advancing employees' skills through modern technology solutions.
Corporate training is essential for success in the digital age. Organizations can optimize their training programs by implementing an LMS, analyzing learning outcomes with eLearning tools, and assessing employee performance in a digital environment. With the right tools and strategies in place, businesses can provide effective and cost-efficient training that yields positive results. These strategies empower employees to acquire new skills, adapt to evolving business needs, and contribute to their organization's growth. By prioritizing effective corporate training, organizations can build a skilled workforce that thrives in the digital age and drives business innovation.
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Northeast Ohio, you've struggled with declining population, rising poverty and failing urban schools. You've been spurned by a football team, an NBA megastar and big-name corporations like TRW and BP.
But for the past century, you've had one indisputable strength -- your philanthropy.
Wealthy and generous residents have funded many of the region's signature treasures, from the regal Armor Court at the Cleveland Museum of Art to the million-dollar hospital buildings showcasing our biggest industry today.
Our everyday folks are known as big givers too, donating twice as much to the United Way as residents of many other cities.
In fact, our strong philanthropic culture has become an economic armor of sorts, shielding the region from the full force of the recession's blow.
Thousands of jobs involved
Think of the nonprofit Cleveland Clinic, the region's largest employer. A 2007 study indicated its construction activity alone generated 4,500 jobs in Northeast Ohio. Annually it pulls in more than $100 million in donations, much of which is spent constructing new buildings.
Or consider University Circle, Cleveland's cultural hub. Its 17 member institutions expect to create 2,900 jobs in the next five years, expanding the area's workforce to 36,758 full-time jobs, according to a study commissioned by University Circle Inc.
It's these institutions that today play starring roles in boosting Northeast Ohio's profile nationally and beyond. Philanthropy had a firm hand in building them -- and making them sturdy enough to weather the region's economic pressures.
Some individuals donate for the tax break, some give for the public relations bump, others for the sheer joy of improving lives.
Whatever the motivation, Northeast Ohio is home to legions of donors at all income levels. Business leaders like Forest City Enterprise's Sam Miller and Al Ratner give millions, while middle-class couples like Michael and Joyce Shinn of Shaker Heights donate thousands to local causes. The Strongsville Rotarians passed the hat at a recent meeting and collected $934 to give holiday help to families and seniors in need. And West Park's Knights of Columbus Council 2790 continued its annual delivery to the Coats for Kids campaign this year, even including 80 coats shipped from a sister council in Jacksonville, Fla.
"We help out, whoever, whereever we can," said Gregory Klimczyk, the council's grand knight.
There are spontaneous fundraisers put on by fellow workers, softball teammates, friends and even readers of this newspaper when they learn somebody has fallen on hard times because of illness, injury or some other misfortune. People in Greater Cleveland rally around those in need.
The mysterious $1,000 checks
Then there is professional fundraiser Karen Owens' story of a nonprofit she once worked for that received a mysterious check each month, always for $1,000 or more. A curious board member offered to knock on the donor's door, which turned out to be at a modest Bedford home.
The donor invited the trustee in, poured him a cup of coffee and was happy to explain how he raised the money each month. "He was collecting aluminum cans. He got his neighbors doing it too," she said.
Digging deep to help one's fellow man is uniquely rooted in Cleveland's DNA, said Edward "Ned" Hill, dean of Cleveland State University's Levin College of Urban Affairs.
"The history of giving in Cleveland is one of our regional strengths. It is a competitive asset," Hill said.
Bernard Henri, executive director of the Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center, marvels at the local culture of generosity.
For Henri, it certainly is easier finding donors here than it was in Maine, where he worked as a fundraiser 25 years ago. Maine's fiercely proud and private residents frowned on people seeking assistance from donors, he said.
It took Henri nearly three years to raise $2,500 for a hearing test instrument in Maine.
By contrast, "I'd been [at the Hearing & Speech Center] six weeks, when I sat down with a gentleman," he said, laughing. "After I talked with him for about 40 minutes, he wrote me a check for $4,000."
Big-time philanthropy has surged to a higher profile lately, with local nonprofits throwing huge celebrations to toast donors. At University Hospitals' recent party to announce its biggest single gift ever, $42 million from Lee and Jane Seidman, attendees were encouraged with revival-style fervor to contribute as well.
Hedy Milgrom of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland still talks about last month's open house for UH's Ahuja Medical Center in Beachwood, an elegant affair where 1,100 guests mingled and dined in a dramatically decorated tent. "Everyone felt so special to be there."
Events like these focus attention on giving, and breed new donors, Milgrom said.
The ghosts of great businesses
It might seem strange that so much philanthropy, with its opulent trappings, could be concentrated in a city often ranked as one of the nation's poorest. But that is Northeast Ohio's unique legacy. It is a region where the ghosts of once-great corporations live on in charitable foundations.
Cleveland's culture of philanthropy dates to the early 1900s, when the city was home to dozens of millionaire industrialists who believed it their obligation to uplift the community.
John D. Rockefeller
Burton D. Morgan
At the center of the effort was John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil, who donated more than $3 million for quality-of-life institutions, including two settlement houses that survive today -- Alta House and Karamu House. He also gave early support to the Cleveland Home for Aged Colored People, that today is the Eliza Bryant Village on Cleveland's East Side.
A $3 million donation in 1915 is worth $65 million today, according to the Consumer Price Index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A tax dispute soured Rockefeller on Cleveland, and he ended up being a much bigger benefactor in other cities. Still his influence continued to have a profound impact here. Business associates who remained behind continued to donate, funding institutions that endure today, including the McGregor nursing home and foundation for the elderly.
It was one of several efforts to harness and maximize the power of charity that was pioneered here and caught on across the country. (See timeline.)
Another reason the Cleveland area has such a philanthropic attitude is that about 1,780 of Ohio's 3,244 foundations are located in the northeast region, according to 2007 information supplied by Ohio Grantmakers Forum and the Foundation Center.
"The first foundations were started in Northeast Ohio," said George Espy of Ohio Grantmakers. Interest has compounded for half a century or more in the accounts of many of these foundations, and they've poured many millions into Northeast Ohio's nonprofits.
For example, the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation, named for a member of Cleveland's wealthy Severance family, focuses on local health care. Established in 1944, it has funneled $46 million to University Hospitals over the years, making it UH's biggest independent foundation donor.
The George Gund Foundation, organized in 1952, sits solidly atop the state's list of largest family foundations, with $344 million in assets. Gund, president of Cleveland Trust Co., made his fortune after selling a company that developed the process that became known as Sanka.
Many business executives followed his lead, leaving money to uplift the region. The Burton D. Morgan Foundation, created by the founder of Morgan Adhesives, supports entrepreneurship in Summit County, while the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation, named for a co-founder of Lubrizol, has provided vital capital support to local cultural pillars including the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Clinic and University Circle. The Amherst-based foundation of Walter G. Nord, maker of equipment that applies coatings, gives primarily to assist the disadvantaged in Lorain and Cuyahoga counties.
Of the eight Northeast Ohio family foundations boasting $70 million or more, according to 2008 Foundation Center figures, there are only three founders still living: The Mandel brothers, Jack, Joe and Morton, who sold their Premier Industrial Corp., an auto parts distributorship, for $2.8 billion in 1996.
Morton Mandel, whose foundation reported assets of nearly $89 million in 2008, has bankrolled many projects here and around the globe. "It's how we get personal fulfillment. It's just the joy of giving," said Mandel, 89, in an interview.
In Northeast Ohio, there's an expectation that today's corporate leaders will keep alive that tradition of giving. That's why Business Volunteers Unlimited was started 18 years ago by executives at Cleveland's top-tier companies, Jones Day, Eaton, TRW, BP and Society Bank, as well as the Council of Smaller Enterprises.
"When a business leader gets transferred into the Cleveland market, they realize very quickly they're encouraged to get involved in the nonprofit culture," said BVU chief Brian Broadbent.
And philanthropic innovation is going strong. Perhaps the biggest example is the Fund for Our Economic Future, a collaboration of nearly 70 foundations that has invested more than $60 million in a network of nonprofits working to bring business to the region.
By luring new business, the foundations are doing something the area's patchwork of city governments hasn't always been successful at. Their work is so cutting-edge that it recently was showcased at a global summit, said David Abbott, the Gund Foundation's executive director.
"The way we are fragmented governmentally impairs our ability to compete globally," Abbott said. "[Now] We're getting into the habits of competing more effectively as a region."
The Fund provides key support to Team NEO, a nonprofit that brags that in 2009 it recruited 10 new companies to the region, accounting for 874 jobs.
The Fund also contributes to JumpStart, a business incubator that had a $90 million impact on Northeast Ohio in 2009, according to a Cleveland State University study. And it supports NorTech, devoted to bringing new technologies such as bio-diesel and jet fuels to the area.
"This old money is starting new industries," CSU's Hill said. "The foundations have really turned themselves into a way of recycling old money into new products."
The business sector, which provides half of Team NEO's budget, deserves credit too, said Tom Waltermire, Team NEO's chief executive officer. "In the end it's going to be private-sector business people who invent things, create new products and services, get them into the marketplace and take the risk of hiring people."
Giving transformation a push
Yet forward-thinking foundations are speeding up the transformation of Cleveland's economy, Waltermire agreed.
A similarly aggressive effort is going on in Akron, where a $20 million grant from the Knight Foundation is funding the Austen BioInnovation Institute, a collaboration to attract biomedical research and jobs to Summit County.
The abundance of local philanthropy helps spark the economy in other ways too, including making the Cleveland region home to Ohio's highest percentage of nonprofit jobs.
Although riding out the recession has been hairy for many local nonprofits, some are ending the year on an upswing. Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals both appear to be rebounding after seeing donations decline in 2009, and at MetroHealth System, staffers are celebrating their most successful fundraising year ever.
If being charitable is, as former Cleveland Foundation head Steve Minter puts it, "in the bone marrow of this town," for many it's a faith-based choice.
In the Jewish community, charity is a cultural value taught from childhood, said Milgrom, the local Jewish Federation's vice-president of endowments and development.
Her organization is a fundraising giant that in 2009, through its affiliated donor-advised funds and foundations gave out $95 million in grants, even topping the $89 million doled out by the Cleveland Foundation.
Cleveland's Federation commands respect in Jewish philanthropic circles. When rated per capita, Cleveland's total assets of $1.4 billion are "almost three times as much as the nearest large city," said Joe Imberman, who handles planned giving for Jewish Federations of North America.
A big reason, Imberman said, is that some Clevelanders created "Forever Funds" to endow in perpetuity their gift to the annual Campaign for Jewish Needs. The Federation also administers more than 1,000 donor-advised funds from residents who donate to scholarships and other causes.
Jewish residents have sustained many mainstream institutions and truly shaped Cleveland's philanthropic heritage, said Cuyahoga County Commissioner Tim Hagan, a Mandel Foundation consultant. "It's important to point out the largesse of the Jewish community. It transcends just Jewish causes," he said.
Also, the amount netted by Cleveland Catholic Charities' annual appeal -- expected to surpass $10 million in 2010 -- outstrips most other cities, said Executive Director Patrick Grace of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland Foundation. Cleveland is the nation's 19th largest diocese, but its appeal donations rank regularly in the top 5, he said.
Even more is possible
With this much local commitment to philanthropy, Cleveland's nonprofits ought to be doing more to capitalize on it, and brainstorm creative solutions to urban poverty, Robert Egger believes.
Egger, founder of a Washington, D.C., soup kitchen and known as an innovator in the nonprofit world, visited Cleveland recently to speak at the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Case Western Reserve University. He urged graduate students to take advantage of Cleveland's natural assets, including its strong donor base, to make lasting change through the nonprofit sector.
"You've got land. You've got buildings. A robust nonprofit sector. You've got everything it takes" to deal with the region's persistent poverty and joblessness, he said during an interview. "All it takes is thoughtful analysis of policy."
Ronald Richard, CEO of the Cleveland Foundation, said poverty has been his chief focus since he took the job eight years ago. "No region can thrive with a weak core city and anybody who thinks they can live out further and further and have the region remain [solid] is kidding themselves."
There's no bigger priority for philanthropic and corporate leaders than to band together to fix urban education, Richard said, calling Cleveland's schools "the greatest poverty-making machine ever made."
Richard said he fears some of the public school system's troubles are intractable unless the entire system is overhauled. But, he noted, there are signs of success.
Kiara Johnson is one. With her Case Western Reserve University tuition almost completely paid for by scholarships, she is perhaps the latest treasure to be added to University Circle courtesy of philanthropy.
Johnson, 18, is a 2010 graduate of Cleveland's John Hay School of Science and Medicine, a specialty school supported and funded by the Cleveland and Gund Foundations. Her high school class boasted a 100 percent graduation rate.
Being part of the John Hay inaugural class changed her life, said Johnson, now a freshman living on campus at CWRU. "I didn't know what I wanted to be. It opened my eyes," she said.
It's never a chore to find money for such programs, Richard noted. "Whenever we or anyone else in this town establishes something that helps inner-city neighborhoods, we're always surprised at how easy it is to raise funds," he said.
Foundation donors readily open their wallets to invest in things they believe will help the city make a comeback. "People in Cleveland love Cleveland. They want their kids to be here. They want their grandkids to be here," Richard said. "I think that's behind a lot of the giving."
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Don't Let Bullying Affect Your Life
Download these tips to help
This list of tips will help you in dealing with a workplace bully or to educate others that are being bullied. Download this PDF to share or hang in your work space. The Workplace Bullying Institute in Washington, receives more calls from nurses than from workers in any other field.
A Few More Facts:
- Researchers say that at least 85 percent of nurses have been verbally abused by a fellow nurse.
- Worldwide, experts estimate that one in three nurses quits her job because of bullying and that bullying—not wages—is the major cause of a global nursing shortage.
- Many nurses assume that because the workforce is 91 percent female, they are destined to resort to backstabbing and cattiness.
Don't become part of these statistics. Nursing is a passion. So band together to help eachother!
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Visit These Museums to Discover the Heritage of Turkey
Turkey is home to some of the most spectacular archaeological sites. It is an ideal tourist destination that appeals the travelers with its several tourist attractions. One can explore here a number of historical places that display the beautiful history of the region. With unrivaled works of art and remains of different empires and communities that have left their impression in Turkey, the land welcomes a number of modern visitors. It also features a number of museums that display different kinds of things. Explore the list of some famous museums of Turkey. For the best Turkey packages, visit EaseMyTrip.com and enjoy a memorable trip this wonderful destination
Comprised of three sections, it plays a significant role in the tourism sector of Turkey. The first section of the museum displays Atatürk’s personal things, including clothes, documents and photos. The second section creates the clear view of the Çanakkale (Dardanelle) War with audiovisual effects. In this section, audiovisual effects and articles like rocks, cannons, rifles, guns and shells have been added to create the war scenes. The third section displays those events that happened between the War of Independence (1919) and the death of Atatürk (1938).
The museum serves as the exhibition venue for the historical findings discovered in various provinces of the region. The museum is outfitted with an investigation system having a kiosk controlled cylindrical screen allowing you to explore the city plan of ancient civilizations and examine them from different perspectives. The museum displays the valuable and ancient artifacts of Anatolia and features various exhibition halls.
The museum displays objects obtained in various ways from Erzurum and the neighboring cities. The museum converted into an Archaeology Museum in 1994. Its associated units are Turkish-Islamic Works Museum and Atatürk House Museum. The museum features Armenian Massacre Hall, Excavations Hall, Hall of Trans-Caucasus Culture, Natural History Hall and Urartu Hall.
Fethiye Museum is comprised of two exhibition halls, one displays archeology and the other for ethnography. Most of the works are demonstrated in these two halls and have been compiled from Fethiye and its surroundings. In the archeology side, a great part of the ceramic group opuses is being exhibited. In the ethnography hall, see a collection of hand weaving samples, hand embroideries, robes, UC ETEK and silver jewelry special to the region.
It is one of the most wide-ranging private museums in Turkey, which displays the most unique works at its indoor and outdoor exhibition areas. The museum displays an interesting range of illustrious works. It covers an area of 27000 meters² and is comprised of three main sections displaying numerous artifacts relating to the rich history and cultural heritage of Turkey. Read more about Must Visit Places When in Istanbul.
The prehistoric city of Commagne, Zeugma is presently situated in the town of Nizip. Its mosaics museum is proud to be the second largest mosaic museum across the globe. It displays 500 meter square-wide mosaics, 35 mosaic panels and the eminent 150 cm-long bronze Mars and Aphrodite statutes.
Opened to the public on 23rd July, 1948, Independence Day of Hatay, this museum is a beautiful compilation of several works found during the excavations. The museum displays a selection of rich mosaic and appeals much number of the visitors.
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Want to give your sales team a competitive edge in 2023? Here's how:
First, prioritize continuous learning by investing in sales training programs and resources. This will help your team stay up-to-date with the latest sales techniques and industry trends.
Second, foster a culture of open communication, regular feedback, and constructive criticism. This will help your team collaborate effectively, identify areas for improvement, and implement solutions.
Third, leverage technology to help your team streamline workflows, analyze customer data, and make informed decisions.
Your sales team is the backbone of your business, and giving them the right tools is crucial to achieving success. That's why investing in sales training software prioritizes continuous learning, fosters open communication, and integrates the latest technology.
Nevertheless, it can take time to decide which sales training software is best, given the wide variety of options available.
That's why we've compiled a list of the top sales training software for 2023.
But before we delve into the specifics, let's discuss the importance of sales training software.
Advantages of Sales Training Software
Did you know that companies that invest in sales training experience 50% higher net sales per employee? Despite this, we see 55% of the people making their living in sales need more tech skills to succeed.
Investing in sales training software is a wise decision that offers numerous advantages to organizations, including:
- increased productivity
- maximization of software potential
- employee empowerment
- enhanced job satisfaction
By prioritizing sales training software, companies can improve their financial performance and maintain a leading position in their industry.
Criteria for Selecting Sales Training Software
- Customizable content delivery: Ensure that the sales training software allows you to tailor the content to the specific needs of your team. This can include customizing the language, content type, and delivery method (e.g., video, audio, text).
- Progress tracking abilities: Look for a solution that allows you to track the progress of your team's learning and development. This can include features such as quizzes, assessments, and reporting tools.
- Gamified elements: Gamification can be a powerful way to engage your team and make learning more fun. Look for sales training software that includes features such as leaderboards, badges, and rewards.
- Onboarding components: Onboarding is an essential part of any sales training program. Look for software that includes onboarding components such as new hires, product, and customer training.
- Integration with other tools: The sales training software you choose should integrate seamlessly with other tools your team uses, such as your CRM, marketing automation platform, or other sales enablement tools.
By considering these factors, you can select a sales training software that aligns with your team's needs and goals and helps them improve their performance and productivity.
Whether you're looking for sales management, enablement, coaching, or general training, there's a solution to enhance your team's performance and productivity. Therefore, let's explore the top sales training software for 2023 without further ado!
7 most effective sales training software
Gyde's digital adoption platform stands out in the competitive world of sales training software. As an enterprise-level sales software adoption solution, it provides exceptional guidance for your organization's sales team training. But what sets it apart from the rest?
Well, Gyde seamlessly integrates with various sales applications that your reps may use: Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle NetSuite CRM, Zoho CRM or any other application. With features like step-by-step audio-visual walkthroughs and contextual help articles readily available within the application, sales reps can learn the applications while at work.
With these powerful features, you can effortlessly guide your employees through complex processes and quickly maximize the ROI of your sales software.
- Contextual Training - Provide context-based guidance that is highly relevant to each sales rep role. This personalized approach will enhance their productivity and foster a sense of engagement and motivation within your team.
- Just-in-time Learning Approach - You can deliver the right info to sales reps at the right time. For sales reps who need assistance with complex sales application processes, walkthroughs, help articles, and FAQs are available in-app.
- Accessibility - To support distributed sales teams across regions and countries, all the help is available in multiple languages. Easily integrated into your existing sales stack, Gyde allows your team access to relevant software training in their preferred language.
- Analytics - Monitor the progress by seeing how many have viewed the help provided. With the ability to quickly make adjustments, Gyde lets your sales team ace their application use.
- In-App Assessments - Take quick tests after reps complete processes to determine how well they understand them. Plus, training managers can have real-time reporting to measure learning outcomes.
- Data Validation - Prevent errors in customer information, sales figures, and product details. Increase data accuracy from the start, with Gyde’s field validation feature.
Gyde has three plans-
- Air plan starts from just $99
- Startup plan starts from $199 per month
- Enterprise plan will get a custom quote
Gyde also offers a Free Trial for 15 days.
Gyde’s review by Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance -
Gyde has helped us to enhance the digital adoption in one of the flagship employee programs at Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Gyde walkthroughs have restructured and revamped the way our employees experience a new application with training videos and FAQs being embedded into the screen. With this, our employees will be able to adapt to the new applications much faster and become proficient in them independently.
EdApp is a mobile learning management system (LMS) designed for trainers and managers to access learning content across multiple devices. It features a built-in authoring tool for creating courses and an app for delivering them to students. EdApp uses gamification to keep students engaged and analytics to track employee progress.
- Templates for course creation: Easily create new courses without starting from scratch.
- Drag-and-drop functionality: Move content around and adjust the layout easily.
- Chat for employee feedback: Employees can ask questions and provide course feedback.
- Translation capabilities: Trainers can create courses in multiple languages easily.
- Free Self-Authored Version - Free for all
- DIY Self-Authored Version - US $2.95 per active user/ month
- Managed (Built for you) version - US $2.95-$5.95 per user/ month
- Enterprise (Custom)
EdApp offers a Free Trial for DIY Version.
A Senior Manager at an Enterprise says -
Having an all-in-one LMS and authoring tool is desirable. I especially like how easy it is to author a course. Having a course library is very helpful too. It is editable and growing all the time! One of the downsides of EdApp is that there currently needs to be a better structure for adding individual users to courses as needed. As an admin, I want my "Manager Analytics" users to be able to register their users into courses as they wish. As an admin, I need help registering individuals into courses. I am required to register based only on user groups. This is annoying, quite frankly. It seems very restrictive.
3. Looop by 360Learning
Looop is the perfect Learning Management System (LMS) for sales leaders and managers looking for an efficient and modern approach to employee training. You can deliver training directly to employees and partners through multiple channels like email, chat, app, or SMS.
- Personalized Learning Paths: Enables learners to progress at their own pace, ensuring maximum engagement and retention.
- Microlearning: Delivers bite-sized content, making it easier for learners to understand and apply what they've learned.
- Gamification: Makes learning more engaging and enjoyable by adding game-like elements to the training.
- Advanced Analytics and Reporting: Enable L&D teams to track progress and make data-driven decisions.
Pricing Tiers -
- Small Business: Up to 50 users
- Mid-Size Business: Up to 250 users.
- Enterprise: Up to 500 users
- Enterprise Plus: More than 500 users
All plans come with a free trial.
An Instructional Designer reviewed Looop as -
Looop thinks about corporate learning differently, which has helped us to start thinking about employee learning in terms of who needs to know and do what. Some functionality would be useful to have that is still being built - Zoom integrations, bidirectional messaging, etc.
Mindtickle Sales Readiness platform enables top-notch organizations to enhance their revenue growth by improving their understanding of optimal sales techniques, boosting their knowledge, and adapting to changing circumstances.
- Assessment Management: Efficiently manage and administer assessments and exams for learners.
- Blended Learning: Combine various types of learning, such as online and classroom-based, to create a well-rounded training experience.
- Built-in Course Authoring: Create custom courses within the training platform, eliminating the need for external course authoring tools.
- Gamification: Incorporate game-like elements, such as badges and leaderboards, to motivate and engage learners.
Pricing plans and tiers aren’t displayed on the official website. Also, they don’t have any Free Trial, Free/Freemium Version, or Premium Consulting/Integration Services.
An Instructional Designer says -
Using MT, we built our product training and certification curriculum from the ground up. From day one, the interface was intuitive and easy to learn. The variety of files MT supports makes it very easy to use Articulate Rise, etc. There are little things that are mostly just for convenience that would be 'nice to haves". For example, if you create a topic within a course, it would be nice to copy that one topic and copy/paste it into another module. You can only do this on the module level.
Allego's platform is designed to enhance the performance of sales and other teams by integrating learning, content, and collaboration into a single app tailored to the workflow flow.
- Content management system (CMS): Manage and organize course content in one central location.
- Collaboration and communication tools: Foster communication and collaboration between learners and instructors.
- Video coaching and feedback: Provide personalized feedback to learners through video coaching.
- Mobile app accessibility: Access training content and tools on the go through a mobile app.
Allego does not offer a free trial or a free/freemium version. However, the platform provides premium consulting and integration services to assist with setup, customization, and ongoing support for enterprise and mid-market companies.
A Sales Engineer reviews it as -
Allego's call recording feature is a favorite of mine, as its conversation intelligence system enables us to review and assess recordings, which helps us identify mistakes and improve our skills. I don't have a strong aversion toward Allego, but the limitations of its user interface are a downside. I want to customize specific sections to make them less cluttered.
Saleshood is a sales enablement and training platform that helps organizations improve the performance of their sales teams by providing them with the tools, content, and training they need to be successful.
- Activity Dashboard: Provides a visual representation of training progress and completion for learners and management.
- Task Management: Assign and track tasks to ensure learners stay on track and meet training goals.
- Performance Management: Track and analyze learner performance to identify areas for improvement and make data-driven decisions.
- Training Management: Manage and oversee all aspects of training, from course creation to reporting, in one centralized platform.
Saleshood offers a per-user pricing model starting at $50 per month.
They have three pricing tiers -
Saleshood offers a free trial.
Here are some Capterra Reviews on SalesHood-
Saleshood is very useful since the reps can now train in their own station at their preferred time. Sometimes, reps need clarification on how to proceed to the next page, so they tend to write something on the notes section at the bottom, thinking that's the key to being able to move forward.
Brainshark is a cloud-based sales enablement and readiness platform designed to help businesses improve sales productivity, increase win rates, and enhance customer engagement. It offers a variety of features such as content authoring, training and coaching, sales analytics, and more.
- Learner Portal: A web-based platform that provides learners access to training content, progress tracking, and communication tools.
- Asynchronous Learning: Allows learners to complete training at their own pace, without requiring live instruction or scheduled classes.
- Certification & Licensing: Earn certificates or licenses upon completing specific training courses or programs, demonstrating their mastery of the subject matter.
- Each Brainshark solution is purchased on a per-user basis as an annual subscription.
- There are two pricing options - Pro and Premier.
- No Free Trail Available.
Here’s BrainShark’s Review on Capterra -
Our merchandising and sales teams already benefit from advanced Brainshark training, as it allows team leaders to plan sequential courses to suit the needs of their team members. I don't like that the web-based software version is flash based. This requires browsers that support Flash.
Why is Gyde the Best Sales Training Software?
Gyde stands out as one of the best sales training software due to its comprehensive features covering every aspect of sales enablement
We cut straight to the chase and focus on solving the most prominent challenge sales teams face: agile adoption of sales applications!
Building upon the features and customer reviews shared in the blog above - we are the definitive solution to tackle this obstacle head-on.
We don't need to convince you further; instead, we're here to ask how can we improve your processes?
So go ahead and book a call with us today to see how Gyde can accelerate your sales success!
1. What is sales training software?
Sales training software is a digital platform that provides salespeople with training and development resources to improve their skills and performance. It can deliver various training content, including videos, interactive modules, quizzes, and assessments.
The sales training software can include features such as gamification, progress tracking, personalized learning paths, and analytics. It allows organizations to provide effective and engaging training resources to geographically dispersed sales teams.
2. What are the types of sales training?
Types of sales training:
- Product knowledge training: Teach salespeople about the products they sell.
- Sales skills training: Focus on developing specific sales skills like prospecting, presenting, and closing deals.
- Industry-specific training: Train salespeople on industry trends, jargon, and regulations.
- Technology and tool training: Help salespeople learn how to use sales tools and software effectively.
- Onboarding and orientation training: Orient new salespeople to the company culture, processes, and policies.
3. What four methods are used for delivering sales training?
Methods of delivering sales training:
- Instructor-led training: A traditional approach where a trainer delivers the training material to learners in a classroom or virtual setting.
- E-learning: A self-paced, online approach to sales training that allows learners to access training materials anytime, anywhere.
- On-the-job training: A hands-on approach where learners receive training while performing their job duties, allowing them to apply what they learn immediately.
- Coaching: A personalized approach where a coach provides one-on-one guidance and feedback to help learners improve their sales skills and performance.
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iPhone Tracking App: Guide Kids to Use iPhone Properly 2023
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The iPhone tracking app, which works well to help iPhone users record all things happening on their iPhone, is increasingly in demand for today’s people. How has tracking app for iPhone played an increasingly important role in modern life?
Why Is iPhone Tracking App Needed?
Katheleen, who is in her 20’s, uses an iPhone, but she finds that it is difficult for her to control herself not to use her iPhone. Commonly, she found herself constantly using her iPhone to surf the Internet, do shopping online, chat with friends, watch videos and more no matter she is at work or at home.
Still, Katheleen’s use of the iPhone was moderate compared with that of younger colleagues. In fact, it is a very common phenomenon in our modern society. There is an ironic thing: people invented these high-tech products such as the iPhone just in order to make our daily life more convenient, and make our communication easier and faster, but now it seems that people spend too much time on the iPhone. An iPhone monitoring software comes into being in order to help you track all things happening on the iPhone. First and foremost, we can see what the iPhone tracking software can do for us.
What Can iPhone Tracking App Do?
The iPhone spy app is one of the most powerful iPhone keyloggers, which is able to help you monitor and record all activities done on the target iPhone, such as entire keystrokes typed, messages received and sent, emails composed, web sites visited and more. This keylogger for iPhone works well to track all things users do on the iPhone, including what web pages are viewed, what content is entered or searched online, what text messages are received and sent. In this way, you can easily get all detailed information about what the iPhone users are doing every day. The key features of iKeyMonitor iPhone tracking app are listed in the below. Take a look and you will find it amazing!
- Record keystrokes and passwords typed
- Record both in and out call history
- Record sent & received SMS
- Log both-sides WhatsApp messages
- Log URLs of websites visited in Safari
- Capture screenshots at a preset interval
- Receive and view logs remotely via Email
- Monitor all on iPhones invisibly
- Remotely control the monitoring status
- Password can be set for the protection
The iPhone tracking app is well-featured for people to know what the users do with their iPhone. People especially parents can make full use of this iPhone spy app to get all their behavior on the iPhone so as to teach and guide the iPhone users to use their iPhone considerately. For parents, it is a unique iPhone spy app which can help them to keep tabs on their children on the iPhone no matter when and where the children are.
iKeyMonitor is keen on keeping and making your phone to be as safe as possible from the outside world, thieves and invaders. iKeyMonitor have come up with the feature of GPS tracking that will help you track your iPhone. ilostfinder is an anti- theft app that is designed to give you a chance to get your lost phone back.
How to Configure iKeyMonitor Spy App?
- First you need to get the app installed on your phone.
- After installation, go to your phone settings and look for the ilostfinder app.
- You will need to configure it and provide the necessary details such as e-mail address and so on.
- Go to General Passcode lock in settings and set a passcode for your spy app.
How Does iPhone Tracking App Work?
After configuring the application, all you need to do is let the application do its job. This must be frustrating for those who have lost their mobile phone because of carelessness. However, if you have already installed iKeyMonitor phone spy application on your lost iOS and Android devices, you can quickly and easily retrieve your lost device. Its GPS tracking feature allows you to remotely monitor the historical and current location of lost devices via the online panel. You can even catch a thief who stole your device.
You don’t have to jailbreak your iPhone to enjoy this feature. It works for both jailbroken and non-jailbroken devices. Just download it on your device and use the steps listed above to configure it.
Why Is iPhone Tracking Software Useful?
Why is it so important to use the iPhone tracking software? When you find that your iPhone has been stolen, dozens of thoughts may race through your head all at once. Anger, worry, surprise, sadness are all likely to pop up in your mind. It is far more than a loss of money, many people think, but a loss of some precious photos and information. Now there is a useful way for all iPhone users to track the exact position of your lost iPhone – installing the phone tracking app on your iPhone.
1. Locate your iPhone by tracking the GPS location
iKeyMonitor is the best iPhone spy app on the market nowadays which works efficiently on your iPhone to locate where your iPhone is by tracking its GPS location. The tracking software for iPhone works well in helping people find their lost or stolen iPhone. Once you have installed the tracking software on your iPhone, the GPS location of your iPhone can be uploaded at a time interval with a link to the Google map which you can click and open to check where your iPhone exactly are. And the Google map uploaded will tell you the exact position of your iPhone, so it is easy for you to get it back.
2. Help you locate your children and protect them
Apart from helping you get your iPhone back, the tracking software for iPhone also plays an important role in helping people locate your children and protect them no matter where they are. Because you can easily get the exact position of your children from the GPS tracking software, you can know where they are or if they lied to you. For example, if your children tell you they are visiting a friend’s house that you approve but instead go somewhere you told them not to go, you can quickly know all truth with this iPhone spy software.
Especially youth, most of them have their own iPhone and often use it to chat with friends, surf the Internet and more. Parents can hardly control their behaviors even though they are at home. The iPhone tracking app not only tracks the exact location of your iPhone but also provides powerful parental control for all parents who want to keep your children’s activity on their iPhone under your control. It acts a perfect parental control software to help parents record all SMS and call information, visited websites, viewed photos and videos, all social networking activity, email activity and much more. Almost everything they do with their iPhone will be recorded by this spy software for iPhone, so it is more convenient for every parent to take care of your children’s activity on their iPhone.
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What do you really know about dedicated wireless Internet? Fixed wireless can seem mysterious, which is why it is often misunderstood. Dedicated fixed wireless Internet connections are just as reliable as a fiber connection — in fact, even more reliable! Get the facts on dedicated wireless Internet and enjoy some fun facts.
Some of our MHO team recently attended the Game Developers Conference and although we knew the Internet of Senses was on the way, it was eye-opening to see the many ideas and the direction of experiences being developed. We aren’t here to summarize all of what we saw, but to provide you with a general overview of what the Internet of Senses is, and how it will affect operations and our future.
It’s time for holiday shopping and you have your list in hand. After considerable time browsing an online store, choosing sizes and colors, and selecting just the right gifts to populate your shopping cart, you proceed to review your cart items when suddenly — you encounter an error and lose everything!
If you’ve encountered this painful scenario before, you know the frustration, even anger, you feel after wasting so much time and effort. There’s no way you will do it all over again on the same site and risk even more frustrating failures. So, list in hand, you move on to another seller’s website that might have better functionality.
MHO understands that there may be many questions regarding internet, networks, and IT during the current health crisis. In this AMA we answer your questions about internet options, what is available to you, and how essential businesses can be set up for a dedicated fixed wireless connection quickly. We are happy to continue answering questions you may have, just post in the comments below.
Are you looking for a reliable Internet connection for your business in Dallas? Here are some things you need to consider to help you choose the right provider for you.
Colorado weather can be a bit unpredictable. MHO’s fixed wireless technology can withstand snowy weather, torrential downpour, and heavy winds that would otherwise hinder your connectivity.
Business doesn’t wait. That’s why you need fast Internet installation when it’s time to hook up to a local service or upgrade your existing service. But how much time does it take, and what is involved, to get your Internet connection up and running? The option you choose will determine how much time you can expect to pass before your connection will be fully ready.
Topics: Internet Service Provider (ISP), Internet Services, Dedicated Internet, Fast Installation, Colorado Business, Bay Area Business, Dallas Business, Los Angeles Business, Orange County Business, San Diego Business
“Some say we’re a little spoiled in California,” says actress and model Yaya DaCosta in the opening of Visit California’s latest commercial. She’s right—it’s easy to feel spoiled when you're surrounded by California’s natural settings and iconic destinations, like Redwood National Park, the Fleury Estate Winery in legendary Napa Valley, beautiful Lake Tahoe, and the towering Golden Gate Bridge.
Keeping up with all the new methods of connecting to the Internet these days can be more of a challenge than keeping up with the Kardashians. As the Internet evolves, so do the networks that deliver it to your business or organization. One of the most effective business Internet solutions is fixed wireless.
Topics: Network, Fixed Wireless, Internet Access, Business Internet, Connectivity, Internet Service Provider (ISP), Internet Connection, Internet Services, Redundancy, Point-to-Point Fixed Wireless, Fast Installation
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There's a special place in NBA history for the pantheon of greats whose impacts on and off the basketball court will live forever. The Anthology: Larry Bird is NBA Top Shot's definitive greatest hits album dedicated to a revolutionary talent and generational icon, a three-time MVP and three-time NBA champion.
Unique to sets of this magnitude, The Anthology: Larry Bird will live across rarity tiers, an exclusive curatorial approach for a transcendent star whose creativity, confidence, and dedication to his craft inspired a nation.
Larry Bird follows shot for iconic putback in 1981 Finals (Watch)
On the off chance that Larry Bird missed an open jumper, he was ready with the perfect method of atonement.
In his second professional season and first trip to the NBA Finals, Bird personified hustle in Game 1 against the Houston Rockets when he was off the mark from just inside the 3-point arc and chased down his own miss. In one fluid motion, the 12-time All-Star grabbed his own misfire in midair, switched hands and smoothly flicked the putback attempt into the basket.
The 24-year-old Bird barely missed a triple-double, posting 18 points, 21 rebounds and nine assists as the Boston Celtics secured a thrilling 98-95 victory on May 5, 1981.
The Celtics would go on to win the series in six games, the first of three titles for Bird and the franchise in the 1980s.
Larry Bird sets Celtics record with unforgettable 60-point performance (Watch)
By the time the 1984-85 season rolled around, Larry Bird was already a two-time champion, an MVP and an NBA Finals MVP — yet he still had plenty of tricks up his sleeve.
For the first and only time in his legendary career, Bird reached the 60-point threshold. The nine-time All-NBA First Team selection unleashed a performance for the ages against the Atlanta Hawks as he scored from wherever he called for the ball. Bird was especially sizzling down the stretch as he buried one difficult jumper after another, even getting the best of Hawks icon Dominique Wilkins on a turnaround bucket far from the basket. Bird shot an exceptional 22 for 36 from the field for a career and franchise-high 60 points, with only one of his baskets coming from outside the 3-point arc.
During one particularly dominant stretch, Bird scored 32 of his 60 during a 14-minute interval in the second half. He added seven rebounds and three assists for the game while also converting 15 of his 16 free throws in a 126-115 Boston Celtics victory on March 12, 1985.
Larry Bird wins 3-point contest after asking 'who's coming in second?' (Watch)
Was there ever any doubt who was going to win the inaugural NBA three-point contest? In an event tailor-made for his precision marksmanship, Larry Bird won his first of three Long Distance Shootouts on February 8, 1986 by outdueling seven other participants.
Before the event, Bird famously sized up his fellow competitors in the locker room and asked which of the lot would be coming in second place. Bird posted 16, 18 and 22 points in the contest’s three rounds, even banking in one his triples for good measure. Later that season, the inside-outside threat would win his third MVP award, third championship ring and second Finals MVP honor.
Bird is one of just two players in league history to win the competition three times.
Larry Bird racks up 47-point triple-double playing largely left-handed (Watch)
With the Boston Celtics having won 18 of their past 20 games, Larry Bird decided to try something new in a way that only he could. With his squad on cruise control and a date with the archrival Los Angeles Lakers on tap in 48 hours, the 12-time All-Star decided to save his silky smooth right hand for the next game. Good news for the Portland Trail Blazers, right? Not so fast.
While he did not completely remove his right hand from the equation, Bird interspersed shots with his left in the first three quarters as he briefly moonlighted as a southpaw and connected on a variety of jumpers, hook shots, layups and putbacks much to the chagrin of the home team and its fans.
All told, Bird made 10 field goals and scored 20 of his game-high 47 points with his left hand — he shot 21 of 34 for the game and connected on all three of his 3-pointers while adding 14 rebounds and 11 assists in the 120-119 overtime win on February 14, 1986.
Larry Bird clinches third championship with 1986 Finals masterclass (Watch)
For the third and final time in his iconic career, Larry Bird was crowned a champion. In a rematch of the 1981 NBA Finals, Bird and the Boston Celtics sent the Houston Rockets home unhappy once again with a truly unforgettable Game 6 performance. Transcendent from everywhere on the floor, the 12-time All-Star wasn’t leaving his home court without some more hardware, scoring on a barrage of layups, long-range pull-up jumpers and transition buckets off of his three steals on defense.
Bird went 8 for 17 from the field and 11 for 12 at the line for a total of 29 points to go with 11 rebounds and 12 assists on June 8, 1986, one of two Finals triple-doubles in his storied career. Bird won his second Finals MVP award in three years after averaging 24.0 points, 9.7 rebounds, 9.7 assists and 2.7 steals across six games for the Celtics’ 16th championship in franchise history — and Boston’s last until 2008.
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Ride Ola Auto at Rs 29 for 4km
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Owning a car, truck, Minivan, SUV, [insert your ride here] comes with the responsibility of vehicle maintenance. This ensures vehicle longevity, optimal performance and less mechanical breakdowns. Regular car care and attention to the operation of your vehicle can save you from costly repairs and keep your vehicle running smoothly. Openbay‘s gift to you are the following 10 essential car care tips that every car owner should know. By following these tips, you’ll extend the lifespan of your vehicle and enjoy more time on the road than in the breakdown lane.
Regularly Check Fluid Levels
One of the most critical aspects of car maintenance is checking and maintaining appropriate fluid levels. This includes engine oil, coolant, brake fluid, transmission fluid, power steering, and windshield washer fluid. Regularly inspecting and topping up these fluids will keep your car’s systems running smoothly and prevent potential damage. For older vehicles and vehicles with significant number of miles, checking the oil is very important. As cars age, depending on the vehicle, the engine will burn oil. Having a quart handy along with a funnel in your truck will come in handy.
Monitor Tire Pressure
Maintaining proper tire pressure not only ensures a smooth and comfortable ride but also contributes to fuel efficiency and tire longevity. Check your tire pressure at least once a month and adjust it according to the manufacturer’s recommendations. Don’t forget to include the spare tire in your inspection. When tires are under-inflated or over-inflated, tires will wear faster. The can translate to a large bill for a set of 4 new tires. This car care tip also applies to owners of EVs. EV place a higher demand on tires when compared to internal combustion engines (more on this in another blog).
Change Oil and Oil Filter
Regular oil changes are crucial for the health of your engine. Follow the manufacturer’s guidelines on oil change intervals and use the recommended oil grade. Additionally, don’t forget to replace the oil filter with every oil change to ensure proper filtration and lubrication. If you need help with oil changes, Openbay can help.
Keep Your Car Clean
Regularly washing and waxing your car not only keeps it looking good but also protects the paintwork from dirt, grime, and environmental contaminants. Additionally, cleaning the interior, including vacuuming and wiping down surfaces, helps maintain a pleasant driving environment and preserves the condition of your car’s cabin.
Inspect and Replace Filters
Air filters, fuel filters, and cabin air filters play a crucial role in maintaining engine performance and preserving air quality inside the car. Regularly inspect these filters and replace them as recommended by the manufacturer to ensure optimal engine efficiency and clean air circulation.
Check and Replace Worn-Out Belts and Hoses
Inspecting belts and hoses for signs of wear and tear is essential to prevent unexpected breakdowns. Look for cracks, fraying, or any signs of damage. Replace worn-out belts and hoses promptly to avoid potential engine overheating, loss of power steering, or other related issues.
Maintain Proper Wheel Alignment and Balance
Proper wheel alignment and balance not only provide a comfortable ride but also enhance tire life and fuel efficiency. Regularly have your wheels aligned and balanced by an automotive service professional to ensure even tread wear and smooth handling. Similar to the issue stated above on Tire Pressure – out of aligned tires will wear faster resulting in the expense of replacing a set of tires.
Pay Attention to Brake Maintenance
Brakes are a crucial safety feature in your car. Listen for any squealing or grinding noises that are consistently present. Meaning, the noise consistently occurs when you take s specific action. In any case, have your brakes inspected by a professional. Regularly check the brake fluid level and replace brake pads as necessary to maintain optimal stopping power.
Follow Scheduled Maintenance:
Every car comes with a maintenance schedule provided by the manufacturer. Adhere to this schedule and get your car serviced at the recommended intervals. This includes tasks like spark plug replacement, battery checks, timing belt replacement, and other vital maintenance procedures. For new vehicles, the initial few years of ownership, maintenance is minimal which includes tire rotations, inspections, and fluid replacements.
Lastly, driving responsibly not only ensures your safety but also contributes to the longevity of your car. Avoid aggressive driving, excessive acceleration, and hard braking, as these behaviors can put unnecessary stress on your vehicle’s components and increase the risk of accidents.
Caring for your car is an ongoing process that requires attention to detail and regular maintenance. By following these top 10 essential car care tips, you can protect your investment, prevent breakdowns, and enjoy a safe and reliable driving experience for years to come. Remember, a well-maintained car not only performs better but also retains its value when it comes time sell it.
Openbay can help with the above car care tips. Openbay is an award-winning online platform that matches you with a service professional that can service your make of vehicle and perform the service that is needed. Here are just a few of Openbay benefits:
- Convenient Online Service Booking: Openbay allows you to book various car services online, including routine maintenance, repairs, and tire services. With just a few clicks, you can find reputable automotive service professional in your area, compare prices, and schedule an appointment at a time that works for you.
- Transparent Pricing: Openbay provides transparent pricing information for services, so you can compare quotes from different automotive service providers. This allows you to make an informed decision based on both quality and cost.
- Discounts on parts and labor: With Openbay’s new subscription service, Openbay+, you will receive exclusive discounts on services to include parts.
- Verified Service Providers: Openbay partners with a network of trusted and verified service providers. These providers have been thoroughly vetted to ensure they meet high-quality standards, giving you peace of mind that your car is in good hands.
- Customer Reviews and Ratings: Openbay incorporates customer reviews and ratings for each service provider. This feedback can help you gauge the quality of service and customer satisfaction levels, allowing you to choose the best provider for your specific needs. Openbay also provides amenities offered by each professional on its platform so you who offers a loaner car, has WiFi onsite, waiting room, etc.
- Vehicle Maintenance History: Openbay keeps track of your vehicle’s maintenance history and provides reminders for upcoming services based on the manufacturer’s recommendations. This helps you stay on top of routine maintenance and ensures your car receives the necessary care at the right intervals.
- Support for Multiple Car Brands and Services: Openbay supports a wide range of car brands and offers services beyond routine maintenance. Whether you need an oil change, brake repair, engine diagnostics, or even a large repair, Openbay can help you find the right service provider for the job.
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When it comes to communication for your business, you need a reliable and secure communication network to make sure that messages are always clearly delivered without outside interference. Plus, as the demand for bandwidth continues to grow across multiple devices, businesses require a network that can meet the ever-growing high demand.
One of the ways companies can accomplish this is by utilizing a private broadband network. Private broadband networks are privately owned communications systems that support communication and data transmissions and high-speed internet.
Below, we’ll dive into the benefits of using a private broadband network for business communication needs.
Private broadband networks use technologies like fiber optic cabling, WiFi, satellite communications, or other technologies that simultaneously provide unlimited bandwidth and can support multiple networks, allowing for flexible distribution options.
Furthermore, as your business grows, the network can easily be scaled without needing to overhaul the previous network.
A private broadband network can also be used to increase connectivity between devices. Internet devices can easily be connected to the network and used for various functions, such as controlling physical security systems, feeding common area technologies, and providing data on building systems like HVAC and parking systems.
Private broadband networks also allow for high-speed data transfer, allowing data and messages to be sent and delivered immediately. Furthermore, these networks provide more bandwidth so that multiple devices can all transmit data at the same time without delay or network issues.
Direct Control of the Network
Private broadband networks allow for unique configurations that are catered to the needs of your business and employees. Plus, owners can directly control the quality of the network, an option that isn’t possible with third-party network providers.
Source of Revenue
Besides optimizing business operations to increase revenue, using a private broadband network can become a source of revenue itself. Because business owners control their private broadband network, they can deliver branded services under their own name. People can then pay the business itself for these services rather than a third party. This is especially effective for business and property owners who rent or lease property. These profits can then be reinvested into network upgrades to potentially generate even more revenue.
In the case of divestiture, a private broadband network can also increase your business’s valuation in a couple of ways.
First, it can increase your property’s Wired Score due to the network’s unlimited bandwidth. This produces an edge over the competition and attracts more customers or tenants which will improve the value of your business.
Second, a private broadband network is a fixed asset and will boost tangible assets and valuation in the case of divestiture.
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Amazing Ways to Teach Kids About Sustainability
Sustainability is such a big word that comes along with great responsibility. Teaching kids about sustainability at such a young age is a lot of hard work but it is worth it. It might be difficult at first to explain to the kids how one action can lead to another but all you need is one small step to start a chain reaction. By explaining to them how their eating habits and daily routine can give an impact to the environment, it will help them understand the meaning of “sustainability”.
How to Teach Kids About Sustainability
It is very important that before you teach kids about sustainability, they get to understand the reason why they have to observe this discipline. Make them understand that reducing waste and recycling will help reduce the sizes of landfills, minimize pollution, and improve the soil. The thing is that they do it not because “you said so” but because they know the meaning that lies beneath the word “sustainability”.
Be Creative in Teaching Sustainability
As an adult, it is important that we see our kids as “partners in crime” in our goal to achieve sustainability. One way of doing this is by being creative. Yes, you read it correctly. Kids are naturally artistic, creative, and imaginative, so we must use it to our advantage. Incorporate lessons of sustainability through artworks, gift ideas, playing.
For one, you can teach your kids to make their artworks with the use of recyclable materials. They can make their own stuffed toys using old clothes and old pillows, and you can help them in the sewing process. Or, you can teach them to wrap their presents with dried leaves, old newspapers or magazines, instead of spending money and wasting resources for gift wrappers every Christmas.
According to an article in Reader’s Digest, “Most gift wrap contains elements, such as glitter, that is made up of other materials like metals and plastics”. That is why most of the wrapping paper cannot be recycled. Imagine all the times you’ve used gift wrap without knowing that it contributes to the millions of trash that pollute nature.
Gift giving with a Twist
Moreover, you can teach them that gift-giving can also be a way to observe sustainability. Help them sort their stuff such as clothes, toys, books, and things that they have outgrown. Teach them that instead of letting it take up space in their cabinets or containers, other kids will be very much happy to make use of their stuff.
Instead of buying snacks from the grocery, help them create their very own healthy and delicious snacks. Look for a good recipe and help them bake their homemade snacks. You can put your baked goodies in cans or jars instead of plastic containers. This way, you are not only eating healthy but you are also teaching them how to avoid using too much plastic from the grocery.
Let Them Learn Sustainability Through Experience
Take them on an adventure
Kids love going on adventures all the time. Let them experience going on a farm tour, vegetable and fruit picking, a zoo, eco-parks, mini-greenhouses, and the likes.
Taking them on this kind of adventure will give them a good learning experience and they will appreciate more the importance of sustainability. Let them explore and discover new things while they are in these places. This way, they will take sustainability more seriously.
Do an Experiment
Experiments are the second next best thing to adventures. Science experiments in particular help kids understand the different natural processes that we have in our environment. You can use these experiments to explain to them the process of water preservation and why it is important to plant trees. Teach them to respect and value nature as it is.
Choose an age-appropriate science experiment and get your kids involved in the whole process. As you go through the process, let them ask questions, and provide appropriate answers to their questions. On the other hand, ask them questions to assess if they understand the whole point of the experiment.
Help Them Create Their Own Garden
One simple way of teaching your kids about sustainability is through gardening. It can be their very own vegetable garden, fruit garden, or flower garden. It does not really matter for as long as they know their responsibility when it comes to their garden. Teach them how to plant, water, and care for their garden so they will get involved in the process. This way, they will learn the importance of eating healthily and why they should not waste their food.
You can start by asking them about their favorite fruit, vegetable or flower. Helping them plant their favorite will get them excited. Start small by planting on a pot or an old can or reusable container. Explain to them the whole planting process so they will know how much water to put on their plants and when can they expect to see a fruit or vegetable or flower. This way, you can teach them how to eat healthily and at the same time how to manage their garden. They get to appreciate the whole process of gardening and they will look forward to their harvest.
Teach them the 3 R’s
To do this right, you have to explain to them first the proper way of segregating the trash into biodegradable and non-biodegradable materials. You can teach them that biodegradable materials can be used for compost pit while the non-biodegradable materials can be further categorized into the 3 R’s: reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Teach them different ways on how to reduce their waste such as bringing your own reusable bags to the grocery; bringing their own water bottles to school instead of using plastic bottles; or cooking your very own healthy meal instead of having takeout food every weekend.
Help them turn old stuff into reusable ones. For instance, an old drawer can be reused into bookshelves. Old wine and soda bottles can be turned into vases. Old toys can be used for decorating the lids of jars and plain-looking shelves.
Lastly, teach them the importance of recycling. Instead of buying, help your kids reuse old newspapers and magazines into paper bags. Make their very own pencil holders using empty plastic containers. Help them recycle old clothes into an apron or a new bag.
There are many more ways to teach your kids about sustainability. But the surest way to make them understand this concept is to get them involved. As adults, we have to practice what we preach them because it is our responsibility to teach them these things. Take note that our small efforts now create a very big impact for future generations. We have to set an example so that our kids can continue to live in a bountiful and sustainable world. Is this a topic that you already discussed with your kids? How did it go? Let us know about your own experience.
Written by: Sheryl Tiongson
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When my body surrenders to sleep, colors, smells and sounds coalesce. Magic grows from possibility to certainty. The intangible parts of my soul manifest into wondrous creatures and people and landscapes.
Tonight, it manifests you.
I’ve dreamed of such encounters before--strangers who know me better, love me better, than anyone in the waking light. So when your lips meet mine, I relish the sensation without restraint, worry, or guilt. Your caresses aren’t real. Your desire isn’t real. Such things never are.
But I can feel you under my hands--the solidity of your shoulders, chest, arms. Your hair trails like fiery silk through my fingers. Our lips are puzzle pieces fitting together. Our heartbeats synchronize.
Morning comes too soon.
I open my eyes with a groan of regret. You never existed, and yet I yearn for you.
I lift my arms above my head, and it catches the sleepy sunlight.
A single strand of hair twines through my fingers like a ribbon. Like a spun flame, shifting gold and red and silver. It’s not mine.
My throat tightens. My mouth dries. It’s not possible.
I wrap it around my finger. Tie it in a knot. I will not forget.
That evening, I tremble as I slip between the sheets. I toss. I twist. Sleep flirts with me, as elusive as shadows. Will you return to me tonight? Dread and hope war. It’s only the exhaustion of living their bloody battle that sends me to dreams.
And you are there, waiting behind a veil of willow branches.
The light is strange--too soft, silvery--painting your mouth with temptation, gilding your eyes. They are the hue of violets, brilliant and blazing even in the flickering half-light. I hadn’t noticed them the night before. So many things I hadn’t paid attention to, convinced you were just another dream that dissipates upon waking, just another release from the mundane. But your hair is still knotted around my fingers, and it hums. I draw closer or perhaps I am drawn closer. Neither of us seems to move, but then we suddenly mesh together.
I need to speak to you tonight. I need to ask you a hundred questions. But your touch robs me of speech and scorches me with need.
There is never enough time or space for words.
When I wake, there is a passion-shaped mark on my collarbone. My heart gallops at the sight of it.
How is this possible? The question is a jackhammer in my brain. I can focus on nothing else. The day is hazier than the dreams you occupy. People attempt to engage me in conversation. I smile. I might even respond. They ask if I am well.
I will only be well if I can see you again.
I cannot wait to sleep. I crave it like never before. But my body is restless. It fights me. Denies me. I blink up at the ceiling for hours. When it finally surrenders, our time together is but a moment before my alarm clock rips me from your arms.
My eyelids are sandpaper, but I smile. This time, you spoke. This time, you told me that we will be together forever soon. And I believe you.
Because in the bed next to me is a still-warm body-shaped hollow.
I purchase over-the-counter sleep medicine. I take it early. I need more time with you.
You wait for me beneath the willow again. Tonight there is time for passion and promises. Keep coming to me, you say. Soon, our love will be powerful enough, nurtured enough to bring me into your waking world.
More nights pass. More dreams that leave me satiated and yet ravenous. More of you enters my waking life. A thread from your t-shirt. An indention on the pillow next to me. The wet mark of your mouth on the pillowcase. But I need more. I need to wake with your body wrapped around mine.
I’ve never needed something so badly.
Over-the-counters can't get me asleep fast enough. I visit my doctor. I say I can't sleep. Bruises ring my eyes. My clothes hang on me. I barely eat anymore. Yes, insomnia must be the reason, the doctor concludes.
As soon as the bright orange bottle is in my hands, I take the dosage. Sleep slams into me.
And there you are. Anticipation wreathes your face like a thousand-petaled sunflower. Your fingers slip through mine. Our palms press. Then your mouth covers mine, as hot and spicy and sweet as cider. We breathe each other in and out--until our breath is just a shared exhale and inhale.
I feel dizzy. Drunk. Aflame.
Yes, you say. Tomorrow night. Tomorrow will be the night when we will finally be together. We will finally be one.
Tears escape my eyes and float away in tiny, shimmering orbs. Sooner, I beg.
Tomorrow is soon enough, you tease.
I can feel every millimeter of your being. The satin of your skin, the silk of your hair, the ridges of each of your ribs. You are flesh and organs and bones. Everything is real enough beneath my hands. You are real enough.
You belong in reality. With me.
I can sense how much you want--need--to be with me. Our desperation for one another is equal and beyond measure.
Now. I need to see you with my eyes open. I need to feel your breath on my skin as soon as I wake. Please. Please. Please.
Tomorrow. I promise, you whisper. Your words are cinnamon candy on my tongue. When I wake, I know I will still taste them.
It’s not enough.
I sense our time is ending. I grip you harder. My fingernails press into your skin.
Almost. I am almost strong enough. One more night. You smooth my hair back from my cheek. One more dream.
You keep saying that! I want to push you away, but instead, I pull you closer. Even my anger, my disappointment, can’t sunder my desire.
It’s almost morning, you say. One more dream, I promise. Truly. You smile, silver moonlight and shadow. It’s time to wake up.
No! I grip your shirt, but I’m already falling back into wakefulness. Your shirt rips. I swipe again through shadow and mist and flesh.
And then I am awake. The alarm clock screams incessantly. I keep my eyes closed. My hand is warm and heavy. Full.
I open my eyes.
I sob. I brought you back, after all.
Your heart throbs in my palm.
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The new #GroupMonday series on the REFAK blog is on!
What do I get out of knowing how to work with groups?
In the #grumo, Gerda Kolb and Irene Zavarsky deal with groups and everything that entails: expectations, getting to know each other, conflicts, disturbances, dynamics, good beginnings and fast finales. The aim is not to articulate absolute truths, but to point out possibilities for (re)acting in the respective situations and therefore to expand the readers‘ repertoire of actions and to promote productive exchange. Comments on your own experiences and strategies are very welcome and encouraged!
The topic is groups that we have to deal with: as workshop leaders, as speakers, as participants in further education, as team members, in a leadership position or also self-organised groups. One such group is the one that got to know each other at the REFAK seminar and has been meeting regularly to exchange ideas ever since. They will be discussed in the following.
Our case group
First of all there is Beate: She is an economist and has been working in a chamber of labour for several years. She is not only the youngest member of the group, but also quite pragmatic. When she leads a seminar group, she focuses on the content. Beate is mainly interested in tips on how to better deal with disturbances and conflicts in groups.
Paul is an employee of a trade union and works there as an administrator, at the same time he is also a training coach at the trade union school. He loves his work and does everything for the groups he accompanies. Dealing openly with friction and conflicts is not his greatest strength.
This is in stark contrast to Yasmine, a specialist trainer and independent entrepreneur. Group dynamics is her thing, she loves challenging situations and „tense atmospheres“ and is often annoyed by the feedback that the group would have expected more content.
Rudi, a psychotherapist and supervisor by profession, is also part of the regular meetings. He is the oldest member of the group and therefore has a lot of experience. He mainly focuses on individual persons in groups and their functions, roles and concerns.
Maria, course leader of a works council academy, completes the group. She has had a lot of experience with groups and knows that it is not always without friction. She finds that quite exciting, but at the same time she knows that most of the participants are more interested in content communication.
The five got to know each other during a training on the topic of – what else would it be? – working with groups. They hit it off right away and decided to make their experiences accessible to each other and have therefore been meeting every two weeks for some time to exchange and reflect. They have often supported each other with hints and tips and for the next few months they will also share their professional exchange with us.
The first meeting of the case group
At their first meeting, Beate and Yasmin almost collide because Beate makes fun of the fact that it is not necessary to know anything about group dynamics in adult trade union education: After all, the content is in the foreground and everyone could behave sensibly and maturely. Phew. Things got very heated for a moment. Paul was already despondent. Fortunately, Rudi can calm things down a bit with his composure and experience. He explains what groups are all about:
„As soon as three or more people form a group, certain dynamics and behaviours emerge. Whether we like it or not. Not only is that terribly exciting and easy to observe, but knowing what happens in groups is extremely helpful when we work in and with groups.“ – „But what is that anyway, a group compared to a bunch of people?“ interjects Beate impatiently. Rudi nods: „The current theories assume that it is at least three people who have common goals, are in regular contact with each other and also feel that they belong to the group, that is, they see themselves as „we“.
Only when all three conditions are fulfilled do we speak of a group. An accumulation of people waiting for the tram, for example, is not considered a group in a sociological or psychological context. The maximum number of people also plays a role. In a group, it should be possible to keep track of who belongs and who doesn’t, who is there or missing, or even what the concerns are. In literature, 12 is often mentioned as the ideal number of people for a group. Other group dynamics experts, i.e. those who work with groups in theory and practice and research their dynamics, speak of a maximum of 16 or even 30 people as a group, in the sense described above.“
Rudi leans back and Yasmin looks at Beate: „We are also a group – at least if we continue to meet regularly. We’ll see some dynamics there.“ Beate looks a little sceptical „It’s alright. But I don’t start every meeting with a how-are-you-round! It gives me a rash!“ Yasmin laughs and says, „No, we don’t have to. But if you want, I’ll prepare something for the next meeting on the topic of „What do longer-term groups need at the beginning so that they can work well?„. Then we can try it out on ourselves to see what suits our group culture.“ – The suggestion is accepted and everyone is happy that Yasmin has agreed to prepare something. As they leave, Beate nudges Yasmin again: „I didn’t mean to get so violent before.“ – „It’s okay“ Yasmin winks „I like it when a few sparks fly. It livens things up.“
Next time: „What do groups need at the beginning to work well?“
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Sometimes parts of a country’s culture are so nuanced that it takes some time to learn about them… other times they are much more obvious. Here are the first five things that I noticed about Barcelona after being here for only five days.
There is way more smoking than in the U.S.
Everywhere from the park, to the grocery store, to your school you will see (and smell) people smoking. In some coffee shops you can even find cigarette vending machines. For smokers this is a dream, but for the rest of us just hold your breath and I promise you will get used to it.
PDA is much more common
I was shocked by the amount of public display of affection (or PDA) that can be seen around the city. Watching people stop in the middle of the street to hug or kiss is very common. In the U.S. this is sometimes seen as “weird” or “gross” but here it is a normal part of society. I think it goes to show how the Spanish way of life is much slower and relaxed than the one of the U.S.
In the U.S. I am used to pulling up to a Dunkin’ and ordering a large flavored latte or an iced coffee, both of which are super hard to find here. Coffee is much more simple (and cheaper) than back home. It is always served hot with brown sugar instead of white. If you are getting really desperate for a nice cold iced coffee you can always head to Starbucks in one of the main plazas, but the best coffee can be found in the little hole-in-the-wall shops throughout your neighborhood (special shout-out to El Arbol near the Arc de Triomf).
Dinner is eaten much later
Spaniards don’t eat dinner until 9-11 pm, which is something that I am still trying to adjust to. The key is to not skip breakfast and then eat a late lunch. Once dinner does come around, you will get to eat some yummy Patatas Bravas, Empanadas, Paella, Croquetas and much more that make the wait well worth it.
The well-behaved dogs
In my opinion, one of the best parts of the city is the number of dogs that inhabit it, but there is something that my friends and I can’t get over: THEY ARE SO WELL BEHAVED. It is hard to find a dog on a leash here, instead they will be strolling freely yet obediently next to their owners. Thinking about it now, I don’t think that I have heard a single dog bark since arriving.
So far I am having a blast during my semester abroad. I can’t wait to learn more about Spain and my beautiful host city of Barcelona.
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What is a fiduciary relationship?
The fiduciary standard‡ focuses on loyalty and honesty, requiring that the fiduciary acts in the best interests of their clients. Specifically, advisors held to the fiduciary standard must ensure the information and recommendations they provide are thoroughly researched and accurate. And, most importantly, advisors who act as fiduciaries must prioritize their clients’ best interests above incentives, commissions or even their firm’s success.
Fiduciary vs. suitability standard
It’s important to note that there’s a clear distinction between investment advisors who are fiduciaries and broker-dealers who need only to follow the suitability standard. The suitability standard only requires broker-dealers to provide advice and direction that is considered suitable at the time – it doesn’t require that they prioritize their clients’ best interests in the long-term, and it doesn’t require that they make recommendations irrespective of their potential commission.
What are the particular areas a fiduciary can be helpful in?
Estates and trusts are key areas where it’s particularly helpful to work with a fiduciary. Accounting for estates and trusts can be extremely technical and require excellent record-keeping and tracking. Fiduciaries must be able to demonstrate through proper accounting that they have handled and managed the estate in an accurate, fair and unbiased manner. If an individual is lacking in knowledge or organizational skills, they are at risk for liability.
Tax planning is also a necessary expertise; it’s imperative that an estate, trust or any taxable portfolio is run in a tax-efficient manner. Fiduciaries must understand how their actions will impact the tax liability on estates or trusts and the beneficiaries. This includes how assets are invested and distributed as trusts are subject to different tax rates and laws than individuals or corporations.
A professional can adeptly advise and maneuver through these technical and sometimes obscure areas. It’s their responsibility to be experts and to stay abreast of changing laws. The professional fiduciary is immersed in this information on a daily basis and is well-equipped to handle complicated processes and can also strategically troubleshoot or advise on unique or challenging situations.
Can I afford to work with a financial advisor who is a fiduciary?
Employing a professional fiduciary is cost-effective, and something you should think about even if you do not consider yourself to be a high-net-worth individual. Your immediate reaction may be that it’s more expensive to hire a fiduciary to handle everything, rather than seeking individual counsel from different experts as needed. However, in many cases, a fiduciary’s cost will be equal to or less expensive. One thing is for certain: it’s in your best interest to carefully research your options to select the appropriate fiduciary for your own unique situation.
*UMB Private Wealth Management operates as a fiduciary, which means we put you and your best interests first.
Interested in learning more about our Private Wealth Management division? See what we mean when we say, “Your story. Our focus.”
When you click links marked with the “‡” symbol, you will leave UMB’s website and go to websites that are not controlled by or affiliated with UMB. We have provided these links for your convenience. However, we do not endorse or guarantee any products or services you may view on other sites. Other websites may not follow the same privacy policies and security procedures that UMB does, so please review their policies and procedures carefully.
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Spring break is coming up, and while the first thing you might think of is sipping poolside umbrella drinks and letting loose, not all spring breaks have to be party-centric. In fact, I’d say we prefer our spring break to be more rejuvenating and laid-back as of late. A fun, healthy and active retreat is the perfect opportunity to take a break from our hectic everyday lives and really take time to focus on some well-deserved self-care. We’ve got a few destination recommendations along with activity ideas for your spring break that will allow you to do just that.
Bring Your Yoga Mat to Bali
That sounds pretty incredible, doesn’t it?! For the ultimate relaxing trip to really restart and refresh your mind, body, and soul, there’s nothing quite like a yoga retreat. It doesn’t matter if you’re a beginner or a long-practicing yogi, it’s a great opportunity to take some classes, learn meditation and breathing techniques (that will certainly serve you well once you’re back to reality and the stresses of everyday life) and connect with yourself and nature.
Hit a Ropes Course in Hawaii
For the ultimate adventure seekers, a ropes course in Hawaii is made for you! What is more exciting and awesome than climbing and zip lining through paradise?! It gives you the chance to take in a birds-eye view of your amazing surroundings all while keeping you active. Don’t forget your camera (with a strap to keep it secure) and your water bottle to stay hydrated. And of course, bring along your good vibes only.
Make the Most of Malibu
For the perfect mix of relaxation and staying healthy and active, head to Malibu. You’ve got the coast, the beach and the mountains all in the same vicinity, making for the perfect Spring Break destination! Lay on the beach and read a book, play some sand volleyball with friends, try your hand at a surfing class, or hike the trails in your favorite hiking outfit. The sky’s the limit, and there’s something for everyone!
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Top 11 school WordPress themes for your educational website
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Baby Kids is a multi-concept and Multipurpose WordPress for school theme and suitable for an educational theme suitable for college, kindergartens, primary, school, universities, academy and all kinds of school-related websites. This theme remains more fitting to several enriching ventures plus, including some interesting perspective, that signifies model to games shops, enterprises compared over kids extremely.
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Dance Studio is perfect and flexible for school WordPress theme, it crafted for dancing schools & clubs and it fits for teaching ballet, latino & salsa clubs, Contempo dancing, hip-hop and jazz-funk dancing classes, Zumba fitness, all dance related website. Moreover, it offers a portfolio layout makes your website stands out.
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Moreover, it is the responsive theme so it fits for all types of modern device, 700+ Google font makes your website more comfortable. Additionally, it comes with well-explained documentation and video tutorial and 9 colors preset and more!
Samurai is a stylish and operative design designed for the sports production, specifically to military arts. This theme is absolutely fitting to karate school (Judo / Taekwondo / Aikido / Boxing), health clubs, personal coaches, gyms, CrossFit cartons, fitness centers and all kind of sport plus health-related industry. Due to its WooCommerce harmony, this theme package holds a premium online market. For games food or plays types of equipment.
By a number of important characteristics, Samurai mind positively satisfies your requirements. This theme allows an effortlessly flexible homepage design that rump last modified working shortcodes including system widgets. Beautiful audiences combined due over primary Grid enable you to showcase your goods and services. Managing the Events Calendar plugin you can familiarize your users regarding expected seminars and meetings.
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PyCon JP 2019: It just gets bigger and bigger!
As Japanese consumption tax rate is going to be 10% on October 1, we will apply this to our services as well.
Xoxzo is having a demo-booth at Slush Tokyo 2019 on February 22(Fri)-23(Sat)
A mini-seminar for the first step creating Web-application using Django is going to be held with OSSAJ. Everyone interested in Web-application development using Python is welcome.
I participated in a meetup for those who are interested in bootsrapping as a way to start a business
Iqbal writes about his experience attending the 44th AJBM themed Connectivity and Digital Economy for ASEAN and Japan
The origin of SMS technology and how it was first used
Xoxzo sponsors PyCon JP again this year, will also have a booth.
A sneak preview of 5G mobile communication technology
The origin of 4G technology and how it was first used
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Google has announced a major change to storage in Photos that will surely disappoint users. Google Photos will not support free storage for high quality (compressed) photos from June 1, 2021. All photos and videos backed up post this date will be added to the free 15GB storage that comes with every Google account.
Google has been offering unlimited storage on Google Photos for compressed but high quality photos. Google said over 4 trillion photos are stored in Google Photos till date, and 28 billion new photos and videos are uploaded every week.
“Since so many of you rely on Google Photos to store your memories, it’s important that it’s not just a great product, but also continues to meet your needs over the long haul,” Shimrit Ben-Yair, Vice President, Google Photos said in a blog post.
The new change affects photos and videos uploaded from June 1, 2021 onwards, and not before that. You will still have all your photos and videos backed up on Google Photos, and you can upload for free till the deadline next year. Also, this does not affect Google Pixel users even after the June 1, 2021 deadline. Google’s 15GB free storage is shared across Gmail, Drive and Photos. Since there’s still six more months, you can use this time to backup your photos and videos.
Google also has this tool to help you figure out how long your 15GB storage can last. Those who would require more than this allotted storage space can opt for Google One paid subscription. Google will also launch a new tool next year for users to easily manage their backed up photos and videos.
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The email has proven to be one of the most effective, resilient, and promising marketing tools over the last two decades. Undoubtedly, everyone loves it:
The marketers love its cost-effectiveness, purposefulness, and the ability to measure its ROI and effectiveness.
The customers love it because it's, more often than not, the bearer of good news (think: coupons, deals, exclusive offers, new product launches, etc.)
That's probably why the number of email users is poised to reach a staggering 4.2 billion by 2022, or in other words, half of the world's population. Clearly, email marketing is here to stay.
In this blog, we will look at the all-important role email marketing plays in driving a stellar customer experience. Let's jump right in.
Personalization is the name of the game today. That's one of the reasons why global brands like Amazon, Netflix, Spotify, etc., continue to dominate their respective markets--from personalized offerings to customized communication, they're communicating with customers in the language that the customers like and on the preferred channels of communication. For example, if the customer uses a real-time channel, such as the phone or live chat, social media integration, messaging apps, and even customer service portals.
Recently, Spotify rolled out its "2020 Wrapped Up" emails to Spotify users. Surprisingly, this email campaign went viral. People were seen posting their 'unique' music lists on Instagram, Twitter, etc., as the email made users feel good about themselves:
Notice how the email demonstrates personalization to the t by highlighting how many hours of music the user has listened to and by intriguing them to understand what their #1 song was. This entire campaign would never have taken off if the brand hadn't sent that traditional yearly email in the first place. That's the power of email marketing for you when done right.
Truth be told, you cannot hope to wow your customers if you don't understand their intrinsic motivations, underlying needs, behavior patterns, etc. This is where mapping your customer's journey becomes critical. With customer journey mapping, you're basically breaking down your customer's experience step-by-step.
The end-goal of mapping your customer's journey is to ensure that your customer's needs are being met at every step of the way. You also get a better understanding of how and when you should connect with your customer to boost satisfaction/drive sales. Here's an example of a re-engagement email marketing journey:
By visually mapping out the key touch points as to when customers will open their email and engage with the brand, marketers can strategically drive their customers further down into the sales funnel and, more importantly, in an informed capacity. Long story short, the better your understanding of your customer, the more superior their experience will be.
If there's one communication channel that allows you to place your customers at the front-and-center every single time - it's emails. There are infinite ways in which brands can reach out to - and connect with - customers using various types of email marketing, such as:
These were just the tip of the iceberg. There are thousands of ways in which you can improve your customer's experience using email marketing. Do your research, understand your target base, and get going.
Email marketing, when done consistently and with the right target audience, can generate the highest ROI. In absolute numbers, this translates to $38 for every $1 spent!
So how do you gauge who your most loyal customers are? You can roll out period surveys and laser-focus on analyzing your email subscribers through automated email marketing software. You can also send data-based emails to customers and reward them on special occasions such as anniversaries, birthdays, etc., as shown below:
Additionally, you can send out milestone emails to demonstrate gratitude and thankfulness to your loyal customers for staying with your brand:
Basically, emails with any kind of deal/offer/discount/coupon are generally well-received within your loyal target audience, and they encourage customers to continue their association with the brand as they feel rewarded and satisfied with the overall experience.
Gathering customer feedback is really the lifeblood of any business. In fact, customers today are more vocal than ever on social media platforms when sharing their experiences and opinions about a brand. So instead of waiting for your customers to give feedback, why not proactively seek customer reviews and feedbacks via well-conceptualized emails?
Let's look at a real-life example to understand this better. Everlane's mobile-optimized email gets email marketing just right:
Not only does the brand solicit customer feedback with on-point content and visuals, but it also rewards customers for taking out the time to provide feedback - an ingenious move that encourages more and more customers to participate. Moreover, by thanking customers, the brand makes them feel valued and appreciated, thereby enhancing the overall customer experience through the roof!
Closing Thoughts: Email Marketing Is A Win-Win For Everyone
"More than 347 billion emails will be sent and received by 2022." - Statista
Email marketing has stood the test of time and allow brands to get up, close, and personal with their target base. In fact, according to research, more and more customers - particularly the millennials - do get impacted by promotional emails. Whether it's wooing new customers or celebrating the existing loyal ones, email marketing can lend a helping hand in all kinds of business use cases. What do you think?
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Our lives greatly revolve around social media platforms. From connecting with friends to finding the right product and shopping online, life on social media is part of the new world order.
Whether it is a business, an individual, a celebrity, or a nation’s government, social media plays an important role in keeping in touch with the target audience. Instagram is one such platform that we use in our daily lives to showcase our interests, routines, business products and services, public service messages, brand deals, and much more.
Here we present to you, the top 20 Instagram Marketing Tips in our view that will surely help you get across your intended message to your followers or your target audience.
1. Make a business profile
Instead of using your personal profile for your business, it is advisable that you make a separate Instagram account for your business.
Never publish any private pictures and videos on your Instagram enterprise account. Make sure that your username is the same as your company identity or at least somehow related to it. Also, maintain a consistent username and profile photo across all your social media platforms to improve brand recall.
2. Engage through a catchy Instagram bio
Your Instagram bio is the first component that users see when they land on your profile. To make a positive impact, you need to build a bio that is informative, engaging, and captivating.
In your bio, share a proper and concise description of your product or your service. Remember, you have limited space so don’t waste it by mentioning unnecessary info. Include keywords related to your business so you can easily show up in the discover option.
3. Create interesting and visually appealing Instagram posts
Instagram is all about attractive pictures. The more visually appealing aesthetic your pictures are, the more users are likely to follow your account. Being innovative with what you publish can increase your Instagram growth in a dramatic way.
Research what resonates with your customers. You may think black and white images are better, but it is possible that your audience loves colorful photos.
4. Use the right hashtags grab attention
Hashtags are utilized by Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and different social networks. The hashtag game is very robust on Instagram. Instagram uses a hashtag search query to permit content search on its ‘Discover’ tab. Instagram coding technology uses hashtags to make content appear in followers’ feeds and makes profiles based on their interests easy to discover.
Users can also follow these hashtags just like they can follow an Instagram profile. The content you post using these hashtags thus shows up in their feeds.
According to Sprout Social, Instagram posts that use hashtags gain 12.6% more traction than those that don’t. This is why it is important for commercial enterprise profiles on Instagram to use hashtags (in post captions as well).
5. Convey your message across through Instagram ads
Organic growth is better, but it takes a lot of time and effort. If you want quick results, then invest in paid advertising and marketing to extend engagement, followers, leads-flow, and conversions.
Insta-Ads is, like any other advert platform, an advertising platform that allows you to run target-oriented advert campaigns. It allows audience segmentation primarily based on people’s interests, likes, shopping for behavior, and interactions. There are a number of advert types to select from such as story ads, picture ads, video ads, carousel ads, and collection ads.
According to Adespresso, the average Instagram commercials cost-per-click is $0.70 to $0.80, and differs primarily based on your special ad requirements.
6. Engage with people in a creative way through giveaways and contests
Another effective Instagram advertising and marketing tip is to conduct contests and distribute giveaways. Make a series of posts about the contest. Don’t disclose each and every element about the competition in a single post. Contests are a great way to increase engagement and also followers.
if you have a specific product or service to promote, then this tip will work exceptionally well for you. You must have seen people doing giveaways, and in return, they ask their people to follow all of their social media accounts and also tag 2-3 friends to enter the lucky draw. Offering giveaways and discounts are a great way of attracting the audience because who does’ like free stuff, right?
7. Show your audience what happens behind the scenes
Most businesses promote their company via clear pictures showcasing their product alone. However, it is a great idea if you take your audience behind the scene and show your company culture. For example, you own a shoe business so, instead of posting the images of shoes only all the time, show users your supply chain or manufacturing process. It humanizes your brand.
8. Use aesthetic filters as to give out good vibes
Instagram presents a broad variety of filters for photos. These filters make your pictures more appealing for your target audience. So even if you don’t have a DSLR, you can always use filters to come up with interesting pictures.
9. Come up with sassy, yet meaningful captions
Insta-advertising and marketing are all about writing energetic and inviting captions. Master the artwork of writing captions for your posts by incorporating the right keywords. Try to ask some questions to customers to make them curious about your brand. The more interplay with users, the more engagement you will be able to get.
10. Make a calendar
You need to be active and post constantly, for that you need to have a proper schedule laid out in front of you. You should know beforehand which content you are going to post at what time. The best way to deal with this situation is to come up with an Instagram calendar. It will be a lot easier for you to market effectively if you have at least two weeks' worth of campaigns and content planned ahead and listed on your calendar.
11. It all depends on when you post
If you want to generate likes and comments, then it is important that you post when your target audience is the most active on the platform. If you are posting at midnight when your target audience is sound asleep, then you are just going to waste your efforts.
12. Narrate via the use of Instagram stories
The Instagram stories function is a stunning opportunity for marketers to reach out to their target audience in a creative way. Now you don’t have to squeeze in everything that you want to share in a single video, you can add a series of short stories conveying your message and share what your audience wants to see.
13. Insta Stories should be informal
To get attention, you need to make sure that your stories are creative and original. They should offer creativity, and concentrate on the narrative. If you are able to get a verified Instagram account, you can add hyperlinks to Stories as well.
This feature generates most engagement across all social media platforms. Live stories are a great way to give a personalized touch and have an interactive session with your fans; you can spread awareness, connect with brands, and create an impact.
You can also put up a simple story of your latest post or a new launch, you can present it as a teaser in the story. Just don’t forget to attach links to your profile or to that specific webpage or post so that viewers can easily migrate to that post just by clicking the link.
14. Verbalize the Links in your videos
To make an impact and improve your brand recall try and say the URL of your brand at the end of the video. Don’t just mention that click on the link or link in bio, instead of spell it out so that your audience can remember it.
For example, if you are promoting a certain show you can mention different cable service providers that give good packages TV cable, like Spectrum TV service. You can embed their links in the story, and instead of saying click on the link, spell it out loud.
15. Collaborate with influencers
Instagram influencers have already created their impact by sharing content that their followers like. They can easily influence the choices of their followers; people often see Instagram influencers as normal people with whom they can relate to and so they follow whatever they promote.
If you get an influencer on board and ask them to promote your page or product you can increase your reach to a great deal. Instagram Influencer marketing is one of the most effective techniques to increase engagement.
Through influencers, brands are finding their way to their target audiences very easily. You need to do a little homework first; search for Instagram influencers that resonate best with your brand persona. They can be a micro-influencer or a macro-influencer, it's up to you who you want to create a connection with. Network with them, and convince them to promote your product to their followers.
16. Don’t spam your followers
Nobody likes being spammed, and it can adversely affect you and can even lead to a permanent loss of followers. The ideal posting rate on Instagram is 1-2 posts per day. This is because if you over the post, your followers will start seeing too much of your content all the time and will eventually lose interest because you are hindering them in viewing anything else by always clogging their feed. Plus, imagine the amount of content you will need to create.
17. Cross-promotion is a great idea
Cross promoting on other social media apps can help you generate greater exposure for your Instagram posts, improve brand awareness, and ease your efforts of promoting on one single platform since you may additionally already have a fan following on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc. who already understand and believe you. With the help of tools like Hootsuite, you can easily put your Instagram posts on other social media platforms.
Also, make sure that you only post video content on Linkedin and Facebook and drive the traffic back to your original Instagram post
18. Live Videos!
Instagram live enables users to interact with their followers. It can be a generally interactive video session for fun or tailored to promote a certain event or cause. Followers can interact through comments or with emojis. Broadcasters can even include someone from their follower’s list to join them in their live sessions. You can partner up with some influencers and have a live combined session.
Live videos create a sense of personalized connection with your followers, making them feel more valued. You can have a Q/A session with them for fun, or play a game. You can ask them to share their stories with you in comments etc. Followers love getting a sneak-peak of your day, or how your company operates or behind the scenes of an event that’s about to happen. There are a lot of creative things you can do with your followers during a live session.
19. User-generated content
You cannot take the entire responsibility of generating content on your own. Imagine the amount of effort your need to put in because you cannot just put up boring content. When you are short on content, you can ask your followers. It will keep them engaged and help you out as well.
20. Never lose sight of your metrics
You may be posting great content on your Instagram, but is it really working? Is the audience resonating with it? Are they liking it and is it converting into sales. To answer all these questions you must keep a tab on statistics. Statistics will show where you are lacking and what is working so you can adjust your strategy accordingly.
In A Nut Shell
These are some of the tips that we know will benefit you in one way or the other. They can surely guide you on how to get your message across in an exciting and innovative manner. Remember, you don’t only have to post, rather you have to stand out from the crowd.
Baldwin Jackson is a successful digital marketer with expertise in search engine optimization and content marketing. The perfect balance of his analytical ability and creative thinking is what sets him apart from other practitioners in the digital marketing realm. He has helped a lot of small and medium-sized businesses in crafting their digital marketing strategies that are not only cost-effective but delivers results as well.
Baldwin is also a proud father of two kids and a Sports enthusiast. When he is not working, you will find him watching ESPN and NFL network. He has been able to get an amazing package on his favorite channels from Buytvinternetphone.com.
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Economist Ross Levine is on The Glenn Show
to discuss money in America. Did Mitt Romney get rich
through “vulture capitalism”? Glenn comes to the conclusion that private equity firms have gotten a bad rap
, but also that they should probably pay more taxes
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A pandemic, geopolitical turmoil, and economic uncertainty in the past three years have challenged even the strongest organizations and put a premium on agility. The IT teams have shouldered much of the responsibility for dealing with this period of accelerated change.
Business innovation thinkers such as McKinsey, Forbes, and Harvard Business Review have weighed in on the impact of this shifting landscape and highlighted the need for new IT operational models. Amid rapid change, sequential operational processes can’t support the agility and innovation necessary to meet today’s business resilience and relevance needs. Organizations can no longer wait as operations move from one milestone to the next.
Leveraging Cloud Principles for Agility
IDC recently published an analyst report discussing the concept of applying a cloud operating model more broadly across an organization—looking to leverage principles that support agility in the cloud across the entire IT infrastructure—including both cloud and non-cloud infrastructures. Brandon Butler and Mark Leary, analysts from IDC, explained how adopting a cloud operating model mindset can improve consistency and agility throughout an organization.
According to Butler and Leary, the benefits of the cloud operating model are clear and, as such, increasingly finding acceptance in forward-looking organizations. But they emphasized that because the model is a new way of thinking, it may not be apparent precisely how to embark on this transformative journey. There is no broad prescription, and each organization’s next steps are different, driven by the current infrastructure, business objectives, and technology roadmaps.
A cloud operating model will require a significant shift in the IT mindset. However, rather than considering cloud and on-premises environments as distinct entities, it’s essential to think about how their most advantageous features can be combined. That involves a cultural shift that embraces breaking down silos, promoting collaboration, and encouraging cross-functional innovation. IT teams will need new skills, tools, and processes to manage the new infrastructure, such as AIOps automation and agile development methodologies. During the transition to a cloud operating model, IT will need to integrate existing on-premises network management systems with new cloud management platforms.
So where do you start if you’d like to get cloud-like agility in your end-to-end IT infrastructure—even if it’s currently primarily on-premises?
Cisco can help.
Mapping Your Next Steps to a Cloud Operating Model
Cisco has created a fast and easy self-service tool as an essential first step on your journey toward an extended cloud operating model—one that can be applied to on-premises infrastructures and private cloud operations. The tool can help assess how well your key infrastructures embody the cloud operating model today, uncover the most significant opportunities, and highlight the next steps.
Using this web-based tool, you can evaluate your access network, WAN, data center, and data center networking infrastructures by answering four simple questions. The questions are aligned with core cloud principles and focused on your overall readiness—not specific technical deployments. You choose which infrastructures to assess. After each set of questions, you’ll be given a snapshot of how to move that domain further along the cloud operating model path.
You can complete as many domains as you wish. At the end of the questions, you can request a full report with suggestions for each of your infrastructures and a more complete picture of opportunities.
The cloud operating model is a forward-looking strategic operational model that can help you better prepare for future business trends and disruptions. The Cisco Cloud Operating Model Readiness Assessment can help you find your path forward.
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Study: Long-term pot use linked to muted stress response
A new study shows that chronic cannabis users have a dampened physiological response to stress.
Researchers at Washington State University looked at levels of the stress hormone cortisol in chronic cannabis users and non-users.
They found virtually no difference in cortisol levels among heavy cannabis users who were confronted with psychologically and physiologically stressful situations and those facing non-stressful situations, according to the researchers.
Among those who don’t use cannabis, however, the cortisol levels were much higher when in the stressful situation than the no-stress scenario, according to researchers.
“The findings are consistent with a growing body of literature that indicates chronic cannabis use is associated with dulled adrenal and emotional reactivity,” according to the researchers.
The study was published in the journal of Psychopharmacology.
“To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to examine the effects of acute stress on salivary cortisol levels in chronic cannabis users compared to non-users,” said Carrie Cuttler, clinical assistant professor of psychology, in a news release. “While we are not at a point where we are comfortable saying whether this muted stress response is a good thing or a bad thing, our work is an important first step in investigating potential therapeutic benefits of cannabis at a time when its use is spreading faster than ever before.”
For the study, chronic cannabis users were identified as those with daily or nearly daily use for the previous year. Non-users are those who had consumed cannabis 10 or fewer times in their life and not at all within the previous year.
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Living in Florida has benefits and drawbacks just as anywhere but here we have the additional stress of watching the tropics for developing storms from June 1 to November 30. Our local emergency management officials work hard to inform Florida residents of preparations to take in advance of an approaching storm. Most Floridians have learned to heed these warnings and ensure their Hurricane Kit and Evacuation Plans are complete. One thing we may not be prepared for is the resulting insurance claim we may need to file.
Are you Covered?
Homeowners with non-related individuals living in their home, such as a significant other or roommate, need to be aware that their homeowners insurance will not cover their roommates. A homeowner’s insurance policy only covers the belongings of the named insured on the policy and their direct cohabitating relatives. This means that someone living as a roommate to a homeowner will need renter’s insurance. Renter’s insurance would protect their personal belongings from theft or damage while living in someone else’s home.
If you are renting a home, be cautious of assuming that the homeowners insurance will cover your loss. Homeowners who offer a home for rent while they live elsewhere often opt for insurance coverage that excludes personal contents. These lower cost policies protect the dwelling and problems caused by the dwelling only.
Can you be Covered?
The quick answer is – not if the storm is too close. Once a named storm is within a designated hurricane watch zone, insurance companies initiate a moratorium on selling policies or allowing alterations to an existing policy. This means the company will not allow the sale of any insurance policies or additional coverages to the affected area no matter how much you may be willing to pay. Once the storm has passed, the moratorium will be lifted but at that point, it is too late. Any policy you purchased or made changes to after the storm would not cover any damage caused by the storm. Property insurance is designed to “restore your property to the condition in which it existed at the inception of the policy period”. To be clear, an insurer will not pay for an intentional improvement to your property while making repairs.
What Types of Coverages are Available?
When selecting property coverage, it is important to know the two basic ways that it is categorized. Many policies are designed to cover “open perils”. This means that some specific causes of loss may be excluded from the policy. So if you felt you needed coverage for incidences like an earthquake, flood, sinkhole, nuclear incident or acts of terrorism, you would probably need an additional “named peril” policy that would cover any one of those specific causes of loss.
In additional to common and named perils, a property owner must also decide between policies that cover the replacement cost of the property or the actual cash value. Premiums for replacement cost coverage tend to be a little higher than actual cash value policies. This is because the insurance company does not take into consideration the depreciation or appreciation of the covered item. They simply pay to replace or repair the property with like and kind quality. For example, if your $1,000 couch purchased five years ago were damaged in a valid claim, the insurance company would not consider the years of wear and tear on the couch but provide you enough to buy the same couch again at today’s prices.
When selecting property insurance, you will have to select your deductible. A deductible is a fee that is incurred when a claim is filed. The amounts to choose from can range from $250 to $2,000. The higher deductible amount, the lower the annual premium costs will be. While it is tempting to save money on property insurance by selecting a high deductible, be sure you have the funds available to pay that higher deductible should a loss occur. It is not advisable to file a claim for a loss that will potentially cost less to restore than the cost of the deductible.
Property insurance policies will include named storm coverage and property owners must choose their deductible percentage. Named storm or Hurricane deductibles are not a flat amount as is the case for other causes of loss under the policy. Hurricane deductibles are set as a percentage of the property value. For instance, if you have a $200,000 home insured with a policy with a named storm deductible of 3%, the deductible will be $6,000. If that home sustains wind driven rain or hurricane-caused damage, it would only make sense to file the claim if the property owner determined it would cost more than $6,000 to repair it.
Another policy consideration has to do with loss of use. Loss of use is an optional coverage that pays alternate living expenses, such as lodging and meals, if your property is rendered uninhabitable.
The Insurance Policy
Once you have selected the proper policy for you and your property, you will receive a copy of the policy. The policy is delivered in either an electronic or a hard copy form. First, you will want to determine where this policy will be stored. Electronic files are handy because they can be stored on a flash drive, in the cloud or on a computer hard drive for easy access. A paper copy should be stored in a waterproof location that is easy to locate and take with you should you have to evacuate quickly.
Before you store the policy though, take time to read it. Some key points to verify are located on the declaration page, usually found in the first few pages of the policy. The declaration page is a summary of your policy. Coverage limits and categories, deductible amounts are included along with the named insured and property location. The information you will need to know to file a claim is also on the declaration page. This includes your policy number and where to call to initiate the claim. Often times, you will report a claim directly to the insurer or their claims administrator, not the insurance agent you may have worked with to secure the policy.
When the Storm is Approaching
If a named storm is expected to impact your area, there are some steps you can take to ensure a successful outcome should you need to file an insurance claim.
First, document your possessions. Take pictures of everything in your home and take photos of your automobiles. Start with wide-angle shots of rooms from different angles. Then, move in for pictures of contents in drawers, closets, cabinets, shelves, etc. In the event of a claim, this documentation will help to ensure the maximum payout. For instance, if you can prove through photographs that you owned 10 pairs of jeans valued at $20 each at the time the storm destroyed your closet, you have documented at least $200 worth of lost belongings. The same concept goes for shoes, dishes, towels, garden tools, and more. The more you can document your loss pre-storm, the easier it is for the insurance company to justify a full reimbursement for the contents portion of your insurance policy.
Second, do all you can to protect your property. The insurance company took into account all those safety features you have already installed on your home when they calculated your policy premium. Items like impact-resistant windows, hurricane shutters, and garage door supports can help save you money when purchasing insurance. However, if you have those items and do not put them in place when a named storm approaches, you can void chance of reimbursement for losses when you file a claim.
After the Storm Impacts Your Area
As soon as safely possible after a storm passes, there are two immediate property priorities: (1) assess the damage, (2) mitigate any further damage. As you assess any damage, be sure to document with photos as well. These pictures may be important to a claims adjuster, especially if they need to see the original damage after you have taken steps to mitigate. Cover any holes in a roof with tarps. Remove wet carpet and furniture to prevent mold and mildew. Cover broken windows and remove debris if possible. Not taking steps to prevent further damage can give your insurance company grounds to deny or reduce your claim.
Lastly, do not be afraid to file a claim. Some property owners feel that filing an insurance claim may cause their insurer to deny future policy renewals or raise their insurance rates. They may be reluctant to file a claim. It is true that insurance companies usually have an internal policy to deny future coverage for a property owner who has filed more than the allowable number of claims. However, a named storm or major weather event is referred to as a “CAT’ and will be assigned a “CAT number” by state insurance regulators. When you file a CAT claim, the number associated with the CAT is noted in the claim record. Now, it should not to be considered as a traditional claim when the company reviews your account for policy renewal.
If you are not sure if your damage was enough to cost more in repairs that the deductible on your policy, go ahead and file the claim anyway. A claims adjuster will review and make the determination of a valid claim. A withdrawn claim should not affect future policy purchases. Alternately, if you are sure the damage you sustained would not cost anywhere near the amount of the hurricane deductible to repair, then do not try to file a claim. This will take the claim adjusters away from those who are really in need of assistance in the immediate aftermath of the storm. You can always document the damage, mitigate or repair and wait a week or two to file the claim.
Filing the Claim
Once the decision is made to file a claim, the next step is to do this properly. The declaration (Dec) page of your property insurance document should have all the information you will need. This is the one page summary of your policy including coverage amounts, policy enforcement dates, policy number and claims reporting details. You may be tempted to contact your insurance agent directly, especially if you have a positive relationship with that agent. Unless directed otherwise on your policy Dec page, avoid calling your agent. Keep in mind that your agent may be dealing with their own insurance issues, especially if they live nearby. Even if they are not, they are probably fielding misdirected claims calls.
The contact information for reporting a claim is found on the policy’s declaration page. You will be asked to provide the policy number, brief description of damage and how it occurred. Give them your best contact information. If you have had to relocate due to damage, make sure to report this. The insurance company will assign your claim to an adjuster who will arrange for a site visit as quickly as possible. They will also assign a claim number that you will reference regarding all future communication. This claim number and the Adjuster’s name and contact information are important pieces of information to document and refer to as the claims process progresses.
Do You Need a Public Adjuster?
A public adjuster may approach a policyholder, offering to help settle an insurance claim on their behalf. A public adjuster has no relationship with your insurance company. They can charge a fee of up to 20 percent of the insurance settlement for their services. Your insurance company provides an adjuster at no charge to you. However if considering public adjusting services, use caution and be aware of your rights. Check the references and qualifications of any public adjuster. Be wary of public adjusters who go from door-to-door after a catastrophe. Once you have signed a contract with a public adjuster, be aware that the insurance company’s claims staff can no longer work with you directly to resolve the claim. Public adjusters can assist with a claim but cannot get you more money than you are entitled to under your insurance policy.
While the Claim is In Process
Insurance companies pride themselves on their claims closure rates. This can be both positive and negative for the consumer. A straightforward damage claim can be repaired and resolved quickly and a consumer’s property restored to its original condition after minimal interruption. However, this time limit may motivate an adjuster to under-estimate losses and perhaps under-pay a claim.
Adjusters will work to resolve a claim within sixty (60) days of filing to maintain industry standards. Those standards go out the window when there is a major catastrophe. Insurance companies may hire additional staff to handle the workload but the scope of the damage may still be overwhelming. At this time, patience and diligence are key tools.
After the initial inspection, your adjuster will provide a written estimate of repairs needed. Review that list carefully. Make sure it includes all of the storm damage you have noted. Feel free to obtain your own written estimate from a licensed contractor if you feel the insurance company’s estimate is not accurate. You will not be reimbursed for the cost of such directly; however, you may be able to recover the cost if or when the insurance company adjusts their figures accordingly. Remember, estimates are not set in stone; they are starting points for fair negotiation. If there are circumstances that alter the accuracy or viability of the insurance company’s estimate, be sure to communicate with your adjuster. Keep in mind, however, that the purpose of insurance is to restore the property to its insured condition, not to improve it.
Once a dollar amount is agreed upon, the insurance company provides a check. It is the responsibility of the property owner to make the repairs. The insurance company will make out their payment to whomever is the named insured on the property mortgage. Do not be surprised when your check from the insurance company is also made out to your mortgage holder. They own the property too, and they have a stake in knowing that the property is restored as intended. In fact, you may need to contact your mortgage holder to find out how they would like you to hold those funds until expended. You will be responsible for paying any additional repair or improvement costs. Remain in contact with your adjuster and insurance agent while the work is in process. Make sure the insurance company is notified when all repairs are complete.
Experiencing a major tropical event is highly stressful in itself. Dealing with property damages from the storm can be just as bad. It helps to have an understanding of the insurance claims process, some of the terminology, and your consumer rights and responsibilities as you navigate the process. Many thanks to Orchid Underwriters Agency, Inc. staff for their comprehensive review of the information provided herein.
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If you follow us on Instagram, you might have seen the stories from three of our members who shared their experience of the Conference for Undergraduate Women and Non-Binary Physicists, celebrated this past April in Glasgow. Here’s what they had to say!
Bilgesu: My name is Bilgesu and I am a third year physics student at Imperial College London. This year I attended the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) in Glasgow. This is an annual event and it has allowed me to meet some amazing women who are at various stages of their physics career.
The conference included workshops, panels and talks on various topics including academia, careers and industry. I gained a lot of insight into what physics graduates to after their degree and what motivates different people in the field. The careers fair allowed me to learn about different research opportunities outside of academia.
I also had the opportunity to present my poster on the research I completed last summer on Dropout Selection with Lyman Break Galaxies. Getting to discuss my work with others and receiving feedback on my poster was a great experience. I also got to learn about research other attendees had been working on through summer research and their Master’s projects.
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If you’re a fan of the NPR show “The Story” with Dick Gordon, be sure to tune in to today’s episode (“Sixteen Inches of Radio”) featuring Duke’s own Randy Riddle. Riddle is an Academic Technology Consultant in the Center for Instructional Technology. But in his spare time, he collects old radio transcription discs, a recording format dating from the 1930s. Not many of these original discs survive, since many were discarded over the years and some were made of experimental types of plastics that degrade over time.
On “The Story,” Riddle talks with guest host Sean Cole about his interest in old-time syndicated radio programs from the 1930s and 1940s—from popular shows like “Suspense” (which stayed on the air for 20 years) to less well-known gems like “The American Family Robinson,” a thinly-veiled propaganda series produced in the 1930s by the National Industrial Council (a front for the powerful National Association of Manufacturers). That show follows the life and times of Luke Robinson, a small-town newspaper editor, and his wacky family. The plot lines are typically pedestrian, but they are frequently interlaced with diatribes against Franklin Roosevelt’s “socialist” New Deal policies and praise for lower taxes and less regulation for business and industry (sound familiar?).
Riddle has generously donated many of his original transcription discs to the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke, where they are part of the Randy Riddle Collection of Race Records and Radio Programs. However, if you just want a taste of Riddle’s remarkable collection, you can hear selections of “Suspense,” “The American Family Robinson,” and many more old-time radio programs on his personal blog, where he writes about radio history and posts digitized versions of the transcriptions in all their original, scratchy glory.
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One of the greatest features you can offer your customer or partner base as a product-driven company is an idea engine. It allows those who use your product regularly to offer suggestions on how to improve it, features to add, or what new products to create. Giving the power to your customers to help make the decision on what gets added to the next release helps drive value to your community and your brand.
To that point, Salesforce has a built-in, aptly-named solution called Ideas, a place for users to post, vote and comment on ideas. You can segment areas, called Zones, by product or type of customer, and further group through categories within the zones. Each idea posted can have a status – customizable to your company and process – along with any custom fields you’d like to offer your customers. You can provide reputation based on activities, as well as have “expert” users, those who have the authority to speak knowledgeably about your company and product (MVPs, if you will).
Getting Ideas to Your Customers
Salesforce Ideas is quite vanilla out-of-the-box, and while a highly custom Ideas implementation is possible and offers the greatest flexibility, it’s often a bit out of scope for most. Lucky for Salesforce users, standing up a Lightning Community is quick, easy and you may already have one. Why not add in the ability for your customers to provide feedback on your products?
Salesforce Ideas is not actually Lightning-compliant yet, and therefore you can’t surface it in a Lightning Community as-is. Enter the Idea Zone app. This Perficient-built AppExchange offering is a set of drag-drop-and-configure Lightning Components designed to leverage Ideas from within a community. Installing it takes minutes; configuring and launching, just a few hours!
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Let Them Vote
After you’ve set up your community and configured your Zones, publish your community and let the ideas and votes come rollin’ in! Ideas has great deflections built-in: before your users post ideas, they are able to search existing ideas, see any number of organized lists of ideas, and even as they are filling out the new idea form, before they submit, they are shown potential duplicate ideas, making your community moderator’s life easier! Once the idea is posted, others can then comment on and vote on it, whether it be an up-vote or a down-vote.
Gamify Your Ideas
These voting, commenting, and submitting activities can affect the user’s Idea Reputation (not to be confused with the community reputation). Although not available through configuration – you can’t customize the levels or the points thresholds – you can access it through the API to expand the experience for your users. Ideas also comes with the ability for the user to see their recent activity – how many ideas they’ve submitted and delivered and how many comments and votes they’ve submitted and received.
Prevent & Analyze
By creating a custom report type for ideas, admins and moderators can analyze information about ideas, idea comments and votes to help determine what action to take. They can review both reports and the Recent Ideas and Comments list views to monitor users, latest ideas, etc. In doing so, they are then able to update the status of ideas (ie, from “Under threshold” to “In Review”), delete inappropriate comments, remove offending community members, and post as the company. Taking it a step further, admins have the ability to create validation rules to prevent profanity or inappropriate language.
Inevitably, there will be similar ideas that sneak in, especially as your community grows. This is where your admins can merge ideas within Zones, where the points of any children ideas will be added into the master idea.
If you feel like out-of-the-box Ideas is just the beginning and you want to take it to the next level, there are all sorts of ways to extend and customize the solution. Every company is unique in its processes, and Ideas provides a good framework. Reach out and start a conversation with us about how we can help get an ideas engine running for your company.
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It’s time for the Microsoft Casual Games team to build our next game. And while we are passionate about many game options, ultimately, we care most about what our players and fans want us to make.
Over the past few weeks, we asked our Microsoft Casual Games players which of five game concepts they would like us to create next. We’d like to thank everyone who took the time to vote for their favorite casual games.
We tallied up the votes and it was *extremely* close but, in the end, the game that was voted for most, and the game we will build next is Microsoft Ultimate Word Games!
If you are interested in contributing to the direction of Microsoft Ultimate Word Games, such as adding your opinion on which word game modes should be included, please join the Microsoft Casual Games Inner Circle. As a member of our Inner Circle, we will gather your opinions and feedback on game features and designs, and you’ll get early access to beta builds. We look forward to working with you on creating Microsoft Ultimate Word Games and hope to have more opportunities for our community to vote on which games we make in the future. Stay tuned!
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BlueDot enables the City of Chicago to make time-sensitive, intelligence-driven decisions that protect their residents’ health and livelihoods
The famed City of Chicago is home to over 2.7 million residents, world-class architecture and cultural venues, iconic sports teams, beautiful green space and parks, and over 100 distinct neighborhoods.
A hit with travellers, Chicago attracts more than 50 million tourists in any given year, compelling city decisionmakers to invest in infectious disease intelligence as a practical public safety measure. The city’s relationship with BlueDot delivers the foresight they need to detect and respond to emerging infectious disease threats.
The City of Chicago engaged BlueDot in 2018 to enhance the capacity of the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) to scan disparate global information sources to proactively identify threats in a routine and timely way. Previously, CDPH relied heavily on partner networks such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or state health departments as their source of global infectious disease intelligence.
This approach left the onus on CDPH to triage news and decide if the threat was likely to reach Chicago. With a desire for intelligence that was more timely, accurate, and contextualized, the City of Chicago engaged with BlueDot in 2018.
“The ability to pull actionable intelligence into a flexible internal system creates for a really robust ecosystem that can be used to solve problems” — Dr. Peter Ruestow, Director of Epidemiology in the Chicago Bureau of Health Protection
BlueDot is an important piece of CDPH’s informatics strategy to build a “Data-to-Action” framework that empowers intelligence-backed decision making. CDPH is working to centralize their intelligence across multiple sources into a single data system so epidemiologists and staff can access information in a streamlined and effective way. This approach enables information to be combined across multiple sources, reduces the onus of managing multiple interfaces, and ultimately leads to data-driven actions.
CDPH incorporates BlueDot’s services into its Public Health Emergency Preparedness program activities, which include working with CDPH infectious disease subject matter experts to assess risk, perform community assessments, execute surveillance and response priorities, and optimize resource allocation. BlueDot’s near real-time intelligence is used to both identify and prioritize infectious disease events across the globe which may pose risk to Chicago communities. To complete this analysis, CDPH leverages BlueDot’s intelligence on disease event alerts and assessments, global case activity, importation risk, and disease activity trends.
In addition, CDPH leverages BlueDot’s Intelligence Reports to improve infectious disease education and thought leadership within the City of Chicago. These Intelligence Reports are read by Chicago’s epidemiologists and shared with leadership teams, the public health commissioner, and in some cases the Mayor’s office to inform time-sensitive, high-stakes decisions regarding disease threats.”
With BlueDot, the City of Chicago now has the line-of-sight required to protect Chicago residents and their economy from infectious disease threats. CDPH can quickly and accurately identify when an infectious disease threat emerges, assess the risk of it importing to Chicago, and attain the supporting information required to inform planning and actions.
BlueDot’s support in developing and managing an internal global surveillance program allows CDPH to focus on engaging with community partners to prepare for and respond to identified threats. CDPH and BlueDot will continue to strive to build community trust by sharing timely information about emerging infectious disease threats, promoting data transparency, and leveraging modern and innovative approaches.
Looking to the future, CDPH will continue to improve infectious disease surveillance and response with the support of BlueDot. As a partnership, BlueDot and CDPH are innovating and exploring new types of intelligence, such as wastewater data and baseline or endemic level of a disease to identify thresholds for early action. With BlueDot’s global surveillance engine, in-house experts, and data science expertise, CDPH will remain at the forefront of infectious disease intelligence and continue to protect Chicago residents and their economy from infectious disease threats.
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It may surprise you, but the Blunt Moms have some pretty candid conversations (I know, a total shock huh?).
One of the topics that caused a virtual Momnado ™, was this article. Is this a thing we wondered? People actually pay $75 to have their lady bits steamed with herbs? So, is that a group activity or a private thing? How do you know when it is adequately herbed? Is there a sniff test or something? Hmmm – Basil with an afternote of turmeric… perfect.
The Blunt Moms had some views on this when we discussed it during a recent board meeting (there is no board, it is Facebook and we were drinking).
The girls had a thing or two to say about herbal vagina steaming:
- I would pay $75 for a lot of things for my vagina. This is not one of them.
- Now you don’t need a naked picture of Ryan Reynolds to get you moist
- Help correct digestive disorder = your scalded nether-regions will cause permanent clenching. You’ll never poop again.
- Now your vagina will finally get rid of that sinus infection.
- Herbed, for his pleasure.
- If I’m gonna pay $75 bucks to spend 30 minutes getting moist there had better be a happy ending involved
- I would TOTALLY do this… sounds kinda fun! Wonder if you can get a pedicure at the same time?
- Please make #vagsteamer trend.
- I thought it was kookoo until it promised fertility increase. Then I would totally jump on board for that.
- I don’t know about vagina steaming services, but I guarantee if it follows the rules of hair dressers and dry cleaners, the “ball sack moisturizing” option for men will be $15.
- Doctor, doctor, my vagina has 3rd degree burns.
- My underwear is now lined with sponges.
- Gives new meaning to someone asking you “Is it hot enough for ya?”
- Vagsteamer. New from Bissell
- Beer can chicken for women?
- Can you picture that retro row of 60’s ladies under hair dryers photoshopped to put them all on vag steamers?
- What is that smell??? Every man in the neighbourhood is loitering around the salon vent outside.
In the final analysis, there won’t likely be a BluntMom vagina steaming outing for our annual Christmas party.
What about you? $75 for a steamy undercarriage?
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Silversmithing 101 builds on Beginning Jewelry principles and teaches how to work with sterling silver. Together we will create several styles of sterling silver rings. Each ring style assists in reviewing soldering skills through repeated practice. Once soldered, the shape of each ring will be manipulated through filing, sanding, and more. We will also review finishing and polishing practices. Students will leave class with 4 different styles of ring bands: 1 wire band, 1 tapered band, 1 knife edge band and 1 split band.
These rings will prepare you for our faceted stone setting series. If you sign up for the stone setting series class, be prepared to bring these finished samples with you to solder a stone setting onto.
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